The moment she picked up the phone, before Ye Yuning could speak, Yan Jun asked breathlessly, "Ningning, tell me the truth. Is Ji Nan really your guest?" "Yes," Ye Yuning said guiltily. "Could Qin Jinchuan be your guest?" Yan Jun asked. Ye Yuning fell silent. Everyone in Upper City knew exactly what her relationship with Qin Jinchuan was. The various storms before had made people overlook the actual nature of her relationship with the Qin Family. But who among those close to her didn’t know that Zheng Cai had nearly married her off to an idiot? Logically, her resistance was justified. But she hadn’t expected at all that this "idiot" wasn’t an idiot! Nor had she expected to face retaliation from that "idiot." Ye Yuning’s previous pranks on Xiao Shuo were casual, and her plans had never backfired...! So she could never have imagined that Qin Jinchuan was so meticulous. He actually suspected someone was targeting him over an overly spicy hotpot and even had it investigated! "I’m sorry, I’ll handle this," Ye Yuning said in a low voice. "You’ll handle it?" Yan Jun retorted. "By serving yourself up for Qin Jinchuan to torment?" Ye Yuning was silent again. In such a short time, everyone already knew Qin Jinchuan was tormenting her. "Alright," Yan Jun said, "you’d better sort out your issues with him first. You’re completely flustered, and yet you’re trying to deal with this!" With that, Yan Jun hung up. Clearly, in the minds of Yan Jun and the others, Ye Yuning was already beside herself with anger. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have tried to prank Qin Jinchuan in such a childish way! However, who could have guessed that the man who had feigned foolishness for so many years was no pushover? This time, she had truly hit a steel plate. Ye Yuning had just hung up the phone when Qin Jinchuan’s assistant, Ji Nan, called. When Ye Yuning picked up, she didn’t speak. "Miss Ye," Ji Nan said, his tone respectful yet firm and icy, "would you like to come to the hospital to speak to our sir in person, or should our sir come to find you after he is discharged?" Ye Yuning pursed her lips. "I have nothing to say to him." Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚑𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚑𝙣𝙚𝙩 Her first move, and she was exposed within an hour! The sense of frustration was suffocating. "Is that so?" Ji Nan remarked. "It seems Miss Ye is quite resilient. However, I’m afraid that resilience won’t get you off so easily this time as it has in the past." The threat in his voice grew more pronounced. Before Ye Yuning could respond, Ji Nan continued, "Did Miss Ye bully Third Young Master Xiao this way in the past too? But our sir isn’t as easy to bully as Third Young Master Xiao...!" Ye Yuning was speechless. She really didn’t like hearing that. What did he mean, *she* bullied Xiao Shuo like that? It made it sound as if she loved stirring up trouble, as if she was always the one provoking incidents...! She took a deep breath. "Between your sir and me, who exactly is bullying whom? Can you clarify that?" Ye Yuning felt that word was hardly appropriate for her. And it was even more inappropriate to apply it to people like Qin Jinchuan and Xiao Shuo...! However, Ji Nan clearly had no intention of discussing it further over the phone. Faced with her sharp retort, Ji Nan simply stated, "Regardless of who is bullying whom, the fact is our sir ended up in the hospital because of you." With that said, before Ye Yuning could react, Ji Nan hung up. Hearing the BEEP BEEP BEEP of the disconnected line, Ye Yuning felt the hairs all over her body stand on end. Her grip on the phone tightened. BUZZ. A text message arrived. Annoyed, she tapped it open. It was from Ji Nan, and the content was: "If Miss Ye wishes to pay a different kind of price..." The rest of the message was unwritten, yet it was more menacing than any explicit threat could be. Ye Yuning closed her eyes, forcefully suppressing her anger. Undoubtedly, she realized by now that she had encountered an unprecedentedly tough opponent this time. She wasn’t a troublemaker! Those close to her knew why she had done those things to Xiao Shuo and the Ye Family. Qin Jinchuan deserved it even more! But this "deserved it" person was not someone who would let Ye Yuning act unreasonably this time...! When Ye Yuning came out of her room, Xiao Linye was not in the living room. From the study, Xiao Linye’s voice could be heard. He was on the phone, asking, "Are you really going to retaliate against her?" That word, "retaliate," whatever it specifically referred to, struck a raw nerve with Ye Yuning. She had no idea what was said on the other end of the line. She only heard Xiao Linye say, "I advise you to reconsider. That woman has a knack for secretly stirring up trouble and making things difficult for others." Secretly stirring up trouble, making things difficult? Was he talking about me...? Recalling what Ji Nan had said to her on the phone earlier, Ye Yuning grew even more infuriated. But who exactly was he talking to? Was it Qin Jinchuan? Didn’t he claim not to know him?