The next day at work, she kept making mistakes and being absent-minded, people will think she left Chen Kai because of her waywardness and just can't imagine just how much impact it will have on her family.

She doesn't want him to win yet she can't go against him.

She returned to their office and seeing as no one is in the office, she decided to call him, she called him several times before he finally picked the call.

"Have you settled it?" he asked straight.

"You animal, how dare you ask me to help you after doing such a horrible thing?" she couldn't bear the smugness and confidence in his voice, if only she could storm into his office and slap him hard but she can't even see him face to face because of shame.

"Have you or have you not settled it, you already know I don't have much patience?"

"I was to stupid to have slept with you and you are disgusting to have recorded it in order to blackmail me, I promise you things will never go your way," she hung the call as tears gathered in her eyes, she was going to give but she can't bear to let him succeed. If she goes down then she will make sure he goes down with her.

"He did what?" Li Chen asked, he was just entering the office when he heard her reply, he almost couldn't believe his ears.

Xiaomeng turned back in shock only to see him standing behind her, she fluttered her lashes.

He walked towards her then held her shoulders.

"What did you just say he did? repeat it," he demanded, she pushed his hands off her shoulders then looked away from him.

"It is none of your business," she replied, wiping the tears on her face.

"You just said he recorded the both of you sleeping together to blackmail you, how is that not my business?!" he yelled back in annoyance with his chest heaving up and down, her eyes widened for fear that others outside the office might have heard, she looked away from him to glance outside but she froze at the sight of Yu Yan standing by the entrance.

"Did...Did he really do that?" she asked, opening her mouth slightly agape.

Li Chen realised he just made a mistake when he heard her voice, Xiaomeng knees weakened so she leaned against the desk for support, she could feel her head spiralling.

The fact that she let herself into this whole mess is bringing her too much shame.

Yu Yan walked into the office.

"Did he really do that?!" she yelled at Xiaomeng who has her head lowered.

"I am going to confront him about this," she said then turned to leave but Li Chen held her back knowing that is the last thing Xiaomeng wants at the moment, if she needed someone to confront him then she would have gone into his office to speak instead of making a phone call.

"Why would you confront him, it is none of your business!" Xiaomeng yelled at her, the fact that it is Yu Yan makes it even worse for her but Yu Yan held the side of her arm tight with her eyes staring right into hers.

"It is my business, I told you before that you are still my friend no matter what and I know you hate this very much but please tell me everything so I can help you, please...." she was almost tearing up and Xiaomeng could see it, she just couldn't understand why Yu Yan doesn't hate her after everything she did to her.

Li Chen took his leave understanding this is something she might not want him to hear, she might not like Yu Yan but they are both women after all.

* * * *

As soon as she got back home, she hurried into his study since she already knows he would be back home, on sight, he immediately took off his glasses and stood up from his seat to meet her.

"Why are you back so late?" he asked, spreading his arms out to hug her but she stopped him before he could and held his hands tightly as she pulled him back to his seat, he could tell she was a bit tense.

After he sat in his black pyjama, he pulled her to his laps.

"What is it?"

"I need your help," she answered, she looked really desperate and the pleading gaze in her eyes was something he has never seen before, he placed his hands on top of hers reassuringly but his heart was beating at the thought of something bad happening to her.

"I will do anything for you, just say it,"

"I need you to help Xiaomeng, that jerk Chen Kai recorded a...recorded-" she couldn't bring herself to even say it, even if he did it to her she wouldn't be so astounded but Xiaomeng is someone he was raised with like a sister and he still did such a thing to her even after abusing her.

"Xiaomeng? recorded what? you are scaring me,"

"He went into her house yesterday and they slept together but he recorded the video of them sleeping together to blackmail her so she can convince her father to reinvest in Chen Corporation but as you know, that will be the fall of her family's company but if she doesn't-" she placed a fist over her mouth as tears gathered in her eyes, when Xiaomeng was telling her what happened she tried her very best not to tear up but when Xiaomeng started crying, she couldn't hold it in anymore.

"This is not real," he couldn't believe his ears, he would never have thought he would exploit her remnant feelings for him to do such a despicable thing.

"I wish it wasn't, she did her best to separate us because she knew what type of person he was and she was in love with him ever since they were little so she thought she could fix him but...she is really not the bad person we think she is, at least, she is not as bad as we thought,"

"Yu Yan, whether or not she is what we thought she was, she doesn't deserve what happened so I give you my word, I will make sure that recording disappears and make him pay for all he has done, trust me..." he raised his thumb to her cheeks to wipe the tears at the corner of her eyes.

After he was briefed about the completion of the gift he plans to give to Chen Kai, he really thought everything was in place but if Yu Yan didn't tell him this then his entire plan would have been ruined.

"Thank you," she wrapped her arms around his neck in relief.

Meanwhile, An Ke and Li Wei were having a stargazing date in his apartment, she was excited looking at the stars in turns while he filled her with their names and facts about the stars, after that, they sat on the balcony while discussing over tea.

She placed her elbow on the glass tea table and anchored her chin on her palm as she gazed at him, completely immersed in his handsome looks.

"At the rate, you will tear my face off," Li Wei remarked with a faint smile on his lips as he took a sip of the tea.

"It doesn't matter, I can just stick it back on," she responded, following a giggle.

"An Ke, what do you think about marriage?" he blurted out then widened his eyes upon the realization that he just said his thoughts out, he glanced at her only to see a flabbergasted look on her face.

"You said?"

"Oh, it's nothing," he bit his lips in embarrassment but she found it really cute.

"It's something, repeat what you just said,"

"I know you are the type that likes freedom so I didn't want to say it out, I am really sorry,"

"What are you talking about, you are the one that used to say marriage is like a prison so I thought you preferred to date freely without marriage in mind and we haven't been dating for that long, do you want us to get married so soon?" one part of her wants to and another part doesn't.

"No, I was just worried that you might not want to get married in the future so I wanted to prepare myself," he bit his lips, lowering his head.

"Aww," she found him too cute that she leaned forward and grabbed his cheeks, he was startled.

"My Weiwei is so cute," she simped then she kissed his forehead.

He was once the badboy she feel in love with in a cafe but now he is just a cutie who is head over heels for her, she really didn't expect that he even has marriage in his dictionary just like she never thought she would think of marriage.

{I guess love does make one change,}

Both sipped their tea while grinning at each other sweetly.

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