At this moment, Yang Rou was completely lost for words to describe her feelings.

She stared blankly at Chen Yan's retreating figure, her heart filled with a mixture of emotions.

There was the embarrassment from being teased by Chen Yan, the touch of his willingness to take responsibility, and some indescribable feelings.

Ever since that incident, Yang Rou thought she would no longer be swayed by anything.

But now, she realized she was wrong.

It turned out to be because she hadn't met the right person...

However, every time she thought of Chen Yan's identity and the women around him, Yang Rou felt even more conflicted.

Compared to many women who wanted to marry into wealth and wed a rich man, Yang Rou actually believed more in self-reliance.

She knew that everything given by others had a price marked in the shadows.

In this world, there's no such thing as free giving and love.

Using their money, taking their things, meant your compromise, and the freedom you gave to them.

If you couldn't accept it in the future, the way they gave it to you is how they would take it back.

Only what you earn through your own abilities truly belongs to you.

Chen Yan's identity and the complicated relationships around him gave Yang Rou an immense headache.

At that moment, she even had an incomprehensible thought: she should discuss it with her daughter, Yang Nuannuan.

After all, compared to her lack of understanding in emotions and life, Yang Nuannuan seemed to know a lot about these matters and had plenty of ideas.

But when Yang Rou thought about Yang Nuannuan's twisted feelings toward Chen Yan, she felt it would be a terrible idea to tell her anything.

Otherwise, who knew what she might do.

"Ah, what a karmic bond," Yang Rou couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately after, she began to regret her impulse from the night before.

She and Chen Yan had been getting along very well.

More than friends but less than lovers.

You understand my ulterior motives, I understand your feigned modesty.

But now... With this thin veil pierced, their future interactions were bound to become uncomfortable...

Especially...

Thinking and thinking, Yang Rou's face turned red as she recalled Chen Yan's words, "In the future, whether it's you or me, if we have needs, we can go to each other for a solution..."

The memory of Chen Yan's domineering demeanor from last night surfaced, and she could feel her body starting to feel off again...

.......

At this time, Chen Yan was unaware that last night's event had unlocked the doors to Yang Rou's heart.

However, his visit to Yang Rou's office was not futile.

Through the brief exchange they had, he had learned the truth about last night's incident.

Yang Rou was not the same as before.

The old Yang Rou was incredibly calm, even using "Inner Headphones" only conveyed simple and extremely calm and determined thoughts.

But today's Yang Rou was not the same. Her mind was in turmoil, repeatedly going over last night's events in her head.

So, Chen Yan easily learned the ins and outs of last night's incident.

And after knowing everything was just a misunderstanding and coincidence, Chen Yan also found it hard to describe his own mood.

'This Eight-sided dice is magical, isn't it? Causing everything to happen so naturally and quietly.'

Before, Chen Yan who felt the dice was very useful, once again elevated its importance.

Moreover, precisely because of this, he felt he shouldn't overuse the dice.

After all, if the dice's "All Things Go Smoothly" effect was so strong, it meant its "great misfortune" effect was equally powerful.

If a good thing turned into a disaster due to a careless throw, that would be bad.

Thus, after silently increasing the importance of the dice in his mind, Chen Yan also decided not to use it excessively.

Of course... At certain crucial moments, he would still use it.

While pondering this, Chen Yan returned to his office.

After arriving at his office, Chen Yan sat down to deal with the backlog of work briefly.

Then, he opened the folder he had brought from home and took out a black card.

This card was the "Strong Buy Card".

Yesterday, apart from purchasing the "Lucky Eight-sided Dice", Chen Yan had also bought 20 billion worth of Strong Buy Card credit.

Plus, the 20 billion in credit he had saved up last month, he now had a massive 40 billion credit of the Strong Buy Card.

Chen Yan hadn't forgotten the promise he made to Zhao Ying to buy Weibo shares.

After considering it, he picked up his phone and called Song Chuang: he was going to Tiandu to meet with the boss of Weibo and use the "Strong Buy Card" to buy some shares from him...

...

Meanwhile, at the 15th floor of Fenghua Building, in the Charity Organization, several staff members were chatting.

Perhaps women are more compassionate than men, or maybe they prefer to involve themselves in charitable activities, but either way, most of the staff at this charity were women.

They were all young, in their twenties, vibrant and romantic, and filled with enthusiasm for charity work.

Among them, Zhao Ying probably stood out the most for being different.

Since she was inserted by Chen Yan, Zhao Ying didn't have much affection for the job.

After the initial excitement wore off, she began to feel bored, apathetic, and lazy.

If it weren't for Yu Qiao Qiao dragging her to work every day, she probably would have gone off to practice boxing somewhere else by now.

However, it was precisely because of her attitude that she was somewhat ostracized in the charity's team.

Where there are women, there is gossip.

To her face, no one dared say anything, but behind her back, the others were less inhibited.

"When is Zhao Ying going to leave? She's just hanging around us every day, all lazy and idle. It's quite annoying to see."

"Don't talk like that. She is someone our boss's boss personally placed there. She has connections."

"I also heard that she goes around saying that she's just here to play, and in a few days, our boss's boss will buy her Weibo, letting her become a director there."

"Ha! A director of Weibo? She's just bragging."

"Yeah. Weibo is so much bigger than ours. Can our boss even afford to buy Weibo? And even if he does, will he let her be a director? I don't buy it."

"She must be daydreaming."

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Amidst the gossiping girls, not far away, Yu Qiao Qiao was chatting with Zhao Ying.

Yu Qiao Qiao, intently filling out forms, said to Zhao Ying, "Brother Ying... I know Chen Yan promised to get you into Weibo, but you shouldn't tell other people."

Zhao Ying sat next to Yu Qiao Qiao, playing King of Fighters on her phone, absently asking, "Why?"

Yu Qiao Qiao cautiously glanced at the group of girls nearby and explained, "They will be jealous of you."

Zhao Ying looked up, confused, "But what I said is true."

Yu Qiao Qiao said helplessly, "I know it's true. But... you can't just say it like that."

She whispered, "Look, when you first came, everyone actually liked you. But after they found out about your situation, they started to sour on you."

"You simply said 'I'm here to help,' and they twisted it to 'I'm here to play'."

"You were just answering their question about how you got the job by saying Chen Yan asked you to come. Suddenly it turned into you being handpicked by the big boss with connections."

"You were merely replying about your plans after graduation, saying Chen Yan plans to buy some shares in Weibo and then you'd be responsible there. In their mouths, it turned into you going around telling everyone that you're going to be a director at Weibo..."

Yu Qiao Qiao sighed, "If Chen Yan really moved you to Weibo quickly, that would be the end of it."

"Now, it's been two months and you still haven't left."

"They certainly think you're faking it, so they're gossiping."

Zhao Ying glanced indifferently at the group of girls, "It's so complicated."

Yu Qiao Qiao nodded and whispered, "Right. It's a lot more complicated here than in our dorm."

Saying this, she continued, "Throughout the past two months, every time we moved things and supplies, you were the main force."

"As a result, in their mouths, it turned into you doing nothing and just wasting time here."

Zhao Ying scratched her head, naively saying, "Well, it's okay. I really haven't done much."

Yu Qiao Qiao pouted a little sympathetically at Zhao Ying, then whispered, "But don't worry, I recorded everything you did."

"When Chen Yan asks, I'll vouch for you."

Hearing Chen Yan's name finally elicited a reaction from Zhao Ying.

Frowning, she said, "Is that guy Chen Yan really stringing me along? Why is there still no news..."

...

After communicating with Song Chuang, Chen Yan went downstairs to Chen's Investment Company and had a chat with He Mengxue.

He shared his thoughts with her, and although He Mengxue didn't understand why Chen Yan would want to acquire a social media platform like Weibo with limited growth potential, Chen Yan's concerns were hers.

So, when Chen Yan proposed that she accompany him to Tiandu, she gladly agreed.

In the afternoon, Chen Yan made a casual visit to the film company and chatted with Yang Rou for a bit.

Yang Rou's mood had visibly improved.

But upon seeing Chen Yan, she still seemed flustered.

This could be seen as she repeatedly took the wrong files and misspoke the plans.

However, Chen Yan's aim was merely to assert his presence in front of her.

Seeing her like this, Chen Yan left satisfied.

After all, it signified that he had made a deep impression on Yang Rou, ensuring she wouldn't think of running away for the time being.

And perhaps, having seen too much of Yang Rou's cold demeanor, Chen Yan inexplicably found this Sister Rou to be somewhat cute...

After sorting things out with Yang Rou, the next day, Chen Yan organized his work and flew to Tiandu with He Mengxue in the afternoon...

On the plane, He Mengxue was visibly excited.

It was not her first time on a plane. The He family even owned a private jet, and she had seen all kinds of aircraft.

Her excitement stemmed from this being the first time Chen Yan had gone on a business trip with her.

In the romance novels and melodramatic TV dramas she watched, going on a trip was a pivotal moment for romantic breakthroughs...

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I found out this afternoon that my author's account was hacked. What's more, they deleted over fifty thousand words of my manuscript that I had stayed up all night writing, leaving only these 4,000 words. Absolutely diabolical!

I asked Black Mountain Old Demon and Full Metal Jacket. They both had the same issue. Looks like this hacker is on a crime spree!

So, the three of us got together tonight, had a few drinks, and discussed countermeasures. Just got back now.

So... I guess I'll just update these 4,000 words for now. Love you guys~

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