Although Du Yuanzhe's love affair was not an issue for the time being, Chen Rongshan was still angry. When Du Yuanzhe said goodbye to her before going to the airport, Chen Rongshan was indifferent and did not show any concern or nagging as before.
Du Yuanzhe sighed but said nothing, he had to catch the plane.
In the car
Liu Xu wondered, "You just won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Spring Festival Gala yesterday, and your relationship with CEO Xia hasn't been exposed, so you should be happy. Why do you look so listless?"
Before Du Yuanzhe could say anything, Wu Xing, who was driving, was stunned: "Was everything the marketing number said yesterday true?"
As it concerns his boss, Wu Xing had been watching the trending searches last night and learned about the online speculations about the relationship between Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi. He had previously scoffed at the marketing account's speculations, thinking that the marketing account was confidently stating something that he, the driver, didn't even know, which was simply nonsense.
I didn't expect to be slapped in the face by Liu Xu today.
Liu Xu patted his forehead and said, "I was so happy that I forgot about you. Just keep this to yourself and don't spread it around."
Wu Xing was still in shock and nodded mechanically.
Xiao Pang smiled and said, "It's good that Brother Wu knows this. From now on, you don't have to let me be the driver all the time."
Wu Xing knew nothing before, and whenever it came to Xia Ningmi's affairs, Du Yuanzhe would look for Xiaopang.
Liu Xu looked at Du Yuanzhe: "You didn't say a word. Are you in a bad mood?"
Du Yuanzhe leaned lazily on his chair and said weakly, "I confessed to my mother that I was in love, and she was very angry."
Xiao Pang was surprised: "No way, Brother Zhe, you are already over 20 years old, and Mrs. Du still doesn't allow you to have a relationship?"
Liu Xu's mouth twitched: "You are so stupid, how could Mrs. Du not let Yuanzhe fall in love...Mrs. Du is not satisfied with President Xia?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded.
Xiao Pang was even more shocked: "That's President Xia!"
In his heart, whoever marries Xia Ningmi would be very lucky.
Du Yuanzhe said: "Sometimes I really think my mother is very strange. Qiqi is obviously good in every way, but my mother has to find fault with her. I remember that my mother didn't treat my eldest sister-in-law like this."
It would be fine if Chen Rongsan was born a wicked mother-in-law, but she had a very good relationship with Zhao Zhimeng. Although it was also because Zhao Zhimeng could talk, when Zhao Zhimeng first married Du Yuanwen, Chen Rongsan was very kind to her, and the number of times the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had quarrels was very few.
But when it comes to him, everything goes wrong. He is just in love with Xia Ningmi, but Chen Rongsan is dissatisfied in every way. What will happen if they really get married in the future?
Liu Xu noticed that Du Yuanzhe had a headache, patted him on the shoulder to express his sympathy, but didn't say much.
This was Du Yuanzhe's family affair, and neither Chen Rongsan nor Xia Ningmi had any say in it.
Even Xiaopang didn't dare to say anything more.
After returning to the crew, Du Yuanzhe once again immersed himself in the intense filming and temporarily put other things behind him.
......
A few days later, Qianying Entertainment
Xia Yiyao appeared in the company lobby again, and the receptionist immediately stood up and greeted her when he saw her.
Xia Yiyao asked, "It's been a month, why haven't I received a meeting date notification?"
The receptionist smiled and said politely, "I'm sorry, Ms. Xia, the president has been very busy and has no time for the time being."
Xia Yiyao asked, "When will she have time?"
The front desk said: "Mr. Xia's schedule is arranged by the secretariat, we have no right to know."
Xia Yiyao sneered: "Does that mean you know nothing?"
"Yes."
"Then find someone who knows and come to see me."
The front desk clerk apologized, "I'm sorry, the secretary's office is only responsible to the president and has no obligation to receive guests."
Xia Yiyao was furious when she heard this, and said angrily, "Have you forgotten that I am a shareholder of the company? What's wrong with letting a secretary come to see me?"
The receptionist remained calm and said, "Ms. Xia, you forgot one thing. This is Qianying Entertainment, not the headquarters of the Xia Group."
Xia Yiyao only has shares in Xia Corporation and has nothing to do with Qianying Entertainment.
Xia Yiyao clenched the bag in her hand and almost threw it at the receptionist's face out of anger, but after looking at the people coming and going in the hall, she finally did not do it. She knew that she would not see Xia Ningmi today, so she snorted coldly and turned away.
As soon as she left, the front desk staff immediately called the secretariat and repeated the conversation word for word.
Cheng Yu said: "You did a good job. If Ms. Xia comes again, continue to treat her in this way."
"OK."
If it weren't for the order from the secretariat, the front desk wouldn't have dared to speak to Xia Yiyao like that.
After hanging up the phone, Yueyue asked, "Ms. Xia is here again?"
Cheng Yu nodded: "The president doesn't want to see her, no matter how many times she comes, it's useless."
She is no longer the newbie who knows nothing when she first joins the company. At the beginning of her job, she was shocked when Xia Yiyao saw Xia Ningmi need to make an appointment. Now she has become accustomed to it and thinks it should be so.
As Xia Ningmi's chief secretary, she had dealt with Xia Yiyao many times in the past few years. No matter what the reason was for Xia Yiyao to come to Xia Ningmi, the ultimate purpose was undoubtedly to get money.
She doesn't care whether her daughter eats well or gets a good rest. She only thinks about money. Such a mother is the same as having no mother at all.
Especially when she thought of her mother who would call her every now and then to check on her, Cheng Yu disliked Xia Yiyao more and more. Although they, as secretaries, had no right to say anything, everyone in the secretariat disliked Xia Yiyao.
Yueyue pouted: "I guess I'm out of money again."
Cheng Yu thought so too.
However, she reported the matter to Xia Ningmi as usual, and Xia Ningmi just said "continue as usual" and ignored the matter.
......
Remote shopping mall
Xia Yiyao was very angry at Qianying Entertainment and was in a very bad mood, so she came to the mall to shop to change her mood.
She has never lacked money since she was a child, and she spends lavishly on shopping. She buys bags and clothes in rows, without caring whether she needs them or not.
When the salesgirl saw the big customer, she was so sweet-talking that she praised Xia Yiyao from head to toe, even her hair.
Xia Yiyao felt relieved when she heard that. She waved her hand and bought another row of bags. She asked someone to pack them and send them home. Then she turned and walked into a clothing store.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Chen Rongshan choosing clothes.
The two of them belonged to the same upper class circle and had met countless times at various banquets. When Chen Rongsan married Du Yongliang, Xia Yiyao was still the apple of Mr. Xia's eye. She was the only daughter of the Xia family and had countless suitors. She was very glorious.
A few years later, Xia Yiyao ignored many suitors and married a penniless boy. She also had a quarrel with Old Man Xia and became the biggest joke in Yancheng.
Du Yongliang's initial assessment of Xia Yiyao was brainless, and Chen Rongshan agreed with him.
However, the two have never met privately over the years, and today is the first time.
Chen Rongshan cursed inwardly.
Xia Yiyao also didn't want to see people from that circle. She initially thought that she was brave enough to pursue true love, unlike those people who only cared about money. Later, Zhou Heng cheated on her and had an illegitimate child. Xia Yiyao became famous in the circle again because of him. This time, she felt that she was a joke, so she went abroad and hid for several years and cut off contact with most people in the circle.
The two looked at each other, then looked away tacitly, pretending not to see each other, and went on their own.
Until five minutes later
Chen Rongshan said: "I want this dress."
Xia Yiyao said: "I want all the clothes in this row."
They both spoke at the same time.
After the words fell, both of them were stunned, and then looked at each other with a determination in their eyes.
Xia Yiyao said sarcastically, "The Du family is a wealthy family after all. Madam Du has been shopping for a long time and just wants this one piece of clothing. It's too shabby. It's better not to buy it."
Chen Rongshan sneered: "Old Du in our family has made a lot of money, but this money did not come from the wind, unlike Mrs. Zhou... Oh no, I almost forgot that you are Ms. Xia now, how can you squander it as freely as Ms. Xia."
Xia Yiyao's face turned very ugly in an instant. What she hated most was someone mentioning her past with Zhou Heng.
"Mrs. Du is not very old, how could she have Alzheimer's disease so early that she can even misremember things that happened ten years ago?"
Chen Rongshan pretended to be helpless and said, "You can't blame me for this. Who made Ms. Xia not attend our gatherings for a long time? My perception of Ms. Xia is still stuck at the stage of Mrs. Zhou. When we called you Miss Xia, you were always unhappy and insisted that we call you Mrs. Zhou."
"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Mrs. Zhou has turned back into Miss Xia, and we have all grown old."
Chen Rongsan looked like she was reminiscing about the past, but calling her "Mrs. Zhou" again and again was like stabbing Xia Yiyao in the heart, making her furious.
"Chen Rongshan!"
Xia Yiyao said angrily, "You were just lucky enough to marry Du Yongliang, and only then did you become a phoenix. What qualifications do you have to be compared with me?"
Chen Rongshan's face turned cold: "My two sons are both excellent and filial, but your daughter doesn't even want to see you."
Xia Yiyao was already angry about this incident, and Chen Rongsan's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire. She was so angry that she lost her mind and directly grabbed Chen Rongsan's hair with one hand and hit her in the face with the other hand.
Chen Rongsan didn't expect Xia Yiyao to attack her just because she couldn't convince her. She came to her senses when she felt pain in her scalp and hurriedly stopped Xia Yiyao's hand from hitting her.
Chen Rongsan is not one to take a loss, so without saying a word she grabbed Xia Yiyao's hair and started to fight back.
The shopping guide next to her was stunned. She had just happily welcomed two big customers, but how come a fight broke out in the blink of an eye? She wanted to step forward to separate the two people, but she couldn't intervene at all.
The salesperson quickly looked at another older salesperson, who said, "Go find the person in charge of the store. I'll call the manager."
It was obvious that these two people were wealthy ladies, and they were not people that small workers like them could afford to offend. The right thing to do was to find someone qualified to deal with them.
After the older salesperson finished the call, he was thankful that there was no one else in the store and he didn't have to worry about someone taking a picture of his face and posting it online, causing trouble for the store.
為了以防萬一，她特意守在門口，在能解決這件事的人來之前，她不能讓其他人進來。
......
杜元聞接到陳蓉珊電話的時候差點以為自己聽錯了：“您說您現在在警察局？”
再次确認自己沒聽錯後，杜元聞忙起身趕過去。
一進警察局，杜元聞就看到十分狼狽的陳蓉珊，頭發亂糟糟的，脖子上的項鏈被人扯掉了吊墜，只剩下光禿禿的鏈子，衣服變得皺皺巴巴，整個人狼狽得不行。
當然，她旁邊的夏憶瑤更狼狽，不僅頭發亂得很，臉上還多了幾道紅痕，不用想也知道怎麽弄得。
杜元聞見陳蓉珊身上沒有傷痕，心裏松了口氣。
陳蓉珊見他來到，立刻起身道：“元聞，快帶媽回家。”
她很不高興，警察非得讓家屬來領，她自己又不是回不了家。
但杜元聞還沒了解事情始末，忙問道：“媽，這到底是怎麽回事？”
陳蓉珊越想越氣：“都怪夏憶瑤，是她先動手的。”
夏憶瑤聽到她的話，咬牙道：“要不是你拽着我不撒手，別人怎麽勸都不聽，我們會進警察局？”
商場負責人和服裝店經理全都好聲好氣地勸架，但兩人還是照打不誤，他們實在沒辦法，只能報警了。
陳蓉珊冷哼：“誰讓你惹我的，你惹了我，就別想全身而退。”
杜元聞又看了眼夏憶瑤臉上的紅痕。
默默給陳蓉珊的戰鬥力點了贊。
與此同時，警察局的大門再次被打開，夏凝覓穿着職業裝走進來。
她只瞥了眼三人，就走到警察面前，道：“我是夏憶瑤的女兒，在哪裏簽字？”
警察沒想到夏凝覓來了既不了解下情況，也沒關心自己母親的狀況，只問簽字的事，就仿佛她只是來簽個字的。
但警察沒多說什麽，給了夏凝覓一張表道：“在這裏簽。今後有什麽事好好說，別動不動就使用暴力。”
這時，杜元聞也走過來簽字，還不忘和夏凝覓打招呼：“夏總。”
夏凝覓微微點頭。
陳蓉珊見她沒有主動跟自己問好的意思，生氣道：“夏總看不到這裏還有長輩嗎？”
杜元聞忍不住暴汗。
我的親媽啊，您才和人家媽媽打了一架就擺長輩的譜，多少有點太拿自己當回事了。
夏凝覓簽完字，在轉身離開前看着陳蓉珊，淡淡道：“伯母。”
陳蓉珊想起之前在遠程商場，夏凝覓就是這個表情，忍不住後退一步：“你有什麽事？”
“在問候長輩。”
說完就離開了警察局，從始至終她沒和夏憶瑤說一句話。
但夏憶瑤正想見她呢，也顧不得自己丢人的事，連忙追着夏凝覓離開。
等杜元聞簽完字，陳蓉珊兩人也離開了警局，兩人沉默着上了車，等開出去一段路後，陳蓉珊忍不住道：“元聞，媽剛才表現是不是差了點？”
杜元聞知道陳蓉珊是什麽意思，忍着笑道：“夏總氣場強，媽發怵很正常。”
陳蓉珊不承認：“我沒發怵，我是長輩，怎麽可能怕她，只是不想和她一般計較。”
杜元聞立刻改口：“那是我看錯了。”
陳蓉珊大概也知道自己的話有些蒼白，轉移話題道：“這件事別告訴你爸，要不然他又得說教。”
杜元聞點頭：“我肯定不和爸說。”
但如果杜永椋自己知道，就怪不得他了。
......
等夏凝覓和夏憶瑤都上了車，程雨便啓動車子離開。
夏凝覓問道：“為什麽不讓你男朋友去接你？”
夏憶瑤冷哼：“我現在這個樣子怎麽見他？何況我女兒冷心冷肺地連親媽都不見，我只能沾警察的光了。”
夏凝覓看了眼她現在狼狽的樣子：“在大庭廣衆之下打架，看來你連最後的體面都不想要了。”
夏氏是煙城豪門，夏憶瑤作為夏氏被嬌寵着長大的小公主，天生就看不起那些只知道大吼大叫扯頭發打架的潑婦，她不止一次在夏凝覓面前表現對那些人的厭惡。
那時的她恐怕沒想到有一天她也會變成這樣的人。
夏憶瑤的臉色變了變：“那又如何？只要我手中還握着夏氏股份，只要你還是夏氏總裁，旁人見了我依舊要恭恭敬敬。”
夏凝覓冷漠道：“外公并非什麽都沒教會你，他最起碼教會了你厚臉皮。”
夏憶瑤手裏那點夏氏股份根本不值一提，她現在能過得這麽好，都是因為夏凝覓。
夏憶瑤被夏凝覓說得臉色一陣紅一陣白，氣道：“你怎麽能這麽和媽媽說話！”
她莫名有些不安，夏凝覓以往總是懶得搭理她，從不會說這麽難聽的話。
夏凝覓扭頭看她：“你覺得自己是個合格的母親嗎？”
這句話她一直想問，卻始終不敢問出口，但真的開口後她發現，其實也并沒有那麽難開口。
夏憶瑤冷笑：“我知道你肯定覺得我不算。但你別忘了，從小到大，我沒有短過你任何東西，你用的所有東西都是最好的，和那些連衣服都買不起的孩子比，你不知道幸福多少倍，這都是我給你的，你現在一味埋怨我，和白眼狼有什麽區別？”
夏凝覓從夏憶瑤臉上看不出一絲一毫的愧疚，她始終覺得夏凝覓欠她的。
沉默一會兒，夏凝覓道：“我一直覺得，任何事如果都能用錢來衡量，事情就會變得簡單很多。”
“我明天會派人和你聯系，計算我從出生到十六歲的全部花費，再扣除你這幾年的花費後，你猜猜是正還是負？”
“等償還完你花在我身上的錢後，你今後不要再找我要錢，按照你的說法，我已經不欠你。”
“比起那些子女不孝，連活下去都成問題的老人，我還願意每年支付你分紅，你比他們不知道幸福多少倍。”
夏凝覓把剛才她的話如數奉還。
夏憶瑤不相信夏凝覓敢這麽對她，色厲內荏道：“你胡說！沒有我，你根本繼承不了夏氏，你欠我的永遠還不完。”
夏凝覓面色不變：“沒有你就沒有我，沒有外公同樣沒有你，我只是欠外公的，并不欠你。”
程雨在心底呵呵，就夏憶瑤那點智商還想和總裁辯論，真是自不量力。
很快，夏家老宅到了，程雨停下車子，下車幫夏憶瑤開車，道：“夏女士，您可以下車了。”
夏憶瑤怒視她：“滾！我在和我女兒說話。”
夏凝覓冷冷看她：“下車！”
夏憶瑤一噎，看着夏凝覓的臉色有些發怵，不情不願地下了車。
直到夏凝覓離開，夏憶瑤臉色微變，她這一路上光顧着和夏凝覓吵架了，忘了把要讓夏凝覓辦的事說出來。
回花湖公寓的路上
夏凝覓道：“明天派財務去見她。”
程雨點頭：“好的。”
夏凝覓看向窗外，折騰了這麽長時間，外面的天色已經暗下來，城市內絢麗的霓虹燈閃爍。
這個城市一如既往的繁華，不會因為某個人的離開改變。
人也應該一樣才對！
叮鈴鈴——
夏凝覓的手機突然響起，是杜元哲打來的。
“七七，我聽大哥說我媽和你媽打架了？”
杜元哲聽到這消息的時候都愣了，陳蓉珊和夏憶瑤打架進了警察局，這事怎麽聽都覺得玄幻。
夏凝覓道：“小事而已。”
程雨默默松了口氣，她很感激杜元哲的這通電話，讓夏凝覓恢複正常，剛才車裏的氣氛實在太壓抑了。
杜元哲納悶：“她們怎麽會打起來？”
夏凝覓早就讓程雨調查始末，把事情過程告訴杜元哲。
杜元哲忍不住笑了：“我媽這嘴挺厲害的。”
但也證明夏憶瑤是又菜又蠢，連陳蓉珊都說不過。
夏凝覓道：“她最忌諱別人提周衡，你媽媽如果說別的可能到不了這一步。”
她長這麽大就沒見夏憶瑤和人動過手，就連當初周衡出軌，她都保持着大小姐的體面，只是讓保镖把周衡打個半死，沒親自動手。
說白了，“周太太”這三個字戳中了夏憶瑤的肺管子。
她眼中閃過一絲譏諷。
杜元哲敏感地察覺到夏凝覓不對勁，關心道：“七七，這只是我媽她們兩個的争執，過去也就過去了，別讓這件事影響你的心情。”
“元哲！”
“嗯？”
“我剛才和她說了很多。”
夏凝覓把自己剛才和夏憶瑤的對話告訴杜元哲。
杜元哲聽完挺高興的，他本來就看不慣夏憶瑤，但他搞不懂夏凝覓現在的心态，只是道：“你想做什麽就做什麽，我會永遠支持你。”
夏凝覓眸光柔和道：“好。”
人人都道夏凝覓冷漠無情，仿佛除了利益沒有讓人在意的東西。
只有夏凝覓知道自己其實沒有那麽強大，她總是縱容着夏憶瑤，除了她對夏憶瑤不切實際的期待外，也因為夏憶瑤是她唯一的親人。
她不想自己成為孤家寡人。
但現在不一樣了，她的生活中多了一個杜元哲，夏憶瑤在她心中的占比越來越小。
她方才問夏憶瑤的那個問題，就是給夏憶瑤的最後一個機會。
Chatting with Du Yuanzhe, Xia Ningmi's determination became stronger and stronger.
Du Yuanzhe said, "I will probably finish in half a month. Let's go out and play then, shall we?"
Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid of being recognized?"
With Du Yuanzhe's current fame, there is a high possibility that he will be recognized.
Du Yuanzhe had already made plans, and said with a smile: "We can go abroad, and then we can have fun as we please, without worrying about this or that."
Xia Ningmi did not refuse: "It's up to you."
"You'll have to make time for it then."
Xia Ningmi said: "My schedule is very easy to arrange."
Cheng Yu, who was sitting in the driver's seat, really wanted to retort, "Your schedule is not easy to arrange," but unfortunately she didn't dare to say it.
But she dares to post on Weibo.
@一只小橙子: Ever since the boss started dating, our secretariat has become noticeably busier. The boss has to leave on time, so we have to work overtime. The boss has to go out and play, so we still have to work overtime. I feel sorry for myself.
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