"Miss Li, your hysterical outburst now won't do me any good. It will only wipe out the last bit of pity in my heart. Don't do such an indecent thing. Leave voluntarily."
Bo Jingyu spoke quite politely, but his words were filled with obvious resistance.
"I'm just proving how much I love you. Why do you push me away?"
Li Xiaoru's eyes were clouded with mist, and her voice choked with sobs.
"What Wen Jinrui can do, why can't I? She just looks like Shen Ximan. She's just an ugly woman with a scar on her face. What's so worthy of your attachment?"
He dialed the phone irritably. "Send her back. Right now."
Not even a minute after he finished speaking, Ruo Chi knocked on the door and trotted in.
"Miss Li, I'll take you back."
"Jingyu, please give me another chance. I'm begging you!"
As Li Xiaoru said, she was about to pounce on him to plead, but Ruo Chi quickly pulled her back. She couldn't get close at all.
"Miss Li, please leave quickly!"
"Jingyu, look at me. I'm not worse than her, Jingyu! Jingyu!"
The voice of the woman being dragged out echoed in the corridor, which gave Bo Jingyu a splitting headache. He even regretted his decision back then.
He shouldn't have agreed to Li Xiaoru not to cancel the engagement.
Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many thorny issues.
The next day, it was drizzling.
Shen Ximan was sitting at her desk, twirling a pen and in a daze.
Her mind was filled with the scene with Bo Jingyu in Huazhi Village that night.
The familiar smell on him and his burning body temperature.
And that affectionate and determined emotion.
All of these were melting the ice that had sealed her heart.
Should she accept him after all?
Should she trust him again?
Should she... love him again?
Shen Ximan shook her head and pulled her mind back to her work.
"Sister."
An Ruo knocked on the door and poked her little head out cautiously.
The frost on her face melted instantly. She smiled and squatted down. "Come here. Did you have breakfast obediently today?"
"Of course! Brother A Ting made cheese omelette for me!"
Shen Ximan paused. "A Ting? Isn't it always Xiao Qi who makes breakfast for you recently? Why did it suddenly change today?"
"Hehe," An Ruo covered her mouth and giggled. "Sister Xue went on a date. She specifically told Brother A Ting to take care of me this morning."
"This Xiao Qi. She's really carried away by love!"
She complained a few words but didn't pay much attention.
Shen Ximan thought carefully. It had been five or six years since she met Xue Xiaoqi. She had never seen her date a boyfriend. It seemed that she didn't really care about love.
Now that she could have a partner who loved each other, Shen Ximan was really happy for her.
"Sister, can I go to Grandma Yang's today?"
"Didn't you go there yesterday?"
"Grandma Yang said that brother bought me a big dog. It will be delivered today. I want to go and play. Can I go?"
An Ruo blinked her big eyes. Her pleading look was really cute.
Shen Ximan lovingly rubbed the top of her head. "Of course you can. But you have to promise me that you must be obedient when you go to Grandma Yang's. Don't go crazy just because you're on holiday from kindergarten. Remember to review the Tang poems."
"Okay! I will definitely be obedient!"
After a simple breakfast, she took An Ruo to the eastern suburb.
Yan Kun got out of the car considerately, opened the umbrella, and trotted to open the car door.
"President Wen, Miss San, you can get out now. Watch your step."
"I won't get out. You take An Ruo in..."
Before Shen Ximan could finish her words, she saw a white car parked closely behind theirs. Li Xiaoru was getting out of the passenger seat.
"Long time no see, President Wen."
"...... Long time no see." Out of courtesy, she still greeted.
"I'm here specifically to talk to you today. Let's have a chat."
Li Xiaoru managed to contact Shen Shiyu last night. After listening to her instructions, she had spent a lot of effort to find someone to keep an eye on Wen Jinrui in Xijiao Sea. If she didn't clarify her position as the fiancée today, she was afraid that Wen Jinrui would get even more insolent one day.
"I'm a bit busy at the moment. Let's talk another day."
Shen Ximan smiled politely and was about to close the car door.
But Li Xiaoru was quicker. She pressed the door and refused to give up. "You have time to send someone else's sister to seduce Jingyu, but no time to talk to me? You really have good methods, President Wen!"
"Madam, please watch your words!" Yan Kun said seriously.
Li Xiaoru was also red - eyed with anger. "A good dog stays out of the way. Get out of here!"
"You!"
"Okay," Shen Ximan got out of the car, closed the door with a smile. "You take An Ruo in first. Please ask Steward Yang to make two cups of tea."
Yan Kun didn't say anything else. He handed her the spare umbrella in his hand.
The raindrops were hitting the umbrella, making a pattering sound as if they were going to poke a hole in it.
"That girl is Shen Ximan's sister. What's your relationship with her?"
Li Xiaoru's mind was extremely clear at this moment.
"Aren't you going to talk to me? Let's go inside and talk slowly."
Shen Ximan walked forward with a smile, completely ignoring her suspicion.
In the huge living room, except for the two of them, the only sound they could hear was the ticking of the clock on the wall. The tea on the table was steaming white.
"Miss Wen, you should know very well who I am to Jingyu."
Li Xiaoru's sudden change of address was within Shen Ximan's expectation.
She was just coming to show off her might in the name of the fiancée.
She glanced at her watch. It was exactly the time when Hao Zhibin was having a meeting with several cooperating companies.
If this meeting ended perfectly, the evidence of Bo Siming's illegal transactions could basically be confirmed. Moreover, Grandpa's condition was getting better day by day. It was only a matter of time before he woke up.
Li Xiaoru saw her in a daze and angrily slapped the table.
"I'm talking to you. Did you hear me!"
Shen Ximan looked at her calmly. "Just say what you want to say."
"Okay. You asked for it. Please, from now on, stay away from Jingyu. And don't try to seduce him!"
"This is the first and last time I'm warning you. If I find out that you're still trying to cling to Jingyu, I'll make you a big star in the media!"
Suddenly, Shen Ximan couldn't help laughing. She thought it was childish and ridiculous.
Li Xiaoru was stunned. She stood up angrily and pointed at her. "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at your stupidity. You've lost from the very beginning. What are you still fighting for?"
"You... What are you talking nonsense about?"
She looked into Wen Jinrui's eyes and increasingly felt that she looked like someone.
"Bad guy, don't you hurt my sister!"
An Ruo suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She ran over and pushed Li Xiaoru hard.
"Sister belongs to brother, and brother belongs to sister. Go away!"
Li Xiaoru was pushed onto the sofa in a panic. The doubts in her mind became more and more certain. "You... You? It's impossible. She's already dead!"
Shen Ximan hugged An Ruo tightly, calmed her down, and then stared at Li Xiaoru with a half - smiling look.
"Do you think you know why Bo Jingyu likes me?"