"What I asked you to investigate, how did you do?"

This is a Japanese restaurant located in a remote alley, and due to its geographical location, the number of people who come here on weekdays is not very large.

And Du Lin happened to like the quietness here, so every time she met with her confidant, she would choose the private room here, which could ensure the privacy of the conversation just right.

Du Lin sat in the seat by the window, raised a plate of Japanese sake in her hand, and sipped it in small sips while staring at the person in front of her with a sharp gaze.

The person she interviewed was one of her most loyal subordinates all along, and he had been following Du Lin since she was not married, and he would never betray her.

However, the tradition and conservatism in Du Lin's bones cannot be erased no matter what, even after so long, her relationship with her subordinates is still very polite and alienated, for this kind of ordering, she is still not very used to this, she can only raise her hand to drink to hide a trace of embarrassment on her face.

"I have followed Miss Du's arrangement, and in the past few days, I have been following Miss Xi and collecting her information on the Internet." The subordinate took out a folder and handed it over across the table, "The following are the things I have collected during this time, including Miss Xi's recent itinerary plan, which are all placed in it, for you to see." ”

Du Lin's hand as he took the folder trembled slightly. The folder was very thin, with only a few pages in it, but when Du Lin held it in her hand, she felt inexplicably heavy, so that she didn't have the courage to open it at all. She barely suppressed her nervousness, waved her hand casually and drove her subordinates out of the small private room, then took a deep breath and opened the folder alone.

The first page of the folder is Xi Lingyan's personal information, and Du Lin almost saw her family identity at first glance - Qin Shaojing's wife, who had been married a year ago, in the days after her unsuccessful engagement with Xiao Rui.

"What?!" Such a few simple words almost scared Du Lin into throwing the folder out.

When she saw Xi Lingyan's photo, she was amazed by her extraordinary and unique temperament, and vaguely guessed that this woman's identity must not be simple, but she didn't expect her story to be like this at all, which made Du Lin can't help but subconsciously feel a little afraid of Xi Lingyan - a woman like herself, against Xi Lingyan, how much chance can she win?

Du Lin bit her lower lip hard, her lip was white from her bite, almost bleeding, even if there was no chance of winning, she had to try hard, even if it was to protect her love, she should not simply announce that she would give up before the official confrontation.

She flipped a few pages back, and it was Xi Lingyan's itinerary plan form, which showed that she was going to go shopping in the mall with a girlfriend this afternoon.

Du Lin raised her hand and glanced at the time on her watch, closed the folder with a snap, took the handbag and got up and left, without further ado, she planned to see as soon as possible, how capable this woman is Xi Lingyan.

"I think you should try this white one, it looks better than the blue one, it matches your skin tone."

"The cut of this long skirt is also quite chic, and it feels very figure-showing."

Xi Lingyan was shuttling with Nan Yuxi in the mall, picking out clothes everywhere, Nan Yuxi hadn't been out shopping for a long time, and when she saw the new seasonal designs in the windows, her eyes lit up, and she pulled Xi Lingyan's arm with great excitement, looking at any of them, she almost looked good.

"Hello Miss Xi, it's really a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here!"

Xi Lingyan's shoulder was suddenly tapped, and when she looked back, she saw a strange woman appearing behind her, greeting her warmly, with a smile on her face.

Xi Lingyan was a little stunned, she didn't remember that she had seen this woman, and she didn't know how to greet her for a while, she secretly gave Nan Yuxi an inquiring look, Nan Yuxi was also full of questions, she didn't know this person at all, and the scene suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"I'm Xiao Rui's wife, and my name is Du Lin." The woman in front of her seemed to see the embarrassment in the air, and smiled and introduced herself.

Since Xi Lingyan cut off contact with Xiao Rui, she has never heard any news about him, and at this time, a woman suddenly stood in front of her, claiming that she was Xiao Rui's wife, which really surprised Xi Lingyan, thinking that some time ago, Xiao Rui told herself that she was about to get married and wanted to marry the eldest lady of the Du family, and she couldn't help but suddenly realize.

She looked carefully at the woman in front of her.

Du Lin was wearing a soft light-colored dress, and her hair was combed very neatly, at first glance, she was a well-cultivated lady, and her face was also very beautiful, quite a classical beauty.

Such an excellent woman, logically speaking, should live a quiet life, but she didn't expect to marry a bad man like Xiao Rui, Xi Lingyan couldn't help but feel sorry for her in her heart.

However, Xi Lingyan's regretful eyes fell on Du Lin's eyes, but it was interpreted as another taste.

In Du Lin's cognition, no matter how down-and-out and generous Xi Lingyan looks and how elegant she is, she is just a junior who intervenes in other people's relationships, and at this moment she looks at Du Lin with this kind of eyes, Du Lin only feels very ironic, like a favored concubine, looking at the neglected main house with pity.

A nameless fire burned from Durin's chest, giving her some hard-earned courage.

"If I can, can I say a few words to Miss Xi alone?" Du Lin turned her gaze to Nan Yuxi.

Nan Yuxi subconsciously glanced at Xi Lingyan, and after receiving her eye of approval, he said that he was going to try on these clothes, took a few clothes nearby, and went into the fitting room.

There were only two people left on the bench in the shopping mall, Xi Lingyan and Du Lin, and finally got a chance to talk to Xi Lingyan, Du Lin was nervous again at this time, like a balloon that was deflating, and the courage that she had finally accumulated was leaked by her little by little.

When she looked at the photos in the folder in the Japanese restaurant in the morning, she felt that Xi Lingyan was a woman whose aura was countless times stronger than herself, and now sitting side by side with her on the bench, Du Lin felt an invisible sense of oppression, which made her feel uncomfortable.

All the threatening words that had been arranged in his heart before he came, but when he came to his lips at this moment, he couldn't say a word, which made Du Lin very anxious.

"You...... How is everything? Is the work still going well? Du Lin finally said a word, but it turned out to be a painless greeting.

"It's good, nothing to worry about." Xi Lingyan felt a little inexplicable.

"Seeing that you are wearing a little less, it is raining today, will you feel cold?"

"It's okay, I'll drive back, I can turn on the car air conditioner."

"I heard that you are now married into the Qin family? Is Young Master Qin good to you? ”

"It's good, thank you for your concern."

The conversation has been progressing lukewarmly, Du Lin secretly scolded herself for her incompetence in her heart, but she had no choice but to anxiously talk to Xi Lingyan, but the more she pulled, the more panicked her whole person became, and even a thin layer of sweat appeared in her palms.

Of course, Xi Lingyan could see her nervousness, how could someone deliberately ask another person to talk alone, but it turned out that she was just talking about these miscellaneous topics?

It is estimated that Du Lin must have something in her heart, but she didn't have the courage to say it, she glanced at Nan Yuxi in the direction of the fitting room, turned her head directly, and looked at Du Lin seriously.

"If you have something to do with me, just say it directly, it's okay, let's discuss it, I will do my best to help if there is anything I can do." After Xi Lingyan finished speaking, he showed a very open-minded expression and smiled at Du Lin.

Du Lin was even more overwhelmed by her, and the more Xi Lingyan showed her goodwill, the more she didn't know what she should say.

After being silent for a while, she squirmed and spoke: "You and Xiao Rui...... Between you, I don't care what the relationship was before, I hope that the two of you will not have contact in the future, from now on, can you leave him? ”

Du Lin was really lacking in confidence, and originally planned to threaten Xi Lingyan with righteous words, but when he spoke, it gradually turned into a pleading tone.

"What's wrong? What's going wrong with your relationship lately? Xi Lingyan couldn't bear it, looking at her haggard appearance, she couldn't help but interject and ask more.

However, it was this extra question that made Du Lin completely misunderstood, thinking that Xi Lingyan was unwilling to withdraw, and the expression on her face began to become a little difficult to see, she opened her mouth, and wanted to get angry with some annoyance, but under the influence of Xi Lingyan's aura, she was defeated after all, and what blurted out was a continuous pleading.

"Please, give Xiao Rui back to me...... After all, we are already married, I hope Miss Xi, you will not intervene in us anymore, you are also a married person, you can understand my feelings a little, right? What I want is ordinary, I just want a simple ordinary life, please, make my life a little better. ”

Xi Lingyan was shocked, she saw the helplessness of being tortured by life for a long time from Du Lin's face, Du Lin didn't look like a lady with a happy life at all, but was overwhelmed with exhaustion written all over her body.

A good rich lady has now been reduced to the point where she has no courage to speak in front of others, you can imagine how narrow the world is after she gets married.

She didn't expect that the woman who married Xiao Rui would fall into this way, and she didn't expect that there would be such a good woman who was willing to love Xiao Rui with all her heart and lungs, and willingly wanted to live with him for the rest of her life.

Xi Lingyan couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for Du Lin in front of her, but she could only sigh deeply, but she didn't know how to express her words.