After the mother was reborn, she was deeply involved in the battle for favor between her sons

"Can I ask what your original name was? If you don't want to tell me, forget it." It was the first time Lin Xu heard that Ji Yuqiao had changed her name, and she couldn't help but ask curiously.

"My former name was..."

The three words "Ji Lanyue" rang out along with the cell phone ringtone.

By the quiet lake, the ringing of a bell suddenly sounded like an explosion, frightening Lin Xu's heart.

She patted her chest, and it took her a while to calm her pounding heart. "I didn't hear what you just said."

"It's okay, you answer the phone first." Ji Yuqiao said.

Lin Xu nodded, and as soon as the call was connected, Ji Tingyang's anxious voice came from the other end.

"Mother, why haven't you come back yet? It's almost twelve o'clock. Where are you now? I'll pick you up!"

"Didn't I tell you before I left that I was just going out to meet friends?" Lin Xu said.

"...Which friend are you meeting? Why are you still not home so late?" Ji Tingyang carefully probed her and wanted to ask her directly several times if she was meeting Xie Changyan.

Originally, when Lin Xu was going out at night, Ji Tingyang also wanted to go with her.

As a result, Lin Xu asked him to go upstairs to help get some clothes, but when he came downstairs, the person was gone.

Ji Tingyang was angry and anxious.

He had been holding it in until now, and as it was almost past twelve o'clock, he finally couldn't hold it in any longer and called.

Before he could even say a few words, Lin Xu hung up the phone neatly, "Don't worry, I'll be back in a while, that's it for now."

Ji Yuqiao vaguely heard a voice from the other end, which seemed to be urging Lin Xu to go home.

She glanced at the time and was shocked. "Is your family calling you to go home? Then go back quickly. I forgot to check the time and didn't realize it was so late."

"But……"

"I'm fine now, please go home quickly."

Ji Yuqiao also urged on, pushing and pulling the reluctant Lin Xu, and sent her into the taxi.

Only when the taxi disappeared from sight did Ji Yuqiao turn around and walk slowly towards the dormitory.

On the way back to the dormitory, she thought of Xiao Yu again, and her eyes were filled with tears again.

And that same night, it wasn't just one person who was sad.

The bar late at night is full of lights and wine.

Su Linzhou had just said goodbye to a few beauties and returned to the booth when he saw Xie Changyan drinking alone with his head down.

"I asked you to come to the bar before, but you didn't want to. Why are you hiding in the corner drinking alone now that you finally agree to come?" Su Linzhou sat down and shook his head. "There are so many beauties here. It's boring to just drink."

Xie Changyan looked at the wine glass on the table, his slender white fingertips slowly sliding across the rim of the glass. His slightly drooping eyelashes blocked his brown eyes, making it impossible to see the expression in his eyes. The air pressure around him was extremely low, which made people shudder.

After a while, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"You drank a liquor with a strength of over 50% alcohol in one gulp?" Su Linzhou was stunned. He moved closer to Xie Changyan and asked quietly, "Are you worried about something?"

Xie Changyan remained silent.

"Could it be... about Lin Xu?" Su Linzhou asked cautiously.

Xie Changyan is an extremely capable person. He has achieved extraordinary success in business at a young age and has led the Xie Group to a higher level.

Everyone said that he was extremely talented and had never suffered any setbacks in the first half of his life.

And now this gifted child of destiny has become so depressed, Su Linzhou can't seem to think of any other reason except Lin Xu.

As expected, after hearing this name, Xie Changyan's face tensed and his expression became even gloomier, just like the night sky shrouded in haze.

"Could it be that you failed to pry open the girl's corner?!" Su Linzhou exclaimed.

As soon as he finished speaking, the pressure on Xie Changyan's body became even colder.

Su Linzhou swallowed and felt that his guess was almost right.

"This... There are fish in water everywhere. Why don't you just give up?" Su Linzhou advised.

A restless aura kept surging in his eyes. Xie Changyan closed his eyes and rubbed his nose.

After a long time, when he opened his eyes again, the emotions in his eyes had turned into calm.

He stood up, picked up the coat beside him and casually draped it over his arm, then walked straight to the door.

"The nightlife has just begun. Why are you going back so early? Wander around here more. Maybe you'll find another grass soon!" Su Linzhou's voice came from behind.

Xie family.

The lights in the living room were still on.

As soon as Xie Changyan entered the room, he saw Xie Mingwang sitting on the sofa with a sullen face.

"Grandpa, why haven't you slept yet?" Xie Changyan casually put his coat on the hanger and said leisurely, "I'm going back to my room first, you should go to bed early too."

"Wait a minute!" Xie Mingwang called out to him.

Xie Mingwang looked at him with a frown.

I could smell the alcohol coming from him from a distance.

"You're back so late, what have you been doing?"

"Where else can we go besides drinking?" Xie Changyan curled the corners of his lips, his tone casual.

"Really?" Xie Mingwang was suspicious.

Xie Changyan seemed to know what he was thinking and sneered, "Don't worry, I came back late these days because I went to the bar, not because I met her."

Xie Mingwang seemed to be seen through and coughed awkwardly, "I just saw that you came back so late these days and was worried about you."

"I'm an adult already, there's nothing to worry about. You should just worry more about your health." After saying that, Xie Changyan went back to his room to rest.

Upon learning that his grandson had not met that woman again, Xie Mingwang was relieved at first.

However, for the next few days, Xie Mingwang saw Xie Changyan coming back drunk late at night, and his heart, which had just been relieved, became anxious again.

"Tell me the truth, has anything happened in the company recently?" One night, Xie Mingwang stopped Xie Changyan who returned home in the middle of the night and asked.

"Aren't you a director of the company? What happens in the company can be hidden from you?" Xie Changyan said casually.

"Does that mean my health is going to fail?" Xie Mingwang asked again.

"…Have you watched too many TV dramas?"

"So you had a quarrel with that woman?"

Xie Changyan paused for a moment, a trace of self-mockery appeared on his handsome face, "How can I have the qualifications to quarrel with others?"

Thinking back to the last time he sent Lin Xu back to Ji's house, it had been half a month. Apart from the initial message thanking him for sending her back to Ji's house, she had not sent him any other message.

I don’t know if it was because she was busy taking care of the injured Ji Tingyang or if she simply forgot about him.

Perhaps, as Ji Tingyang said, he was not important at all in her heart, so insignificant that they didn't even have to contact each other.

An indescribable pain surged in his heart, then flowed from his chest to his throat, and finally turned into a bitter chuckle.

When Xie Mingwang heard this, he immediately understood.

There must have been some conflict between him and that woman.