Chapter 52 Didn’t You Really Have a Romance in Your Previous Life?
In a restaurant, Shen Xiliu, Shen Xiangting and Yi Yang were sitting by the window. The view here was nice and Shen Xiliu was in a good mood, so he agreed to their invitation.
Seeing this, Shen Xiangting asked curiously, "Second brother, I heard from my brother that Uncle Shen Yunshu has disappeared somewhere, and everyone is trying to contact him, but they haven't been able to. Do you know about this?"
"Of course I know." When talking about Shen Yunshu, the corners of Shen Xiliu's mouth couldn't help but rise, and a rare smile of joy appeared, making this cold and aloof face look less cold.
"He will not appear in the country for at least three months, or at most more than half a year."
"Eh? Is he going to be away for so long?" Shen Xiangting opened her eyes wide in surprise. "No wonder my brother hasn't had time to come back recently. It turns out that since my uncle is gone, a lot of work has fallen on his head. He is so busy that he has no time to go home and he didn't even call me!"
Yi Yang's mind moved slightly, and he asked carefully: "Brother Chen, Director Shen is no longer in the institute, what will you do? He has been responsible for your physical condition before, right?"
"No problem. My health has improved a lot recently." Shen Xiliu didn't like people asking about his affairs, but he was in a good mood now, so he didn't show any disgust.
His illness is gradually getting better, and the person he hates the most is no longer in the country. How can he not be in a good mood?
But this pleasure only ended when I saw a familiar person walk into the restaurant.
The first one to come in was a beautiful mixed-blood omega. She had a pair of blue eyes, a delicate and flamboyant appearance, long burgundy hair fluttering behind her, and an excellent temperament. The alpha following behind her was leaning slightly to talk to "her", with a gentle and helpless expression, which seemed particularly charming.
The alpha is very good-looking, with an upright posture. He wears a white irregular shirt with a patchwork cut, which creates a unique lazy beauty. He pairs it with a black windbreaker with a nice drape. The corners of his shirt sway with his steps. He looks simple and casual yet fashionable, and he and the omega next to him seem to be wearing couple outfits.
"Miss, there is no need to buy so many clothes." As he approached, a lazy and helpless tone came out of the alpha's mouth, with a somewhat provocative and doting feeling.
"If I say it's necessary, then it's necessary. Anyway, it's not your card or mine that is being swiped, so feel free to use it as much as you want. I want to make him a pauper." The omega is a bit willful and strong, and he makes the alpha admit defeat with just one sentence.
"Ha, I guess he's not afraid." This was specially given to you.
Qi Yan sneered, suddenly noticed a few gazes that were hard to ignore, and looked over.
I happened to meet the eyes of the person sitting by the window. I was stunned for a moment, and then I saw him coldly withdraw his gaze, as if he saw nothing.
Don't want people to find out that they know each other?
Qi Yan understood Chen Xiliu's meaning skillfully. They are just in a contractual relationship, and when the contract ends, they will no longer have any relationship, so it is normal for them to pretend not to know each other in public.
However, I didn't expect that Shen Xiliu actually knew Yi Yang, and they looked very familiar with each other. It seems that the information Gu Yanxing found before was inaccurate, but it is useless to say this now.
Qi Yan withdrew his gaze, his brows slightly knitted behind his hair, and he planned to ignore them.
As a result, Yi Yang's voice rang out: "Miss Jiang, I didn't expect to see you here." He stood up and greeted Jiang Yuqing, ignoring Qi Yan who was following him.
"Eh? It's Miss Jiang. What a coincidence. I didn't expect you to return to China!" Shen Xiangting was also a little surprised and her attention was focused on Jiang Yuqing.
Although he had been abroad for many years, Jiang Yuqing had also seen them abroad because of the cooperation between the two families. They were considered acquaintances. He smiled politely and said, "It is indeed a coincidence. I just returned to China not long ago and was thinking about dating my friends. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Shen and Miss Shen. It was a pleasant surprise."
He ignored Yi Yang, said hello to Shen Xiangting, and wanted to leave with Qi Yan. However, Shen Xiangting was quite enthusiastic. Jiang Yuqing was the founder and designer of her favorite brand, AriaNoir. Once a girl encounters something she likes, she will be particularly enthusiastic to invite them to dine together.
"Is it okay? Let's eat together. I want to talk to you more!" Shen Xiangting stood up, put her hands on her round belly, looked at everyone with joy, and asked for their opinions.
"Xiangting, be careful." Yi Yang also stood up and supported her, saying, "As long as you are happy."
"It doesn't matter." Shen Xiliu supported his face with one hand and looked at the scenery outside with a cold expression.
Since the other party has agreed, it is hard to refuse now. Jiang Yuqing looked at Qi Yan and saw him smiling and said, "It's okay. It's rare that Miss Shen invites you so kindly. It would be embarrassing to refuse."
Since everyone present was ignoring each other anyway, there was no need to embarrass Jiang Yuqing. It was just a meal, not a fatal one.
Qi Yan gentlemanly helped Jiang Yuqing pull out a chair and put his things away. Only the voices of Shen Xiangting and Jiang Yuqing could be heard at the dinner table. No one else was interested in talking. A strange relationship was surging underneath. After the dishes were served, Yi Yang asked the waiter to prepare a few glasses of warm water.
"Xiangting, drink some water first. It's already this late, Brother Chen should take his medicine, right?" Yi Yang looked at the time and reminded them intimately. He didn't notice the indifference on the face of Shen Xiliu opposite him, and continued, "Miss Jiang, it's not convenient for them to drink red wine. Do you mind if I have a drink with you?"
Qi Yan sat there calmly, as if he didn't hear anything. Jiang Yuqing seemed not to hear it either, and said with a smile: "Oh, these dishes look good, but a little plain. Miss Shen, did you order all of them?"
"I think it's a bit bland, too." Shen Xiangting finished drinking the water, and before she could react, she was hooked by Jiang Yuqing's words, "But there's nothing I can do. My second brother likes to eat light food, and I'm pregnant now, so I have to abstain from it. Miss Jiang, I saw in your encyclopedia that you seem to like Sichuan cuisine, right?"
Shen Xiliu did not react at all when he was brought to the table. His fingers resting on the edge of the table tapped silently on the table without making any sound, over and over again.
"Yes, I like Sichuan cuisine. Speaking of which, I had a miserable time when I went abroad..."
The two of them were chatting happily. Qi Yan noticed that Yi Yang's face turned ugly when he was ignored, but he chose not to see it.
Qi Yan, his half-brother, has always looked down on him.
When he was young, he showed considerable resistance and disgust, and as he grew older, the gap between them grew wider. Yi Yang realized that Qi Yan posed no threat to him. No matter his identity, status, wealth, knowledge, etc., he was incomparable. He no longer took him seriously, and there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.
However, Qi Yan really didn't expect that he and Shen Xiliu looked so familiar.
Qi Yan's mind was turning, but his expression did not change. He saw Shen Xiliu beside him taking a pill, which was a medicine he had never seen before.
After Shen Xiliu finished drinking the medicine, he ate the porridge that each person had with a calm expression, and did not pick up any food with his chopsticks. A person is looking at the scenery outside through the glass window. Although there were five people at the table, he seemed to be alone, cold and silent, and only occasionally answered Yi Yang's questions.
Qi Yan followed his gaze and the view outside the glass window was indeed nice, faintly reflecting the scene in the restaurant. It was not as clear as a mirror, but he could still see the people reflected.
"Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom first." Halfway through the meal, Shen Xiangting stood up and left, refusing Yi Yang's considerate offer to follow her.
As soon as she left, the atmosphere just now dissipated and the scene became cold.
The four people present were silent for a while, and Yi Yang spoke first: "Ms. Jiang, you haven't been back to China for many years, so you may not be clear about the situation in China, but I still want to remind you not to bring any messy people around you, as this will lower your status."
He said meaningfully that Jiang Yuqing went abroad at the age of six and should not have any old acquaintance with Qi Yan. Yi Yang remembered that when Xia Yunqie and Qi Yan, mother and son, were driven away, in addition to the Gu family, the Jiang family, who was far away abroad, also extended a helping hand out of gratitude to Old Master Xia.
But so many years have passed, and this affection has long disappeared. People like Jiang Yuqing should no longer stand with people like Qi Yan.
Jiang Yuqing really didn't understand what was going on in the country, and even knew only some superficial things, without knowing the deeper things. But that didn't mean he didn't know about Yi Hongli's ruthless act of eating up the Xia family and making his ex-wife leave the house with the children.
Hearing Yi Yang's implicit criticism of Qi Yan, Jiang Yuqing's eyes flashed with coldness: "Don't..."
Qi Yan put down his chopsticks, smiled and said in an agreeing tone: "That makes sense, it really makes sense. Bringing random people around you may indeed harm yourself. Yuqing, you must not learn from my mother. She brought an ungrateful person home, and ended up swallowing up the family property. The ungrateful person also gave birth to a beast outside. This has now become a model for every family to remind their children."
The Xia family's affair was so ugly back then that everyone in S City who was influential knew about it. They all warned their children about it and let them learn from it.
The unbearable past was lightly revealed by Qi Yan. Even though Shen Xiangting was not there, Yi Yang felt panicked for a moment and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.
He quickly glanced at Chen Xiliu who was looking at the scenery, and raised his voice, trying to suppress the other party: "Qi Yan, don't try to confuse right and wrong and talk nonsense. It was clearly your mother back then..."
"You know best whether I'm talking nonsense or not. Otherwise, why would you look so panicked? Aren't you just trying to cover up the truth and throw mud at us in order to prove your innocence? You don't think this will work, do you? It's only been less than 20 years, and there are many people in S City who witnessed this incident. Do you think that if no one mentions it, they will really forget it?"
Qi Yan spoke slowly, staring at him with his deep peach blossom eyes: "Don't fool yourself. As the son of an ungrateful person, 'they' are also on guard against you, so as not to repeat the same mistakes."
He deliberately emphasized the word "they", and it was self-evident who he was talking about.
This sentence hit the sore spot. Yi Yang didn't need to think about it. His mind quickly emerged with the scene of Shen Xiangting's parents forcing him to sign a prenuptial agreement. His face instantly became extremely ugly, and he stared at Qi Yan with fierce eyes.
"despair!"
Before he almost lost his mind, a slender pale hand placed the cup on the table with a crisp clinking sound. Shen Xiliu, who was originally leisurely enjoying the scenery, looked towards them.
"You guys want to act like circus clowns in the restaurant and entertain people?"
His expression was indifferent, as if he was watching a clown show, a little boring, and even had a cold look after his mood of enjoying the scenery was disturbed: "But unfortunately, no one wants to watch, don't disturb others' mood of dining."
The indiscriminate attack awakened Yi Yang's reason. When he saw Shen Xiangting was about to come back, his face changed slightly. He quickly suppressed his anger and returned to normal.
Qi Yan met Chen Xiliu's gaze and saw him turning his face away coldly.
"Oh, what a bad day! This is a very unpleasant meal."
Jiang Yuqing stood up, pulled out a chair, and picked up her bag. "I am a kind person. I can't stand seeing some people occupying other people's homes and jumping around everywhere. I also hate self-righteous people. Excuse me. I think it's better for us not to bother each other."
"Qi Yan, let's go!" He left as soon as he said that, and muttered, "I eat dumplings when I go out and noodles when I get home. I should have listened to your advice and eaten a bowl of noodles when I got home, so that I can have a smooth life..."
When he met Shen Xiangting who was walking towards him, Jiang Yuqing greeted her with a smile as if nothing had happened, and said that he had something urgent to do, so he had to leave first and they could have dinner together next time if they had the chance. Shen Xiangting felt a little regretful. Seeing them leave in a hurry, she did not force them to stay.
After leaving the restaurant, Qi Yan was checking messages on his phone. Jiang Yuqing put the card away. When he went out, he did not forget to pay half of the fee with the missing person's card. He did not want to take advantage of others, nor did he want to be taken advantage of.
Jiang Yuqing, who supports AA Long Live, is speaking up for Qi Yan, saying that the Shen family is really arrogant and self-righteous, and she also scolds a certain father and son for being equally shameless. The last time I went abroad, I visited his home and wanted to buy back the antiques that were auctioned off by the Jiang family, but his father refused. Although he and Yi Hongli were on good terms, Jiang's father despised him in his heart...
"Qi Yan, whose message are you replying to? Are you in love?" After Jiang Yuqing finished complaining, she noticed that Qi Yan was thinking about how to reply. He typed and deleted, deleted and typed again. His indecisive behavior was very much like that of a young person who had just fallen in love.
"A customer." Finally, Qi Yan replied with a random word and sent it over, "Please don't speculate about my single status. I'm not dating."
As soon as he walked out of the restaurant, Shen Xiliu sent him a text message, asking him not to forget about drawing pheromones this afternoon.
This person really didn't care about things that had nothing to do with him. Judging from Shen Xiliu's personality, he probably really felt that their talking disturbed his leisurely life.
"Oh, if you're single, can you please send me someone's contact information to help you find your partner? I'll give you a big red envelope later."
Qi Yan sighed: "Really not."
If he knew where Gu Yanxing was, he would have just packed up the whole thing and handed it over to Jiang Yuqing and stayed away from them.
The story of three people he doesn't want to have a name.
Jiang Yuqing stared at his hand that was still touching his phone, with a thoughtful expression: "Are you really not in a relationship? If you are, I can give you some advice and send you a red envelope."
The tone is quite like giving a love red envelope to a child. Among the three of them, only Qi Yan looks dissolute on the outside, but he is actually quite innocent at heart. Jiang Yuqing once heard Gu Yanxing mention that someone of his age had never even had a serious relationship.
Qi Yan: “…forget it.”
The contract is still in place, so how dare we fall in love? I have to go to the supermarket to buy some condoms later. I ran out of them last time, so I have to buy some more.
The employer is too troublesome to deal with and is very picky...
…
In the restaurant, Shen Xiangting returned to her seat and continued eating. She suddenly remembered something: "Ah! That handsome guy just now looks like A Yang!"
"Really? I didn't pay attention either." Yi Yang didn't really want to talk to Qi Yan. He couldn't forget what he said just now. It made him angry, but he couldn't show it.
He will definitely make Qi Yan pay the price, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his lowered eyes.
Shen Xiangting muttered, "They look alike! Haven't you noticed? Your facial features, except for the eyes, are very similar in other parts. Second brother, do you think they look alike?"
Shen Xiliu put down his phone and looked out the window with his head tilted. The transparent glass reflected the empty seats. He said lightly, "I didn't notice."
"Eh? Didn't you notice? I think he's so conspicuous. If I hadn't met my favorite designer, I would have wanted his contact information. He's so handsome! Ah, Ayang, don't be unhappy. I was just talking. He's far inferior to you. You are the most handsome alpha in the world!"
Shen Xiangting said sweetly, and found that Shen Xiliu looked over, and asked puzzledly: "What's wrong? Second brother, don't you want to continue to enjoy the scenery?"
"nothing."
Shen Xiliu retracted his gaze and just looked at the blind man.
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