Song Yuqiao raised her eyes and saw Ye Zenan who had just turned the door handle and came in.

  Ye Zenan rushed over as soon as he received the call from Shallow Language Company, but this matter was a bit tricky. Not only did it involve the country's severe crackdown on illegal fundraising, but also money laundering. It would be extremely difficult to get out of this situation. However, he directly used his long-unused connections in the political arena to temporarily bail out Song Yuqiao first. After getting out, they could think of other ways to deal with it.

  Ye Zenan also inquired with the police outside and it turned out that it was Lu Lü who was far away in Australia.

  At that time, it was this woman, Song Yuqiao's best friend, who had given herself the hallucinogenic drug, so he still can't forget this person. He even hates her to the point of gritting his teeth.

  Afterwards, he questioned Lu Lu, and as a result, Lu Lu smiled and said: "I accidentally picked up the wrong water. There are two cups of water in the kitchen, maybe it was originally prepared by Song Yuqiao for you."

  Ye Zenan originally wanted to clarify the matter with Song Yuqiao, but the next day, Song Yuqiao disappeared, and Lu Lu also left for Australia not long after.

  Song Yuqiao saw Ye Zenan walk into the room, hung his head and didn't care much, continued to close his eyes and cultivate his spirit. He didn't know why, but after drinking two mouthfuls of cool water just now, the feeling of falling pain in his lower abdomen became even more pronounced.

  Ye Zenan walked over and pulled Song Yuqiao along with him, "Come with me."

  Song Yuqiao directly let go of his hand: "Ye Zenan, what identity are you using to make demands on me? Please leave, I'll stay here."

  "You go out with me first, there will be police investigation here..."

  "No need, thank you." Song Yuqiao sat back in his chair, "You can go, I won't leave until the investigation is clear."

  Since she was already divorced from Ye Zenan, she didn't want to be involved with him in this matter at all, and owed him a favor. She would rather stay in the police station for a while longer.

  "Okay, you don't leave, I'll stay with you."

  Song Yuqiao suddenly sneered, "Ye Zenan, can't you be less foolish? Even if you stay here, I won't go out with you, and I won't be grateful to tears for you."

  Ye Zenan knew Song Yuqiao's temperament and once she became stubborn, he couldn't persuade her otherwise.

  Moreover, he now feels guilty towards Song Yuqiao and only wants to make amends for the harm she suffered while with him.

  "Song Yuqiao, everything that happened before was my fault towards you, can you give me another chance..."

  It's hard for someone as proud and aloof as Ye Zenan to say these words out loud.

  Song Yuqiao interrupted Ye Zenan, looking at him, "Ye Zenan, we have no possibility anymore. Do you still remember the sentence I said in high school? Those who disappoint me, I will never have any expectations for them again. We owe each other nothing now."

  Ye Zenan stood still, although he was standing while Song Yuqiao was sitting, he was looking down at Song Yuqiao with his head bowed, yet somehow there was a strange illusion of looking up at him, as if a pearl that had been hidden in the mud and sand finally revealed its dazzling brilliance after leaving him.

  He also remembered that when he and Song Yuqiao had their first date in high school, it was at the Street Heart Garden. Because Ye Zhenan was one grade higher than Song Yuqiao, his coursework was a bit tighter, so he was half an hour late for their appointment. He jumped off the bus that hadn't even stopped yet and ran forward.

  Far away, he walked around a pavilion and couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

  Because he saw Song Yuqiao sitting on a fake mountain stone, with his legs raised and swaying back and forth, his head tilted to one side, lost in thought, his expression unusually focused.

  Yes, at that time, he, Ye Zenan, was the whole of Song Yuqiao's love. Every time he looked at Song Yuqiao, he looked at him with a very serious expression. Song Yuqiao even asked him: "Am I doing something wrong? This is my first time in love, and there are some things that aren't right, please advise me."

  After finishing speaking, Song Yuqiao also specially bowed to him with a ninety-degree bow, which made Ye Zenan couldn't help but laugh.

  At that time, he was everything to Song Yuqiao, but now, what is he to Song Yuqiao?

  Was it an early love that withered away? Or has he already become a stranger, her ex-husband?

  He felt himself standing here, under the white incandescent lamp on his head, already somewhat exhausted.

  Unconsciously, Ye Zenan had already clenched his fists, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, he closed his eyes tightly and turned to leave the room, slamming the door shut behind him.

  He instructed the people at the police station to take good care of Song Yuqiao that night and then left the police station.

  He sped down the road, his speed increasing uncontrollably until he slammed on the brakes at a turn, pounding his fist on the steering wheel and letting out a low growl.

  His mind is now filled with Song Yuqiao, the innocent and lovely Song Yuqiao from high school days, the Song Yuqiao who first fell in love with him, and the past three years of marriage. Every time he sees Ye Zenan, his eyes reveal a hint of sadness and pain, almost bursting his brain.

  His chest was heaving violently.

  He suddenly turned the steering wheel sharply and headed back in the direction he had just come from.

  This time, he must bring Song Yuqiao out!

  ………………

  After Ye Zenan left, Song Yuqiao got up from the chair and sat down on the sofa beside her, the feeling of falling pain in her lower abdomen getting stronger and stronger, as if it was a precursor to the severe pain she had experienced before.

  Just then a policeman came in, Song Yuqiao called out: "Comrade, would you mind getting me a cup of hot water?"

  The police officer looked at Song Yuqiao's somewhat pale face, nodded, and poured a cup of hot water from the electric kettle outside for Song Yuqiao.

  Song Yuqiao held a cup of water, blowing hot air into it, and took two sips of the scalding water before feeling a bit better.

  At this time, the door of the room opened and a person wearing casual clothes walked in. He was also a police officer. The reason why he could be identified as a police officer despite wearing casual clothes was that there was an aura about him, just like his cousin Su Chen.

  He smiled and sat down, "Hello, I'm Xu Shuo."

  Song Yuqiao felt somewhat perplexed, she didn't know what this name meant?

  He said: "I often hear Chenzi mention you."

  So Song Yuqiao understood that it was his brother's superior, Captain Qi.

  "Pei San is on his way, he'll be here soon," said Xu Shuo. "This time it's an unexpected event, someone was directly sent from above to investigate, but you don't have to panic, since this thing wasn't done by you, it will definitely be investigated clearly."

  Song Yuqiao heard that Xi Shuo said Pei Si Cheng was on the road, and his heart had already put down a burden, saying: "Thank you."

  Xu Shuo stayed with Song Yuqiao and said a few words, just because Pei Si had specifically entrusted him to accompany her and talk more, to avoid her being alone in the room thinking wildly.

  It's really effective, although I'm not very familiar with Xu Shuo, but Pingping often says some words that really make Song Yuqiao get rid of the anxiety in her heart at this moment. The feeling of having someone by your side is really better than being alone and worried.

  The door of the room was opened from outside.

  This time it's the one who should come.

  Xu Hui turned back and said, "Finally arrived."

  Song Yuqiao raised her eyes and looked at Pei Si Cheng standing at the door, their eyes met.

  Pais Cheng's hair was a bit disheveled, his tie hanging loosely around his neck. As soon as he entered the door, he directly pulled off his tie and casually tossed it aside, striding over to where Song Yuqiao was curled up on the sofa, scooping her up in one swift motion without hesitation, and kicking open the door to head outside.

  Pai Si Cheng's arms, which were holding Song Yu Qiao's body, were very steady. Two police officers walked over to try and stop them, but they were intimidated by Pai Si Cheng's gaze and retreated, saying "Go find your Captain Xu."

  A policeman rushed in and found Xu Shuo, saying: "Captain, that one just now..."

  Xu Shuo waved his hand: "Let him go first, I'll go explain to the director."

  Paisen looked like this, obviously having run for a while on the road, and didn't know what he was in a hurry about just now.

  Later, a traffic police officer on duty called and reported a license plate number for running a red light, which was indeed Pei Si Cheng's car.

  Xu Shuo originally thought that Pei Si Cheng regarded Song Yu Qiao as ordinary, perhaps just out of interest. But now it seems that he truly dotes on her, holding her in the palm of his hand, and it's rare to see Pei Si Cheng show genuine affection.

  Outside the police station, Ye Zhenan's car also arrived. A black private car was parked in front of him, but he didn't pay attention to it. He got out of the car, locked the door and stepped forward towards the police station.

  At this moment, a tall figure emerged from the police station, and in his arms was... Song Yuqiao?!

  The man in his arms was actually Pei Si Cheng!

  Pae Se-hee followed behind a woman who looked very capable, who had already opened the car door. Pae Se-hee bent down and directly put Song Yu-kyo inside.

  As soon as he stood up, Ye Zenan had already taken two quick steps forward, and Pei Shichen turned his head to see him.

  However, Pei Si Cheng's gaze towards Ye Ze Nan was too sharp and profound. With just one glance, Ye Ze Nan automatically stopped his footsteps and let Pei Si Cheng take the back seat. The woman who looked very capable got into the driver's seat, and the car drove away.

  He stood there for a long time before he came back to his senses.

  That person just now... was really Pei Shichen, hugging Song Yuqiao.

  Why... did it end up like this?!

  He ran several steps in the direction of his private car that had long since disappeared, and suddenly lost control of his emotions and shouted loudly.

  ………………

  Yuna drove in front and raised the partition between the front and rear seats, leaving a space for the two people in the back seat.

  Pei Si Cheng directly wrapped Song Yu Qiao in his arms, encircling her waist and lifting up her face, "Don't think so much, just stay by my side with a peaceful heart."

  Song Yuqiao also sensed Pei Sheng's worry, although Pei Sheng never showed it on the surface. This time, she really saw a hint of panic in Pei Sheng's eyes, just like when he rescued her from the kidnappers. With great difficulty, he revealed his suppressed emotions.

  She smiled and couldn't help but reach out to touch Pei's cheek, her fingertips trembling slightly. "I'm fine, I didn't think much of it, it wasn't me who did it anyway."

  Pei Si narrowed his eyes, "Tell me what happened."

  Song Yuqiao listened to Pei Si's serious tone and told her about the phone call last month, asking her to open an account and transfer a sum of money from overseas.

  "Lulu is a good friend of mine, I called to ask her about it, she said that next month when she returns to the country, the money will be withdrawn and there won't be any problem." Song Yuqiao paused for a moment, somewhat worried, "You don't think Lulu is laundering black money, do you?"

  Pei Si raised an eyebrow and rubbed his brow: "Xu Xiao said that this friend's phone number is unreachable, it's a blank number."

  Song Yuqiao's phone had been retrieved from the police station by Pei Cheng, but when she dialed Lu Lu's number, it was already an empty number.

  Pei Si furrowed his brow and thought for a moment about the name Lu Lu, feeling that it seemed somewhat familiar, as if he had heard Song Yuqiao mention it before.

  He asked: "Do you have other ways to contact her?"

  Song Yuqiao thought of this and suddenly remembered that he had just asked Huazhen for Lu Lu's WeChat number a few days ago, and had already added her, but didn't know if she had verified it.

  She opened WeChat and saw that Lu had already verified her account, so she hastily sent a message asking about the money.

  But after waiting for a long time, there was still no response.

  Pei Cheng took the phone directly from Song Yuqiao's hand, "You're pregnant, this kind of electronic product with radiation needs attention, I'll take care of it from now on."

  Song Yuqiao felt that the lower abdominal pain had subsided and was no longer as obvious as before, so she didn't mention it.

  Such a gentle and steady invasion was taking place in her heart, step by step. She turned away from him, gazing out the window at the colorful night scene outside, where the speeding car had transformed into a series of flowing, shimmering lines that reflected on her retina.

  The car drove to Huayuan, and Yuna in front also got off the car.

  Pei Si whispered in Song Yuqiao's ear, "You go ahead and wait for me up front."

  Song Yu nodded slightly.

  Yu Na asked: "Just now, Yu Qiubai called and said that he had discussed with Cheng Fuqiu and everything was settled, only the final contract signing was left. As for the contract, the Cheng family said you need to go there in person to sign it, cannot be faxed."

  Pai Si lit a cigarette and held it between his fingers, with smoke curling up.

  "Got it."

  "Also, Li Bei called this morning and said he has arrived in Afghanistan. He also sent a Weibo."

  There's no need for Yu Na to say it, Pei Si Cheng has already seen it.

  Early this morning, Li Bei posted a Weibo with a photo: "May in the Middle East, sunny morning! Hello!"

  In the photo, Li Bei is still wearing Middle Eastern-style clothing and a headscarf.

  "Two days later, you send a mail and let him come back," said Pei Si Cheng.

  Yu Na nodded and was about to turn around and open the car door, but suddenly saw a flash of red behind Song Yuqiao's professional suit skirt not far in front...

  "Boss!"

  Yu Na's voice was trembling, her finger pointing in Song Yuqiao's direction.

  Pei Cheng looked at Song Yuqiao while the cigarette butt between his fingers fell to the ground.

  ………………

  Night color.

  Qiao Mo finally welcomed Ye Zenan, who had not come for several days in a row.

  Ye Zenan's eyes were slightly red as he knocked on Qiao Mo's door.

  Qiao Mo opened the door and looked at Ye Zenan's reddened eyes, stretched out her hand to touch him lightly, and tilted her head to ask: "Have you been crying?"

  Ye Zenan didn't say anything and directly opened the door to enter. Qiao Mo followed behind him and closed the door.

  Ye Zenan walked over, sat directly on the sofa, raised his hand and picked up a glass of wine from the table, lifted his head and drank it all in one gulp. Then he took out another bottle of wine from the edge of the table, opened the cork, poured himself a full cup, and downed it again with a toss of his head.

  Every room here is equipped with wine, and every day, according to the number of bottles, registration will be carried out.

  Qiao Mo had already received guests, but there was still wine left in the room.

  She didn't know why, but since Ye Zenan took her away from that abusive person, Ah Lu no longer made her do these things. Occasionally, she would just tidy up at night or sort out the bills and count the money.

  Ye Zenan might have drunk a bit too hastily, the crimson liquid flowed down his jawline, past his Adam's apple, and stained the white shirt on him.

  Qiao Mo stood against the wall, watching Ye Zenan drink in front of her, without saying a word.

  After a long time, she walked over, directly raised her hand and snatched the glass wine cup from Ye Zenan's hand, then smashed it to the ground. "You come to my place, is it just to drink silently?"

  With a crash, the shards of the wine glass scattered all over the floor. Ye Zhenan's gaze only swept across the broken glass on the floor before he picked up the wine bottle and drank directly from it.

  Qiao Mo suddenly laughed and sat down, picking up an unopened bottle of red wine from the edge of the table.

  The liquor here has its own way of entering the goods, which is different from the ordinary liquor outside. For example, the red wine that is generally introduced is not cheap, and the alcohol content is not low either. People who don't drink much will get drunk after two cups.

  Qiao Mo opened the red wine bottle cap and drank directly from the bottle mouth, tilting her head back and drinking almost half of it in one go.

  Ye Zenan looked at the wine bottle that Qiao Mo had raised, and saw that as air entered the bottle, the liquid gradually decreased, while bubbles of air emerged.

  "Qiao Mo, you don't have to..."

  Qiao Mo wiped away the crimson liquid from the corner of his mouth with a casual swipe, directly cutting off his words. "You wanted to drink, didn't you? You were in a bad mood, weren't you? I'll keep you company!"

  Qiao Mo was completely different from his usual self. Facing Ye Zenan's calm demeanor, he suddenly spoke in this manner, leaving Ye Zenan somewhat stunned.

  Qiao Mo continued: "Ye Shao, I haven't asked for much, really. You can come once every ten days or half a month, or even just when the mood strikes you every three to five months. But please don't come and then just drink silently with your head down, saying no more than three sentences to me. I know you have troubles on your mind, I can tell. If you speak them out loud, you'll feel better too..."

  Qiao Mo said, already lowering her head and turning her face away from Ye Zenan.

  In a place where Ye Zenan couldn't see, a glimmer of sharp light flashed in her eyes.

  Ye Zenan's gaze first lingered on Qiao Mo's face, then his line of sight fell to the edge of the table before he spoke: "I just found out that Song Yuqiao's man outside is my younger brother-in-law."

  There was a set of photos before, saying that Song Yuqiao was affected by the tacit rules of Jia Ge's high-level, at that time the online reviews all pointed to Lu Jingzhong, and Ye Zenan didn't think much about it.

  Actually, if he had taken a few more glances at that photo, he would have discovered that the man in the photo, whether from behind or from the side, was Pei Si Cheng!

  That makes sense then.

  That night, at the Pei family's old mansion celebrating Old Master Pei's birthday, the person sitting next to Pei Si Cheng was the one who had been the subject of much gossip in other people's mouths - Song Yu Qiao!

  Unexpectedly missed twice for no reason at all.

  But isn't Song Yuqiao supposed to be infertile? Why did she get pregnant with Pei Si Cheng's child?!

  Ye Zenan was really resentful of his own carelessness, he raised his hand and wanted to heavily slam it on the tea table, suddenly this hand was caught by Qiao Mo, and directly fell into his arms.

  "Yeshao, I know you're suffering inside, don't torture yourself, okay?" Qiao Mo hugged Ye Zenan's waist tightly, her tears had already moistened the corners of her eyes, and she buried her face in Ye Zenan's chest, where her tears wet a patch on his shirt.

  Ye Zenan let Qiao Mo hold him, and he didn't move at all.

  Qiao Mo's hands wrapped around Ye Zenan's waist, from the hem of his shirt upwards, stroking Ye Zenan's back with her fingertips.

  Ye Zenan suddenly pushed away Qiao Mo who was in front of him. Qiao Mo, caught off guard, fell to the ground.

  Ye Zenan also seemed to have not expected his own sudden action, saying "sorry" as he pulled Qiao Mo up from the ground.

  Qiao Mo's palm was pressed on the shattered glass fragments on the ground, and suddenly her palm was covered in blood, with shards of glass still embedded.

  Ye Zenan pulled Qiao Mo over and stood up, saying: "Let's go, hurry to the hospital."

  ………………

  Ye Zenan took Qiao Mo out to the hospital, and someone had already told A Lu about it.

  A Lu nodded: "I know, you go down first, find someone to follow behind, if there's anything call me in time."

  She told Gu Qingcheng about taking Ye Zenan and Qiao Mo to the hospital, and then continued to report to Gu Qingcheng about Qiao Mo's recent actions.

  Gu Qingcheng held a USB drive in his hand, rotating it back and forth between his fingers. The metallic luster of the USB drive was dazzling under the light.

  He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Only these few places?"

  "Yes, just these few places."

  She thought Qiao Mo was not stunning, at most she could be considered as a pretty face that can be forgotten in the crowd, and not as beautiful as her boss's ex-fiancée who left a lasting impression. But for some reason, her boss was so attentive to this woman, and there was also Ye Shao on this side.

  "Keep staring." Gu Qingcheng said.

  "Yes."

  A Lu said to Gu Qingcheng before leaving: "Ye Shao, Ye Zenan has come several times wanting to buy Qiao Mo out, asking how much she was worth at the time, and he is willing to pay."

  "Never mind him, just keep an eye on Qiaomu."