CHAPTER 515: CHAPTER 515: TAKING OLD FEELINGS INTO ACCOUNT?

Mu Huaner sighed, "Nuannuan..."

"But you didn’t say that before!" Ning Nuan interrupted Mu Huaner.

"You clearly said before that you only recognized me as your niece-in-law. When I learned that Brother Ah Lie and Yan Qianyi were already married in the system, I gave up, but it was you who gave me hope, and now you..."

Ning Nuan choked up toward the end, tears streaming down like rain.

Mu Huaner hugged her and gently patted her back, comforting her:

"Nuannuan, I’m sorry, it’s the little aunt who has harmed you. I really like you and truly hoped that you could marry Ah Lie, but... I can’t control Ah Lie’s thoughts and preferences, and now Yan Qianyi is pregnant, and she’ll give birth in a few months."

Ning Nuan looked up at Mu Huaner with pleading eyes.

"Little aunt, I truly love Brother Ah Lie. I love him more than Yan Qianyi does. Can’t you think of a way to help me?"

Mu Huaner spoke with difficulty, "At this point, there’s nothing I can do. Listen to me, Nuannuan, sometimes loving someone doesn’t mean you must possess them. You want Brother Ah Lie to be happy, right? Since he loves Yan Qianyi so much, let him be. You’re a good girl, and you’ll definitely meet a man who will cherish and protect you."

"But I only want Brother Ah Lie..."

Mu Huaner sighed heavily, "Let go, holding on will only hurt you."

Ning Nuan looked at Mu Huaner with a heartbroken expression, "Little aunt, you really won’t help me?"

Mu Huaner couldn’t bear to look her in the eye and turned away, saying, "I’m powerless."

Ning Nuan wiped her tears, took a deep breath, and said, "Alright, I understand. Then I won’t bother you, little aunt."

With that, Ning Nuan turned and walked away.

The moment she turned her back, her pitiable expression instantly turned fierce.

Mu Huaner had clearly disliked and rejected Yan Qianyi before, but now she had accepted her!?

Yan Qianyi must have used some means to win over Mu Huaner.

She won’t give up!

Since she couldn’t rely on Mu Huaner’s help anymore, she would rely on herself!

...

In the hotel.

Yan Ruyi was wearing a seductive lace nightgown, waiting for Qu Yang’s arrival.

It was already half-past ten at night, and seeing that Qu Yang hadn’t arrived, she made another voice call to urge him.

The call was hung up, and shortly after, the hotel room door opened and Qu Yang walked in.

"Ah Yang!" Yan Ruyi immediately rushed up and hugged Qu Yang, "I’ve been waiting for you for so long, why did you only come now?"

"There are a lot of family gatherings during the New Year, I couldn’t get away. Got any water? I need a drink."

Qu Yang used the excuse of wanting water to gently push Yan Ruyi away.

Yan Ruyi clung to him again, hugging him from behind, "I’ve missed you so much. When will you take me back to meet your family? I want to pay them a New Year visit."

Qu Yang frowned and turned to look at Yan Ruyi.

"Before we’ve made any achievements, we can’t let my family know we’re back together. My dad has just started to pay a little attention to me, and if he finds out, I might be thrown out of the house. You don’t want that, do you?"

Yan Ruyi nodded.

Her reputation was now completely ruined, and if the Qu family knew that Qu Yang was with her, it indeed wouldn’t be good for Qu Yang.

"Alright, then you must come to see me often."

"Sure, I’ll come when I have time." Qu Yang asked, "You were in a hurry to call me over, is there something wrong?"

"Today I met with my dad, and we came up with a way to take back control of Yan’s."

"What plan?" Qu Yang asked.

Yan Ruyi told Qu Yang the plan.

After hearing it, Qu Yang frowned tightly, "This is too much! It will not only ruin Qianyi but also affect innocent people. How did you come up with this?"

Yan Ruyi quickly shook her head, "This plan was my dad’s idea. I also felt it might not be appropriate, but he said that to seize back the control of Yan’s, some sacrifices must be made."

"But this will affect Qu’s as well!"

"No, it won’t affect Qu’s. Qu’s pharmaceutical factory produces according to Yan’s formula. If there’s a problem with the formula, it’s Yan’s issue, not related to Qu’s. Plus, my dad and I will find a way to change the formula before it’s handed over to the factory, so as not to involve Qu’s."

"Let me think about it." Qu Yang walked to the window and lit a cigarette.

"Ah Yang, when did you start smoking?" Yan Ruyi asked.

The old Qu Yang was a clean and bright boy who never touched nicotine.

Qu Yang choked on a few puffs of smoke, obviously still not accustomed, but continued to smoke vigorously.

Yan Ruyi asked, "You don’t want to do this, are you still considering your past affections with Yan Qianyi?"

Qu Yang, holding the cigarette, paused and denied, "No."

Yan Ruyi said, "I saw her at Yan Family’s today, she’s pregnant and will give birth in a few months."

Qu Yang frowned and turned around, looking at Yan Ruyi in surprise, "She’s pregnant?"

Although he had long been clear that there was no possibility between him and Yan Qianyi.

But hearing this news still felt suffocating.

"Yes, she has completely kicked us out of her world. Why do you still care about the past with her?"

"You’re thinking too much. That’s not what I’m considering." Qu Yang was unwilling to admit to Yan Ruyi his constant thoughts of Yan Qianyi.

"That’s good." Yan Ruyi smiled, "Ah Yang, my dad has now cut off relations with Yan Qianyi. As long as he can regain control of Yan’s, it will be mine. And with Qu’s being a pharmaceutical factory, once we join hands, no one will dare to look down on us again!"

Qu Yang remained silent.

He understood that helping Yan Ruyi was essentially helping himself.

"Look, you facilitated the collaboration between Qu’s and Ning’s, but your father still doesn’t value you, not granting you any real authority. You have to tread carefully around him, are you really content with that?"

"Of course not!"

He was fed up with having his life controlled and his fate manipulated!

"Then we should join hands. With you being sent to the pharmaceutical factory for training recently, with you there to cover the tracks inside, ensuring that no one discovers the problem with the drug formula, we can definitely succeed!"

"Okay." Qu Yang agreed.

Apart from feeling guilty about Yan Qianyi, this was entirely beneficial for him.

His dream was never to be a soldier, but to bring honor to his family by enrolling in the Federation Military Academy.

What he wanted was the inheritance rights of Yan’s.

Yan Ruyi was utterly devoted to him, and as long as he helped Yan Ruyi take over Yan’s, it would eventually belong to him as well.

Yan Ruyi smiled happily, her soft body curling up against Qu Yang’s again...