Chapter 72 The Unexpected Truth [VIP]
People whose destiny has not yet ended will eventually meet again and again.
——Orange Confessions
A month later, Zhen Hao received another call from Chen Yi.
Zhen Hao teased him, "I thought you forgot."
"How dare I forget this?" Chen Yi scratched his head embarrassedly on the other end of the phone. "Good sister, my success depends on you."
"No, I can't bear such a heavy responsibility." Zhen Hao said solemnly, "The key to this matter is you. Show your sincerity and it won't be a problem."
Chen Yi's problem wasn't serious, but Zhen Hao felt that his own problem was a bit serious.
In such a situation, there will inevitably be a time sequence...
They hadn't contacted each other for over a month since their breakup. She wasn't mentally prepared for how to face him...
After the breakup, she was so busy that she didn't even have time to grieve. But once she was done with the busy schedule and had some quiet time, she would start to feel resentful again.
This is a very strange and contradictory mentality.
She was the one who initiated the breakup, but she was unhappy that he didn't try to win her back.
Zhen Hao shook his head in self-mockery, secretly sighing that a woman like herself was really hard to please.
At five o'clock in the evening, she coaxed Zhen Mei to take a taxi to a small courtyard halfway up the mountain based on the address sent by Chen Yi.
After getting in the car, Zhen Mei still felt something was wrong: "Sister, why do I remember Sister Xinghe's birthday isn't now..."
What Zhen Hao told her was that Su Xinghe was holding a birthday party at Banshan Villa and invited the two sisters to dress up and attend.
"Maybe he had something to do in advance..." Zhen Hao felt very guilty and made a lame excuse.
However, Zhen Mei had just asked casually. She and Su Xinghe were just ordinary friends and had only attended each other's birthday parties twice. She thought that maybe she remembered it wrongly.
Seeing that Zhen Mei didn't ask any more questions, Zhen Hao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Just then, her phone vibrated twice. She took it out and looked at it, her expression changing slightly.
It was a message from Chen Yi: "Haohao sister, there was a little accident at the scene. Please help delay it for a while, please."
Chen Yi, who was busy in the small courtyard halfway up the mountain, did not dare to call Zhen Hao, for fear that Zhen Mei would find out.
After reading the message, Zhen Hao immediately put on an act and said weakly to the driver, "Driver, I'm a little carsick. Can you please pull over for a moment? I'll pay for the lost wages."
Both sisters suffer from motion sickness, so Zhen Mei didn't doubt it. Instead, she became worried: "Why did you suddenly get motion sick? How do you feel?"
After that, she emphasized to the driver again: "Driver, please pull over for a moment. My sister is carsick."
Seeing the worry on her face, Zhen Hao felt a little guilty, but since things had come to this point, he could only continue to act according to the plan.
The driver parked the car on the side of the road and handed Zhen Hao another bottle of water: "Drink some water and take a break. I'm going to smoke a cigarette over there. Call me when you're ready."
Zhen Hao was filled with gratitude: "Thank you, driver."
"Thank you." Zhen Mei also thanked the driver.
The two squatted by the roadside for a while and couldn't help but smile at each other.
"Sister, I remember the last time I felt carsick was when we went to Chen Yi's house." Chen Yi's house was halfway up the mountain, and the winding mountain road almost made them vomit.
Suddenly hearing her mention Chen Yi, Zhen Hao felt guilty again, so he answered without any hesitation: "Yes, I haven't felt carsick for a long time."
"How do you feel now?" Zhen Mei knew the pain of motion sickness very well, and her tone was full of worry.
"Much better." Zhen Hao lied, "You know, it will be almost gone once I get out of the car."
"That's true." Zhen Mei finally felt relieved.
It was ten minutes later when they received Chen Yi's signal again. The two of them had a smooth journey to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain.
Chen Yi had brought everyone to check out the place in advance, so Zhen Hao took Zhen Mei through many twists and turns and arrived at a quiet place with ease.
"Wow, this place is decorated so dreamy! Brother Yunqi is so nice to Sister Xinghe..." Zhen Mei was just sighing and didn't think about why Zhen Hao was so familiar with this place.
After arriving at the location designated by Shen Yi, Zhen Hao quietly walked into the darkness. Zhen Mei was busy taking pictures of the exquisitely decorated place and did not notice her actions.
This is better.
When Zhen Hao was backing away, he was lost in thought and accidentally stepped on the person behind him.
She quickly turned around and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."
She swallowed the word "的" forcefully. What she was stepping on was not someone else, but the time when they had not met since they separated.
However, the two did not have time to say anything more, because the lights in the venue suddenly dimmed.
Zhen Mei looked back suspiciously, only to find that Zhen Hao had disappeared. The sudden darkness in the scene also made it difficult for her to see her surroundings clearly.
"Sister?" She turned around and called out tentatively.
As soon as she finished speaking, the lights came on again, and what came into her eyes was a huge wall of hearts, made up of her favorite miniature houses.
What my dream wedding room looks like.
His eyes widened in shock, staring at the scene in disbelief.
Then, Chen Yi came to her with a bouquet of roses in his hand. The moment he knelt on one knee, she subconsciously took a small step back and raised her hand to cover her mouth.
In the past, she laughed too much, but when this happened to her, she found that it was not an exaggeration at all.
When I feel moved and shocked at the same time, my eyes really get hot.
Especially when she saw the familiar people slowly gathering around her, her nose felt sore again and again.
The first person to come out of the shadows was Zhen Hao, then Shi Xu, then Su Xinghe, Lu Yunqi, Chen Que, Zhen Li, Zhou Chunrui, Yan Yunshu, Fu Anhuai, Lu Xingzhan, Meng Nanyin, and many of her colleagues and friends...
Each of them held a flower in their hands, of various kinds and colors, which finally became a colorful bouquet in Zhen Mei's hands.
At this moment, Chen Yi's voice slowly rang out: "Meimei, before I knew it, we have been together for five years. In these nearly two thousand days and nights, we have known each other, loved each other, and stayed together. I love you more every day than before.
"You said that you like being in a lively atmosphere, like being surrounded by people, and like the feeling of being affirmed by others. I have kept it in mind.
"Meimei, I love you. I want to see you as soon as I open my eyes for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?"
Zhen Mei, however, stroked the wall of her heart and said something completely unrelated: "How did you get all this up here?"
"Second sister, this is not the point. You should agree to your brother-in-law!" Zhen Li said anxiously.
"Xiao Li!" Zhen Mei suddenly felt embarrassed, "He's not my brother-in-law yet..."
Chen Yi's nervousness mostly dissipated amidst Zhen Li's cheering, and he mustered up the courage to propose again: "Ms. Zhen Mei, will you marry me?"
This time, everyone was quiet. No one shouted in unison, "Promise him, promise him," as if to impose moral blackmail. No one said anything else.
They all respected Zhen Mei's own ideas and did not want the romantic proposal ceremony to become a pressure on anyone.
"Yes." Finally, Zhen Mei nodded gently, looking shy, "I do."
"Ah—my girl is willing to marry me." Chen Yi was so happy that he forgot to put the ring on Zhen Mei. He stood up and hugged her tightly. "Thank you, thank you for marrying me! Meimei, I love you, I love you so much!"
Zhen Mei gently pushed him: "Okay, okay, there are so many people watching..."
"We didn't see anything and didn't hear anything." Zhen Mei's colleague said with a smile.
After Chen Yi's proposal was successful, the dinner officially began.
The courtyard is equipped with a barbecue area, chess and card area, game area and food and wine area.
While Zhen Hao was happy for his sister, a trace of melancholy flashed through his mind.
No one present knew about her relationship with Shi Xu, so naturally they didn't know that Shi Xu had proposed to her in such a high-profile manner.
The same deep affection, but completely different endings.
Zhen Hao couldn't help but search for Shi Xu in the crowd, but to no avail.
Bored, she walked to the terrace on the other side of the courtyard. There were not many people there and it was quite quiet. She wanted to be alone and enjoy the fresh air.
When she was still a few steps away from the terrace, she heard a familiar voice.
She didn't mean to eavesdrop, but Shen Que's words were very shocking.
He held a cigarette between his fingers, and the person standing next to him was fiddling with a metal lighter.
The crisp sound of "clicking" fell on Zhen Hao's ears, and he had an indescribable feeling.
It was as if she was lying in Shixu's arms, and he was always opening and closing his lighter out of habit.
However, Shen asked the people around him as if chatting: "Brother Shi, aren't you going to let Haohao know that the apartment in Banshan Mansion was actually bought by you?"
Shi Xu chuckled and shook his head: "I don't want to put pressure on her."
"You can have any woman you want?" Shen said helplessly, "But you have been hanging on this tree for so many years. Is it worth it?"
"There's no such thing as worth it or not. Love is love." Shixu closed the lighter, and the "click" sound completely disappeared. "I just hope she's doing well."
"She has already rejected your proposal, and you are still thinking so much about her..." This time it was Chen who shook his head, "You are really hopeless."
Zhen Hao, who heard these words clearly, widened his eyes in shock.
She never thought that Shen knew the relationship between her and Shi Xu, and she never thought that Shi Xu was the real buyer of her apartment!
Before she could think much, she heard Shi Xu say, half threateningly and half jokingly, "You'd better take this matter into my coffin, otherwise, even in the underworld, I will not let you go."
"Okay, okay, I won't tell you. I definitely won't tell you." Shen raised his hand and gently hit his shoulder, promising halfheartedly.
Zhen Hao was no longer in the mood to listen to what the two of them said next.
She made up an excuse, called a private car on her phone and left early.
On the way, she kept urging, "Uncle, could you please drive faster?"
The driver spoke with a thick Fujian accent: "Hey, little girl, it's not easy to drive fast on this mountain road. It's dangerous, don't you know? When we go out, safety comes first, okay?"
There was no other way, Zhen Hao could only suppress his anxious heart.
If she had wings, she would definitely fly back home at super speed.
She wanted to see what was in the cardboard box that Shi Xu handed to her personally on the night he proposed to her.
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