Hearing Bai Ling's words, Linda flushed with anger.
Li An frowned tightly. "This woman really has a foul mouth."
Their remarks enraged Linda to the extreme. Her chest heaved visibly as she roared angrily, "What are you guys talking nonsense about!"
Bai Ling didn't even bother to give her a glance. She grabbed Li An and walked towards the lounge. Seeing Meng Nianchu following them, Li An smiled and said, "You must be Sister Nianchu. I've watched your plays. They're really touching."
"You're so sweet-tongued."
The three of them walked away happily, while Linda, who felt insulted, stayed where she was, glaring at them with extreme fury.
"Such a bunch of bitches!"
Li An was Bai Ling's cousin, and their relationship was as close as siblings. Li An had been swamped with schoolwork recently and wanted to relax. So Bai Ling invited him to come and have fun with her.
Just like Bai Ling, at first glance, Li An seemed tall, strong and expressionless, making people think he was hard to get along with. But once you got to know him, you'd find he was very talkative, always coming up with funny one-liners.
Meng Nianchu laughed heartily as Li An shared the interesting things that had happened at school recently. Then she patted Bai Ling on the shoulder and said, "Your younger brother is more fun than you."
"Right?" Bai Ling agreed wholeheartedly. "It's a pity you're already married. Otherwise, I'd definitely introduce my brother to you. Such a nice boy, the good should stay within the family."
Hearing this, Li An blushed deeply. He coughed awkwardly and wiped the tip of his nose.
Noticing Li An's reaction, Meng Nianchu parted her lips slightly. "Look, you've made your brother blush. I already have a child. Don't make such random jokes!"
"Alright, alright. I know you only have your child and husband in mind." Bai Ling pouted.
Li An chimed in, "Sister Nianchu looks just my age. I didn't expect you're already married and have a child."
As he spoke, his big hand unconsciously rubbed the side of his pants.
Meng Nianchu handed him a slice of watermelon. Instead of following his topic, she brought up what had happened earlier. "I saw you had an unpleasant encounter with Linda outside just now. What happened?"
At the mention of Linda, Li An frowned tightly.
"I thought Bai Ling was exaggerating when she told me how vicious this woman was. But I see she was right. That woman is really something!" He took a big bite of the watermelon.
Bai Ling snorted. "Now you know I wasn't joking with you."
"You're the most reliable." His tone was flat without any intonation.
Bai Ling sensed his perfunctory and ruffled his hair roughly. "You little brat!"
The siblings hadn't seen each other for a long time, so there were naturally many topics to talk about. Meng Nianchu wasn't part of their family, so she couldn't really join in some of the conversations. She just sat there quietly, cutting watermelon for them.
Suddenly, her hand trembled, and the fruit knife slipped.
"Ah!"
A cut appeared on her finger, and she quickly dropped the fruit knife in pain.
Seeing the cut on her finger, Li An quickly took out a bandage and ointment from his schoolbag and bandaged the wound for her as fast as he could. Then he asked worriedly, "Do you feel any other discomfort?"
Meng Nianchu shook her head with a smile. "No."
Looking down at the bandage Li An had put on, she praised, "Sure enough, a top student from the medical school does things so neatly."
Li An pursed his lips and smiled. The side of his pants was wrinkled from his tight grip.
It wasn't really close from Li An's place to the film crew. Meng Nianchu thought that day would be the last time they'd meet. But unexpectedly, he came almost every day after that, and he'd bring a lot of pastries. He was really generous.
As time went by, people couldn't help but start to have some ideas. Every time Li An came to the crew, he'd follow Meng Nianchu around, asking all kinds of questions and calling her Sister Nianchu. He was really too enthusiastic.
Silently, a rumor spread in the crew that Li An had a crush on Meng Nianchu. Although it didn't spread too widely because of Meng Nianchu's popularity, it was still heard by some ill-intentioned people who took advantage of it.
Linda watched Li An and Meng Nianchu chatting happily in the pavilion not far away. A meaningful smile curled up on her lips. She took out her phone, aimed it at them and pressed the shutter.
Looking down at the photo she'd taken, Linda let out a cold laugh.
"I can't be blamed for this. You guys just walked right into my trap."
At this moment, Mu Junze, who was busy with work in the company, suddenly received a text message. He picked up his phone and glanced at it casually. Then he stopped what he was doing.
His sword-shaped eyebrows knitted slightly as he stared intently at the photo on the phone. Then he zoomed in, zoomed in, and zoomed in again.
After finally seeing clearly the two people in the photo, a coldness flashed in Mu Junze's eyes. He glanced at the unknown number that had sent him the photo and directly blocked it.
Linda, who had just sent the photo and was about to call Mu Junze, suddenly found that she couldn't get through to him!
She tried to send another text message, but the screen showed that the sending had failed.
She had been blocked by Mu Junze!
It was really frustrating.
Linda took a deep breath and glared angrily at Meng Nianchu's back. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, a sneering smile appeared on her lips, and she wasn't so angry anymore.
She could still send messages to Mu Junze just now, but after sending the photo, she was blocked by him. It was obvious that Mu Junze was so angry after seeing the photo that he blocked her on impulse!
In that case...
Linda turned her eyes towards the entrance of the film crew.
There was going to be a good show.
"Yes, studying medicine is really tiring. But it's for everyone's health, so being strict is right."
"Yes."
Meng Nianchu had thought that since they were in completely different fields, they wouldn't have much to talk about. But unexpectedly, Li An was really good at chatting. Even the most boring question from his mouth could arouse people's interest.
Just as they were talking about health, Meng Nianchu wanted to ask about the things to pay attention to in the nutritious meals for children in the future. Just as she was about to open her mouth, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a tall and dark figure.
She recognized the face, and at the same time, he had already walked up to her.
"The child misses you."
Mu Junze sat down beside Meng Nianchu with the child in his arms, choosing the chair closest to her.
Men know men best. As soon as Li An saw Mu Junze looking at him warily, he knew his relationship with Meng Nianchu. With a smile, he took the initiative to say, "Hello, my name is Li An. I'm Bai Ling's cousin."
Mu Junze didn't even look at him. "Nianchu's husband."
This ambiguous address made Meng Nianchu blush. She stole a glance at Mu Junze beside her and was surprised to find that Mu Junze, who usually needed to think for a long time before saying a sweet word, was surprisingly calm this time.
However, Meng Nianchu didn't know that Mu Junze was so shy that his heart was about to burst!
But he absolutely couldn't let his rival in love see it.
He had to endure!