Qiu Hu opened her eyes wide, but before she could say anything, the man carried her back to the master bedroom in a princess carry.

The man's intentions were obvious, and Qiu Hu didn't want the day to pass by like this; it wasn't even dark yet!

Qiu Hu was pinned to the bed by him, kissed passionately until the man's phone rang. Only then did Qiu Hu regain her senses and push him away, saying, "Answer the phone!"

The man wanted to continue and was about to bend down when Qiu Hu reminded him again, "Answer the phone."

He reluctantly picked up his phone, answered without even glancing at who it was, his tone tinged with annoyance at being interrupted, "Speak!"

"Why did it take you so long to pick me up? Come out and have some fun! You haven't been out since you got back!"

"I'm not going."

"Why not go? Didn't you skip work today?"

"I said I'm not going!"

"What are you doing? Dating again? Tsk, bring them along too!"

"I said I wasn't going, is that even a problem?"

"Oh dear, my cousin and I are getting together, and you're not even here! We grew up together!"

"I'm not going, I'm hanging up now!" Ning Yizhan hung up before the other person could say anything.

Under everyone's gaze, Shao Jin hung up the phone and said awkwardly, "He's not coming!"

Zhu Yumeng looked at her older cousin, "Is Yizhan so busy these days?"

"What are you busy with? It's just dating." Ning Yijia lives at home and hasn't seen her brother come home for a long time. Every time her mother asks him to come home for dinner, he's with Qiu Hu and doesn't bring her home. Her mother is especially happy about this and tells him, "Go quickly, go be with my daughter-in-law!"

Zhu Yumeng was genuinely surprised that Ning Yizhan was in a relationship, and she probed indirectly, "Is Brother Yizhan really in a relationship?"

Ning Yijia launched into another rant, "Yeah, he's with that cold woman Qiu Hu every day, isn't he afraid of freezing to death!"

"Chou Hu? Which family's young lady is she?" There aren't many people with the surname Qiu in Qincheng. Apart from the Qiu family in the south of the city, she didn't know of any other families with the surname Qiu in Qincheng.

"It is Qiuhu, the Qiu family's lake in the south of the city."

But Zhu Yumeng remembered that the Qiu family's young lady wasn't named Qiu Hu. Her family had only come to Qincheng more than ten years ago and had no idea who Qiu Hu was. Could it be an imposter? "I remember the Qiu family's young lady wasn't named Qiu Lan? Who is this Qiu Hu?"

"Tsk, Qiu Lan is Qiu Bing's daughter, Qiu Hu is Qiu Jing's daughter, and Old Jing is Old Master Qiu's second son." Why can't Ning Yijia stand people talking about Qiu Hu? She had already found out everything about the Qiu family from her mother. "Qiu Hu didn't grow up in Qincheng, and many people don't know about Qiu Hu. Zhu Yumeng, you're out of touch."

Ning Yijia disliked Zhu Yumeng since childhood; she was just pretending to be innocent.

"Oh, I see!" Zhu Yumeng smiled sweetly, indicating that she understood.

Luo Yingwei, who came with her boyfriend, overheard someone talking about Qiu Hu and chimed in, "This Miss Qiu is no pushover. I was tricked by her and her friends last time, and I didn't dare to say anything."

"If you can't say it, then shut up!" Shu Zi, who had been brought along by Shao Ling, couldn't help but retort when she heard them talking about Qiu Hu. "Who do you think you are? What right do you have to talk about her!"

"I'm just telling the truth. I'm afraid of her now."

Shuzi said irritably, "It's good that you're scared of her. I advise you to take a detour next time you see her."

Ning Yijia recognized this woman; she had helped her along with Qiu Hu last time. She chimed in, "That's right. Qiu Hu isn't kind to everyone. If you hadn't acted recklessly in front of others, she wouldn't have done this."

Luo Yingwei knew Ning Yijia, but not Shuzi. She only knew that Shuzi had come with Shao Ling, but she had heard that Shao Ling had a white moonlight (a term of endearment for someone special), but this person didn't seem to be one.

She didn't dare to shoot Ning Yijia directly, so she could only bring up Shu Zi instead, asking, "Miss, why are you protecting Qiu Hu like this?"

Shuzi wanted to continue speaking, but Shaoling stopped her. She thought Shaoling didn't want her to make a scene, and was about to ask a question when he said, pointing at Luo Yingwei and looking at the brothers present, "Who brought her? If I see her again, you don't need to come!"

Upon hearing Shao Ling's warning, the person sitting next to Luo Yingwei immediately stood up. "Brother Ling, I'm sorry, she was brought by me. It won't happen again!"

After saying that, he pulled Luo Yingwei away from the private room.

The farce was over, but the party continued. Ning Yijia had just spoken to Qiu Hu with Shu Zi, and now they were sitting together. Shu Zi thought that at least it wasn't so boring, and she had someone to talk to. She didn't want to talk to Shao Ling, otherwise how would she get through the party?

After the party ended, Shao Ling took Shu Zi away early. Ning Yijia was waiting for Shao Jin to pick her up. When Shao Jin drove up to her, she opened the passenger door as always.

As soon as the door opened, Zhu Yumeng smiled sweetly at her and said, "Yijia, have you been waiting long? Come on up!"

Ning Yijia rolled her eyes. "Okay!"

She slammed the car door shut, not caring whether the people inside were frightened, and walked to the back seat.

"Yijia, don't slam the car door shut so hard, we're ladies!"

"..." After not seeing her for several years, she felt that Zhu Yumeng had become more and more of a hypocrite.

"Yijia, do you still hang out with those friends? Yizhan has always been unhappy with this about you."

"No, can't you speak properly! I have no interest in reminiscing with you."

"We grew up together, I'm just concerned about you."

"No need," Ning Yijia said before she could say anything more, "Stop the car, I want to get out!"

"Are you kidding me!" The car had only been moving for a short while. "Alright, you two, stop talking! I'll drive faster!"

I said, stop the car!

"Stop! It's so late at night. If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to your brother!"

I said stop the car!

Shao Jin touched the bridge of his nose. He knew Ning Yijia well; if he didn't stop, she would definitely keep making a fuss. "Okay, okay, I'll stop!"

Shao Jingang stopped his car, and Ning Yijia said from behind, "Open the door."

"I'll have someone take you!"

"No need, I have a driver at home!" Ning Yijia had already taken out her phone and notified her family's driver to come pick her up.

Shao Jin only drove Zhu Yumeng home after the family driver picked up Ning Yijia.

On the way, Shao Jin said to Zhu Yumeng, "Zhu Yumeng, don't mess with Ning Yijia, and don't have any ideas about Ning Yizhan, otherwise I can't save you."

When they were young, Shao Jin and his brother's parents were very busy every day. The two brothers often stayed at their mother's parents' house and got along very well with their maternal grandparents. They were also close to the Zhu family. Their uncle only had one daughter, Zhu Yumeng, and sometimes they would spoil this cousin.

However, having lived with Zhu Yumeng since childhood, how could they not know her personality?

"Big brother, I didn't do anything!" Zhu Yumeng whispered back, telling Shao Jin that he was a smiling tiger.

“You’ve been at odds with Ning Yijia since you were little, yet you’re so well-behaved in front of Ning Yizhan. Do you think we don’t know anything? Ning Yizhan isn’t stupid.”

"I see!"

Ning Yizhan returned after hanging up the phone, turned it off, and wanted to continue being affectionate with Qiu Hu, but Qiu Hu stopped him, saying, "Ning Yizhan, it's not dark yet!"