It was already nine when he got home.
He spent half an hour on the phone with Wei Zijin, telling her about running into Chen Zhifei and Fang Dongxu that day. The three of them had eaten together, with Fang Dongxu treating.
After showering, he lay down in bed but couldn't sleep.
His head was full of all sorts of things, surfacing one after another. Peel any one of them back, and Liu Xinyu's shadow lay underneath.
Wang Xiaoliang rolled over, picked up his phone, typed a few words, then deleted them. He typed a few more, then deleted those too.
In the end, only three words remained-Are you asleep?
Less than thirty seconds after he sent it, a voice call popped up.
He answered.
"Xiaoliang, how's your recovery going?"
"You don't know?"
There was a two-second pause on the other end. "Keep that up and we won't be able to have a conversation."
Wang Xiaoliang laughed and stopped teasing him.
He rolled over and sat up, leaning against the headboard.
"Why are you dissolving the company?"
There was no immediate answer from the other end.
"It can't just be because Gu Junhao abused his position to make loans for personal gain, can it?" Wang Xiaoliang paused. "You're copying someone else's homework."
"..."
"You're following Anyang's example."
"Holy shit." Liu Xinyu's voice rose noticeably. "How did you figure it out?"
"What's so hard about that?"
"The first time I met Third Aunt, she said Ruijing Phase Two would be their last project. That's them wrapping things up, isn't it? But what I don't get is, Third Uncle and Third Aunt want to retire after making their mark and just enjoy life. You've only just taken over Chengyu, and you're already looking to quit. What's that about? Aren't you afraid of