"You are such a good wife, you think so much about Lu Zhishu," Zhou Mo complained.
Shen Pan smiled embarrassedly, "Are you taking a day off today?"
"Um."
"Want to go out and have some fun?"
"Where are you going?"
"Our company is holding a project launch ceremony at the Casa Hotel. Would you like to come and take a look? There are quite a few professors from the University of Tokyo here," Chen Pan said. "We'll be organizing the promotion. There will also be free meals. The cakes are specially provided by BOBOCAKE."
"Is it not a good idea for me to go to your company's meeting?"
"I'll get you a badge for the attendee. Aren't you from Todai University? Just pretend you're from there. Many Todai professors bring their students here, so it's no problem."
“…”
"You're not happy with free food and drinks?"
"Am I the kind of person who likes to take advantage of small opportunities?"
"You're not?"
Zhou Mo thought about it and said, "It's true."
"Come quickly if you are, it will be tea break soon."
"immediately."
It just so happens that he doesn’t have to cook, which Zhou Mo couldn’t have asked for more.
After quickly packing up and going out, Zhou Mo took a taxi there.
It is difficult to park near Casa Hotel. Zhou Mo was afraid that his parking skills were too poor and he would ruin his new car, so he didn't drive.
Zhou Mo arrived at the venue according to Shen Pan's instructions.
When they met, Shen Pan put a blue rope around Zhou Mo's neck. Zhou Mo looked down and saw an empty work badge with no photo on it.
"Is the launch meeting over?" Zhou Mo asked.
"The first half just ended and the tea break started," Chen Pan pulled Zhou Mo, and the two of them quickly walked into the banquet hall next door which was specially set up for tea breaks.
Before, Zhou Mo had no interest in desserts like cakes, but after Han Chen bought BOBOCAKE pastries a few times, Zhou Mo fell in love with desserts.
This time I came here to "steal some food" in order to satisfy my appetite as much as possible. After all, this cake is really not cheap.
Zhou Mo and Shen Pan only picked cakes. Zhou Mo especially loved cream cake. The feeling of eating the sweet cream and soft cake together was so blissful.
Although many people like mousse now, Zhou Mo still prefers the most traditional combination of cream cake.
Chen Pan also tried a piece at Zhou Mo's recommendation. The sweet taste made her jump for happiness.
"It seems like eating birthday cake," Chen Pan thought for a moment and said, "The last time I ate cake, it was Lu Zhishu who accompanied me. Although he was very thoughtful, the cake was indeed not very tasty."
Zhou Mo smiled and said, "If Lu Zhishu heard what you said, he would be upset."
Chen Pan: "It's okay if it hurts."
Zhou Mo: "You have him under control now, right?"
"Of course," Chen Pan said confidently, "He's already lost his wife once. If he doesn't learn from his mistakes, he'll never want me as his wife again in this life."
Zhou Mo smiled and nodded, "How's Zhifan doing lately? Is everything going well?"
Chen Pan: "It's good. Didn't I meet Lu Yaocheng yesterday? I feel like he quite appreciates Lu Zhishu. The two of them were digging up the family tree together."
Zhou Mo was surprised: "Huh?"
Chen Pan: "They both have the surname Lu, and their ancestors are from the same family. Don't you know?"
Zhou Mo: "I know, but—they're digging up the family tree...that's outrageous."
Chen Pan: "Well, who knows what the big boss is thinking? Lu Zhishu is no coward. Maybe they are both ambitious people, so it's normal for them to admire each other. Plus, they are relatives, so they talked about the family tree. Their Lu family is really huge, and the side branches are more numerous than the branches of the Amazon River."
Zhou Mo: “…”
Chen Pan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Doesn't Han Chen have many brothers? His family must be a large family too. With so many relatives, relationships tend to become scattered. Anyway, I heard Lu Zhishu and Lu Yaocheng say that the Lu family has been splitting up since their great-grandfather's generation, and it was even more severe in their grandfather's generation. Many people who didn't get a share of the family property couldn't make it in the imperial capital, so they all left. I didn't think that the infighting within large families was so fierce before, but now I realize that people are blinded by money, no matter where they are. My father even severed the relationship with my aunt because of the dowry left by my grandmother. My aunt ran away from home in anger and is still missing."
Zhou Mo was surprised: "You have a younger aunt? I've never heard you mention that before."
Shen Pan: "I only found out about it when I heard my parents quarreling. They usually don't want to mention it, and I've never seen it."
Zhou Mo asked: "Do you know her name?"
"I don't know," Chen Pan said. "My grandfather favored sons over daughters. At the time, our family was so poor that we could only chew tree bark. When my aunt was born, they originally planned to give her away because she was a girl and no one wanted her. My grandfather didn't want to raise her, so he threw her in the snow on the back mountain. It was my grandmother who braved the wind and snow to go to the back mountain and pick her up."
Zhou Mo: "This is too miserable..."
Chen Pan: "It happened in 1976, which happened to be the last year of the special incident. After that year, life gradually got better, and my grandfather never thought about abandoning the child again. It's just..."
Zhou Mo: "What is it?"
Chen Pan: "My aunt was a very good student at that time. I heard that the old teacher who taught her saw that she was very smart and tried his best to persuade my grandparents to find a good school for her. At that time, my grandfather refused. He only wanted my father to go to school, but my father didn't like studying and refused to go no matter what. My grandfather was seriously ill at the time and passed away after a few days. After he passed away, my grandmother sent my aunt to a school in the city. My aunt went to school in the city, but while she was there, she ran away with a man and never came back. Later, she suddenly came back and fought with my father for my grandmother's belongings. Anyway, their relationship as siblings was not very good, and my father never mentioned it. There has been no such person as my aunt in our family since I was born."
Zhou Mo frowned and thought carefully, but said nothing more.
"I've chosen," Chen Pan said with a smile, holding two plates of cakes. "I'll go find a place. When you've chosen, come find me."
"Okay," Zhou Mo replied with a smile.
Shen Pan went to look for an empty seat, while Zhou Mo turned around and concentrated on picking out the food he liked.
When she saw the champagne, she suddenly felt craving for it and thought of ordering two glasses. It happened that she didn't drive when she came, so she could drink.
Just as he stretched out his hand, before it touched the stem of the champagne glass, another pair of slender hands took away the glass of wine that Zhou Mo had his eyes on.
Zhou Mo turned his head and saw an incomprehensible smile on the woman's familiar face.
She was dressed in formal attire, with carefully styled medium-length curly hair, the brown color having a Korean style. She wore a British-style women's shirt on top and black slim-fit cropped pants on the bottom.
"Tai Ning?"
Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time and the person in front of him had become much more mature and refined than before, Zhou Mo still recognized him at a glance.
"Hello, Zhou Mo," Tai Ning greeted with a smile.
Zhou Mo frowned, wanting to laugh but unable to.
After all, no one can laugh at the person who cheated on him.
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