Flower Room

Chapter 9
The floor of the restaurant was in a mess, and Shen Yufang squatted alone and struggled to clean it up, making a jingle or two in the silent air, crisp and bitter.

Manzhi came in, a little surprised, frowned and walked up to her, bent down to help her.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Shen Yufang raised her head to look at her, sighed faintly, her eyes were alternately tired and dull.

"Who else could it be? It's rare to come back early, eat a good meal, and suddenly lose your temper. Alas! It used to be his father, but now it's him. I don't know when this family will calm down."

Manzhi bowed her head and said nothing, but carefully picked up the wreckage of the bowl and spoon, and threw it into the dustpan at hand.

Maybe it's business, maybe it's something else, she doesn't bother to guess, she gets tired earlier than Shen Yufang.

"Where's Mengmeng?"

"I hid in the room with Xiaolei to watch TV. Are you hungry too? I'll make you dinner. There's chicken soup in the kitchen, and it's still stewing."

"No need." Manzhi stopped her, "I'm not hungry." She got up, and asked softly, "Where is he?" She secretly hoped that he would go out.

Shen Yufang pouted her lips upstairs.

Manzhi hesitated for a while, but still stepped up.

Behind her, Shen Yufang asked worriedly, "Manzhi, if you have something to say, don't quarrel with him, it's out of the question."

Manzhi smiled at her.

She won't quarrel with him, and she has nothing to say to him. She is very tired today, and she doesn't want to care about anything. She just wants to find a place to hide for a while, and she still can't vent the sadness in her heart.

The door of Shao Yun's room was wide open, but it was pitch black.Manzhi cast a glance into the black void, but didn't go forward, and pushed open the door of her room.

A choking smell of smoke swept over immediately.Shocked, she reached out and turned on the light.

Sure enough, Shao Yun was deeply buried on the sofa by the window.He looked up at the ceiling, as if a scene of ups and downs was being staged there.On the desks beside it, the stainless steel ashtrays were full of cigarette butts, some of which were unstable and fell onto the glass coffee table.

Manzhi pursed her lips tightly, hung up the coat in her hand without saying a word, and then walked over to open the window.

The cold air rushed in greedily, devouring the only temperature in the room with all its strength, including the pungent smell of smoke.

She finally spoke first, and their life would go on.

"Did the shareholder meeting go well?" She vaguely remembered that today was an important day.

Shao Yun ignored her, just maintained the posture of lying on his back, with no expression of joy or anger on his face.

Manzhi knelt down beside the table, picked up the fallen cigarette butts one by one back into the ashtray, picked them up, turned around, and was ready to go out.

Shao Yun suddenly asked darkly behind her: "Why do you want to come back?"

Manzhi was stunned and stopped, but didn't turn around right away.

"It's so hard to leave, why don't you just go with him?" He forced another sentence.

Manzhi closed her eyes, and finally understood what everything was for today.

She turned around slowly, catching the mocking smile on Shao Yun's face.He stared at Manzhi, and continued: "You won't tell me that you came back because you don't want this home?"

"I'm very tired, I don't want to quarrel with you, you go out." Manzhi suppressed the boredom in her heart, and once again shied away and chose to endure.

Shao Yun finally got up, but instead of going out, he walked up to Manzhi. On the white wall, his huge figure covered Manzhi bit by bit, as if eating her into his body.

"Everything in this family has nothing to do with you!" Shao Yun said every word, almost gnashing his teeth, and then stared at her, the only thought was to anger Manzhi, he could no longer bear her In front of him, he always has a rational to cold attitude, he wants to see her bottom line.

Manzhi's eyes brightened suddenly, and she looked at Shao Yun carefully, as if he was a complete stranger, but the light of facing the challenge quickly dimmed, and she said coldly: "Can we not meet again?" just noisy?"

Shao Yun didn't care about her backing down at all, Yin Zhi's eyes fixed on Manzhi's, and pressed on step by step.

"Su Manzhi, don't think that I don't know what's going on in your heart. You put on a miserable look all day long, just to let people all over the world see it, sympathize with you, and condemn me—what do you think? Is this interesting?"

Speaking of this, Manzhi couldn't bear it anymore, she nodded and said: "I also find it very boring." After finishing speaking, she calmly grabbed the coat on the shelf, and walked towards the door.

Seeing that she didn't accept the move at all, but walked out resolutely, Shao Yun was dazed for a while, and swiftly rushed over, grabbed Manzhi's arm, and pulled it in fiercely, and Manzhi was staggered by him. , with great difficulty holding on to the wall to stand firm.

Suddenly, Shao Yun's eyes turned red, he strode over, and ruthlessly pushed Manzhi against the wall with such force that he wished he could embed her into the wall, and roared furiously, "You really dare to go!" ! Just for that kid!"

Manzhi looked at him with mocking eyes, "What exactly do you want?"

Shao Yun stared at her, his mind was at a loss, yes, he didn't know what he was thinking, but he couldn't bear Manzhi's expression, always looking down on him from above, he always seemed helpless in front of her escape everywhere.

Anger and resentment overlapped and spread from his heart to his eyes. In an instant, he was shocked to find his own weakness. It turned out that he was always afraid of her leaving!

As soon as this thought came into his mind, he felt terrified. In any case, he refused to admit it. Falling in love with Manzhi was the most terrifying and shameful thing for him. He could only cover up his cowardice with anger.

"You probably have already forgotten our agreement. I said long ago that a woman's words should not be taken seriously." Manzhi responded coldly, "You don't need to remind me. If I forget, I won't be here today. Will come back again."

Her words hurt Shao Yun deeply, she came back only to fulfill her promise, nothing else!Well, without the support of that promise, she must have followed that person!
Thick jealousy boiled all over his body, he always thought that he could not care about her, could completely ignore her, but it turned out that he couldn't do it at all.Her soft words aroused all his emotions. At this moment, he only had one thought, which shattered the determined and proud expression on her face.

With a strange smile, he slowly leaned into Manzhi's ear, and said very softly: "You hate me, don't you? Ever since that child was gone, you have been hating me, right?"

Manzhi's face became bloodless in an instant, it was a fatal spot she couldn't touch.She stared at him almost in despair, her watery eyes gradually froze into ice.My heart sank little by little.

Her spine was still straight, but her whole body was trembling.She always knew that he was a ruthless person, but she didn't expect him to be so ruthless, to say such heart-wrenching words, after all, he was also his child!

"I said a long time ago that my life is over, but don't think about it—this is the result I want." When he spoke, his warm breath brushed Manzhi's hair and earlobes, and then gradually cool off.

Can't cry, can't cry in front of him!Manzhi warned herself over and over again in her heart, but the sorrow ran rampant in her heart, and she desperately wanted to break out. She bit her lower lip tightly, forcing back the hot and humid air in her eye sockets. The blood oozes out, shockingly caught Shao Yun's eyes, and the center of his brow twitched involuntarily.

"I can give you the result you want." She stared at him, and said very slowly, her desolate eyes were looking into his heart from his eyes, making him unable to look at each other, and suddenly turned his head away.

"In the past, I didn't know what it was like to love someone. Now, I finally understand... So, I'm back, and even if it's hell, I'll accompany you to the end—I will pay you back everything I owe you."

Tears finally overflowed from Manzhi's eye sockets and rolled down her cheeks. Shao Yun saw it and wanted to laugh out loud, but his heart was full of soreness, almost suffocating.

She was sympathizing with herself, cheap sympathy that was despised and spurned by him!

He was furious, and pushed her away from his side desperately, "Get lost!"

His hands were always so strong, and Manzhi was swept aside again like a withered leaf.

"Mom!" Mengmeng's exclamation, Shen Yufang's angry shout, and Shao Lei's dissuasion suddenly became one, buzzing in Manzhi's ears.

Manzhi fell down on the carpet, feeling a little dizzy, but she was fine, but Mengmeng rushed towards Shaoyun filled with righteous indignation.

"You are not allowed to bully mother!" The small figure confronted Shao Yun's tall body with fierce emotions.

Shao Yun stared at the small body standing in front of him with bloodshot eyes, even his own flesh and blood were helping her!

Suddenly, he yelled at Mengmeng almost frantically: "She's not your mother! Your mother died a long time ago!"

There was a bang in Manzhi's head, her eyes were as dry as drought, and she wanted to cry but had no tears.Shao Yun must be crazy, he deliberately wants to destroy this family!
Mengmeng was stunned by her father's yelling, Shen Yufang hugged her, moved to Shao Yun trembling, raised her hand tremblingly, and slapped him hard on the face.

Manzhi struggled to get up, she had to leave here, find a clean place, let herself have a chance to breathe, she couldn't care about anything else for the time being.

"Manzhi!"

Shen Yufang shouted eagerly behind her, and was about to chase after her, but Mengmeng burst into tears, hugging her grandma's feet tightly, her only comfort at this time.

She was so terrified that her father and mother had completely lost their amiable appearance in the past, they were indifferent and unapproachable.What was even more frightening was Dad. He said such horrible words, and his expression was as fierce as a ghost.

During the chaos, Shao Lei decisively said, "Mom, look at Mengmeng, I'm going to chase sister-in-law." He quickly ran out.

After the rain, the wet and cold tide permeates the air, as if walking into the moist eye sockets after crying into the heavens.The lawn under the feet has also absorbed the rainwater, and even if you step on it with cotton boots, you can still feel the muddy.

Ever since she was a child, Manzhi hated crying. The watery heat only made her feel hopeless, but it didn't help. No matter how painful the fall was, she just got up.But she never knew that she would have so many tears, which could flow out in an instant and flow endlessly.

Shao Lei's calls came from behind her, and each sound became more urgent. Instead of stopping, she quickened her pace.

Shao Lei finally caught up with her and stopped in front of her panting.The tears on Manzhi's face made him shocked and embarrassed. In his eyes, Manzhi was always graceful, virtuous and elegant, and she could deal with big things calmly like a man. At one point he even thought, maybe It is because the sister-in-law is too strong that the elder brother avoids her. After all, men are proud of being able to be relied on by women.He didn't expect that Manzhi would have such a moment of crying bitterly. "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"

"I'm going home—to my own home." Manzhi quickly turned her face away when Shao Lei stood in front of her, and wiped away the tears on her face with her fingers.Even at this time, she is unwilling to cry in front of others. "However, if you go back like this now and let Uncle Su see him, he will definitely be disturbed."

Manzhi was stunned, Shao Lei was right.

Shao Lei stared at her appreciatively and continued: "Brother, he was just confused for a while, don't take it to heart. Maybe he is already regretting it now...Let's go back, shall we?"

"No!" Manzhi woke up suddenly, she shook her head resolutely at Shao Lei, "I won't go back, I've had enough." She just uttered those few words softly, but Shao Lei felt his heart was heavy, Manzhi Zhi is not an irritable person, but the more he is like this, the more he will be decisive.

"I'll go to the store." Manzhi looked up at Shao Lei, and said calmly, the world is so big, there is always a place for her.

Shao Lei watched helplessly as Manzhi bypassed him and continued to walk towards the door. She didn't even go to pick up the car. In the middle of the night, walking alone on the road, what on earth did she want to do.

What's more serious is that Shao Lei suddenly realized that if Manzhi was allowed to go away, maybe she really wouldn't look back, but his brother—he remembered Shao Yun's sudden change of expression when he saw that scene today, as if A flash of lightning flashed across, clearing up the long-term confusion in Shao Lei's heart. My brother is Ai Manzhi!

"Sister-in-law, wait!" Shao Lei rushed over in desperation and grabbed Manzhi's arm.

Manzhi turned around to look at Shao Lei in surprise, he hurriedly let go, and said anxiously: "I'll see you off, it's not safe for you to go alone."

Manzhi looked steadily into his clear eyes, gratitude gradually appeared in her eyes, she nodded to him.

Shao Lei was overjoyed, and repeatedly told Manzhi not to go away. He rushed to the garage in three steps at a time, reversed his car, and drove towards the gate in a panic.

From a distance, seeing Manzhi standing quietly inside the gate waiting for him, he really relaxed and let out a long breath.

"Get in the car, sister-in-law." He opened the door and let Manzhi in.

There was a heater in the car, but Manzhi's body was swaying gently like a sieve. Only then did Shao Lei notice that she ran out without a coat on, so he stretched out his hand to turn on the heater to the maximum.

"Do you want me to help you go back and get some clothes?" Shao Lei asked her.

Manzhi still shook her head.

In the past, she was the best at planning. For big and small things, no matter how hard she worked, she had to think about it before starting.But tonight, she made up her mind to overthrow the past and be completely willful.

Shao Lei was a little embarrassed, but seeing how determined Manzhi was, he had no choice but to start the car.

After driving for a while, he pretended to suddenly say: "Oh, I remembered, a friend of mine immigrated to Singapore and left a house that has not been sold, so I often go to help him look. The facilities inside It’s very complete, how about this, you can go there tonight and make do with it.”

Manzhi listened, a little pondering.

Shao Lei continued to lobby, "You don't even have a place to sleep in your store. Do you have to sit all night? Besides, the security there is not very good."

Manzhi was silent for a moment, and finally said softly: "Thank you."

The joy of victory surged in Shao Lei's heart again, and Manzhi's attitude made him see hope.Taking a deep breath, he added: "Today's shareholders' meeting went very well, and the elder brother will take over the Shaw Brothers." He secretly looked at Manzhi's expression while he was speaking, and the latter's face was indifferent.

"The second uncle is in charge of the operation of the group. Except for the change of position, other benefits remain the same."

Manzhi stared straight ahead, her expression unchanged, as if she was listening to the evening news on the radio.

Seeing that she was interested, Shao Lei had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and concentrate on driving.

But after a while, he couldn't be reconciled after all, and mustered up the courage to ask suddenly: "Sister-in-law, do you...do you think that person is okay?"

Manzhi finally had an expression on his face, he was slightly taken aback, and then realized who the person he was referring to was, and wanted to laugh because everyone in the world knew about it.

Seeing a mocking smile on her face, Shao Lei quickly explained, "I didn't mean anything else, it was purely by chance... I was also in the elder brother's car at the time."

Manzhi suddenly turned her head to look out the window, Shao Lei couldn't see the look on her face, so he could only continue on his own, "In the past, I always thought that my brother blamed you for hating you, but today I realized that he really I love you very much, he..."

"Stop it, Shao Lei!" Manzhi turned her head and interrupted him, neither surprised nor sad, only infinitely tired.

She whispered to him in a begging tone: "Stop talking, I don't want to hear anything."

Shao Lei's face was embarrassing, and there was a sense of sadness in his heart. For Shao Yun and Manzhi, could it be that they have really come to an end?
The two arrived at their destination in silence, a small neighborhood with sparse lights.Manzhi vaguely recalled the name of this neighborhood, as if it was a new building, she didn't bother to think about it, and followed Shao Lei out of the car.

The cold wind swished around, and Manzhi shrank her neck subconsciously. Seeing this, Shao Lei took off his coat after a little hesitation, and handed it to Manzhi, "Here, sister-in-law."

Manzhi tried her best to evade, "No need."

Shao Lei couldn't help but walk up and put the clothes on Manzhi's shoulders.

Manzhi was taken aback, and when she was about to tear it off and return it to him, Shao Lei had already hopped and ran in front of her, grinning and said, "I used to be a great athlete in track and field at school, so this wind is nothing."

Manzhi was helpless, wanted to smile at him but couldn't.

Shao Lei's body temperature still remained on the clothes, which gradually spread to Manzhi's body, and she felt a little warmth in the extreme cold.

After opening the door, Shao Lei led Manzhi in.

The house was about fifty or sixty square meters, and it was very warmly furnished. However, the lights were on in the bedroom, which surprised both of them, and Shao Lei hurried over.

The people in the room heard the noise and ran out nervously to show up. For a moment, everyone inside and outside the door was stunned. "Sister Manzhi?" Shangguan Lin stared at the two people in front of her in shock.

Shao Lei was no less surprised than Shangguan, and asked with a gaping mouth: "A Lin, you, why are you here?"

Shangguan Lin suddenly saw Shao Lei's coat on Manzhi's body, which dazzled her for a while, and said angrily, "Why can't my own house be here?"

Manzhi looked suspiciously at Shao Lei. The latter's face was flushed, and he said with a sip, "Didn't you say you were going to Beijing for a business trip?"

Without waiting for Shangguan Lin's next words, Manzhi said wittily, "Oh, if it's inconvenient, I'd better go to the store." While talking, she took off the coat and returned it to Shao Lei.

"No!" Shao Lei and Shangguan Lin blurted out at the same time.

Shangguan Lin had never seen such a distressed Manzhi, with disheveled hair on her temples, haggard face, slightly swollen eyes, obviously she had cried, the surprise in her heart completely squeezed out the slight awkwardness just now.

"What happened?" She looked at Manzhi and then at Shao Lei, asking suspiciously.

Shao Lei coughed dryly, with an embarrassed look on his face. He ignored Shangguan's question, but turned to Manzhi and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry about staying here. If you're tired, go to bed early."

Shangguan Lin also realized that her question might not be appropriate, so she concealed it and said, "Why don't you take a bath first to relieve fatigue."

Manzhi nodded without hesitation.

Seeing that she didn't bring any personal belongings, Shangguan hurriedly dug out a brand new set of utensils for her, took her to the bathroom, explained briefly, turned on the hot water faucet, and then closed the door and came out.

Shao Lei sat on the sofa, frowning and sitting quietly.

Shangguan walked up to him, leaned half on his side, and asked with a sullen face: "Can you explain what's going on?" Shao Lei lowered his voice, and replied in a distressed voice: "Brother and sister-in-law fell out, this time it's more troublesome. Da... my sister-in-law escaped, I was worried that she would not be safe alone at night, so I thought of bringing her to you. "

Shangguan was slightly taken aback, "Flip? Why?"

Shao Lei sighed, and said, "It's not an extramarital affair, but...the one with the problem this time seems to be the sister-in-law." Shangguan Lin looked at Shao Lei in disbelief, and listened to him continue.

"I was very happy today. The company's affairs went very smoothly. My elder brother said that he wanted to celebrate, so he took me to pick up my sister-in-law. The car drove to the door, and I was about to get out of the car, but I saw my brother staring at the store. , the whole person froze in the seat, I turned my head in wonder, and saw my sister-in-law... hugging a man. "

Shangguan half-opened his mouth as if listening to the Arabian Nights.

"I've never seen my eldest brother look like that. It's like... the sky is falling apart. When he restarted the car, his hands were shaking. I rushed to say that I will drive, I will drive, and he pushed me away, crazy I stepped on the gas pedal as if I was terrified, I almost thought that I would die on the road with him today."

Shangguan Lin was in a daze, feeling an unspeakable feeling in her heart.

"Hey, I don't know how he is now? There are my mother and Mengmeng." Shao Lei once mentioned it, and suddenly his troubles resurfaced. He stood up and said, "I'd better go back and have a look earlier."

Shangguan didn't keep him, and followed him to the door.

Shao Lei thought of something, turned around, hugged her, and asked softly, "Why didn't you tell me when you came back?"

Shangguan frowned slightly, and gently broke away, saying: "I can't handle business, it's a bit annoying, so I wanted to stay here for a while, but I didn't expect to be caught by you when I came here."

Shao Lei laughed out loud, and pecked lightly on her cheek, "Don't work so hard, I will feel bad."

Shangguan pushed him out, Shao Lei yelled, turned around and said: "Sister-in-law hasn't had dinner yet, you can get her something to fill her stomach later."

Shangguan agreed.

Shao Lei was still chattering and said: "Say hello to sister-in-law and tell her that I'm leaving first, so don't worry about her family, I will take care of it."

Shangguan nodded again and again, almost becoming impatient, "Got it, when did you become such a mother-in-law?"

Shao Lei couldn't help but turned around and hugged her again, with a bitter look of reluctance, which finally made Shangguan amused.

"Let's go, let's go. There are a lot of things." She finally pushed Shao Lei out of the door.

After closing the door, Shangguan leaned against the back of the door and was stunned for a while under the dim light.

Shangguan admitted that he had unknowingly developed some inexplicable feelings for Shao Yun, knowing that it was unreasonable, even ridiculous, but how could one's feelings be controlled by oneself.She has been troubled by this for a long time, deliberately not going to Shao's house, for fear of embarrassing herself when she meets Shao Yun again, even Shao Lei's date can be pushed or pushed, and she is somewhat flustered, she is eager to find a clean place, calm down Think about it, think about the crux of the problem, otherwise, she really doesn't know how to treat Shao Lei and Shao Yun freely.

However, on the first day after moving out, she was inexplicably involved in the dispute between Shao Yun and Manzhi. Could it be that she was destined to be unable to get around the knot in her heart?

Shangguan curled his lips in confusion, and walked towards the bedroom. There was only one room in the whole room, a bed, and a large sofa in the living room. After thinking about it, she decided to give up the bed to Manzhi.So I started to get busy, moved the quilts and pillows I used that I had piled up on the bed to the outside, and went to the cabinet to get a brand new set for Manzhi to replace.

Manzhi came out of the shower, wearing Shangguanlin's cotton pajamas, her hair was wet on her shoulders.

She is about the same figure as Shangguan, but slightly plump. The cotton pajamas are very loose, and she doesn't feel uncomfortable wearing them. This pajamas are more cartoonish, with two blinking rabbits in the pockets.Shangguan suddenly saw her, her eyes lit up, it was rare for her to see such a pitiful appearance of Manzhi, she almost forgot how calm and calm she was usually.

"The clothes suit you very well." Shangguan blinked his eyes, wanting to relax the atmosphere.

Manzhi looked down and smiled too, although it was forced.

"Oh, Shao Lei said you haven't had dinner yet, let me order some noodles for you."

After Manzhi took a bath, her originally tense nerves also relaxed, and she felt a little hungry.

"I'll do it myself."

Shangguan chuckled, pushed her to the sofa and sat down, "You are my guest, An Anxin sit here and wait."

The smell of noodles soon wafted from the kitchen.

Shangguan cooked a double portion, and she also felt hungry.

After eating the noodles, it was still early, Shangguan turned on the TV, lively images and sounds filled the silent space.Manzhi was always in a bad mood, staring at the TV with both eyes, but her mind didn't know where to go, and she almost had nothing to say.Shangguan didn't dare to ask questions rashly, for fear that his words would be inappropriate and irritate her. Tonight's Manzhi was in unprecedented despair.

Shangguan brewed a pot of tea and put it on hand, the two drank it slowly.Manzhi thinks she is really a girl who can enjoy herself.Not only that, but the vitality and enthusiasm radiating from her whole body made Manzhi feel sadly envious.She is actually not a few years older than Shangguan, but she always feels like a generation is separated from her.She thought with great regret that her life could have been as calm and happy as Shangguan's, but fate took her away from the original track and forced her to walk on a path she never thought of.It is said that character determines destiny, but at this moment, Manzhi can't tell whether it is her character that made her where she is today, or fate gave her today's character.

A Korean variety show was being played on the TV. The host tried his best to play tricks on a group of handsome men and women on the stage, which won the audience's loud laughter.

The phone rang unexpectedly, and Shangguan didn't have time to put on his slippers, so he hopped over to pick it up. It was Shao Lei who had already arrived home.

"How is sister-in-law?"

Shangguan Lin secretly glanced at the absent-minded Manzhi, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, I just don't talk much."

"Can I get her to answer the phone?"

Shangguan handed the mobile phone to Manzhi, but Manzhi just looked at her without reaching out to pick it up.

"It's Shao Lei." Seeing her frightened look, Shangguan felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Only then did Manzhi listen to the call.

Shao Lei heard Manzhi's hoarse "Hello", and immediately said, "Sister-in-law, Mengmeng wants to talk to you."

When Manzhi heard this, her brows furrowed together fiercely, "Oh, good."

But then, there was no sound from the earpiece. Manzhi listened carefully, and the sound of light breathing came intermittently.

"Is it Mengmeng?" She asked carefully.

Mengmeng finally called out timidly, "Mom."

After hearing this call, Manzhi's eyes were covered with mist.

"Mom, why don't you come back... don't you want me?"

"No, why would mom not want you." Manzhi said with a sob.

"But, Dad said just now that you are not my real mother... I am afraid, I am afraid that I will never have a mother again." Mengmeng finally burst into tears.

All along, my mother has been the closest and the best person to her, but suddenly she was told that this person is not her mother, and her mother ran away from home in such grief and indignation, how could her fragile and sensitive little heart without a huge impact.

As soon as she heard Manzhi's friendly and familiar voice, all the fear and confusion collapsed in an instant. Her only thought was to get her mother back.

Manzhi's tears could no longer hold back, and through the thin telephone wire, the mother and daughter cried until the sky turned pale.

"I... will always be your... mother." Manzhi tried hard to swallow her sobbing, and said to Mengmeng word by word with difficulty.Mengmeng's crying faded away, and Shen Yufang's voice came from the phone.

"Manzhi." She whispered with a weeping sound, the voice suddenly became much older, which made Manzhi feel extremely worried.

But after that, Shen Yufang couldn't say anything. The words that should be said and the words that should be persuaded have been repeated countless times. In the end, the result is still the same.Her heart was also extremely cold.

Manzhi held the phone without moving, her palms were already slightly sweaty, and finally she heard Shen Yufang say, "Come back early."

Manzhi never responded, and asked herself frantically, "I, can I go back?"

After a long time, there was a "click" on the other end of the phone, and the phone was finally hung up.Manzhi lay on the sofa crying bitterly, Shangguan half-kneeled beside her all the time, staring at her dumbfounded, and after a long while, he stretched out his hand to try to comfort Manzhi.

"Sister Manzhi, sister Manzhi..." Shangguan yelled in vain.

Manzhi turned a deaf ear to it.

Shangguan has never met an adult crying like this in front of him, and this person is Manzhi who was once regarded as a strong woman by her, so how could he not be deeply shocked.

She was at a loss, so she had to pass tissues to Manzhi one by one.She exhausted all the comforting words she could think of, repeating those empty and powerless words over and over again, until Manzhi calmed down by herself.

Shangguan immediately handed over a cup of hot tea. Although Manzhi was still weeping faintly, she finally articulated her words and said thank you softly.

Shangguan breathed a sigh of relief, changed his posture and sat down, his knees were a little numb.

Drinking warm tea, her body began to warm up, and Manzhi's excitement gradually faded away. Although her heart was still tightly blocked, she was finally able to calm down.

Seeing Manzhi put down the teacup, Shangguan asked cautiously: "How about I take you to the room to rest?"

Manzhi shook her head, "I can't sleep—go to sleep when you're tired, don't accompany me."

"Where, I'm not tired, I'm a night owl." Shangguan hurriedly said.

"Come on, put on the quilt so that your feet won't be cold." Shangguan simply spread out the quilt on the sofa, and the two of them sat on the left side and the right side, quite comfortably.

Shangguan made up his mind, as long as Manzhi doesn't feel sad anymore, it doesn't matter if he sits with her all night.

"Do you still want to watch TV?" She asked Manzhi with the remote control in her hand, and she pressed it when she answered the phone just now.

"No, no need, just sit down." Manzhi felt very sorry to see her accompany and take care of herself.

"Did I scare you just now?" Manzhi apologized.

Shangguan grinned in embarrassment, hesitated for a while, and then said: "I heard you talking to Mengmeng, and I almost thought you..."

"Think I'm not Mengmeng's real mother?"

Shangguan chuckled, "How is that possible?"

"Mengmeng was indeed not born to me." Manzhi said slowly.

The smile on Shangguan's face stopped before he could stop it.

"Then she is..."

Manzhi picked up the teacup again, lowered her head and took a sip, paused for a long time, and said slowly: "She is my sister's child."

Shangguan's heart skipped a beat, and his intuition told her that the confusion that had plagued her all this time would be answered tonight.

Manzhi's heart suddenly turned upside down. Those people and things that have been stuffy in her heart for many years, those things that she wanted to get rid of but persisted in bothering her, have always had nowhere to complain and no one to say.

But tonight, she had an urge to speak.Say it, maybe it will be easier for you.

Shangguan bit his lip, mustered up the courage to express his conjecture, "Mengmeng, it's the child of Shao Yun and your sister, right?"

Manzhi looked at Shangguan, the latter's eyes were mixed with curiosity, sympathy and a trace of indescribable emotion.

"Do you want to know the story?"

The superior nodded expectantly.

Manzhi's expression seemed to be frozen at a certain point, there were too many clues to sort out, and she was wondering where to start.

Shangguan waited quietly, and then heard Manzhi murmur: "If you want to know, I will tell you, but this story is really a bit long."

(End of this chapter)