Chapter 313: Reunion of Old Friends
"Su Man, you said you had an appointment with me at that time, but on the appointed day, you waited for me for a long time, but I didn't show up... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to break the appointment."
Fang Zhiming showed signs of bursting into tears.
He kissed her heartbrokenly, "If I hadn't had an accident that day and had been on time for the appointment, wouldn't so many things have happened later... wouldn't I have been able to save you from so much suffering and so much sin?"
These words brought back the sadness Su Man had felt over the years.
But if Fang Zhiming had come to the appointment that year, could she have escaped the fate of being manipulated by her aunt?
not necessarily.
Maybe nothing has changed.
She shook the wine glass in her hand, and the ice cubes hit the wall of the glass with a tinkling sound. "I can't blame you. Honestly, even if you came, things might not change."
"At least I will be by your side these years! I will protect you and will not let those who bully you succeed!" Fang Zhiming was very excited.
Compared to Fang Zhiming, Su Man seemed more rational. "This is not your fault. It's just God's nature to play tricks on people."
"I also know that saying this now won't help. That's why I'm asking you, how have you been these years? Is the life you're living now what you want? If you need it, I'll help you."
Help her?
What does she need help with?
Su Man did not reveal too many of her difficulties. In Fang Zhiming's eyes, Su Man should have a happy family now, but why did Su Man hear from his tone that he was eager to ask her to make some request of him?
"I...I'm fine."
Fang Zhiming sighed, "Don't pretend. You don't need to pretend to be strong in front of me. I've heard everything about you."
Su Man was stunned.
"Xiao Beisheng cheated on you with another woman at a banquet, right in front of you. It caused a huge uproar. Later, you married your current husband... But Xiao Beisheng allegedly pursued you and your wife relentlessly, and your husband has even lost his job. You mentioned earlier that you were having trouble cashing in, was that because of this?"
“…” Su Man was silent.
She didn't know what to say.
She couldn't complain to Fang Zhiming.
Finding the boy who played the piano on the second floor of the small villa was almost her obsession, but for some reason, when Fang Zhiming revealed his identity, Su Man did not feel the joy and excitement she had expected.
She also couldn't make Fang Zhiming let down his guard and tell him all his secrets.
include……
He and Qiao Shiyan were just a fake couple without any feelings;
Doudou is Xiao Beisheng's biological child;
She could only keep all these to herself.
"We did have a problem with funding shortage, but now it has been resolved." Su Man avoided the main point.
"Let the past be the past. We recognized each other tonight and found our soulmate from back then. We should be happy," Su Man clinked her glass with Fang Zhiming's.
There was a crisp sound.
"I wish we can meet again!"
Su Man tilted her head back and drank most of the wine. When she put down the glass, she found that Fang Zhiming had already had his third glass in a row.
He looked dejected. "At first, I thought Xiao Beisheng would treat you well, that you had found your happiness. Plus, Xiao Beisheng was forcing me, so I chose to avoid him. As long as you could be happy, I was willing to let go. But later, I heard that he wasn't treating you well, and that you weren't happy... I really regret not being firm and staying..."
As she said this, Suman's cell phone dinged.
The screen suddenly lit up and a text message popped up on the screen. Su Man took a look and found it was a harassing text message.
Fang Zhiming also saw it.
He asked, "What's wrong?"
Su Man's face flashed with embarrassment. She took a sip of wine and said, "It's okay. My phone must have been attacked by a virus recently. I keep receiving spam messages."
Fang Zhiming nodded. "I'm glad you're alright. Remember, if you have any difficulties, be sure to come to me and I will help you."
When leaving, Fang Zhiming was already half drunk. Su Man called a taxi for him and helped him wait for the car on the side of the road.
At this time, Fang Zhiming was still emphasizing to Su Man:
"Su Man, I will always be your support. If you have any difficulties, I will solve them for you, no matter what..."
After a lot of effort, the car finally arrived and Su Man stuffed Fang Zhiming into the car.
As the car merged into the traffic flow, a man and a woman came towards Su Man, arguing loudly.
Still quite aggressive:
"Lawyer Qiao, let me tell you! She wasn't on a company team-building trip at all. She was clearly drinking alone with a random guy! She was clearly lying to you!"
Luna brought Qiao Shiyan with her, as if she had caught Su Man doing something serious. In front of Su Man, she accused and scolded Su Man to Qiao Shiyan.
"Luna, this is our own family matter, I can handle it myself." Qiao Shiyan didn't listen.
"Can you handle it yourself? Lawyer Qiao, you've used up all your intelligence on lawsuits. You know nothing about relationships. When I'm not around, you'll believe whatever she says and let her lead you by the nose!"
Qiao Shiyan was silent.
Luna walked up to Suman, and her contemptuous look had already judged Suman as a married woman with improper behavior:
"A mother abandoned her husband and her breastfeeding child!"
"She came out to get drunk and have fun with men, and even hugged and kissed in the street!"
Su Man looked at her quietly, her eyes slightly cold, "Have you said enough?"
"That's not enough! When Lawyer Qiao was in the hospital, he had just come out of the operating room and was lying in bed, needing someone to take care of him. You were hanging out with a strange man in the hospital. I saw the kiss mark on your neck!"
Su Man thought she was noisy.
It seems that in court, you can't win the argument without this kind of eloquence.
"Shi Yan, what do you think?" Su Man couldn't communicate with Luna, and there was no need to argue with an outsider. Her teammate was Qiao Shi Yan.
They are not a real couple and have no real feelings for each other.
When they got married, both parties agreed that they would not interfere with each other's pursuit of their own happiness. If one day they found such a person and wanted to spend the rest of their lives with this person, then both parties would not interfere with each other's marriage and would let the other party leave freely.
In other words, even if Su Man was really dating another man today, according to the agreement between her and Qiao Shiyan, she was not wrong.
As for the fact that Su Man hid the truth about her and Xiao Beisheng.
Nor is it out of a wife's responsibility.
It was because she didn't want Qiao Shiyan to think that she was being manipulated by Xiao Beisheng in order to save Qiao Shiyan. In that case, with Qiao Shiyan's character, he would rather die than let Su Man sacrifice herself.
But Luna, an outsider, didn't know about this.
She also believed that Suman was fickle and guilty of heinous crimes.
Qiao Shiyan asked Su Man: "Didn't you say we were going to have a team building in the studio?"
His voice was gentle, without any questioning tone.
"We were originally planning a team building event, but everyone turned it down. In the end, only Fang Zhiming and I came to the bar. It was a perfect opportunity, as both he and I wanted to have a drink," said Su Man.
Luna jumped out and yelled, "That's ridiculous! Lawyer Qiao, you can't believe it, right?"
"I believe her." Qiao Shiyan said.
"You saw it with your own eyes, and you still don't believe me. Do you want to believe her?"
Luna was furious.
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