Shan Lian was also stunned, never expecting Guo Zhen to admit their identities at this moment.
She looked at Guo Zhen, the father she both admired and resented, who at this moment had become somewhat repulsive.
He wanted to marry that woman but kept it a secret from her, saying he would clarify their father-daughter relationship in two years.
Two years later...
Let's wait two years until that woman gets pregnant with his child and has a younger brother before we talk about it!
He wishes!
He'd even use his daughter to protect a woman!
Tears welled up in Shan Lian's eyes as she shook her head repeatedly, "Impossible... Don't even think about it... You can forget about me agreeing to let her be my mother!"
"I'd rather never acknowledge you as my father than watch a vile woman take my mother's place! You can forget about letting that woman be my mother!"
Tears streamed down Shan Lian's face as she pulled at her arm in Guo Zhen's shocked gaze. She had always been the most pampered person, preferring to break rather than surrender. "Don't even think about it!"
Shan Lian pushed Guo Zhen aside, grabbed her bicycle, and left the yard.
The more excited and expectant she was when she came here, the more desperate Shan Lian is now.
That day at Linhu Pavilion, her father's promises caused her to experience too many emotions that she shouldn't have.
All her colleagues would go with their parents for the Chinese New Year, but she was the only one.
She had never spent the Lunar New Year with her father; she could only see him occasionally when he visited the Shan family.
She had never tried anything like shopping for New Year's goods with her family or preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.
She hesitated for a long time about whether to come today, worried that her father would be unhappy, yet also looking forward to the surprise her father would feel when he saw her.
With such trepidation in her heart, Shan Lian came to the 'home' that she had never been to before, the place that should have belonged to her.
The unfamiliar woman was shielded behind her father. Faced with her questioning, Guo Zhen could only frown and say, "You're overthinking it."
What do you mean by overthinking? What do you mean by going home with him?
They're all just excuses!
Shan Lian rode her bicycle away crying.
It was so late, how could Guo Zhen let Shan Lian go home alone? He immediately got in his car and chased after her.
The road was cleared, and Guo Zhen drove off to give chase.
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, realizing that the Guo family's matter was... no small thing!
Jiang Ci, who had been hiding in the crowd to avoid Guo Zhen's gaze, finally peeked out and looked at the car that had left to chase Shan Lian.
It would be better if the Shan and Guo families were internally divided; it would be even better if the two families fought each other.
In this way, she can take advantage of the situation.
Jiang Ci looked surprised and said, "I never imagined that Xiao Lian was actually Mr. Guo's daughter."
Hobbens was also quite speechless, "I always thought Mr. Guo was a great man who was upright and selfless, dedicating everything to the country and the organization, but I never expected..."
Jiang Ci turned to Hobens and said, "Don't talk about this in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
Hobbens scratched his head. "I know."
Tao's mother looked at Jiang Ci, then at Hobbens, and sighed.
It was just a matter of fate!
Jiang Ci caught the last bus and rushed home.
She wasn't in a hurry to go back, so she went to the Cheng family instead, where she chatted with Cheng Huasheng and Cheng Yehan about the gossip she had seen at the Huo family.
Cheng Huasheng and Li Ailian were stunned.
As the elderly Cheng Yehan scathingly commented, "The older they get, the more shameless they become!"
Jiang Ci's lips twitched. Thinking about it, Guo Zhen could be considered as stealing Xia Lei's love. Who knows, there might be some kind of cheesy literature between Liu Yinyin and Guo Zhen, such as "The Domineering Chief Falls in Love with Me", "Women, Don't Even Think About Escaping", and "My Waist is Soft and Slender, the Chief Washes My Underwear with a Cold Face".
She exclaimed, "Who can argue with that?"
"It's a pity that Guo Zhen and I aren't neighbors. I really want to see what happens next."
She was also a bit gossipy and harbored a desire to see the enemy make a fool of themselves.
With his hands behind his back, Cheng Yehan said, "I need to go to the Huo family and reconnect with Old Huo."
Cheng Huasheng: "..."
Li Ailian: "..."
Jiang Ci: "..."
This is the first time I've argued so logically and convincingly about going to the theater.
Jiang Ci immediately followed suit, smiling obsequiously, "I also need to get to know you better, Grandpa."
Cheng Yehan couldn't help but laugh, raising his hand and pointing at her in the air, "You're being indecent!"
"Stay for dinner?"
"No, it's getting late, I have to go home." Jiang Ci glanced at the time. Oh dear, watching the show and gossiping with the Cheng family took a while, it's almost eight o'clock.
"I'm leaving!"
Jiang Ci hurriedly left the house and ran straight home.
"You're holding a flashlight!"
Li Ailian handed the heavy flashlight, which looked like a brick, to Jiang Ci.
She didn't push him away, and as she walked home, she said to Li Ailian, "I'll return the flashlight later!"
The newspaper staff quarters were relatively safe; security personnel patrolled every night. Jiang Ci, carrying a flashlight, jogged along the way.
She saw a familiar person under the streetlights outside the apartment building.
"Zhou Mingli!"
She immediately shouted.
Zhou Mingli turned his head and saw a cluster of white light. He took a step and walked over.
Jiang Ci ran a little too fast, her breathing slightly rapid. "I'm sorry, I'm late."
"I'm glad you're alright." Zhou Mingli took the flashlight from her hand and shone it elsewhere. He looked her over and, seeing that she wasn't injured, breathed a sigh of relief. "I noticed you hadn't come back, so I went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pick you up. The security personnel said you left with Hobbens."
"I don't know his home."
Jiang Ci raised her hand and placed it on his arm holding the flashlight, laughing slightly as she said, "It was a spur-of-the-moment thing, and without a phone call or anything, I can't tell you what I was thinking."
"I'm glad you're alright." Zhou Mingli gently patted her back to help her catch her breath.
"Something big happened today. Come on, I'll go home and tell you."
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli went upstairs to go home.
Huang Zheyue and the two little ones had already eaten, and the stove was still warming up their food for her. Jiang Ci quickly finished her dinner, and Zhou Mingli brought her the hot water to the bathroom so she could take a bath.
Fortunately, the bathroom wasn't big, and the steam from the hot water quickly warmed the whole place. After Jiang Ci finished showering, she stayed on the bed with Zhou Mingli and then told him about what had happened at the Guo family's place.
"The relationship between Guo Zhen and Shan Lian can't be kept secret anymore. How he handles his relationship with Liu Yinyin is also a matter of concern, and there's bound to be some trouble." Jiang Ci yawned. She was exhausted after working for so long, and nestled in Zhou Mingli's arms with her eyes half-closed.
His body is like a heater; nothing is more comfortable than sleeping with him in winter.
"You saw Shan Lian wavering and wanted to gamble that she might go to Guo Zhen's house to find her?"
Jiang Ci: "Hmm."
Zhou Mingli said, "We'll buy another bicycle after the New Year."
Jiang Ci: "...Huh?"
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