An Jing touched his chin and answered himself, "That girl Xiao Mei is quite honest and simple, so it shouldn't be her. Then it must be the nanny your family hired..."
"I'll count to three. If you don't leave, I'll make you stay up all night with me at the company every day, and you won't be allowed to go back to accompany Lan Yu." Tian Yi threatened him in a stern tone.
An Jing quickly stood up straight and said with a smile, "No, no, I have to go home and accompany my wife every night now. You go ahead and work hard, I'm leaving after work."
As he spoke, he left Tian Yi's office, not forgetting to make a gesture to him to indicate they could contact each other by phone anytime.
Tian Yi watched him leave with a blank expression, as if he were seeing him off without any regret.
After An Jing left, he finally understood.
While they were not at home, Sophie must have gone to their bedroom and stolen his clothes and underwear.
He propped his elbow on the desk, supporting his forehead with one hand, feeling a headache. It seemed Sophie had not improved as much as they had thought.
Moreover, the thought of another woman besides Susu having been in his room, and using his dirty clothes as objects of her fantasy, made him feel extremely disgusted and repulsed.
He shouldn't have agreed to Susu's request to let Sophie stay at home. It turned out her focus had shifted from Susu to him.
What was even more unbearable was that neither he nor Susu had noticed anything.
Not long after An Jing left work, Tian Yi also did not stay in the company's office.
He had slept poorly last night and planned to book a room at a nearby five-star hotel to rest for a night.
He had arranged with Susu that he would not return home tonight either, but from tonight onwards, bodyguards would be guarding the villa.
No matter who the mastermind behind the scenes was, he would not let Susu and the children be in danger again.
He came down from the top floor and had just walked out of the lobby on the first floor when he heard someone calling him.
"Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin!"
Qin Tian Yi stopped and looked towards the sound, only to see Sophie walking towards him. It seemed she had waited for him there specifically.
"What do you need from me?"
Sophie smiled gently at him and said, "I came to find you tonight because I want to tell you not to blame Susu. Those photos have nothing to do with her; it was all my fault. Let's go back together. Susu will be sad if she sees you still not coming home."
Tian Yi frowned and asked, "Did Susu send you to find me?"
Sophie immediately nodded and said, "Yes, she wants me to persuade you to come home. She and the children are waiting for you."
Tian Yi said with a stern face, "Then she should have come to see me herself and apologized to me. What is the meaning of sending you? Go back and tell her that I will absolutely not forgive her this time."
"Mr. Qin, those photos only show that Susu and Yang Sijie were once in love, but Yang Sijie is no longer here, and they can't have anything anymore. As a man, you should be magnanimous..."
"What do you know? A woman who has been with another man is too dirty. I will never touch her again." As he spoke, Tian Yi endured his disgust towards Sophie and grabbed her wrist. "She and Yang Sijie were like that, destined to never forget him. Such a woman is not worthy of being my wife!"
Sophie appeared surprised on the surface but was secretly delighted.
She let him hold her wrist without struggling, instead enjoying the contact with him.
"Then are you really going to divorce Susu?"
Tian Yi pretended to calm down, released her wrist, and said, "Divorce? She can dream on. I won't touch her, but I will keep her confined for a lifetime, making her a mere ornament."
"Mr. Qin, you can't treat Susu like this..."
"Stop talking nonsense. Since you're here, come with me for a drink."
Sophie felt the warmth of his hand still lingering on her wrist, and said in a flustered manner, "A drink? But I can't drink much."
"If you don't want to go, then fine. I'll go drink by myself until I'm satisfied." Tian Yi said, brushing past her.
How could Sophie let such an opportunity slip away? She felt that coming to find Tian Yi was the right decision; being able to drink with Tian Yi alone was her chance.
"Mr. Qin, alright, I'll drink with you until we're satisfied."
Tian Yi turned his head and told her to get in the car, then walked straight towards the parking lot.
He was calculating that keeping Sophie by his side and not letting her return to the villa would be safer for Susu and the children, and he could also take the opportunity to get information from her.
Only by making her believe that he hated Susu and would never forgive her again could she reveal her true colors without any reservations.
Earlier, in his office, he had watched the surveillance video from backstage at the press conference. Before Sophie took the stage to speak, the laptop displaying the slides was placed next to the sound equipment.
No one touched that laptop until Sophie had the slides played on the large screen on stage.
There was no possibility of tampering by the backstage staff when they played it according to Sophie's instructions.
This could only mean one thing: before Sophie's personal press conference, the slides prepared in Sophie's laptop already contained those photos.
Then Sophie must know who provided the photos. By following Sophie's lead, they should be able to find out who the mastermind behind the scenes was.
Sophie got into the car and looked at Tian Yi, who was driving with intense focus, her face filled with unconcealed infatuation.
Tian Yi did not look at her and asked abruptly, "Are you looking at me? Is there anything interesting about me?"
"No, no," Sophie quickly turned her face towards the car window, lowered her head, and said softly, "But your profile is so charming."
"Oh, so do you think I'm more charming than Yang Sijie? Is his appearance more attractive than mine?"
"Of course, Mr. Qin is more charming than him. You are better than him in everything," Sophie said without hesitation.
Tian Yi glanced at her and said, "If only Susu could think like this. Why can't she ever forget Yang Sijie?"
Sophie considerately placed a hand on Tian Yi's leg, which was close to her, and said, "You don't know how much they loved each other in Paris. Susu used to mention Yang Sijie every day. She always told me about her boyfriend, how he was... Her eyes and heart were full of him. Forget Susu, anyone would find it hard to forget a love that was etched in their soul."
Tian Yi's face was stern, and he stared at the road ahead without speaking.
If he hadn't known Sophie's abnormality by now, he might have taken her words as truth.
However, now that she spoke, he knew her intentions. On the surface, she seemed to be helping Susu persuade him, but every word she said was intended to fan the flames.
If he and Susu were truly in a cold war, and their relationship was on the verge of breaking, these words would be extremely damaging to Susu.
In an instant, Tian Yi had the thought that he could never let her return to Susu's side again. He needed to find a way, find a place to lock her up first.
After Tian Yi brought her to a bar, he ordered a lot of drinks and placed them in front of her, saying, "Come on, we're only drinking tonight, and you're not allowed to speak for her anymore."
"But Mr. Qin, I really can't drink. I'll just watch you drink." Sophie said, feigning timidity.
Tian Yi pushed a bottle of beer in front of her and said, "That's no fun. If I tell you to drink, you drink. Tonight, we'll drink to our heart's content. If we get drunk, we'll get a room and rest."