She even shed tears...

That’s all Shang Dongyuan remembers, just a rough outline.

But if you asked him to recall the scenes and details carefully, he just couldn’t do it.

"Why did you leave so early the next morning?"

This was Shang Dongyuan’s second question.

Panpan paused upon hearing this. That night, after following Shang Dongyuan, she indeed followed a man.

The man received a call from his wife before dawn the next day and panicked, giving Panpan some money to send her away, also advising her to leave through the back door to avoid being caught by his wife.

It was Panpan’s first time doing something like this, so of course, she didn’t want to get caught and end up beaten, so she hurriedly ran away.

Panpan thought Shang Dongyuan was asking about this and casually replied, "Even though it’s my first time doing this, I have some self-awareness."

"..." Hearing this, Shang Dongyuan’s heart stirred again. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

It seems, five years ago, it really was her.

As Shang Dongyuan fell silent, Panpan returned the conversation to the right track.

"Do you want to stay the night? We’ve known each other for a while, I’ll give you a discount, one thousand."

She was here for this business, so naturally she needed to discuss the price first.

Shang Dongyuan heard this again, and his gaze dimmed further.

He took out a stack of hundred-yuan notes from his wallet and threw them on the bed, "Go home."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Panpan looked at the money in front of her, estimating roughly over five thousand...

She did nothing at all, and yet got so much money for free?

Moreover, this man was indeed strange... calling her out, not doing anything, and still giving her money.

As she left the room, the big stone in Shang Dongyuan’s heart finally laid to rest.

For all these years, he couldn’t forget the mournful, frail voice of that woman.

Just one night, to speak of love, might be a bit too much.

He admitted, that night he was indeed somewhat moved.

That’s why he had been persistent in searching all these years.

However, just now when he met her gaze again, he knew he wasn’t infatuated with her.

Or perhaps now in his heart, there was only the silly Chu Xiaoge who needed someone to protect...

When Shang Dongyuan came downstairs, Wen Yaonan was happily hugging a beautiful woman.

Raising his eyes, he saw Shang Dongyuan and froze for a moment, tossing the beauty aside and rushing over to stop Shang Dongyuan.

"Done already? Not feeling well recently?"

Wen Yaonan’s doubts were understandable.

Shang Dongyuan spent five years looking for that woman, Wen Yaonan thought he was deeply infatuated!

Who would have thought, he went up... hmm, not even ten minutes, and came back down?

Getting undressed isn’t even that quick, right?

Wen Yaonan thought he might have to rest here too!

Shang Dongyuan shot a sharp glance like a knife!

"I’m leaving." With that, he departed.

Not leaving another word for Wen Yaonan, truly as carefree as could be!

Sister CiCi watched this with a face full of frustration and said, "I’ll go upstairs to check."

...

When Sister CiCi pushed open the door, Panpan had just finished dressing and tidying her hair, ready to leave.

Seeing Sister CiCi, she asked, "Sister CiCi, the person you introduced is really strange, he came but didn’t do anything, and gave me money to leave."