Their eyes met.

Lin Jiang frowned slightly, muttering to himself internally.

’How did I run into her here of all places?’

’And what’s with that uniform?’

Lin Jiang suddenly remembered that Chen Jingjia worked for a property management company. He seemed to recall running into her once before when he was having dinner with the Qin Sisters.

’Don’t tell me she works here?’ 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Seeing Lin Jiang again, Chen Jingjia had lost her previous air of superiority. All that remained was an awkward smile.

"So you bought a place here."

Lin Jiang nodded. "Is there something you need?"

"Oh, nothing really. I was just passing by and happened to be able to bring this up for you."

"Thanks. Goodbye."

Lin Jiang had given her the brush-off. Qiu Yunong took the two food bags inside, thanked Chen Jingjia as well, and then closed the door.

SLAM!

Seeing the door shut, Chen Jingjia felt an indescribable ache in her heart.

No matter how you looked at it, she was still his ex-wife, yet here she was, delivering breakfast to him and another woman.

’Could anything be more ironic than this?’

Inside, Qiu Yunong carried the food to the dining area. She had also sensed that the atmosphere between the two just now had been a bit off.

"Brother Jiang, do you two know each other?"

Lin Jiang nodded. "My ex-wife."

"Huh? Ex-wife?"

Qiu Yunong’s eyes went wide. She never would have imagined that Lin Jiang had been married.

Lin Jiang didn’t feel the need to hide it. It wasn’t anything shameful.

"Don’t be so surprised. It’s just a divorce."

"I’m not surprised about the divorce. I’m surprised that, with everything you have going for you, any woman would be willing to divorce you—even if you had ’hardware problems.’"

"Hold on. What do you mean, ’even if you had hardware problems’? You’d better explain yourself."

"Hee hee hee... That’s not what I meant! I know you don’t have any problems."

"And how would you know I don’t have any problems?"

"Because..."

Qiu Yunong looked a little shy and whispered, "Yesterday, when we were filming the third video, you bumped into me from behind when you were correcting my posture."

"Huh? Did I?"

"Hey, you definitely did! You were correcting my form at the time, so you probably didn’t notice the little detail."

Lin Jiang thought about the content of the third video. His ’little brother’s’ opinion did indeed seem to be quite ’big’.

"So that’s how it was. I’ll have to have a talk with him when I have a moment. No self-control at all."

"Oh, no, no, don’t! It’s only natural. If you didn’t react at all, all my teasing would have been for nothing. That’s not important, though."

Qiu Yunong brought the topic back around as she ate.

"You’re rich, you’re handsome, and you’re over 180 cm tall. You’re basically the perfect boyfriend material. Aside from problems ’in that department,’ I really can’t think of any other reason. Or maybe your ex-wife just wasn’t right in the head."

"Hey, hey, hey, didn’t you just say my ’hardware’ was fine?"

"Brother Jiang, you can’t look at it that way. Standing up for one minute is not the same as standing up for half an hour."

’They really are different. You can create an entire undersea world.’

"It works just fine, don’t overthink it."

"Then she’s the one whose brain isn’t working right."

After their meal, they cleaned up a bit and headed out.

"Brother Jiang, are you free tomorrow?" Qiu Yunong asked in the elevator.

"Tomorrow?"

"I’ll probably be busy today getting the account stuff sorted out, so I don’t think I’ll have time to film. But I’m free tomorrow, so we can shoot a few more videos then."

"Alright, tomorrow it is. Give me a call then."

"Okay."

The two went down to the underground garage to get the car and were surprised to see Chen Jingjia there.

Seeing Lin Jiang’s ex-wife again, the perceptive Qiu Yunong said:

"Brother Jiang, I’ll just grab a taxi. You don’t need to give me a ride."

"It’s fine."

As he spoke, Lin Jiang pressed the key fob.

Just then, Chen Jingjia walked over quickly.

"Lin Jiang, do you have a minute? I’d like to talk to you."

"Brother Jiang, I’m heading out. You two talk."

Not wanting to be a third wheel, Qiu Yunong said her goodbyes and left.

Lin Jiang sighed helplessly and could only nod.

Watching Qiu Yunong leave, Chen Jingjia tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "How have you been lately? Have you been doing okay since the divorce?"

"I’m doing great. I have everything I could want now."

"That woman just now, is she your new girlfriend?" Chen Jingjia asked tentatively. "She doesn’t seem to be the same one we ran into at the mall."

"Is that what you came to find me for? To ask about this? Whether she is or isn’t, what does it have to do with you?"

"No, that’s not..."

Faced with Lin Jiang’s coldness, Chen Jingjia’s presence was completely overwhelmed; she hardly dared to breathe.

"I just thought it was such a coincidence. I never expected you to buy a place here, while I’m working here."

"Cut the small talk. What do you really want? I’m in a hurry, so don’t waste my time."

"Don’t be like this. No matter what, we were legally married once. Can’t we even catch up a little when we see each other?"

"Funny you should say that. When we met at Crab Mansion, I don’t recall you wanting to catch up. When we met at Henglong Square, you didn’t say you wanted to catch up either. Why the sudden need to catch up now?"

Lin Jiang continued, "Or is it that you only want to ’catch up’ now that you see I have money?"

Chen Jingjia was struck speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Lin Jiang was right. If he hadn’t bought an apartment in Century Triumph, hadn’t bought a Maybach, hadn’t started a company, she wouldn’t have come looking for him.

"I’m leaving."

Opening the car door, Lin Jiang got in and drove off without a backward glance.

Chen Jingjia stood frozen in place, as if her soul had left her body.

RING RING RING—

Chen Jingjia’s phone rang. The caller’s name was Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan was Chen Jingjia’s university classmate; they had even been bunkmates.

During university, Chen Jingjia had been rather introverted and not very bold. Zhao Dan had looked after her like an older sister, and the two had grown closer and closer.