Chapter 279 Old Acquaintance
"Sorry to have kept you waiting."
"We just arrived too," Huo Dongcheng looked Wen Liang up and down. "What's with the wound on your forehead? Is it serious?"
"It's okay, I just fell accidentally."
"I haven't seen you for a few years. You're still as beautiful as you were in college."
"No way," Wen Liang smiled sheepishly, "Brother Dongcheng, let me introduce you two. These two are my good friends. This is Shishi, and this is Zhu Fan. Zhu Zhu is also a photographer. The one who didn't get out of the car is my niece."
Tang Shishi smiled and said, "Hello, handsome guy, I'm Tang Shishi."
Sadness wouldn't stay with Tang Shishi for too long. She could always digest it herself and soon look happy again.
Zhu Fan nodded towards Huo Dongcheng, "Hello, I'm Zhu Fan."
Huo Dongcheng's gaze shifted to Tang Shishi, and after a pause, he looked at Zhu Fan, nodded and smiled gentlemanly, "Hello, I'm Huo Dongcheng, Aliang's teacher. When we get to Ning Qing, we can discuss this with each other."
The latter sentence was directed at Zhu Fan.
Zhu Fan smiled and replied, "I couldn't ask for more."
Behind Huo Dongcheng was a man who had just gotten out of a car. He took the initiative to step forward and introduce himself. "Hello, three beauties. I'm Mr. Huo's assistant. You can just call me Xiaoyou."
Wen Liang raised an eyebrow, "Are you the village's assistant teacher Xiao You?"
"It's me."
"It's getting late, let's get in the car and go." Huo Dongcheng suggested.
"good."
They each returned to their cars and headed for Ningqing.
Ningqing is in the neighboring province, south of Jiangcheng. Due to its geographical location and topography, it has a warm climate, spring-like weather all year round, and beautiful natural scenery, making it a good place for field trips.
In the car, Fu Shifan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and looked at Wen Liang in the back seat, "Aliang, have you noticed what's going on in their car?"
"What?" Wen Liang was puzzled.
"I just saw that there seemed to be another person in their car who didn't get out."
"Did they?" Tang Shishi, sitting in the driver's seat, staring intently ahead, casually replied, "I didn't notice."
"Yes, you were just staring at the handsome guy!" Zhu Fan joked.
"I didn't notice it either." Wen Liang said.
Tang Shishi said seriously, "What's wrong with looking at handsome guys? Who wouldn't want to take a few glances at a good-looking guy? Oh, by the way, Aliang, is he married?"
"……have no idea."
Zhu Fan guessed, "I guess not. He didn't have a ring on his hand. If he was married, would his wife allow him to ask other girls out for field trips?"
"Yeah, that means I still have a chance." Tang Shishi said seriously.
"Ah?" Wen Liang looked shocked.
"Tang, you decided to pursue her so quickly?" Zhu Fan asked in surprise.
Tang Shishi took the time to glance at Zhu Fan, "I checked his identity before coming here. Guess what I found?"
"What did you find out?"
"Huo Dongcheng is not only a renowned photographer, but also the eldest son of the Huo family in Beijing. He used to live abroad. It seems that this year... last year, the Huo family's head, his father, was not in good health, so he was asked to return and take over the company. So, he is now the Huo family's head of power."
Zhu Fan looked at Wen Liang in surprise and asked, "And then?"
Tang Shishi chuckled, "My dad's pushing me to go on a blind date because he wants to leave his fortune to his mistress's son. I can't possibly agree to that, but I can't manage a company, so I don't have much leverage. So... hehehe... I have to find someone who can manage a company and keep my dad in check. That way, I can easily take over the company without having to manage it myself. Plus, he's from a wealthy family and won't take advantage of our Tang family's profits. It's perfect!"
"Don't you think Huo Dongcheng is particularly suitable? Although there is a big gap between our social statuses, we have to give it a try. What if he is in love and must have me?"
Zhu Fan couldn't help laughing.
Wen Liang was silent for two seconds, "...That makes sense. Come on, try to take him down."
"Auntie Tang." Fu Shifan called in a baby voice.
"Um?"
"You are such a dreamer."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the group arrived in Ningqing and the car drove into the hotel's underground garage that had been booked.
After getting off the car, Wen Liang carried Fu Shifan down, took out the luggage, and walked towards the elevator with Zhu Fan and Tang Shishi.
Tang Shishi dragged her suitcase and looked around, "Where are they?"
"Their car is parked over there. Let's go up and check in first." Wen Liang said.
Tang Shishi muttered, "There's space here, why do they have to park so far away?"
"Who knows?"
The three of them, plus Fu Shifan, took the elevator to the first floor to check in.
After entering their identification information, the receptionist handed them the room card. "Okay, your room number is 1605. Take the elevator up this way, go up to the 16th floor, and turn left to find the fourth room."
They still booked a three-bedroom, one-living room suite together, with each person having a bedroom, and Fu Shifan stayed with Wen Liang.
"good."
Wen Liang took the room card and walked towards the elevator.
Just then the elevator came down and the four of them walked in.
Just as the elevator door closed, the door of the elevator next to it, which was coming up from the underground first floor, opened, and Huo Dongcheng and his three companions walked out.
Seeing that there was no one in the hall, Xiao You looked around and said to the young man next to Huo Dongcheng, "They should have gone upstairs."
"Yeah." The young man remained calm.
After resting in the room for a while, everyone was hungry, so Wen Liang said, "Let's go to the restaurant for dinner?"
Tang Shishi, who was slumped on the sofa, immediately sat up and said, "Okay, call Huo Dongcheng and the others to come along."
Wen Liang raised his eyebrows, "Okay, I'll ask him."
"Hey, send me his WeChat!"
"good."
Wen Liang sent a WeChat message to Huo Dongcheng, asking if they wanted to have dinner, and then sent his WeChat message to Tang Shishi.
"He replied and said meet at the restaurant. Let's go."
"Huh?" Tang Shishi swiped at Wen Liang's phone in disbelief. Seeing Huo Dongcheng actually replied on the screen, she looked sad. "Then why didn't he agree to my friend request?"
Zhu Fan patted her shoulder comfortingly, "Maybe you didn't see it."
Tang Shishi: “…”
She herself didn't believe this reason.
Huo Dongcheng and Xiaoyou had already sat down in the restaurant. Seeing that there were only two of them, Zhu Fan thought he had seen it wrong and put the matter behind him.
They shared a table for dinner, and the atmosphere was livened up by Tang Shishi and Xiaoyou. Although they had just met, the atmosphere was not awkward at all.
During the conversation, he mentioned the acquaintance of Huo Dongcheng and Wen Liang. He looked at Wen Liang with a smile and talked about a few things. In addition to renting a house, there were also purchases of daily necessities, visa extensions, etc., all of which he took Wen Liang to handle.
Another time, Wen Liang lost her cell phone in a shopping mall or supermarket and went to the person in charge to check the surveillance footage. The person in charge ignored her because she was a young girl and a foreigner. It was only after Huo Dongcheng negotiated with them that they carefully checked the surveillance footage and found the person who stole the phone.
Coincidentally, Huo Dongcheng and Wen Liang graduated from the same university with related majors. He knew the personalities of several of Wen Liang's teachers and gave her a lot of guidance in her studies.
In addition, during an event held by Chinese people during the Spring Festival that year, Wen Liang was harassed by a rich second-generation man who had gone abroad to make money. It was Huo Dongcheng who stepped in, and the rich second-generation man did not dare to harass Wen Liang.
However, the more Wen Liang listened to what Huo Dongcheng said, the more unfamiliar it sounded. She tried hard to recall, but still couldn't remember anything.
"Wow, so you two had a very good relationship before." Tang Shishi's eyes moved between Huo Dongcheng and Wen Liang, her eyes full of meaning.
I feel Huo Dongcheng is not bad, not much worse than Fu Zheng.
As for what she said in the car, although she had thought about doing that, it was mostly a joke.
Wen Liang pretended not to see Tang Shishi's look and turned around to pick up some food for Fu Shifan.
The little girl had long noticed the photographer's intentions towards her aunt. Humph, she was going to tell her uncle!
When the meal was almost over, Tang Shishi got up and went to the bathroom.
The men's and women's restrooms shared a row of sinks. While she was washing her hands, someone walked out of the men's restroom.
Tang Shishi raised her eyes casually, and her whole body froze.
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