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"How did she become like this? It’s like she really doesn’t recognize us at all?

" Mrs. Gu’s face was filled with worry. "The last time I saw her in the city, she wasn’t like this.

Although she pretended not to know me and my sister-in-law, she was hostile towards outsiders and to her sister-in-law.

But just now, she actually smiled at me and you—a timid smile, such a distant smile.

The way she looked at me and you, truly, it was like we were strangers. "

The hostility that was there the last time they met was now gone from her. If Mrs. Gu had suspected He Zhilan was pretending last time, this time, Mrs. Gu truly began to worry.

"Lanteng Company is doing so well now, she’s definitely not short on money.

But why is she so protective over the toys she bought for the children?

When she was dodging the car, I saw her shield the things in her hands close to her chest, just like a mother protecting her child.

The items were broken, and she definitely doesn’t lack the money to buy them again.

Why would she use her body to protect these things? "

As a military man, Gu Hengyuan naturally had better observation skills than Mrs. Gu and was more meticulous.

Although the two of them had their doubts, they had other matters to attend to. After all, He Zhilan was He Teng’s wife and had no relation to the Gu Family, so they didn’t take it to heart. Once they could no longer see He Zhilan’s figure, they left.

By the time He Zhilan arrived at the coffee house, she was holding nothing in her hands but her bag. Seeing her injured, the professor frowned and asked, "What happened?"

He Zhilan herself was very puzzled, simply shaking her head, "Probably fell over, I guess."

"Probably?" The professor glanced at He Zhilan. "How old are you? Falling over while walking is one thing, but to only guess that you fell? You can’t even be sure?"

He Zhilan stuck out her tongue at the professor and then went to wash her palms and knees clean in the restroom of the coffee house.

By the time she returned to her seat, the professor had already asked the waiter to buy some antiseptic solution from the nearby pharmacy and was personally applying it to her wounds.

"Take the antiseptic solution home with you, avoid contact with water for the next few days, and remember to apply the medication on time." The professor was truly concerned for He Zhilan. "You’re so impulsive, how come I never noticed this flaw in you before?"

"Discovering it now isn’t too late, eh~" He Zhilan giggled, really unaware of when she had gotten the injury.

"You’re quite the smooth talker; Zhou Hongjin should have recruited you into the foreign service. With your eloquence, you could probably make black seem white," the professor teased her without anger. Then, the professor ordered a glass of juice for He Zhilan and a cup of coffee for herself.

The two sat in the coffee house and chatted for over an hour. He Zhilan was mindful that He Teng might have returned to the hotel to wait for her for lunch, so she left under the professor’s good-natured teasing, took a taxi, and returned to the hotel.

Back at the hotel, He Zhilan steeled herself, knowing that what she was about to face was He Teng’s reprimand.

"Pig brain?"

As expected, upon seeing her injuries and hearing her vaguely describe the incident, He Teng threw three words at her.

"You don’t even remember how you fell? Weren’t you supposed to be at the company?" He Teng held He Zhilan’s palm and looked at it, unable to hold back his frustration. He Zhilan had only been away from him for half a day—how did she end up getting hurt?

"I really don’t remember much, it’s as if I’ve got amnesia," He Zhilan pouted, "Bro, it hurts, blow on it for me."