The man remained silent. Instead of heeding her restraint, he broke free and kicked at her.
"Ouch!"
Shi Wan grabbed a document and hurled it at the man, nimbly dodging his attack.
The document hit the man on the forehead. He eyed Shi Wan warily, as if trying to engrave her face in his memory, then took off running.
Just as Shi Wan was about to give chase, her phone in her bag rang.
She glanced at the still - functioning surveillance camera and answered the call. "Bai Yun."
"Wanwan, are you at the law firm? I just saw your message. I'm home now."
Shi Wan murmured an affirmative, surveying the chaotic scene. "Bai Yun, there's good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
"The good news."
"Your law firm wasn't burglarized."
Bai Yun was taken aback. "And the bad news?"
"I trashed your law firm."
Bai Yun: "..."
Her law firm... trashed?
Trashed...
"Which floor?"
She prayed it wasn't the third floor, but unfortunately, it was.
"The third floor, your office."
With a mental snap, Bai Yun felt her heart shatter. Her office had been trashed?
"Bai Yun?"
Hearing no response for a while, Shi Wan thought the call had been disconnected. She glanced at the phone but didn't ask.
"Don't call me Bai Yun." One could sense her gritted - teeth voice through the phone. "Please call me the plaintiff, Miss Shi Wan!"
Shi Wan: "..."
"I didn't break it."
She knew there was an antique vase in Bai Yun's office, and during the scuffle, it had been accidentally knocked over by the thief.
"I recorded it all."
Shi Wan scoffed. "So?"
"So you're the defendant."
"Okay, Miss Plaintiff."
Bai Yun was so angry she almost choked. "Stay right there and don't move!"
Shi Wan murmured in agreement and hung up.
When Bai Yun arrived, that annoying woman was sitting leisurely in the boss's chair, chatting sweetly with a man on the phone.
Not far from her, her beloved vase lay in pieces on the ground.
"Shi Wan!"
"The surveillance is over there. Go check it yourself."
Bai Yun stormed over. After watching the footage, she immediately wilted.
"Shi Wan... Wanwan..."
"Aren't I the defendant?" Shi Wan raised an eyebrow. "And don't talk to me in that tone. I might just want to kill you."
Bai Yun: "..."
"I just didn't know the whole situation. And you know that vase was my favorite."
"The one at your home..."
"That one's my favorite too."
Shi Wan told the person on the phone to hang up, then stood up. "So which one do you like the most?"
"Who doesn't like money?" Bai Yun glanced at the fragments on the ground, looking heart - broken. "And this was the only one I had."
"Fine, I'm not going to argue with you about this. I've already sent someone to investigate the person from last night. As for you..."
"I'll warm your bed!"
"Get out of here."
Bai Yun pouted and inched closer. "Then what should we do, Wanwan?"
"Of course I didn't come here just for tea. Other than a lawsuit, what else do you think could bring me here?"
"Don't worry. Send me the information, and I'll handle it perfectly!"
Shi Wan snapped her fingers. "It's already in your email."
"Okay... Hey, aren't you going to help me clean up?"
"If you want it to get even messier."
Shi Wan replied without looking back.
Bai Yun pouted and called a housekeeping company, asking them to come clean up the next day. She also gave the employees a day off.
As they left the law firm, Shi Wan stopped in her tracks and scanned the area under the streetlights.
Had Bai Yun offended someone?
Stealing was bad enough, but there was actually someone keeping watch outside.
Shi Wan stood still. Bai Yun came out with the trash and saw her still outside. She thought Shi Wan had left something behind.
"What's wrong? Did you forget something?"
"No. I had a fight with my man. I'm going back with you."
Bai Yun was skeptical. "Really? Does Shen Siyan even argue with you? It's probably just you throwing a tantrum."
"Do I look like that?"
Bai Yun shook her head and led her into the car. "You don't, but Shen Siyan would never argue with you."
"Why?"
"Are you kidding me?" Bai Yun gritted her teeth. "Even a blind person can tell how much he dotes on you. He wouldn't even dare to say a harsh word. Arguing? It must be you picking a fight on your own."
"Alas, if you stay with me, there might be a 'husband - waiting - for - wife stone' outside tomorrow morning."
Shi Wan twitched the corner of her mouth. "It won't be that bad."
However, Bai Yun's prediction came true.
Before she woke up in the morning, Bai Yun yanked her out of bed.
"Get up. Your man is about to blow this place up."
Shi Wan propped her chin on her hand, half - asleep. "What do you mean he's going to blow your place up?"
Bai Yun opened the window. "Right now, there's a handsome man standing outside. He's the perfect 'husband - waiting - for - wife stone', just like Meng Jiangnu."
Shi Wan: "..."
She seemed to have... forgotten to tell her darling husband last night.
Realizing this, her drowsiness vanished instantly.
"What are you doing? At least put on your clothes properly if you're going out!"
Bai Yun rolled her eyes and chased after her with clothes in hand.
Then she realized she was being redundant.
She saw Shi Wan wrapped in the man's clothes, being tightly held in his arms.
Bai Yun turned around and left, closing the door behind her.
Shen Siyan carried Shi Wan into the car with one arm. He nuzzled her and complained, "You didn't even tell me you weren't coming back last night."
He had thought she had run away. After investigating, he found out she was at Bai Yun's place.
Knowing she was safe but at Bai Yun's, he thought he had done something wrong.
"I found something at Bai Yun's last night. I was worried, so I stayed with her. Fortunately, there were no suspicious people outside her place."
"Was that why Bai Yun's law firm was trashed last night?"
"I trashed it." Shi Wan looked up at him pitifully. "She called me the defendant."
Shen Siyan curved his lips. Looking at the charming woman in front of him, he leaned down to kiss her and said with a smile, "How much was it? I'll transfer the money to her later."
"I don't know. It was quite expensive."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Bai Yun's debt - collection text message arrived.
Bai Yun: 'Since your husband is here, please pay for last night's accommodation and the scare fee.'
There was also a payment QR code attached.
Shi Wan: "..."
This person... was so unethical.
Shen Siyan pinched her chin and kissed her. "Ignore her for now. Let's finish kissing first."
Right now, no one could stop him.
Shi Wan sat on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck and reluctantly accepting his passionate kiss.
When they got home, Shi Wan was playing with her phone in the man's arms when she noticed that several enterprises had disappeared from City T in just a short period.
As for Guo Xianhe, it was said that he was still causing trouble in the police station. He wanted to sue Shi Wan, but he became docile when the police showed him the surveillance footage.
The intercepted part only contained their conversation. Shen Siyan didn't want Shi Wan's other side to be exposed to the public, and the evidence was sufficient.
Li Zhaofeng was also arrested. She had wanted to use the surveillance footage to blackmail Shi Wan into helping Shi Qing, but unexpectedly, it became the most powerful evidence against her.