Du Lanshan's heart skipped a beat. Cheng Kou only said this and nothing else. She couldn't figure out what she meant, so she could only respond vaguely.
"People change. After all, they are not teenagers anymore."
Cheng Kou looked at her deeply, smiled and said nothing.
Most people think that rabbits are well-behaved and docile, but they don’t know that herbivorous animals can also bite people when they get angry.
"Cheng Kou, I really do this for your own good." Du Lanshan emphasized, not sure how much Cheng Kou believed it. Judging from her reaction, she must have known about Qin Su's existence, and she was probably worried about this matter.
She heard about Qin Su from a friend who is an entertainment reporter.
That friend told her about this only because he was drunk. They followed Qin Shan to take exclusive photos. It was the first time they saw Qin Shan and the fifth young master of the Su family dating late at night. The people taking photos were so excited that their hands were shaking. However, the result of their hard work all night was easily suppressed by the Su family.
He still remembered the editor-in-chief saying with a headache that it was pointless to film the scandal about Qin Shan because it absolutely could not be published in the newspapers.
At that time, there were indeed some young and frivolous colleagues who refused to listen to advice and were eager to try and followed for a while. As a result, they were forced to stay in City C by the second young master of the Su family with thundering means.
While packing his things, the colleague told me some "secrets of a wealthy family" that he had dug up.
It turns out that Qin Shan and Su Yan were just a cover, and the one who really had the opportunity to own the "Yanyuan" villa was Qin Shan's sister Qin Su.
As for who this Miss Qin Su is, really no one knows.
Cheng Kou took a sip of coffee. The light brown liquid had already been cooled by the cold air from the air conditioner and did not taste pleasant.
It's like a relationship that has gone bad.
"Lanshan." She said softly, "Have you ever thought about why Su Yan lied to me?"
Du Lanshan was speechless for a moment. Su Yan was not short of money, and Cheng Kou's appearance was just barely above average.
If she were a man, she would not lie to someone like Cheng Kou.
Stunned by the question, Du Lanshan still managed to say, "Isn't that how it's played out in TV dramas? They get affection from a girl like you, and then turn around and marry a rich girl who's a good match for them. Su Yan may look aloof, but he's not from the same world as us after all."
"You really flatter me." Cheng Kou smiled, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. He tried to stop her, "Lanshan, after all, we loved each other."
She stopped there, and her meaning was very clear.
After all, he himself admitted that he once loved me, so why bother to go to so much trouble to slander him now
After she said this, Du Lanshan realized that she had just said something incoherent and shouldn't have said.
In the morning, she mustered up the courage to offer a kiss, but the anger and shame after being rejected made her lose her mind, so she found Cheng Kou and said these words to her.
She felt frustrated and even suspected that even if she stood naked in front of Su Yan, the cold-hearted man would remain unmoved.
After so many years, she could understand why Lu Hanting was that kind of person, and she didn't want to recall the bad unrequited love she had at the beginning.
But Su Yan was different. She had clearly seen his soft side, so she naively thought that he was like that to everyone. Facts proved that it depended on the person, and his smile was not for her.
Why do all these high-quality men welcome Cheng Kou with a smile, while she can only associate with some dirty and despicable ones
She doesn't believe there is fairness in this world, and she doesn't believe there is luck that comes without effort. If you want something, you must fight for it yourself.
Du Lanshan found an excuse and left in a hurry, leaving Cheng Kou alone.
The air conditioner was turned on too high, she felt a little cold, and small bumps appeared on her body.
She regretted not bringing a coat with her when she went out. At least it would have provided her with an extra layer of protection to suppress her sad mood a little longer.
This state was not suitable for Su Yan to see. She needed to find a place to sort out her thoughts, so she sent him a text message, telling him that she was going home today and would not return to Yuren Garden.
The phone vibrated, Su Yan picked it up and took a look. Qin Shan, who was sitting opposite the desk, stopped fiddling with his phone and his eyes were drawn to him, looking at him with interest.
Su Yan put down the phone, feeling something was wrong, frowned slightly, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Qin Shan saw this scene. She stepped forward and carefully examined his face, concluding that he was worried about something.
"Tell me, what's wrong?"
Su Yan pushed the document away irritably. If there was one person in the world who knew the changes in his expression very well, that person must be Qin Shan.
Qin Shan raised her eyebrows and smiled. The tacit understanding they had growing up together made her good at distinguishing every subtle expression on his seemingly indifferent face.
"I think Cheng Kou is not right today."
"oh?"
"She seems to be... avoiding me."
Qin Shan burst into laughter and waved his arms: "When did you become so unconfident?"
"No." Su Yan glanced at her sideways, "She seems to know about Qin Su's affairs."
Su Yan's intuition was very accurate. If nothing had happened yesterday, Cheng Kou would not have let him sleep so easily. But the bad thing was that he didn't even have the faintest memory of it.
"Sister?" Qin Shan was surprised. "Who said that? Her parents?"
Su Yan shook his head, he couldn't think of it either. He felt that he had managed to calm Cheng's father down yesterday, and logically he didn't want Cheng Kou to know about this, so he shouldn't tell her.
"Are you worried that she will misunderstand?" Qin Shan thought for a long time and felt that these popular people were really annoying. Why did they pretend to be depressed? They just irritated the single guys.
"Qin Shan, you know, I have never loved Qin Su."
Qin Shan nodded and said bluntly: "But Cheng Kou doesn't know."
"I don't know what to say."
Qin Shan sighed, whispered a few words into his ear, and then patted his shoulder: "Go ahead and fight, I'll watch you here."
"… "
Su Yan looked at her as if she was a psychopath, which finally forced Qin Shan to pout, pick up her bag and go out.
After the scene was cleared, the call still had to be made. Su Yan dialed the number, and in between the beeps, he remembered the slightly relieved look in Cheng Kou's father's eyes after he analyzed his state of mind.
That means having some confidence in yourself.
"Koubao, Qin Shan gave me two movie tickets. Do you want to go together tonight?" Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, his voice softened unconsciously, with a hint of alluring tenderness at the end.
Cheng Kou looked back at his parents in the living room and whispered, "I don't want to go. You can take someone else with you."
Su Yan: “…”
She said this lightly, there was no one else like her.
Su Yan tugged at his tie in annoyance. When he went out, he saw Shen Ru sitting quietly in her seat, so he threw the two movie tickets in his hand that he was about to throw away onto her desk.
When Shen Ru saw the word "premiere" written on the ticket, she looked up at him in surprise, as if she was looking at an alien she had never seen before, and her tone when speaking to him was also somewhat cautious.
"Mr. Su, is this considered an employee benefit?" Then he complained in his heart, it looked a bit like the Hongmen Banquet.
"It's up to you. Watch it with your boyfriend." After Su Yan said this, he walked towards the elevator and pressed the down button.
Shen Ru was left with tears in her eyes and said, "Boss Su, I don't have a boyfriend..."
It’s a pity that no one heard it.
Cheng Kou was also feeling irritated at home. Song Qingwu just thought she was hot, so she let her misunderstand. She couldn't let her say that the man your daughter liked called another woman's name in his sleep. This would probably make Su Yan's score in Song Qingwu's heart become negative.
If this happened to someone else, they would probably question the person directly. But Cheng Kou is not that kind of person. She likes to keep things to herself and pretend like they don't exist.
She had just been angry with Su Yan on the phone, and what she said must have made him angry. She didn't think about it at the time, and some of the true voices in her heart blurted out.
The solution is difficult and simple at the same time. Either she forgets the name Qin Su and pretends to be ignorant and goes on with Su Yan, or she talks to him openly and frankly and asks him for clarification.
Even a fool would know that she should choose the second one, but she had no way to speak. She still had hidden worries in her heart, fearing that if that extremely small possibility really happened, this Miss Qin was Su Yan's true love, what should she do then
Cheng Kou lay on the bed in his bedroom, scratching his hair in annoyance.
The door was pushed open, followed by footsteps and the sound of the bottom of a plate falling on the table. Father Cheng patted her calf, which was lying on the edge of the bed, and said, "Get up quickly and eat some fruit. They are all your favorites."
Cheng Kou got up, sat on a chair, picked up two bright red cherries and put them into his mouth. The cherries were big, sweet, and juicy. Cheng Kou still held the cherry stems between his fingers, hooked a trash can beside him with his foot, lowered his head and spit out the pits.
Father Cheng hadn't left yet and sat down opposite her. He was obviously prepared and wanted to have a conversation with her.
Cheng Kou thought, she hadn't talked to Su Yan yet, but her father came first.
Father Cheng coughed lightly and asked first: "Koubao, do you blame me and your mother?"
Cheng Kou was stunned, and quickly shook his head, saying in a soft voice: "I know you are doing this for my own good."
"That's good." Father Cheng smiled with relief, "Ten years have passed, and you have grown up so much."
Looking at the newly grown white hair on Cheng's father's temples, Cheng Kou felt sad: "Dad, I know what I'm doing."
"Are you having a quarrel?" Cheng's father asked knowingly. It was not difficult to guess what she was thinking. Originally, Cheng Kou had been avoiding going home, but today she suddenly came back without any warning. There must be something she wanted to avoid even more.
Cheng Kou was stunned for a moment, and his father saw through his thoughts. He nodded a little embarrassedly.
"Koubao, today we, father and daughter, will have a good talk about you and Mr. Su." Father Cheng stroked his hand and said, "Let's tell you all our thoughts without reservation, and then discuss what you should do next."
Cheng Kou rubbed her fingers and told him how she had a crush on Su Yan in high school, and how she followed him to S University but ended up in a bad way. She then talked about what happened after they met again and how happy she felt to find out that the other party also liked her. She told everything to Cheng's father.
After hearing these details that he didn't know, Father Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "In that case, Koubao, I won't hide some things from you."