When Ye Chen stepped out of the elevator into the lobby on the first floor, he happened to see Chen Yinuo stepping out of another elevator on the opposite side.

Ye Chen instinctively wanted to speak, but Chen Yinuo quickened her pace like a stranger passing by, not even sparing him a glance.

Faced with this, Ye Chen could only give a bitter smile and let it go.

However, after walking out of Yunshan Network Company, Chen Yinuo suddenly slowed her steps.

When Ye Chen was about to catch up to her, she spoke in a cold, indifferent tone:

"Don't blame me for not warning you. President Zhang is not like those scumbags and losers you know outside. You'd better not try to use your dirty tricks on him. Otherwise, those loan sharks won't even have a chance to deal with you—you'll already be finished! Someone like him can crush you like an ant. I advise you to know your place!"

Deceit and fraud—that was how Chen Yinuo viewed her husband.

She didn't believe Ye Chen could ever get rid of his bad habits.

Seeing Ye Chen appear at Yuntian Network and seemingly on friendly terms with Zhang Jingshan, she naturally assumed he was trying to use his usual deceitful methods on Zhang.

Otherwise, how could someone like Ye Chen, a societal scum, earn the attention of someone like Zhang Jingshan?

"Yinuo, are you worried about me?" Ye Chen, oblivious as ever, failed to understand the hostility in her words and, looking delighted, tried to approach her.

Little did he know, Chen Yinuo snapped at him harshly, "Stay away from me!"

Then she sneered coldly, "Worried about you? Don't flatter yourself. I just don't want anything to happen to you before we get divorced. I'd rather not bear the stigma of being widowed. Once the divorce is finalized, I couldn't care less if you live or die—it won't have anything to do with me!"

In the past, such words from Chen Yinuo would have likely provoked Ye Chen into losing his temper and possibly lashing out.

But now, all he felt was guilt—endless guilt.

Having lived through a second chance at life, Ye Chen knew that Chen Yinuo's sharp tongue hid a soft heart. The problem was that his reckless behavior in the past had hurt her deeply.

Recalling how, in his previous life, Chen Yinuo sacrificed her happiness and future to save him from predatory lenders—borrowing money from that bald, middle-aged man to cover his debts—Ye Chen felt a pang of anguish in his heart.

Just then, a phone rang sharply.

"Hello, who is this?" Chen Yinuo answered.

"Is this Ms. Chen Yinuo?" a voice came from the other end.

"Yes, this is she. And you are?" Chen Yinuo felt a twinge of unease.

"Hello, Ms. Chen. This is the Yanjiang Police Station. Your younger brother, Chen Yihao, has been detained here for assault. Since the victim's family is also present at the station, we recommend you come here as soon as possible to see if a reconciliation can be reached. If not, we will have to proceed with formal charges."

"What?"

"Yihao got into a fight and injured someone?"

Detained at the police station?

In an instant.

Chen Yinuo felt like she had been struck by lightning from a clear sky!

Her face suddenly turned pale, and her delicate body weakened instantly!

If Chen Yihao really ended up with a criminal record, what future would he have?

"Ms. Chen, are you listening?" The voice on the other end came again.

"I'm listening, I'm listening! I'll come over, I'll come right now!"

Chen Yinuo responded in panic, her voice trembling and choking up, on the verge of breaking into tears.

"What happened?"

Seeing Chen Yinuo put down the phone in a panic, Ye Chen asked urgently.

"Yihao injured someone and is now being held at the police station!" Chen Yinuo blurted out reflexively.

But as soon as she said it, she regretted it.

Why was she telling this beast such things?

"It's none of your business! As long as you stay away from me and stop bothering me, I'd thank the heavens!"

After throwing out these words.

Chen Yinuo, in a state of panic and urgency, ran to the roadside and flagged down a taxi.

Seeing this.

Ye Chen initially wanted to go with her.

But after some thought, he gave up the idea of sharing a cab with Chen Yinuo.

Instead, he quickly flagged down another taxi.

"Follow the taxi with license plate number 2628 ahead, please!"

Yecheng knew that his brother-in-law, Chen Yihao, wished nothing more than to tear him apart.

In his previous life, after Yinuo and Youyou's accident, Chen Yihao had lost his mind, screaming and crying as he grabbed a knife, intending to kill him.

If no one had stopped him that day, Yecheng, resigned to his fate, would likely have been hacked to death by Chen Yihao.

However...

Even though Chen Yihao had always harbored a deep hatred and resentment toward him, and even though their relationship in his past life had been one of mutual hostility in its early stages, Yecheng now felt no animosity in this second chance at life.

After all, Chen Yihao's hatred stemmed from the harm Yecheng had inflicted on his sister.

Moreover, Chen Yihao's doting love for Yecheng's daughter, Ye Youyou, had never wavered.

Just for these two reasons alone, Yecheng found no grounds to hold a grudge against Chen Yihao. Instead, he felt only guilt.

At Jiang Riverside Police Station.

They arrived shortly.

Getting out of the car, Chen Yinuo noticed that Yecheng had followed along but was too preoccupied to care.

"Hello, officer. I'm Chen Yinuo, Chen Yihao's sister. Where is Yihao? Can I see him?"

She frantically approached a police officer, her voice trembling with urgency.

"Ms. Chen, please calm down! Chen Yihao is currently in the detention cell. At this stage, according to procedure, you cannot see him. However, you can negotiate and reach a settlement with the injured party's family. If an agreement is reached, he can be released immediately. If not, we'll have to proceed with filing a case," the officer explained.

"Okay, okay! Negotiation. Where do I negotiate? Where is the injured party's family now?" Yinuo's voice cracked as she spoke, tears welling up.

"They're in the mediation room. Follow me," the officer said, leading the way.

At this moment, Yecheng, who was about to follow, was stopped by another officer.

But before the officer could speak, Yecheng quickly interjected, "I'm her husband, and Chen Yihao is my brother-in-law."

Yinuo, too anxious to care about the details, didn't say anything. Seeing no objections from her, the officer nodded and allowed Yecheng to follow.

Outside the Mediation Room.

"The injured party's family is inside. You can discuss the matter yourselves," the officer said.

"Thank you," Yinuo replied quickly and nodded before rushing in.

Following close behind her, Yecheng remained unnoticed by her at this moment.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry! I'm Chen Yihao's sister, Chen Yinuo. It was my brother who acted recklessly and injured someone. Please, I beg you to show mercy and forgive him!"

The moment she entered, Yinuo began bowing deeply in apology, her voice choked with tears.

Yecheng, standing behind her, felt his heart ache at the sight.

"Sorry? Sorry fixes everything? If an apology were enough, why would we even need the police? Mercy for your brother? Hmph, easy for you to say! Why didn't your brother show mercy when he smashed my brother's head open? Do you know that my brother needed seven stitches? Seven! Do you hear me?"

There were three people inside: a middle-aged couple and a troublesome young man with streaks of gray in his dyed hair.

The middle-aged couple remained silent, but the young man, his face brimming with rage, gestured with his fingers to emphasize "seven" as he loudly shouted.