Chapter 64
After the wedding, the two now sleep in the same room, and their relationship is naturally better than before.
In the evenings, Li Qingzhu would occasionally tell him about her shop, sharing her experiences, her troubles, and the occasional complaint. Leng Qingxiu would listen to her, sometimes telling her about things going on in the company and sharing his business philosophy.
In the afternoon, Li Qingzhu's coffee shop officially opened, and Leng Qingxiu sent someone to deliver a few flower pots.
【Thank you Mr. Leng for your support! 】
Li Qingzhu took some photos and sent them over. They were photos of several flower pots and a bank card.
[Thank you for your hard work this morning, my wife.]
When Li Qingzhu saw the reply, she secretly cursed Leng Qingxiu as a hooligan, but the shyness on her face betrayed her current mood.
Leng Qingxiu didn't go to the company this morning, and he pulled her into the room to do it twice. If Li Qingzhu hadn't set the opening time in the afternoon, she would have kicked Leng Qingxiu.
Li Qingzhu sent an emoticon with the words "Ignore you" written on it.
Leng Qingxiu knew it was his fault and sent a message.
【I'll pick you up for dinner tonight.】
【OK? 】
When Li Qingzhu saw the words "OK?", she couldn't believe her eyes, so she quit the chat and went in again. "OK?" was still on Leng Qingxiu's message interface.
Is he acting like a spoiled brat?
In her mind, she automatically changed Leng Qingxiu's cold tone into a soft one, so she subconsciously thought that Leng Qingxiu was acting coquettishly towards her.
Li Qingzhu felt confused again.
Oh, she felt that she also had sweet troubles.
…
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's different when you're married."
Kong Zhuo was sitting opposite and saw Leng Qingxiu's expression clearly.
When he came in the afternoon, he was in high spirits and smelled of perfume. Leng Qingxiu was right beside Li Qingzhu when she was spraying, so he also had a hint of perfume on him. Kong Zhuo knew from the first sight and the first smell that Leng Qingxiu was living a good life at home. He would even go out of his way to pick someone up now, but in the past, he would never put down his work to go on a date.
"I thought you were a loner your whole life. I didn't expect you to get married."
Kong Zhuo had met Li Qingzhu at the wedding. She was pretty. Although he didn't know much about her personality, he believed that she must be a unique person who could make Leng Qingxiu care about her.
However, what he didn't expect was that the person he had been thinking about day and night would be Li Qingzhu's friend.
When Kong Zhuo saw that Xu Li was the bridesmaid, he was shocked and delighted. The person he liked suddenly appeared. He decided to build a good relationship with Leng Qingxiu, and then use Leng Qingxiu to make Li Qingzhu have a good impression of him.
Kong Zhuo didn't expect that the person he wanted to win over had long since lost hope in him and had severed his connection with Xu Li.
"Why? Are you disappointed that I'm getting married?" Leng Qingxiu stopped writing and pointed his pen at Kong Zhuo. He looked a bit youthful, reminding Kong Zhuo of their time abroad in their twenties.
"No, I sincerely wish you the best."
Kong Zhuo knew that it was difficult to find and get love.
"We had a misunderstanding before. You regarded me as a love rival and thought Hong Xu would be with me. But I heard that Hong Xu got married and is living a good life. Thinking about the past, I really miss the youth."
"Qing Xiu, enjoy yourself, cherish it, and don't push people away like me."
Waves of loneliness surged in Kong Zhuo's heart, and his tone became vague as he fell into his own thoughts.
Leng Qingxiu didn't know what had happened to him that made him have such thoughts. In the past, he might have said something to him, but now he saw envy and sadness in Kong Zhuo's eyes, so he didn't say anything joking.
"I will." Leng Qingxiu responded solemnly.
"I'm leaving now, please do as you please." Leng Qingxiu ordered him to leave.
"get off work?"
"Okay, go pick someone up." Leng Qingxiu nodded and took the car keys.
"Let's go."
Kong Zhuo and Leng Qingxiu took the elevator together. When they got downstairs, Leng Qingxiu drove away.
"I never thought I'd see you get married in this lifetime." Kong Zhuo got into the car, and thinking of Xu Li and Jiang Huizhou, he felt uneasy. He was about to light a cigarette, but then he remembered that Xu Li hated the smell of cigarettes, so he quit smoking after returning and threw away all his cigarettes. He didn't have a pack of cigarettes on him at the moment.
Kong Zhuo sat quietly in the car for a while and then drove away.
He will never miss it again in this life.
Even if Jiang Huizhou is there, he will definitely be able to stand by her side again.
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Li Qingzhu explained the matter to the employees, picked up her bag and ran to Leng Qingxiu.
"Why did you come to pick me up?" Li Qingzhu said happily.
Leng Qingxiu was still wearing a suit, and Li Qingzhu didn't think he was too hot. He stood beside the car, looking towards Li Qingzhu. After seeing her, his eyes locked on the person in front of him.
"It's just on my way." Leng Qingxiu smiled when he saw her and personally opened the car door for her.
"Well, it's my honor to have Boss Leng come and pick me up."
Li Qingzhu didn't hear what she wanted, but she didn't feel disappointed. Instead, she followed his words and expressed her happy mood to him again.
Leng Qingxiu gripped the steering wheel and secretly glanced at the person next to him, "We're going to Dari for dinner tonight and won't be going home."
"Dari?"
Li Qingzhu seemed to have heard of it. Wasn't it a hotel? It was newly opened, she heard from the staff.
Thinking that Leng Qingxiu was going to take her to the hotel, she glanced at Leng Qingxiu.
Seeing that she misunderstood, Leng Qingxiu explained: "Kong Zhuo's newly opened hotel, although it is a hotel, but the first floor is a restaurant, the food is delicious. Now there are many new dishes, I want to take you to try them today."
"Do you often eat out?"
"No, usually social events are held outside."
"Hmm? Are you sure?" Li Qingzhu smiled.
But in Leng Qingxiu's eyes, this smile had a questioning meaning.
“Usually, we’ll eat out when we go on dates with a few female companions.”
Leng Qingxiu finally confessed honestly.
Seeing that Leng Qingxiu still looked calm and composed, Li Qingzhu was no longer interested in asking any further questions.
"Don't worry, I'm just asking out of curiosity. I know you're not going to interfere with your private affairs."
Li Qingzhu felt that it was not the right time yet, so she stopped. She knew that Leng Qingxiu only had a favorable impression of her at the moment, and that the contract was still between them. It would take some time for her to gain his favor.
He had been prepared for Li Qingzhu to ask him about his ex, but she didn't ask. He should have been happy that she was so sensible; after all, she followed the rules and didn't cause him any trouble.
Leng Qingxiu glanced at her while waiting for the traffic light, and seeing that she didn't look sad, he turned around and continued to concentrate on driving, never glancing at her again.
When they arrived at Dali, Leng Qingxiu and Li Qingzhu went in and were immediately served by a waiter.
"Did the store opening go smoothly?"
"It's going pretty smoothly. We had a lot of customers come today when we opened."
"Today, when I was free, I asked the little girl to teach me how to make simple latte art."
"Then let's go home and try it? Make me a cup to try?" Leng Qingxiu asked with his head tilted, his tone as light as if asking Li Qingzhu to help him get a tissue, which didn't make Li Qingzhu think that he really wanted to try the coffee she made.
Li Qingzhu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go home and make you a cup to try."
"Okay." Leng Qingxiu smiled contentedly.
After dinner, the two went to the mall together and bought some coffee beans and some new teacups.
"We were hanging out here together a few months ago."
Leng Qingxiu was carrying something, and Li Qingzhu was chatting with him about what had happened before.
"Yes, and you met your sweetheart." He mentioned it deliberately and looked down at Li Qingzhu's expression.
But when Li Qingzhu heard this, she rolled her eyes at him.
"Correction, it was in the past. I don't like him now."
"Oh? Then who is your sweetheart now?" Leng Qingxiu raised his eyebrows, stopped, and seemed to want to know clearly.
They were taking the elevator to the parking lot. There were only two of them in the elevator, and both of them could hear the breathing of the person next to them clearly.
"Of course it's my husband~"
Li Qingzhu moved closer to him and looked up at him.
Leng Qingxiu could tell it was a joke, but the look in her eyes as she looked at him contained something he had never seen in any other woman's eyes.
He subconsciously realized what it was - deep affection.
He had previously suspected that Li Qingzhu liked him. Now he wasn't sure whether he should accept this affection. He could sense that the "husband" she was referring to was him, not her future husband.
Leng Qingxiu looked at her thoughtfully, and saw that she still had a smile on her face, as if she was waiting for his response.
Li Qingzhu didn't get in a hurry when she didn't hear any response from Leng Qingxiu. She pushed him forward.
"Let's go back first and let me show you our coffee shop's signature dish."
"Our shop assistant makes really good coffee, but I probably can't make it as good as hers."
"Next time I'll bring some home for you to try."
"Tomorrow, I'll bring it to you when I get home..."
Listening to him talking excitedly about her coffee, it was as if it wasn't her who had just confessed to him. I didn't feel the slightest bit of embarrassment waiting for the result. I could still treat him as a friend and chat with him about other topics.
The relationship between them is like that of friends and lovers, but it is just "like" and not "yes".
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