Chapter 45: A Secret Relationship [VIP]
As long as you have the courage to say goodbye to the past, you will have the opportunity to start over.
——"Zhen Hao Diary"
"Really?" Zhen Hao repeatedly confirmed in disbelief. "Did that gentleman really like it? Okay, okay... Sure, no problem. Send me the address and I'll be there right away. Yeah, yeah, thank you so much."
Hearing Zhen Hao's suddenly high voice, Shi Xu's heart slowly calmed down.
He could finally do something for her.
"A Xu, my house has a buyer!" After hanging up the phone, Zhen Hao couldn't wait to share the good news with people around him, with smiles on his eyes and eyebrows.
Looking at Zhen Hao with such lively eyes and eyebrows, Shi Ju was suddenly moved.
How long has it been since she laughed like this?
"But..." Thinking of He Yunlian in the hospital, Zhen Hao frowned again. "The buyer asked me to meet with him later. As for my mother..."
She was having a hard time making a choice.
"Don't worry about the hospital. I'm here for you," Shi Xu reassured her. "You can go take care of the house first."
"Can……"
Shixu interrupted her: "Don't say but. If I remember correctly, Auntie liked me very much."
"Okay then." He was right. He Yunlian had liked him before. After learning that he was the eldest son of the Pei family, she was like a wolf seeing a sheep every time she saw him.
Although this analogy seems inappropriate, it is the fact.
He Yunlian has expressed her wish for Shi Xu to be her son-in-law more than once, but fortunately she still has some sense and has never said this in front of Qin Shen.
Not only He Yunlian thought so, even Grandma Zhen, who had always been at odds with her, stood on the same side with her this time.
The elders' thoughts are sometimes truly frustrating. At the time, the Zhen and Qin families were discussing a marriage, and Zhen Hao, visibly annoyed, spoke up for Qin Shen: "Grandma, Mom, aren't you being disrespectful? I'm your granddaughter, your daughter. You care about me and want me to marry well. I'm grateful. But Ah Shen is also someone else's cherished treasure, yet you're constantly complaining about her. Put yourself in her shoes. If I were being criticized like this, would you feel good?"
Grandma Zhen sighed twice and refuted Zhen Hao's statement: "As for Ah Shen, I dare not dislike him. He is tall, handsome, and has a good job. It's just that this place is too far away, and he hasn't bought a house yet..."
"Mother is right." He Yunlian nodded in agreement. "I have no complaints about my son-in-law, Ah Shen. The only thing is..."
"You're just not as rich as the Shixu family, right?" Zhen Hao sneered, "You're not like the Shixu family, who have houses, cars, and a large group, right? Even if what you said is true, then where is the Shixu family? I haven't heard from him in how long, huh?"
He Yunlian and the other person were left speechless by Zhen Hao's retort.
After breaking up with Qin Shen, some memories would always find their way into her mind, and no matter how she tried to get rid of them, it was useless.
She simply stopped forcing herself, and even forced herself to use the lipstick, cosmetics, bags and other items Qin Shen gave her every day. She would also deliberately go to the restaurants they had eaten at and the places they had walked through over and over again, using repeated heartaches to numb herself until she could face it calmly.
She had mentioned her almost perverted method of getting over a broken heart to Zhou Chunrui, and Zhou Chunrui gave her a thumbs up: "You are such a ruthless person. You are truly a role model for our generation."
Facts have proven that this method is indeed effective. Through repeated self-abuse, she gradually stopped feeling the pain, and only occasionally would she burst into tears when she heard a song she had once listened to with Qin Shen.
But she was not ashamed of it. Even a severe cold would take ten days or half a month to recover, let alone saying goodbye to someone she had loved for eight years.
The pain was no less than cutting off a piece of flesh from the body, but the bleeding would stop and the wound would scab over. She believed that one day the rain would stop and the sky would clear up.
Now we can only leave everything to time.
Shi Xu first sent Zhen Hao to the real estate agency, and then drove to the hospital himself.
On the way, Zhen Hao lowered the car window halfway and let the night wind blow on his face.
Partly to sober up, and partly because she was prone to motion sickness, and some fresh air would make her feel more comfortable.
By the time they arrived at their destination, Zhen Hao was almost sober.
She got out of the car and said goodbye to Shixu, who quickly drove away from her sight.
The city is full of neon lights at night, and even the air has the smell of prosperity.
Zhen Hao stood there and took a deep breath before slowly walking in.
When she saw the buyer sitting in the reception room, she froze in place.
"Why is it you?" Zhen Hao couldn't believe it.
Seeing her, Shen stood up gracefully and stretched out his arms towards her: "Good sister, long time no see."
"It's been a long time since we last met. How could this be such a coincidence?" Zhen Hao shook hands with him gently, and then they both sat down.
Zhen Hao was really surprised that Shen Que was the buyer of her house. If it wasn't inconvenient at the moment, she would have wanted to call and ask if it was her cousin's Yu Bi.
Good brothers, they met for the first time at Wanlaiqing Bar.
At that time, Chen Xiyan said that he wanted to take Zhen Hao, who was in college, out to see the world, so he took her to a birthday party.
That was her first time to go to a bar, and also her first time to see so many handsome men and beautiful women.
Whether it's Lu Yunqi, Chen Que and Shen Jiahang, or Su Xinghe and Meng Tingwan, each of them is so glamorous and beautiful, and they are adept at dealing with people.
At that time, Zhen Hao kept the envy in his heart and secretly followed their example.
Recall the past and smile.
She has decided to follow their lead. She is now so embarrassed that she has to sell her house and buy one.
"Maybe this is fate." Shen didn't say much.
Before Zhen Hao arrived, he just received a message from Shi Xu: "Don't mention me."
After reading the news, he couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. He really couldn't understand the world of young people.
If you like someone, just pursue them boldly. Why are you still playing this kind of game of silently giving?
He was only three or four years older than these young people, so why did he feel so old...
He and Shixu became acquainted with each other because the two families were old friends. After Shixu was adopted into the Pei family, the two gradually came into contact with each other. When they grew up, they had intersections in business, which led to the current scene - he was entrusted by Shixu to buy the property that Zhenhao was in a hurry to sell in his name.
Seeing Chen Que's sudden smile, Zhen Hao's mood gradually relaxed, and he couldn't help but ask about his old friend's recent situation: "Brother Yunqi, Brother Jiahang, Sister Xinghe, and Sister Tingwan, are they all okay?"
"They are all very nice." Thinking of those friends, the smile on Shen Que's mouth deepened, "Let's get together if there is a chance."
"Okay." Zhen Hao smiled with his eyes curved.
After signing the contract and walking out of the real estate agency, Zhen Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be a lie to say I have no regrets.
Only she knows what she paid for this house.
But she also understood that people should do things that they can control, especially when it comes to consumption.
She had simply returned to a life without property, and had even made some profit from the appreciation of her property. Strictly speaking, she had nothing to be unhappy about.
But she couldn't help feeling melancholy in her heart, and the feeling of reluctance kept lingering.
On the other side, the hospital.
When she saw Shi Xu coming to visit her, He Yunlian smiled as if her face was blooming.
"Hey, Xiao Xu, why are you here to see me?" She said as she patted the stool in front of the bed, "Hurry up and sit down, hurry up and sit down."
"Thank you, Auntie." Shi Xu didn't sit down, but asked, "Auntie, would you like an apple or a kiwi?"
Shixu brought over the fruits that Zhenhao had bought.
"Whatever, whatever, I'm not picky." The more He Yunlian looked at the time sequence, the more satisfied she became. She almost said that she would marry her daughter to him.
After peeling the apple, Shixu said casually, "Auntie, try it and see if it's sweet. They are all carefully bought."
Hearing this, He Yunlian paused for a moment, then smiled even wider: "If we are good, we are filial, don't you think so, Xiaoxu?"
Her intention to promote her daughter was obvious, and Shixu followed her words and said, "So you must get better soon. Haohao and I will come and pick you up from the hospital when the time comes."
"Okay, okay, Auntie will definitely get better soon." He Yunlian felt relieved when she heard that Shi Xu was so close to her daughter, and most of her worries about being hospitalized were gone.
At this moment, Shi Xu received a call from Zhen Hao: "Shi Xu, I've finished my work here and am rushing to the hospital right now. I'm really sorry to bother you."
Seeing her being so polite to him, Shi Xu felt uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to take any risks, so he had to agree: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
As soon as he hung up the phone, He Yunlian asked with a smile: "Is it our family calling?"
Shi Xu nodded: "Yes, she said she will be here soon."
"Alas, I don't know when this flu will end. It's making everyone panic." He Yunlian complained again that there was only one person to accompany her every day. "Being in the hospital is so boring. It's hard to find someone to talk to."
"Auntie, if you need someone to cheer you up, feel free to message me." Shi Xu said patiently, as if comforting a child. "You can also call me."
"Okay, okay, Xiaoxu is so good." He Yunlian smiled from ear to ear, "Then Auntie will not be polite..."
The hospital did not allow any accompanying personnel, so Zhen Hao left the hospital shortly that night.
Before leaving, Shi Xu said that he would wait for her in the parking lot and take her home. Since the hospital would be cleared out in only half an hour, she did not refuse.
Firstly, it was indeed a safety issue as Shixu had said, and secondly, she also wanted to thank him properly.
But for some reason, the first thing she said as soon as she got in the car was: "How about going to my house for a drink?"
Yu Shixu tightened his grip on the steering wheel, feeling a little overwhelmed by her question.
Zhen Hao quickly realized how ambiguous his words were and quickly tried to make amends, "I'm just a little sad that the family pub we just set up at home hasn't even opened yet and will have to be handed over to someone else, Yu Li."
Her reasons were legitimate and sufficient, so Shi Xu finally nodded and agreed.
As we all know, drinking can easily lead to accidents, let alone a couple who are already in love.
After a ridiculous night, Zhen Hao only made one request: "Don't let anyone around you know for the time being, okay?"
Timing agreed.
…………
By the time the matter of the house and He Yunlian and Yu Shu was settled, late autumn had already turned into early winter.
The early winter in Min City is still warm, and a thin coat is enough to resist the gradually cooler wind.
When Zhen Hao woke up from Shi Xu's arms for the umpteenth time, Yu Ji received a text message about picking up a package.
She thought it was something she bought and didn't pay much attention to it.
It wasn't until she got home from work, took it back from the post station and opened it that she was stunned.
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