.

When she finally found a moment of peace, she realized that she hadn’t been in contact with Lu Jinxuan for several days.

She wanted to call him, but worried that he might be busy, so she only sent a message after some thought.

There was no reply from Lu Jinxuan’s side.

Yu Sangwan felt a bit discouraged and thought of Le Zhengsheng, dialing his number.

Le Zhengsheng answered quickly, "Hello, Second Lady."

"Are you busy?" Yu Sangwan smiled, "I’m quite bored by myself and don’t know anyone here. Let’s have dinner together tonight!"

"Wanwan..." Le Zhengsheng’s tone suddenly became serious, "Tonight is not possible, maybe in a few days!"

They were considered quite good friends, and Yu Sangwan sensitively noticed that Le Zhengsheng had something going on.

She asked, "Le Zheng, do you have something to attend to?"

"Hmm..." Le Zhengsheng hesitated for a moment before giving her an answer, "I’m in Donghua now."

"..." Yu Sangwan halted, in just two days, Le Zhengsheng had gone to Donghua again?

A vague, strange feeling crept over her, "Le Zheng, why did you go to Donghua?"

"Wanwan." Le Zheng’s tone was very serious, and he only called her "Second Lady" jokingly, "Can you... come back for a bit?"

Yu Sangwan clutched her phone, her heart skipped a beat, "...Alright."

"I’ll come to pick you up!" Le Zheng felt a bit uneasy.

"No need, I’m not a child." Yu Sangwan declined.

After hanging up, Yu Sangwan quickly packed a little and got on a car headed to Donghua.

As she exited the station, she spotted Le Zhengsheng waiting by the car in the distance, "Wanwan, over here!"

Once in the car, both were silent for a while.

Yu Sangwan didn’t speak, and Le Zhengsheng secretly watched her through the rearview mirror. She caught him staring, "Le Zheng, if you know something, just tell me!"

Le Zhengsheng furrowed his brows, nodding, "It’s not for me to say, I’ll take you there! Once you see it, you’ll understand everything."

"...Alright." Yu Sangwan felt a chill, she guessed it must be related to Lu Jinxuan.

Le Zhengsheng took her to a haute couture boutique.

They didn’t enter, merely stood at the entrance. The boutique had a see-through glass wall, so they could see the interior without going in.

At that moment, there was only one pair of customers inside.

The man was wearing a suit, his back to the door. The woman in a long apricot evening gown, elegant and luxurious... what was even more dazzling than the gown was the smile on her face...

"..." Yu Sangwan abruptly turned her head, tightly shutting her eyes.

Seeing her face turn pale instantly, Le Zhengsheng instinctively raised his hand.

Yu Sangwan shook her head, her voice lacking strength, "I’m fine."

Le Zhengsheng retracted his hand, but still stood quite close to her.

Yu Sangwan asked him, "Did you know all along?"

"...Yes." Le Zhengsheng nodded, slightly frowning, "Wanwan, I told you before... back then I let go, thinking Lu Jinxuan would fight for you, but I still received an invitation..."

What kind of invitation needed no further explanation!

Yu Sangwan felt as if her legs lost all strength, every step forward was an enormous effort.

"Wanwan..."

Le Zhengsheng wanted to support her, but she pushed him away. Yu Sangwan shook her head, "Don’t follow me, I just want to be quiet by myself..."

"..." Le Zhengsheng was stunned, "Where are you going by yourself?"

He knew her situation well too, she was already alone and without support.

Yu Sangwan lost her composure, suddenly shouting at him, "Don’t follow me! Can you let me calm down for a moment? Please!"

Seeing her teary eyes, bristling like a porcupine, Le Zhengsheng could only nod, "Okay..."

Yu Sangwan smoothed her hair, turned around, and ran off in large strides.

She didn’t know where she was headed, just kept running forward, her chest tight like she might suffocate at any moment...

In her pocket, the phone buzzed non-stop.

Yu Sangwan was oblivious, her feet kept moving forward...

Inside the haute couture boutique, Lu Jinxuan held his phone, his frown deepening... why isn’t Wanwan answering?

He was worried, continually dialing, but eventually, the line indicated... the phone was off!

"Jinxuan!"

Behind him, Gong Xueyan approached, lifting her gown’s hem, smiling brightly at him, "How about this? Does it look nice?"

Lu Jinxuan didn’t even lift his eyelids, "Decide for yourself!"

After speaking, he called Tang Yueze, "Yuezhe, can you... check what’s happening with Wanwan? Her phone’s off."

After the call, Lu Jinxuan’s mind remained heavy, even his right eyelid twitched.

...

As night fell, Yu Sangwan sat alone in a park. She had turned off her phone earlier, but now turned it back on to reach Pei Pei...

Once it was on, numerous missed calls popped up, all from Lu Jinxuan.

Seeing so many missed calls now made Yu Sangwan even more heartbroken... remembering her father’s dying wish, she couldn’t help but doubt, could Lu Jinxuan really be unreliable?

Tears fell onto the phone screen as a call from an unknown number came in.

Yu Sangwan hesitated for a moment, then answered, "Hello..."

She never expected it to be a call from the hospital.

"Miss Yu, regarding the issue of your father being unsupervised during his hospital stay, we’ve made new discoveries. Could you come by when you can?"

Concerned about her father, Yu Sangwan immediately stood up, clutching her phone, "Okay, I’m coming right away!"

Rushing to the hospital, Yu Sangwan did not expect the discovery awaiting her there...

The director and the department head met with her personally, showing her a surveillance recording.

"Miss Yu, our wards have a strict patrol system, especially for your father, a critical patient. We conduct rounds every half hour and even shorter if there’s an issue... see here..."