Ever since that day, Lin Anning would find various excuses to visit.
More often than not, she would claim to be visiting Nuannuan, bringing food today and toys tomorrow.
After delivering her gifts, she would insist on staying, pretending to play with Nuannuan, and only leave when Ye Jinghuai returned from work.
"Nuannuan, do you like Auntie?" Lin Anning asked tentatively while playing building blocks with Nuannuan.
"I do~"
Nuannuan secretly pursed her lips, thinking, *It wouldn't matter if I said no, you wouldn't listen anyway!*
"Then, Auntie becoming your mommy, would that be good?" Lin Anning continued to probe.
"No!" This time, the rejection was firm.
"Why? Doesn't Nuannuan like Auntie? If Auntie becomes Nuannuan's mommy, I'll buy you lots of delicious food and fun toys from now on," Lin Anning said, turning Nuannuan to face her and coaxing her.
"Auntie, Daddy already buys all of this for me~"
Nuannuan blinked innocently at Lin Anning.
"Anning jie, my second brother said he's not getting married and won't find a stepmother for Nuannuan. You should give up on this idea!"
Ye Jingzhi, who had just entered, heard Lin Anning's words and immediately refused without any reservation.
Hearing this, Lin Anning reacted intensely. She stood up immediately, looking at Ye Jingzhi with anger on her face.
"I don't believe Jinghuai ge will be alone forever. He must have said that because he's worried Nuannuan will be wronged. I will definitely treat Nuannuan well. As long as I can be with Jinghuai ge, I can promise not to have children in the future!"
"There's no need. I don't like you, and I don't need you to sacrifice yourself for me."
Ye Jinghuai's voice suddenly echoed from the doorway.
"Daddy~" Nuannuan, hearing Ye Jinghuai's voice, happily stood up and ran towards the door.
"Did you come back because you forgot your little cutie~?"
Nuannuan leaned against the doorframe, striking a pose and even giving Ye Jinghuai a flirtatious glance.
"Yes! So I came back quickly to see if my little cutie is still here?" Ye Jinghuai chuckled, crouched down, tickled Nuannuan's nose, and picked her up.
"Second brother, why did you come back so suddenly?" It was still afternoon, shouldn't you be at the company?
"I came back because I wanted to," Ye Jinghuai said, sitting down with Nuannuan in his arms.
In reality, Aunt Wu had noticed Nuannuan's impatience and thought it would be best to have the young master come back and take her away! It wasn't good for her to keep coming here so often.
"Anning, please don't come here anymore. I won't like you," Ye Jinghuai said, turning to Lin Anning, who was still standing there in a daze.
"Jinghuai ge?"
Lin Anning was still upset by Ye Jinghuai's words when he first arrived, and now hearing him say this, her heart was breaking.
Nuannuan thought she was about to break down. But soon, Lin Anning quickly calmed down, even managing a smile on her face.
"Jinghuai ge, I'm sorry! I've been bothering you too much these past few days. I'll come back again after some time," Lin Anning said, picking up her handbag from the table, ready to leave.
"Goodbye, Nuannuan!" As she reached the door, she deliberately turned back and waved to Nuannuan with a smile.
Then, she looked back at Ye Jinghuai, her gaze filled with determination.
"Jinghuai ge, I won't give up. I will definitely make you like me." With that, she turned and left quickly.
Ye Jingzhi watched from the side with a dark expression, and even Nuannuan found it speechless.
From their interactions over the past few days, she realized that this young lady had her own very strong opinions. It was just that she had *too* many opinions and couldn't listen to anyone else; she just did whatever she wanted.
Nuannuan's life had been rather leisurely recently. Due to an accident in the previous variety show, the production team decided to make revisions and temporarily suspended broadcasts. The news caused an uproar online.
Furthermore, Lin Anning hadn't visited since that day. Nuannuan thought she had suddenly come to her senses until one day, everyone gathered at Ye Jinghuai's place for dinner again.
Now, the Ye brothers often gathered for meals because of Nuannuan. Of course, Ye Jinghuai himself was extremely unwilling.
"Can't you guys eat at your own homes? And Elder Brother, you're even bringing your whole family over for meals, isn't that going too far?"
Ye Jinghuai, holding his rice bowl, glared at the family sitting neatly at the dining table.
Lin Anran looked a bit embarrassed by his words, while the two twins had already been trained by their father and obediently offered a pure smile to their second uncle.
"Jinghuai, you're the CEO of Ye's, what's wrong with having a few meals together?" Ye Jingchen said calmly.
"Second brother, how about I give you some meal money tomorrow? It's true, even though we're brothers, it's not really appropriate to always eat at your place." Ye Jingxing looked at him with feigned hurt.
"I also feel that it's rare for us brothers to gather together like we used to. It's really nice that we can often gather for meals now. Don't you think so too, Second Brother?" Ye Jingming said with sincere affection.
Ye Jinghuai felt as if he could smell a strong aroma of tea. Meanwhile, Ye Jingzhi, sitting at the end, quietly ate his rice with his bowl, not participating in his brothers' arguments.
As the youngest, he understood too well what it meant for older brothers to always be older brothers!
Just as Ye Jinghuai was about to retort, Uncle Li entered.
"Young Master, Miss Anning is here again." Uncle Li cast an awkward glance at Anran as he spoke.
Lin Anran helplessly touched her forehead and then looked at Ye Jinghuai apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Jinghuai. Anning has caused you trouble. I'll ask her to leave now." She said, putting down her chopsticks and preparing to get up.
"Hold on, First Young Madam! Second Young Master, why don't you just see her? Miss Anning said this is the last time she'll visit, and she has something she wants to say to you. Moreover, I feel that Miss Anning is a bit different today."
Uncle Li said, his expression looking peculiar.
"Alright! Let her in." Ye Jinghuai nodded.
Soon, an elegant figure walked in through the doorway. Wearing black pointed high heels, she strode in with a solemn expression.
The newcomer was in a sleek black fitted dress that accentuated her graceful waistline. Her hair had also been cut to black shoulder-length bob. Most importantly, she wore a pair of exaggerated sunglasses that covered half her face.
The only splash of color on her was her blood-red lips. The stark contrast between the black and red made her skin appear even fairer.
"Did she just come back from a funeral?"
Ye Jingzhi whispered softly at the table. No one spoke, but their eyes revealed a sense of oddity.
Nuannuan's expression became even stranger because as soon as Lin Anning stepped in, the synopsis appeared.
{Reborn into a new life, Lin Anning only wishes to forget that heartless man and live for herself. Ye Jinghuai never expected that the little woman who always chased after him would suddenly stop liking him one day. From then on, the chase for his wife would be a strenuous endeavor...}
Nuannuan hadn't expected there to be a reborn female lead too. What was this? A bug in the world's restart?
Nuannuan's guess was correct; this was indeed a bug in the world's restart.
Lin Anning's previous life had been the world experienced by Nuannuan's previous mission entity, and they had even had a fierce confrontation, resulting in mutual destruction.
Originally, Lin Anning wasn't supposed to be the plot's female lead. But after she left that day, she suddenly awakened her memories from before the restart that night, inexplicably becoming the plot's female lead and gaining her own exclusive storyline.