Flower Room

Chapter 32
It was already the middle of January when Fang Zhuyun called Manzhi.

Manzhi is instructing Xiaogong to deliver goods to the new store, which will open on Saturday, and has been so busy for the past two days, so when she heard that Fang Zhuyun wanted to treat her to dinner, she instinctively wanted to refuse.

Fang Zhuyun immediately became upset, "Su Manzhi, you are so mean, we haven't seen each other for so many years, why don't you show your face to me when I invite you to dinner?"

Manzhi showed Xiaogong the direction with her hands and feet, and said: "How can I be so hypocritical, I am too busy today, I can't spare time, how about it, tomorrow night, I will be the host, and you take your future husband Also call, let's have a good get together, how about it?"

Fang Zhuyun laughed, "That's about the same. We are newcomers, and we are not familiar with the place, so we have to rely on you, a local snake, for guidance in many places!"

Manzhi's mood improved after hearing her open mouth that had not changed for many years.

Naturally, she did not break her promise, and hosted Fang Zhuyun and her husband-to-be Qian Zhenglin for a banquet at Xiangfuji the next night.

Fang Zhuyun is from Hunan and loves spicy food, but Qian Zhenglin is an authentic Cantonese who doesn't like spicy food. Manzhi wonders whose taste they usually cook with.

Fang Zhuyun smiled and said, "We each eat our own food. We deal with a lot of situations outside, and we rarely open fire at home." It turned out that Qian Zhenglin had just switched to a well-known foreign company in F City at the end of last year as the engineering director. But it seems like it was completely sold to the company, busy to the point of wearing stars and moons, and having a lot of entertainment.If Fang Zhuyun hadn't dragged him out today, he still wouldn't be able to leave after get off work.

Halfway through the dishes, Qian Zhenglin was already answering the call from the Nth company. He comforted and rubbed the top of Fang Zhuyun's head, which was full of anger, and walked outside while talking on the phone. The signal inside was not very good. .

After graduating, Fang Zhuyun found a cat in a public institution for a year. She was really bored. Her family conditions were good, and she couldn't stand her troubles, so she went through the formalities for studying abroad. In [-], at least I got Zhang's master's degree.However, her biggest achievement is not her studies, but finding her other half.

Fang Zhuyun is the only daughter in the family, and her parents are very precious. Hearing that her daughter has a boyfriend, she is happy and hopes that they can return to China to develop. He came back full of patriotism.

Qian Zhenglin worked as a lecturer at his alma mater University A in City C for three years, only to realize that the school did not have the pure ideal he imagined, especially the annual professional title review turmoil made him tireless, and in the end gave him his heart for scientific research. faded.

It was also a coincidence that he was recruited by a headhunter to the current foreign company when he was active, and he was busy, but his ears were clean.

While Fang Zhuyun was rambling on, Manzhi still heard her dissatisfaction, but many times people are helpless, living environment and quality of life are always ranked first, especially when they are still in the standing stage, Fang Zhuyun even made a high-profile threat that she would rely on the abilities of the two to pursue a high-quality life, and would never ask her family for a stitch.

Hearing that Qian Zhenglin majored in material science, Manzhi felt her heart skip a beat. While she was thinking about it, Fang Zhuyun approached her and whispered mysteriously, "Hey, do you still remember Xiao Feng?"

Manzhi heard her mention it suddenly, and almost didn't realize it. Fang Zhuyun had already continued to say, "He is very promising. He went to take the civil service exam after graduating from a bachelor's degree. After going back and forth, he switched to a master's degree in diplomacy. Now In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, I heard that I found a girlfriend with a deep background, and I think they will get married soon."

After Manzhi listened in a daze, she felt that all this was so far away to her, as if it had nothing to do with her, so the smile on her face didn't fade in the slightest, she just asked leisurely: "Why are you so familiar with his situation?" ?”

"What a coincidence, I met him last year in Beijing." Fang Zhuyun's face lit up with a hint of pride, but seeing that Manzhi had no special reaction, she became a little less interested. Originally, she thought she was talking about her old lover , Manzhi will at least show some excitement.

"Look at you, I've forgotten about you a long time ago, but Xiao Feng still misses you."

Hearing her words, Manzhi's heart skipped a beat, and she said with a smile, "Isn't it?"

Fang Zhuyun glanced at her with complicated meanings in his eyes, and said slowly: "It's really not easy for me to praise him for being so promising now. Guess what he said? He said——he has the situation today, all Thanks to you."

Manzhi's complexion sank, she frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"He said that it was you who taught him not to be emotional in everything, but to put interests first."

Manzhi's heart twitched violently. Seven years ago, the scene of her and Xiao Feng standing at the entrance of the alley suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. She couldn't remember what she said, but it was not until today that she I understand that her words at that time had such a strong influence on Xiao Feng, no matter whether what he said to Fang Zhuyun was out of irony or sincerity, it was extremely uncomfortable for Manzhi to hear.

But besides smiling wryly, she didn't know what else to do.

She always thought that good fortune made a fool of others, but it unexpectedly affected others as well.

Fang Zhuyun was still whispering something in his ear, and seemed to ask the reason for their breakup, but Manzhi was in a trance and couldn't listen anymore. It wasn't until Qian Zhenglin returned to his place after answering the phone that he changed the topic elsewhere.

Manzhi finally suppressed the chaotic thoughts, calmed down, and asked Qian Zhenglin: "I heard from Zhu Yun that you are studying material science?"

"Yes! Why, Miss Su is interested in this business?"

"It's not me, it's mine...a friend. He wants to find a manufacturer of special steel in China. Does Mr. Qian have any information about this?"

"There are many types of special steel. I don't know which one Miss Su is referring to?"

Manzhi also couldn't tell what kind of thing Shao Yun needed. She suddenly remembered that when the two of them had dinner that day, she had asked Shao Yun a similar question. Looking through her handbags, fortunately, the notepad has always been one of the items she carries with her, and she almost never leaves her body.

She turned to that page, Shao Yun's scribbled handwriting was still there, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly handed over the book.

Qian Zhenglin took it and took a closer look, then looked at Manzhi in surprise, "Your friend is looking for this profile?"

Manzhi nodded and stared at him expectantly.

He returned the notebook to Manzhi, guessing: "Does he want to make CM products?"

Manzhi was both surprised and happy, and immediately felt the excitement of meeting an expert, "Yeah, I already passed the test, but unfortunately it fell short in the end, because there was a problem with the material."

Qian Zhenglin pondered: "That's true. At present, there are no more than ten profile manufacturers in the world that can meet the manufacturing requirements of CM, and most of them are located in Europe and the United States. In China, although there are many manufacturers that claim to be able to produce such profiles, But there are almost none that really meet the world standard. Of course, it is enough for the manufacturers of many fake CM products in China.”

The joy on Manzhi's face was instantly wiped away, it was like stepping from the clouds to the bottom of the valley.

She knew that Shao Yun's ambition was not to be satisfied with producing counterfeit CM products as Qian Zhenglin said.But, in this way, didn't he take a dead end?
Seeing that the two of them were chatting about professional topics, Fang Zhuyun became a little impatient, and interrupted from the side: "Can't you talk about such a serious topic while eating? Su Manzhi, you are so serious. I used to like to discuss analytic geometry in the cafeteria when I was in school." , making people lose their appetite at all."

Qian Zhenglin laughed out loud when he heard this, and pampered Fang Zhuyun's head lightly, "It seems that you are the most ignorant of all your classmates."

Manzhi didn't care to listen to the two of them bickering, she frowned and remained silent.

Fang Zhuyun looked at her sullen look. Although she didn't understand why she was so nervous, she still wanted to help her, so she pushed Qian Zhenglin, "What can you do? Don't patronize and pour cold water on others!"

Hearing Mrs. Zhun's words, Qian Zhenglin said, "Of course, it doesn't mean there is no hope at all."

His research work at University A was not in vain, at least he had a good grasp of the information in this field.

Manzhi stared at him in amazement, not understanding where the hope he was talking about was.

"As far as I know, a large domestic steel mill cooperated with a foreign-funded company in the research and development of CM special steel two years ago. I heard that the progress was very smooth, but later, due to some objective reasons, it stagnated."

"what reason?"

"The research and development investment of this kind of steel is very expensive, but the annual demand of the foreign company was very low at that time. Even if the research and development was successful, the investment cost would not be recovered within at least five years. Good investment."

Manzhi took a deep breath and felt hope again. "Can you tell me which steel factory it is?" Her tone was very eager.

Qian Zhenglin couldn't help laughing. Su Manzhi was indeed very different from Fang Zhuyun. Fang Zhuyun only showed such eagerness when choosing clothes. As for work, she was too lazy to be lazy.

"Actually, there is no need to start with the steel mill. If you want to go faster, I suggest you go directly to that foreign company, because they are the ones who are stranded and anxious now, not the steel mill. If your friends have enough demand, Then the two cooperate to find steel mills to negotiate, and they can take the lead in terms of price.”

Manzhi couldn't help admiring Fang Zhuyun's vision, and found such a shrewd husband, she nodded repeatedly, and asked with sparkling eyes, "So, this foreign company——"

"Coincidentally, it's in this city." Qian Zhenglin said as he took a small bowl to hold whitebait soup, but put the conversation aside.

Manzhi had no choice but to wait patiently. Seeing him serving the soup slowly, she wished she could raise her hand to do it for him.

Fang Zhuyun saw Manzhi's anxiety at a glance, so she reached out and patted Qian Zhenglin on the back of the hand, and said angrily, "What are you trying to do, just talk about it!"

Manzhi said, "No hurry, no hurry." But her eyes were firmly fixed on Qian Zhenglin's face.

Qian Zhenglin put down the spoon in an orderly manner, and then said: "Technology Company, have you heard of it? It produces communication equipment."

Manzhi's expression stiffened obviously, and then said: "There is such a company."

Qian Zhenglin showed a hint of color on his face, "Speaking of which, I have a relationship with the person in charge of Science Art who presided over this project. We were classmates when we were studying in the United States."

As soon as he mentioned it, Fang Zhuyun's curiosity arose, "Who is it? Do I know him?"

Qian Zhenglin glanced at her, smiled and said, "Chang Shaohui, do you still remember?"

Fang Zhuyun suddenly realized, "Oh, it's that guy who always pretends to be lofty."

The two of them chatted enthusiastically, completely oblivious to the change of Manzhi's face.

Qian Zhenglin was obviously dissatisfied with Fang Zhuyun's tone, "You are prejudiced against him. Shaohui is just a little perfectionist."

Fang Zhuyun seemed to have some grievances with Chang Shaohui, she always pouted her lips and dismissed it, looked up to see Manzhi's stunned expression, and said in surprise: "Hey, why don't you eat?"

Manzhi forced a smile, and lowered his head to pick up the dishes on the plate. For some reason, he was so flustered that he almost jumped out of his throat. He never expected to hear about Chang Shaohui again on such an occasion.

In his ears, Fang Zhuyun's angry voice was scolding Chang Shaohui who was not in front of him, "I kindly introduced him to a girl as good as Zhao Lan, why should he reject her? Is he himself so good?"

Only then did Manzhi understand why Fang Zhuyun liked him.

Qian Zhenglin seemed to be used to her waywardness, and he just persuaded her in general, "How can we explain the relationship so clearly, if he doesn't feel it, he doesn't feel it, it's useless if you force it. Besides, it was all three years ago, why are you so obsessed with it all the time!"

"Ha! I forced him? I'm too lazy to talk to him! I'd be happy if he can't find a wife for the rest of his life." Fang Zhuyun said almost bitterly, because she had been embarrassed in front of Zhao Lan so far.

Manzhi didn't want to hear them continue their debate, so she cut off the conversation at the right time and asked tactfully: "So, is there any way to contact the person in charge of Science Art who is currently in charge of this project?"

Seeing her determination, Qian Zhenglin thought about it seriously and said, "As for how their project is progressing, I have to ask Shaohui to find out, but he is in the United States now... well, I I'll call you later."

Manzhi was sincerely grateful. After this meal, she was a little bit in Cao Ying's heart. She couldn't answer Fang Zhuyun's question several times. The two people on the opposite side only thought that she was because of the steel. With eyebrows excited like this.

Fang Zhuyun even insinuated to find out who this friend of Manzhi was, and she was worthy of her help.Helplessly, Manzhi was not in the mood at all, and he hummed to her question in a perfunctory manner.

Thanks to the authentic Hunan cuisine here, Fang Zhuyun ate heartily, so she didn't bother with Manzhi anymore. Anyway, the future is long and she has plenty of time to solve this secret.

Chang Shaohui's number was actually stored in Manzhi's cell phone, but she didn't have the courage to call him.

After such a long time, she didn't know what to say if she really called him, and told him that she was finally divorced and could be with him now?
She shook her head and sneered, no one will wait for you where you are, if it's over, it's over.

Undoubtedly, Manzhi is a rational type of person. She understands that feelings are invisible and hard to grasp. In the final analysis, they are actually the most unreliable. After a long time, everything will fade away.

During the first days of divorce, she didn't have any thoughts, she just felt that she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.Later, as time passed, it wasn't that I didn't think about the future.

How is he doing?Have you found someone you can spend your whole life with?When she was bored, Manzhi would occasionally have such questions, but even she wondered why she didn't have the desire to contact Chang Shaohui.

Since I chose to refuse at the beginning, then, don't open up the past easily, maybe, when we meet again, what we encounter is not the beauty, but the embarrassment of being disturbed, so, she would rather just like this, and treat him as a memory Remembrance.

On Saturday, the new store officially opened. Early in the morning, Manzhi and Li Qian rushed to the store to arrange flower baskets, while the old store only left a small worker to watch.

Manzhi didn't expect so many people to come all at once, apart from the father of the Su family, his brother, sister-in-law and little niece all came to join him.

The members of the Shao family even arrived together, Shao Yun brought Shen Yufang and Mengmeng, and Shao Lei brought Shangguan Lin rushing here early in the morning.

It was so lively that when the car stopped in front of the door, it was Fang Zhuyun who got off.

Several groups of people greeted each other, and the new store that had not yet opened suddenly seemed full of popularity.But Fang Zhuyun was stunned by Mengmeng chasing Manzhi and yelling "Mom", so she took a cold look and dragged Manzhi aside for interrogation.

"You can do it, Su Manzhi! The child is so old, yet he pretends to be unmarried to me!"

Manzhi was still holding a handful of dried flowers in her hand, and was about to pull up a pose to fill the gap in the middle of the store. When she had no time to argue with her, she immediately raised her hand and surrendered, confessing her "crime" honestly.

After Fang Zhuyun listened, he looked at Shao Yun who was standing at the door with carelessness. It happened that his eyes had been paying attention to this side all the time. At this time, he met Fang Zhuyun's probing eyes, and nodded at her implicitly, with a smile between his brows. But twisted slightly.

Fang Zhuyun immediately let go of Manzhi, leaned into her ear and said, "Your ex-husband is so hilarious to you, look at the way he stares at you!"

Manzhi freed up a hand to straighten her disturbed hair, gave her a white look and said, "What about this and that." Before she finished speaking, she hurried over to fiddle with the flower arrangement.

Fang Zhuyun followed behind her with a hey smile, still unresponsive to this great discovery of her own, and interrogated softly, "Hey, who dumped you two? Looking at the situation, it should be him who dumped you, and now I regret it and want to make up with you, am I right?"

While Manzhi was busy with her hands, she kept interrupting her, asking her to hand him this and that.

Mengmeng and Haifeng's daughter, Feifei, held up a rose and chased it in the store. Shen Yufang kept exclaiming, "Be careful, don't touch that table—oh, the vase is about to fall, get out of the way!"

Fang Zhuyun raised her voice in extreme dissatisfaction, "Hey, you haven't answered me yet!"

"What did you just say?" Manzhi placed the last ornament and straightened up in satisfaction.

Fang Zhuyun was a little discouraged, now is indeed not the time to chat.

Outside the door, Haifeng and Shao Yun had already arranged the firecrackers into a dragon gate array. Manzhi didn't want these at first, but Haifeng insisted, saying: "If you don't blow them up, how can the business be booming?"

Everything was ready, Shao Lei pinched his watch, and when the minute hand pointed to eight, he immediately shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has come!"

Everyone laughed happily, and Manzhi couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Papa, be careful!" Mengmeng cried out nervously when she saw Shao Yun lit a cigarette and stepped into the "minefield".

Shao Yun turned his head and winked at his daughter, glanced away from the corner of his eye, then smiled at Manzhi who was standing beside Mengmeng, and then lowered his head to light the firecrackers.

All of a sudden, the sound shook the sky, Manzhi covered her ears in the sky full of firecracker debris, and her heart was full.

After the ceremony, Shangguanlin and Shen Yufang were busy cutting Hedian cakes.

Mengmeng couldn't wait to drag Shao Yun out, "Hurry up and get our presents to mom!"

Manzhi smiled and said, "So Mengmeng still has a gift for me!"

Mengmeng and Shao Yun have already walked towards the other side of the parking lot.

Fang Zhuyun said to Manzhi: "I have a gift for you too." Then, he lowered his head and fumbled in the bag, and quickly took out a folded square piece of paper, and handed it to her.

"Here, although my gift is not worth much, it will definitely make you happy."

"What? You're so mysterious!" Manzhi smiled and took it, and opened it.

It turned out to be the contact person and phone number of Science Art Company.

Manzhi took a deep breath, hugged Fang Zhuyun's shoulder, patted Fang Zhuyun twice, and said sincerely: "Thank you, it is indeed a very heavy gift!"

Fang Zhuyun felt complacent, and couldn't help but think about it, "Your ex-husband doesn't look simple, hey, are you trying to help him?"

Manzhi put the note away carefully, stuffed it into the back pocket of her trousers, and smiled at her, "Don't worry about it."

"Hey, a typical example of crossing a river and tearing down bridges!" Fang Zhuyun pouted at her.

Shao Yun and Mengmeng walked in again with a super big lucky cat. The cat's body was shining with gold, and when the sun reflected, it was so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes.

Haifeng said happily: "This cat is good, big enough, Manzhi, whether we can make a fortune depends entirely on it."

Shen Yufang also smiled and said: "Put it at the door, happy!"

This is Mengmeng's intention, and Manzhi naturally likes it too. After all, her daughter has grown up, and she is more considerate than before.

"Father and I went to pick this together." Mengmeng explained her thanks to Manzhi without any pretense.

Manzhi pursed her lips and smiled, then said solemnly to Shao Yun, "Thank you!"

Fang Zhuyun watched coldly from the side, only felt that these two people were really strange, how could anyone be so tender and tender like them after divorce, she felt a little itchy, and wished she could interrogate Manzhi right away.

It was still early after eating the cake, so Manzhi asked Li Qian to book a table at a nearby restaurant, and everyone happened to have a gathering at noon.

Shao Yun was in a hurry to go back to the company. He originally had an appointment in the morning, but in order to come here, he deliberately postponed it.Manzhi couldn't force it, so he had to follow him.

Seeing him go far away, I realized that there was something important that I forgot to tell him, so I chased him out again.

Shao Yun had already opened the car door, and when he heard Manzhi calling him, he looked back and saw her running towards this side from a distance.

When she got close, she asked out of breath, "Have you found a suitable material supplier?"

"I'm not sure yet. I'm going to see the agent of a Swiss steel company in a while. They may import directly from there. They promised to give a good discount." When he said this, there was no relieved smile on his face.

It is not easy for foreign brand agents to get a satisfactory discount, especially for such a rare material that is almost monopolized and has a high technical content.

After hearing this, Manzhi also said: "This is definitely not a long-term solution." She said, took out the paper from her trouser pocket, and handed it to Shao Yun.

"My classmate Fang Zhuyun, her boyfriend is a material science researcher, and gave me some information - this science and art company also needs CM profiles. Two years ago, it cooperated with a domestic steel factory in research and development. I heard that there are some eyebrows. , but it seems to have encountered some problems, and there is no progress at present. You can try to contact the people above, maybe there will be a turnaround." Shao Yun stared deeply at her soft face from astonishment to emotion, almost forgetting his feelings, "Manzhi—" he only called out, but couldn't say anything.

Manzhi couldn't stand his expression, she smiled shyly, and said: "It's just a small effort, I hope I can help you. Oh, you can just call him directly, Zhu Yun said that he has already greeted this Feigong."

The note was held tightly in Shao Yun's hand, and he suddenly lowered his eyes to stare at the words on the paper, but he couldn't read a word at all.

The turbulent waves surging in his chest made his complexion look deeper, because he tried his best to suppress his emotions.He didn't say any more nonsense, just "thank you" is not enough to express his mood at the moment, only by working hard can he live up to her heart.

After the new store opened, Manzhi became even busier.It turned out that she personally negotiated for the purchase of the old store, because the car was in her hands, so it was obviously impossible to cope with it.

After thinking about it for a long time, she decided to let Li Qian learn how to drive, and the old store had to be equipped with a car.

According to common sense, it seems that Haifeng should be allowed to go. After all, he is from his own family, but Manzhi has his own plans. Li Qian undoubtedly reassured herself.

When Manzhi told Li Qian about this idea, she was immediately moved. It was hard to find such a loving boss with a lantern, but she was lucky enough to meet him.

Under the effect of motivation, Li Qian's mood was also very high, "Sister Manzhi, I will definitely work hard and strive to open a new store next year!"

Manzhi sighed, "I don't have the energy anymore. If the business is really booming, we might as well set up a chain, like KFC, which only charges franchise fees!"

She was still a little worried about whether her brother would be emotional, but later found out that she was worrying too much. Since the last gambling incident, Haifeng has also calmed down his desire to get rich. In fact, he also likes comfort in his bones. Man, now that Manzhi is worried about everything, he is happy to help out on the sidelines, and he doesn't need to be a big leader. What's more, Manzhi's salary is no less than that of other places.

The days are still going on like this day by day, there are no more turbulent waves in Manzhi's life, and the occasional slight waves are just cute new teeth, Shangguan Lin and Shao Lei are married, and there are many customers in the new store Woke up.

An ordinary life made her feel fulfilled.

What worried her more was her father's illness, which was good and bad. She persuaded Jin Bao to quit smoking several times, but he said that this was his only pleasure.

In the past, Manzhi would definitely insist on her own ideas, but now, she could hear the loneliness in her father's words, and suddenly felt sad. Sometimes heart disease is more tormented than physical disease, and she has a deep understanding .Since the problem was not serious after several inspections, she let him go.

Shao Yun would call her from time to time, just chatting casually without putting any pressure on her, but she was always very clear about his thoughts, and the people around him seemed to be using an invisible force to pull her back. former circle of life.Not without contradictions in her heart, if she said that she had no feelings for Shao Yun at all, even she herself would not believe it, but this kind of feelings seemed to be unable to condense together, prompting her to have the courage to accept him again.

The pain engraved in the past is too deep, even if it fades away, it will be difficult to eradicate.For a long time, she always thought that meeting Shao Yun and going with him rashly was the biggest mistake in her life. Now, she finally corrected this mistake, and finally she can enter the track she originally hoped for, even if there is There is a little deviation, but after all, you can live without any fetters, so how can you turn back easily.

On Valentine's Day, Manzhi's two stores made a lot of money, and the sales of flowers alone accounted for one-third of the annual volume.She kept going back and forth between the two stores to arrange the goods, so busy that she almost collapsed.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the busyness finally came to an end. Li Qian called from the old store and wanted to go first. Her boyfriend came to the store to wait for her after work.

Manzhi simply let go of the other small workers. Even if there was still money to be made, she didn't want to keep going any longer. She just wanted to go back early and have a good sleep.

After locking the door, she turned around, only to see that Shao Yun had come in front of her, and took the bag of sundries in her hand very naturally, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

Manzhi stood still. Normally, she wouldn't feel anything unusual, but today's day is so special that she had to be cautious. She was afraid that Shao Yun would do something, and she was completely unprepared.

She didn't hide her hesitation at all, and Shao Yun easily understood it.

"I didn't pick today to find you on purpose, it's really because today is the only time I'm free—everyone in the company is busy with the holidays." He patiently explained to her, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With such a good temper, you still have to look at people's faces when you ask a girl, there is really no way out.

After all, I managed to coax Manzhi into the car.

In order to show that he came here for something else today, he said as soon as he got in the car: "Thank you for giving me such important information last time. I have already formally contacted Science and Technology, and there is no problem with the cooperation. Their project is delayed." It's been too long, I was almost desperate, but I didn't expect to meet us."

Manzhi was very happy when she heard this, and immediately let go of her guard, "Really? So, it's a win-win for both of you?"

Shao Yun nodded seriously, seeing the joy on Manzhi's face, a sly smile appeared on his lips.

Some things cannot be covered up, such as Manzhi, even though she deliberately distances herself from him, he can still feel that subconsciously, she still cares about Shao Brothers and herself, no matter what, this is a good thing omen.

After driving for a while, Shao Yun asked her, "Where do you want to eat?"

In fact, he had already arranged the show for this evening a few days ago, but Manzhi's nervousness just now made him unable to speak calmly. Taking a step back, he might as well let her decide. Right now, the harmonious atmosphere is more important than any Formal vanity is important.

Manzhi pondered for a moment, then replied: "I want to eat hot pot."

Shao Yun tilted his head and glanced at her. Although Manzhi had an innocent expression on his face, he still couldn't help but want to laugh. He knew her little thoughts clearly, but he didn't want to argue with her, so he raised his eyebrows and said : "Okay, let's go eat hot pot."

The hot pot restaurant is very lively, without the soft and ambiguous atmosphere of the restaurant.

The two sat down facing the stove, and a waiter ran over to entertain them.They ordered the mandarin duck hot pot, the side of the spicy soup looked red and greasy, and the rising spicy went straight to the lungs along with the breath, Manzhi stuck out her tongue unconsciously, but fortunately she could choose the white soup to solve it.

Sure enough, the meal was full of enthusiasm, and the tip of Manzhi's nose was covered with dense sweat, and she felt hearty and dripping.

The coat had already been thrown aside, Shao Yun even rolled up his cuffs, and was busy adding ingredients to the pot under Manzhi's command.He rarely has the opportunity to come to this kind of place, and this way of eating also finds it fresh and interesting.

Manzhi likes to eat potatoes in hot pot. The stew is so crispy that it melts in the mouth, and absorbs the umami in the soup, which is delicious.

While busy chatting, she suddenly yelled, "My potatoes!" Immediately, she pinched the spoon and half-bowed to look for it in the soup, only to find that the stew was overcooked, the potatoes were all melted, and all the potatoes were scooped up. It's the residue, and I'm suddenly frustrated.Shao Yun also leaned over to help, grabbed the spoon in her hand and pounded it back and forth in the pot, "There must be more, I obviously put down a lot of slices."

Both of them stared eagerly at the boiling water in the pot, and one of them didn't pay attention, and their foreheads hit each other hard. Shao Yun was startled, and he raised his hand to touch her forehead, "Does it hurt? Let me see." .”

"It's okay, it's okay." Manzhi dodged backwards, slumped into a chair, rubbed her forehead with her hands, although there were some tears in her eyes, her eyes were still locked in the pot, like an unsatisfied animal. cat.

Shao Yun looked at her cute expression, lost his mind for a moment, and didn't feel his hands stop.

Manzhi waited for him for a while before realizing his gaffe, and stared at him in embarrassment, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

Shao Yun only felt his throat tighten, smiled dryly, said nothing, and looked down again.Even though he has lived with her for so many years, he can always be inadvertently confused by the aura exuded by her gestures.

After leaving the hotpot restaurant, Manzhi wanted to go back no matter what, Shao Yun knew her temper, so he couldn't force it, so he had to send her home.

This meal was enjoyable, and my body was warm. The heater in Shaoyun's car was turned on, and it was also warm. Manzhi only felt comfortable, and she became lazy, and a thought flashed in her mind. "Valentine's Day" turned out to be pretty good too.

The car finally stopped downstairs, she turned her head and said goodbye to Shao Yun with a smile.

"Wait." He stopped her abruptly, and at the same time reached out to the storage box, and handed over a small and delicately packaged gift.

She didn't answer, but her expression became alert, "What is it?"

"Cute." He had to say, "You will be sad if you don't accept her."

Manzhi hesitated for a moment, so she had to take it. When she opened it, it was a TIFFANY crystal necklace. The pendant was a butterfly inlaid with small diamonds. It seemed alive, flapping its wings, making it unbearable to touch.

She looked down and didn't know what she was thinking. After a while, she said softly: "Tell Mengmeng, I like it very much, thank her."

Shao Yun stared obsessively at her clean and beautiful face under the orange light, couldn't bear it anymore, and called out in a hoarse voice, "Manzhi—"

Manzhi suddenly became flustered, she didn't want to hear what he said, but felt that in such an atmosphere, no matter what he said, she would be overwhelmed.

Pushing open the car door in a hurry, she stepped out as if fleeing, and said indiscriminately: "It's too late, I, I should go up, you should go back earlier."

She almost ran into the cave in a panic and rushed up the stairs, as if there was a scourge following her, until she opened the door, looked back and found that Shao Yun did not follow, she was greatly relieved.

Lying on the bed after taking a shower, she couldn't help opening the jewelry box to look at the necklace. Under the light, the light refracted by the diamond was a bit dazzling.

She suddenly let out a long sigh, unknowingly, she was still too close to him.

She even felt that getting along with Shao Yun today could almost be called happiness, and this feeling made her feel unspeakably awkward. She admitted that she is a person who accepts death and is only used to the original appearance of things, and Shao Yun's current changes It made her a little at a loss.

A voice in my heart kept urging me, "Just accept him and surrender."

However, at the same time, another voice jumped out and retorted: "If that's the case, why did you leave him in the first place? Why did you leave him?"

Manzhi closed the lid of the jewelry box with a "snap", turned over and lay down.She has never been so troubled, hesitant and indecisive about one thing, but after tossing and turning several times, she still can't make up her mind.

She couldn't help asking herself: "What are you waiting for?"

(End of this chapter)