"What are you thinking about?" Susu asked her again. "That classmate from Qingchuan you met last time, what do you think of him?"
Sophie snapped back to attention and said, "Oh, he seems alright. We exchanged contact information, so we'll get to know each other slowly."
"Qingchuan told me the other person is quite fond of you. You should seize the opportunity."
Sophie smiled shyly on the outside, but inwardly she detested the man. He couldn't compare to even a little finger of Qin Tianyi.
She had exchanged contact information with him, but it was merely a formality. She would never contact him again.
At that moment, a sales assistant walked over with a receipt and handed it to Susu, saying, "Madam, please keep this. We will notify you as soon as the item arrives."
"Thank you." Susu put away the receipt and, as she and Sophie walked out of the store, her phone rang.
Seeing an unknown number, Susu didn't answer and pulled Sophie into the car first.
Just as she was about to start the car, the unknown number rang again.
This time, she had no choice but to answer. Before she could even ask who it was, she heard a soft voice say, "Susu, it's me. This is my new number."
"Lan Yu! Where have you been? What happened between you and An Jing?" Susu couldn't help but ask as soon as she heard Lan Yu's voice.
"It's not convenient to talk about it over the phone. We can talk when we meet," Lan Yu said. "Didn't we say that no matter what happens between me and An Jing, we're still friends?"
Susu didn't feel it was appropriate to press her further, so she hummed in agreement.
Lan Yu added, "Please don't tell An Jing my new number, and don't tell him that I contacted you, okay?"
"But how will you live all by yourself..."
"I'm doing well now, and I can earn a living. You don't need to worry." Lan Yu emphasized again, "I don't want him to find me, and I don't want to be entangled with him anymore. When enough time passes, he'll naturally forget me."
Susu still had many reservations, but she couldn't say much more. She would have to wait until they met to discuss it.
"Alright, don't worry. I won't tell anyone that you contacted me. Take care of yourself."
"Thank you." Lan Yu hung up first.
Susu put down her phone and couldn't help but sigh.
After hearing her on the phone, Sophie asked, "Isn't Lan Yu An Jing's wife? Why is she out alone?"
"They have some misunderstandings," Susu said, starting the car. She cautioned Sophie, "For now, don't tell Tianyi or An Jing about this. Let me meet with Lan Yu first and see if I can help mediate their situation."
"I know." She was never interested in the matter between An Jing and Lan Yu and was too lazy to meddle.
...
Xie Qining was not only confined to his home but also received a severe beating. He lay on his bed, unable to move, only groaning in pain or falling into a deep sleep.
His current wife, Sasha, who was visibly pregnant, applied medicine to him while complaining, "You were doing so well with your modeling company, why did you have to get into real estate? As the saying goes, don't do what you're not familiar with. You lost so much money, how could the old man not be angry?"
Xie Qining found her nagging annoying. His entire body from his buttocks to his legs ached, and he said irritably, "What do you know? If this deal had gone through, we could have made a hundred million yuan just by flipping it. Then we wouldn't have to live under the old man's thumb and could live as we pleased."
Sasha let out a disdainful laugh and said, "You think you can easily make a hundred million? Stop dreaming."
"You look down on me?" Xie Qining retorted indignantly. "How can I not have this ability!"
After finishing applying the medicine, Sasha patted his injured area forcefully and teased, "You have the ability, the ability to get the old man to beat you."
Xie Qining cried out in pain and felt both love and annoyance towards her. "You, you... be gentler."
Ever since they met, this woman had never been entirely compliant with him. She wasn't virtuous, and she would hit and touch him, yet she was also very understanding and sensible.
For some reason, he was drawn to her ways. Facing a woman like Lan Yu at home felt utterly bland.
Sasha put away the medicine box and ignored him, letting him groan on his own.
At that moment, Xie Qining's phone rang. He endured the pain and grabbed his phone, answering weakly, "Hello, what is it?"
"Young Master Xie, what are you up to? Haven't seen you out playing lately. Want to meet up tonight? I heard there are some beautiful girls at the club."
Xie Qining pretended to cover the phone and said in a small voice, "Play what? I'm not in the mood to play right now. Don't bother me."
Sasha was in the room, sitting at the dressing table and fussing with her hair. Without even listening, she knew it was Xie Qining's disreputable friends looking for him.
She didn't mind these things. Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, she had been a supporting actress and a popular star... She had met all sorts of rich young masters.
Ever since Yang Sijie's incident, she had lost her backing, and her acting career had been on a steady decline.
She knew that if this continued, she wouldn't even be able to maintain her desired standard of living. It was better to find a rich man to marry while she was still young. So, she chose Xie Qining, a young master with a not-so-sharp mind, as long as he was easy to control.
As for his dalliances outside, she wouldn't pay attention or care because she had never liked Xie Qining.
"Oh, oh." The other person heard that Xie Qining was in a bad mood and was about to hang up when he remembered something and, catering to his taste, said, "Young Master Xie, aren't you trying to get back at that Lan Yu? I saw her dancing on stage at a high-end club the other day. Her dancing and figure are really something."
"She's performing again?" Xie Qining was confused. Wasn't Xiao An Jing doting on her so much? How could he let her show herself in public by performing? "No way, are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"No, absolutely not mistaken." The other person suggested, "Why don't you come and see for yourself? We can get back at her together."
If only he could move now. Thinking of Qin Tianyi and Xiao An Jing, those two liars, made him furious. He gritted his teeth and said, "No need to get back at her. You just keep an eye on her. See what she does during the day and where she lives."
"Okay, no problem."
Xie Qining hung up in anger and threw his phone aside again.
Sasha cautiously leaned over, touched his face, and asked, "What, did you get back in touch with Lan Yu? Do you like her and want to rekindle your old feelings?"
"Like my foot! I'll kill her and that Xiao An Jing! Oh, and Qin Tianyi, he's no good either!" Xie Qining grabbed her hand and said hatefully.
When Sasha heard Qin Tianyi's name, her heart skipped a beat. Wasn't this man Gu Susu's husband?
She vowed to avenge Yang Sijie, whom that bitch Gu Susu had killed.
"Weren't you hesitating between me and Lan Yu before, and still a bit reluctant to let her go? Have you forgotten your old feelings so quickly?"
Xie Qining said angrily, "I suffered so much this time because of Lan Yu's current husband, Xiao An Jing. I will never forgive them!"