Quiet.
There was an awkward silence.
No one answered, Wei Chen's voice continued: "What's wrong? It's not convenient to answer the phone now?"
Zhou Nan suddenly came back to his senses, and his eyes were like X-rays, trying to see through Song Xuanhe's guilty conscience beneath his calm appearance. Even Xiao Shenglin was a little confused. He had never heard that Song Xuanhe and Wei Chen had a good relationship before, but from Wei Chen's familiar tone, it didn't seem like they had just met.
Song Xuanhe turned off the speaker without changing his expression, put the phone to his ear, and said, "Hello, Mr. Wei."
"Didn't you say to call me by my name last time?" Wei Chen laughed and asked, "Could it be that Mr. Xiao is by your side?"
"No." Song Xuanhe met the two pairs of puzzled eyes, smiled, but his voice was a little cold: "It's just that we only met once, I didn't expect you would call me to ask me out for dinner."
"We hit it off right away!" Wei Chen's voice was clear and bright, but when he spoke again, there was a hint of disappointment: "I thought we were at least ordinary friends, but I didn't expect that I was just being sentimental."
Song Xuanhe kept smiling and replied unmoved: "Since you have thought of it now, I won't say much. Goodbye."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Wei Chen raised his voice and said quickly, "I want to talk to you about serious matters! I have a project that I want you to join. It's a sure win. Let's have a meal and talk about it."
"Sorry." Song Xuanhe said, "I'm not very interested. Goodbye."
After saying that, Song Xuanhe hung up the phone without waiting for Wei Chen to say anything more.
Zhou Nan crossed his arms and glared at him with a cold look: "Tell me honestly, when did you and Wei Chen secretly have an affair? He even called you to have dinner with you. Confess and I will give you leniency. Resist and I will give you severity. If you can't explain clearly, don't leave."
There wasn't much food left, and Song Xuanhe could still eat more, so he picked up his chopsticks again and said, "This dish is good, you guys should eat more, it's shameful to waste it."
Zhou Nan: …
"I just heard you say that you only met Wei Chen once. Did something happen?" Even though Xiao Shenglin had doubts, his voice was gentle: "Wei Chen is a relatively solitary person. Apart from the two friends he grew up with, I have rarely heard him take the initiative to invite anyone to dinner."
Song Xuanhe then put down his chopsticks and replied, "Didn't you just say that Wei Chen bumped into someone? The person he bumped into was Xiao Yuanmu."
Zhou Nan's eyes widened: "Fuck, what a coincidence?"
Xiao Shenglin frowned and said with some concern: "Is Xiao Yuanmu okay?"
"It's nothing, just flesh wounds." Song Xuanhe said, "Wei Chen treated us to a meal to apologize, so he left us his contact information."
"He apologized?" Zhou Nan's eyes widened even more than before. "Wei Chen will apologize? Don't you know that when he was in high school, he used a brick to chop off the head of a school bully? The bully's family was not easy to deal with and wanted to cause trouble. It was the time of the change of leadership and the Wei family couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Even so, with his head pressed down, Wei Chen never apologized."
"That school bully might have started the trouble himself." Song Xuanhe said calmly, "But he was solely responsible for hitting someone, so he should naturally apologize."
"I have never heard of Wei Chen apologizing to anyone since I was a child. I have never heard of him apologizing, let alone apologizing. He is very arrogant." Zhou Nan clicked his tongue twice and suddenly thought, "He must have some ulterior motive, otherwise why would he be so attentive to others for no reason?"
Xiao Shenglin smiled when he heard this and asked, "What's your intention?"
"I'm attracted to the beauty of Xiao Yuanmu from the Song family." Zhou Nan nodded affirmatively after he finished speaking, "The more I think about it, the more I think that's the case. After all, your boyfriend's appearance is really amazing. You don't know that after Qian Qin's banquet, countless people asked about him. It's not surprising that Wei Chen is attracted to him."
"Guess, keep guessing." Song Xuanhe just looked at him lazily, waiting for him to continue.
"Not all of them are possible." Zhou Nan grumbled, but tactfully changed the subject: "Your cousin's company is opening this weekend and he's holding a cocktail party. He should have invited you too. Do you want to go?"
Song Xuanhe finished the last bite of his favorite dish, wiped his mouth and thought seriously, then said: "My college roommate is also having an opening reception this weekend. He called me last Friday and the address is the Baiyue Club."
“That’s a coincidence.” Zhou Nan didn’t know what he was thinking about, and said with a smile: “Your cousin might not have thought that the partner he found turned out to be your college roommate. What do you think his expression would be if he knew, hahahahahaha…”
Song Xuanhe nodded. When he received the call, he only knew it was a plot, so he agreed without saying much. However, he didn't expect that one of the hosts of the cocktail party was his cousin who he didn't get along with in his original memory.
Zhou Nan laughed for a while and asked, "So are you going or not?"
"Go ahead." Song Xuanhe said nonchalantly, "I've already promised my classmate, I can't go back on my word."
Thinking of the previous confrontation between Song Xuanhe and Song Jiabao, Zhou Nan couldn't help laughing again. His eyes were full of anticipation, and he did not hide his gloating.
Xiao Shenglin sighed and said, "Can you please stop looking like you're just hoping for chaos? If Xuanhe and Song Jiabao start fighting again, it will cause a lot of trouble for the Song family."
Song Xuanhe knew that Xiao Shenglin was reminding him in disguise, fearing that he would get into trouble in public under impulse, and Song Guochao would not treat him well at that time. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will eat anything but won't suffer any loss."
After dinner, Zhou Nan prepared to go to the bar. Xiao Shenglin also had an appointment, so Song Xuanhe went home by himself.
As soon as he entered the door, he smelled an extremely tempting aroma. His stomach, which had just been filled, suddenly had room to fill up with food again because of the smell. Song Xuanhe followed the smell into the kitchen.
Xiao Yuanmu turned around when he heard the voice, and saw that he had no expression on his face. He said calmly, "You're back."
After not hearing the greetings that he used to receive every day for a few days, Song Xuanhe paused for a moment before casually replying, "I'm back."
Then he went to the pot, saw the fragrant and red shrimp tails in the pot, swallowed his saliva without leaving a trace, and asked, "How long will it take for the lobster to be ready?"
Xiao Yuanmu was stir-frying the shrimp in the pot. Even when he was cooking, he stood straight, and his movements were very pleasing to the eye. He lowered his eyes when he heard Song Xuanhe's voice, and after a few seconds he said, "Didn't you have dinner?"
"You can eat it again after you've eaten it." Song Xuanhe stared at the pot without blinking, and asked impatiently: "How long will it take to cook?"
"Now."
Xiao Yuanmu turned off the fire, put the shrimp tails into a bowl, took the bowl and went straight to the restaurant, leaving Song Xuanhe behind.
Song Xuanhe was not annoyed. He sat down behind him and looked at the shrimp tails in front of him eagerly. Even though he was very greedy, he did not eat them. Instead, he asked, "Can I eat it now?"
"You didn't wash your hands." Xiao Yuanmu took off his apron and said lightly, "Go wash your hands."
Song Xuanhe nodded, quickly went to the kitchen to wash his hands, and came back to sit opposite Xiao Yuanmu. The aroma of shrimp tails filled the restaurant. He sniffed imperceptibly and looked up at Xiao Yuanmu: "Then I'll eat it."
"Eat it."
After getting the confirmation, Song Xuanhe couldn't wait to take a shrimp and put it in the bowl, then endured the scalding heat to peel off the shrimp shell, roll it in the soup, and finally put it into his mouth.
Chewing seriously, Song Xuanhe's bright eyes were full of satisfaction, and Xiao Yuanmu opposite him also unconsciously raised a satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth.
However, the smile was only for a moment. A trace of suspicion soon flashed across Xiao Yuanmu's eyes. In his memory, Song Xuanhe never ate garlic and would frown and get angry at the smell of garlic. He remembered that once when they were eating out, the waiter forgot to tell the chef that garlic would not be added. After the dish was served, Song Xuanhe got very angry and the waiter was fired.
However, the Song Xuanhe in front of him not only did not show any aversion to the garlic taste, but was also very satisfied when eating the shrimp tails, which was completely different from what he remembered.
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyes slightly. In his integrated memories, Song Xuan was always in such a satisfied and happy state whenever he ate anything he made. Even he himself didn't realize that as long as he saw something he wanted to eat, his eyes would instantly light up, and even his voice would be much softer when he spoke.
At least normally, Song Xuanhe would never use interjections like "ah" or other words that sounded a bit coquettish when speaking to him.
It was precisely because of this other side of him that he was not even aware of that he fell little by little in their daily interactions before his rebirth, and finally truly fell in love with Song Xuanhe.
"Is it tasty?"
Song Xuanhe looked up, with a little sauce on the corner of his mouth. He swallowed the food in his mouth and wiped the sauce off the corner of his mouth before answering, "It's delicious."
Xiao Yuanmu's eyes flickered, he lowered his eyes and picked up a shrimp tail, put it in the bowl and slowly opened it, then said lightly: "I remember you hated the smell of garlic before."
Song Xuanhe was almost stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "When? How come I don't know?"
Xiao Yuanmu paused for a moment while pinching the shrimp meat, then raised his eyes and said, "Maybe I remembered it wrongly."
"You remembered it wrongly."
Song Xuanhe picked up another shrimp tail. There was no change on his face, but he quickly called the system in his mind and said: [The original owner didn’t eat garlic before? 】
The system hesitated for a while and said uncertainly: [No? It’s not written in the book. 】
Song Xuanhe: [Then why did Xiao Yuanmu suddenly ask this? 】
System: [Maybe I remembered it wrongly. It’s normal for humans to remember something wrongly. 】
Song Xuanhe frowned slightly when he heard this. It was normal for others to remember something wrongly, but it was very abnormal for Xiao Yuanmu to remember something wrongly.
In the book, Xiao Yuanmu relied on his extraordinary memory to firmly memorize Song Xuan and the Song family's bidding documents in the study, and teamed up with the Song family's old rival to trick the Song family. He still remembered that the old rival did not believe Xiao Yuanmu at first, and Xiao Yuanmu performed shorthand in front of him.
It was precisely this almost genius memory that helped Xiao Yuanmu win many invisible business wars in the future, because often a forgotten or ignored detail can become the key to success or failure.
So the most likely reason why Xiao Yuanmu suddenly asked this was to test him. But now Xiao Yuanmu has not been reborn, so what is he testing?
Song Xuanhe had already eaten very full, and now he suddenly had something on his mind. He ate a few more meals and stopped eating. He went to the kitchen to wash his hands and prepared to go upstairs.
As soon as he came out of the kitchen, his cell phone on the table rang. Xiao Yuanmu paused after seeing the name on the screen, and then a dark light appeared in his eyes. He said, "Your cell phone is ringing."
Song Xuanhe wiped his hands, glanced at the caller and picked up the phone: "What's the matter?"
Liu Xu's voice came, soft and gentle: "Nothing, I just called to remind you not to forget about tomorrow's things."
Song Xuanhe frowned slightly and said calmly: "I won't forget. Is there anything else?"
"No more." Liu Xu was silent for two seconds, still a little unwillingly said: "Didn't you come to the set before for me?"
Song Xuanhe paused, then chuckled: "Director Huang's latest movie is ready to start filming, and it's my investment. What do you think?"
Liu Xu didn't speak for a long time, and then said in a voice that was a little disappointed: "I know."
After hanging up the phone, Song Xuanhe walked out. When he reached the living room, he remembered something and turned to Xiao Yuanmu and said, "I won't be home for dinner tomorrow night. You can prepare it yourself then."
Xiao Yuanmu raised his head, his eyes dim: "Because of Liu Xu?"
Song Xuanhe was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Xiao Yuanmu must have seen the name of the caller just now, so he nodded and said, "Yes."
"You accompany her to dinner." Xiao Yuanmu's expression was calm, and his voice was not much up and down: "Why."
Song Xuanhe said vaguely: "Because of some things."
He didn't expect that Xiao Yuanmu, who had not said a word before, would ask about this matter. However, he met Liu Xu because of the Song family's affairs. According to the progress, Xiao Yuanmu should have collected a lot of evidence about the Song family. Whether it was scandals or business secrets, he didn't want to add anything more to him. After all, the stability of the Song family was more beneficial to his plan.
However, Xiao Yuanmu, who usually kept silent, seemed to want to get to the bottom of the matter and continued to ask, "What's the matter?"
Song Xuanhe frowned. What he hated the most since he was a child was that others kept pestering him about things he didn't want to talk about. So his tone became much colder: "It's none of your business."
After saying that, without even looking at Xiao Yuanmu's reaction, he went upstairs without even looking back.
The next afternoon, Song Xuanhe drove directly to Liuquxi after get off work.
This is a membership-based teahouse, and the location is very secluded. Even though it is after get off work, there are not many people inside.
As soon as he went up to the second floor, Song Xuanhe saw a well-dressed short man walking towards him. When he saw him, he smiled and said, "Mr. Song, I have heard of your name for a long time. I am Zhang Fei, Liu Xu's agent. Please come this way."
Song Xuanhe nodded slightly, asked for lead, and followed him.
The two men stopped at the door of a private room. The short man helped him open the door and then waited outside.
Liu Xu stood up when she saw Song Xuanhe coming in. The weather was a bit cold now, but she was only wearing a deep V dress, which showed off her good figure to the fullest. She lifted her long curly hair on the side of her shoulder, then smiled at Song Xuanhe and said, "Mr. Song, please sit down."
Song Xuanhe sat down opposite her, his expression as calm as when he came in, and said lightly: "It's important about the Song family and my parents, but it's something I must know. Now you can tell me."
Liu Xu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Song Xuan asked directly without even saying a word to Lian.
She pursed her lips slightly and said softly, "Song Shao, why don't you drink some tea before asking?"
"No need." Song Xuanhe glanced at the steaming hot tea on the table and said, "What is the matter that you called me over for? Just tell me directly. I don't have time to waste with you."
Liu Xu pursed her lips upon hearing this and sat down. After a moment of silence, she said, "I came to you to talk about your father, Song Guochao."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows and pretended to be interested.
Seeing this, Liu Xu felt more confident and asked tentatively, "Do you know that your father has another woman outside?"
"Does it have anything to do with you?" Song Xuanhe Lanlan raised his eyes, his tone unpredictable.
"I, I was with Mr. Song some time ago." Liu Xu carefully glanced at Song Xuanhe's expression. Seeing that he didn't show any emotion, she continued, "But after we got together, I found that he seemed to have always treated me as a substitute for someone else. At first I always thought it was Mrs. Song, but later I found out that it wasn't."
Song Xuanhe sneered and said calmly: "Of course not, how can you compare with my mother."
Liu Xu's face froze, and after a few seconds she lowered her eyes and said, "I know that in Mr. Song's eyes, I am just a mistress who is trying to curry favor with the powerful, but being in this circle and the difference in status between Mr. Song and me force me to compromise. You can indeed look down on me, but you don't have to be afraid of me. After all, in Mr. Song's eyes, I am just a substitute for his first love."
Liu Xu spoke very skillfully. She first admitted her identity and played the victim, then belittled herself and led the conflict to the theme of this time. She is worthy of being someone who won the Best Actress award in just two years. After all, in the entertainment industry, which is a big melting pot, it is more important to be able to speak than to be a good person.
Song Xuanhe was very cooperative. Hearing this, he looked up at Liu Xu with a hint of surprise in his eyes and frowned a little. He asked, "First love? What first love?"
"Don't you know?" Liu Xu's surprised expression was more realistic than Song Xuanhe's. She opened her lips slightly and said after a while, "She was the person your father was with before he married Mrs. Song. I heard that the Song family didn't agree at the time, so he reluctantly separated from his first love. Later, he kept in touch with her."
Hearing this, Song Xuanhe frowned and his expression became more serious. After a few seconds, he narrowed his eyes and said, "You should know what will happen if you lie to me, right?"
"Of course." Seeing that Song Xuanhe believed it, Liu Xu was delighted, but her expression was a little panic. She took out a file bag from her bag, put it in front of Song Xuanhe, and said, "I have evidence. You will know after you read it."
Song Xuanhe opened the file bag. He knew the contents better than Liu Xu, so he glanced at them casually before asking, "Why are you telling me this?"
Liu Xu bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I know that I don't have the right to say this because of my identity, but if I was just a mistress, I could accept it for the sake of survival, but I don't want to be someone else's substitute, and that person is a mistress. I thought that even someone like me would be so sad, let alone Madam Song. If she knew about it, she would be devastated. Although this matter was concealed very deeply, if it was exposed, it would have a certain impact on the Song family. I have already done something immoral, and I can't just watch things continue to develop like this."
The first half of Liu Xu's speech sounded sincere and heartfelt, after all, that was what she really thought. But the second half was extremely hypocritical, and it was almost like she was fanning the flames.
"Is this why you gave me this?" Song Xuanhe looked up at her.
Liu Xu was stunned by his gaze, and she casually met his gaze and said sincerely: "I did do something wrong, but it doesn't mean I have no bottom line. I told you this just to let you know, I'm afraid that something will happen and you and Madam Song will still be in the dark and suffer a great blow."
Song Xuanhe was almost amused by her excellent acting skills. He lowered his eyes, as if he was hit hard by this incident, and said, "Thank you for this. If there is nothing else, I will leave."
Liu Xu looked at him worriedly. When he stood up, he seemed to be hesitant to speak. Then he said, "Then be careful. Goodbye."
Song Xuanhe nodded, turned around and left without looking back.
Walking out of Liuqu Creek, Song Xuan's dejected expression changed. He raised the corners of his mouth and said in his mind: [I found that Liu Xu was wronged by a small domestic award. Her acting skills are really good. 】
The system deeply agreed with this and said: [You humans are so cunning. 】
Song Xuanhe was just about to ask the system whether the cunning one was referring to Liu Xu or him, or both of them. Before the voice in his mind could organize itself, he saw Xiao Yuanmu standing across the street. Even through the vehicles that were connected end to end during the rush hour, Song Xuanhe could feel the coldness in his eyes.
At this time, the green light came on, and the vehicles that were moving slowly just now stopped one after another. Pedestrians on both sides of the road hurried back and forth from one end to the other.
However, Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu, who were standing on both sides of the road, did not raise their legs.
When there were still ten seconds left before the green light, Song Xuanhe walked to the other side and asked the system in his mind: [When did Xiao Yuanmu come? 】
The system felt a little guilty because it had just watched Song Xuanhe and Liu Xu competing in acting and had not noticed that Xiao Yuanmu was no more than a thousand meters away from Song Xuanhe. In order to make up for its mistake, it replied quickly: [I just checked, he has been following you since you left the company. 】
Song Xuanhe paused. For some reason, when he heard that Xiao Yuanmu had been standing outside for at least half an hour, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
However, the green light was about to end, so he could only continue walking towards Xiao Yuanmu. When he stood beside him, he raised his head and asked calmly, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Yuanmu looked at him with his eyes downcast, his eyes were deep, calm and unpredictable, his voice was clear and calm, but his answer was very straightforward: "I followed you here."
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