"Can't I do any work!?"
Seeing everyone else go off to work, Liu Ru Yan hurried over and asked with concern, "A Yuan, what's wrong? Have your injuries gotten worse again!?"
"I'm fine!"
Yuan forced a faint smile. "I just suddenly realized I might've been deceived. All the effort I put in before was a complete joke. I feel so empty inside."
"Deceived!?"
Liu Ru Yan's heart leapt. She thought she'd given herself away.
"That's right!"
Yuan looked utterly dejected. "I used to think I just hadn't worked hard enough, which was why I could only gather that tiny bit of origin power. But now I've realized it was all a scam."
"Origin power!?"
Seeing that she hadn't been found out, Liu Ru Yan finally let out a sigh of relief.
But right after that, she started feeling annoyed. She'd been with Yuan for a hundred years and had even managed to put him on a leash, yet he still had secrets he was keeping from her.
"Ru Yan, are you angry!?"
Yuan suddenly tensed up, looking at Liu Ru Yan in a panic.
Based on his memories from his previous life, whenever he had something to hide from her and she found out, she would instantly turn into Little Fairy and fly into a rage. She wouldn't forgive him until he humbled himself and brought her an expensive gift.
"How could I be!?"
Liu Ru Yan suppressed her irritation and put on a sweet smile.
With her original temper, she would never have let Yuan off the hook. But now she was Director Qin's handpicked Qin girl. Whatever she did, she couldn't act on her own temperament. She had to disguise herself as a considerate, virtuous wife and loving mother.
"Ru Yan!"
Yuan stared at Liu Ru Yan, a