The male protagonist of a sweet romance novel went on a killing spree in the world of angst novels.

Inside the top floor of the SLG Group building.

"Mr. Lu, the BlueTech team insists on raising the price; otherwise, they won't involve their technical staff in the subsequent work."

Lu Huai rubbed his temples and asked impatiently, "How much more?"

"They said to add at least three more points."

"Then add it."

SLG urgently needs this chip technology. As long as the chip experiments are perfected, a loss of a few hundred million is the minimum.

However, he remembered this grudge.

He will definitely return it to Lan Ke.

After signing the contract, Lu Huai immediately put down his pen, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes to rest.

It's been almost a week since the engagement party.

However, during this period, Yanting seemed to have vanished into thin air, completely losing contact with him.

In the past, no matter how bad things got between the two of them, Yanting would obediently come back and apologize to him within two days.

This time, however, Yan Ting did not arrive.

Thinking of this, Lu Huai suddenly opened his eyes.

He then made a phone call to his special assistant and ordered, "Find out where Yan Ting is now, and whether she has returned to the Yan family."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

The assistant was very efficient; the phone rang within about ten minutes.

After the call connected, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, we couldn't find Miss Yan's location, and she hasn't returned to the Yan family during this time."

Lu Huai's eyes darkened: "Find a hacker to investigate."

Large conglomerates like theirs usually train a few hackers to ensure the security of the group's various confidential matters.

Assistant: "Okay, I'll have the hacker investigate right away."

Logically speaking, it is very easy for hackers to track a person's whereabouts through the internet. After all, everyone has a mobile phone now, and it is easy to find the other party's location by checking the phone's chip.

But this time, the hacker was met with a direct rebuff. Just as he was about to catch the fish by the tail, his screen went black the next second.

The screen went black for just two seconds.

The screen lit up again in a flash.

The hacker's pupils dilated when he saw the pattern on the screen—the symbol of the black cat.

"..."

When Lu Huai learned that even the hackers couldn't find Yan Ting's location, he slowly began to realize that something was wrong.

He squinted at his assistant: "Did you see clearly who took Yanting away on the day of the engagement banquet?"

The assistant thought for a moment and said cautiously, "According to the assistant, a pink-haired man appeared that day and took Miss Yan away."

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly cooled down.

The assistant immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Huai's expression any longer.

However, he could clearly sense that President Lu was in an unusually bad mood.

As it turns out, this is indeed the case.

For no reason, Lu Huai felt a tightness in his chest. Over the past four years, he had grown accustomed to Yan Ting's steady companionship. Even if you had a dog, you would have developed some affection for it after four years.

It's normal to not be able to adapt immediately.

However, when Lu Huai learned that Yan Ting was now with that person, it was as if someone had thrown a stone into his heart, causing the once calm lake to suddenly ripple with waves.

half an hour.

Lu Huai suddenly smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "You think I can't find her like this? Dream on."

Don't forget, there's one more person who definitely knows where Yanting is right now.

That person was Tan Yi.

Tan family.

in the living room.

"Xiaoyi, I didn't care if you were playing around outside before, but you're not young anymore, it's time to find someone."

Wu Xiaoru felt she could no longer indulge her daughter's reckless behavior.

Because she only had this one precious daughter, Tan Yi was spoiled and pampered by her since she was a child.

As a result, her temper became warped, and when she was a teenager, she started having affairs with men outside of marriage, and even declared that if she were to get married in the future, she would only marry and not marry another man.

Otherwise, she would never have gotten married in her entire life.

This really worried Wu Xiaoru.

At her age, her thinking is still rooted in the traditional ideas of the older generation. If she marries a man and he moves into her home, wouldn't that make him a live-in son-in-law?

Throughout history, few women who married down in social status had a good ending.

If couples are not well-matched in terms of social status, their relationship will inevitably develop rifts sooner or later.

To everyone's surprise, Tan Yi replied, "Who wants to marry down?"

"I want to marry a man who is similar to me, not a gigolo who lives off a woman."

Wu Xiaoru was so angry she laughed: "Why should a man from a wealthy family marry you?"

They were all pampered by their parents, so naturally they were all arrogant and domineering.

How could a man with a powerful background and status possibly be willing to marry a woman?

Wearing headphones and with her legs crossed, Tan Yi casually said, "Sure! Just find someone who's willing to marry me."

"Let's make it clear beforehand: no poor men, no ugly men."

Wu Xiaoru choked with anger. Just as she was about to scold them, the butler rushed in: "Madam, Miss."

Wu Xiaoru frowned: "What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?"

The butler replied, "We have guests visiting outside."

"Guests?" Wu Xiaoru remembered that she hadn't made plans to have tea with her best friend today!

Who wants to visit?

"It is Lu Huai, the young master of the Lu family."

Upon hearing that Lu Huai had arrived, Tan Yi, who had been relaxed and carefree, immediately took off her headphones, put on a long face, and asked, "What's he doing here?"

"Get him out of here!"

The thought of Lu Huai abandoning Yan Ting at their engagement banquet to meet another woman made Tan Yi furious.

Wu Xiaoru was unaware of the whole story, and naturally wouldn't allow Tan Yi's unrestrained speech. "How can you speak like that, Xiaoyi? All guests are guests, and besides, our Tan family has no grudge against the Lu family. Why do you hate Lu Huai so much?"

"Mom, you don't understand." Tan Yi was too lazy to argue with Wu Xiaoru. She turned to the housekeeper and said, "Tell that bastard to get out of here right now."

Butler: "..." Miss, you're really too kind to me.

How dare he!

So he could only turn his gaze to Wu Xiaoru.

"Don't listen to this girl, quickly invite her in."

"Mom—" Tan Yi said with great dissatisfaction.

"Stop talking about Mom, you sit still." Wu Xiaoru glared at Tan Yi, then ordered the nanny:

"Auntie, could you go and brew some tea? Use Da Hong Pao tea. Also, could you get some pastries and fruit while you're at it?"

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Tan Yi sneered, "Does he deserve to drink such good tea?"

"Stop joking around." Wu Xiaoru assumed Tan Yi was throwing another tantrum. "You better behave yourself in a bit."

However, she was also puzzled as to why Lu Huai had suddenly come to visit their Tan family.

If it's about business, there's no need to come to the Tan family home; you can go directly to the company to talk to Tan Yi's father, Tan Zheng.

"aunt."

Lu Huai greeted him politely, "I apologize for coming uninvited."

The assistant stepped forward carrying a gift box: "This is a gift prepared by our CEO, Mr. Lu."

Tan Yi snorted: "A weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken, it's up to no good."

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone's expression changed except for Lu Huai's.

"Shut up." Wu Xiaoru was startled and broke out in a cold sweat. She quickly smiled at Lu Huai and said, "My Xiaoyi is just like this. She always speaks without thinking. Please don't take offense, Mr. Lu."

Lu Huai said indifferently, "No, I know Miss Tan has always been a woman of true character."

Tan Yi, who was being praised, secretly rolled her eyes.

"May I ask what brings Mr. Lu to visit our Tan family this time?"

Lu Huai lifted his eyelids, his dark brown eyes fixed on Tan Yi: "I'm here mainly to see Miss Tan."

Wu Xiaoru was taken aback. She saw her daughter?

"Mr. Lu, has my daughter done something to offend you?"

Lu Huai's expression was indifferent, and he said in a cold voice, "I wonder if Miss Tan could tell me where Yanting is now?"

Without hesitation, Tan Yi replied, "Absolutely not."

She knew that this dog coming to the Tan family was bound to bring trouble.

They really wanted to force her to reveal Tingting's whereabouts.

No need to think about it.

"Haven't you made Tingting suffer enough?" Tan Yi angrily pointed at Lu Huai and cursed, "You scumbag! You clearly had someone you liked, yet you kept Tingting hanging on for four whole years. Because of your inaction and heartlessness, Tingting was constantly ridiculed by the people around you. The most disgusting thing is that at the engagement banquet, you actually abandoned Tingting to face the jeers of those guests alone..."

Wu Xiaoru became increasingly shocked as she listened.

It was only at this moment that she realized that the Tingting her daughter mentioned referred to the girl named Yanting.

She had heard about the engagement party controversy while chatting with her girlfriends.

Was Lu Huai really such a scumbag?

Faced with Tan Yi's outburst of curses, the assistant standing behind Lu Huai frowned and interrupted her: "Miss Tan, please watch your mouth."

"What?" Tan Yi smiled slowly: "Want to hit me?"

"come!"

Compared to Tan Yi's fearlessness, Wu Xiaoru had too many concerns. She quickly stopped her daughter's provocative behavior: "Shut up!"

“Mr. Lu, my daughter—” Before she could finish speaking, Lu Huai interrupted her, “I came to the Tan family for only one purpose: to find out where Yanting is now. If Miss Tan is unwilling to say, I think I will personally invite Mr. Tan over another day to talk to me in person.”

As for what to talk about, that goes without saying.

This is a blatant threat.

Wu Xiaoru's eyes darkened. "How is Mr. Lu so sure that our Xiaoyi knows where Miss Yan is?"

Despite Lu Huai's aggressive approach, she tried her best to stand on her daughter's side and get away with it.

Tan Yi was very understanding: "I don't know where Yanting is, so just give up on that idea!"

Lu Huai's patience ran out: "Is Madam Tan sure she wants to oppose the Lu family?"

The Tan family is just a second-rate wealthy family, far inferior to the Lu family.

Offending the Lu family over something like this would be a huge loss.

Wu Xiaoru naturally understood this principle.

Tan Yi understood.

But she still stubbornly insisted, "I've already said I don't know where Yanting is. Are you deaf?"

Lu Huai didn't believe it.

Just as he was about to speak, a deep, cold voice came: "Auntie."

It's Si Munan.

Tan Yi was taken aback. "Why are you here?"

Before Si Munan could speak, Wu Xiaoru said, "I invited Xiaonan here."

Lu Huai's eyes were slightly cool.

He sized up the tall, handsome man in front of him.

He had heard of the Si family.

A very mysterious and prestigious family.