Du Lanshan dragged her suitcase into the shabby snack bar, and she frowned almost imperceptibly as soon as she entered.
After two months, this place seems even greasier and more disgusting.
She quickened her pace, preparing to leave as soon as she put down her luggage.
When she pushed open the door of her room, she happened to meet Du Wenhao who was about to come out. She quickly took a step back, intending to stay away from him.
"Oh, my sister is back." Du Wenhao drawled out the words, emphasizing on the word "sister", with a rogue smile on his face.
Du Lanshan didn't want to pay any attention to him at all. She lowered her head, waiting to pass by him so that she wouldn't have to see his disgusting face.
In fact, Du Wenhao was not ugly, and could barely be called handsome. But I don't know if it was the environment that shaped him, or his bad nature, but his evil intentions made him look hateful.
Even a man like Lu Hanting, even though his thoughts are unfathomable, he still has a kind heart in essence, otherwise he would not have reached out to me when I was desperate, no matter what his purpose was.
Just as Du Lanshan lowered her head and was distracted, Du Wenhao walked up to her and looked at her with scrutiny.
Du Lanshan was startled when she felt that the light was blocked by someone. Before she could step back, someone grabbed her arm forcefully.
She angrily shouted, "Du Wenhao, let me go!"
Du Wenhao snorted coldly, and gradually increased the strength of his hands: "Where did you get half a million? Did you sleep with someone again-"
“Bang!”
Du Lanshan swung her other arm and slapped him in the face with all her strength.
"You still have the nerve to say that you ruined my life! You devil!"
Du Wenhao was hit and turned his head away. Instead of being angry, he laughed and dragged her into an old car parked outside the store.
He locked the car door, and Du Lanshan couldn't open it no matter what she did. She could only shout at him, "Let me out of the car, you lunatic!"
Du Wenhao laughed sinisterly, which made people shudder: "Sister, I know everything about you. The men you like are not very good. You actually like that kind of little white flower."
Du Lanshan shuddered and asked in horror: "What are you...what are you going to do..."
Du Wenhao's expression was grim and his face gradually became ferocious. He spoke slowly, word by word, "Of course, I am helping my beloved sister to get revenge."
Su Yan was working overtime in the Twin Towers that day. There were many meetings, one after another. After he presided over one, he announced the end of the meeting and asked everyone to have a brief lunch and continue in the afternoon.
Shen Ru took the lunch box that everyone ordered from downstairs and delivered it to Su Yan's office. As soon as she entered the room, she saw her boss staring at the slightly plain ring on his hand with a serious look on his face.
Su Yan was obviously in a trance. He only looked up at her when she came close to him, his eyes blank for a moment.
"Mr. Su, your lunch." Although Shen Ru was surprised, he remained calm.
"Oh, okay, give it to me." Su Yan didn't have much appetite, but when he thought about the overload of work in the afternoon, he still had to eat a little to replenish his energy.
Seeing that he had returned to normal, Shen Ru felt that there was nothing wrong for her and prepared to go out for dinner.
Su Yan opened the disposable chopsticks, paused, and called Shen Ru.
Shen Ru stopped, turned around and looked at him, and asked, "Mr. Su, is there anything else?"
Su Yan pursed his lips and said hesitantly: "I feel... very uneasy today, as if I have a bad premonition."
He couldn't explain this physiological phenomenon called "palpitations". His temples were throbbing, as if it was a sign of something bad happening.
Shen Ru laughed in her heart. Was her boss becoming more and more like a mortal? He was starting to have normal emotions, as well as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness
Shen Ru smiled and comforted him, "I think it's just because I was too tired from work today and too nervous. Also, the air conditioner in the conference room was turned on too high."
Su Yan smiled lightly: "Yes, I think I am overthinking it. Go eat."
Shen Ru was struck by the boss's rare gentle smile and walked out in a daze.
Cheng Kou also had to work overtime today, but Lu Hanting was very generous and gave him an extra hour for lunch break, so Cheng Kou made an appointment with Xia Linchen to go shopping at this time.
Xia Linchen naturally had no objection. As a freelancer, he had just finished all his work in the country and was now a pretty idle guy. Recently, he had been busy attending farewell parties held for him by various people. It was no exaggeration to say that he was always on call.
The two met directly at the entrance of the shopping mall. Xia Linchen was wearing light-colored casual clothes, with a faint smile on the corners of his mouth, which dazzled the girls passing by.
Cheng Kou arrived a little earlier and watched him approaching from a distance. He couldn't help but sigh that God was definitely partial when he created man.
Xia Linchen is not only good-looking, but there is still a hint of youthfulness in his eyes and eyebrows, as if he would run with a basketball in his hand at any time and anywhere.
Even though he thought so, Cheng Kou would never say these words to make Xia Linchen feel complacent.
"Mr. Xia, you are old, but you still seduce young girls."
Xia Linchen walked beside Cheng Kou and saw her eyes lingering on the shop selling cotton candy for a moment. He sighed helplessly and took out money to buy one for her.
"That's Miss Cheng. She's so old but still likes to eat things that kids like."
"People like you who don't have a childlike innocence will never understand. This is Photographer Xia, who specializes in taking pictures of hot female models." Cheng Kou curved his eyes and took a bite of cotton candy. It tasted sweet and had the flavor of childhood.
"Eating sugar will make you stupid, Reporter Cheng, who works on the financial section instead of the children's section." Xia Linchen looked at her, shook his head and chuckled.
"Will you die if you don't argue with me?" Cheng Kou rolled his eyes and lowered his head to take a bigger bite.
"Yes." Xia Linchen suddenly reached out and pulled her over, "Hey, look at the road—"
He grasped her soft white fingers with his large palm, stared at them for just a moment, and then let go without leaving a trace.
Xia Linchen used the action of wiping sweat to hide the emotion in his eyes, and said to himself: "You are still so reckless, how can anyone trust you?"
Cheng Kou turned to look at him and asked, "What did you say?"
"Nothing." Xia Linchen turned her head back and said, "Let's go to the fourth floor."
With the help of Xia Linchen, Cheng Kou chose a light-colored yet dignified silk scarf for Zhuang Wanhua. She was very satisfied with it and her smile deepened.
Xia Linchen lagged behind her by half a step, looking somewhat gloomy.
It wouldn't be long before they were halfway across the world again.
"Hey." Cheng Kou raised her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "Come back to your senses."
"Hmm?" Xia Linchen looked at her treating him like a little cuttlefish, and couldn't help but laugh and cry, "What did you just say?"
Cheng Kou sighed and had to repeat what he had just said: "I said, I am going to give you a farewell gift, what do you want?"
Really, she spent so much time building up her feelings for nothing, but he ended up being distracted.
Xia Linchen was slightly stunned. The person in front of him still had the same clear smile as many years ago. It seemed that time had not stopped at all for her and had not brought any bad changes to her.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips and revealed a warm smile.
"Hey, Xia Linchen, are you sure you're not kidding me?"
Just now, Xia Linchen hesitated for a long time and actually asked her to treat her to a meal. Let's just eat. She was ready to spend all her money, but he actually suggested eating at KFC.
Xia Linchen snorted and laughed, and sent her to order food directly: "Miss Cheng, please give me a children's meal. I want the free doll."
Cheng Kou's forehead twitched. Okay, she took back what she said before. Mr. Xia was very childish.
It seems that she still doesn't remember.
Xia Linchen pursed his lips and looked away the moment Cheng Kou turned around.
Du Wenhao parked the car on the roadside outside the largest shopping mall in City C. Du Lanshan didn't understand why and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"
Du Wenhao looked out the window and suddenly smiled: "Oh, the timing is perfect."
Du Lanshan followed his gaze and saw that the people walking towards them from a distance were Cheng Kou and Xia Linchen.
"Tsk, she's pretty. I can't bear to look at her."
Du Lanshan felt more and more horrified, and said sternly: "Stop fooling around, go home!"
Du Wenhao looked at the man and woman who were about to walk to the side of the road, started the car, and said to Du Lanshan with a smile: "As long as she disappears, won't your wish come true?"
Du Lanshan's head buzzed, and her first reaction was to grab the steering wheel, but he pushed it away.
Xia Linchen handed everything in his hand to Cheng Kou, squatted down to tie his shoelaces, and said, "No need to wait for me, you go first, I will catch up soon."
Cheng Kou arrived at the roadside with her bag in hand, and the traffic light just turned green. There was only one girl in a high school uniform on the crosswalk, who lowered her head and silently walked over with her schoolbag.
Cheng Kou dawdled until the girl reached their side of the lane, but Xia Linchen still hadn't finished tying his tyres. She couldn't wait any longer, so she made up her mind and stepped off the curb impatiently.
At that moment she instinctively sensed danger. A car was rushing towards this direction at an obviously unreasonable speed, and the high school student who remained in the middle of the road was so frightened that he could not move.
Cheng Kou subconsciously wanted to rush over and push her away, but just as she took half a step, a strong force was suddenly applied to her arm, pulling her back.
She took a few steps back, tripped over a curb and nearly fell, with the bag in her hand falling to the ground. When she regained her balance, she saw a scene that she would never dare to recall again in her life.
Xia Linchen had always had strong explosive power and could run fast. In a flash, he pulled Cheng Kou back, ran out, hugged the frightened girl, and held her tightly in his arms.
The last thing that remained in his consciousness was Cheng Kou's terrified voice.
"don't want-"