Chapter 47 Does He Know About You and Xie Siyan?

She had noticed this little gesture since the first time they got together.

Since that grand wedding, Cheng Yu'an and Xie Siyan's gatherings have become visibly less frequent.

Even Zhou Xu’s group’s decisions often forget to inform him.

Xie Ling remembered that when she met Zhou Xu by chance in the mall last month, the other party's meaningful "Mrs. Cheng" was a bit subtle.

"Let's go home." Xie Ling changed the subject. "Aunt Zhang made some pear soup and told us to go home early to drink it."

The car drove across Chang'an Avenue.

Cheng Yu'an was silent all the way, staring at the traffic passing by outside the window in a daze.

In the rearview mirror, Xie Ling quietly lowered his head and fiddled with his phone, his finger resting on a name.

We met recently.

The phone vibrates.

Chen Fu Ji, who was thousands of miles away, took it out from his trouser pocket and glanced at it.

"Boss Chen, is this news from your family?" The middle-aged man smiled at him and said, "It's New Year's Day, and you're still busy outside. Your family is really worried about you."

Chen Fuji put the phone back on the table and said "hmm" lightly without explaining. He just asked, "Where were we just talking about?"

The other party was busy introducing this industry to him...

No one replied to the text message. Xie Ling put away his phone and looked out the car window, watching the busy traffic.

-

A luxury car exchange meeting during the Spring Festival was held in a private estate on the outskirts of Beijing.

Cheng Yu'an made a rare appearance at the event. He wore an iron-gray suit and walked alone through the exhibition hall where limited edition Bugatti cars were displayed.

It was not until he saw Zhou Xuren leaning against a matte gray Pagani that he slowly stopped.

"Mr. Cheng, you're newlyweds, and you still have time to come~" Zhou Xu waved at him from afar.

Cheng Yu'an approached, seemingly carelessly stroking the Pagani's carbon fiber door, and stood beside him. "It's boring to be idle."

Zhou Xu chuckled, "Will newlyweds also be bored?"

Cheng Yu'an smiled and didn't respond. "Si Yan and Teng Zhi...why did it suddenly fail?"

"Those two..." Zhou Xu drawled out, "Isn't it because Teng Zhi got married so suddenly? The date was set, didn't you hear?"

Cheng Yuan frowned.

He had indeed heard about this matter, and heard that the wedding date was set in the first month of the lunar year, but he found the reason ridiculous.

A sudden cheer broke out from the other side of the exhibition hall.

A new Koenigsegg is up for auction.

The atmosphere was lively. Cheng Yu'an stared at the bidding card in Zhou Xu's hand and asked, "Can anyone steal the prize from Si Yan?"

Zhou Xu laughed, handed him a cigar, leaned close to his ear, and said mysteriously, "Maybe it's true."

-

While Mu Jia was watching TV at home, he received a message from Xie Siyan.

【When will you come back?】

It had only been a day since they last met, and Mu Jia's face flushed. "I've also taken extra annual leave, so I'll probably have to wait another three days."

The other side didn't reply.

Song Mingxi looked at her strangely, "What's wrong with your face?"

Mu Jia switched his phone back to the video interface with Song Mingxi, "No, I just replied to a message."

Song Mingxi didn't suspect anything and continued to enthusiastically share his experiences in Beijing with her. "The city is really filled with the festive atmosphere this year. You must take a good look when you come back. The ice rink in Houhai is twice as big as in previous years, and red lanterns are hung from Chang'an Avenue all the way to the Drum Tower. I was at the temple fair the other day, and guess what? I ran into Teng Zhi and a man looking at wedding dresses. I asked someone to find out that she's getting married soon, and the wedding is scheduled for the first month of the lunar year."

Mu Jia was stunned when he suddenly heard the name.

Teng Zhi...

It seems like it happened in a previous life.

"By the way, the busiest area is still the Financial Street. The light shows on the buildings illuminate half the night sky. Last night, I passed by the China World Trade Center and happened to catch a drone show. Three thousand drones formed a giant Chinese character for "Fu" (good fortune), and everyone watching below was taking pictures like crazy... That young master Zhou Xu even joked that this thing is very effective for expressing love and is guaranteed to win the hearts of girls..."

Mu Jia listened intently.

Chen Lifang was downstairs talking on the phone with her aunt. After she finished, she stood at the stairs and called her, "Jia Jia, come down for a moment."

Mu Jia hurriedly put down the phone and said, "Wait a minute, my mother is calling me."

Chen Lifang came over, held Mu Jia's hand, and said solemnly, "I've thought about it. How about we discuss it after the New Year and settle the matter between you and Lin Nuo. That way, your father and I can feel at ease..."

Mu Jia frowned.

I don't know what they were thinking, but they kept saying, "Mom, we've only been together for three months..."

And now they have broken up.

"Three months isn't too short. Some people go on blind dates and get engaged after two months."

Mu Jia looked at her doubtfully, and suddenly thought of something, "Did my aunt say anything to you on the phone?"

"No."

Chen Lifang shook her head.

"Really?"

Chen Lifang wasn't one to keep secrets, so when asked, she stammered, "It's just that your uncle saw Lin Nuo in the office early in the morning. He saw marks on his collar. So... you two, young lovers, I'm not so conservative..."

With a loud "boom", Mu Jia seemed to have something exploded in his mind.

She suddenly remembered the time her aunt called her and also gave her hesitant instructions.

But she didn't think otherwise.

Now that I think about it, that phone call happened a few days after Lin Nuo posted the dinner photos on his circle of friends.

He must have cheated on me by then.

Chen Lifang was still nagging, "Jia Jia, it's not that Mom doesn't trust you...but girls just have to suffer a little in this matter. What if something happens before marriage..."

"Don't worry."

Mu Jia said with a cold expression, "I won't get pregnant before marriage."

Chen Lifang choked, feeling embarrassed by her bluntness. In the end, she could only say, "Just be careful."

-

Mu Jia turned around and went upstairs again.

"He must have cheated on me by then." She video-called Song Mingxi.

"when?"

"That was the time you accidentally discovered the photos on WeChat Moments. The next morning, I called him. He happened to be in my uncle's office that day, and my uncle saw..."

Mu Jia felt a little embarrassed to speak up when he got to this point.

She really didn't understand why Lin Nuo could be so calm. Didn't he feel guilty?

"He..." Song Mingxi pondered secretly, and suddenly had a very bad association, "He is not deliberately making your uncle-in-law misunderstand, so as to advance the progress..."

Mu Jia's hand holding the phone suddenly tightened, "You mean..."

"A girl's reputation is more important than anything else. He showed up so brazenly in front of Professor Lu and went home with you during the Spring Festival. This means he wants to settle it quickly and use this to bind you."

Mu Jia didn't understand.

"Why should I be so worthy of his concern?"

"Of course. You're beautiful, and you're working for a major investment bank like Bank of China International. He wanted you to help him with an internal recommendation from the beginning, but you delayed it. From his perspective, even if he graduates with a doctorate in the future, the market conditions may not guarantee him a job at such a top financial institution, not to mention..."

Song Mingxi suddenly thought of a new possibility, "Jia Jia, does he know about you and Xie Siyan?"