Chapter 21 Atmosphere
How did Zhao Tingyu know about her marriage? Xu Mo thought for a moment and recalled the long string of voice messages Xu Shiying sent her two days ago.
Xu Shiying must have told him when he went to see her, so that wasn't surprising. Xu Mo naturally thought so, but she only thought about this aspect. She didn't think about why Zhao Tingyu went to see Xu Shiying, and she didn't connect this matter with the missed calls she missed when she was intimate with Lin Jingchuan. She didn't think that it was because Lin Jingchuan answered Zhao Tingyu's call that Zhao Tingyu learned about her marriage.
Xu Mo turned around so that she was facing him and said frankly, "Yes."
Zhao Tingyu loosened the hand that was holding her arm for a moment, and he slowly turned his head to face Xu Mo.
He looked at her almond-shaped eyes that were clear and bright as she tilted her head back. Her frank look made his heart drop at an unusual speed.
Why did she only reply with one word and not even give him any explanation?
"Are you trying to piss me off?" Zhao Tingyu asked, "Because I won't marry you, you just found someone to marry."
Xu Mo frowned subconsciously. Although she understood that Zhao Tingyu might be a trigger, he was not the decisive factor in her marriage to Lin Jingchuan.
She expressed it tactfully: "Sometimes there is no need to feel that you are so important."
Zhao Tingyu clenched his back teeth, as if adding a spoonful of vinegar to the bitter and cold medicine. His mood was very much like the smell of vomit when a person feels nauseous.
His self-esteem fortress made him forget to find out the real reason why Xu Mo married Lin Jingchuan. All his worries, pain and unwillingness turned into firecrackers between his lips and tongue. He let go of her hand, raised his chin slightly and looked down at her condescendingly.
A thin, cold smile appeared on his stern face: "Xu Mo, you are too naive, that's why you were deceived."
Xu Mo's brows furrowed even deeper: "What?"
"Don't you understand by now that there's no such thing as a free lunch?" Zhao Tingyu said, "A seemingly perfect man asks you to marry him when you're at your most vulnerable. Don't you think that's strange?"
Xu Mo: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Tingyu: "What did he tell you? Did he want to marry you because he likes you, or because you're beautiful?"
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"I've asked someone about this recently. He did have a girlfriend when he was in college, and this woman got married recently." Zhao Tingyu looked at Xu Mo's suddenly shocked pupils, and the sour and depressed feeling in his heart turned into another strange feeling that he couldn't describe.
After the confrontation with Lin Jingchuan, he lay dormant for a long time and did not come to see Xu Mo, just to collect information about Lin Jingchuan. Through a business friend, he met a person who was in the same class as Lin Jingchuan, and asked him a lot of information about Lin Jingchuan. Unfortunately, Lin Jingchuan's resume was perfect, and he took great pains to find some information about his ex-girlfriend and him.
Zhao Tingyu couldn't wait any longer, so he came to find Xu Mo with this news.
He originally didn't intend to tell Xu Mo, and his intention was not to hurt Xu Mo. He just wanted Xu Mo to divorce Lin Jingchuan, but Xu Mo's reaction irritated him, so he told her in such a direct way.
He is not the kind of man who likes to gossip about his rival behind his back.
He never bothered to do such a thing.
He only did this for Xu Mo's own good.
Zhao Tingyu comforted himself.
"Xu Mo, he's not a good person either, he..."
Zhao Tingyu thought about whether he should tell Xu Mo that Lin Jingchuan secretly answered the phone call he made to her when he wasn't paying attention, but he felt that since he had already tricked Lin Jingchuan, there was no need to tell Xu Mo about such a small matter. He frowned and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"In short, before you get married for too long, end this ridiculous farce as soon as possible," Zhao Tingyu said. "I'll keep it a secret from your uncle and aunt."
Xu Mo was silent for a while.
Her drooping eyelashes fluttered, and her pale pink lips were gently pursed, as if she was in a state of solemnity.
She seemed very sad. Zhao Tingyu thought that even though there was no love between her and Lin Jingchuan, anyone would not be able to bear it if they knew that her new husband married her because of another woman.
This is understandable.
Zhao Tingyu couldn't bear it and comforted her: "It doesn't matter if you make the wrong choice, just cut the loss in time, it's not too late."
The soft voice fell to the ground, and Xu Mo slowly raised her head, her beautiful almond eyes filled with confusion.
"Brother Tingyu." She frowned at him, "You came here to stop me just to talk about this?"
She shook her head. "It's the 21st century, why are you still as traditional as my dad? Do you think I wouldn't have thought of this? Lin Jingchuan is 31, not 13. It's weird that he hasn't had an ex-girlfriend. It's all old news, why bother? He knows I've been with you for eight years, and he never minded you."
Xu Mo looked at him strangely: "It's a bit strange that you came to tell me about this."
Zhao Tingyu felt his heart drop for a moment.
What does Xu Mo mean?
Does it mean that he is bullying Lin Jingchuan behind his back and is not as magnanimous as Lin Jingchuan?
Xu Mo glanced at him and left. She was holding a computer in one hand and carrying a small white Chanel bag on the other shoulder. The gold ball on the bag chain was swaying, and her steps were light.
Zhao Tingyu stood there, pondering the meaning of her words, and finally returned to the car angrily.
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Lin Jingchuan looked at his watch. Xu Mo arrived fifteen minutes later than the usual appointment time. She put her small bag and computer bag on the booth and poured herself a glass of water.
What was a little different from usual was that her eyes were a little evasive today. She looked at the scenery outside, and then at the flowers and grass on the dining table. She looked at many things, but she didn't look at him.
Lin Jingchuan asked calmly, "Are you working overtime today?"
Xu Mo thought about whether she should tell Lin Jingchuan that she ran into Zhao Tingyu downstairs, but she felt that if she told him, Lin Jingchuan would probably ask her what Zhao Tingyu said. But what Zhao Tingyu told her was about Lin Jingchuan or about Lin Jingchuan's ex-girlfriend.
Xu Mo thought that this matter was Lin Jingchuan's private matter, and Zhao Tingyu should not have investigated it. But since he had already investigated it and revealed this information to her, she could only pretend not to know.
After so many years in the workplace, she had already learned the art of answering questions, which was to leave appropriate blank spaces, not reveal too much information, and avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
Xu Mo took a sip of tea and said, "I added it for a little while."
She didn't lie. She was only late for a short while, and then she met Zhao Tingyu and wasted some time.
She didn't know that when she felt guilty, her eyes would look down. Lin Jingchuan poured her some tea: "A little while?"
Xu Mo lowered her head to drink tea and looked out the window. Lin Jingchuan ordered a few dishes and asked her if she liked them. She nodded and said yes to all of them.
Lin Jingchuan took a bite of rice and raised his eyelids to look at her. An inexplicable intuition fermented in his heart - she must have met someone on the way here, and this person might be Zhao Tingyu.
After Zhao Tingyu came to confront him, he threatened that he would not let him succeed, so he would definitely appear in front of Xu Mo again. Lin Jingchuan had already prepared himself mentally for this.
In order to prevent Zhao Tingyu from finding Xu Mo too quickly, he even arranged a New Year's Day travel activity, but both Xu Mo and he had to go to work and had to return to this city.
But what would Zhao Tingyu say to Xu Mo?
Lin Jingchuan did not bring up the topic rashly because he didn't know Zhao Tingyu's trump card.
A gentle face was slightly gloomy. Lin Jingchuan held the spoon and was thinking about how to let Xu Mo know the content of the conversation between Zhao Tingyu and her without leaving any trace.
But the next second, Xu Mo's bag vibrated. She put down her chopsticks, took out her cell phone, saw the incoming call on the screen, and the expression on her face was surprised but a little gentle.
"Hello, Dad... Um, I'm off work." Xu Mo answered the phone. She glanced at Lin Jingchuan who was also staring at her from the other side. "What's wrong?"
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