Gu Nanyan looked up and saw a black Hongqi car parked in front of her, with the rear window rolled down. It was Shen Liangzhou calling out to her from the car. The next second, Gu Nanyan smiled and greeted, "It's you!" "Mhm!" Shen Liangzhou said, "I'll give you a ride back." When Shen Liangzhou offered to take her, Gu Nanyan didn't move. Gu Nanyan didn't get into the car, and Shen Liangzhou explained, "I'm heading to Yulin Bay anyway." Obviously, he was well-informed about Gu Nanyan's recent situation. Since Shen Liangzhou had said so, and his secretary had already gotten out of the car to open the door for her, Gu Nanyan had no choice but to get in. After getting into the car, Shen Liangzhou smiled and said, "Long time no see." Gu Nanyan smiled back, "It's been a long time." Two years ago, before she and Lu Beicheng got their marriage certificate, Shen Liangzhou had proposed to her at the Gu family, and she had refused. When Shen Liangzhou was transferred and left A City, he asked to meet her one last time, but she was in Sanya with Zhou Bei at the time. So this separation had been over two years. As the car started, Gu Nanyan shifted the topic to Shen Liangzhou and asked, "Are you transferred back this time, or are you back on leave?" "I've been transferred back. The notice will be out in the next couple of days." "Definitely a promotion, congratulations in advance." Seeing that Shen Liangzhou was in a good mood tonight, his secretary turned to Gu Nanyan and said, "Miss Gu, Secretary Shen has been promoted to mayor with this transfer back." Gu Nanyan laughed, "So you're the second-in-command now! I'll have to butter you up more often, Secretary Shen." Shen Liangzhou also laughed, "If you really butter me up, I'd be too happy." "Just don't bother me then."

Indeed, Shen Liangzhou had accurately gauged Gu Nanyan; she would not truly flatter anyone, no matter how much power or position they held. —

Meanwhile, in the hospital. After the doctor finished treating the wound on Ye Chu's forehead, Ye Chu looked at Lu Beicheng apologetically and said, 'Beicheng, I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble again, and wasted your time.' Lu Beicheng didn't respond to her words, but simply asked, 'Are there any other injuries?' Ye Chu shook her head: 'No.' 'Then I'll take you back first.' On the way back with Ye Chu, Lu Beicheng's expression remained indifferent, as if the person beside him was thin air. Ye Chu gripped the seatbelt tightly with both hands, stared at Lu Beicheng for a while, and then spoke: 'I don't know what's been going on with my mom lately, but it seems like her condition is getting worse, and the frequency of her episodes has increased.' 'It's a good thing Ye Fan has been staying at our teacher's house these days, otherwise he would have been scared to death by today's situation.' Ye Chu's forehead was bruised by her mother during one of her night-time episodes. Xia Cheng was dealing with her mother's affairs, so Lu Beicheng had to accompany her to the hospital. With both hands on the steering wheel, Lu Beicheng turned his face to look at Ye Chu: 'Have you considered sending her to the hospital?' The hospital Lu Beicheng referred to was a psychiatric hospital. Ye Chu shook her head: 'No, I'd rather take care of her myself!' Lu Beicheng reminded: 'Your last check-up wasn't very good, sending her to the hospital might relieve some of your burden.'

With a heavy sigh, Ye Chu said, 'If she really gets sent in, I'm afraid she won't be able to come out again, and she won't be able to live a normal life. So I'd better take care of her myself. I believe my mom will definitely get better.' Hearing Ye Chu say this, Lu Beicheng didn't mention his suggestion anymore. As the two fell into silence, Lu Beicheng's phone suddenly rang. Answering the call, Su Mubai's voice came through: 'Third brother, Shen Liangzhou is back.' When Su Mubai said Shen Liangzhou was back, Lu Beicheng's face changed drastically, and his mood instantly soured. At that moment, Su Mubai added, 'I just saw him pick up Nan Yan.' One could imagine Lu Beicheng's complexion at that moment. After hanging up the phone, he slapped it onto the dashboard. In the passenger seat, Ye Chu was startled: 'Beicheng, what's wrong?' Lu Beicheng ignored her, stepped on the gas pedal, and within minutes, he dropped Ye Chu off at the bottom of her apartment building. Ye Chu got out of the car and before she could even say goodbye to Lu Beicheng, he sped away. Watching his departure from behind, Ye Chu felt a sense of sorrow. It must be related to Nan Yan. Having known Lu Beicheng for over a decade, she had never seen him so angry for anyone other than Gu Nanyan. If it was about someone else, it was still related to Gu Nanyan. Oh!

By the way. There was another person, a woman as well. A formidable woman. It wasn't until Lu Beicheng's car had completely disappeared from her sight that Ye Chu stood downstairs for a while before turning around to go home. —— More than twenty minutes later, when Lu Beicheng returned home with a stern face, Aunt Jiang asked in surprise, "Young Master, didn't you and the young madam go out together? Why did you come back alone ahead of time?" Lu Beicheng's complexion grew even worse, and he asked, "Has Gu Nanyan not returned yet?" "Not yet!" After saying that, Lu Beicheng tore open the collar of his shirt, took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket, lit the cigarette, and went upstairs. In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the bedroom, Lu Beicheng blew smoke rings and looked out the window, feeling annoyed as he thought about the phone call from Su Mubai just now. Picking up his phone, he was about to ask Xia Cheng to check on Gu Nanyan when the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open. Seeing Lu Beicheng at home, Gu Nanyan asked in surprise, "You're back already!" Even though Lu Beicheng had just left her behind and gone ahead, Gu Nanyan still didn't hold it against him at the moment. But Lu Beicheng wasn't having it, and he suddenly stubbed out the remaining half of his cigarette in the ashtray and asked, "How did you get back?"