Wen Li said "Oh" without any emotion and hung up the phone.

She was driving and was stunned for a long time at the busy intersection before she realized that she was driving in the wrong direction. Huo Yuanchen's home was in the east, and her home was in the west. She had been staying at his house recently and was used to driving on the road to the east.

But tonight, she couldn't go. She had to make room for An Wen, so she could only go back to her small apartment.

Wen Li turned around at the next green light and drove back to her small apartment.

As soon as I got off the car, I was startled by a dark shadow jumping out of the unit door.

She instinctively wanted to pick up the bag as a weapon for self-defense, but she was a step too slow, or perhaps the man was very familiar with her habits and grabbed the strap of the handbag before she did.

"Wen Li." The man spoke in a calm voice, "It's me."

Wen Li felt a chill on his back, "Meng Jinnian, you're out."

"Yes, I'm out." Meng Jinnian took two steps towards her, his face emerging from the shadows, completely exposed in front of her.

He was thinner and didn't look very good. His hair was longer and his chin was untidy. He looked a bit dishevelled, and it was obvious that he was not having a good time in the detention center.

Wen Li decisively chose to drag Huo Yuanchen out to take the blame, "Meng Jinnian, it was Huo Yuanchen who sent you in, not me. If you want to cause trouble, you should look for him."

Meng Jinnian pulled the corner of his mouth, stretched out his hand without a smile in his eyes, and placed his slender hand on her cheek, his fingertips cold.

"Wen Li, you are still as cruel as ever."

...

Huo Yuanchen came back early from get off work today. He brought An Wen with him.

The little girl failed the make-up exam and she also remembered that she cheated in the exam. She couldn't accept it for a while and cried all night. Her eyes were swollen like walnuts and she was out of breath. He felt pity for her just watching her. He comforted her softly and made many promises. Only then did he coax her to sleep at dawn.

She was crying like that, and it was obvious that she couldn't go back to the dormitory, so he simply booked a room near the school and let the girl catch up on her sleep.

He didn't sleep much that night, so he was inevitably not energetic enough to work during the day. He was also worried that An Wen would be upset, so he took An Wen home while he had no classes in the afternoon.

He was afraid that the little girl would be alone in the hotel and her imagination would run wild, and she might do something stupid.

An Wen felt upset, and it was not until the evening that she regained some energy. She sat on the sofa in his house and watched TV. She saw a bag of empty cakes on the coffee table and asked Huo Yuanchen casually, "Brother Yuanchen, do you like the cakes from this restaurant?"

Huo Yuanchen glanced at it and said, "That's what Wen Li ate."

Yesterday, Wen Li accompanied him to the hospital for a follow-up visit. On the way back, she passed by a cake shop. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she insisted on getting out of the car to buy a cake. She didn't even throw away the packaging bag after eating it.

Huo Yuanchen threw the packaging bag away casually.

After a while, An Wen suddenly said, "Brother Yuanchen, I want to eat the cake from this store, too. I heard it's delicious, but I've never tried it."

Huo Yuanchen looked at her and asked, "Do you really want to eat?"

"Yeah, I want to eat."

She hadn't eaten much all day, and it was rare that she had some appetite now, so Huo Yuanchen naturally had to satisfy her.

"I'll go and buy."

He went to get his coat and car keys. "It's a little far, so you might have to wait a little longer. If you're hungry, look around the house for other snacks."

Wen Li likes to eat snacks. When she moved in, she not only bought a big bag of daily necessities for her, but also bought a lot of snacks and put them in the drawer under the coffee table.

He didn't like snacks, and he had told Wen Li many times about her unhealthy behavior, but she didn't listen and continued to do as she pleased. He planned in his mind that when Wen Li moved out, he would throw away all her snacks and things.

An Wen agreed obediently and sat quietly watching TV.

I just asked him when he was leaving, "Brother Yuanchen, have you changed your car? Why didn't I see you driving the same car today?"

Huo Yuanchen was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he gave the car keys to Wen Li when Meng Jinnian's mother splashed hot water on him.

She was so good that she kept driving his car from then on. He rarely saw such a shameless woman.

"Sent it in for maintenance," he said. "Don't you like the car today?"

An Wen nodded, then quickly shook her head, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just... I get carsick when I sit in this car."

"Then change it back."

Huo Yuanchen had made the plan on the way to buy the cake. This direction was convenient, so he went to Wen Li's house to get the car keys, and then asked a designated driver to drive the car back, so that when An Wen returned to school tomorrow, she would be more comfortable.

He went to the cake shop but was troubled about which cake to buy. He didn't eat these things and didn't know which flavor the little girl would like, so he bought a few of the flavors that Wen Li bought yesterday.

When the car drove into Wen Li's neighborhood, he originally wanted to call her to come out, but he saw a woman who looked like her from a distance.

After all, a figure like hers with a curvy figure is rare.

He parked the car and was about to get out when he saw Wen Li and Meng Jinnian hugging each other tightly.

...

Wen Li felt strange when Meng Jinnian hugged him.

The man in front of her was her ex-boyfriend, and they had hugged each other before when they were in a good relationship. But times had changed, and she now felt resistant to Meng Jinnian's embrace.

But she didn't dare to refuse him for fear of angering him.

It was late at night, and as a girl, she was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of physical strength.

When Meng Jinnian held her in his arms, he whispered in her ear, "When I was in the detention center, I thought about a lot of things, mainly about you, your face, the days we spent together, and how I made you hate me step by step."

Wen Li pursed her lips and said nothing, feeling a little heavy in her heart.

Meng Jinnian continued, "The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was my fault. I shouldn't have been ambiguous with Lin Ruoyuan, I shouldn't have made you angry again and again for her, and I shouldn't have left you on her birthday to celebrate her birthday with her, and I shouldn't have done that to you because of jealousy towards Huo Yuanchen. Wen Li, I was wrong."

Wen Li remained unmoved. The shadow left by Meng Jinnian last time was too great, and she instinctively became wary of him.

Meng Jinnian tightened his arms around her and said, "I'm not saying this to ask for your forgiveness. Wen Li, whether you believe it or not, I sincerely apologize to you. In all my years, I've only ever loved you, and yet I did something that hurt you. I regret it now, very much. I even hope I can stay in the detention center forever, but I want to see you, Wen Li, I miss you so much."

Wen Li moved and was about to say something.

She heard someone calling her name again from behind.

It’s Huo Yuanchen.

He called her in a calm and emotionless tone.

"Wen Li, come here."