Liang Sheng saw me and his expression was frozen, and Wei Lan also turned around with the same frozen expression.
I was full of joy and wanted to surprise Liang Sheng, but when I came back, I saw him and Wei Lan sitting here alone drinking coffee. And who can tell me why their expressions are so synchronized.
"Yanyan." Liang Sheng immediately stood up and walked towards me, and Wei Lan also stood up and looked back at me.
"You're back, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Liang Sheng's first thought was why I appeared here, rather than an explanation.
Of course I know that there will be nothing wrong with them sitting here, but I don't like Wei Lan. I know clearly that she has lingering feelings for Liang Sheng. Anyone would be uncomfortable meeting alone like this when I'm not around.
I raised the corner of my mouth and smiled nonchalantly: "Didn't you say you just finished the meeting?"
Liang Sheng's expression softened slightly and he said seriously: "It's true that we just finished the meeting. There is a brand of Azure Jewelry that happens to be used for a project. We will come over for a drink after the meeting. We just sat down."
"Then I'm not disturbing you?" I teased deliberately.
Liang Sheng's eyes darkened: "Are you angry?"
"No." I pretended to be relaxed and changed the subject, stretching my hand towards him: "Where's my caramel macchiato?"
"Yanyan, you're back, long time no see." Liang Sheng was about to answer my question when Wei Lan came over, stood next to Liang Sheng, and greeted me warmly.
The two of them stood side by side. People who didn't know better thought they were a couple and I was the light bulb.
"Let's sit down and chat." Seeing that I didn't speak, Wei Lan politely invited me to take a seat.
Liang Sheng said, "Sit down first and I'll buy you a caramel macchiato."
I nodded calmly, always maintaining a gentle smile.
Wei Lan sat down opposite me. She glanced at Liang Sheng who was walking towards the counter, and said to me, "How are you? How are you doing in Shanghai?"
I raised my eyebrows. She greeted me in this tone, as if I knew her very well. I nodded: "Very good, thank you for your concern."
His blue eyes flashed slightly, and he chuckled: "You must be angry when you see me and Liang Sheng together, right?"
Did I show it so obviously
"You two are talking about business, why should I be angry?" I smiled gracefully.
Wei Lan nodded: "That's good, otherwise I have to explain to you."
I looked at her quietly and didn't speak.
Wei Lan took a sip of coffee and continued: "Originally, I was worried that you would be estranged from Liang Sheng because of Shen Bureau. But seeing that you are still as loving as before, I feel relieved."
She said it very emotionally, as if she was really afraid that Liang Sheng and I would have a misunderstanding. As everyone knows, she hopes that Liang Sheng and I will break up.
I am not surprised at all that she would know about my dad. Although information about this kind of thing is usually kept secret, it is inevitable that the news will leak out, and it is reasonable for people who are familiar with it to know.
I pursed my lips and smiled, saying only two words: "Thank you."
Wei Lan felt uneasy, paused, and said, "Since you are back, I won't disturb the two of you reminiscing."
I tried to persuade him: "You've just arrived and you're about to leave. Don't you still have something to talk about?"
"No." Wei Lan refused with a smile: "I remember something, tell Liang Sheng for me. I'll leave now and let's have dinner together another day."
"Then I won't give it away." I waved to her and calmly picked up Liang Sheng's coffee to drink.
Liang Sheng came back with a cup of caramel macchiato. Seeing that Wei Lan was not there, he asked, "Where is Wei Lan?"
"Let's go." I pushed his coffee in front of him, took the caramel macchiato from his hand, and drank it as if nothing had happened.
Liang Sheng sat on Wei Lan's seat and looked at me seriously: "Yanyan, Wei Lan and I."
"I know, no need to explain." I interrupted him, "I'm not angry either."
"That's good." Liang Sheng's expression became slightly more relaxed, "When did you come back?"
"last night."
"Have you met Xuanxuan and the others?"
"No."
"Then I'll call them out and let's have dinner together tonight to celebrate your return. I'll also introduce you to a new friend by the way." Liang Sheng said with a faint smile.
"Which new friend?" I asked doubtfully, it couldn't be Wei Lan.
"You'll find out tonight."
At noon, Xuanxuan dragged me to the staff canteen for dinner. Along the way, I saw that my former colleagues were extremely embarrassed now. I didn’t know whether to say hello bravely or pretend not to notice.
Xuanxuan has been dancing and dancing since she saw me. She is very happy.
She brought my favorite chicken legs over and still sat by the window.
"You didn't even know you were coming back. I thought you had forgotten about us when you met new friends in Shanghai." Xuanxuan started scolding me as soon as she sat down, pouting, not eating, looking like a little daughter-in-law: "You left as soon as you said you were going. Why did you change your mobile phone number? If you don't tell anyone else, you won't even contact me. I treat you as my best friend for nothing."
I smiled and replied: "I'm back now, don't mention the past anymore."
Xuanxuan knew that I was in a bad mood, so she thought about it and said, "You don't even know how Liang spent the time you left."
I didn't interrupt. When Xuanxuan saw that I was silent, she continued, "He works more than ten hours a day and often doesn't eat or drink. We feel heartbroken when we see him. We even tried to persuade him to find you, but he is unwilling."
"You don't know, he goes to the hospital to visit your dad every week. He and Chu Jin have been investigating your dad's matter." Xuanxuan said one sentence after another, as if she was hired by Liang Sheng. Like the sailors, my heart surged when I heard it.
Xuanxuan said, "Yanyan, Mr. Liang is really pitiful. He told Chu Jin that he would not go to you until the matter about your father is found out. In fact, not only are you blaming him, he will also blame himself."
Hearing these words made me feel extremely heavy. I took a deep breath and said, "Okay, Xuanxuan, I'm back now, so don't mention these things again."
"Okay, as long as you can reconcile with Mr. Liang." Xuanxuan then grabbed her chopsticks to eat.
"Yeah." I nodded and asked about her and Chu Jin, "How are you doing? Have your relationship with Chu Jin's family improved?"
Xuanxuan's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly paused, and she simply put down her chopsticks and said, "Forget it, you said before that Liang Mohua ignored you on purpose. Only after meeting Chu Jin's parents did you know what it means to ignore."
"so serious?"
"Isn't that right? I heard from Chu Jin that Chu Jin's father and Liang Mohua used to be good brothers. The two people's styles of treating their wives are so similar. Could it be that they were agreed upon." Xuanxuan said somewhat depressedly and suggested His face was full of grievances.
"It's not impossible." I smiled deliberately, and Xuanxuan punched me angrily to scare me.
I chuckled and sighed: "Let's take it one step at a time. We just have to be ourselves, and it's useless to worry too much about other things."
"Well, that's what I think now too." Xuanxuan nodded seriously.
After dinner, we were walking to the tableware recycling station with our plates in hand. Someone bumped into us halfway, the food was spilled on the floor, and oil stains were all over my body.
I was looking up to see who it was when Xia Nuannuan was surprised and said, "Shen Yan? Didn't you resign? Why are you back?"
Xuanxuan said in an extremely unfriendly tone: "You soiled someone's clothes and you didn't even apologize?"
Jin Jing came up from behind Xia Nuannuan and said, "Shen Yan doesn't need our apology. She is Hua Yi's successor now, so how can she expect our apology."
If it were before, I would have endured it, but now, I laughed out loud and said coldly to Xia Nuannuan: "Apologise!"
Xia Nuannuan coughed and said confidently: "You knocked over my plate and you want me to apologize to you. Why are you, a Huayi person, coming to our Yuan Sheng canteen to show off?"
I haven't even started pretending yet, but they already think I'm being arrogant!
"Apologise!" I repeated quietly, with a light expression, but with a strong voice.
"Why don't you apologize? I don't believe it. How dare you do anything to me in Yuan Sheng's territory." Xia Nuannuan simply poured the remaining vegetable soup on the plate onto my skirt.
I quietly watched her arrogant and domineering movements. Xuanxuan was about to come forward to argue but I stopped her. I smiled and said: "Apologetic or not depends on a person's quality and has nothing to do with territory. A dog bites someone. The most you can do is go to the hospital and get an injection. How can you ask the dog to say sorry?"
(End of chapter)