Chapter 248: Background Cannon Fodder Who Died an Unexpected Death (28)
Zhao Yicheng and Lin Shichu had no idea that they were being talked about by the shop assistants. They were just enjoying the success of their prank.
"Husband, did you see the looks of those shop assistants? Haha! Their eyeballs are about to fall out. They probably have never seen such a loving middle-aged couple like us?" Lin Shichu held Zhao Yichen's hand, and was so happy that he was staggering.
Zhao Yicheng protected her, fearing that others would bump into her. A sincere smile appeared on his aging face. He looked at Lin Shichu lovingly, not caring at all about her ugly appearance.
"Naughty!" Zhao Yicheng pinched her face and said.
"You are also very naughty. Don't think I don't know that you kissed me on purpose just now." Lin Shichu rolled his eyes at him with a smile.
Zhao Yichen exerted force with his hands and pulled her into his arms, holding her as he walked, very intimately, which attracted people around them to secretly look at them. They probably didn't expect that such a middle-aged couple would dare to show their affection in public. Although most people couldn't bear to look at them, there were also many people who gave them blessings and envy.
Especially those middle-aged and elderly couples, some wives with children even pulled their husbands and motioned them to look at Zhao Yicheng and the others, saying disdainfully: "Look at them, they are still so loving at this age..."
The husband said impatiently: "What's so good about it?! You are so disgusting at your age. How disrespectful to your elders!"
So a husband-wife war broke out again.
But all this has nothing to do with Lin Shichu and the others.
Ye Congjian called Lin Shichu dozens of times, but the phone was still turned off. He knew this was not normal, so he asked his secretary and found out that Lin Shichu might have blocked him.
Realizing this possibility, Ye Congjian's face became even uglier. He asked his secretary coldly, "Does the Yucheng branch have any matters that need to be handled by the head office recently?"
The secretary was puzzled and didn't understand why he suddenly asked this question, but his good professional ethics made him quickly filter the information he knew before answering: "No, Manager Chen is in charge of the branch, and everything is going as planned."
Ye Congjian's face darkened after hearing this. He glanced at the secretary, who shuddered and suddenly had an idea. She tentatively said, "But this branch company has just taken on a project, and Manager Chen has no experience before. He may need the guidance of General Manager Ye."
Ye Congjian nodded immediately and said, "Then you make the arrangements. I will go to Yucheng tomorrow."
"Okay!" The secretary agreed habitually. After Ye Congjian got the answer he wanted, he left with a frown, leaving the confused secretary still wondering why the boss had to find an excuse to go to Yucheng.
Ye Congjian returned to his office and searched for news about Zhao Yicheng's love affair on his computer. He stared at Lin Shichu's profile in the photo, feeling mixed emotions.
It was clearly him who dumped Lin Shichu, and he even specifically warned her not to bother her and that they should treat each other as strangers from now on, but it was he who was unwilling to accept this now.
At this time, his cell phone rang, and the caller ID showed it was Wen Chuyu, the girl whose heart was moved as soon as he saw her. In the past, when he saw Wen Chuyu calling, no matter what he was doing or what the occasion was, he would answer the call immediately and ask her in a nice voice what was the matter.
But now, he looked at the phone that kept ringing, but he had no intention of answering it. The excitement he had before seemed to have disappeared a lot, but after all, it was the person he was chasing after, so he still answered the call.
"Brother Jian, why did you take so long to answer the phone?" Wen Chuyu asked with a complaining look.
"I was busy just now." Ye Congjian said calmly, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Can't I come to you if I have nothing to do? I miss Brother Jian, can't I?" Wen Chuyu said coquettishly, and then asked casually, "Brother Jian, have you finished your company's work?"
"Not yet." Ye Congjian replied.
"That's a pity. I wanted to have dinner with Brother Jian." Wen Chuyu sighed.
Ye Congjian didn't say anything. After a while, Wen Chuyu hurriedly said, "Then Brother Jian, you can continue to be busy. The director called me! You must take care of yourself. Don't forget to eat when you are busy with work, otherwise I will be worried..."
After giving a long and gentle reminder, Wen Chuyu hung up the phone.
If it were before, Ye Congjian would feel very warmed when hearing her caring words, and would think that Wen Chuyu was kind, considerate and caring.
But now when he heard these words, he felt no emotion in his heart, and even had a thought that Wen Chuyu was only saying these words to show her concern for him, but she had not taken any actual action, which seemed a bit hypocritical.
It seemed that Wen Chuyu used to only say nice things to people, making others think that she was warm-hearted and kind, but in fact, apart from saying these nice words, she had never done anything gentle and considerate. For example, she would remind Ye Congjian to eat on time and take care of his health, but when she came to see Ye Congjian, she never brought any delicious or stomach-nourishing food to see him, let alone snacks or meals she made herself.
It seemed as if her concern was just a formality and only existed in words.
If it was Lin Shichu... Ye Congjian couldn't help but think of the time when he and Lin Shichu were together.
Even though Lin Shichu was busy with company matters every day, he would still take time to cook for him and make stomach-nourishing soup for him. However, he felt that Lin Shichu's actions were unnecessary at the time because they had a domestic servant, and the rice and soup cooked by Lin Shichu were not as delicious as those made by the maid. He just felt impatient and disgusted.
But compared to her performance and Wen Chuyu's approach, it seems that Lin Shichu's is more sincere...
Ye Congjian felt even more aggrieved when he thought of this. Of course, he could make excuses for Wen Chuyu, for example, he hadn't pursued Wen Chuyu yet, and Wen Chuyu had no obligation to cook for him. Lin Shichu was raised by him with money, so cooking and making soup were just to please him...
But no matter how many excuses he found for Wen Chuyu, Ye Congjian inevitably felt a little dissatisfied with Wen Chuyu in his heart.
Lin Shichu had no idea that the original owner's predecessor, who had long forgotten about them, still thought about these things. After she and Zhao Yicheng had a great time shopping in the shopping mall, they returned to her apartment near the company.
As soon as the door opened, Chuyi started meowing.
Zhao Yicheng bent down and picked up Chuyi. When Chuyi saw the stranger, his amber eyes widened and a human-like look of suspicion appeared on his cat face. His little paws pushed Zhao Yicheng away in resistance, as if he was carefully identifying this stranger.
But fortunately, it was a little kitten. After sniffing Zhao Yichen's arm with its little nose, it finally recognized that this person was one of its poop scoopers.
(End of this chapter)
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