Wen Li's last smile towards Huo Yuanchen was quite ironic. She didn't wait for him and walked forward quickly. But when she reached the door, she paused and looked back.

Huo Yuanchen did not come after her, but lowered his head and looked at the book that An Wen brought with a serious expression. His brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was trying to think of a way to remedy the situation.

An Wen stood quietly beside him, looking up at him, her eyes full of trust and admiration.

When Wen Li looked away, the corner of her mouth twitched mechanically. What she said about taking the thousand-year-old magnolia back to the laboratory to observe the cell wall was all a lie.

When he accompanied her in the ancient temple to appreciate the magnolia flowers, all he could think about was that his good sister didn't get to see such a beautiful blooming season, so he picked one specially and brought it back from afar to show An Wen.

Was that a magnolia flower that he gave? What he gave was his deep concern for An Wen.

She was just like a fool, still wondering how Huo Yuanchen changed his personality and became romantic.

The Huo family's villa covers a large area, and there are high-end villas nearby, so it is not easy to get a taxi. Wen Li walked almost three kilometers in high heels before she saw a taxi. Her ankles were about to break, and she cursed Huo Yuanchen several times in her heart.

During the process, he called her twice, but she didn't want to answer the calls and hung up. Later, he stopped calling her, probably because he was annoyed by her.

Wen Li took a taxi to her studio. She hurried to retouch the film for the client and forgot about time. It was not until after 10 o'clock in the evening, when she sent the retouched film to the client, that she remembered that she had not eaten dinner.

She was about to order takeout, but when she picked up her phone, she realized that she had several missed calls. The first few were from Huo Yuanchen, and she ignored them. Later, Yu Jingchen also called her twice, but she hesitated and didn't call back.

I only called back Zhou Ying who called me most recently.

Zhou Ying asked her, "What were you doing just now? Why didn't you answer the phone?"

Wen Li said, "I'm busy with work. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhou Ying said nonchalantly, "It's nothing serious. It's just that the teachers of the School of Life Sciences are having a team-building dinner. Huo Yuanchen drank and couldn't drive, so he wanted you to pick him up. You didn't answer his call, so Yu Jingchen came to me to ask."

Wen Li thought that Yu Jingchen's two calls to her were probably about this matter.

She thought for a moment and asked Zhou Ying, "What happened next? Who did Huo Yuanchen ask to pick him up?"

Zhou Ying said, "How would I know that? This happened an hour ago. Professor Huo is quite funny. He is a grown man who drank a lot. He could just call a designated driver. Why would he bother you? You are not his driver."

Wen Li said indifferently, "Yeah, who am I to him? Why should I be ordered around by him?"

She chatted with Zhou Ying for a few words, confirmed that there was nothing important, and hung up the phone.

There were two unread messages in the phone, sent by Michelle Yim. One was to thank her for helping her vent her anger today, and the other was a photo with a handwritten cake recipe. The steps were written very clearly, and some places also specially marked with precautions. It can be seen that it was written very carefully.

In fact, Wen Li mentioned baking cakes at noon just to divert Michelle Chik's attention. In her impression, Michelle Chik seemed to be quite interested in baking. Although the Huo family had hired a senior pastry chef, Michelle Chik often made cakes by herself. Since no one in the Huo family ate them, she shared them with the neighbors.

She felt that it would be great if Michelle Yim could pick up her interests again, at least she would have something she liked to do and wouldn't have to put all her energy on her husband and son.

In Wen Li's opinion, it is not worth sacrificing one's own preferences for a man.

She thanked Michelle Yim politely, saying that she would definitely try it, and hinted to Michelle Yim that she could try more different recipes.

When Wen Li returned home, Zhou Ying sent her a message telling her, "The case has been solved. The person who came to pick up Huo Yuanchen is An Wen."

At the same time, he threw her a screenshot and said, "Yu Jingchen took this. Take a good look at it."

Wen Li clicked on it and took a quick look. It was the back view of An Wen supporting Huo Yuanchen as they walked towards the car. However, Huo Yuanchen was too tall, and it was a bit difficult for An Wen to support him. His tall stature pressed down on An Wen's small body, as if he was going to do something to the girl.

An Wen would go to pick up the drunk Huo Yuanchen. This was within Wen Li's expectations. She didn't think it was strange. She took a look and then left. She replied to Zhou Ying, "Who Huo Yuanchen wants to date is none of my business. My title of girlfriend is a joke. When I come back from Country L, Huo Yuanchen and I will be almost done with each other."

Zhou Ying said, "It's better for you to break up sooner. It's painful for me to watch you. If you break up sooner, you will be single. Then I can introduce you to a young and rich brother. I guarantee you will be happy."

Wen Li didn't believe her lies and said, "You are a mother who was born alone and you want to introduce me to a younger brother? Do you think I will believe it?"

Zhou Ying said, "Everyone should have dreams."

Wen Li didn't believe that Zhou Ying had that ability and didn't take it to heart at all.

She spent some money a few days ago to place advertisements for her studio on several channels. Recently, many people came to her for consultation, and she forgot about irrelevant people because she was busy.

A week later, she went to Haishi University to take photos for the second anniversary celebration, and at noon she went to the school cafeteria to use Zhou Ying's meal card. When they arrived at the cafeteria, it was a little late, and everywhere was full of people, so they could only share a table with others.

Zhou Ying asked Wen Li, "When are you going to Country L?"

Wen Li said, "Soon, next week."

Zhou Ying continued to ask, "So, have you and Huo Yuanchen reconciled?"

Wen Li shook his head, "No. I've been busy lately and haven't paid attention to him."

Zhou Ying was a little worried about her, "This won't work. You know Huo Yuanchen, he's a man with a lot on his mind. You've been in a cold war with him. What if he holds a grudge against you and doesn't want to take you with him?"

Wen Li thought about it and felt that this kind of revengeful thing was quite like what Huo Yuanchen would do. He couldn't help feeling a little regretful and thought that he shouldn't have ignored him when he was angry.

At least, you have to pretend that you care about him.

But, now that things have come to this, she can't do anything. She ate a few mouthfuls of rice sullenly and said weakly, "I was just angry with him. If he had come to me once, I wouldn't have been in a cold war with him for so many days. Now I don't know what to do. I can only think of a way to coax him when the time comes. If that doesn't work, I'll think of another way."

The dish she ordered was fish-flavored eggplant. When she took a bite, some sauce inevitably stained her lips. She went to find something to wipe her mouth, and a hand next to her handed her a tissue.

Then she heard Huo Yuanchen speak softly in her ear, "How do you want to coax me then? Tell me, I want to hear it."