despair.

The crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground interrupted the bickering between Chen Xu and Chen Ziqi.

Chen Xu turned around and saw a woman in a light blue pleated skirt walking in with a black bag on her shoulder. She looked to be in her twenties, with a bun on her head, but this combination did not look out of place on her.

When a woman like this walks into the store, she feels out of place.

After she came in, her eyes first swept over the decorations in the store, and finally paused for a second on Chen Ziqi's face before landing on Chen Xu's face and saying, "Hello."

Chen Xu had some impression of this woman. She should be Luo Xiyun's friend. When he was still at work, he saw the two of them go to the company together. At this time, seeing her take the initiative to greet him, he was a little confused. How did she know him? He asked, "Hello, do you want to eat noodles?"

"No, I just came to see you." The woman said, holding out her hand, "My name is Liu Yumeng, and I'm a friend of Xiyun. You should have seen me."

Chen Xu hesitantly extended his hand and shook her hand. He became even more confused and said, "My name is Chen Xu. I don't know why you came to see me..."

Liu Yumeng smiled and said, "I just wanted to see what kind of deity could ignore Xiyun's charm. Now it seems that he is just average."

Chen Ziqi was listening to their conversation and her eyes suddenly lit up. There was so much information in their words.

Who is this beautiful woman in front of her? Who is Xiyun she mentioned? What is the relationship between Chen Xu and them? She felt her gossip fire burning.

Chen Xu could sense the sting in her words, as if she was defending Luo Xiyun. He was silent for a few seconds and said, "Did you misunderstand something?"

Liu Yumeng crossed her arms and stared at him, "Then tell me, what did I misunderstand?"

Chen Xu grabbed the rag at hand, squeezed it tightly, and said, "We are just an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship, nothing else."

"Really?"

Liu Yumeng looked at his inadvertent little movements, her eyes became somewhat teasing, and she said, "Even if you can fool me, can you fool yourself?"

Chen Xu frowned, his eyes a little unhappy, "If you come here just to say these things, please leave, I still have business to do."

"I really feel sorry for her." Liu Yumeng's expression suddenly turned cold. "She made herself look like that for a man like you who doesn't even have any balls."

Chen Ziqi, who was standing nearby, was a little caught off guard when he saw the two of them suddenly become tense and his eyes became brighter.

Chen Xu said with anger on his face, "Please make sure you understand the situation before you criticize me. She already has a boyfriend."

"Ha." Liu Yumeng almost wanted to laugh and said, "She actually has a boyfriend? How come I didn't know? Then tell me, what's his name and what does he do?"

Chen Xu had a very bad impression of this woman and sneered, "You are her friend, how could you not know? His name is Du Feng, he is an executive of a technology company, he has a PhD from MIT, and their parents are old acquaintances. He even drove a Ferrari to the company to pick her up."

At this point, he became very annoyed, "Forget it, I don't want to talk to you anymore. Please go away."

Liu Yumeng was extremely confused when she heard what he said. She wanted to say something, but when she saw his gloomy look, for some reason, her heart skipped a beat and she felt a chill. She didn't dare to say anything more and turned away.

After she went out, she was suddenly awakened by the wind. She felt annoyed when she thought about how she was scared away by his look just now.

"You dare to glare at me? You deserve to be single." Originally, she wanted to clarify the misunderstanding between him and Luo Xiyun, but now her mind has changed and she decided to torture them for a few more days.

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After Liu Yumeng left, Chen Ziqi saw Chen Xu, whose face was still not looking good, and asked in a low voice, "Who is that Xiyun?"

Chen Xu glared at her and said, "You are just a kid, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

She pouted and muttered, "You're mean to me again."

Chen Xu didn't say anything else. He made a bowl of noodles in silence and closed the door. He was in a bad mood and decided to close the door and rest for the night.

There are two rooms on the mezzanine floor of the noodle shop, so when Chen Ziqi comes, he has a place to stay.

It was not until two days later that Chen Xu's mood improved. He handed the store over to Aunt Zhou and the others, and took Chen Ziqi out to play for a day and to see a movie.

"I didn't expect that there would be one less beautiful lady like me with a nice figure. I would end up having to go to the movies with my cousin." Chen Ziqi was still muttering to himself after leaving the cinema.

Chen Xu ignored her words, glanced at his phone, and found that it was almost out of battery, and said, "It's almost seven o'clock, let's go to the supermarket in front to buy some vegetables, and then go back. I'll make you something delicious when I get home."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Chen Ziqi happily pulled him and started running.

When he arrived at the supermarket, Chen Ziqi pushed a shopping cart, ran quickly to the snack area, and picked up a bunch of snacks.

Chen Xu followed behind. To be honest, he hadn't been to the supermarket for a long time. He always went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

The last time he went to the market was in his dream, that night with Bai Jinxuan. Thinking of what she said when she thought he was going to attack her at night, he couldn't help laughing.

Sometimes, she is really silly and cute.

I don’t know how she is doing now.

Suddenly, he remembered that he heard the news that she was sick and hospitalized when he went to participate in the dart competition two days ago. He couldn't help but worry and wanted to check her news. He picked up his phone and found that it had been automatically turned off.

He stood there for a moment and sighed dejectedly.

Even if I knew, what would it matter? After all, she and I were from two different worlds. Paying attention to her news would only add to my troubles.

"Chen Xu, what are you doing standing here?"

At this time, Chen Ziqi came to him with a cart and complained, "I thought you didn't want to pay and ran away."

Chen Xu patted her head and said unhappily, "Am I so stingy in your heart?"

"Hehe." Chen Ziqi made a face at him and ran away with the shopping cart like the wind.

"Okay, it's time to go buy groceries. Aunt Zhou will be off work soon."

Chen Ziqi saw people queuing from a distance and said, "Let's go to the self-service checkout area."

"My phone is out of battery. Go queue over there."

"Ah, so many things, do you have enough cash?"

"Don't worry, it will definitely be enough."

"Hey, he's really an old-fashioned guy, carrying so much cash when he goes out."

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems not enough."

"Come on, I said something wrong, okay."

As they were talking, they had already turned around a pile and found a line in the aisle with the least people. A shopping cart was also pushed over in front.

Chen Xu looked up, his expression visibly dazed for a moment.

Chen Ziqi noticed that his expression was a little strange, so she looked across and saw a very beautiful sister, who was even more beautiful than the woman named Liu Yumeng from two days ago.

At this moment, the beautiful sister was obviously stunned.

She immediately realized that they knew each other. And from the looks on their faces and the awkward yet ambiguous atmosphere, their relationship was not simple.

The gossip fire in her heart burned again, her eyes darted between the two of them, her little face flushed, and she looked excited.

It was the woman opposite who broke the silence first and said, "What a coincidence."

"Yeah." Chen Xu's hands were originally in his pockets, but he took them out, pulled his clothes, and then leaned on the armrest of the shopping cart.

Chen Ziqi almost covered her face with her hands because of the embarrassment that could not be concealed.

However, she also knew in her heart that this woman must have a special feeling for Chen Xu. Whether he was in front of Yang Jinxia or when he faced Liu Yumeng a few days ago, his performance would not be as unbearable as it is now.

"This is, my sister, cousin."

"Well, you first." The woman said, and took the initiative to line up behind them.

Chen Xu held the shopping cart in his hand and stood at the back of the line. He didn't look back and just stood there.

Chen Ziqi looked at his somewhat stiff movements, shook her head secretly, and decided to help him. She turned around and asked the woman, "Sister, do you know someone named Liu Yumeng?"

"Yu Meng?" The woman was Luo Xiyun. When she heard Chen Xu's sister mention her friend's name, she was startled and very curious. "She is my friend. How do you know her?"

Chen Ziqi clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Then your name must be Xiyun, right?"

"Yes, how did you know?" Luo Xiyun became even more curious.

When Chen Xu heard her mention Liu Yumeng's name, he became a little anxious and pulled her.

"What are you doing? I'm talking to my sister." Chen Ziqi ignored him and said to Luo Xiyun, "That sister named Liu Yumeng came to our noodle shop a few days ago and said a lot of inexplicable things to my brother, and even mentioned your name."

"Really?" Luo Xiyun subconsciously looked at Chen Xu, with some embarrassment in his eyes.

Chen Xu turned around and said, "Don't listen to Ziqi's nonsense. She just stopped by to eat some noodles and chatted with me for a while."

"Really?" Luo Xiyun reached out and smoothed his hair.

As they were talking, it was already Chen Xu and his friends' turn to pay. The cart was full of stuff and it took quite a while to scan the QR code.

"Five hundred and seventy-six dollars total," the cashier said as he bagged everything.

"Swipe the card."

Chen Xu took out his wallet and carefully pulled out his bank card.

Luo Xiyun, who was standing behind, took a quick look and suddenly froze. The photo in his wallet had been replaced. It was not the original one, but another woman.

After Chen Xu swiped the card, he put it back in his wallet, turned around and said, "Well, we'll go first."

"You, have a new girlfriend?" Luo Xiyun asked casually with no expression on his face.

"Ah?" Chen Xu didn't expect her to ask that and was a little at a loss.

She said, "Wasn't the photo in the wallet of my ex-girlfriend before? Now it's changed."

"Oh, oh." Chen Xu forced a smile on his face and left with his things.

Luo Xiyun looked at his leaving figure, his eyes becoming increasingly cold.

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"Chen Xu, Chen Xu, why are you running so fast?" Chen Ziqi finally caught up with Chen Xu at the door downstairs, and shouted while panting.

Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief after he walked out of the door. Luo Xiyun's look just now made him feel like it was difficult to breathe.

"Are you okay?" Chen Ziqi walked in front of him, noticed that his face looked a little strange, and asked in a low voice.

"Let's go back." Chen Xu frowned, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but his thoughts were in a mess, and the more he tried to remember, the more confused he became. He became more and more irritated.

PS: The next chapter will be before seven o'clock.

(End of this chapter)