As for why she needed to call, that wasn’t important at all. Su Li waved her hand, signaling the secretary to leave. The moment the secretary closed the door behind her, it was forcefully swung open. A young man with glasses and decent looks barged in. The secretary’s firm attempt to stop him failed. "Su Li." The young man ground his teeth, his eyes flashing with anger, looking very much like a modern scumbag. Su Li capped her pen and lazily leaned back in her soft chair, scrutinizing him for a moment. She waved her hand again to dismiss the secretary, turned her head with a look of confusion, and asked, "Who are you? Do I know you?" Doubtfully, Su Li quickly scanned the original owner’s memories again; if she weren’t certain that the original owner was a staunchly straight man interested in women, she would have thought this man was someone mistreated by the original owner. It was truly misleading. "Why didn’t you answer the phone?" Su Li: "Ah, you’re Tan Yunguang?" Seeing Su Li, Tan Yunguang’s gaze filled with increasingly evident loathing, and he harshly demanded, "Do you still remember you have a girlfriend?" This piqued Su Li’s interest a bit. Sitting up straight, she asked, "Ah, you like Tian Xiaomeng, huh." Finally, Su Li remembered why Tan Yunguang’s name sounded somewhat familiar. The original owner had heard this name from Tian Xiaomeng more than once. Before Tian Xiaomeng followed Zhang Lan in a remarriage, the two were neighbors. They hadn’t seen each other for years, but their correspondence never stopped and had now turned into another form of communication. A long time ago, the original owner even got jealous and quarreled with his girlfriend over this matter. But since they hadn’t met, the original owner didn’t pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, the connection between the two was still pretty strong. Hence, this neighbor brother came to stand up for the little sister. The situation was so typical; Tan Yunguang’s tenderness when mentioning Tian Xiaomeng was hard not to misinterpret. Su Li’s emotionless, straightforward statements made Tan Yunguang blink uncomfortably. He dodged the question, instead starting a series of interrogations: "Do you know Xiao Meng was almost forced to death by the Xu Family?" "Where were you during this time?" As he spoke, Tan Yunguang’s eyes closely watched Su Li’s facial expression, hoping to see panic, fear, guilt... If it weren’t for Xiao Meng always speaking on his behalf, finding excuses, he wouldn’t have waited until now to confront Su Li. But he was disappointed; the expression on Su Li’s face only showed a hint of an amused smile. Su Li: "So, Tian Xiaomeng came to find you?" Su Li’s calmness made Tan Yunguang very unhappy; the grip of his hand by his side creaked. "How dare you speak! If it weren’t for meeting me, Xiao Meng would almost have been hit by a car." "You knew how excessive the Xu Family people are, why didn’t you protect her properly?" The more Tan Yunguang spoke, the more agitated he became, the last words almost roared out. Su Li threw the pen in her hand onto the table. The bang interrupted Tan Yunguang’s rising anger. Su Li stated seriously, "No one can bear another person’s fate." "She is already an adult and should bear the consequences of her own choices. I can protect her for a while, but can I protect her forever?" Tan Yunguang: "Why not?" If it were him, he would. He didn’t say this out loud, but both of them knew it well. Su Li’s expression turned cold as she uninterestingly began ushering him out, "Leave, I have work to do." Tan Yunguang angrily left a sentence, "You don’t deserve Xiao Meng’s genuine care at all." Su Li nodded in agreement. Indeed, she didn’t deserve it, because it was the original owner who did, not her. She was just a cold-blooded, selfish big bastard. Once her work was done, the cold-blooded*Su and selfish*Li finally felt like checking out the pitiful Tian Xiaomeng. If before Su Li had some compassion for the young girl, now it’s entirely gone. Before, she thought Tian Xiaomeng had a tough life with such a mother, which was quite unfortunate. One cannot choose their birth circumstances, but as long as they are strong-willed, they can fear nothing. Su Li had even offered an olive branch; if Tian Xiaomeng followed this direction, she would surely get out of the mire. However, she refused this opportunity. Orıginal content can be found at 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱 She wanted to be saved, yet could not let go of the meager, almost nonexistent love from her mother. There is gain in giving up, a reason she understood but couldn’t decide to embrace. She even needed her boyfriend’s nourishment to maintain her insufficiently strong temperament. Now it’s Su Li’s turn, unwilling to help her bear it, so Tan Yunguang came along. Su Li could confirm that Tan Yunguang had just been in unrequited love; Tian Xiaomeng had no other intentions towards him. Perhaps she instinctively wanted a place to deposit her restless heart. But this was precisely what Su Li detested. The secretary was efficient, and details about Tian Xiaomeng’s recent activities soon appeared on her desk. Flipping through a few pages, it was all about some daily bullying, being bullied. Su Li glanced over uninterestingly, quickly skipping to the last few pages. Tian Xiaomeng had suffered many grievances at the Xu Family and dared not voice them due to Su Li’s attitude. When she was hurt by Zhang Lan’s attitude again, she ran out in a daze, almost getting hit by a car. It was by chance that Tan Yunguang was passing by and saved her. Upon meeting, the two recognized each other’s identity. The grievances and pain pent up inside Tian Xiaomeng suddenly had an outlet to vent. Tan Yunguang felt even more distressed by Tian Xiaomeng’s plight. Yet, Tian Xiaomeng didn’t know this wasn’t their first meeting. He knew many things about Xiao Meng, knew she was kind, sincere, and that her boyfriend treated her well. Despite many worrisome family issues, her boyfriend always took care of them for her. That’s why he never showed up. But he couldn’t hold back anymore after seeing Xiao Meng’s lost and dejected state. "Knock knock knock..." When Tian Xiaomeng opened the door with a frowned face, her smile froze instantly. She stammered in panic, "Ah, Ah Lee... why are you here?" Su Li smiled and said, "Aren’t you going to invite me in?" In the kitchen, hearing the commotion, Tan Yunguang emerged holding a spatula. Seeing Su Li standing brightly at the doorway, the relaxed expression on his face disappeared, replaced by obvious hostility. He gruffly asked, "What are you here for?"