Chapter 147 Someone is helping her find her lost happiness
After Cheng Yan answered the phone, a hint of happiness flashed in her eyes.
Suddenly I started looking forward to dinner in the evening.
Cheng Qian took a leave today because Dr. Lan had said long ago that he would have a private academic exchange with her in the afternoon. When she got back, it was already past six in the evening.
Dr. Lan is old and lacks energy. He took off his glasses wearily.
Cheng Qian was grateful for her afternoon's guidance, so she gently invited her, "Dr. Lan, are you free tonight? I'd like to treat you to a simple meal."
A smile flashed across Dr. Lan's shrewd eyes. "Okay, but it's a bit too monotonous for just the two of us to have dinner together. How about I call someone over and have him come over to eat with us?"
Cheng Qian naturally had no problem with this and nodded with a smile: "Sure, then do you want to take my car over now?"
"Okay, let's go." Dr. Lan's mouth was dry from talking all afternoon. She thought to herself that if Chu Huaijing hadn't specifically asked her to do it, she wouldn't want to bother with this old bone. However, Cheng Qian was a good seedling. No matter how profound and difficult what she said was, this kid would understand it immediately. She was simply a younger version of her. This made Dr. Lan even more surprised.
On the way to the restaurant, Cheng Qian drove Dr. Lan and asked Dr. Lan to choose the restaurant.
Dr. Lan was getting older and liked to eat light food. There was a restaurant that she really liked, so she went to an old and famous restaurant called Heyue.
When Cheng Qian came over, the restaurant's private room was fully booked, so she and Dr. Lan were arranged to sit in a corner of the living room.
"It's okay, the hall is busy." Dr. Lan said while sending a message on his mobile phone.
Cheng Qian didn't know who Dr. Lan was going to call over. She thought it might be a friend of hers in the same industry.
So, Cheng Qian was busy greeting the elder, and when she looked up, she saw a group of people coming in from the entrance of the hall.
This group of people were warmly greeted by the restaurant lobby manager. Cheng Qian quickly sat down behind the screen, not wanting to be seen by that group of people.
The people who came were none other than the old lady of the Li family, Jiang Meng, and Xia Mengjiao and her group. They were talking and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Just as they went upstairs, a few minutes later, another group of people Cheng Qian knew came in.
Cheng Qian looked closely and found that they were actually people from the Cheng family. Old Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng, and Cheng Zhifei and his daughter were all there. They all looked happy, as if they were going to a banquet, and they were all dressed very smartly.
Cheng Qian's expression darkened. She thought it must be a dinner party for the Li and Cheng families.
In the lobby downstairs, a low-key Audi sedan stopped. When the door opened, a handsome and steady figure appeared.
Chu Huaijing glanced at his watch, a gentle smile appeared on his thin lips, and he was about to go upstairs.
At this moment, a clear male voice called out to him from behind: "Huai Jing, what a coincidence, you are eating here too?"
Chu Huaijing was stunned when he saw Li Zhinan coming over, then asked, "Why are you here too?"
Li Zhinan pointed upstairs: "My grandma was hospitalized a few days ago and was just discharged today, so I invited her out for dinner."
"I hope Grandma Li is okay. I didn't know about it. If I knew, I should have brought some gifts and visited her." Chu Huaijing said with a guilty look on his face.
"It's enough if you have this intention. Have you made plans to have dinner with your friends?"
The two men walked upstairs side by side. While chatting, Chu Huaijing looked at Li Zhinan's expression.
At this moment, a slightly hurried female voice came from behind: "Zhi Nan, Huai Jing, wait for me."
Chu Huaijing stopped talking instantly when he was about to say something.
When they turned around, they saw Cheng Yan, who was wearing a charming long dress. She ran a few steps in a charming manner and came in front of them.
"Am I late?" Cheng Yan didn't expect Chu Huaijing to be there too, and a smile spread across her face.
Li Zhinan's expression changed slightly. Isn't tonight the Li family's dinner?
Why didn’t grandma tell him and even invited Cheng Yan?
"No, I just arrived too. Let's go up together." Li Zhinan's tone was as gentle as usual.
Chu Huaijing watched the interaction between the two, and he didn't know whether to say the words that were stuck in his throat.
He actually wanted to tell Li Zhinan that he was having dinner with Cheng Qian.
At this moment, seeing that Li Zhinan and Cheng Yan had an appointment together, Chu Huaijing felt that there seemed no need to say this anymore.
Arriving at the entrance of the second-floor hall, Chu Huaijing spotted Cheng Qian and Dr. Lan in the corner. He immediately said to Li Zhixiang and Cheng Yan, "I'll go over first. You guys chat."
Li Zhinan and Cheng Yan were also chatting. When they saw Chu Huaijing was about to leave, they naturally looked in the direction he was going.
At this moment, Li Zhinan saw Cheng Qian in the corner.
Cheng Yan also saw it, and she couldn't help but be surprised: "So Huai Jing made an appointment with my cousin to have dinner here."
Li Zhinan's face instantly turned cold, his cold eyes narrowed slightly, staring at that side.
As soon as Chu Huaijing walked over, Cheng Qian immediately stood up to greet him, and then Chu Huaijing naturally sat down next to Cheng Qian.
He actually... sat next to Cheng Qian?
I don’t know if Chu Huaijing deliberately reminded Cheng Qian.
Only then did Cheng Qian look up in the direction of the private room on the second floor.
Across the distance, Cheng Qian's gaze met a pair of cold eyes.
After just a second, she looked away and spoke to Chu Huaijing with a smile.
Li Zhinan clenched his palms suddenly, and an impulse made him want to walk over immediately and pull the woman away from that place.
"Zhi Nan, stop looking, let's go upstairs first." Cheng Yan reminded him softly.
The resentment surging in Li Zhinan's chest disappeared without a trace in an instant.
He suddenly remembered that Cheng Qian was no longer his wife and they were divorced.
Li Zhinan turned around with slightly stiff steps and walked up the stairs to the second floor.
Cheng Yan followed him and when going upstairs, she couldn't help but glance in Cheng Qian's direction.
She felt extremely uncomfortable, especially when she saw Chu Huaijing's gentle and gentlemanly look when he saw her. Cheng Yan thought that Cheng Qian seemed to be very lucky to be so respected and loved by a man.
Unlike her, she clearly confessed her true feelings to Li Zhinan, but he said he pretended not to hear it.
At this moment, Cheng Yan hated the word "lucky" again.
Chu Huaijing glanced at Cheng Qian and asked her in a low voice, "Are you really not going to go over and say hello?"
Cheng Qian shook her head with a determined look: "No need, I have nothing to do with him anymore."
Dr. Lan looked at the handsome and beautiful young couple across from her. She smiled and said, "Xiao Qian, your decision is right. Now that you're divorced, you shouldn't bother each other or get entangled with each other. As for your ex-husband, you should bury him in the ground and never dig him up again in this life."
After hearing this, Cheng Qian pursed her lips and smiled: "Dr. Lan is right."
"Now that we are having a private dinner together, don't call me Dr. Lan. Just call me Auntie like Huai Jing." Lan Jie said with a smile.
Cheng Qian was stunned and immediately felt embarrassed: "This is not good. I am different from Mr. Chu. Otherwise, I will call you teacher."
Chu Huaijing also felt that calling her that was presumptuous, so he immediately winked at Lan Jie.
Lan Jie smiled and said, "Okay, call me teacher."
In the private room on the second floor, Mrs. Li took charge and invited the entire Cheng family to dinner.
When Li Zhinan and Cheng Yan came in together, everyone's eyes showed joy.
"You are here, come and sit here." The old lady immediately pointed out two seats.
Cheng Yan obediently walked to the seat next to the old lady and sat down, but Li Zhinan simply pulled a seat aside and sat down, instead of sitting with Cheng Yan.
Everyone's expression was stunned again.
Cheng Yan's face turned pale, and she felt a silent but audible sense of frustration.
When Li Zhinan saw this situation, he knew what the two families were planning. Were they trying to join forces to bring him and Cheng Yan together?
"Zhinan, why are you sitting so far away? Come to Xiaoyan." Old Mrs. Li said angrily.
Li Zhinan said indifferently: "I can sit here and eat. Grandma, if you want to add people in the future, shouldn't you discuss it with me?"
Everyone from the Cheng family was stunned.
Mrs. Li said seriously and dissatisfiedly, "Xiaoyan's family will be our family from now on. What's wrong with having a meal together?"
"Yes!" Li Zhinan didn't give the Cheng family any face. He glanced at the Cheng family and said in a cold and serious tone, "I know you may have a misunderstanding and think that Cheng Yan and I are dating, but today, I must clarify this matter."
When Mrs. Li heard her eldest grandson being so disrespectful, she immediately became angry and said, "Zhi Nan, grandma has just recovered from her illness, and you want me to go back to the hospital again? No matter what, let's talk about it after dinner."
What Li Zhinan originally wanted to clarify was instantly stuck in his throat after hearing what the old lady said.
In his eyes, his grandmother's illness could not be neglected.
"Well, let's eat first." Li Zhinan finally failed to choose this time to let his grandmother's blood pressure rise.
Cheng Yan looked lonely, as if she was about to tear off her mask and reveal the truth.
During these four years, she had been creating the illusion for her family that her relationship with Li Zhinan was better than Cheng Qian's, leading everyone in her family to believe that she was Li Zhinan's favorite woman.
But just now, Li Zhinan's serious expression and the attitude of trying hard to clarify made Cheng Yan's heart feel as if it was broken.
Although Li Zhinan didn't say anything, Cheng Zhifei's family felt like a time bomb had been placed in their hearts, and they were very uneasy.
Li Zhinan was halfway through his meal when he made an excuse to go out for a smoke.
He stood at the railing on the second floor, and by lowering his head, he could see the scene at the table in the corner.
Looking at Cheng Qian and Chu Huaijing, I don’t know what they said. Both of them were smiling, and the silver-haired old lady opposite seemed to be sucking something intentionally.
Li Zhinan was already in a bad mood, and at this moment, he felt a slight suffocating pain in his heart.
Are you going to have a heart attack?
Li Zhinan immediately stood up and walked towards the smoking area. There was no one there. His slender body leaned against the wall. The green smoke filled his gentle and handsome face, giving it a dark and damp temperament.
He stared at the scenery outside the window, his mind full of the image of Cheng Qian and Chu Huaijing smiling together just now.
He suddenly felt that what he had said was ridiculous. He said that he had stolen all her happiness during their four years of marriage.
Now, someone is helping her to regain the lost happiness, so she can smile so sincerely when facing Chu Huaijing.
Li Zhinan admitted that he was broken and even felt very uncomfortable.
It was as if his favorite toys had been snatched away, the flowers in his garden had been plucked, and his precious artwork had been stolen.
Li Zhinan put out his cigarette on the sand, exhaled a puff of smoke muffledly, and decided to go over and say hello to Cheng Qian.
He doesn't want latecomers to fight and grab for things. As the first comer, he also has to fight and grab.
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