She was fired after she refused to be the CEO's dog licker.

The water from the fish pond splashed, and some of it fell on my face, feeling cold.

But it instantly sobered me up from my out-of-control and collapsed emotions.

It was a winter day in Beijing and Hong Kong. The water in the pool was very cold, so Zhou Hanzhi just jumped in.

The water in the pond reached Zhou Hanzhi's waist. The fish were frightened and swam away. He moved slowly in the green water, leaned over, and searched carefully.

I stared at his blurry reflection in the shimmering water and froze.

Zhou Hanzhi is helping me find a hairpin.

But he had just humiliated me for being a fickle woman, so why was he jumping into the water for me now?

Is this making up for pissing me off?

I couldn't clearly tell what I was feeling at the moment. I just felt that my heart, which had been suppressing its pain just now, seemed to be held in the middle of an invisible soft palm. That hand was touching my heart, making it feel a little warm, a little soft, and a little painful.

"Zhou..." I wanted to call Zhou Hanzhi and ask him to come up quickly.

I thought the water was too cold and would freeze people.

I thought I could look for the hairpin later, and I could go and apologize to Madam Zhang Si and explain the situation first.

But my lips moved, but no sound came out.

Everything around him lost its color. Only Zhou Hanzhi, who was standing in the middle of the water, looked alive.

I saw him stretch his arm into the water, pick up a jade hairpin, and then walk towards me, with a joyful smile in his dark eyes. He stretched his palm over the railing, and the jade hairpin was wet in his smooth white palm.

I grabbed it and held it tightly in my palm. The hairpin was obviously cold, but my heart was warm.

I reached out my hand to him again, and this time, I finally uttered a voice: "Come up."

He looked at me, and a flame quickly ignited in his eyes. I could see clearly that the smile in his eyes became even more intense.

Zhou Hanzhi held the hand I extended to him. His palm was wet, but the center was hot.

His other hand was holding the railing, and I secretly exerted force to pull him up.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from a distance.

It was from Madam Zhang Si. She seemed to be anxiously asking the servant, "You just said you saw Miss Meng walking over? Did she walk along here? Towards the fish pond?"

It seems that Madam Zhang Si found out that I did not return to the warm room, so she came here specially.

I was startled, and the hand that was holding Zhou Hanzhi loosened unconsciously.

I didn't want Madam Zhang Si to see this scene between Zhou Hanzhi and me, because I had no way to explain why I was alone here with Zhou Hanzhi, nor could I explain what happened between us that caused my hairpin to fall into the fish pond, and I had no way to explain why my clothes were in a mess.

I don't mind Madam Zhang Si knowing about my past with Zhou Hanzhi, but I don't want her to know about our present. I don't want her to misunderstand that I'm a girl who is entangled with my ex who already has a current boyfriend.

My hand only loosened for a moment, but it was enough to freeze the smile in Zhou Hanzhi's eyes.

The next moment, he took the initiative to let go of my hand.

I looked at him puzzled, but saw that his eyes had returned to their usual cold and calm state. He waved his hand at me and said only two words: "Go."

"Then what are you going to do?" I was a little anxious, and my tone was also anxious.

The water was so cold and he wasn't wearing anything very warm today, not to mention he had already been standing in the water for so long.

Zhou Hanzhi didn't answer me, but turned around silently and walked to the other side of the fish pond.

There is a bush over there.

I didn't know what he was going to do, but time didn't allow me to think too much, because Madam Zhang Si had already come over along the corridor and called me from afar: "Xu Xu, how did you get here? Are you lost? This garden is quite large, and there are many forks in the road. I was afraid that you would go the wrong way, but I didn't expect that you would really go the wrong way. These servants were not sensible and didn't even take care of you."

"No, ma'am, I saw there was a fish pond over here, so I came over to feed the fish." I hurried over to explain.

I looked at Zhou Hanzhi again and saw that he had stopped beside the bushes. He stood there quietly, his back looking lonely and depressed.

As I walked towards Madam Zhang Si, I realized that from Madam Zhang Si's perspective, the bushes just happened to hide Zhou Hanzhi's figure.

At this moment, a guess suddenly popped up in my mind.

Could it be that Zhou Hanzhi guessed what I was thinking and knew that I didn't want to be misunderstood by Madam Zhang Si, so he took the initiative to let go of my hand and hid himself behind the bushes?

This thought flashed through my mind, but I didn't have time to think about it.

Mrs. Zhang Si walked over quickly and took my hand.

"What's going on over there?" She followed my gaze toward the bushes.

I quickly looked away and shook my head: "It's okay."

I still don't want Madam Zhang Si to see Zhou Hanzhi.

Madam Zhang Si didn't notice Zhou Hanzhi behind the bushes, so she withdrew her gaze and looked at my loose hair again, saying softly, "Why is your hair loose? Let me put it up for you again."

She pushed me to sit on the bench, and flexibly tied up my hair with her fingers, and stretched out her hand to me: "Here, give me the hairpin."

The hairpin was still in my palm, and it was somewhat warmed by the temperature of my palm, but there were still some water stains on both ends of the hairpin. When Madam Zhang Si took the hairpin, she asked casually, "Why is the hairpin wet? Did it fall into the water?"

"No, maybe my palms are sweaty..." I answered vaguely.

Mrs. Zhang Si stopped asking questions. She pinned my hair for me, looked around, and then took my hand with satisfaction and led me to stand up: "The dinner will start soon. We will eat in the west hall today. Everyone is waiting. Xuxu, shall we go?"

I nodded and followed Madam Zhang Si's footsteps and left.

I looked back for the last time. The water in the fish pond was calm and the bushes were also very quiet, as if nothing had happened.

When Mrs. Zhang Si took me into the west hall, the servants had already brought the food to the table and everyone was seated at their seats.

Seeing me and Madam Zhang Si walking in together, Yuan Tianye and Zhang Tingyuan's eyes fell on me.

"Sister, why are you so beautiful!" Yuan Tianye's face was full of amazement, and his peach blossom eyes were shining with surprise.

Zhang Tingyuan's eyes widened, his gaze wandering between me and Madam Zhang Si, and then he sighed, "Sister Meng, you look more like my mother when you are dressed like this. I couldn't even tell who was who when I saw you from a distance just now."

He turned around and asked Master Zhang who was sitting next to him: "Dad, don't you think so? Sister Meng and my mom are very similar, right?"