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  Ye Anning moved back into her own apartment, having stayed in his villa for too long. Last time she came back from the cold war, she always felt that her home was small, but now she feels at ease.

  After all, that place doesn't belong to her, only this small world is forever hers.

  Looking around the apartment, it was worlds apart from his home, but thinking back to when he had voluntarily moved in and how unusually accustomed he had become to living there, she felt a sense of wonder.

  It's really like what Chu Qiao said, but it's just a fresh feeling.

  She goes to work and comes home every day, orders takeout for dinner, and her daily life is the same as before. If there's anything different, it's that the apartment is too quiet at night, so after finishing dinner, she goes out with Grandpa and Grandma downstairs to dance in the square. After dancing until exhaustion, she returns to the apartment and falls asleep immediately.

  Drowsy and about to fall asleep, the phone suddenly rang. She fumbled around on her bedside table for a long time without looking at the caller ID and picked it up directly. Her voice was somewhat unclear, "Hello?"

  "...The person on the other end paused, then asked uncertainly, "Are you asleep?"

  Ye Anning's drowsiness instantly dissipated, and she responded in a stifled tone, "En."

  He has been gone for four days, and this is their first phone call. She was silent, and he didn't speak either. After half a ring, his slightly resentful voice came through, "Why didn't you answer my calls?"

  "What? You called me?" She took the phone away from her ear, and indeed there were two missed calls on the screen. "I didn't pick up, I just went out without my phone, and when I came back I didn't check it."

  "Where did you go?" His voice came faintly accompanied by the sound of papers being turned, he should be working. His heart softened a bit in the slightly cool night, and he said truthfully, "There's nothing to do at home, went downstairs to dance with grandpa and grandma?"

  "Dancing? What kind of dance?" He felt a bit resentful, she seemed to be having a great time when he was away.

  "The most dazzling national style."

  "What kind of dance is this?" He had never heard of it before.

  "It's just a square dance, we dance in the square, many people together, all with some simple movements." She explained patiently.

  "Uh-huh." His voice suddenly went distant, replaced by a low and smooth American English accent. After a while, his voice came back, asking uncertainly, "Still there?"

  "...in."

  "It's still not resolved on my end, probably need about another week before I can return." His voice sounded somewhat annoyed.

  "Oh." She responded softly, actually there was no need for her to be told specifically.

  "Missed me? Not even a call from you." His voice sounded somewhat melancholic, as if the purpose of this late-night call was just to say that.

  "...Nothing." She said in a low voice, actually didn't think much about it, just sometimes couldn't sleep at night and felt the taste was weird when eating, everything else was fine.

  "I knew it, you heartless little thing." He said with almost gritted teeth, and finally muttered, "But why do I miss you a bit?"

  Both sides suddenly fell silent, and in the quiet of the night, Ye Anning clearly heard the sound of her own chaotic heartbeat.

  He said, miss her?

  The phone had hung up for a long time, but Ye Anning still didn't have any sleepiness, and her ears were all his low and serious voice when he said he missed her.

  I hate it!

  He didn't take her seriously at all, but always used words to coax her, damn it!

  This week is the school's exam week, and the daily task of coming to school is to check papers and invigilate.

  Every time she was in an examination room, she had a feeling of being in a different world.

  When she saw a student bowing their head, whispering something, pointing with their mouth, she thought of when she was in school. Tian Xin Nian was in the same class as her, and their student numbers were close together. Every time Tian Xin Nian would be behind her, if she encountered something she didn't know, she would make hand gestures to ask, and the other person would tell her what to choose. When the proctor wasn't paying attention, they would even pass notes to each other.

  In school, cheating on exams will result in cancellation of degree certification, but this is still less troublesome than re-examination or re-study. They know the consequences of being caught, yet they often take risks, always thinking that maybe they'll pass or maybe they won't get caught.

  She was the most familiar with these cheating methods in less than two years after graduation. Apart from Japanese, she could be said to be useless, so cheating on exams was her only way to pass.

  The inspector teacher arrived, a student's hand shook and the paper in his sleeve fell out. Ye Anning walked over, bent down to pick it up, and continued to proctor as if nothing had happened.

  She clearly saw the student let out a sigh of relief, and when the exam was over, the student even ran over to thank her.

  Ye Anning felt that these scenes were all too familiar, although she had also gone through them herself. Nevertheless, she still said sternly, "Next time you won't be so lucky, usually taking out some time to read books is more important than anything else."

  The boy nodded with a bit of embarrassment, "Got it, teacher."

  She counted all the papers and handed them over to another teacher who was about to go out for dinner, just as her phone rang.

  Seeing the number above, her good mood for the whole day was gone instantly.

  Hesitated for a moment, then picked up, inside was Ye Mingzhu's cold voice, "Dad wants you to come back immediately."

  Yan Ning knew from her tone that she was definitely not calling Ye Qingyun, otherwise she would have asked politely and softly told her to go home. The other party's attitude was bad, so she responded lightly, "I still have to invigilate this afternoon, I won't be able to leave."

  Ye Mingzhu snorted coldly, "Suit yourself, anyway Dad asked me to inform you and I've already done that, just wait for it, you two-faced thing."

  Ye Mingzhu hung up the phone and listened to the "beep" sound, feeling a little puzzled. What's going on with eating inside and peeling outside!

  Since Junteng and Shen signed the cooperation agreement, Ye Qingyun has not bothered her again. She had a rare peace for a while, but now that she received Ye Mingzhu's call, she suddenly had a bad premonition.

  In the afternoon, there was indeed a proctor, and after finishing the exam, she drove back to Ye's house. She really feared that Ye Qingyun would come to school to cause trouble, as he had never been one to listen to reason.

  Back at the Shen's house, the atmosphere was different from usual. There was no warmth or harmony, just Ye Qingyun sitting on the sofa with a stern face, while Qiao Yun and Ye Mingzhu stood beside him, not daring to breathe loudly.

  "Dad, Auntie." She called out softly, but Ye Qingyun suddenly lifted his head, and only then did she see that his reddened eyes were filled with anger, her heart skipped a beat, not knowing what had happened again.

  "What about Pei Jun?" Ye Qingyun asked word by word, not knowing if it was her misconception, but she always felt a biting and cutting taste when calling his name.

  "He's gone on a business trip, I heard there's some issue with a contract in the US, he's been away for a week now, are you looking for him?" she asked cautiously, trying not to provoke him so as not to lose out at Ye's house.

  "I'll find him, I want to eat him up!" Ye Qingyun suddenly growled in anger, "How could I not have seen his wolfish ambition before? He's simply despicable! Despicable! He wants to destroy our Ye family."

  Ye Qingyun slammed her fist on the table, the dull and heavy impact resonating in her chest, making her flustered.

  "Dad, what's going on?"

  Ye Qingyun looked at her with a cold, sinister smile. "What happened? It's all your boyfriend's doing, I said he was too kind to even give up the fat in his mouth to share with Ye Shi, forgive me for thinking he wanted to drag me to death. That scoundrel, you let him come back and give me an explanation right now, if he doesn't show any humanity, don't blame me for being ruthless, I'd rather die together with him!"

  Ye Qingyun's face was twisted, his voice like a demon from hell, making people shiver without being cold. After being with him for so many years, she absolutely believed that Ye Qingyun could do anything for money.

  "What's going on, Dad? Is there some kind of misunderstanding? Pei Jun has been away on a business trip for a week." She was afraid he would treat Pei Jun unfairly and tried to explain, but Ye Qingyun suddenly slapped her. "You're the one who's been deceiving me all along! You and Pei Jun are in cahoots, cheating me out of Snow Pine Garden and trying to destroy the entire Ye family! How could I have given birth to someone like you? I won't let any of you live a good life. Even if I die, I'll make sure to kill both of you first!"

  "Father! Up until now, I still don't even know what happened, and you're giving us a guilty verdict like this? It's really not right!"

  Ye Qingyun sneered, her whole body trembling with rage, her large hands clenched into fists on her knees, loosening and then tightening again as if trying to suppress something. She could see that this time it was really serious, absolutely not Ye Qingyun intentionally causing trouble. The matter that had arisen must be a big one, or else he wouldn't be in such a state. Beside her, Qiao Yun and Ye Mingzhu, although they felt some schadenfreude at seeing her being beaten, remained silent, not adding fuel to the fire. They were probably worried that if something really did happen, they would also be implicated.

  Ye Anning looked up and asked, "What's going on?"

  Ye Mingzhu gave her a fierce stare, not wanting to bother with her, but Qiao Yun signaled to her with her eyes, letting her speak.

  She finally opened her mouth and said, "One of Dad's friends who works in the government accidentally revealed that the plan for the coastal area had been shelved long ago. A national first-class protected plant was discovered nearby, and someone has already applied to turn the surrounding area into a cultural relic protection zone. So it's impossible to build a villa district there. Dad was kept in the dark all along, thinking that construction would start soon. He gave up all cooperation for this year and stocked up on high-end building materials, which are now piled up in the warehouse and can't be returned. Even if we find new projects, we don't have the funds to invest again..."

  Ye Mingzhu said in a low voice, staring fiercely at Ye Anning, "Pei Jun and we have no grudges or grievances. Is it you who instigated him to deal with us? Otherwise, why would he want to harm us to the end? Rongteng is his position, how could he not know in advance? Moreover, behind Rongteng there is also the Yin family supporting him. Even if he didn't know those people, they wouldn't dare not inform him. But he still signed a contract with us, isn't this clearly wanting to harm us to death? Anning, no matter what conflicts we've had, we can resolve them privately as one family. You don't need to be so ruthless and put us in a desperate situation!"

  Ye Anning looked at her with a flustered expression, then looked at Ye Qingyun, and indeed his eyes changed color along with hers. The fierce gaze in his eyes was so intense that it seemed to want to strip off her skin and extract her tendons.

  Her heart skipped a beat, now that Pei Jun was not in the country, if she had anything happen to her there would be no one who could help her. She hastily spoke up to explain, "Dad, I really didn't know about this matter, I have no reason to harm Ye Shi, I just wanted to protect Snow Pine Garden. I think Pei Jun definitely also doesn't know about it, just like my sister said, he and we have no grudges or grievances, why would he want to harm us? There must be some misunderstanding in the middle. He'll be back in a week, at that time I'll ask him clearly. You shouldn't get too worked up for now, let's put aside Rongteng for the moment, behind it is still Yin Shi as its backing. If we rashly offend Rongteng, it will probably not be easy to make amends later."

  Ye Anning's heart was racing as she began to speak, bringing out her usual way of treating students. She spoke in a gentle and persuasive tone, analyzing the pros and cons bit by bit for him. Ye Qingyun was an uncultured roughneck who valued money above all else; if Pei Jun really harmed him, he would definitely fight to the death with Pei Jun for the sake of the Ye family - this was beyond doubt.

  She subconsciously wanted to protect Pei Jun at this time, although he was also strong and invulnerable in her eyes, but no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't stop others from secretly harming him, she still didn't want him to be hurt by Ye Qingyun.

  As expected, after hearing her words, Ye Qingyun also calmed down. He thought that what Ye Anning said made sense. In any case, this matter should be discussed with Pei Jun first. Even if the plan was really put on hold, an enterprise as large as Junting would give him a portion of the project. If he didn't make money, he wouldn't lose too much either. If he acted impulsively and ruined his relationship with Junting, it would be too late to mend it later.

  "Alright, I'll give you a week's time. Go back and tell Pei Jun that I want to see him. Also, tell him what your sister just said and see how he reacts. Ask him how he plans to compensate the Ye family!" Ye Qingyun glared at her with cold eyes, his voice as chilly as ice, his gloomy face twisted in a scowl. "Ye Anning, I'm warning you: if I find out that you're secretly colluding with outsiders to harm me, I won't let it slide. Don't even mention the word 'family' then."

  Ye Anning's icy hand was numb and stiff, but she slowly nodded.

  As she left the Ye's house, her hands were slightly trembling while driving. Earlier, she really saw a murderous intention in Ye Qingyun's eyes. If it wasn't for Rongteng, she believed that Ye Qingyun would not have spared her earlier.

  Her face still burning with a scorching pain, she pulled the car over and didn't even bother to check what time it was now, directly dialing the number, but the phone prompted that the other party's phone was turned off.

  A flustered heart gradually calmed down, and she thought through everything all over again.

  Ye Mingzhu is right. Such a thing, Pei Jun couldn't have possibly not known about it beforehand. If he knew, why would he want to drag Ye down with him?

  For her? To help her get revenge?

  Is it because you think she was bullied at Ye's house that you helped her?

  She restarted the car and just arrived at the apartment building when Pei Jun's call came, she anxiously picked it up, "Hello, Pei Jun."

  The person in front of him was taken aback by her urgent voice and laughed mockingly, saying "What's wrong, why are you thinking of me?"

  Ye Anning's panicked heart suddenly calmed down due to his gentle voice, and she seemed to have grasped the last straw, no longer afraid of drowning in the vast ocean.

  She got out of the car and locked it, then walked upstairs. Pei Jun heard that she had lost her voice again, and said to himself, "Just now there was no electricity, the mobile phone automatically shut down, did you miss me?"

  It's been a week since he left, and this is her first call to him. He has to admit that he feels a little delighted in his heart.

  Anning let out a soft sigh and said, "No."

  "It's a small thing with a tongue that doesn't match its heart." He smiled quietly, clearly somewhat disbelieving, and didn't think about why he had called him.

  "Pei Jun, I just came back from the Ye's house." As soon as she finished speaking, his voice suddenly changed and he asked tensely, "What did you go to the Ye's house for? Did you get taken advantage of again?"

  His voice was full of worry, and the tense tone was somewhat tight and sharp. She knew he really cared about her. At this moment, she felt that no matter how much he cared for other women, she was already very satisfied. "No, I didn't lose out."

  "Really? Don't lie to me."

  "There really isn't, don't worry." Her voice softened involuntarily, "He asked me to go back because of the Dihai Bay plan, he said..."

  "What was said? That the plan has been put on hold?" Pei Jun's clear voice finished her sentence for her.

  "Do you really know? Why is that? You clearly knew it would be shelved, so why did you still drag Ye down with you? He's furious, he's almost crazy. You don't know how much he values money. If she found out you were intentionally harming him, he'd absolutely fight to the death with you." Ye Anning said hastily, and from his tone, it was clear that he didn't think so.

  "Are you worried about me?" he asked with some pleasure.

  She bit her lip and remained silent.

  "Don't worry, Ye Qingyun doesn't have the ability to hurt me yet. It's you who should be careful not to come back when I'm not around, got it?" His deep voice came through the receiver, carrying an inherent dignity and a concern that made her heart skip a beat.

  Although he said with great confidence that Ye Qingyun would not be able to hurt her, she was still very worried. "Don't be careless, he wants to see you and you have to believe me, he values money far more than human life, if he loses his money, he is capable of doing anything evil, but why do you want to do this?"

  "Why, huh, to give that poor little fool some satisfaction." He said with a light tone, his voice carrying a hint of indulgence.

  Ye Anning's heart suddenly lost its frequency, and her originally uncertain heart was heavily struck by his light words. The warm tide poured in from all sides, drowning her, and she felt herself being bewildered by him.

  Is everything for her? From the beginning, he set up this scheme for her, luring Ye Qingyun into it, just to help her vent her anger?

  She still remembers that at the time, she was desperate to keep Snow Pine Garden and went to beg him for help. He was so disdainful of her, even with a mistress clause that made her feel humiliated. In fact, he never had any intention of doing so, did he? At the time, he was just angry with her and wanted to teach her a lesson. Behind his cold indifference, however, he has always been carefully planning to protect her and help her take revenge.

  Ye Anning felt that if it was just for a mistress, he had paid too much.

  "Little fool, aren't you crying from being moved?" He said jokingly after a long time without hearing any response.

  "You're the one who's crying, why should I be moved? It's not like I made you do it." She blinked her eyes, forcing back the moisture in her eye sockets, and said loudly, but her voice grew softer towards the end.

  He chuckled softly, but his voice suddenly turned serious. "Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it. No matter what he says, he's your father and I won't go too far. I just want to teach him a lesson, let him know how to be a good father. At least make him understand that everything he has now is thanks to you, his daughter. If he really likes money that much, he should know how to treat you."

  The moisture in her eyes could no longer be held back, and it fell plop-plop onto the back of her foot, creating a small puddle. She muttered a low "en" sound, saying "Thank you, Pei Jun."

  Is it enough just to thank with your mouth?

  "What do you want then?" she asked with a sob.

  "It's still the same as last time, you took the initiative to please me, but this time I won't let you off easily again." Pei Jun said with a sly tone, his voice becoming hoarse as he thought of her taking the initiative.

  Ye Anning bit her lip and also thought of that active night, a flush floated across her face, thinking of what he had asked her to do, she really couldn't do it.

  Heartbeat, speed up.

  "When are you coming back?" She was shy and could only quickly change the subject.

  "Miss me? Baby, I miss you more, missing you so much that it hurts."

  After being with him for so long, she had already understood the meaning behind his words and suddenly scolded in a soft voice, "You rascal!"

  "Just want to be a rogue for you."

  "Get out of here, you're not serious, there's not a single true word in your mouth, I'm going to hang up." Ye Anning was so ashamed that she could hardly lift her head, sniffled and hung up the phone, her face burning fiercely. She entered the apartment, looked up at the clock on the wall, and only then realized that it should be around 3:00 AM in the US, wasn't he asleep yet?

  It's 4 am, today I've updated a total of 20,000 words, thanks for your support and subscription, the results are good, so there will be many opportunities for extra updates in the future, muah muah, love you guys, going to rest now, so tired~~~