Mu Linfeng smiled at her.
Mother Mu followed Meng Nianchu's line of sight and her tone turned a bit unpleasant. "Miss Meng said this gentleman is your college classmate and you know each other."
Meng Nianchu slightly raised her chin. "Not very familiar."
"Auntie, please let me know when you're coming back. I'll pick you up at the airport," Meng Rong seized the last chance to be affectionate.
Mother Mu replied distantly with a simple "Thank you."
"Passengers flying to the United States, please..."
The voice of the flight attendant sounded. Mother Mu picked up the suitcase beside her, hugged Meng Nianchu reluctantly and kissed her cheek. "Mom will call you often."
"Okay!"
Watching Mother Mu enter the boarding gate, Meng Nianchu waved and let out a big sigh.
Meng Rong was too lazy to pretend anymore. She quickly touched up her makeup in the vanity mirror.
"I'm leaving first. You figure things out on your own," she turned her head and said to Mu Linfeng, then left the airport without looking back.
Mu Linfeng stopped Meng Nianchu who was also about to leave.
"You see me but don't say a word."
"What should I say to you?"
"Your sister is much more interesting than you. You were boring in college and still are."
Meng Nianchu kept silent.
Mu Linfeng invited, "I'll treat you to dinner. I have something to talk to you about."
It was exactly what she wanted.
Hearing this, Meng Nianchu lowered her eyes, the corners of her lips slightly curled up, and there was a sly and dangerous glint in her eyes. She looked up and actually agreed. "Sure."
Her quick and decisive answer left Mu Linfeng stunned.
After all, she had ignored him last night. He thought he would have to persuade her for a while, but he didn't expect her to agree so soon.
Although Mu Linfeng was confused, his excitement quickly overtook it. He tried to put his arm around Meng Nianchu's shoulder, but she quickly dodged to the side.
She started walking towards the exit of the airport.
"However, I'll choose the place to eat."
"Okay, okay!"
Meng Nianchu had never been more grateful than at this moment that she hadn't let Mu Linfeng come to her home when they were in a vague relationship in college. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to bring him back home so smoothly.
She raised her hand and knocked on the door. Footsteps could be heard from inside.
Mu Linfeng curiously scanned the yard.
Someone opened the door from inside, and at the same time, Meng Rong's willful voice came from the living room.
"Don't drink all this chicken soup. I'm going to take some to my friend. He works so hard and needs the soup to replenish his energy."
Hearing this, Meng Nianchu's eyes darkened.
Father Meng saw his daughter standing outside the door, and... a man. He asked hesitantly, "Why is he here?"
As he asked, he opened the door wider.
Meng Nianchu walked in first, and Mu Linfeng followed closely.
In the living room, Meng Rong, who was holding the chicken soup, slowed down her movements when she saw the two of them.
Only then did Mu Linfeng realize that this was Meng Nianchu's parents' home.
But why did she bring him here?
Just as he was about to ask, Meng Nianchu gave the answer. "Oh, when I went to the airport to see my mother - in - law off, my sister and her boyfriend were also at the airport. But it seems that they had some kind of conflict. My sister left him there and walked away by herself."
"Boyfriend?"
"When did this happen?!"
This sudden bombshell shocked Father Meng and Mother Meng, their eyes wide open.
Meng Rong frowned and threw down the thermos and the porcelain spoon. "Meng Nianchu, what are you talking nonsense about!"
"Mr. Mu is a nice man, sister. You should stop being so petty," Meng Nianchu said indifferently while peeling an orange.
Seeing her non -chalant and made - up story, Meng Rong got even more annoyed and raised her voice. "Stop talking nonsense! Mu Linfeng is clearly your first love in college. When did he have anything to do with me!"
"Oh." She seemed to suddenly understand something. "You brought your first love boyfriend home behind Jun Ze's back. You're afraid he'll get angry if he knows, so you want me to take the blame for you? I'm telling you, there's no way!"
"Alright." Meng Nianchu's tone was like that of someone coaxing a child who was afraid after doing something wrong. "Mu and I are just college classmates. Do you have to keep harping on this?"
"You..."
"Dad, do you know Mr. Zhang Zhen?"
Meng Nianchu shifted her gaze to Father Meng.
Hearing her question, Father Meng nodded. "I do." He also glanced at Mu Linfeng, as if to say that he knew Mu Linfeng too.
Meng Nianchu threw the orange peel into the trash can, looked straight ahead, and her words were full of certainty.
"Last night, when Jun Ze was trying to discuss a project cooperation with Mr. Zhang, my sister was there. Mr. Zhang heard with his own ears that my sister and Mr. Mu are boyfriend and girlfriend."
"That was clearly, clearly..." Meng Rong couldn't explain herself. She stared angrily at Meng Nianchu, her whole body trembling with rage.
Mu Linfeng saw through Meng Nianchu's scheme.
Her willingness to have dinner with him was just to drag him into this mess and use him to teach Meng Rong a lesson. In this situation, he of course couldn't admit it. He forced a smile, sat down next to Father Meng, and lied on the spot.
"Nianchu misunderstood. Xiao Rong and I are just friends, not boyfriend and girlfriend."
Father Meng looked at Meng Rong. "What's going on exactly!"
Father Meng's attitude was clearly one of dissatisfaction. Meng Nianchu quietly ate her orange and said nothing.
There had been a conflict between the Mu family and Father Meng's business before. Father Meng had suffered a setback from Mu Linfeng's father, and the company had almost gone bankrupt.
Meng Nianchu had only learned about this incident accidentally from Father Meng after graduating from college. Now that Meng Rong was entangled with the man Father Meng had hated for half his life, how could he not be angry?
Meng Nianchu sneered inwardly.
"Dad, it's not like that. I have nothing to do with Mu Linfeng. It's just a misunderstanding," Meng Rong also noticed that Father Meng's attitude was extremely bad. She didn't know about the conflict between the Mu family and Father Meng. She only thought that he was angry because she hadn't told him about her relationship.
So, she took two steps forward and said anxiously, "If I were in a relationship, I would tell you right away, Dad. I wouldn't hide it from you. But this matter..."
"Mr. Mu's bracelet is really nice," Meng Nianchu suddenly interrupted.
Everyone looked over, and instantly Meng Rong's face changed drastically.
"I just threw it to him casually!"
At the airport, Mu Linfeng had joked that he liked her bracelet. Meng Rong thought that they would still cooperate in the future. In order to make him work hard and not have any second thoughts, she had thrown the bracelet to him. There was really no other meaning.
Meng Nianchu seized the opportunity. "A man willing to wear a woman's bracelet. Which man who has nothing to do with a woman would do that?"
She imitated Meng Rong's usual tone of sowing discord. She sat up straight and keenly felt that the atmosphere in the living room had suddenly dropped to the bottom.
Knowing that she had achieved the result she wanted, she wisely shut up and stopped talking.
Father Meng was furious.
Mu Linfeng also didn't expect that the bracelet he had put on on a whim would become a handle for Meng Nianchu. He looked at Meng Nianchu seriously, always feeling that there was something different about this woman.