62 Daughter, let's go! Let's ignore this little rascal!
After a brief stalemate with Ni Yue, Chen Yuang chose to turn around and leave.
He knew that he was bruised and battered, his image was in a bad state, and his physical and mental state was not good. It was not a good time to use the domineering CEO's forced love.
There is a long time to go, and he will find a chance to clarify the misunderstanding later.
The most important thing now is to go home, take a good shower, have a good sleep, and recover your energy. Then, slowly deal with the pile of WeChat messages on his phone that he has not had time to reply to.
He had just glanced around and saw that more than one of his friends had sent him messages:
Brother, why are you missing?
Was he caught soliciting prostitution? Or was he kidnapped to northern Myanmar?
If you are in northern Myanmar, give me a 1!
…
His immediate supervisor, head nurse Tsai Ming-liang, had called and sent several WeChat messages, the last one two days ago: "Are you okay? Why have you been absent from work for several days without an excuse? I rang your doorbell, but no one answered! If you don't show up, we're calling the police!"
…
Of course, his mother Chu Yanhong would not be absent either. She had been looking for him for a week, bombarding him with hundreds of WeChat messages, each of which contained countless question marks, making people feel suffocated.
Based on priority, he first replied to Tsai Ming-liang: I’m sorry, Aunt Tsai, I made you worry. I will go to the hospital tomorrow morning to explain to you!
Reply to Chu Yanhong again: I’m sorry, Mom. I had something urgent to do and didn’t have time to tell you. I’m fine now, don’t worry about me!
The two women replied almost at the same time: OK, got it.
Chen Yuang's brows furrowed, feeling something strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was strange. His mind was completely bewildered.
When I opened the door, I saw a bright light in front of me.
Do you think your eyes are blurry, or that you forgot to turn off the lights before going out?
Suddenly I felt something hard under my feet. When I looked down, I found it was a pair of high heels.
They were bright red, made of patent leather, and the heels were as high as the syringes he used for injections.
My heart skipped a beat, something bad happened - the bright red pepper has returned!
Looking at Chen Yuang and Ni Yue pulling each other under the sycamore tree across the street, like a pair of infatuated lovers from a romance novel, Zhang Chenling pursed her lips and smiled.
She stole a glance at Xu Zhiqian and found that he was staring at her with his eyes lowered, with two parts of drunkenness, three parts of smile, and five parts of lingering lust.
Goose bumps appeared all over her body. She quickly covered her face with her hands and pretended to yawn. "I'm a little sleepy. I'm leaving now!"
Then he turned around and shouted to his colleagues, "Drink as much as you want tonight, and have a midnight snack later. I'll reimburse you for all the expenses tomorrow!"
Everyone was busy saying: "Boss is awesome", "Sister Ling is awesome", "Good night, boss", "Goodbye"...
Zhang Chenling was a little tipsy and walked leisurely in the cool evening breeze, a little slower than usual.
Turning into the alley of Xiangyang South Road, she saw a long shadow cast on the ground and was suddenly startled - right next to her shadow, there was another longer and darker shadow!
When she walked slower, the shadow also slowed down. When she quickened her pace, the shadow followed closely behind her, step by step - it was obviously following her!
After calming down for half a second, she quietly clenched her phone, turned around unexpectedly, and raised her hand to smash it.
"Xu Zhiqian?"
Her hand froze in mid-air. She recognized the man in front of her, and her heart dropped. "Why are you following me so stealthily?"
Xu Zhiqian grabbed her wrist and said, "It's late at night, and you're going home alone. I'm worried! I didn't expect you to be so vigilant! But are you serious about hitting someone with your phone?"
Zhang Chenling shook him off, breathing heavily through her nose. "My only weapon is my phone. Am I supposed to hit you with my head?!"
Both of them chuckled at the same time.
After a while, Zhang Chenling asked with a stern face, "You followed me here. Did everyone see it?"
"You're overthinking it. No one cares!" Xu Zhiqian raised the corner of his mouth. "At most, they think I'm trying to flatter you. No one thinks I'm trying to pursue you!"
The smile gradually turned bitter, "No one can see the couple relationship between us."
"Hehe, who has a CP feeling with you?!" Zhang Chenling sneered, shook her head, turned and walked deep into the alley.
Xu Zhiqian followed closely.
Turning a corner and walking into the alley, the night was as dark as ink in the narrow space. Seeing that they were only a few steps away from their home, Zhang Chenling felt uneasy and turned to Xu Zhiqian and said, "You can go back. There's no need..."
Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, his mouth was blocked.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Zhiqian pressed his hot lips against hers, and his tongue, like a slippery snake, pried open her teeth and drilled straight in.
Almost at the same time, her waist was tightly clamped by his arms, and she could not move.
He didn't seem to want to move.
She fell into the man's arms, kissing and caressing his face, her thumbs stroking the hair at his temples. The white hair seemed harder and pricked her fingertips, making them itchy.
The brain loses its ability to think and is completely controlled by desire.
After their lips and teeth were entangled for a few seconds, she reluctantly pushed him away.
A mouthful of sea salt and lychee flavor.
Xu Zhiqian looked pleased with himself for having successfully attacked. "We are so harmonious together, why do you always refuse?"
Zhang Chenling swallowed twice, her lust receding. She coughed and said, "Because I'm your boss! Don't forget, we signed a three-article agreement! You've made a few outrageous remarks before, but considering that you joined us when we were in the most difficult time, I haven't blamed you..."
"You're such a hypocrite!" Xu Zhiqian interrupted her with a smirk. The next second, his expression turned serious. "If you really mind, then when the company gets bigger, I'll resign. That way, I won't be your subordinate anymore. Then we can openly date, okay?"
Zhang Chenling calmed down and shook her head, "Not good!"
"What?" Xu Zhiqian raised his eyebrows.
"If I weren't the boss of a startup, maybe I would agree to you, but we're starting a business right now, and we're just starting to get some traction! If I were to fall in love with one of my subordinates, or even a former subordinate, and start a husband-and-wife business, what do you think everyone would think of me? They're attracted to me, Sister Ling, because I'm their living poster girl. They've dropped everything to follow me and build a business, not to take advantage of my proximity to men. Do you understand?!"
Seeing her righteous and stern look, Xu Zhiqian was embarrassed and lowered his head to look at the tip of his shoes. After a while, he raised his eyes, tears flashing in his eyes. "Okay, Mr. Zhang, be more democratic. Do you want to listen to my ideas?"
"Go ahead!" Zhang Chenling turned her head to the side and looked at a small calico wild cat squatting in the corner.
"You may not know this, but actually, my feelings for you are deeper than you think. I never told you that it was you who pulled me back from the edge of the cliff."
Xu Zhiqian spoke with great emotion, but Zhang Chenling seemed unmoved.
He paused, then continued, "Before I met you, I was like a walking corpse, depressed for a long time. It wasn't until the night we had that first...that I found the meaning of life again."
"Oh!" Zhang Chenling snorted coldly, "It all comes down to that crotch thing!"
"...You fell asleep first that night. You don't know, but I stayed awake all night holding you in my arms," Xu Zhiqian's voice revealed an unprecedented depth of affection. "I've figured out a lot of things. I've made up my mind to cut off some of the negative energy that has been entangled with me for a long time. Materially, I've lost a lot, almost everything, but spiritually, I've regained my spirits. You are the light that has shone into the haze of my life."
Zhang Chenling's eyes shifted from the cat to him. "So you want to take this light for yourself?"
Under the moonlight, Xu Zhiqian's face was faintly flushed. "That's what I planned, but who knew you'd sneak away the next day while I was taking a shower! Luckily, we met again later. That day, when I learned that you were a bath assistant, I suddenly felt more enlightened and had a feeling that 'life can be this way'..."
Zhang Chenling said nothing, as if she was moved by his words.
He stared into Zhang Chenling's eyes, determined to confess everything to her: "If I hadn't met you, I would probably still be stuck in the quagmire of marriage and wouldn't have divorced my ex-wife so quickly..."
"What? Stop it!" Zhang Chenling shuddered. "Ex-wife? Divorce? What's going on? Explain it clearly!"
Xu Zhiqian looked embarrassed. "I could talk about all the love and hate between my ex-wife and I for a whole day and night... To make a long story short, we've been separated for a long time. She wanted to take all my property and demanded a high alimony. I always disagreed. The divorce lawsuit lasted for half a year, which is the main reason why I live in a youth hostel."
“…” Zhang Chenling couldn’t believe her ears.
"The day I met you, she and I had just gone through a round of negotiations that ended in a bad mood. On my way home, I passed by and whispered something. That night, apricot blossoms were drizzling, and I saw you drinking alone from afar. I got carried away and walked over to chat with you. I never thought that we would be so compatible in bed..."
"Wait!" Zhang Chenling raised her hand to signal him to shut up, her thoughts still lingering on the previous conversation. "So, the night we had our one-night stand, you were legally married? To put it bluntly, I slept with someone else's husband?!"
Xu Zhiqian felt a little uncomfortable and stuffed his restless hands into his jeans pockets. "Chen Ling, I don't want to hide anything from you, so I'm telling you all this openly. I didn't go through the divorce procedures at that time, but she and I had separated a long time ago. Both in fact and in my mind, I believe we were divorced!"
Zhang Chenling's tongue felt sour as she smiled bitterly, "Xu Zhiqian, you might not know this, but I got divorced many years ago because my ex-husband slept with someone else while we were married! ...So, if I had known that you were a married man that night, I would definitely not have been with you!"
"But you didn't ask me that night!" Xu Zhiqian's eyes suddenly lit up with two balls of fire, and his words became sharp, "You don't even care who I am! You weren't serious, you just wanted to have sex, but I took it seriously!"
"..." As if someone had torn off her hypocritical mask, Zhang Chenling suddenly felt a little ashamed.
The next second, this shame was replaced by inner determination.
She waved her hand, trying to end this meaningless conversation: "I'm going home, you should go home early to rest, work hard tomorrow, and stop thinking about it!"
Seeing that she was about to desert again, Xu Zhiqian quickly reached out and pulled her arm, "No, I won't let you go. We haven't finished talking yet!"
He used force on his wrists, trying to force himself on her again and end her stubbornness with a kiss, but this time, Zhang Chenling refused to comply.
The two people started to struggle in the narrow space.
"Bang!"
Zhang Chenling was struggling when she suddenly heard a loud noise and saw a flash of white light before her eyes.
Almost at the same time, Xu Zhiqian wailed: "Ouch!"
He immediately let go, bent over and held his head, screaming in pain - he was attacked on the head!
Zhang Chenling was stunned. The next second, she saw clearly that an old lady had appeared beside her out of nowhere. She was half a head shorter than her, thin, dressed in black, and holding a small, dented aluminum pot in her hand.
Realizing that it was she who had just come to her aid, Zhang Chenling was about to thank her when she was grabbed by the arm and dragged into the alley. "Daughter, let's go! Let's ignore this little hooligan!"
"???" Zhang Chenling stumbled and was dragged far away. "Auntie, who are you? Did you recognize the wrong person?"
The old lady turned around, tears streaming down her face. "Daughter, how come you don't even recognize your mother?!"
Those tearful eyes reminded Zhang Chenling of Chen Hongmei. She was momentarily dazed, thinking she had traveled back in time. She couldn't help but respond with a trembling voice, "Mom, I recognize you..."
Behind him, Xu Zhiqian's "yayaya" calls covered up the chaotic sound of footsteps.
Someone hurried over to them.
The old lady's eyes lit up, and she dropped the pot, banging it on the ground. She reached out and said, "Husband, you just got off work!"
Before Zhang Chenling could come to her senses, she heard a young voice impatiently say, "Grandma, I've told you a hundred times, I'm not your grandfather, I'm your grandson!"
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