Chapter 189: Pickup

Suddenly feeling a touch on his wrist, Meng Chuyuan lowered his eyes and looked at his hand.

Lu Qingye didn't use much force, and he naturally held her slender and soft wrist. Their body temperatures were transmitted to each other, and the faint warmth was quietly waking him up.

She and Lu Qingye took their eyes off their hands, looked up one after another, their gazes met, and they looked at each other tacitly.

"I'll take it back for you."

"This scarf is for you."

The two spoke almost at the same time, and after they finished speaking, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became somewhat strange. Realizing that he was still holding her wrist, Lu Qingye slowly let go.

After feeling the hand on her wrist being removed, Meng Chuyuan's hands were finally free. She moved slightly, picked up the gift box, and looked down at the champagne-colored scarf.

She raised her eyes and said with a smile: "Are you giving it to me?"

Lu Qingye nodded slightly and said to her, "This is a gift I bought for you. Try it on."

He had never found a way to give the scarf to Meng Chuyuan, so since she had seen it in advance, it was a good thing, so that he wouldn't have to worry about it.

Meng Chuyuan gently picked up the silk scarf from the gift box. She didn't rush to try it on. Instead, she looked at Lu Qingye curiously: "We shouldn't be in a relationship, right?"

When she suddenly said this, Lu Qingye paused and his expression became a little gloomy.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Meng Chuyuan tilted her head, raised the silk scarf in her hand and asked, "Isn't this gift too abrupt?"

Lu Qingye's eyebrows and eyes were a little unnatural, and he didn't dare to look at Meng Chuyuan. He said softly: "It's a gift in return. You knitted a scarf, and I will give you a silk scarf."

“…” When talking about the scarf, Meng Chuyuan didn’t know whether he should tell him that it was actually an accident.

She had never intended to give the scarf to anyone from the beginning.

Glancing at Lu Qingye's handsome yet confused face, Meng Chuyuan hesitated to speak, and in the end did not tell him the "cruel truth", and generously accepted the scarf he gave her.

Lu Qingye was packing his suitcase at the moment, while Meng Chuyuan leaned against the cupboard next to him, looking down at him while he packed.

She had already finished her shower and had nothing to do, so she stayed in the cloakroom with Lu Qingye, chatting with him intermittently.

"You slept in the study last night?"

When Lu Qianling mentioned it in the afternoon, she learned that Lu Qingye had been to the study last night. Then she suddenly remembered that when she got up today, Lu Qingye's quilt was covering her.

Meng Chuyuan was wondering: Was he in the study all night?

He frowned slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "...Did I disturb you last night?"

He left carefully last night without turning on the lights or making any noise. Could it be that she heard him when he closed the door?

"No."

Lu Qingye probably didn't get enough rest last night, so he had no trouble falling asleep tonight. However, occasionally Meng Chuyuan would unconsciously take away his quilt and use it as a pillow. In the second half of the night, Lu Qingye would directly use his pillow to replace the quilt in her arms.

Three days after returning to China, Lu Qingye worked normally and also took time to contact his assistant.

That day, Assistant Yang finished his work report as usual and then chatted about something off topic: "Boss Lu, when will you be back? I don't feel safe when you're not around."

Lu Qingye's eyes revealed a cold light, and he said coldly: "As a grown man, what sense of security do you want?"

"Mr. Lu, I can't handle these foreigners." Assistant Yang usually looks quite socially capable, but he can only communicate smoothly in front of acquaintances. If he is left alone abroad, he will feel like he is crying out to the sky and the earth for help but no one will respond.

"Wait a few days, I'll go over after I finish dealing with the rest of the things."

A client learned that he had just returned to China two days ago and kindly invited him to a cocktail party tomorrow night.

Originally, Lu Qingye wanted to refuse, but the two companies are still cooperating, and there may be a possibility of renewing the contract in the future. In order to leave a way out so that they can meet again in the future, he agreed.

Just yesterday at noon, Meng Chuyuan also received an invitation to the cocktail party, but she received it earlier than Lu Qingye.

At first, the other party didn't know that Lu Qingye had returned to China, so he sent the prepared invitation letter to Meng Chuyuan. As a result, she met Lu Qingye in person when she was socializing outside that afternoon.

He had no idea that Meng Chuyuan had an invitation. For this kind of cocktail party, Lu Qingye just went for the formality and had no intention of bringing Meng Chuyuan along.

When he got home in the evening, Lu Qingye simply said to her, "I have something to do tomorrow night, so I should be back late."

Meng Chuyuan: "What a coincidence, I also have something to do tomorrow night."

She has been quite free recently and has painted a lot of paintings at home. Maybe she was tired of staying at home, so when she received the invitation to the cocktail party yesterday, she wanted to go over and have some fun.

It doesn't matter whether she knows anyone or not, she just wants to see the world and get some free food and drinks. What a great opportunity this is.

Lu Qingye didn't ask her where she was going, nor did he ask her what time she would be back tomorrow night. Instead, he told Meng Chuyuan to have fun outside and to be careful.

On the night of the cocktail party, Meng Chuyuan went there from home and asked the driver to take her directly to the party.

She arrived at her destination around seven in the evening. There were quite a lot of people there, but unfortunately she didn't know any of them.

Some of them had seen Mrs. Li at her birthday party before, so they came over to say hello briefly, but left quickly.

Meng Chuyuan wore a low-key white lace dress and found a place to sit in a corner. She thought that this would reduce her presence while making her feel involved. However, many people came over and started talking to her.

"Beautiful lady, can you please give me your contact information?" A strange man, dressed neatly, holding a glass of red wine, asked with a smile on his lips.

He had been observing Meng Chuyuan from a distance for a while. Seeing her sitting alone in the dessert area and her back was quite attractive, he took the initiative to walk over and sit next to her.

Meng Chuyuan tilted his head to look at the man beside him and gave him a helpless smile: "Sorry, I didn't bring my phone."

"It's okay, I have a business card." The man took out a business card from somewhere and handed it to her.

Meng Chuyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced down at his business card, and took it calmly: "Mr. He? Is your family in the catering business?"

The man smiled and said, "Yes, you can eat at my restaurant next time."

"Okay, I understand." Meng Chuyuan put the business card on the table, retracted his gaze and stopped looking at him.

The man wanted to chat with Meng Chuyuan for a few more words, but unfortunately someone called him away. Then several strange men passed by one after another and also left their business cards for her.

Not long after, a stack of business cards appeared on Meng Chuyuan's desk, and they seemed to be unaware of her identity.