The moment Shi Mengwan saw that person, she wanted to step back, but it was too late.
She didn't expect to meet Qiu Yanbo here.
She felt guilty for a moment and wanted to step back, but Qiu Yanbo had already seen her. She was close to Su Qingsang and had met Qiu Yanbo a few times.
She nodded at him and walked past him to continue walking outside. She wasn't close to Qiu Yanbo, so she wasn't worried that he would tell Su Qingsang.
It didn't matter even if they met. However, after taking two steps, she saw that there were other people following behind Qiu Yanbo.
They were none other than Su Chenghui and Huo Jinyao.
"Hello, Uncle." She didn't have to greet Qiu Yanbo, but she had to greet Su Chenghui.
"Huo Jinyao. Hello. "
She had a good relationship with Su Qingsang and was familiar with Huo Jinyao, so she called him by his name.
"Yes." Huo Jinyao nodded. He was the one who was most familiar with Shi Mengwan among the three of them. "Are you alone?"
"I'm having dinner with a client." Huo Jinyao finally saw Shi Mengwan. "What about you?"
"Same as you." Shi Mengwan smiled. "I was wondering why you didn't accompany Qingsang to Japan."
"Yeah." He really wanted to go to Japan with Su Qingsang. The reasons why he didn't go were that he had to discuss a collaboration project recently. The other reason was that, like Shi Mengwan, he wanted to give Su Qingsang and Xiang Caiping a chance to be alone.
She glanced at Su Chenghui, who acted as if he hadn't heard her.
"Go on with your work. I'm just looking around. "Shi Mengwan tried her best to smile like usual.
Huo Jinyao wouldn't pay attention to women other than Su Qingsang, so he didn't think too much into it.
After saying goodbye to Shi Mengwan, the three of them went to the private room in the opposite direction. While Shi Mengwan was relieved, she also felt a little worried.
Lin City was only so big, but she followed Zhan Haoze out to eat like this.
Zhan Haoze and Huo Jinyao's company seemed to be working together. If they met …
She didn't even dare to think about it.
He was no longer in the mood to appreciate the scenery outside. Shi Mengwan returned to the private room.
Zhan Haoze seemed to be on the phone. When he saw her come in, he said to the other end of the phone and hung up.
"Are you done?"
"No."
Shi Mengwan walked to the seat opposite him and sat down. She glanced at him, picked up the tea in front of her, and took a sip.
The tea was already cold. Zhan Haoze looked at her and raised his hand to refill the teacup in front of her.
Shi Mengwan held the cup. The warm teacup made her slightly relieved, but she was still a little worried.
She didn't seem to be in the right mood. She was still in high spirits when she went out, but now her attitude had suddenly changed.
Zhan Haoze looked at her but didn't say anything. He picked up the teacup in front of him and drank some tea.
After a moment of silence, Shi Mengwan bit her lip, put down her teacup, and looked at Zhan Haoze.
"What happened?"
"I'm fine."
Shi Mengwan still wanted to say something, but the waiter had already started to serve the dishes.
The soup was cooled down and warmed up three times. The portion was not much. However, the dishes looked good and exquisite.
Shi Mengwan was a foodie. Although the dishes in front of her were local dishes in Lin City, they were very appetizing.
She picked up her chopsticks and temporarily forgot about her encounter with Huo Jinyao.
After dinner, when Zhan Haoze got up and was about to leave, he found that Shi Mengwan was sitting there without moving.
Zhan Haoze stopped and stood at the door to look at her, as if he didn't understand what she was thinking.
"Zhan Haoze, wait a moment."
She got up and walked in front of him, not letting him open the door.
"Um, I met Huo Jinyao just now."
"Huh?"
Huo Jinyao? What was he doing here? Zhan Haoze thought for a moment and immediately thought of it.
Li Junsheng came to Lin City. He and Huo Jinyao grew up together, so he took good care of Huo Jinyao.
Recently, there was a big project. Huo Jinyao might have wanted to help his father-in-law's family, so he got the Li Corporation to cooperate.
"Is there a back door here?"
"Back door?"
"Yes." Shi Mengwan nodded. "I think, if possible, we'd better not meet them, right?"
"What do you mean?" Zhan Haoze's face instantly changed. "I can't be seen?"
"Isn't that so?" Shi Mengwan didn't back down like before. She looked up at him. She cleared her throat with a bitterness that she didn't even notice.
"Alright, it's not that you can't be seen, it's that I can't be seen."
She lowered her head to look at him, her gaze calm. "You have a fiancée. Tell me, how can I appear in front of others with you?"
Especially since that person was Huo Jinyao, Su Qingsang's husband. If he saw her with Zhan Haoze, he would definitely tell Su Qingsang.
"I said, I don't have a fiancée."
"Then what about Miss Chen?" Shi Mengwan didn't want to be aggressive, nor did she want to question him, nor did she want to give people such a feeling. But she couldn't help it.
"She's not your fiancée, then who is she? Your girlfriend? "
Zhan Haoze's expression was very ugly now. His lips were pursed into a straight line. Anyone who knew him would know that this was a sign that he was about to lose his temper.
However, Shi Mengwan didn't know him. What she knew was the big brother in her dreams.
Not the Zhan Haoze in front of her, who had been separated from her for more than ten years and had forgotten everything about the past.
"Shi Mengwan, I'll say it again. She's not my girlfriend. She's not my fiancée either. "
"Oh."
Shi Mengwan gave a faint "oh". It was obvious that she didn't believe him.
Zhan Haoze looked at her face and suddenly pulled her into his arms. He lowered his head and kissed her lips.
She had just drunk the Longjing tea, and there was still the fragrance of the tea in her mouth. There was also a hint of bitterness in the fragrance.
Shi Mengwan didn't move. She just stared at him with her eyes wide open.
Her eyes were clear and straightforward. There were clear emotions in them.
She wouldn't resist. She would let him do whatever he wanted. But she didn't believe him, nor did she believe his words. That was it.
Zhan Haoze seemed to be annoyed and increased the strength on his lips. She was in pain, but she refused to give in.
She didn't want to go out with him like this. It wouldn't be good if they met Huo Jinyao.
Zhan Haoze knew what she was thinking. He bit her lips. It wasn't hard, but it hurt.
She was really in pain, but she looked straight at him. She didn't give him a response, nor did she step back. She didn't even respond.
He suddenly let go of her and took a step back. Her breathing was a little heavy, and so was he.
He looked at her deeply, then suddenly reached out, opened the door, and walked out.
The door had been silenced, so it didn't make too much noise when it was opened and closed. She watched the door close. She couldn't hear any footsteps outside. She didn't move and just stood there.
Her heart couldn't resist Zhan Haoze, and her body couldn't resist Zhan Haoze either.
But her rationality, her dignity, and everything else told her that she still had a bottom line.
That was the bottom line that she wouldn't allow Zhan Haoze to cross.
She knew it clearly, but her legs still felt weak. She stood there and found that her heart was beating very fast.
She didn't know how long had passed. It was probably ten minutes, or maybe twenty minutes.
She finally came back to her senses and left the private room.
There was no one in the corridor. This shop was also interesting. There didn't seem to be many waiters, and there weren't many people either.
How casual. Heh.
She didn't meet Huo Jinyao and the others again. She went out and got into her car. She didn't see Zhan Haoze, but she didn't care.
She got into the car, started the car, and left quickly.
When she got home, she couldn't fall asleep after sleeping for the whole afternoon. She went into the study and drew out all her previous ideas.
When the hour hand pointed to twelve o 'clock, she finally finished drawing all her ideas.
Before she got up and went to bed, she looked in the direction of the living room. There was no one, and there was no sound.
That night, she didn't hear any more knocks on the door. That man. He should have left.
When she returned to her room, she realized that the bed sheets and quilts had been changed. Some of the traces inside had also been cleaned up.
She hadn't noticed it before, but when she went to the balcony outside, she unexpectedly saw the bed sheets there.
Shi Mengwan bit her lip and stared at the bed sheets for a long time. Finally, she returned to her bed to sleep.
The bed sheets and quilts that she had put away earlier were all dried. There was a faint smell of laundry detergent. The only thing that wasn't there was the mint smell of that man.
She pulled up the blanket to cover her head, but in the end, she felt stuffy and had no choice but to get out again.
Sleep. It would be best if he didn't come.
She told herself.
… …
Zhan Haoze really didn't come again. Time passed by more than half a month later.
In the past half a month, Su Qingsang came back and she went to Su Qingsang's house a few times.
With Xiang Caiping there, her mood was much better. Xiang Caiping was a magical person. She had a kind of reassuring power.
She liked to spend time with Xiang Caiping. There was no burden or purpose. She was like a kind elder.
She just didn't expect that such an elder would have an accident.
She only found out later that Xiang Caiping had been in a car accident. The cause of the accident was Su Peizhen.
She didn't like that woman before. Although Su Peizhen didn't cause any real harm to Su Qingsang, she had always looked down on Su Qingsang and her attitude was quite arrogant.
If she really didn't like Su Qingsang, she could have asked Su Chenghui to kick Su Qingsang out or break off their relationship.
But she didn't have that ability, and she wouldn't do such a thing. But she always liked to make things difficult for Su Qingsang.
These were not the main point. The main point was that Xiang Caiping was injured, and it was her lumbar spine that was almost paralyzed.
She went to the hospital to accompany Xiang Caiping for two days in a row. Because she was worried about Xiang Caiping's injury, she didn't have the mood to care about where Zhan Haoze went or what he was doing during the time he disappeared.
Until a few days before the New Year. Shi Mengwan had originally planned to wait until the Spring Festival before returning home. However, her younger sister, Shi Mengru, called and said that there was trouble at home again.
She hurriedly handed over the matters of Xiao Qiu's studio and rushed home.
This wasn't the first time they had caused a ruckus.
Mom didn't give birth to a son, so Grandma always said that this family was incomplete. In the past, he always wanted his mother to have a third child.
Later, when the doctor told her that her mother had hurt her body when giving birth to Shi Mengru and that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant, Grandma gave up.
In addition, Shi Mengwan's disappearance made Shi Mengwan's father give up on the idea of having another son.
However, it was useless for Shi Mengwan's father to dismiss it. Shi Mengwan's grandmother refused. She had never given up and wanted Shi Mengwan's father to have another child.
Later, he saw that he could not persuade him. She brought up the old matter again and asked Shi Mengwan's father to adopt Shi Mengwan's uncle's son.
Shi Mengwan's two uncles both had two sons, so one of them could be adopted.
However, Shi Mengwan didn't agree. Her home, the home she believed in, was only her, her younger sister, and her parents.
She didn't want a fifth person.
Moreover, her uncles' cousins weren't young anymore. The youngest was already in his teens. After being raised to this age, he couldn't be brought along.
In addition, she didn't like the attitude of her two uncles and aunts who thought that having a son was amazing.
She had always opposed this matter. Her attitude was too domineering, and her parents couldn't do anything about it. Naturally, they would listen to her on this matter.
However, Grandma would come to the house every few days to cause trouble. She wouldn't give up until she achieved her goal.
Her youngest uncle's youngest son was eleven years old this year. He also wanted to adopt his eldest uncle's family so that he could live a better life.
When Shi Mengwan returned home, she was anxious to explain this matter. Other than Xiao Qiu, no one knew that she had returned to her hometown.
Grandma was already eighty-one years old. She was an old lady from the countryside and was in good health.
When Shi Mengwan returned home, she heard her grandmother scolding her mother.
Shi Mengwan's mother's surname was Chen. Back then, she was also a famous beauty in the surrounding villages. Even though she was old, her charm was still there.
Shi Mengwan's mother was at the door, listening to her mother-in-law scold her for being a hen that couldn't lay eggs.
She had heard this for more than ten years and was already immune to it.
However, Shi Mengwan couldn't take it anymore. She hurriedly got out of the car and rushed into the courtyard. Seeing the neighbors attracted by her grandmother's loud voice, she was furious.
"Grandma, if my mother is a hen that can't lay eggs, then what are we?"
"You little girl, you still know how to come back?"
When Grandma Shi saw her, she became even angrier. "You're quite impressive. You know how to run off to enjoy life and leave this family to your parents. What? Did I say something wrong? "
"Do you want to say that you're right?" After what happened back then, Shi Mengwan wasn't afraid of anyone. She was even more fearless. "My mother gave birth to me and my sister, so why can't she lay eggs? If my family didn't have my mother, would we be living such a good life now? I just don't understand. Grandma, you're already so old. Why can't you calm down and enjoy your old age? Why do you have to get involved in the affairs of the younger generation? "
"You, you little heartless one. How can you speak to your elders like that? Huh? "
Grandma Shi was angry, but Shi Mengwan wasn't afraid of her. "If you want to be filial and respectful to your elders, you have to be worthy of being filial and respectful to your elders. All these years, how has my mother treated Grandma? Doesn't Grandma know? Is it fun for you to force my mother like this every day? "
"How am I forcing your mother? I'm doing it for her own good. Let me tell you, I'm finding someone to send her off. She'll thank me in the future. "
"Yes, thank you. Thank you for letting her raise someone else's son, right? "
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