"Yeah." July responded.
She got out of the car and watched Ji Qianchong leave. Only after the car disappeared did July retract her gaze, turn around and prepare to leave.
As she passed the supercar, she glanced at it and quickened her pace as she walked upstairs.
When I entered the house, I saw a pair of men's shoes in the entrance hall.
When Cheng's mother saw her come back, she didn't put down her work and called out to her with a smile, "Qiyue, Lin Xi is here. Why are you back so late? Doesn't your part-time job end at 5 pm?"
Three years ago, her name was Cheng Qiyue.
The Cheng family is a well-known wealthy family in the capital, but a mistake made by Cheng's father caused the company to suffer heavy losses and a lack of funds.
Later, Cheng's father died in a car accident. The Cheng Group declared bankruptcy the next day. Cheng's mother was so sad that she became seriously ill. So she and Cheng's mother left the imperial capital and went to Beijing.
July paused for a moment after hearing what Cheng's mother said.
In the past, when Lin Xi came to the Cheng family, Cheng's mother would greet him with a smile. Cheng's father and mother supported their relationship and always regarded Lin Xi as their future son-in-law.
Qiyue changed her shoes and said, "I stayed with Qian Chong for a while, so I came back late."
Lin Xi came out of her bedroom, and Cheng's mother smiled and handed him a plate of fruit. "You talk to Qiyue, I'll go cook."
Cheng's mother went into the kitchen.
Although July had slept for a few hours, he was still a little tired, especially when he saw Lin Xi, he felt extremely exhausted.
The man walked towards her, came in front of her, smiled and took her hand, "Why did you leave so suddenly this morning? You didn't answer the phone, and I couldn't find you anywhere. I was worried that something might have happened to you, so I came to your house."
July shook his hand off her wrist, placed her bag on the chair, and walked towards her bedroom.
Lin Xi put down the fruit plate and immediately followed her. "Qibao, I brought you a birthday present."
After entering the room, July closed the door.
She stood against the door, her eyes cold and her tone flat, "I was drunk last night, and you've forgotten what happened. You didn't lose anything about that incident."
How can it be a loss to get a virgin for nothing?
The smile on Lin Xi's lips faded a little. He reached out to hold her hand, but she dodged him.
The man froze for a moment. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you? I apologize..."
"Today is the anniversary of my father's death." She interrupted him.
The woman looked up at the man in front of her. "I never told my mother how my father died three years ago. She only knew that he was in a traffic accident on the way home from school when he was picking me up."
"actually……"
"You probably don't remember, but three years ago today was the day you left the country. I looked everywhere for you but couldn't find you. Your mother told me you were on your way to the airport."
"My dad couldn't bear to see me sad, so he drove me to the airport. The plane was leaving in just twenty minutes, and he was afraid I wouldn't make it to the airport and wouldn't be able to keep you, so he drove too fast." Tears fell from July's eyes. "There was a car accident at the intersection leading to the airport."
"My father died despite failed rescue efforts, and I was injured in my right ear and became deaf." July looked at him as if he were a stranger.
"It was because I saw that diary and those few sentences I wrote." She lowered her head and continued, "The Cheng family was short of money at the time. You were already a well-known writer in China. My mother, blinded by greed, stole your manuscript and sold it for 300,000 yuan."
"Now my family has to pay the price. The Cheng Group went bankrupt and was acquired. My father passed away. My mother is in poor health now. I am also deaf in my right ear." She looked at him and said, "The Cheng family has paid back what it owes you."
The man frowned deeply. "The Cheng Group's office building has always been in the imperial capital's business district. All the directors have not been replaced, and the top management is still the same as before."
Qiyue was so angry that she laughed, "Then why don't you go and see who the chief executive is? It's your father."
When the Cheng Group went bankrupt and was acquired, Lin's father came to the Cheng family the next day and asked her and her mother to leave the imperial capital as soon as possible.
Lin's father probably thought that the Cheng family had cheated Lin Xi of her money, and that Cheng Qiyue was the culprit behind the deception, so he wanted to turn a blind eye.
"I didn't know about the Cheng Group," he explained. "When I returned to the capital two weeks later, I found the Cheng family had left. I checked who owned the old Cheng family house and saw it was my father, so I had a falling out with him."
"He told me that your whole family went to New York, so I've been looking for you there for the past three years. Until recently, I accidentally returned to Beijing and saw you at the gate of Beijing University..."
Qiyue smiled and called out his name, "Lin Xi?"
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