Cheng Yuesheng only knew that Lu Zecheng's parents had divorced over a decade ago, but she didn't know the reason. It was a private matter between Lu Qingxu and Xiao Yu, and even Lu Weixing didn't know the reason, saying only that they divorced suddenly, and by the time he found out, the paperwork had already been completed for several days.
But their divorce didn't seem to have much of an impact on Lu Zecheng. He considered himself a mature person, and his parents' emotional changes didn't have a significant impact on his daily life. He moved back with Lu Qingxu to live with Lu Weixing, occasionally staying at Xiao Yu's house for a while until Xiao Yu left the country.
At first, Cheng Yuesheng thought that Lu Zecheng had a bad relationship with his father because of his parents' divorce. Later, she found out that the father and son had always been getting along in this way and disliked each other.
He also had no awkwardness in getting along with Xiao Yu. It seemed that even though his parents were separated, their relationship was still very good.
"What gift did my mother give you?" Lu Zecheng stared at Cheng Yuesheng's small handbag. He had just seen her put the gift box into her handbag. He was very curious about what his mother would give Cheng Yuesheng.
Cheng Yuesheng took out the gift box, held it in his hand, and asked, "Do you want to open it? Then open it."
Lu Zecheng was about to reach out to take the gift box from her hand.
"Aze, Sister Shengsheng, what are you doing here?"
Lu Zecheng looked at the newcomers and was speechless. "It's you guys."
"Nice to meet you again." Zhuo Ting raised her glass to him and looked at the protagonist of today's banquet. "Today's banquet was very well organized. Congratulations to Miss Cheng on returning home."
Cheng Yuesheng didn't know the intention of the siblings coming here, so he could only reply reservedly and politely: "Thank you."
"Sister Shengsheng looks very beautiful today." Zhuoran winked at her like a playboy.
After praising the person, he was about to drink the champagne in the glass when he suddenly felt a chill, as if he was being stared at by a large beast.
Zhuoran looked around and didn't see any unusual looks, so he thought it was an illusion and returned to his smiling face.
Zhuo Ting looked at the man standing next to Cheng Yuesheng. He was handsome and tall, and most importantly, he treated Cheng Yuesheng with great care, which made all the young ladies present envious. Moreover, she knew him better than these young ladies who were meeting him for the first time. She had known him for a long time.
A little over a month ago, her company lost out on a project they thought was a sure thing to a company from out of town. So she asked someone to investigate the company, and they discovered it was a subsidiary of the renowned Zhilan Group.
She had known Qin Heque for a long time. When she was in college, her tutor recommended her to study abroad and told her that there was a junior named Qin Heque who was very talented but had no plans for further studies. At that time, her tutor felt sorry for this, but she did not take this person seriously. She did not expect that she would lose to this legendary junior.
"Hello, Mr. Qin." Zhuo Ting raised his glass. "I lost the bid for the Lihuashan No. 2 project to you. I hope we can have a chance to work together in the future."
Qin Heque frowned, as if he didn't quite understand what she said, "Who are you?"
Zhuo Ting felt suffocated for a moment, but he still smiled generously, "It was Yueda Group that won the final bid with your company."
"I'm sorry, this project is handled by the branch office. I only know the results, not the specific process."
Zhuo Ting's mouth twitched. She had wanted to say that they were alumni of the same university, but now she couldn't say it.
Zhuoran said, "Why are you talking about work at the party, sister? You're tired enough from work, so why not relax now!" He winked at Cheng Yuesheng, "Right, Sister Shengsheng."
Cheng Yuesheng pursed his lips and smiled.
"Sister Shengsheng, what's in your hand?" Zhuoran noticed the gift box in Cheng Yuesheng's hand with his sharp eyes.
"Aunt Yu... this is a gift from my brother's mother."
"Wow, Aunt Xiao is here?" He was surprised, "She even gave you a gift."
He thought Lu Zecheng's mother no longer interfered in the Lu family's affairs!
"What? Are you so surprised that my mother came to the party?" Lu Zecheng looked at him unkindly.
"No, no, I thought she was abroad!" Zhuoran denied repeatedly. He quickly changed the subject, "What gift did Aunt Xiao give you? I heard that Aunt Xiao founded a jewelry brand abroad. Could it be jewelry?"
Cheng Yuesheng thought the gift box was small and really looked like jewelry. She remembered what Lu Zecheng had wanted to see just now.
"Brother, do you want to see it?" Cheng Yuesheng asked.
"Let's take a look." Lu Zecheng thought, it's a good opportunity to test his mother's entrepreneurial achievements abroad.
He opened the gift box and inside was a pair of exquisitely designed lily of the valley earrings.
"So beautiful!" Cheng Yuesheng exclaimed.
As a woman herself, Zhuo Ting also thought the earrings were beautiful. "Did Aunt Xiao design these? They look really good."
Lu Zecheng looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded, "It seems my mom's promise of jewelry design isn't just for fun."
Qin Heque also said respectfully, "Aunt Yu's design skills are indeed amazing."
"It seems that Aunt Xiao likes Sister Shengsheng very much. Aze, your position is in danger." Zhuoran teased.
Lu Zecheng said: "It's none of your business."
Zhuoran didn't take his words to heart and grabbed Lu Zecheng to chat for a while, until Zhuo Ting saw the impatience on Lu Zecheng's face and pulled Zhuoran away.
After the Zhuo siblings left, Lu Zecheng also ran to the bathroom, leaving only Cheng Yuesheng and Qin Heque.
Qin Heque was just about to ask Cheng Yuesheng if he was hungry and wanted to go eat something, but Cheng Yuesheng didn't give him the chance.
She narrowed her eyes and asked seriously, "Do you know that Zhuo Ting just now?"
Qin Heque shook his head: "I don't know him."
"Really?" Cheng Yuesheng looked unconvinced. The look in Zhuo Ting's eyes just now clearly showed that he knew him.
Qin Heque knew she didn't believe him the moment he heard it, so he continued to explain, "Some time ago, our branch won a project in North City. Our competitor in the final stage was Yueda. I only just learned from her that it was her company."
He continued, "Although I knew about this project, it was entirely under the responsibility of the branch office from the outset. I only needed to get the results I wanted; the process was the branch office's business. Besides, I was in Jiangzhou during that time. The only time I came to Beicheng was the last time I came with you. We were together every day back then."
What he meant was that he had never had any contact with anyone from Yueda.
Cheng Yuesheng felt that what he said was well-reasoned and believed him 90% of the time, but the way Zhuo Ting looked at him showed that he knew him.
Seeing that she was silent, Qin Heque took her hand and whispered, "Maybe she lost the project to Zhilan's branch, so she felt unwilling to accept it and investigated our company. She found out about me from other places."
He lowered his eyes and looked at Cheng Yuesheng seriously, his tone frank: "Everything I said is true, every word is true."
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