At Xu Ke's home.

After changing his bandages, he was grimacing in pain as he browsed recruitment websites. He had transferred ten thousand to Nie Yuncong with his credit card. After paying off his most pressing debts, he would have to start job hunting again.

At that moment, Wong Qifu called.

Xu Ke was surprised and answered, "Sister Wang, what's the matter?"

"Can't your big sister call you just to check in?"

Xu Ke's breath caught. "You can, of course you can. So, should we chat for a bit?"

"I have something to do. No time." Wong Qifu was succinct.

Xu Ke was speechless. Women... more unpredictable than the weather.

"The Li Family has guaranteed that Li Jun won't be leaving his house for a while," Wong Qifu said. "You can rest easy."

Xu Ke's heart skipped a beat. "Sister Wang, what did you do?"

"I slapped his face."

Hearing this, Xu Ke was stunned. "How did you slap his face?"

"That's not important."

Xu Ke had no idea that when Wong Qifu said she slapped his face, she meant it literally.

The clueless Xu Ke changed the subject. "Sister Wang, I've really troubled you this time."

"I don't want to hear that. Don't make me repeat myself," Wong Qifu cut him off.

Xu Ke gave a bitter smile. Besides saying such things, he didn't know how else to thank Wong Qifu. He was only falling deeper into her debt.

"By the way, you can rest assured they don't know I did it to stand up for you," Wong Qifu suddenly explained.

Xu Ke was taken aback, his bitter smile deepening. Wong Qifu was afraid that my pride would be wounded by having a woman stand up for me, so she made a point of clarifying.

"Alright..." Xu Ke hesitated. He had been about to say it was too much trouble again, but he swallowed the words. Instead, he said, "In that case, let me treat you to a meal some other day, Sister Wang. Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

In his mind, that should be enough to express his gratitude, right?

Wong Qifu fell silent.

Xu Ke held his breath.

"I'm very busy," Wong Qifu stated flatly.

Xu Ke stiffened. "Oh, alright then."

That's right. She's so busy, how could she have the time? But why do I feel so inexplicably disappointed? Xu Ke sighed inwardly.

Wong Qifu, intent on getting her message across, continued, "Uncle Wu will be at your place in a bit. He has something for you."

"This late? I can just go to the Wang Family Corporation tomorrow to get it." Xu Ke glanced at the time; it was already 11:30 PM.

"Go to sleep early and take care of your injury," Wong Qifu said, completely ignoring his suggestion. "I have to get back to work now."

With that, she hung up.

Xu Ke's eyes widened. You could at least let me finish my sentence!

Staring at his phone, Xu Ke let out a long sigh, his emotions a tangled mess. He had hidden his injury that afternoon precisely to keep it from Wong Qifu and avoid any more trouble... but unexpectedly, he still couldn't hide it from her.

Just then...

DING-DONG.

The doorbell rang.

Xu Ke hurried to open the door. "Uncle Wu, hello."

Wang Wu handed over a file folder, his smile gentle. "Mister Xu, the Young Miss asked me to deliver this to you." His demeanor was a stark contrast to his sternness at the Golden K Bar.

"Right. Thank you for your trouble." Xu Ke took the folder and glanced at his messy living room with an embarrassed expression. Still, he mustered the courage to ask, "Uncle Wu, please come in and rest for a bit."

He never would have thought his guest would arrive so quickly. The place was such a mess that he was too ashamed to invite him in.

Wang Wu gave a slight smile. "No need, Mister Xu. I was just dropping this off on my way home. It's getting late, so I should be going."

"Okay. Then take care."

Wang Wu nodded, then turned and walked back downstairs.

Xu Ke closed the door and shook his head. My place in this urban village doesn't even have a proper security gate. Wang Wu can come up whenever he pleases, leaving me no time to prepare. Otherwise, I would have at least tidied up the living room.

He then took out the contents of the file folder.

It was a stack of photos.

Seeing what they depicted, Xu Ke fell silent.

「At the Wang Family Corporation office.」

The recently returned Wang Wu bowed. "Miss, Mister Xu has received it."

"Good." Wong Qifu didn't even look up from the documents she was reading.

Wang Wu bowed again and quietly excused himself.

The office returned to silence.

Wong Qifu put down her pen, stood up, and turned to gaze out the window at the city's fading lights, her expression placid. But when she thought about the evening's events, the corners of her lips unconsciously curled into a slight smile.

"He skips afternoon tea, and now he wants to treat me to dinner? And he didn't even know to ask more than once. So many people in Tianhai are lining up to treat me. You think it's that easy to get a chance?"

「The next day, at seven in the morning.」

The street below was already bustling with office workers.

Xu Ke left early, planning to apply for a job at another gym. Now that Li Jun was in trouble, he might even be able to get his old job back. But trouble was waiting for him the moment he stepped outside.

His face turned ugly, as if he had just stepped in a pile of dung. "What do you want?"

With teary eyes and a slightly swollen cheek, Siao Jia blocked his path. "Xu Ke, will you forgive me?"

Xu Ke turned to leave.

"Stop!" Siao Jia cried out desperately.

"Say what you have to say," Xu Ke said, his expression icy.

"I... I truly want to get back together with you..." Siao Jia said mournfully. "It was only after being with Li Jun that I realized how good you are. I had a revelation and broke up with him yesterday."

"I'm just begging you to forgive me. Can we go back to how things were?"

Xu Ke was taken aback. "Li Jun dumped you?"

He knew Wong Qifu had dealt with Li Jun, but he hadn't expected Li Jun to dump Siao Jia as well.

Siao Jia's expression stiffened. "How did you... What nonsense are you spouting? I was the one who dumped him!"

My heart just skipped a beat. He can't possibly know how I was publicly humiliated yesterday, can he? No, that's impossible! How could a poor loser like him get into the Golden K Bar or hear about something like that? He must be guessing!

"Don't waste my time," Xu Ke said, having no interest in listening any longer.

Seeing him turn away, his heart like a stone, Siao Jia's eyes filled with venom.

I've already humbled myself this much, and he still won't relent! How shameless! She had actually considered giving him a chance before deciding to frame him. But now, seeing how ungrateful he was... Siao Jia gave up on that thought completely. A man who betrayed me and secretly hid tens of millions is not worth me begging and compromising!

Watching Xu Ke walk away, Siao Jia began to wail.

"I'm pregnant! Can't you even show a little concern?! I'm not asking for much!

"I just said one thing to you, and you slapped me!

"You're dumping me just because of that slut?!

"Xu Ke, you're so cruel!"

She shrieked, her voice choked with grief and despair. As her words rang out, everyone on the street instantly froze and stared.

The color drained from Xu Ke's face.

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