Chapter 689

Huo Jingyan was slightly stunned, looked deeply at Jiang Nannan, and then said in a low voice, "I will go outside and wait for you."

Jiang Nannan did not dare to look at Huo Jingyan's expression; she knew how hurtful her refusal must have been in that very moment.

She had clearly promised to return.

She had clearly said she would slowly try to forget the past.

But now...

As Jiang Nannan watched the spaghetti gradually change in the boiling water, she was somewhat distracted.

By the time the two servings of spaghetti were cooked, Huo Jingyan had already changed out of his loungewear, was sitting at the dining table in a suit, and was holding his phone to read the news.

The current scene was just like scenes that had occurred in the past.

Jiang Nannan was slightly stunned.

It was only after a few seconds that she remembered she was still holding the spaghetti, walked over, and placed one of the servings in front of Huo Jingyan.

Huo Jingyan looked at the spaghetti in front of him, raised his head to look at Jiang Nannan, and said softly, "Nannan, let's take it slow."

Jiang Nannan's eyes reddened; some words reached her lips, but she could not say a single one.

"I know what you are going through, Nannan, believe me, I feel the same way," Huo Jingyan said again.

Jiang Nannan was completely unable to look at Huo Jingyan; she did not know with what attitude he was saying these things. "Mm, I believe you. Let's eat breakfast first, otherwise the noodles won't taste good if they get cold."

She had been a bit distracted while boiling the noodles earlier and hadn't paid any attention to the heat; it seemed the noodles had been cooked for a bit too long.

"Okay."

The two of them ate their noodles quietly.

After they finished the noodles, when Huo Jingyan was about to go out, Jiang Nannan also took the opportunity to say, "I will go to work later as well."

Huo Jingyan frowned upon hearing this.

Seeing Huo Jingyan frown, Jiang Nannan took the opportunity to state her position, "I could feel that I was much happier when I went to work a while ago. If I continue to stay at home, doing nothing all day, I cannot accept that."

She did not want to continue her previous life after marriage.

When she didn't know Huo Jingyan was cheating, she would let her imagination run wild with all sorts of things, let alone now; she actually didn't want to stay in this house by herself.

After a brief silence, Huo Jingyan nodded in agreement, "Okay."

——

During her lunch break, Shu Xia received a call from overseas.

When she saw the phone number, she thought it was a scam call.

This type of mobile number had been posted by people who often do anti-scam work online.

"Hello?"

"Save me... quickly save me... I beg you, save me, it was my fault before, it was all Fu Chenyan, he is the one who harmed me! Shu Xia, I beg you!"

Shu Xia was not unfamiliar with this voice; it was Lin Miao.

However, the voice sounded very weak and very soft, as if she did not dare to speak loudly.

She suddenly remembered that Lin Miao had not come to bother her during this time, nor had she gone to find Jiang Ye, and every time Lin Qi and the others came to find her, Lin Miao was nowhere to be seen.

She hadn't paid much attention to it before, feeling there was no need to pay much attention.

But now...

Lin Miao mentioned Fu Chenyan in her words; could it be that the two of them had been together during this time?

With Lin Miao's scheming nature, perhaps this was another ploy.

These messy tricks were truly endless.

"Can this kind of overseas mobile number be faked domestically?" Shu Xia chatted idly with Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng had returned from abroad two days ago; he looked at the phone number on Shu Xia's phone and suddenly thought of something. "This doesn't seem like a harassment call; it should be a private number. The person calling you should be abroad—no, it's over in Southeast Asia."

"Southeast Asia?" Shu Xia recalled Lin Miao's words from just a moment ago.

It did indeed sound like a plea for help.

However... Lin Miao's life or death had nothing to do with her.

Not long after this call.

Just as she was about to get off work, she received another one.

"Shu Xia, help me pay one million; as long as it's one million, they will let me go. I really can't go on living here anymore. They make me entertain those foreign guests every day, and they even lock me in a dog cage. I can't take it anymore! One million, I beg you, I will be your servant for the rest of my life!"