Chapter 2403

Ye Wenming immediately froze and looked up at Ling Yiran with a half-smile. "You should ask Yi Jinli that. After all, he was hypnotized too, wasn't he?" "Sis Zhuo isn't entirely devoid of affection for you. I don't know what you're thinking, but whatever it is, I hope you won't hurt her. She's had a hard enough life," murmured Ling Yiran. Ye Wenming suddenly smiled sarcastically. "Ling Yiran, you're wrong. She's the one who hurt me. She refused to give me a chance and wanted to separate from me, yet you're asking me not to hurt her." "She didn't want to hurt you. She was only trying to protect you!" she blurted out. The look of sarcasm on his face deepened. "Protect me? Do I need her to protect me? What makes her think she can protect me? Ling Yiran, aren't you a lawyer? Since when did you start making things up?" Ling Yiran helplessly shut her mouth. Ye Wenming’s misunderstanding was too deep. Besides that, his feelings for Sis Zhuo had also faded. However, watching how Ye Wenming tucked in Sis Zhuo made her think that perhaps Ye Wenming still had feelings for Sis Zhuo even though he had been hypnotized. After Ling Yiran left, Ye Wenming turned to look at Zhuo Qianyun, who was still sound asleep. Her arched eyebrows furrowed again as if she was having another bad dream. 'She's probably dreaming about Xia Xi again,' Ye Wenming thought to himself. Xia Xi, her children, her mother, her friends... There were too many people who were more important than him to her. He was nothing. She begged him when she needed him and kicked him away without mercy when she did not need him. "Tell me. Between us, who hurt who?" he muttered. However, only the air answered him. ... Two days later, Ling Yiran received a phone call from Zhang Yaer, who wanted to consult her about some legal issues. Although she had given Zhang Yaer her business card when she talked to her at the party that day, she did not expect her to contact her so soon. When Ling Yiran arrived at the private room Zhang Yaer had reserved, she found Gu Lichen sitting beside Zhang Yaer and her assistant. "Miss Ling, you're Mr. Gu's friend, so I can trust you. After all, I don't want the outside world to know about my comeback yet, so I’d like to consult you about some contract terms and legal matters," Zhang Yaer said to Ling Yiran with a smile. Ling Yiran knew she was trying to befriend her only because she knew Gu Lichen. Otherwise, why would she consult an unknown lawyer like her when the Gong family had their own legal team? Ling Yiran smiled back. "Sure, I'd be happy to answer your questions." During the meal, Ling Yiran learned that Zhang Yaer was planning to make a comeback and wanted to have a stake in the Gu family's newly established film and television company. Gu Lichen came to Deer City this time to prepare for it. Zhang Yaer said she asked Ling Yiran to dine with her to consult with her regarding some legal issues, but she did not ask anything about any legal issues during the meal. "By the way, I have a plot that I’d like to turn into a film. Even though it's just a film and any similarities would be purely coincidental, I thought I'd better talk to the Gong family about it first," Gu Lichen said suddenly.