"That night, after we went to the hospital to visit Manager Cui together, we took gifts and went to her home."
"We saw her two babies at her home!"
Thinking of the two kids she saw that day, Zhou Yaru said excitedly,
"Yuan Xiaoxuan and Yuan Xiaoxu are really so cute! They are so well - behaved and sensible! They even performed counting numbers and reciting Tang poems on the spot for us. They can already recite ten Tang poems! They're only three years old! I've never seen such smart babies!"
Yan Yincheng was taken aback.
Could the two kids already recite Tang poems? It seemed that in just ten days since he left them, they had made such obvious progress. It seemed that his departure hadn't affected the two kids.
Then Yan Yincheng gave a bitter smile. The two kids were still so young. What could they know? In their hearts, he was just a passing guest, and maybe his status was even lower than that of Aunt Li who could cook.
"However..." Zhou Yaru scratched her head. "I heard from you, Mr. Yan, that they like guitars, so I gave them two children's guitars as gifts. Unexpectedly, when Xuxu saw them, he started crying. He cried so sadly. He even hugged Xiaoxi's leg and said that he missed 'Uncle'."
Yan Yincheng was stunned. He involuntarily tightened his grip on the blind stick under his hand. His heart seemed to be suddenly filled with a warm current, swelling, making his heartbeat become stronger.
Xuxu missed him?! Was this for real?!
He... he had thought...
He had done so many excessive things to her that she was so angry that she even tore up the engagement agreement. But she not only didn't tell the two kids about their things, but also allowed the two kids to miss him?
She always surprised him like this.
"In the following days, Xiaoxi just went to work and came back home as usual. But while you were away, Mr. Yan, General Manager Pei had been making every effort to pursue Xiaoxi. First, he sent flowers, and then he sent gifts like jade, diamonds, and bags. But Xiaoxi returned all those things. And then... you came back, Mr. Yan."
"Okay, I see." Yan Yincheng nodded. "Thank you, Miss Zhou."
"You're welcome!" Zhou Yaru scratched her head shyly. "I'll go back now! I just came out to use the restroom. I can't be away for too long, or Xiaoxi will get suspicious."
On the other side.
"Cui Jiandong, I think I've fallen in love with you. I like you, not because you saved me, not out of gratitude, but because of who you are. I feel so comfortable and happy when I'm with you. I want to keep this way with you. Would you... like to be with me and give it a try as a couple?"
Huang Zhenzhen stared into Cui Jiandong's eyes and said this sentence that had been hidden in her heart completely. After she said it, she felt completely relaxed. She felt that the light above her head seemed a bit brighter, the air seemed a bit sweeter, and the green plants beside her seemed to be about to bloom in the next second.
Even before Huang Zhenzhen looked at him with those gentle and affectionate eyes, Cui Jiandong had already guessed what she was going to say.
But he didn't want to hear her say such things at all. Her words completely pushed him, who was already standing on the edge of the abyss after receiving that phone call, into a deeper abyss.
Cui Jiandong remained silent for a long time, making Huang Zhenzhen's expectation turn into uneasiness.
"Adong?" She summoned up her courage again. "Give me an answer, okay?"
"I'm sorry." Cui Jiandong turned his face away, not daring to look at her face.
Huang Zhenzhen couldn't believe it. She even wondered if he had some difficulties. Because before today, she could feel that he also had feelings for her.
"Can I ask why?"
Cui Jiandong clenched his fists and said, "Because I already have someone I like, but it's not you."
It felt as if her heart was being grabbed. Huang Zhenzhen had some difficulty breathing. "Tell me, who is she?"
"It has nothing to do with you." Cui Jiandong lowered his eyes and said.
"Cui Jiandong, look at me!" Huang Zhenzhen raised her voice, aggressive. "Look at me and tell me who she is?"
Cui Jiandong looked at her. His eyes were like two pools of thick ink, showing no sign of life.
"I'm sorry. The person I like is Yuan Xi."
...The person I like is Yuan Xi.
The two terraces were respectively at the ends of two different corridors. The design was supposed to prevent them from disturbing each other. But Yan Yincheng was extremely sensitive when it came to things related to Xu Zixi. So he heard the words that Cui Jiandong shouted out.
Frowning, his face immediately turned cold. He pointed in the direction where the sound came from and said, "Who's over there?"
Zhou Yaru looked in the direction of the slender blind stick and said puzzledly, "Mr. Yan, there's just a pillar over there."
"I heard someone say that he likes Yuan Xi." Yan Yincheng said coldly.
These people, did they all think he was dead? He had so publicly and obviously asserted his sovereignty at Pei's, yet there were still people who dared to covet his woman? He'd like to see who was so over - confident!
"Wei Shu, lead the way!"
Zhou Yaru's first reaction was that it was impossible. Among the people who had dinner together today, there were three men. Ding Zhe and Lin Zhixing were both married with children, and Cui Jiandong and Huang Zhenzhen obviously liked each other. Who would like Yuan Xi?
Wait...
To be exact, Cui Jiandong and Zhenzhen hadn't officially confirmed their relationship. All of them had guessed that Zhenzhen planned to confess her love to Cui Jiandong tonight. If what Mr. Yan said was true, didn't it mean... Zhenzhen had been rejected by Manager Cui?
And the excuse for the rejection was Yuan Xi? What a terrible turn of events!
As someone who had won the second - prize in the project design competition, Zhou Yaru wasn't stupid. Thinking of what had happened in the restaurant today, she immediately had a bad premonition. She immediately turned around and chased after Yan Yincheng, planning to go and see what was going on.
Inside the private room, noticing that Zhou Yaru had been away for too long, Xu Zixi couldn't help but feel a bit worried. Frowning, she said to Dai Sha,
"I'll go and check on Yaru."
Dai Sha nodded. "Okay."
Xu Zixi opened the door and walked in the direction of the restroom following the sign. Unexpectedly, she almost bumped into someone at the corner. She was so startled that she took two steps back. Frowning and looking up, she found that the angry back that was walking away was actually Yan Yincheng, and the person she had come out to look for was following him closely.
Xu Zixi was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but call out,
"Yaru!"
Zhou Yaru stopped and turned to look at her.
Xu Zixi looked deeply at Zhou Yaru and said, "What are you doing?"
She didn't know that at this moment, in Zhou Yaru's eyes, her eyes were so vulnerable, as if they would shatter like glass with just a gentle touch.
Zhou Yaru looked at Yan Yincheng who was walking farther and farther away, then at Xu Zixi. She immediately realized that she might have misunderstood something. She waved her hands in a hurry and said, "Xiaoxi! It's not what you think!"