But half a year ago, Meng Ruozhao woke up from a car accident with no memory at all.
The environment was strange, her lover was a stranger, and her family also seemed odd.
She urgently needed to grasp something to calm her panicked heart.
She repeatedly checked her past information, but there was little she could hold on to.
Until she saw her major - fashion design.
So she opened the drawing software and found that she indeed had some skills.
This seemed to be the only thing directly related to her past, so of course she held on to it tightly.
Therefore, three months ago, regardless of everyone's opposition, she still opened the store.
However, due to a shortage of funds, the location and decoration were relatively ordinary.
On the day of the opening, Du Xixi sent a flower basket hypocritically and then mocked her right away.
"The Yan family has roots in both politics and business. Yet the future young mistress of the family opens such a shabby little store. If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off."
This was what Du Xixi thought, and the Yan family surely felt the same.
Yan Qiubai also tried to stop her, but Meng Ruozhao blocked him with a single sentence.
"If you also think it's embarrassing, you might as well break off the engagement."
She swore that she was absolutely sincere when she said this.
She had forgotten their past and didn't know if she would ever remember it in this lifetime.
It was unfair to Yan Qiubai. He might as well cut his losses in time.
But after hearing this, Yan Qiubai's face turned ugly, but he said nothing and just turned around and left.
At that time, she thought that a man as high - and - mighty as him would surely break off the engagement immediately after being humiliated like this.
Who would have thought that two days later, she received a call from his assistant in the middle of the night, asking her to pick him up at a bar.
She had no choice but to go. She saw the slightly drunk man sitting there.
He said to her as if bestowing a favor, "Meng Ruozhao, I won't pursue the matter of you opening the store."
She looked at him quietly, waiting for him to continue.
Sure enough, his next words were, "But for what you said about breaking off the engagement, you have to apologize to me."
For a moment, she felt a bit dazed.
It seemed as if someone had said to her before.
"I won't blame you for other things, but for what you said about breaking up, you have to apologize to me."
Was it Yan Qiubai?
Had they broken up before?
She stood at the door, staring at Yan Qiubai intently for a moment but couldn't recall more.
But the man was already a bit impatient. "You're not willing?"
These four short words carried a faint sense of oppression.
She couldn't confront him head - on.
So she adjusted her expression and walked over quickly.
"Okay, I apologize. I'm sorry."
Anyone could tell the perfunctory nature of this apology, but Yan Qiubai didn't press further. He just leaned on her shoulder.
"Chaolao, I'm patient."
Since Yan Qiubai didn't pursue the matter anymore, others naturally couldn't say anything either.
Meng Ruozhao didn't expect Du Xixi to bring up the old matter at this moment.
And it was such an obvious provocation.
If she didn't say anything, the other party would really think she was easy to bully.
"Yes, elder sister. Who could be as lucky as you? Although you're not the biological daughter of the Du family, you've entered the Du Group with the identity of the eldest daughter of the Du family."
"But elder sister is right. My store's customer source is not stable now. Why don't you introduce some customers to me?"
Meng Ruozhao's store had been operating steadily for three months. Even though the location was not good, it had accumulated some customers.
At least she could support herself, but that was all.
Then Xia Lian stopped the supplementary card that Du Feng had given her on the pretext of being afraid that she would invest randomly in the store.
She couldn't take this hidden loss lying down, so she directly told Du Feng about it.
But unexpectedly, Du Feng took Xia Lian's side.
He gave her two choices: either close the store or be self - reliant.
What else could she say?
This matter was originally a family scandal, but since Du Xixi wanted to talk about it in front of Yan Qiubai, she didn't mind exposing it all.
Let's see who would be more embarrassed then.
Sure enough, Du Xixi's expression changed slightly, and she quickly glanced at Yan Qiubai.
Du Feng cared most about his reputation. If outsiders, especially Yan Qiubai, found out that he had stopped Meng Ruozhao's bank card, he would surely get angry.
Fortunately, Yan Qiubai's attention was all on Meng Ruozhao's last words.
"Your business is not good?"
He looked at her, and the worry in his eyes didn't seem fake.
Meng Ruozhao knew that he looked down on her small business. Otherwise, he wouldn't have never been there.
But she didn't want him to get involved either, so she suddenly smiled.
"I was just joking with elder sister. It's just starting out. It's hard to say if it's good or not."
It was that kind of vague diplomatic talk again. Yan Qiubai squinted his eyes and stared at her for a while as if scrutinizing her.
In the end, he still said nothing. He just turned his head, and a glint of anger flashed in his eyes.
He was always good at controlling his emotions, so this change didn't go unnoticed by anyone.
After that, Du Xixi didn't dare to provoke Meng Ruozhao casually. She just circled around Yan Qiubai.
She had known Yan Qiubai for a long time, and he had always been the one she wanted to get close to.
Over the years, she had shown him a lot of attention.
Who would have thought that a bitch like Meng Ruozhao would come out of nowhere and easily win Yan Qiubai's favor without doing anything.
She still remembered clearly.
Before Meng Ruozhao came back, Du Feng had specifically called them into his study.
When he announced to them that from then on, Yan Qiubai would be his future son - in - law, he was beaming with joy.
She didn't understand how Yan Qiubai had become Meng Ruozhao's fiancé.
But Du Feng didn't explain much. He just told them that if they let this secret out, the consequences would be beyond their ability to bear.
However, from what she had found out later, it was all Meng Ruozhao who had seduced Yan Qiubai.
It was said that when Meng Ruozhao was found by Du Feng, she happened to fall into Yan Qiubai's arms and then fainted.
What was this if not seduction?
There were so many people on the road. Why did she faint so precisely in Yan Qiubai's arms?
Maybe this was all this woman's scheme. She came back just to take revenge on them.
She told Xia Lian her thoughts, but Xia Lian told her not to act rashly.
At that time, Du Feng had just found his daughter, and his fatherly love was at its peak.
Moreover, she had gotten close to the Yan family. Du Feng even wanted to worship her.
But after half a year, Meng Ruozhao had been scolded by Du Feng several times for being cold to Yan Qiubai.
Their relationship didn't seem as close as when she first came back.
Even when Xia Lian stopped Meng Ruozhao's card, Du Feng didn't stop her.
Du Feng's attitude also showed that Yan Qiubai didn't care that much about Meng Ruozhao.
So Du Xixi's thoughts gradually resurfaced. Taking advantage of the current relationship between the Du and Yan families, she became even more attentive to Yan Qiubai.
At this moment, Meng Ruozhao watched her circling around Yan Qiubai like a peacocking and felt a bit bored.
She had no interest in playing golf, nor did she have any interest in watching Du Xixi act coquettishly here.
But if she left now, Du Xixi would surely tell on her.
For the sake of peace, she had to sit there patiently watching the two of them play, but in fact, her mind had already wandered far away.
To outsiders, it seemed that she was staring at Yan Qiubai in a daze, and the love in her eyes could hardly be hidden.
"See, Qiubai. I told you we should use the trick of making her jealous."
"Next, I think you should still ignore her for a while so that she can realize your goodness."