The sudden playfulness caught Su Qing completely off guard.

In his mind, his landlady was the epitome of gentle elegance and grace; among all the women he had met, she was the most womanly.

She had the allure of a Jiangnan woman, yet he never expected to hear such words from her mouth, the stark contrast was utterly endearing, hitting him right between the eyes.

"Haha, what are you spacing out for?" Seeing him frozen, Wen Nanqing couldn't help but chuckle.

Hearing this, Su Qing quickly snapped back to reality, clearing his throat: "Ahem, no... it's just that... it's just..."

"Just a joke, I'm not made of stone. It's actually not as expensive as you think, mostly it's about the renovations, since it's where I live myself. You stick with your little boss and work hard, you'll have it someday." As she spoke, the landlady winked at him.

Su Qing shook his head, sighed, and said: "Sister Wen, you really don't know the hunger of a poor man when you're full."

"I'm just a worker, no matter how hard I work I probably can't afford a house like this, my boss isn't a philanthropist."

Not to mention this house, even Shen Yi's house that's a bit over three hundred is probably not affordable for an average person.

If it weren't for his recent earnings in the stock market, relying on just his job's salary, even with eighteen thousand a month, it would still take more than a decade of not eating or drinking to save enough.

This shows that the landlady must have been well-off from a young age, never having experienced the hardships of life.

But in the next second, Wen Nanqing unexpectedly said, "Who said you have to work?"

Su Qing: ???

"If I don't work, what else can I do?"

"Your boss is clearly a little rich lady, and she insisted on living next to you, she obviously has designs on you. Put more effort into her and you'll have everything, though not through work, but maybe through something else."

Hearing this, Su Qing couldn't help widening his eyes, really wanting to ask if this 'work' was proper.

"Why, am I wrong? You'll understand when you're older. After all, back then I..." Wen Nanqing stopped mid-sentence, the smile on her face gradually fading as she fell silent.

Seeing this, Su Qing realized he might have stirred up some bad memories for her, so he began to comfort her:

"Living off a woman never ends well, I still think it's best to earn money yourself, Sister Wen, let's let the past stay in the past, isn't it all good now?"

Hearing this, Wen Nanqing took a deep breath and nodded: "Yes, but anyway, thank you today, not only for taking time off to accompany Xiao Yun, but also for putting up with the embarrassment."

Su Qing shook his head: "Not at all, besides, I agreed to Xiao Yun. But Sister Wen, your ex-husband... I have a feeling he might take more actions, be cautious."

For the first time in response to his warning, the landlady showed a vulnerable expression, weakly saying, "I only hate myself for marrying such a scumbag, whether it was me being stupid or his disguise was too good."

She then started recounting her past.

She and Lu Yang were college classmates, began dating in college, she didn't initially show her wealthy background, though her eating and dressing were much better, it was still within the limits others could accept.

Lu Yang's family was average, both parents worked, which was decent, but compared to her family, there was a significant gap.

However, she was blinded by love back then, her IQ lowered, she ignored her family's opposition, and they got married after graduation.

At that time, her family didn't ask for a betrothal gift and even provided the wedding house. Especially her father, afraid of his daughter suffering grievances, besides a large deposit, there were even several properties and shops as a dowry.

Even if the daughter and son-in-law didn't work, they could live worry-free by renting out the shops.

But both having graduated from prestigious universities, were naturally not content to live off their parents, so they started some businesses, though they didn't invest much, the business wasn't big, but at least the income was alright.

Until two years later, she got pregnant and stayed home to nurse the pregnancy, Lu Yang was out busy with business, when shortly after she gave birth to Wen Yun, she discovered her husband had an affair.

As the apple of the family's eye, Wen Nanqing could not endure such grievance, and demanded a divorce, Lu Yang promptly admitted his mistake, saying it was the first time and a momentary impulse.

Just as she was contemplating forgiving Lu Yang, the mistress came to the door, saying she was already pregnant and they had been together for a year, at that moment, she was utterly disheartened and insisted on divorce.

Upon realizing she was resolute, Lu Yang committed another disgusting act, transferring the assets.

When they were together, Wen Nanqing never managed the money, it was all left to her husband, but when it came to divorce, she discovered a part of their money had been transferred by him, while another part had been transformed into marital assets.

This meant, the dowry her father gave her, including the several properties and shops, had legally been converted into marital assets within those three years.

Originally, as the woman's dowry, this money had nothing to do with the man, but through some operation became marital assets, thus involved him.

Lu Yang also exploited her weak spot, her unwillingness to part from her daughter, as a result, over seventy percent of the family property was taken away by him.

Her father was furious, wanting to demand justice for his daughter, but at the time, Wen Nanqing only wanted to get far away from the man and end it quickly, which let her ex-husband take advantage.

When this incident happened, Shen Yi and others were almost infuriated to death, fortunately, Lu Yang had some sense, he took the money and left Jiang City immediately, never returning, who would've thought it would stir up again.

Maybe because of the extremely bad mood today, coupled with Su Qing being involved, Wen Nanqing had an overwhelming urge to confide.

As she spoke, her eyes reddened, luckily the little girl took Dahuang back to room to play, otherwise, she feared she couldn't control her emotions.

"He wants money, I gave it to him, but he wants my daughter, that's impossible, I won't let my daughter know she has such a scumbag father," Wen Nanqing said tightly clenching her fists, her tone extremely firm, tears welled up in her eyes, clearly, today's events and memories have completely broken this single mother down.

Su Qing, who had been listening, quickly handed her tissues and said in a deep voice, "I really couldn't tell, this person is such a dog, truly you can never know someone's true nature."

"But hearing you say so, I increasingly feel that the purpose of this ex-husband coming back isn't simple, remarriage, do you believe it?"

Wen Nanqing shook her head: "Whether I believe it or not doesn't matter, even if he is truly remorseful, so what? Some things can't be smoothed over with apologies. As for remarriage, he shouldn't even think about it."

Hearing this, Su Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. From the narration, he could guess that this person's intentions weren't simple, but there was no concrete plan, only knowing that the other person had already started investigating his information. However, he wasn't afraid; what can they do, kill me?

No matter what moves the other person makes, he can foresee it in advance; maybe there will even be unexpected surprises.

But as soon as the words fell, the phone suddenly rang beside them. Seeing that familiar phone number, the landlady's face changed, and she immediately hung up without saying a word.

Not long after, the phone rang again. Wen Nanqing hung up again and blocked the number.

After almost five minutes, the phone rang again, but this time it was a different number. However, this time she didn't hang up immediately because along with the call was a text message, which made her expression change.

"One moment, I need to take this call."

Su Qing nodded, watching Wen Nanqing walk into the study.

With a thud, the door to the study closed, and narrations sprung up in his mind.

[The stubborn ex-husband has found out where you live and claims to have your information, wanting to use it to blackmail the landlady into meeting him]

[To resolve the trouble in one go, Wen Nanqing will meet her ex-husband the day after tomorrow at Celestial Sea Restaurant. As a consequence, she will be drugged and taken to a hotel, with the ex-husband planning to use this method to force a remarriage. Bodily connection is one of the most effective communication means between men and women, please be careful]

Listening to the narration in his mind, Su Qing squinted his eyes; one must admit this person is quite shameless.

If not for his intervention, uh... without his interference, the situation would absolutely develop according to the narration.

He wasn't sure whether the landlady would forgive the man and choose remarriage, but he knew if such a thing happened, it would definitely be a secondary trauma for Wen Nanqing.

Call the police? Not worth it. Warn her about the meeting? Doesn't seem workable either.

While he was pondering countermeasures, Wen Nanqing walked out of the study with a dark expression.

"Did something happen, Sister Wen?"

Wen Nanqing shook her head, then apologized: "I'm sorry, Xiao Su, it seems I've implicated you this time. But it's my issue, don't worry, I'll solve it."

Hearing this, he knew the landlady ultimately chose to compromise, or rather she herself wanted to resolve the matter once and for all.

However, she might underestimate the shamelessness of her ex-husband. Some people can reason with, but others don't play by the rules.

"He asked to meet you, right?"

"How do you know?" Wen Nanqing was a bit surprised.

"Just guessed. Did you agree?"

Wen Nanqing nodded. She didn't want unrelated people to get involved because of her; what happened at the school gate was just her stress reaction. If her daughter hadn't called Su Qing 'Su Daddy,' she wouldn't have gone with the flow and said so either. Thinking back, it was a bit rash.

"Alright then, what time? I'll go with you once; you can't be too careful with people."

Upon hearing this, Wen Nanqing instinctively wanted to refuse: "No, I can..."

But before she could finish, he raised his hand and interrupted her:

"Enough, it's settled. Do you really want to bet your safety on his conscience?"

"Besides, I'm still Su Daddy; how can I let you go by yourself? Contact me then."

With that, Su Qing stood up and was about to leave: "Oh right, I'll leave Da Huang with you for now, I'll be lazy and get in touch later."

As he was about to exit, Wen Nanqing suddenly spoke:

"Xiao Su?"

"What is it?"

"Nothing, thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

Once Su Qing left, Wen Nanqing collapsed onto the sofa, holding her chest. For some reason, she actually felt a sense of relief.

Then she picked up the phone and dialed Shen Yi's number.

"Where are you?"

"It's nothing, I'm just about to go back to the office. By the way, are you okay? I saw that scumbag came to find you." Shen Yi's voice came through the phone.

"I'm fine. Can you come back and chat with me for a while? And by the way, I want to borrow your little man for another day; this time, it's me who is borrowing him, name your price."

Shen Yi: ???

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