her visit today, she almost forgot."It's about the demolition of the shantytowns, my mom and them know they were wrong, so could you give them a chance to talk it over properly again"Gu Ruannu felt s...A very clever answer.

Shu Tinglan asked deliberately, "Do you think my current situation is because I inherited from my mother"

Zhuo Yu'an remained remarkably calm, showing no hint of his emotions. He glanced at her and said lightly,

"Cut to the chase."

This person is not playing by the rules. Seeing her and her mother's state, shouldn't he be curious or sympathetic But what's his expression like It's as if he's just glanced at an ordinary patient, utterly unmoved.

She remained silent, leaning against the window and turning her head to gaze at the scenery outside.

Only then did Zhuo Yu'an continue to answer her previous question.

"It doesn't matter to me, no matter what you are like, I don't mind."

“Besides Aunt's illness, have you considered that the hospital environment might not be suitable for her recovery Perhaps she should go home and have a caregiver look after her.” He had also overheard a general idea outside the clinic.

Zhuo Yu'an's suggestion, Shu Tinglan had considered it, but hiring a caregiver for someone with mental illness was expensive. She was also afraid that her mother would be abused by a caregiver at home, as these kinds of social news stories are common.

"Tinglan, if it's an economic issue, you don't need to worry about it."

Shu Tinglan sat quietly, exhausted after a long morning of toiling. He felt some sarcasm towards his words - "not to worry about economic issues" He thought, how utterly out of touch they were.

"I'll take care of these expenses, Tinglan. Even if we aren't lovers, consider it a friend helping a friend. If you feel burdened, just think of it as a loan. You can pay me back later." Zhuo Yu knew she was strong-willed and wouldn't easily accept his help.

Shu Tinglan didn't answer. In her heart, whether she wanted to or needed to, she wouldn't ask Zhuo Yunan for help. But he was right, maybe bringing her mother home could help her recover faster. They could hire a daytime caregiver, someone who lives elsewhere and only works during the day so Shu Tinglan can take care of her at night. This way, they could save some money, and she would feel more at ease. As for the money, she could ask Director Xiao to advance her salary.

She faces the future with great positivity, figuring out how to take each step well. As for whether Zhuo Yu'an will be by her side at each step, she doesn't dare to think too much about it.

There are many things, take it slow.

Following the psychologist's advice, they decided to try a change of scenery. So Zhuo Y uan took her back to his usual hotel instead of her home.

Shu Tinglan was visiting the hotel for the first time. He thought, as a single man who lived at work, even if he stayed in a suite, it would be an ordinary one.

The moment she stepped in, everything screamed extravagance. A luxurious suite costing at least seven figures for a month's stay Too extravagant, wasn't it With that kind of money, wouldn't buying a house be more worthwhile

Zhuo Yuyan seemed to have guessed her thoughts and explained.

“When I first returned, I wasn't sure if I wanted to stay, so I didn't plan to buy a house. Later, I got used to living here and was too lazy to move.”

Actually, he later bought a house, the one they visited on New Year's Eve. It was bought for her, but she didn't want it. So, since he didn't want to live there either, the house was too big for just him and he felt uncomfortable living alone.

Shu Tinglan remained indifferent, after all, it was her own money and she had nothing to do with it.

Staying at the hotel that night, perhaps because of the change of environment or maybe due to the shock from the morning, she slept intermittently several times and didn't feel the anxiety she usually experienced at home.

It had been so long since she felt this way that the next morning, she was a little reluctant to get out of bed.

"Are you going to take a day off today" Zhuo Yu'an was actually pleased. He had stayed up all night last night, watching over her for fear of any accidents, not daring to be careless at all. As a result, although she woke up several times in the middle, she would close her eyes and continue sleeping every time, unlike when she was at her own home.

Thinking of her home, Zhuo Yu'an still felt an indescribable strangeness.

"No, I already made an appointment with Mr. Xiao from Tingjing Finance and can't change it anymore."

"Want me to go with you"

"No, Lu Kuo has already helped me get in touch." So she stood him up yesterday, and Mr. Xiao wasn't angry at all.

Okay, I'll give it to you.

He drove her to Tingjing Finance, just as Lu Kuò was striding towards the building. Zhuo Yúan pressed the horn, Lu Kuò turned around and saw them, he ran over and personally opened the car door for Shu Tinglan, acting like a doorman, inviting her out of the car.

“If we settle this beforehand, just wait for me a while.” After yesterday’s incident, he didn’t dare let her act alone anymore, and he absolutely wouldn't allow her to take the subway by herself.

"Okay."

"Hey, you two, enough is enough. Do you have to be so attached" Lu Kuo was annoyed. These two really treated him like a waiter, not even looking at him once.

He shouted a couple of times before Zhu Yu'an finally looked at him, but his expression was serious and his tone was earnest.

"Take care of her."

What's going on I rarely see him so serious, I instinctively nodded in agreement.

"Get going." Shu Tinglan urged him away, her eyes practically rolling out of her head. Please, she was here to discuss business, not entertain a fool on a sightseeing tour.

When they saw Mr. Xiao, Shu Tinglan sent Lu Kuo away so that they could discuss business.

She came today mainly to have a detailed discussion with Mr. Xiao about some specific details of the acquisition of WhoaWowla. She wants to go back and make a work plan. Since Lu Kuo introduced her, she definitely can't let him down, so she has to do everything perfectly.

While Zhuo Yuan went straight to the furniture center of the mall, his goal was clear: buy something with a similar style, then have workers move it directly.

Her empty living room was back to its usual state.

Sitting in the center of the living room, he started trying one by one the series of products from Zhuoyuan Technology that he had installed for her earlier, holding his phone.

What impressed him the most was that when he was abroad, he suddenly received a video call from her. She looked flustered and asked him what would happen if the door lock broke, whether it would make noise for no reason

At the time, he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just a hallucination caused by work stress. Now that he thought about it again, something felt off. Something had flashed before his eyes but he couldn't quite grasp it.

He called Lu Kuo to give him instructions.

"Take her back to the law firm for me, I'll pick her up after work."

Drove directly back to Zhuoyuan Technology's R&D lab and retrieved all data from Shu Tinglan's smart devices.

Wang Yan stopped him: “This is client privacy, we are not authorized to retrieve it.”

This database is under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. No one is allowed to access or extract it, even individuals like him or Wang Yanwen. In short, it is illegal.

Zhu Yu'an, a man of such principle and caution, would have absolutely never done something like this in the past. But now, there was no time to consider such things, especially when it involved data from Shu Tinglan's family.

"Do you know the immense damage extracting this database would inflict on Zhuoyuan Technology"the group. There were financial and social news reporters. As soon as he got out of the car, they immediately surrounded him and asked...“Mr. Gu, there has been a fatality in the urban village demolit...