Zhong Qing turned around and looked at her, "Did I wake you up?"

Zhong Yin shook her head, walked forward and looked closely into Zhong Qing's eyes, her young yet beautiful face full of concern, "Sister, are you crying?"

Zhong Qing shook her head and smiled, "It's just insomnia."

Zhong Yin said "oh" and looked at the pot with curiosity, "What are you doing?"

"milk tea."

Looking at the light brown liquid boiling in the pot, Zhong Yin expressed doubt, her eyes wide and round, "Can I drink this? Will it be poisonous?"

"Won't."

Zhong Qing chuckled, turned off the fire, filtered the milk tea with gauze, then poured it into a white porcelain cup and handed it to Zhong Yin.

Zhong Yin blew on it and took a sip. Her expression changed from confusion to surprise. "It's really milk tea. It tastes just as good as the one I had in Hong Kong."

Zhong Qing also poured herself a cup and took Zhong Yin to the back garden.

The two sisters sat on a double swing, drinking milk tea and talking.

"Sister, when did you learn how to make milk tea? Did you learn cooking just to please your brother-in-law?"

"No, I learned it from a friend."

Zhong Qing looked up at the dark night sky. "She told me that if I encounter something unhappy, I should make myself a cup of milk tea. After drinking it, all the unhappiness will pass."

Zhong Yin seemed to understand, "Sister, are you unhappy? Why? Don't you like your brother-in-law?"

Zhong Qing touched her head and said, "It has nothing to do with him. You don't need to worry about adults' affairs. Just study hard and go abroad to study after you graduate from high school."

Zhong Yin pouted, her young face showing a delicate look, "I don't want to study abroad, I don't want to go to a place where I don't know anyone by myself."

"No, you have to go!"

Facing Zhong Yin's surprised look, Zhong Qing realized that she had lost her composure, and quickly softened her tone and said, "Yin Yin, I'm doing this for your own good. Only by going abroad can you see a wider world and meet more and better people."

"Sister, you can't pin your hopes on me and ask me to study abroad in your place just because your parents don't let you go abroad. I just want to live by your side and not go anywhere else!"

Seeing that Zhong Yin was being stubborn, Zhong Qing coaxed her softly, "Yin Yin, be obedient. You can choose any school and major you like, but you must listen to me about studying abroad. I won't harm you."

"You say that every time."

"I'm begging you, okay?"

Zhong Yin was defeated by her pleading voice which was full of sadness, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Zhong Qing held Zhong Yin in his arms lovingly, resting his chin on her soft head, a glimmer of hope in his light brown eyes.

"When you finish your studies, find a boy you like, marry him, have children, and build a happy little family of your own."

Zhong Yin leaned her little head against her chest lovingly, with a sweet smile on her tender face, "Sister, I feel that my brother-in-law is a very good man, who is very suitable for you in every way. You will definitely be very happy in the future."

Zhong Qing looked at the dark night in silence.

…

"Godmother, how is it going? Have you found out clearly? Who is that Shen?"

Wang Chunxiang, the old lady whom Wu Mei called godmother, calmly told Wu Mei the news she had heard.

"They are guests invited by the woman's side."

Wu Mei's heart sank when she heard this, "She is a relative of the Zhong family?"

"I don't know."

Yan Su called Wang Chunxiang "cousin" out of courtesy. In fact, Wang Chunxiang was nothing in front of the Yan family, so naturally she couldn't find out much information.

Wu Mei tossed and turned at home for two days, and finally decided to surrender to Shen Mingzhu.

Shen Mingzhu alone was not a concern, but a prominent family like the Zhong family was not something a small family like her could afford to offend.

…

"Director Shen, I was blind and offended you before. Please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart. This is a small token of my appreciation. Consider it my apology."

Shen Mingzhu looked at the large and small gifts on the ground with a playful expression, "I am a rural woman, I can't deserve such a big gift from you."

"You deserve it, you deserve it!"

Wu Mei smiled flatteringly, completely different from the arrogant attitude she had shown the last two times. "You are a relative of the Zhong family. With such a strong backing from the Zhong family, you don't have to worry about anything in your life."

Tsk, is this just a cliché?

Shen Mingzhu simply gave the other party an explanation, "You are wrong, I am not a relative of the Zhong family."

Wu Mei said in disbelief, "Director Shen, please stop lying to me. My godmother told me that you were invited by the bride's family. If you weren't a relative of the Zhong family, why would they invite you to the engagement party?"

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Shen Mingzhu showed an embarrassed expression, "To be honest, I just helped Miss Zhong a little by chance, and she wanted to thank me, so I said I wanted to go to her engagement party to see it. Miss Zhong was not happy at first, and I begged for a long time before I got the invitation to the engagement party."

Wu Mei was skeptical, "You're really not a relative of the Zhong family?"

"If I were a relative of the Zhong family, would I only open such a small factory? At least I would open a large factory with hundreds of employees. The Zhong family is so rich, and a little bit of money from them would be enough for me to become rich and powerful."

After confirming again and again that Shen Mingzhu was not a relative of the Zhong family, Wu Mei left with peace of mind, taking her belongings with her.

This is exactly the result Shen Mingzhu wanted. She didn't want to have anything to do with a fence-sitter like Wu Mei.

However, one thing was beyond her expectations.

She subconsciously felt that Zhong Qing's abnormal behavior on the night of the engagement party had some unspeakable secret, and she had been waiting for him to give her a reasonable explanation.

But three or four days had passed since the engagement party, and Zhong Qing hadn't made any movement.

If the mountain doesn't come to me, then I will go to the mountain. Even if I die, I will die knowingly.

Shen Mingzhu took out the phone book, found Zhong Qing's home number and called.

"Hello, who is this?"

Listening to the familiar voice on the other end of the phone, Shen Mingzhu's voice was slightly hesitant, "It's me, Qingqing, are you busy recently?"

Zhong Qing paused for two seconds before speaking, "Well, I'm quite busy. What can I do for you?"

Hearing the other party's distant and cold tone, Shen Mingzhu became angry and said, "Okay, then you go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Zhong Qing held the beeping receiver for a few seconds before slowly putting the phone down. When she stood up, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, an imperceptible arc.

Shen Mingzhu was angry.

This realization made her very happy.

Only when you care will your emotions be affected.

…

"Sister, someone is looking for you outside."

Shen Mingzhu was sulking, and when she caught Shen Chaobei not following the rules, she immediately lost her temper, "Sister, sister, how many times have I told you to call me the factory director in the factory..."

Looking at Zhong Qing walking into the office gracefully, Shen Mingzhu's voice stopped.

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