Chapter 104 Cheng Qian didn't come back, Li Zhinan was furious
Li Zhinan's questioning made Cheng Qian dazed for a moment.
She said calmly: "Yes, I'm a little busy here, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Today is my birthday, you won't forget it, right?" The reason why Li Zhinan had such a righteous attitude was that in the past two years, Cheng Qian would remind him early on his birthday and prepare gifts for him.
Then I will choose a good restaurant for him and arrange for his friends to celebrate his birthday together.
Accustomed to her previous activeness, Li Zhinan was a little uncomfortable with her silence.
Cheng Qian glanced at the date in the lower right corner of the computer, and her heart skipped a beat.
An indescribable emotion made her voice even colder: "Sorry, I don't remember what day it is today."
"I've decided to hold my birthday at home today. I'll invite friends and family to come over and have some fun. Please tell Auntie to prepare dinner..."
"I can't leave." Cheng Qian interrupted him.
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
Then the call was hung up.
Cheng Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and this incident did not affect her mood for work.
She opened the latest report sent by Li Zhinan's attending physician. Li Zhiwei's condition was better than before, which might also be related to his recent diet and mood.
Cheng Qian will have a batch of new drugs that need to undergo clinical trials soon. Some patients have already signed up and are willing to participate in this clinical trial.
So, she is really busy here and she really doesn't have time to think about other things.
The sky outside the window had already darkened. At around six o'clock, Ji Yichen suddenly appeared outside the laboratory door.
Cheng Qian only saw him after being reminded by a colleague.
Ji Yichen was wearing a casual outfit and looked noble and calm.
"Brother Yichen, why are you here?" Cheng Qian asked him curiously.
Ji Yichen wanted to ask her, "I came here to talk to my dad about something. Xiaoqian, today is Zhinan's birthday. Why didn't you go home early?"
Cheng Qian tried to appear as calm as possible and said, "I had some unfinished business here, so I didn't rush back."
"Didn't Zhinan ask you to go back?" Ji Yichen frowned.
"He asked me to go back, and I told him that I couldn't leave." Cheng Qian forced a smile.
Ji Yichen's frown relaxed instantly, his dark eyes flickered, and his thin lips curved up: "Okay, I'll be over first. Don't stay up too late, and make sure you get some rest."
Cheng Qian nodded.
Ji Yichen was about to turn around when he suddenly asked her, "Is there anything you need me to bring over?"
Cheng Qian was stunned and shook her head: "No."
A hint of joy welled up in Ji Yichen's heart. Cheng Qian would not attend Li Zhinan's birthday party, and she seemed to have not prepared a birthday present for him yet.
When Cheng Qian returned to the laboratory, her mood seemed to be disturbed and she stared at the reagents for a long time.
What Brother Yi Chen asked her just now, was it about her preparing a birthday gift for Li Zhinan?
Looking back two years ago, on the first birthday after marriage, she gave the man a belt and tie, but he thought the patterns were too old-fashioned and never wore them. It is still gathered dust in the corner of his closet.
On his second birthday, Cheng Qian gave him a brooch and a razor, both of which were very practical.
However, one morning when Li Zhinan was shaving, he accidentally scratched his chin and threw the razor into the trash can, never wanting to use it again.
Li Zhinan had worn that brooch once, but it was when he wore it to attend Cheng Yan's graduation ceremony. Cheng Qian saw the photo of them at the school graduation dinner.
On his third birthday, Cheng Qian didn't know what gift to give him, so she just prepared a banquet, and the man didn't ask her for a gift.
Now, Cheng Qian thinks that air delivery is the most suitable method.
"Dr. Cheng, you have been staring at this medicine for a long time. Is there something wrong?" the young assistant next to him asked nervously.
Cheng Qian came back to her senses and shook her head: "No, I was just thinking about something and got distracted."
Li family villa!
A small party will be held here tonight. Not many people are invited, but they are all relatives and friends that Li Zhinan trusts.
Jiang Meng came early to prepare a birthday party for her son and brought several aunts from the old house to help.
Ye Zhu stayed at home to take care of Xiao Ye. At this moment, she saw that it was almost dark, but the hostess of the house was still nowhere to be seen.
When Ye Zhu was playing with Xiao Ye on the second floor, she quickly called Cheng Qian.
"Xiao Qian, dinner is about to start in half an hour. Where have you been?" Ye Zhu asked her.
Cheng Qian replied, "Aunt, I'm still in the lab and won't be back for dinner. Please take good care of Xiaoye for me."
"What? You're not coming back?" Ye Zhu had just finished speaking when she heard a woman's pleasant laughter coming from the courtyard downstairs. It was Cheng Yan, who didn't know who had teased her and was laughing very happily.
Ye Zhu naturally disliked Cheng Yan's family. At this moment, seeing her smiling so happily, Ye Zhu felt very uncomfortable.
Cheng Qian, who was on the other end of the phone, seemed to have heard Cheng Yan's laughter, and she secretly clenched her fingers.
"Xiao Qian, you'd better come back. If you don't come back, your house will be robbed." Just now, when Ye Zhu took Xiao Ye to play downstairs, she saw Cheng Yan acting like a hostess, helping Jiang Meng arrange dinner.
Cheng Qian was also in a low mood, but compared to preventing Cheng Yan from marrying into the Li family, what was more important to her was to make a breakthrough with Ke Yan and gain bargaining chips to negotiate with Li Zhinan.
When she knew her mother-in-law's thoughts and was biased towards Cheng Yan, Cheng Qian was really sad.
She understood that there were some things she could not control.
The mother-in-law likes Cheng Yan for her understanding and sweet talk, but she has no way of imitating Cheng Yan to please others.
"Okay, Xiao Qian, since you don't want to come back, I won't persuade you anymore. Don't worry, I will take care of Xiao Ye and won't let anyone with ulterior motives get close to her." Ye Zhu had heard Cheng Qian say before that Cheng Yan took advantage of her study abroad to guide the ignorant Xiao Ye to call her mother.
Being a third party to her extent is no longer just shameless, but extremely shameless.
Ye Zhu couldn't let Xiao Ye stay upstairs to play all the time. After all, the child also wanted to interact with the guests downstairs, so Ye Zhu took Xiao Ye downstairs.
At this moment, the restaurant was busy, and some guests were sitting outside in the courtyard eating fruit and sipping red wine.
Chu Huaijing arrived relatively late. When he got out of the car, his handsome eyes scanned the crowd, looking for that beautiful figure.
Cheng Yan saw him coming and immediately stepped forward with a smile: "Huai Jing, you are the only one missing. Are you busy?"
Chu Huaijing smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm busy with something."
As he spoke, Chu Huaijing handed the gift he brought to Cheng Yan: "This is a gift from me to Zhinan, as a small token of my appreciation."
Cheng Yan took it and felt it was a bit heavy. She immediately asked curiously, "What is this? It looks very valuable."
Chu Huaijing smiled and said, "It's not something expensive, it's just a tea set."
Cheng Yan immediately smiled and tore open the box of the tea set in front of him, looking like she wanted to take a look.
Just at this moment, Li Zhinan came over.
Cheng Yan looked at Li Zhinan with a smile: "Zhinan, Huai Jing said he sent a set of tea sets. I'm a little curious. Can I open it and take a look?"
Li Zhinan smiled and nodded: "Look if you want."
Cheng Yan's eyes were bright. She immediately walked to the table, gently opened it, took a look, and closed it again.
When Chu Huaijing saw that Cheng Yan actually opened the gift he gave her, he became even more certain that her relationship with Li Zhinan was definitely not just ordinary friends.
If she wasn't someone close to her, what identity would Cheng Yan have to open the package? Moreover, Li Zhinan looked indifferent, and it seemed that he doted on her.
"Why didn't I see your wife?" Chu Huaijing asked curiously.
He looked through the glass window just now and didn't see Cheng Qian in the living room or dining room.
Li Zhinan's handsome face darkened instantly, and he said indifferently: "Let's not talk about her anymore. Come and sit down."
Chu Huaijing knew Li Zhinan well. His face was so dark, most likely because Cheng Qian had done something that disgusted him.
Chu Huaijing smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
Cheng Yan, who was standing next to him, pursed her red lips when she heard Chu Huaijing asking about Cheng Qian's whereabouts.
Is it because the item that Cheng Qian researched last time cured his father that Chu Huaijing has developed a crush on Cheng Qian and is so concerned about her affairs?
Cheng Yan had already learned from Jiang Meng that Cheng Qian would not be coming back tonight and would have to work overtime.
Cheng Yan was naturally happy and proud, but she never asked Li Zhinan about this matter since she came here.
At this moment, she could take the opportunity to show some concern.
"Oh, Zhinan, I've been here for so long, but why haven't I seen my cousin? Is she taking care of the children upstairs?" Cheng Yan asked with a smile, looking clueless.
Chu Huaijing's handsome face froze for a moment, and he immediately looked towards the stairs.
Li Zhinan held a glass of brandy and said gloomily, "She's still working overtime and said she doesn't have time to come back."
Cheng Yan was immediately surprised when she heard this: "My cousin hasn't come home yet? What's wrong with her? Today is your birthday. It's not very loyal of her to do this."
"Ignore her, she's just a killjoy." Li Zhinan was already angry, and Cheng Yan's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, pushing Li Zhinan's anger even further.
Chu Huaijing was also greatly surprised. It was Li Zhinan's birthday, and Cheng Qian was actually working overtime?
This amount of information stirred up some waves in Chu Huaijing's heart.
The last time the Chu family entertained relatives and friends, Li Zhinan and Cheng Qian had some interactions as a couple.
Unexpectedly, today, their relationship seemed to have hit a dead end.
"Even if she doesn't come back, can we not celebrate this birthday?" Li Zhinan sneered, "To me, it makes no difference whether she's here or not. It's still going to be a lively occasion."
Cheng Yan sensibly comforted him, "Zhi Nan, your cousin must have been delayed by something important. She definitely didn't mean to not reply..."
"No, she did it on purpose." Li Zhinan drank the wine in one gulp and slammed the glass on the table. "She did it on purpose."
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