Chapter 032 Chapter 32
Chapter 32 (Exclusively Authorized by Jinjiang)
"Thank you, Brother Xie. I'm here to apologize."
Sang Ya, under tremendous pressure, apologized.
Xie Zhiyu lowered his eyes and looked at her. His eyes were deep, like a calm lake without a single ripple.
"You apologized before," he said quietly.
"Grandpa Sang also apologized to me because of your matter, and I accepted his apology."
Xie Zhiyu said directly: "We are clear now. What is your purpose in looking for me?"
If it wasn't for Mr. Sang's sake, Xie Zhiyu wouldn't have asked any more questions.
He never showed mercy to betrayers.
Sang Ya felt like she was facing an iceberg, emitting cold air all the time, and she only felt the bone-chilling cold.
She realized how gentle Xie Zhiyu's attitude towards her was before.
"I... I just think we can be friends." Sang Ya's eyes were covered with a layer of mist. Although she was obviously scared, she looked at Xie Zhiyu stubbornly.
Her apology was sincere.
Sang Ya was eager to convey this point.
"If...if I hurt you, please just take it out on me."
"Grandpa really likes you. Thank you, brother. Please don't stay away from him because of me."
Sang Ya mustered up the courage to speak out his inner thoughts.
She has her own logic, and people who don't know the truth might even admire her bravery and filial piety after hearing this conversation.
Xie Zhiyu always looked at the essence through the phenomenon. He said seriously: "Mulberry buds."
Sang Ya was a little scared, but she insisted on not avoiding his sight. She seemed like she was about to turn into an ice sculpture.
"Your grandpa is sad because of you, not me."
He rejected Sang Ya's moral kidnapping: "I don't have time to play games with you."
Before leaving, Xie Zhiyu gave her his final advice: "Read some books and grow your brain."
Sang Ya watched him leave mercilessly, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes finally fell.
"Xie Zhiyu, what do you mean!" She was so angry that she jumped up and down, and it took her a while to react.
"Are you saying I have no brains?!"
Xie Zhiyu left without looking back. His final advice to her was all he could give her.
As for whether Sang Ya could listen to it or not, it had nothing to do with him.
…
Xie Zhiyu returned to the banquet hall and subconsciously looked for Shen Baili. When he saw Xie Liuzheng introducing his friends to them, he looked away with relief.
"Zhiyu, what are you looking at?"
Someone patted his shoulder, and this familiar gesture made Xie Zhiyu recognize the person in an instant.
He turned around and said with a familiar smile, "Lu Mingjing, you are late."
Lu Mingjing followed Xie Zhiyu's gaze and saw nothing.
"I came here on time and took care of some company matters."
He said nonchalantly, "You know how difficult it is to deal with a guy who takes advantage of his age."
Xie Zhiyu looked relaxed: "If you need help, you can ask me for help."
"I'll give you a discount."
Lu Mingjing smiled and said, "This friendship price will be saved for the critical moment."
"It's more than enough to deal with these people. There's no need for you and me to join forces."
"It's such a waste of our energy."
He was full of confidence, and his handsome face was radiant with energy.
Unlike Xie Zhiyu's sharp-edged handsomeness, Lu Mingjing is a gentle and elegant handsome man with a temperament that makes people feel like spring breeze.
Lu Mingjing comes from the Lu family, one of the three largest wealthy families.
Among the three wealthy families, the Lu family is the most complicated. Mr. Lu and the people in charge of the Lu family are both passionate people. They have so many children and grandchildren that they can form a football team. They also have a lot of illegitimate children, and people often come to claim them as their relatives.
Lu Mingjing is the most capable candidate on the list of candidates for the Lu family's current generation of successors. He is also the most promising hot seed player who is most likely to gain power in the Lu family and is highly regarded by Mr. Lu.
He is a very ambitious person. After returning to China after studying abroad, he started from the grassroots level and steadily worked his way up to become the general manager of the company, gradually gaining the right to speak.
The friend of a proud man is also a proud man.
Lu Mingjing and Xie Zhiyu are of the same age and grew up together. They are childhood friends and very good friends. They are very relaxed when they are together. They lack the calmness of handling business and are more casual.
"Why don't you see your brother?" Lu Mingjing asked.
Xie Zhiyu shook his head: "He went to look for his friends."
"I also want to ask him for an autograph. The female colleagues in our company like him very much. His photos are all over their desks. My little brother has made great achievements. Let the brothers benefit from it."
Xie Zhiyu raised his lips and said, "Ask him yourself."
"If it's a fan, he'd be happy to sign it."
He did not make the decision for Xie Tingsi.
Even when sitting on the sofa, neither of them relaxed too much. They kept their backs straight and maintained basic banquet etiquette.
Lu Mingjing: "Okay, I'll ask him later."
They rarely had time to sit down and chat. Lu Mingjing knew a little about the inside story of Xie Zhiyu's breaking off the engagement. Thinking of what had just happened, he reminded them, "I just saw Sang Ya. Why is she here?"
"Want to get back together with you?"
Xie Zhiyu did not hide it: "She came to apologize to me."
Lu Mingjing was puzzled: "Hasn't the Sang family already apologized?"
He obviously didn't understand Sang Ya's way of thinking.
The Sang family made compensation, and Xie Zhiyu accepted it.
He was clearly the one who did something wrong, so why did Sang Ya keep trying to get close to Xie Zhiyu?
Did she do this to create enmity between the two families? Did the Sang family know?
In just a few sentences, Lu Mingjing analyzed a lot and came to the conclusion that Sang Ya's brain circuits were unusual.
Anyway, normal people can't do such a thing.
Xie Zhiyu: “Everyone has different ideas.”
He passed over the topic. Since he had already called off the engagement, he didn't want to have too much involvement with Sang Ya, and certainly wouldn't add insult to injury.
Lu Mingjing understood that he didn't want to talk more: "Indeed."
There was silence for a while.
"You two are hiding here?" Meng Xiu sat down between them, "It's easier for me to find you."
Lu Mingjing didn't even raise his eyelids: "Don't you need to go and prepare?"
Meng Xiu: "There are too many people in there, let's go here to get some fresh air."
"What are you guys talking about? Add me."
Lu Mingjing casually brought up a topic: "We are talking about big stars."
"Which big star? Want to hear it?" Meng Xiu immediately thought of Xie Tingsi and asked the same question as Lu Mingjing.
"Is he here too? Where is he?"
Xie Zhiyu: "In the banquet hall."
Meng Xiu: "Where? Why can't I see him?"
Xie Zhiyu: “…”
Meng Xiu: "Oh, you mean he went to hang out with his friends."
"All right."
He changed the subject: "Do you think my face can become popular in the entertainment industry?"
Meng has a baby-like face with a tender complexion. He is the type of young and handsome guy that the sisters like.
Xie Zhiyu said seriously: "Some people may like your type, but you don't have the acting skills."
Meng Xiu's smile fell before it blossomed: "Is it so serious?"
Lu Mingjing continued: "You can go the traffic route and appear on variety shows more often to show your face."
“Fans will spoil you.”
Meng Xiu was shocked: "How do you know so much?"
Lu Mingjing said modestly: "I have been to one of its brokerage companies for an internship and know a thing or two."
Meng Xiu said with regret: "Alas, it would be a loss for the three of us to not go into the entertainment industry with our handsome faces."
"When the time comes, we will come up with a name for our three groups, and it will be called The Handsome Guys of the Universe." Meng Xiu's thoughts were very active: "What do you think? Isn't it very creative?"
Lu Mingjing and Xie Zhiyu both refused.
"I'm not interested."
“I have no acting skills.”
Meng Xiu: "You guys are so boring. Not even as interesting as my little cousin."
Lu Mingjing kicked him and said with a smile, "Then go play with your little cousin, what are you doing here?"
Meng Xiu dodged quickly: "You are still so irritable."
"My little cousin and I can play together anytime, but you two are so busy that you don't have time, okay?" he complained.
Lu Mingjing smiled and said, "There are always people in the company who can't see the situation clearly. There's nothing we can do about it."
Meng Xiu moved away from him: "Who offended you?"
"Who wants to die?"
Although Lu Mingjing appears to have a good temper, Meng Xiu knows his true nature very well. This guy is a smiling tiger.
Lu Mingjing: "A bunch of old stubborn people."
Meng Xiuxi thought it was normal: "They seem like indestructible cockroaches. They will pop up again after a while."
"The three of us are still Zhiyu and don't have any worries."
Xie Zhiyu: "Don't involve me."
Meng Xiu curled his lips: "You are so boring."
Xie Zhiyu: "Are you free?"
Meng Xiu immediately shook his head: "Not idle, not idle at all!"
"Don't try to arrange things for me."
He urgently needed to change the subject: "By the way, do you know?"
"Gu Yue is coming back."
After Meng Xiu finished speaking, he quietly looked at his two friends. Gu Yue had had many interactions with them before. After all, they were all famous figures on campus.
Xie Zhiyu didn't react, and Lu Mingjing didn't seem to react either.
After a few seconds, the latter asked, "Who told you that?"
Meng Xiu looked at Lu Mingjing deeply: "My sister, didn't she go abroad with Gu Yue?"
"Zhiyu, maybe she heard the news that you broke off the engagement and returned home early."
"My sister said that their originally planned global trip was cancelled, so they came back together."
Meng Xiu chattered away, revealing all the information he knew.
Xie Zhiyu frowned when he heard his guess and said, "Don't say anything without any basis."
Gu Yue is a member of the Gu family. She is Gu Yi's cousin. She is good-looking, has a good family background and good grades. She is the white moonlight of many people in the circle.
But Bai Yueguang only likes Xie Zhiyu.
Because of his engagement, Xie Zhiyu was very careful to keep a distance from girls and would not cross the line.
Someone once joked that he was not enjoying his precious time just for the sake of a child marriage. Xie Zhiyu beat that person up on the spot and gave him a stern warning.
After that, no one dared to make fun of his child marriage anymore.
Gu Yue is a proud girl, she disdains to be a mistress, but she knows that Xie Zhiyu and Sang Ya have no romantic feelings for each other, so she still plucks up the courage to confess to him in person.
The prerequisite for them to be together is to cancel the engagement with Sang Ya.
謝知聿直接拒絕了，顧月傷心欲絕，後來毅然出國深造，幾年都沒回來過。
陸鳴經接着也出國深造了，還是和顧月同一個國家。
她愛他，他愛她。
孟修不太清楚顧月和陸鳴經的故事，只知道他出國交換一年後，又一個人回國了，然後進入公司實習。
孟修悄悄看向他的兩個朋友，看起來都沒什麽特別的反應。
應該釋懷了吧？
然後，他聽到陸鳴經問：“她什麽時候回國？”
孟修：“！”
“一個月後。”
他忍了又忍，沒忍住：“陸鳴經啊，你不會還習慣她吧？”
陸鳴經随意道：“沒有。”
“關心老朋友而已。”
孟修：“……”
你以前都不會解釋一句。
謝知聿的目光落在了，和桑芽交談的顧烨梁的身上。
***
觥籌交錯間，生日宴會來到了正式環節。
宴會主人公孟老爺子，在家人的陪伴下隆重登場，他代表孟家，歡迎了參加他生日的各位賓客，然後孟家重要人物依次登場，送上生日祝福以及生日禮物。
……
孟九安送了兩份生日禮物，一份是限量版球鞋，一份是親手做的松柏玉佩，并且請高僧開過光。
禮物的價格不菲，心意更是無價。
孟老爺子笑得合不攏嘴，十分滿意他的禮物。
他當場戴上了玉佩，并且穿上了和孫子同款球鞋，可見其對孟九安這個親孫子的寵愛。
周圍個個都是人精，都在誇獎孟九安有孝心，以及爺孫感情好。
季啓麻了：“我就知道小九不會按常理出牌，還真送上球鞋了！！！”
“我要是送我爺球鞋，我爸得打斷我的腿。”
陸鳴謙：“孟爺爺很喜歡。”
這就夠了。
在這一刻，他很羨慕孟九安，能被無條件愛着。
孟修摸了摸下巴：“我這小表弟有趣吧？”
陸鳴經感慨：“少年的赤誠之心啊。”
謝知聿看破真相：“你得跟你小表弟打好關系了。”
下一任孟家家主強力……不對唯一繼承人，幾乎板上釘釘。
孟修起身，拍了拍不存在的褲子褶皺：“當然了，這點眼力見我還是有的。”
“我先過去一趟。”
……
沈婉也看到了送球鞋這一幕，忍不住笑了。
年輕人的世界，總是充滿活力啊。
沈白梨對此：“他的禮物還挺有心的。”
沈婉聽出了女兒語氣的不同：“他也是你同學嗎？”
沈白梨：“他也是隔壁班的。”
“帥哥都在隔壁班嗎？”沈婉難得調侃，和沈白梨聊天的兩小夥子也是隔壁班的。
沈白梨不在意：“學神都在我們班。”
皮囊不重要……算了，她其實有點顏控。
沈婉笑道：“我還記得你小時候最愛看帥哥了……”
沈白梨眉眼彎彎，貼着沈婉：“媽，我小時候最愛看你這個大美女啦。”
沈婉嘴角揚起：“我們歲歲小嘴抹了蜜糖。”
沈白梨：“甜！”
……
賀禮環節結束，燈光驟然暗了下來。
孟九安和一衆親戚推着大壽桃蛋糕出來，唱着生日歌，一起為孟老爺子過生日，家庭氛圍拉滿。
孟老爺子精神矍铄，切分了第一塊蛋糕給自己，第二塊給乖孫，之後的蛋糕讓兒子切。
在工作人員的幫助下，每個人都收到了一份來自壽星的祝福。
孟九安在人群中發現了沈白梨身影，他快步來到她的面前。
“白梨，你來了！”他的眼睛很亮。
沈白梨愕然，他們原來這麽熟嗎？
“蛋糕很好吃。”她笑着道：“孟九安，這是我媽媽。”
“媽媽，這是孟九安，我的……”
她為兩人介紹。
“阿姨好，我是白梨的朋友！我叫孟九安，你叫我小九就好！”孟九安熱情地和沈婉問好。
沈白梨和沈婉長得很像，一眼就能看出是母女。
沈婉笑容溫柔：“小九，你好啊，很高興認識你。”
……
相互寒暄了一小會兒，孟九安撓撓頭：“阿姨，我可以帶走白梨一會兒嗎？”
“我想讓我家人認識我的好朋友，就一會兒，我待會就送她回來。”他誠懇道。
沈婉看着熱情洋溢的男孩子：“可以。”
“诶？”沈白梨還沒反應過來，就被孟九安帶到了孟老爺子的面前。
“爺爺，這是我的好朋友沈白梨。”他非常高興。
沈白梨乖巧微笑：“孟爺爺你好，我是沈白梨，祝您福如東海，壽比南山，生日快樂！”
孟老爺子是一個睿智儒雅的老爺爺，他和藹地看着沈白梨：“謝謝你，你是個好孩子，我經常聽小九提起你。”
沈白梨好奇：“他提起過我嗎？”
她記得他們不是很熟啊，真正相處下來也只有在私人訓練館那幾個小時。
孟九安原來這麽自來熟嗎？
孟老爺子點頭：“是啊，他說……”
孟九安猛地咳嗽：“咳咳咳，爺爺，我爸媽去哪裏了？”
孟老爺子了然：“小九害羞了哈哈哈，他誇你……”
“咳咳咳咳咳爺爺，我帶白梨去找我爸媽哈。”
孟父、孟母剛好過來：“找我們幹什麽？”
沈白梨禮貌問好，完美把握分寸感：“伯父伯母好，我是沈白梨，是……”
孟九安連忙介紹，剛才的流程又進行了一遍。
孟母和孟老爺子十分熱情，熱情到沈白梨有些招架不住，好在孟九安接收到了她的信號。
“爺爺，爸媽，我們去找陸鳴謙他們玩了。”
孟九安帶着沈白梨離開了這裏，他們像風兒一樣過來，又像龍卷風一樣離開。
“真可愛。”孟母看着她們的背影。
“誰？”孟父問道。
“都可愛，學生時代的友情很可愛，不是嗎？”孟母笑着道。
孟老爺子表示認可：“小九跑得太快了，改天讓他帶着朋友來家裏玩，熱熱鬧鬧的。”
孟母：“我也有這個想法。”
孟父贊同：“我們一家人真是心有靈犀一點通。”
孟母和孟老爺子：“……”
……
沈白梨找到了機會：“孟九安，我們以前認識嗎？”
孟九安很驚喜：“白梨，你想起來了？”
行走間，沈白梨不小心撞到了旁邊的服務員，一時沒有聽清他的話：“對不起，你沒事吧？”
服務員禮貌微笑：“我沒事。”
她躲得快，托盤上的酒沒有撒。
沈白梨沒聽到孟九安的話，她的注意力轉移到了服務員身上，瞥到了對方的名牌——林冉。
林冉！
她飛快捕捉到閃現的記憶，這不是原著裏誣陷謝知聿qj，之後消失的女生嗎？
眼看着林冉離開，沈白梨有些着急地拍了拍孟九安的手臂：“我有點事。”
她追着林冉走過去。
孟九安一臉茫然：“白梨，等等。”
他擔心沈白梨，也跟在了她的身後。
……
與此同時，桑芽不死心地找到了謝知聿。
“謝大哥，我敬你一杯。”
她不知道從哪個電視劇裏，學到的一杯酒消千仇。
孟修看她就跟看神奇物種一樣：“姑娘，我們在宴會，不在江湖。”
桑芽：“我幹了，你随意。”
謝知聿：“我不喝。”
桑芽沒想到他這麽不給面子：“謝大哥，你還在生我的氣嗎？”
“你以前不這樣的。”
這幽怨的語氣，活像被辜負的人。
謝知聿知道桑芽聽不懂潛臺詞，直接說道：“我不會因為不相幹的人生氣。”
“如果你想公開退婚原因，我不反對。”
他理智冷靜，說出口的兩句話無情且冷酷。
他們周圍人少，但不乏有人注意到了這邊。
桑芽被他的冷臉吓到了：“我……對不起。”
她轉身就跑了。
孟修看完全過程，滿腦子的問號。
“她是後悔了？”
後悔也沒用了啊，孟修清楚謝知聿最恨背叛。
孟修回憶了下剛才的場景，又覺得不太對：“她怪怪的，不知道來幹什麽。”
謝知聿沒有接他的話，桑芽又被當槍使了。
她的腦子就不能清醒點嗎？
謝知聿有時候都想撬開她的腦袋看看，裏面裝的是不是水？
他沒工夫替她操心。
謝知聿謹記沈白梨心聲的提醒，桑芽已經行動了，那麽針對他的陰謀會以什麽方式出現呢？
……
當被服務員“不小心”撞上的那一刻，謝知聿有種“原來是這樣”的感嘆。
服務員連連道歉，害怕得聲音都在顫抖，手忙腳亂地想替他擦幹西裝。
謝知聿退後了一步，看着被紅酒髒污了的西裝，情緒十分穩定。
孟修比本人更生氣：“你怎麽回事？你們服務員工作沒有提前接受培訓嗎？”
“犯這種低級錯誤？”
服務員的腰彎得更低了，一直在說對不起：“對不起，我不是故意的，我……我會賠償的……”
“或者我把衣服送去幹洗店。”林冉的反應和普通工作人員犯錯沒什麽區別。
謝知聿拒絕了：“不用了，你別再犯錯了。”
林冉愣住了，她做好了被羞辱的準備，沒預料到會被輕飄飄地放過。
一件西裝對謝知聿來說不算什麽，這個女生真誠地道歉，他只覺得身上黏糊糊的。
“我去換套衣服。”謝知聿跟孟修說道。
Usually when attending a banquet, they would bring a spare suit, just in case.
Meng Xiu: "Then go quickly, you are so unlucky."
He looked at Lin Ran who was standing there in a daze: "Aren't you going to clean up the mess?"
There was a pool of red wine on the ground.
"I'm sorry, I'll take care of it right away."
Lin Ran felt hesitant about his next plan.
Does she really want to destroy such a person?
…
Shen Baili finally arrived at the scene. She had just lost track of Lin Ran.
The waiters all wore the same work clothes, the girls also had the same hairstyle, and she couldn't remember what the girls looked like, so it was difficult to find them.
She changed her mind and quickly found Xie Zhiyu.
“Brother!”
Xie Zhiyu heard the familiar voice, turned around and looked at Shen Baili who was panting slightly, and asked with concern: "Shunshun, what's wrong?"
Shen Baili watched her elder brother's suit becoming wet, and looking back, she saw the mess on the ground and the waitress with her head down - the name tag exposed read Lin Ran.
[Found it!]
[Lin Ran, the girl who framed Big Brother!]