20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3497 Sui Xuemeng's Kindness
"What did they say when you got through? They just asked why you couldn't get through on your phone?"

Zhao Chang'an felt that Sui Xuemeng was missing the point and was being too long-winded in explaining things.

"This auntie was very kind. She wished me a happy new year and said that my parents' matter wasn't a big deal, it just involved other people's affairs. Once the investigation was cleared up, the matter was clarified, and the things that shouldn't have been taken were returned, I could go home. They were doing well inside; they had dumplings for New Year's Eve dinner, and later that evening they even organized a group to watch the Spring Festival Gala together. She also asked me where I was, and I said in Chongqing. She asked if I was staying with relatives, and if I had any relatives in Chongqing?"

Sui Xuemeng said, "I said I have no relatives. My classmate Ai Qiuqiu and I came to Shancheng with Zhao Chang'an to celebrate the New Year."

Zhao Chang'an, who was driving, and Wen Ye, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned their heads and looked at each other simultaneously.

Zhao Chang'an felt like Sui Xuemeng had given him a head full of lice, making his scalp itch terribly.

"What did they say over there?"

Ai Qiuqiu and Sui Xuemeng were sitting in the back row when they felt their blood pressure spike. This matter had nothing to do with Zhao Chang'an, but they still dragged him into it.

“At first she asked which Zhao Chang’an, and I said it was Zhao Chang’an. After a while she asked which Zhao Chang’an was the president of One Nano, and I said yes. Then she asked me what my relationship was with Zhao Chang’an, and I said I knew him. My classmate Ai Qiuqiu works at One Nano, and I came here with her this time.”

"Then she didn't say anything more, just asked if this phone number was mine. I said yes, and she told me to keep my phone accessible before hanging up. On the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year, she called me again, but didn't say anything, just asked what I was doing in Chongqing. I said I was at Taohuahu Reservoir, and she didn't say anything. Later, I called back, and a man answered, saying that the aunt was out of town. — In the morning, I also received a call asking if I was taking a chartered flight back to Zhengzhou. I said yes, and they didn't say anything else."

From the moment Zhao Chang'an started asking Sui Xuemeng questions until the car arrived at the headquarters compound in Yimizhen City, Sui Xuemeng intermittently recounted the seven or eight phone interactions she had with the other party over the course of more than ten minutes.

"You called so many times, how come I didn't know?"

At this point, Ai Qiuqiu was indeed a little angry.

"I'm sorry, Qiuqiu. I put my phone on silent and vibrate mode. It's a very light vibration. I have to go outside to make calls every time."

Sui Xuemeng looked apologetic and fearful as she apologized to Ai Qiuqiu: "I didn't mean to hide it from you. I was just thinking that everyone would be happy during the New Year, and I didn't want my situation to affect everyone's mood. That would be too selfish."

So Ai Qiuqiu also fell silent and stopped talking.

The car stopped in front of Ai Qiuqiu's small building, and the two women got out and opened the trunk to take things out.

During this trip to Japan and South Korea, Ai Qiuqiu spent a lot of money, filling the trunk of her car to the brim and unloading a huge pile of colorful things in front of the building.

"Shall we go out for lunch together?"

Zhao Chang'an asked Ai Qiuqiu.

"No need, I saw some small restaurants open by the roadside. We can just go over and order a few dishes, it'll be fine. You don't need to worry about us. How many days are you planning to stay here?"

Ai Qiuqiu asked Zhao Chang'an.

"If all goes well, we'll leave the day after tomorrow. We've already wasted too much time."

"Then I'll treat you to a meal sometime, as a gesture of hospitality."

"We'll have plenty of time later, so we won't make a point of meeting again!" Ai Qiuqiu nodded, indicating that she understood.

Standing to the side, Sui Xuemeng's eyes revealed a hint of unconcealed disappointment.

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Zhao Chang'an followed Wen Ye into his room. The living room was filled with green plants. The afternoon sun shone into his room, giving the plants plenty of sunlight, and the heating prevented the plants from freezing in the winter nights of Zhengzhou.

He had no interest in the plants and went straight into his bedroom. Seeing that there was only one pillow and one blanket on the bed, he laughed and said, "You and Xiao Chu are quite romantic, sharing a pillow and a blanket. What position do you two sleep in at night, 66, 69, BD, or X?"

Wen Ye completely ignored Zhao Chang'an and instead went to look at the plants she had placed in the living room.

Seeing that some plants were a bit thirsty, I took the watering can to get some water.

"You're not saying even Xiao Chu doesn't have a key to your room, are you? If that's not allowed, how are you and Xiao Chu supposed to have a married life?" Zhao Chang'an glanced at the snake that was wrapped around the trunk of a two-meter-tall green banana plant, its head slightly tilted as it stared at him. Its two tiny, sesame-seed-sized snake eyes were as black as moonlight reflected by black gemstones at night. He said in surprise, "Its eyes have changed color! It looks like it hasn't developed. In Amber's eyes, it's still a thin spicy strip."

"Zizi~"

The small green dragon, about the thickness of a chopstick, seemed to understand the malice in Zhao Chang'an's words. It opened its mouth fiercely, revealing its fangs and flicking its scarlet forked tongue.

This little green dragon is very good at camouflage. Even someone with excellent eyesight would mistake it for a vine from the potted green vine climbing on this green banana plant if they didn't look closely.

However, as soon as Zhao Chang'an entered the room, he sensed a kind of power emanating from the green banana plant, similar to a heat source, making it easy for him to see what dangerous thing was coiled there.

However, if someone else had come in, they might not have even known how they died.

"If you want to try it, just go ahead and touch it. Anyway, its poison won't do anything to you. It's just a neurotoxin. You'll just be in pain for a few days."

Wen Ye spoke casually, but Zhao Chang'an knew that this "it will only hurt for a few days" was no joke.

"Don't change the subject. You and Xiao Chu are in this state, why don't you get on with your business? Is it because you're incapable or because she's unwilling?"

Wen Ye glanced at Zhao Chang'an and said, "You'll understand when we have dinner together later. Of course, you'll understand eventually. Actually, you still don't understand that I'm not interested in the trivial things you're so obsessed with right now."

Wen Ye said, "A woman's soft heart makes her belt loose, and a man's soft heart leads to a life of poverty."

Am I poor?

Zhao Chang'an smiled confidently and asked Wen Ye, "You must answer this serious question truthfully."

"I would say you're an exception. If you didn't have so many attribute bonuses, I think you'd really be poor. I'm only talking about the general phenomenon, not the exception. And don't you think that if you were a little more ruthless, you wouldn't be in such a difficult situation in many ways?"

Wen Ye said, "You've been sleeping with Shan Qiang for over two years. Even if you were incredibly busy, how many times could you have been a gentleman in those two years? Yet you haven't completely won her over or made her submit. Instead, she's retaliating against you. What a failure! If Green Garden Group were in our hands, plus the projects I have now, many things would be much easier. Development, funding, and human resources would be much more readily available. Do you want me to teach you? The most effective way to break a woman's will is through insult and humiliation. The stark contrast between her groveling behind her back and her glamorous, powerful woman in public—that extreme contrast can completely control her or other powerful women. Don't tell me you don't even understand this?"