Everything will be fine.

Lu Nian’s knowledge in this area has always been shallow, and she has no practical experience.

However, she could still understand the meaning of these words.

Suddenly, she remembered a long time ago when they had kissed.

It was when she had just graduated from high school, in a hotel in Nanqiao Town.

At that time, she had boldly kissed him, but her kiss was just a light touch, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

However, his subsequent kiss…

Her face couldn’t help but flush red.

It seemed that things were slipping towards an uncontrollable direction.

She stepped back, wanting to create some distance between them, but unexpectedly bumped into something cold behind her.

Then, there was a crisp sound.

The vase with flowers standing by the entrance fell, landing on the ground and shattering into pieces.

Lu Nian, “…”

Glass shards scattered at their feet, shining brightly with sharp cold light.

She carefully tried to avoid the glass shards and said softly, “I, I’ll go get the broom.”

It would be good to keep some distance from him, she really couldn’t bear it anymore.

After just a few steps, her body suddenly felt lighter as she was lifted horizontally from behind.

Lu Nian was a bit stunned, her ears turning red as she hammered his broad shoulder, “What are you doing?”

“I’ll do it.” His voice was still husky, eyes lowered, his expression unclear.

Lu Nian was clumsy, used to being a little princess, and indeed didn’t know how to handle such situations.

She was placed on the sofa.

Lu Nian sat on the sofa, watching him silently and deftly clean up the debris of the broken vase.

“For the next few days, don’t walk around barefoot at home.” The young man stood up straight, his handsome face expressionless, rolling down his sleeves that he had previously pushed up.

Lu Nian, “…”

The living room was covered with warm and dense wool carpets, so sometimes she just walked around in her socks for convenience.

She didn’t like wearing shoes at home.

When he said this, Lu Nian couldn’t help but glance at herself.

She was only wearing wool socks, her feet small and delicate, her ankles slender, and the skin wrapped around them, every inch was clean and tender.

She couldn’t help but curl her toes, feeling extremely uncomfortable under his gaze, and said softly, “Oh.”

After this incident, most of the previous ambiguous atmosphere disappeared.

It was also late.

Lu Nian returned to the bedroom.

Their bedrooms were far apart, isolated from each other.

The sound insulation of this house was also very good, Lu Nian couldn’t hear any movement from his bedroom at all.

It was something she had said herself, telling him not to enter her bedroom.

It was very cold under the blanket.

Lu Nian opened her eyes, staring at the ceiling.

She felt unprecedented turmoil.

If Qin Si could confess to her, she thought, she would definitely accept it impulsively, maybe even a proposal could be made.

But their current situation was too delicate.

She didn’t want others to think that she was marrying him just to help her family get through a difficult time.

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, her head felt like it was tangled with a bunch of unbreakable threads.

The day when Lu Zhihong would be discharged from the hospital had been decided.

It was also the day she had agreed to leave, to end this cohabitation.

There were only a few days left.

However, during this time, she didn’t want to go to the hospital to see Lu Zhihong.

Every time, as soon as he saw her, Lu Zhihong would ask about Qin Si.

She remained silent, and Lu Zhihong’s mood would become very bad.

But now he had no power, no leverage to threaten Lu Nian, so he didn’t dare to push her too hard.

Lu Nian went back to school once.

Lu Nian was a local, living close to home. So, she had moved out of the dormitory after her third year, only occasionally returning to pick up items stored in the dormitory.

Ding Ying and Xu Mengyao were both in the dormitory and were quite happy to see her return.

The relationship in their dormitory had always been good.

Lu Nian took her textbooks and didn’t rush to leave. Instead, she chatted with them in the dormitory for a while.

Ding Ying asked, “Why did I hear that you were going to get engaged to someone?”

Lu Nian smiled, “It’s been called off. You can pretend it never happened.”

“Looks like you’re back to being a single noblewoman, Lu Nian,” Ding Ying joked. “The senior from the next class asked me to deliver love letters to you. I’ve been storing a pile of them. Do you want to meet him?”

Lu Nian was beautiful, attracting attention wherever she went, but because of her introverted personality and reluctance to stand out, she was quiet around unfamiliar people.

However, even so, many people tried various ways to get close to her.

Shaking her head, Lu Nian replied, “Please return them to him for me.”

“And there’s that guy from the civil engineering department, from the student union…” Ding Ying recalled. “He’s asking you out next week.”

When they couldn’t find Lu Nian, they came to her friends for help.

Lu Nian felt a headache coming on and said directly, “Yingying, next time someone asks you about this, just reject them on my behalf.”

Detecting a hint of something unusual in Lu Nian’s tone, Xu Mengyao became intrigued. “What’s going on, Nian Nian? Do you have good news lately? Do you have a man now, and you’re afraid he’ll get jealous, so you’re rejecting all these suitors?”

Lu Nian felt embarrassed.

But indeed, she didn’t think Qin Si would be happy to know she was accepting these things.

“Who, who?” Ding Ying slapped her thigh. “Is it Zhao Xiaoting?”

Lu Nian replied, “No, I don’t like him.”

She added, “He doesn’t have feelings for me either, and besides, he’s about to get married, his wife is already pregnant.”

“Wow, that was quick.”

Xu Mengyao was even more interested in Lu Nian’s “boyfriend” and asked, “So you really have a boyfriend now and didn’t tell us?”

Calling him a boyfriend wasn’t quite accurate.

Lu Nian thought of Qin Si.

Their relationship was really too complicated to be summarized with any word.

She simply said, “…Alright, if it really happens in the future, I’ll tell you.”

“Hmph, so secretive.” Ding Ying laughed. “Whatever precious boyfriend it is, you must show us in the future.”

The group bantered for a while.

Xu Mengyao said, “Oh, by the way, Nian Nian, your brother has been looking for you today, he’s been looking for you for a while. I saw him downstairs earlier, I don’t know if he’s still there.”

“My brother?”

In Ancheng, there was only one person who would call themselves Lu Nian’s brother, and that was Lu Yang.

“Yes, Lu Yang.”

After the incident with the Lu family, she had changed her phone number.

She hadn’t informed Lu Yang of her new number, and the old number had become invalid.

He was probably still trying to call that old number, so he came to the school to find her.

Thinking for a moment, Lu Nian wondered what Lu Yang might want.

“I’ll go check on him.” She got up.

Sure enough, not long after she went downstairs, she saw Lu Yang downstairs.

He was standing under the plane tree, looking around.

Lu Yang used to be always well-dressed, but now he looked a bit haggard, with dry lips and pale skin.

His coat was wrinkled, and there was even stubble on his chin.

Lu Yang also spotted her and his eyes lit up. “Nian Nian.”

Since the incident with the Lu family, Lu Nian had rarely seen Lu Yang.

It was said that he was doing well in the Lu family, but he had never come to see them.

Lu Nian didn’t find it strange.

She had realized since childhood that Lu Yang was that kind of person.

“Are you looking for me?” Lu Nian asked.

To be honest, Lu Yang’s appearance startled her a little.

“It’s not something I can explain briefly,” Lu Yang said softly. “Nian Nian, can we have a proper chat?”

Lu Nian wasn’t very willing, and her instinct was to refuse.

But Lu Yang didn’t let go, even holding onto her hand.

More and more people gathered around, watching them tug and pull here.

Many of them were Lu Nian’s acquaintances from school.

Lu Nian had no choice.

She didn’t like others touching her like this.

She pulled away from his hand and asked shortly, “Where to?”

“Not far, just inside your school.” Lu Yang hurriedly said, “Quanquan Café. I’ve reserved a private room inside, it’ll be convenient to talk.”

Lu Nian followed him to Quanquan Café. Unexpectedly, when Lu Yang opened the door to the private room, there was already someone inside.

She had been waiting there for who knows how long.

Seeing them come in, she immediately stood up. “I’ve ordered coffee, I’ve been waiting for you.”

Glancing at Lu Nian’s expression, Lu Yang quickly said, “Ranran is here to apologize.”

“We’re already engaged,” Lu Yang said. “In the future, we’re all family. Ranran may be a bit sharp-tongued, but she’s actually a good person.”

Feng Xiaoran said, “Nian Nian, I’m really sorry about last time. I had a fight with your brother, and I couldn’t help but vent my anger at you. He has already scolded me for it.”

“What coffee do you like? Mocha or cappuccino?” She asked warmly.

Lu Nian pursed her lips and said, “…I don’t need any.”

Feng Xiaoran’s expression changed.

It was warm inside the room.

Lu Nian took off her coat, revealing a white sweater underneath.

Her hair was smooth and spread out, her small face translucent, her black hair contrasting with her fair skin, her delicate features especially beautiful.

Feng Xiaoran had a good figure, but unfortunately, her facial features had flaws that makeup couldn’t compensate for.

She looked at her resentfully, restraining her envy and hatred.

“Yang Ge, just say what you need to say,” she said. “I have class in the afternoon.”

The matter between Qin Si and Lu Nian, including the fact that Qin Si was the one behind Ning Sheng, all these things, he had already told Zhao Yuanting.

However, so much time had passed, and they hadn’t received any response.

Lu Yang looked haggard and withered.

“Nian Nian, please save your brother,” he held Lu Nian’s hands, as if he was about to kneel down to her.

Lu Nian was startled. “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yang said, “You’re living with Qin Si now, right?”

He continued, “You know his relationship with Ning Sheng. I can’t take it anymore. He wants to destroy our Lu family. Now, everyone in the company is under his control.

Even if I want to change jobs, I can’t get out. Nian Nian, please, can you beg him to spare me?”

“I won’t work at Lu’s anymore,” Lu Yang said. “I’ll leave. I just hope he won’t torment me anymore.”

Lu Nian said, “…”

She had never seen such a scene before.

Lu Yang’s long speech overwhelmed her.

It took her a while to understand what he meant.

Lu Nian was almost clueless about company management, and Lu Zhihong had never told her about Lu’s affairs.

If what Lu Yang said was true, and Qin Si’s influence at Lu’s was indeed that great, she wouldn’t be very surprised.

But Lu Yang’s request…

“Yang Ge, please get up,” Lu Nian said.

Looking up at her, Lu Yang asked anxiously, “You agreed, right? As long as you speak to him, he’ll listen to you.”

“I’m sorry,” she shook her head gently. “If you’re facing any difficulties in life, I can help, but I can’t intervene in this matter.”

Although she had never liked Lu Yang since childhood, they had known each other for so many years.

Although his motives were impure and he was very opportunistic, Lu Yang had indeed taken care of her before.

If he encountered any hardships in life, she would help.

But this…

She wasn’t Qin Si’s person, and she knew nothing about company management.

With her family already in such a mess, owing favors to others, how could she intervene in this?

Feng Xiaoran’s face was ugly.

“Qin Si isn’t such an unreasonable person,” Lu Nian said softly. “Yang Ge, if you’re really in any misunderstandings, go talk to him. He won’t make things difficult for you.”

Lu Yang looked desolate.

He stood up, with a bitter smile. “So you won’t help?”

Lu Nian’s eyelashes trembled, but she didn’t speak.

With things having reached this point, obviously there was no room for negotiation.

“As for the reason I came to see you, please don’t tell him,” Lu Yang finally smiled bitterly. “Give me a little face.”

Lu Nian pressed her lips together and nodded gently.

She didn’t touch the coffee on the table and left.

The moment the door closed, Feng Xiaoran gritted her teeth and cursed, “This little bitch, what does she think she’s doing here, acting all high and mighty? Thinks she’s something special.”

Using her looks to climb up, but when she’s played out, let’s see if she can still act smug.

Lu Yang covered his face with both hands. “What do we do now?”

His eyes were lifeless.

Suddenly, he said, “Ranran, why don’t we give up everything and go back to our hometown?”

Weakling.

Feng Xiaoran cursed inwardly.

Especially compared to Qin Si.

She suddenly remembered.

That cold and sharp man, in terms of appearance, ability, and wrist strength, among all the men Feng Xiaoran had seen, he was exceptional.

This little bitch was benefiting from that.

The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became.

She whispered a few words to Lu Yang’s ear.

Lu Yang was stunned. “…You have to promise not to hurt Nian Nian.”

Feng Xiaoran impatiently said, “Hurt her? Do you think I want to be a kidnapper? You still treat her like a sister. Look at whether she treats you like a brother.”

“Your sister doesn’t listen,” she said. “Just tell her to behave.”

This time, Lu Yang hesitated.

He had once mentioned Nan Qiao’s secret to Feng Xiaoran.

After Lu Nian returned from Nan Qiao, she was greatly stimulated.

She would make a ruckus every night at home, smashing everything in the house, not sleeping all night, and not eating or drinking.

At that time, everyone in the Lu family was secretly saying that she was on the verge of death.

Later, Lu Zhihong had no choice but to find someone to seek help. Eventually, they found a “psychologist.”

The effect was significant.

Lu Nian completely forgot that memory, and for a while, she became a bit more obedient.

Lu Zhihong ordered everyone in the Lu family not to mention the past anymore, and Lu Zhuo’s existence was completely erased at that time.

Later, as time passed, the effect faded.

Although her memory didn’t recover, her mental state remained extremely poor, and she began threatening suicide again.

After that incident, Lu Zhihong originally wanted to take her there again, but after she jumped off the building that time, she suddenly got better and became quiet and obedient.

She never openly defied Lu Zhihong again, so Lu Zhihong didn’t forcefully take her there again.

Feng Xiaoran said, “Do it quickly. My brother and the others are in Ancheng now. Ask them to help, and bring Lu Nian over.”

Lu Yang closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. “Okay.”

He was really out of options.

…

“It’s been a long time since Lu Yang sent any messages.” Zhao Tingyuan frowned.

Su Qingyou put a cashmere blanket on her stomach and drank a bowl of prenatal medicine.

She said slowly, “Let it be.”

“Lu Yang’s temper is small.” Su Qingyou said, “Besides, he’s not capable. He can’t fight Qin Si at all. When the time comes, if he interferes too much, he’ll just cause trouble for us.”

Zhao Tingyuan frowned.

Does that mean letting Lu Yang fend for himself?

“Then all the preparations we made before were in vain?”

Su Qingyou had to explain, “It’s a situation we can’t avoid. Ning Sheng has already decided to intervene in Lu’s affairs.”

That man was just too terrifying.

If possible, Su Qingyou didn’t want to oppose him.

“After all, our business dealings with the Lu family can be cut off, and the impact won’t be that great.” Su Qingyou said, “Our business scope doesn’t overlap much, so it’s okay to take a break for a while.”

She stroked Zhao Tingyuan’s forehead and smiled, “Recently, you should stay at home and worry more about your little brother’s affairs.”

Zhao Tingyuan sighed.

Every time he thought of this matter, he felt upset.

“Honey, the weather is nice today.” Su Qingyou said, “Let’s take the baby out for a walk.”

Zhao Tingyuan reluctantly nodded.

Su Qingyou linked arms with him, and the two walked together in the spacious garden of the Zhao family, which had recently been renovated according to Su Qingyou’s preferences, looking very spacious and beautiful.