Now, Gu Qingcheng and I are just two parallel lines, but we were forcibly tied together with a knot in the middle.
Before getting on the car, Yang Wuxiao calculated in her heart and thought about whether to sit in the front seat or the back seat. After reacting to the survey results online, she decisively opened the rear door and got in.
But sitting like this, the first reaction is as if directing the driver in front.
Gu Qingcheng's ten fingers struck the steering wheel, looking back at Yang Fuxiao through the rearview mirror.
The standoff between the two would end either with Yang's concession or his non-cooperation.
Before, Yang Mu Xiao was obedient and listened to Gu Qing Cheng's words, but now...
Yang Fuxiao's line of sight and Gu Qingcheng converged in the rearview mirror, Yang Fuxiao smiled slightly, opened the car door and walked forward with her bag, without looking back.
Gu Qingcheng drove slowly in the lane next to Yang Fuxiao and honked the horn directly.
Right away, Yang's phone rang: "Get in the car. If you don't want me to go down to that bustling street and stop you in front of those people, even if they didn't recognize you, your roommate would still recognize me."
Gu Qingcheng particularly emphasized downtown areas.
A crowded place.
Yang Mo Xiao pursed her lips and turned around to open the passenger door and get in.
"Why do I feel that General Gu's face is particularly thick today? I'm afraid that after I sat in this passenger seat, tomorrow you'll have to wash the whole car inside and out, so that when Miss Qin sits down next time, she won't feel uncomfortable."
Gu Qingcheng slowly turned the steering wheel, "Why is it uncomfortable?"
Yang brushed his hair and looked out of the car window with a sideways glance. "You're not a woman, you won't understand this feeling."
Gu Qingcheng turned his head to look at her, his hands casually drumming on the steering wheel, a hint of a smile playing on his lips: "I seem to have heard something sour."
Yang Buru immediately shut up.
No matter how he spoke, Gu Qingcheng would always lead him into a ditch. He simply shut his mouth then.
After a long drive, Gu Qingcheng brought Yang Duguangxiao to the airport.
It was almost an hour later than the scheduled pick-up time.
Mrs. Gu and her granddaughter, Gu Qingliang, had been standing outside the airport for a while, buffeted by the cold wind, when they saw Gu Qingcheng's car in the distance, and it was as if they had seen their savior.
Old Lady Gu poked Gu Qingliang's ankle with her cane and said, "Go, take a closer look to see if it's your brother."
She was really fed up with this old woman, who kept directing her and didn't seem to have anything else to do. She had originally come to check out the little lover that Gu Qingcheng was currently raising, but now she had come in person and still wanted her to accompany her.
Gu Qing's face was full of anger as he walked to the side of the car and knocked on the window: "Your grandma is over there, can't you go pick her up?"
Yang Xiao in the car was a bit surprised. Looking through the windshield, that white-haired old man was Gu Qingcheng's grandmother?
But now Gu Qingcheng is calling her over to pick up the plane, what's going on?
Gu Qingcheng unfastened his seatbelt and casually threw a sentence at Yang Fuxiao: "Get out of the car."
Yang Furong hesitated, looking at the old man in the cold wind, and still followed Gu Qingcheng off the bus. Even if she didn't get along with Gu Qingcheng, she couldn't implicate the old man's family.
Before Yang Mochen was demoted to a real estate company as a saleswoman by Gu Qingcheng, she had met Gu Qingliang once. At that time, Yang Mochen almost used her little trick to puncture Gu Qingliang's tire, and the result was just one meeting, another person who looked down on others with their nose.
Gu Qingcheng slowed down his pace in front of the car and waited for Yang Fu to catch up, then pulled her towards Old Lady Gu.
Gu Qingcheng walked up to Old Lady Gu, who directly raised the wooden cane in her hand and heavily struck Gu Qingcheng's back twice. The two strikes made Yang Fuxiao's eyelids twitch; this kind of solid wood cane striking his back would definitely be painful.
"You little brat, are you tired of me living too long?! You're freezing me to death!"
"Grandma," Gu Qingcheng smiled and took a step forward, supporting Gu Lao's arm, "We were delayed on the way and arrived a bit late."
"Are you late again? You rascal, I've been waiting for almost an hour," Old Lady Gu scolded her grandson, then turned around and saw Yang Fuxiao standing aside, "Who is..."
"Grandma, I'm Yang Fuxiao."
The old lady oh-ed and specially took out her reading glasses to put them on, then carefully looked Yang Fuxiao up and down.
Who looks at people like that?
The girl behind Gu Qingliang rolled her eyes, she was about to freeze to death, couldn't they get in the car first?
Gu Qingliang walked over and said to Old Lady Gu, "Grandma, let's get in the car first, it's too cold outside."
Mrs. Gu nodded, and Gu Qingcheng helped her onto the back seat of the car. Turning around, she pulled on Gu Qingcheng's arm: "Is this the daughter-in-law?"
Yang Fuxiao was far away, and the wind was loud in the open area, so she only noticed Mrs. Gu's gaze and Gu Qingcheng following her, vaguely hearing Gu Qingcheng mention her name, but couldn't hear anything else clearly.
Gu Qingliang didn't have time to care about this, she felt that she was almost frozen into arthritis.
"Froze to death."
As soon as she came up, Old Lady Gu scolded Gu Qingliang, "Who told you not to dress properly? Look at Fang Xiao, wearing a down jacket so thick and warm. And look at you, this shameless super short skirt."
Gu Qingliang: "......"
Yang Mu Xiao took a look at her own puffy down jacket that was too thick, then looked at Gu Qing Liang's thin coat and the skirt and leggings underneath, suddenly feeling like they were from two different seasons.
Mrs. Gu was particularly close to Yang Fuxiao, and Yang Fuxiao would answer whatever she asked, feeling very close to the old lady who seemed like a grandmother to her.
"What do you think of A Cheng from my hometown?"
Yang Wensheng said that if he answered this question truthfully, it would definitely be awkward. However, getting an official answer is still easy.
"Mature and charming."
This is Yang Mu's answer.
Gu Qingliang added a word in her heart: greedy for money. If it weren't for the wealth, how would there be so many women flocking to him? Yang Fuxiao said that after all, she was just a gold-digger.
And Old Lady Gu added another word: "Good-looking."
The old lady smiled: "This is a new word I've learned. Not bad, right?"
Yang Mu Xiao smiled and said: "No, very correct."
She was initially attracted to Gu Qingcheng, precisely because of Gu Qingcheng's face and the temperament on his body.
Gu Qingliang was listening to these uninteresting conversations and was almost falling asleep, until the car stopped at a restaurant, where he got off.
Yang Mouxia pulled at Gu Qingcheng, and Gu Qingcheng understood her meaning. He waved his hand to let Gu Qingliang support the old lady to the private room upstairs first. "It's already been booked, there are waiters waiting in front."
The old lady also turned around and called out: "You two hurry up too."
It wasn't until the two of them had already gotten on the elevator that Yang Xiao turned around and said, "What did you mean by that?"
Gu Qingcheng leaned against the wall behind him, crossed his arms, and said with a profound gaze, "Whatever you think it means, that's what it means."
Yang Mu Xiao was suddenly speechless.
What she meant was exactly what Gu Qingcheng meant, and this sentence is really interesting.
Yang Xiao didn't say much, turned around and was about to leave, but Gu Qingcheng had already grabbed her wrist. Taking advantage of the opening elevator door in front, he directly pulled Yang Xiao inside, then pinned her against the wall with one arm, before turning around to press the elevator's close-door button.
"Gu Qingcheng, I really don't understand what you mean. I also know that you can't see into my heart, so we don't need to use this method to exhaust each other," Yang Fuxiao's gaze lifted upwards from Gu Qingcheng's Adam's apple to his slightly prominent jawline, saying "I'm getting married next month, what do you mean by pulling me in front of your grandmother now? Are you going to marry me?"
Yang Fu Xiao was saying this while staring at Gu Qing Cheng's chin, her thin lips tightly pursed. However, when Gu Qing Cheng opened his mouth, a somewhat chilly finger lifted Yang Fu Xiao's chin, forcing her to look straight into his eyes.
Yang Mianxiao wanted to break free from his arms, but while struggling, Gu Qingcheng pushed Yang Mianxiao back against the elevator wall and then lowered his head to deeply kiss him.
Yang swept his hands out to the sides of his body, subconsciously trying to push him away from his chest, but the man in front of him didn't budge, and instead, their kiss became even more intense and bone-deep.
Gu Qingcheng's arm seemed to be loosely wrapped around her waist, but in fact he had used more than a little force to pin Yang Fuxiao down in the crook of his elbow.
Yang pushed away Xiao and couldn't open his eyes in front of Gu Qingcheng, wanting to tell Gu Qingcheng to stop, but the words that came out of his mouth were already disjointed and fragmented.
Their lips were still entwined, Yang Xiao's breathing was getting heavier and heavier, as he slowly pushed away Gu Qingcheng's arms until the elevator in front of them suddenly opened with a "ding".
Yang Mu Xiao's senses were particularly sensitive, and as soon as she heard the elevator door open, she opened her eyes wide, with the corner of her eye catching a glimpse of the person standing at the elevator entrance.
There were waiters in uniform and also ordinary customers.
No one could have imagined that opening the elevator door would be a live version of a passionate wall slam, it's even more shocking than what you see on TV. Now Yang Xiao only thinks about not letting others see her face.
Gu Qingcheng pinched her waist hard, and Yang Fuxiao directly bit his lips. Gu Qingcheng leaned against the lips, turned his head to glance at the people outside, his eyes still very calm, with a hint of fresh blood on his lips that had just been bitten by Yang Fuxiao.
Yang Mu Xiao didn't have as thick a skin as Gu Qing Cheng, and couldn't remain calm, so he lowered his head and ran out first, with Gu Qing Cheng immediately following behind.
Just as I came out of the elevator, I ran into Old Lady Gu who was looking for the restroom.
Mrs. Gu stared at the crowd surrounding the elevator from the outside, watching the commotion as if it were a show. When the elevator opened, this group of people didn't know whether to go up or not, and they just stood there foolishly looking on. Was there some good show inside? Just as Mrs. Gu was also overcome with curiosity and wanted to squeeze in to see the excitement, a little girl squeezed out from inside.
Yang Fu Xiao hastily helped steady Mrs. Guo who almost got knocked over, "Auntie Guo."
"Here you are, just in time, come with me to the restroom, I was just looking for it."
A waiter standing not far in front of them enthusiastically pointed and said to Old Lady Guo: "The ladies' restroom is just ahead, turn right."
"Oh, thank you."
Yang Fuxiao raised her eyes and saw Gu Qingcheng walking out of the elevator. Originally wanting to leave, she couldn't say anything in front of the old man, so she accompanied Old Lady Gu to the restroom instead.
Mrs. Gu was kind and gentle, when going to the toilet, she especially asked Yang Fu Xiao to hold her handbag, Yang Fu Xiao smiled and said "I'll wait for you outside, I won't go."
Gu Qingcheng returned to the private room first, Gu Qingliang had just ordered a few dishes. Seeing Gu Qingcheng arrive, he directly handed him the tablet: "I've ordered a few dishes, you order the rest."
Gu Qingcheng ordered a few dishes according to Yang Fuxiao's taste and handed the ordering tablet back to the waiter.
The waiter left, Gu Qingliang leaned back against the chair, "Gu Qingcheng, I really didn't expect that you and she still haven't broken up? You've really broken the record, it's almost half a year now, this time you've played long enough."
The waiter here is very efficient and quickly brought a cup of jasmine tea, Gu Qingcheng poured the jasmine tea into the white porcelain teacup in front of him, the color was light and fragrant.
Gu Qingcheng smiled: "What did you think?"
"Within three months at most, otherwise she must have some skills, or else you wouldn't have kept her by your side for so long."
Gu Qingcheng's eyes stared at the white porcelain teacup in front of him, and after two seconds, he said, "This time Grandma came here, how long is she planning to stay?"
Gu Qingliang yawned, "I don't know, it's possible in ten days, half a month, or even a year and a half. You're not unaware that the old lady is prone to sudden whims, and she might just insist on holding her grandson."
The door opened from outside and Yang Fuxiao supported Old Lady Gu as they walked in.
Old Lady Gu was scolding her grandson, Gu Qingcheng, for making her wait in the cold wind for an hour. The red wooden cane in her hand knocked against the floor with a loud thud, and Yang Fuxiao's eyelids kept twitching, not knowing when Old Lady Gu would get upset again and strike Gu Qingcheng on the back with her cane.
During meals, consideration was given to Yang Fuxiao, a pregnant woman, and Gu Lao Tai Tai, an elderly person, so no wine was served, only freshly squeezed fruit juice.
The old lady sat in the main seat, after the fish was served, the head of the fish happened to be facing her, and she took her first bite.
Although it's a bit superstitious, we should still have enough corresponding respect for the elderly.
While having dinner, Yang Fuxiao received a call from Shen Jiayou, "Where are you now? I'll drive to pick you up."
"You don't have to come pick me up, I'll just take a taxi back later. I'm still eating with someone now and haven't finished yet."
"Uh-huh, then I'll wait for you at home."
"Goodbye."
Yang Fangxiao hung up the phone and thought to herself, after dinner, she must hurry back and end it quickly.
It's good that the old man usually gets sleepy after dinner, so Gu Qingcheng drove to take Gu Lao and Gu Qingliang to Zijing Garden. Yang Fuxiao also got off with her bag, ready to take a taxi back to Shen's house, but was stopped by Gu Qingcheng: "Wait in the car."
Gu Qingcheng finished speaking and sent Old Lady Gu into the elevator.
Yang Mu Xiao's hand, which was about to open the car door, paused for a moment.
She curled up the corners of her lips, he let her wait, was she going to wait in the car? Joke.
Yang waited until the three people's silhouettes entered the elevator and then carried his own bag towards the entrance.
The elevator door opened with a "ding", and Gu Qingcheng said, "The housekeeper aunt should be at home. If not, Sheng Weiwei should be there. Grandma, you can just press the doorbell when you go up to wake her."
Gu Qingliang frowned as soon as he heard it: "Is Sheng Weiwei also there? Then I'll just go live in a hotel."
As a result, Sheng Weiwei, who was standing outside the elevator, heard it clearly.
Sheng Weiwei and Gu Qingliang had never gotten along, Gu Qingliang disliked Sheng Weiwei, while Sheng Weiwei detested Gu Qingliang even more. She hated how Gu Qingliang pretended to be something she's not, acting like a noble lady when in reality she was just an illegitimate child. If it weren't for the designer clothes she wore, she would have blended into the crowd without anyone noticing her.
It's just that Old Lady Gu is quite good to Sheng Weiwei, and as soon as Sheng Weiwei sees Old Lady Gu, her face breaks into a smile like a flower. "Old Lady, you're here! Walk slowly, I'll support you."
Gu Qingcheng watched as Sheng Weiwei helped Old Lady Gu down, and directly pressed the elevator's downward button.
As Gu Qingcheng had expected.
Back downstairs, there was only one car left in its original place. Yang Fuxiao's figure had disappeared from inside the vehicle.
Gu Qingcheng inserted both hands into his pockets and hooked up the corners of his lips.
He knew Yang Fu would not wait for him to come down.
Gu Qingcheng walked back into the car, picked up his phone and lit a cigarette from the pack, smoke swirling around him.
Back upstairs, as soon as the door opened, a loud quarrel was heard inside, with Sheng Weiwei and Gu Qingliang taking turns fighting.
"Sheng Weiwei, you're just a guest in my brother's house, what are you pretending to be? Acting like the mistress of the house?"
"Even if I'm not the hostess, it's still none of your business. You need to mind your own affairs and not interfere with where I put my shoes. I've been living in that room for three months now, and you come along and expect me to vacate it for you? What does this mean? Are you looking down on Qingcheng?"
Gu Qingcheng: "......"
On the left side of Sheng Wei, there was a mirror that just happened to reflect Gu Qingcheng walking in from outside. He directly stretched out his hand and pulled Gu Qingcheng over, "Gu Qingcheng, you're being unreasonable."
Gu Qingcheng raised an eyebrow: "You guys settle your own affairs."
After finishing speaking, Gu Qingcheng went upstairs first and passed by Gu Qingliang's side, saying: "If you want to stay here, then collect your petty temper."
Gu Qingliang stomped her foot and remained silent.
She was actually still afraid of Gu Qingcheng.
Gu Qingcheng went upstairs and arranged a room for Old Lady Gu to rest in, then returned to his own study.
Sitting behind the computer desk, pulling out the keyboard and typing out a line of words "You must be good to Yang Fuxiao".
His fingers flew across the keyboard, and after typing, the cursor stayed on the last character. He lifted his hand to delete them one by one.
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Yang Mu Xiao walked out of the Zi Jing Garden, silently walking along the road for a while until he passed an intersection before stopping to hail a taxi when his phone in his bag started ringing with its familiar vibration and ringtone.
A taxi stopped in front of him, and Yang Fuxiao looked at the phone screen with a number displayed, which was that "private number" again.
She furrowed her brow, no longer as tense as the first two times she received this anonymous call, turned on the phone's recording function, and then pressed the answer button, having just gotten into the back seat of a taxi.
The driver in front asked: "Where are you going?"
Yang Mu Xiao covered the receiver with her hand and said: "You go ahead first."
"Hello, I'm Yang Fuxiao, what's up this time?"
Yang Furong used a definite tone, as long as this call came in, there must be something to look for her.
"I'm actually quite curious, if one day, I don't have my phone with me and someone else answers this call, what should they do?"
A distorted voice came through the receiver: "The wedding is set for next month's thirteenth, you've been staying at home to take care of your pregnancy lately, if nothing's wrong, go to Ganlu Temple often to burn incense, and you'll definitely run into what you want to know."
Yang Mo Xiao furrowed her brow and suddenly thought that it was probably two months ago when Shen Zhou brought her to Ganlu Temple.
"Okay, I'll make time to go," said Yang Fu Xiao, "I also want to ask about my mother's situation."
"When it's time for you to know, you'll naturally know."
Yang Mu Xiao just wanted to ask when the phone was hung up.
She furrowed her brow deeply.
Every time it comes to the key point, the phone hangs up.
However, Yang Fuxiao said that if he heard the phone call for the first time, he didn't quite believe it, but now he has a premonition that the person who made the call was not targeting Gu Qingcheng, and some of the information he provided was indeed useful.
Yang brushed off the dawn and leaned forward, saying to the taxi driver in front of him: "Master, drive to the nearest mobile phone hall."
She came to the mobile phone business hall, the first thing to do was to find a salesperson and print out the call records for the past month.
"I want a detailed bill of my call records."
Yang Fu Xiao took out her ID card and waited for the salesperson to print out the detailed bill. She sat in the rest area at the back, checked the call time on her phone, but found that the longest recent call was from C City.
Similarly in City C, I would definitely pay attention to some local news. However, knowing her whereabouts so clearly, either the people around her or a private investigator was hired to follow her.
Either of these two possibilities made Yang Fu Xiao's back sweat profusely.
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In a teahouse, Shen Jia-yu hung up Yang Mu-xiao's phone call and put the mobile phone back into his pocket, turning around.
Xu Yiqian sat at the edge of the table, a teapot on the tea table with freshly boiled water emitting a misty steam.
"It won't work, I'm telling you. If you want her to like you, your current strategy of going along with her just won't cut it. You need to be more assertive and tough when the situation calls for it." Xǔ Yījuàn extinguished the alcohol stove, took down a kettle of water, and poured boiling water into the teapot.
Shen Jia-yu turned around and sat cross-legged in front of the tea table.
"I just can't bring myself to hate Yang Wu."
Xu Yiqian said: "If you want me to say it, just tell her directly that you didn't die at all."
Shen Jiaoyu placed the tea water beside him, lifted it up and sniffed the rising tea fragrance. "This matter cannot be told to her, otherwise one more person knowing would mean one more danger, I don't even know when I'll be silenced."
Xu Yiqian rolled her eyes: "Cut it out, don't I already know everything now? Aren't you afraid that I'll also be silenced?"
Shen Jia-yu smiled: "You definitely won't, you're an American-born Chinese, your dad is the governor of a US state."
After a while, Xu Yikun asked: "So you're not going to tell her then?"
Shen Jia-yu shook his head: "Don't say."
He paused for a moment, "If one day I die, then so be it, there's no need to let Yang Xiao follow that person either."
"Sighing, Xu Yi said, 'If I'm being honest, you shouldn't have come back from America. You finally had a new life, why did you have to come back and stir up this muddy water?'"
Shen Jia-yu didn't say a word, just staring at the steam rising in front of him.
After staying in the teahouse for a long time, Shen Jia-yu received a call from Yang Mo-xiao.
"I'm now in front of a mall on this side of Central Park, can you come pick me up?"
Shen Jia-yu was surprised that Yang Mu-dao would call him on his own initiative.
"Okay, I'll go pick you up now."
Shen Jia-yu hung up the phone, and Xu Yi-qian patted him on the shoulder from behind, "You're so happy just because someone called you, haha, but it's really rare, are you going to treat me too?"
"Get on the bus, I'll drop you off along the way."
"No need," Xǔ Yīqiān smiled and said, "I don't want to disturb your little world of two."
However, Shen Jiayou still let Xu Yiqian get on the bus and then went to Central Park.
Yang's station is located in a relatively conspicuous position, standing in front of a fountain in front of the mall. Due to the sudden drop in temperature, the fountain was not turned on, and the water inside had frozen into ice.
Shen Jia-yu stopped the car and Yang Mo-xiao walked over, "Just strolled around in the mall."
Shen Jia-yu stared at her empty hands, "Just strolling around?"
Yang Fu Xiao nodded: "Mm, just strolled around casually, nothing was missing, so didn't buy anything."
She got on the bus and saw Xu Yijian sitting in the back, turned around and smiled at Xu Yijian: "Hello Mr. Xu."
Xu Yi Qian waved his hand: "I thought you brought Jia You here to buy him clothes."
Yang brushed off his face and turned to Shen Jia-yu, "I don't lack any clothes, you don't have to listen to Yi Zhan's nonsense behind my back."
The car was driving on the road when Xu Yikui suddenly received a call from the company, saying that there was an urgent matter to be dealt with, so Shen Jiayou changed direction and went to the company.
Shen Jia-yu is currently working at MSC, but he only lent his name to Xu Yi-qian's Jia Chuang, and there are still some things that need to be helped with.
Yang Mo Xiao hadn't even entered the office, and was instead in the outer lounge, where he had just poured himself a cup of water and stood for a moment when footsteps sounded from behind him.
Shen Jia-yu lightly knocked on the glass door of the rest room, "Alright, let's head home."
Yang Mo Xiao threw the paper cup in her hand into a nearby wastebasket, nodded and smiled: "Good."
Shen Jia-yu picked up the scarf that Yang Mu-xiao had draped over the back of her chair, and held out his hand to put it around Yang Mu-xiao's neck. This time, Yang Mu-xiao didn't refuse, and quietly let Shen Jia-yu tie the scarf for her.
Shen Jia-yu's technique was particularly good, tying the scarf around Yang Mo-xiao's neck, both warm and stylish.
Shen Jia-yu drove back to the Shen residence, but found a dark figure standing at the entrance of the Shen house, carrying a large backpack.
Yang Mo looked past the windshield, "It seems like Sheng Weiwei."
Indeed it is Sheng Weiwei.
Sheng Weiwei really couldn't take it anymore, living with Gu Qingliang's spoiled daughter. She had even thrown her shower cap out like trash in the public bathroom. If she wasn't afraid of disturbing Old Lady Gu, she would have directly rushed out and torn into her.
But now she has no choice, she goes to Gu Qingcheng like a romantic heroine and shouts: "You choose, have her or me, have me or her!"
Gu Qingcheng slightly tilted his head and lifted it from the computer screen. "I'll give you a good suggestion."
Then, Sheng Weiwei packed her things and came to the Shen family to seek refuge with Yang Wuxiao.
In fact, Sheng Weiwei didn't dare confirm whether Yang Fuxiao would take her in.
But Gu Qingcheng's original words were: "If she doesn't accept it, return you back, I'll throw Gu Qingliang out."
This is a good idea, Sheng Weiwei can't wait to see Gu Qingliang being trampled on when he gets arrogant after achieving his goal.
However, Gu Qingcheng was right, Yang Fuxiao agreed.
She glanced at Shen Jia-yu, who had made a move on her before, and blinked twice, thinking that if Shen Jia-yu refused, should she take the initiative to surrender?
Shen Jia-yu nodded: "Mm, I have no opinion either."
Sheng Weiwei made a V sign with her hand behind her back.
In Shen's house, Lin's mother was clearly dissatisfied with Sheng Weiwei's arrival. Within ten minutes, Shen Jiayou received a call from his mother, Yu Mingxiu.
Shen Jiaoyu walked onto the balcony to answer the phone, Yang Fuxiao had just arranged a room for Sheng Weiwei. Sheng Weiwei pulled on Yang Fuxiao's arm: "Fuxiao, thank you."
Yang Mu Xiao smiled slightly and turned around to leave.
Sheng Weiwei lay on the bed and gave Gu Qingcheng a call: "Come in, it's not difficult at all."
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The next day.
Yang went to Ganlu Temple at dawn.
In fact, life in the Shen family was not as difficult as imagined. She was in a state of being let go. Before confirming her pregnancy, Mingxiu Yu still required them to have breakfast together every morning. Now that she is pregnant, Mingxiu Yu also considers her schedule and lets her eat in her own room.
Sheng Weiwei recently went to Shen Zhenliang's law firm for volunteer work, Yang Fuxiao didn't know how Sheng Weiwei convinced Shen Zhenliang, but the effect was quite good, Sheng Weiwei was beaming with joy all morning.
The Shen family has now assigned a car and driver to Yang Duoxiao, so even if there is no car from the Shen family to pick her up, she can still go anywhere.
Yang Buruoxiao had the driver go to Shen Chenliang's law firm first, then followed Sheng Weiwei out of the car.
Sheng slightly raised an eyebrow: "You're also going up with me?"
Yang Mu Xiao said: "I want to ask Lawyer Shen some legal questions."
"Ask me," Sheng said with a slight smile, pointing to his own nose, "I've been studying law recently and have almost finished reading it."
Yang brushed off the dawn and raised the corner of his mouth, "Then tell me, if I ask you to help me buy a lottery ticket, and the lottery wins 5 million yuan in prize money, is this money yours or mine?"
Sheng slightly blinked her eyes.
She hadn't even responded when a voice came from behind: "That depends on your agreement with each other."
Yang Mu turned around and saw Shen Zhenliang walking out of another elevator, wearing glasses and holding a black briefcase, speaking calmly.
Sheng Weiwei immediately chimed in from the side, "That's right, it depends on our two people discussing it. For example, who chose this lottery number, did I pay for it or did you pay for it?"
It's actually obvious that Sheng Weiwei has put in the effort, a talented girl who studied science and is now diligently reading law books.
Yang Mu Xiao actually didn't have any professional legal questions to ask, just wanted to inquire about the conditions for declaring a missing person dead.
Shen Zhenliang walked forward and said, "If it's a disappearance with unclear circumstances, it's four years. If it's an accidental injury, it's two years. You can apply to the court for a declaration, but it depends on who the applicant is. Generally, it's the relatives who apply."
Weiwei walked alongside Shen Zhenliang, gazing at Shen Zhenliang who was surrounded by pink bubbles: So handsome. She couldn't take it anymore, she felt a bit like her heart was skipping beats; if she worked with Lawyer Shen for a few more days, she might just have to carry an oxygen tank to work.
Shen Chenliang nodded slightly and politely said: "Please follow me to my office."
Yang Moxiao followed Shen Zhenliang, she knew that if it weren't for Gu Qingcheng's relationship, or her identity, she wouldn't have been able to get in touch with someone as important as Shen Zhenliang.
But just as he was about to open the door, one of Shen Zhenliang's female assistants walked over in high heels and said, "Master, Mrs. An is already waiting inside."
"If you have guests, then I won't..."
As the door opened, a woman was seen sitting on the sofa, her face heavily made up, with long curly hair falling down her back, her eyes shining brightly, one leg crossed over the other's knee, in a elegant and ladylike posture. Her black silk stockings wrapped around her calves, lazily swaying in the air, creating a subtle arc. Hearing the sound at the door, she raised her gaze towards the entrance, and upon seeing Yang Fanxiao, a hint of provocation appeared in her eyes.
His gaze suddenly shifted to look at Shen Zhenliang's female assistant beside him, "I'm here for a divorce lawsuit, watch your words."
The female assistant immediately changed her tone and said: "Sorry, Miss Shen."
Yang Mu Xiao had already retreated out when he saw someone inside, and turned around to say: "Attorney Shen, I'll reschedule with you another day. Today's main purpose is to send Weiwei over."
Shen Chenliang nodded: "Okay, you can also let Sheng Weiwei pass on a message to me."
Sheng Wei's eyes widened instantly and she nodded vigorously.
"Okay, okay!" She replied quickly, as if the priest in front of her was asking if she would marry him for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and then said loudly in a low voice: "I do!"
Shen Zhenliang: "......"
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From Shen Zhenliang's law firm to Ganlu Temple, it only takes 40 minutes by car.
Yang Mu Xiao got off the car and said, "Uncle Liu, I'll probably be out in about an hour."
"Ah, yes ma'am."
Driver Liu Shu said that although Yu Mingxiu was assigned to her, Shen Jiaoyu had also taken care of it and could be trusted.
Yang Fuxiao first arrived at the temple, bought some incense, and like ordinary incense guests, lit the incense, then knelt down on the cushion to kowtow.
Originally she was just going to go through the motions of burning incense, but now she genuinely and sincerely kowtowed three times, closed her eyes, and clasped her hands together.
"Buddha, if you have a spirit in heaven, bless my child to be born safely."
Then he knocked and bowed again. After getting up, Yang Xiao also put some loose change he brought with him into a merit box on one side.
Actually, Yang Wu Xiao didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but this time, she would rather believe that there were spirits beyond the three-foot radius above her head.
After paying homage to the Buddha, Yang Wudao really felt an indescribable lightness in body and mind.
Walking out of the grand hall in front, Yang Wu Xiao thought back to the last time Shen Zhou's people brought her over, it was from outside the mountain gate, walking to the left side, and then arrived at that courtyard with a row of outhouses.
Now she thinks it's still necessary to go back once.
It's already winter.
Yang Mo Xiao, every time she went out, was always wrapped up very tightly. After paying homage to the Buddha in the great hall, she put her downy hat back on her head and then took a mask to cover more than half of her face, only revealing a pair of shiny black eyes.
She was wearing a pure black long down jacket, which she had never worn before. It looked like maternity clothes. I remember that when she first tried on this down jacket, Gu Qingcheng even measured her waist with both arms and said she had a barrel waist.
Hehe, Yang Fu Xiao was so angry that he immediately grabbed a pillow and hit him with it.
But later I took a look in the mirror, and indeed it was true, from top to bottom round and plump, just like a large thermos flask emitting hot air from its head.
When I arrived at the courtyard, there was no one guarding the gate.
Yang glanced around at dawn, then stepped inside, his head still under the withered honeysuckle of winter, forming a striking contrast with the tall and straight pine tree not far away.
She took two steps forward, and suddenly a strange "giggle" sound came from the side, she was startled, quickly turned her head around, and saw that behind the big tree, next to the low brick wall covered with weeds, there was a woman wearing a hemp robe, with a ring of dry grass on her head.
Yang immediately recognized her as the woman who had hidden in the compartment last time and was then taken away by a doctor after being injected with something.
Yang Fuxiao turned around and looked at her, she also raised her head and looked at Yang Fuxiao, then smiled.
"You..."
Yang Duoxiao hadn't even spoken a word when he was stopped by the woman, who raised a finger to her lips and said, "Shh."
Yang Fuxiao blinked and also squatted on the ground, "Why are you squatting here?"
"Because I'm hiding from him, I don't want him to find me."
"Who is he?"
Shen Wanjun carefully sized up Yang Fuxiao with a glance, "I won't tell you, I'm going to escape now, but I can't get out."
"Why can't I get out?"
"There is a big dog at that entrance, as soon as I pass by, the big dog will bark loudly."
The direction Shen Wanjun pointed was exactly the gate of the courtyard that Yang Mochen had just entered, but she didn't see any big dog at all.
"Do you want to go out?"
Shen Wanjun nodded: "Yes, I think so!"
Yang stepped forward and grabbed Shen's hand, "I'll take you out, I just came in from the courtyard gate, there are no big dogs."
Shen Wanjun furrowed her delicate eyebrows in suspicion, but also followed Yang Moxiao's back, walking towards the courtyard gate.
Yang Fuxiao could see that Shen Wanjun was really scared, but there were no big dogs here anyway. The woman beside her had a firm grip on her sleeve.
Finally, Yang Fu Xiao brought Shen Wan Jun out.
"Look, there isn't even a big dog."
But the woman's reaction was more excited than Yang Guo could have imagined, she suddenly jumped up from the ground, beaming with joy, and her originally pale face instantly became vibrant.
"I've finally come out."
"Have you not been out for a long time?"
Shen Wanjun nodded: "Yes, I've been in this small courtyard all along. Sometimes they tie me up and give me injections to make me sleep."
Yang Fu Xiao frowned, "Are you sick?"
"It seems so, I don't know those people, I only know Shen Zhou," said Shen Wanjun, "Shen Zhou is very good to me, but I don't know why, now he's harming me like those people wearing white coats."
Yang Moxiao felt that it was impolite to speak with Shen Wanjun while wearing a mask, and just wanted to remove the mask covering his mouth and nose. However, Shen Wanjun suddenly heard some noise from the backyard behind him, jumped up abruptly, and pulled Yang Moxiao to run forward.
"Quickly hide, they're going to catch me again!"