Qiao Zhen leaned closer and was somewhat surprised to see that what he took out was a camping tent.
Are they going to camp out here tonight?
The answer is yes, at night the stars on the mountain are much brighter than those in the city.
"Why did you suddenly decide to camp in the mountains?" Qiao Zhen asked him, lying on the grass under the starry sky.
Lu Zheng sat on the grass, looking at Qiao Zhen with a deep and complicated gaze.
"It just suddenly occurred to me that we've never been camping before."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen thought about it seriously. It seemed that they had never gone camping together, or even gone hiking.
No? A picture suddenly flashed through her mind.
In the video, she is climbing a mountain with a little boy.
The scene flashed by too quickly; she couldn't catch it before it was all gone.
"It seems so, but how come you have time?" Chen Jiaojiao said he had been very busy lately, dealing with all sorts of people.
The thought that he might be going to marry a rich girl, who was very likely to be Chen Jiaojiao, made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Although she felt uncomfortable, she didn't show it on her face and still wore a smile.
“It’s still possible to steal a moment of leisure in a busy schedule.” Lu Zheng came to her side, lay down on the spot, and looked at the vast starry sky with her.
Qiao Zhen believed this, but only half of it.
She didn't believe Lu Zheng could really find time to relax amidst his busy schedule; she had just seen his phone light up several times.
"Really? Thank you so much, Mr. Lu~" She pretended not to see his phone screen light up and casually started a conversation.
Lu Zheng cooperated, and the two chatted about all sorts of things, but they couldn't get to the point.
As the night deepened, the stars shone brighter. Qiao Zhen looked at the starry sky and slowly began to feel sleepy.
She returned to her tent and lay down, only to see Lu Zheng walking away with his phone in his hand.
She vaguely heard Lu Zheng's voice, but it was too soft to hear clearly. She only heard the word "take action".
She was so tired that she couldn't think straight about what Lu Zheng meant.
When she woke up the next day, she opened her eyes and saw herself in Lu Zheng's arms. A warm feeling flowed through her heart, and she smiled slightly.
As if sensing something, Lu Zheng opened his eyes shortly after she did. Their eyes met, and they saw only each other.
Looking into Lu Zheng's eyes, Qiao Zhen felt as if time had stopped, and the whole world seemed to consist only of them.
"Get up?" Lu Zheng kissed her forehead, his voice low and husky from just waking up sounding incredibly sexy.
"Mmm." She nodded and sat up.
She reached for her phone but found it wasn't there; she looked around but couldn't find it.
Strange, she clearly put her phone next to her before going to bed, so why can't she find it?
Seeing her actions, Lu Zheng said from the side, "I saw last night that your phone was low on battery, so you put it outside to charge."
After saying that, he turned around to get her phone.
When Qiao Zhen got her phone, she found it was turned off. She turned it on, and messages kept pouring in, the phone ringing incessantly.
Seeing this, Qiao Zhen felt strange. She had only turned off her phone for one night, so how could she suddenly receive so many messages?
She unlocked the door, pulled down the notification bar, saw the message she had received, and her expression changed drastically.
"Jazz Group is suspected of falsifying accounts, and its president has been taken away for investigation."
"Whether the new Jazz project can be launched smoothly."
These are all news headlines recommended by the website, and below are messages sent by Song Siyi and Yan Simiao.
Both of them were frantically asking her where she was, and there were also a few messages from Qiao Luosheng asking if she knew about it.
There were also other messages from their mutual friends.
Qiao Zhen didn't reply to them, but instead opened the news.
This tactic seems familiar; it appeared in the Shen family's case before. That time, the Shen family weathered the storm smoothly, so what about this time?
She quickly skimmed through the news about the Jazz Group, and after reading it, her intuition told her that it had something to do with Lu Zheng.
She put down her phone and went out to find Lu Zheng. As soon as she stepped out of the tent, she saw Lu Zheng standing not far away, looking at the continuous mountain range in the distance.
Hearing a sound from behind, Lu Zheng knew it was Qiao Zhen coming out. He turned around and looked at her.
His dark eyes stared at her intently, as if he knew she already knew about Gu Xijue and that she had guessed it was him.
Seeing him like this, Qiao Zhen felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
She desperately wanted to confront Lu Zheng and ask him if he was the one who did it. But when she opened her mouth, she couldn't utter a single word.
During the bidding process, he discovered changes to the proposal. Did he feel the same way about himself?
In the end, she didn't ask that question. She smiled at Lu Zheng, her eyes glistening with tears.
On the way back, the two remained silent.
Lu Zheng did not take her back to his own home, but instead sent her back to her home.
Back home, Qiao Zhen lay on her bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. Her mind was a jumbled mess; she felt she should do something, yet she didn't want to do anything at all.
Just as she was spacing out, the doorbell suddenly rang.
She didn't want to move at all; it seemed the people outside weren't letting her go. The more she didn't understand, the more frequently she rang the doorbell.
She could even hear her neighbor cursing, and the person didn't seem to care about being cursed at, continuing to press the button.
Left with no other choice, Qiao Zhen got out of bed to open the door.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Yan Simiao, who was furious. Yan Simiao pushed her aside and went inside.
"What's wrong with you? You're not replying to my messages or answering my calls. I thought you might have disappeared!"
Upon hearing Yan Simiao's words, Qiao Zhen suddenly smiled. She had rushed over in a hurry, thinking that Yan Simiao was there to question Gu Xijue about his affairs, but it turned out that Yan Simiao was simply concerned about her.
She suddenly hugged Yan Simiao, her eyes red.
"I think I really made a mistake." Inside the room, Qiao Zhen sat on the bed and told Yan Simiao about recent events.
When Yan Simiao saw the news, she subconsciously guessed that this was Lu Zheng's revenge.
She was worried that Lu Zheng would retaliate against Qiao Zhen, and since Qiao Zhen wasn't answering her calls or replying to her messages, she became even more anxious, which is why she came to her house.
“You did nothing wrong! No matter what you did, you did nothing wrong in my eyes.” Yan Simiao looked at her with a firm gaze, her eyes full of trust and affirmation.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen was so moved that tears and snot streamed down her face.
She is truly grateful to have Yan Simiao as a friend, because no matter what, Yan Simiao will always stand firmly behind her.
Without Yan Simiao, she doesn't know if she could have overcome one difficulty after another.
"Waaah, you're so kind." Qiao Zhen hugged Yan Simiao and wiped her tears and snot all over her.
"Oh, get away from me! Do you think I don't know you just want to wipe your disgusting snot on my clothes!"
Yan Simiao pushed Qiao Zhen away and, unsurprisingly, saw that her clothes were ruined.
She glared at Qiao Zhen, then suddenly regretted coming to find her.
After all these years, doesn't she know what kind of person Qiao Zhen is? She's like an unkillable cockroach; she'll be fully recovered tomorrow.
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