“But they say that you're quite close to the woman. How is it possible that you don't know?”

With a flick of Ruan Anxi's hand, a slit appeared on Li Xiaolong's pants.

“Do you want to know how eunuchs were castrated in the past? I happen to master the art of castration. Would you like to try it?” Ruan Anxi asked.

Beads of nervous sweat dotted Li Xiaolong's forehead. “No, no. Please, I don't want to be a eunuch. Let me think. I'll recite all the names of the women I know with the surname Lu!”

“Go ahead.”

Then, Li Xiaolong uttered over a dozen of names with the surname Lu.

The problem was, Ruan Anxi wouldn't recognize the name of the woman that he was looking for.

“Among these women with the surname Lu, who has two children?” Ruan Anxi couldn't think of any other way to ask him.

“Let me think. I think none of them have children,” Li Xiaolong said weakly.

“I'm looking for someone with children. A pretty woman with children, and she had gone missing a few days ago,” Ruan Anxi explained.

“Missing? None of the women I mentioned are missing. Some of them even had fun with me just last night,” Li Xiaolong said.

“Think harder. This woman is no ordinary woman. She's really special. Among those Lu women you know, who is the most extraordinary?”

Li Xiaolong was forced to reconsider and finally said, “Well, if I really have to mention one, it'll have to be Lu Jingyuan. She's really one of a kind. I heard that she's really rich, and she's quite pretty as well. Right, I also heard rumors of her having children, but I don't know for sure, because I've never seen them.”

“Lu Jingyuan? Does she have a mansion?”

Ruan Anxi reckoned that she was the woman whom he was looking for.

“Yes. She has a mansion. I've had a few exchanges with her, and I unluckily got the shorter end of the stick,” Li Xiaolong lamented.

“Give me her address,” Ruan Anxi snapped.

The next day, Ning Ran, who was just done filming a scene, went back to the lounge area to take a rest, when Cheng Xiangyun approached her.

Would you

she mention anything?”

something minor and

over the phone and called

and Lu Jingyuan's voice could be

Ran smiled. “Hey,

house at Livingsfill. It's in the second drawer in my study room. Could you retrieve it and send it to me?”

the house though. I don't even have the keys to your place,” Ning Ran

Just help me get them when

go since you've taken the liberty to mail the keys here.” Ning Ran

don't intend to order you around. It's fine if you're busy. I'm not in a

sold your place here. Don't worry.

but the place is not worth a lot. So, I've decided to just keep it for the time being. Don't worry about getting the bag if you're busy. Just go retrieve it at

I'll get your bag later

send it here yourself and bring along my godson

a trip here if you miss him that much. After all, you're the one with more time to

sigh and said, “I can't leave at the moment. My brother doesn't let me go wherever I please now.

and pay

she was done chatting

took the keys that Lu Jingyuan mailed her so that she could go take

had to have someone protect her while she was

her to Lu Jingyuan's villa when he knew about

Lu Jingyuan went back to the capital, Qiao Zhan felt empty, as if there was a

he was always spotted standing alone in a corner, staring blankly at Livingsfill's blue

some people, a city was never the same without the

how to comfort him. There wasn't always a happy ending to relationships. Some

let Qiao Zhan know that he could only gaze upon some people from afar and that no amount of sincerity or waiting could bring the possibility of

that perseverance was the key to overcoming any obstacles, there were times when it just

especially true when it came to relationships. It was futile to force these feelings, foolish even, to think that hard work alone was enough to

If fate had it that Qiao Zhan was not destined to end up

way to Lu Jingyuan's villa, Qiao Zhan drove in silence, perhaps in contemplation

Ning Ran could no longer rein herself in and said, “Qiao Zhan, do

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