Chapter 432 I Like You】

"Listen to their bullshit!"

Ye Mei had just finished speaking when she heard an angry voice next to her, "They are just talking nonsense!"

She was startled and realized that it was Sheng Zhiwu who was cursing. She couldn't help laughing, "I rarely hear you cursing like this."

Even in business negotiations, she had only seen Sheng Zhiwu being sarcastic and mocking others without using dirty words, and making people cry.

But it was the first time that he cursed people so bluntly like now.

Ye Mei felt it was quite fresh, and she continued, "I believed it at the time, so I never wore jewelry."

Unexpectedly, in just one or two years at the Wu family, she changed a lot. She

believed what Wu's mother said and felt that if she wore jewelry, she would not be a decent woman.

Even if she saw other wives wearing earrings, bracelets and rings, and she thought they looked good, she would not think of buying one.

Not being able to afford it was also a very important reason.

Later, when she arrived in Beijing, her mother recognized her as her own.

Grandma and grandpa loved them and wanted to buy them jewelry.

Ye Qingyue refused on the grounds of work.

Ye Mei also subconsciously waved her hand to refuse, saying no, she would not wear jewelry.

At this time, she had long understood that the words that Wu's mother said when she was in the Wu family were to suppress her and brainwash her, so that she would be embarrassed to ask the Wu family to buy jewelry, so as to save money.

But when someone was really willing to buy her jewelry, she couldn't help but feel panic, thinking that this was not good, and subconsciously refused.

Although she knew it was wrong, her first reaction was still the same as before.

Perhaps, in some places, she still lives in the shadow left by the Wu family.

She can't notice it at ordinary times, but at certain times, those dark emotions will wrap her up, making it impossible for her to give a correct response at the first time.

"So, you don't hate wearing jewelry?"

Sheng Zhiwu's voice rang out, awakening her from her memories.

Ye Mei nodded and said, "No, but I hate it if it's too ugly."

Although she has never worn jewelry, she has seen people wearing it, so she still has normal aesthetic taste.

"Then do you think this is ugly?"

Sheng Zhiwu suddenly walked over, took out a box from his arms, and stuffed it into her hand.

Ye Mei was stunned.

She glanced at the red box in her hand and didn't react for a while.

Sheng Zhiwu sat aside, resting his chin on his hand, turning his face away and not daring to look at Ye Mei. He said in a muffled voice, "It's a necklace."

Ye Mei usually went out with him to meet clients, most of the time it was men's clothing. If she bought things like rings and bracelets, it would be easy to be seen.

Necklaces can be hidden in clothes, which is more convenient. However,

Ye Mei did not open it immediately, but held the box.

She remembered that Sheng Zhiwu had just talked about Ding Chun and Ye Qingyue.

It turned out that those were not the points.

The point was this necklace.

Sheng Zhiwu talked about a lot of things just to give her a necklace.

Ye Mei's heart skipped a beat.

The discomfort she felt when facing Sheng Zhiwu after her hand was broken that day, this time it was even more overwhelming.

She couldn't help but ask, "Why did you give me a necklace for no reason?"

Hearing this, Sheng Zhiwu turned his head to look at her. Seeing that she hadn't even opened the box, he felt disappointed.

After a moment of silence, Sheng Zhiwu smiled as usual and said, "You're so busy with the company's affairs that you can't even go home for the New Year. I have to prepare a good New Year gift for you, right?" He

said this, but he felt bitter in his heart.

Ye Mei didn't look at the necklace he gave her for a long time, as if she wasn't very willing to accept it.

Maybe she sensed his feelings, so she showed such an uncomfortable expression?

So Sheng Zhiwu pretended to be natural and said, "We are all friends, don't be polite to me, open it and take a look."

"Ah... okay."

When Ye Mei heard the word "friend", the uncomfortable feeling dissipated a little, but there was another more complicated feeling, and her heart was filled with indescribable emotions.

She tried to stay calm and opened the box.

There was a platinum chain inside, and the pendant was an exquisite flower inlaid with red gems.

It was a plum blossom.

"How is it?"

Sheng Zhiwu was a little nervous, "It should... not be ugly, right?"

He fell in love with this necklace at first sight and thought that Ye Mei would look good wearing it.

"It's pretty."

Ye Mei looked at the plum blossom and didn't look away for a long time.

It was the first time she saw such a beautiful necklace.

"I like it very much."

She said to Sheng Zhiwu seriously, "Xiaowu, thank you."

Sheng Zhiwu, as a friend, cares about her and treats her well. She is really happy.

Very happy...

right.

Ye Mei looked at Sheng Zhiwu, a little confused.

But at this moment, she felt sad.

Why?

"What's wrong?"

Sheng Zhiwu saw her confused eyes, realized something, and said, "Don't you know how to wear it? I'll teach you, I'll help you put it on."

As he said that, Sheng Zhiwu reached out and took out the necklace, stood up and stood behind Ye Mei, and asked Ye Mei to bring the mirror over.

Although she felt a little disappointed, Ye Mei said that she liked the necklace he picked very much, which was not bad.

Sheng Zhiwu stood behind Ye Mei, facing the mirror, and helped her put on the necklace.

He glanced at the mirror and for a moment, he thought that he and Ye Mei looked like a couple.

"How is it? Looks good, right?"

Sheng Zhiwu used a smiling expression to cover up the emotions in his heart.

He thought, in fact, it was pretty good now.

What else did he want?

One step further?

What could he give Ye Mei to make the next step?

Sheng Zhiwu felt that he had been so overwhelmed by love recently. The days spent with Ye Mei made him so happy that he almost forgot the reality.

In reality, he and Ye Mei were just ordinary friends, and Ye Mei knew what his family was like.

Ye Mei had been tortured by her mother-in-law in the Wu family before, so how could she accept someone like his mother as a mother-in-law.

It would be good if he was the only one tortured by Sheng's mother.

What's more, Ye Mei only knew half of his life experience.

If Ye Mei knew more, how would she look at him?

Sheng Zhiwu didn't want to think about it.

They were all unpleasant things.

Ye Mei's uncomfortable reaction today was really appropriate.

It just woke him up, and brought him back from his sweet dream to the cold reality.

Sheng Zhiwu pursed his lips and tried to smile so that Ye Mei would not notice his embarrassment.

In front of him, Ye Mei sat on a chair, looking at her and Sheng Zhiwu's overlapping figures in the mirror. They

really look like a couple.

This thought suddenly emerged in her mind.

She finally understood why she was uncomfortable and why she was upset.

Because Sheng Zhiwu is her friend, and because Sheng Zhiwu treats her as a friend, she would feel uncomfortable because of her strange thoughts about Sheng Zhiwu, and would feel uncomfortable because Sheng Zhiwu only treats her as a friend.

It turned out that she had fallen in love with Sheng Zhiwu without realizing it.

"Why don't you say anything?" Sheng Zhiwu smiled and shook her shoulders. "Tell me, do you like it? I picked it myself."

For you, I changed many jewelers and looked at many pieces of jewelry before I picked it. I think it suits you best.

"I like it."

Ye Mei smiled as brightly as usual and said with certainty, "I really like it."

I like you.

Sheng Zhiwu.

Ye Mei lowered her eyelids in the sound of Sheng Zhiwu's smug boasting, feeling a little stuffy in her heart.

How can I like you?

Sheng Zhiwu.