Chapter 85 Growing Old Alone

Chu Zhen and Chen Weiqi arrived home one after the other. Chen Weiqi brought a lot of nutritional supplements, all of which were related to pregnancy.

"I didn't know what to buy, so I just took all the ones the salesperson recommended."

"Hmm, these are all good. I just finished this calcium-fortified milk powder, thank you~" I took the things from Chen Weiqi's hand. "Please have a seat, Chu Zhen, pour some water!"

"Lin Dang, you're acting like the lady of the house!" Huang Yanyan laughed.

"Is there?"

"Of course! And they're really going all out!"

Okay, I admit I did that on purpose just now, to make Chen Weiqi understand my current identity.

After Chu Zhen returned, the kitchen became a battleground between him and Chen Weiqi. Unexpectedly, Chen Weiqi's cooking skills were also extraordinary. Huang Yanyan stared at the table full of dishes, swallowing her saliva repeatedly. If Chen Weiqi hadn't been there, she probably would have started eating long ago.

"Are you all hungry? Let's eat!" After the last soup was served, Chu Zhen told everyone to start eating.

"Master Chu, you're really starting to look like a great homemaker! I'm starting to have a whole new level of respect for you." Huang Yanyan was quite the flatterer.

"Don't praise me, Chen Weiqi made all these dishes, you should eat more."

"Of course, don't try to take these dishes from me, I can finish them all by myself."

"Don't be so sure. I haven't made it in a long time, so I don't know how it will taste."

"Eat more of these, they're all your favorites. My cooking skills haven't gotten any worse." Chu Zhen put some fish in my bowl and then filled it with soup.

"They're showing off their love again, showering us with PDA~"

"Can't even vegetables shut you up?" I put some vegetables into Huang Yanyan's bowl.

The meal became more enjoyable because of Huang Yanyan. After the meal, the two men took on the task of washing the dishes. Although Chu Zhen and Chen Weiqi are brothers, Chen Weiqi rarely comes to the house, especially after I moved in. I guess he is trying to avoid suspicion.

Chu Zhen and Chen Weiqi were talking in the study for over two hours without coming out, while Huang Yanyan and I watched TV and chatted in the living room.

“I know Chen Weiqi likes you and even confessed to you,” Huang Yanyan suddenly said.

"Hmm?" I was a little curious about how she found out.

“Chen Weiqi told me,” Huang Yanyan sipped her tea. “He still has feelings for you, and he hasn’t completely let go of you yet. He asked me if I minded.”

"Yanyan~"

"Lin Dang, I believe you. You are devoted to Chu Zhen. It would be a lie to say you don't mind. I had a vague feeling that Chen Weiqi liked you before, but when he told me to my face, I was quite relieved. At least he confided in me."

True friendship can withstand all tests.

"What are you and Huang Yanyan planning to do?" After seeing them off, Chu Zhen handed me a glass of milk and asked me with a serious expression.

"I didn't do anything, what's wrong?"

"I have no problem with Huang Yanyan protecting you through her influence, but if you two want to thoroughly investigate the car accident, you'd better stop now." Chu Zhen's face was icy cold and a little scary. I was startled. Did he know something?

"What do you mean? We didn't investigate. What's wrong?" I felt a little guilty, but I still asked. Maybe Chu Zhen was just testing me.

"Do you think you can hide your actions from me? Do you think I wouldn't know just because I wasn't there? The file folder in the study is the result of Huang Yanyan's investigation, isn't it?"

"Chu Zhen, why are you rummaging through my things?" I originally wanted to hide the file folder, but I couldn't find a suitable place, so I figured the most dangerous place was the safest, and put it directly in Chu Zhen's bookshelf. I didn't expect him to find it so quickly.

"Lin Dang, I don't want the past to repeat itself. I don't want to be anxious and helpless outside the operating room again. I don't want to see you lying on the hospital bed, your life hanging in the balance. Do you understand?" Chu Zhen was clearly very agitated when he said this, and I even saw tears glistening in his eyes.

I'm worried about you~

“You are my woman, and I will do everything in my power to protect you. Li Guoqiang is a gambler. Although he has a company now, old habits die hard. He has no one to cherish, and he even resents his own family. He can gamble with everything he has, but I can't. You are the only one I cannot gamble with.”

"I understand, I won't do anything rash in the future~" I hugged Chu Zhen from behind and buried my head in his back. "From now on, I will go in and out with you every day, and I will be right under your nose every moment, as long as you don't find me in the way."

I didn't sleep that night. I could feel Chu Zhen's breathing sometimes rapid and sometimes even. I didn't know what he and Chen Weiqi talked about in the study, but I was sure that Li Guoqiang was not so simple, and his appearance in City A was not a coincidence. Chu Zhen was a calm and methodical person, but I could clearly feel his inner unease.

From then on, I went in and out with Chu Zhen every day. During the day, I was at the office when he went out, and at noon when he didn't come to the office for lunch, I went to the cafeteria with Song Zhixiao. Apart from Song Zhixiao, he didn't trust any of his other colleagues, which puzzled me. Xiao Ai and Xiao Xiao were in the same department, but he didn't trust them either.

"Lin Dang, are Chu Zhen and my brother plotting something big lately?" Song Zhixiao asked me during lunch.

"Yes, it's a huge deal~" I said mysteriously.

"What's the big deal? Tell me. I've always felt something's off with my brother. When has he ever been so dedicated to his work? He even left home at 3 a.m. yesterday. If I hadn't seen Chu Zhen's car waiting for him outside, I would have suspected he was out partying."

"Three in the morning?" I was a little surprised. When I woke up today, Chu Zhen had already prepared breakfast. I thought he hadn't gone out last night.

"Yeah, sis, you didn't know your man went out in the early hours of the morning, did you? Oh my god, I can tell from your expression that you didn't know. Sis, if it weren't for a man like Master Chu who doesn't get close to women, you wouldn't even know your man was out picking up girls in the middle of the night, would you? You're so oblivious!"

"Song Ji-hyo, why are you talking so inappropriately now? Song Huai really needs to find you a buyer, even if it costs money, he'll marry you off."

"I have no intention of getting married. I'll be thirty next year, and all the men my age are married with children. The older ones are divorced, and the younger ones are too immature. You know, when I was doing an interview the other day, I met a master who said I'm destined to be alone forever. Why should I argue with fate, right?"