“Is there a problem?” she quickly caught his chilling expression.
“No, are you hungry? I’ll take you to eat.” He silently returned the phone to her.
“Mm, a little.”
She had only eaten the meal the aunt made for her that morning; the rest of the time, she had been contemplating how to prepare for this interview.
What clothes to wear, what aspects to focus on recording.
She had also looked up the life summaries of these people and made notes. Although they wouldn’t be used for her questions, it couldn’t hurt.
“I’ll take a shower first, wait for me.”
He stood up and reached out a large hand to rub her head.
In the bathroom, Chen Ziming picked up his phone and made a call.
“Officer Chen?” Baili Qing’s slightly confused voice sounded.
“You’re taking Yueyue to the assembly hall, right?”
“Yes, it’s a good opportunity, I want to…”
“Do you know my father is also present?” His voice was low, tinged with displeasure.
Baili Qing paused, then asked,
“She doesn’t know Secretary Chen is your father?”
“Mm.”
There was silence on the other end of the line. After a moment, a hesitant voice came through,
“But… what if she knew? What are you afraid of?”
“I’m afraid she’ll be scared away.”
Anyone else might have laughed at his concern.
With a family of such prominent status, a girl would only be delighted, how could she be scared away?
But Baili Qing understood Su Yue’s personality, so she instantly grasped it.
“But I promised her. If I go back on my word, she’ll be sad.” She still wanted to bring Su Yue.
The girl she had cared for for so long, because she chose the path of a journalist, she wanted to help her grow as much as she could.
The man tightened his grip on the phone, then after a long while, conceded, “Then don’t tell her.”
Although Su Yue had said yesterday not to worry about her being afraid, Chen Kang’an’s status was different from Meng Hualan’s.
It was still too soon.
If she could spend some time interacting with Meng Hualan and understand the personalities of his parents, then knowing wouldn’t be too late.
She had said she wanted to be with him forever.
He didn’t need to rush.
“Where are we going to eat?”
When he came out after changing, Su Yue had already tidied herself up and was waiting obediently by the door, asking.
Chen Cheng had covered his shifts for him this week, so he took her out every evening.
“You’ll know when we get there.” He smiled, taking her hand.
This restaurant was also within the Lanyu Commercial Plaza.
He seemed to really like coming to this place.
Su Yue accompanied him to the top floor, a revolving restaurant. Dining here, one could see the night view of the capital from the large floor-to-ceiling windows.
Unexpectedly, Liang Mu and Jin Yan were also there. Seeing them arrive, Liang Mu smiled and pulled Su Yue over,
“Yueyue, look, all of this is prepared for you.”
Su Yue looked at the shopping bags and gift boxes spread across half the room and was astonished.
“This side was prepared by me, and that side by Chairman Meng,” Liang Mu indicated with her hand. Only then did Su Yue notice a narrow gap separating the two piles of items.
Upon hearing the name Chairman Meng, Chen Ziming’s expression darkened, and he looked at Jin Yan.
The latter was startled and quickly came to Su Yue’s side, chiming in,
“Sister, pick what you like. If anything isn’t to your liking or doesn’t fit, tell your sister Liang Mu, and we’ll get it exchanged for you.”
Just as Su Yue was still recovering, Chen Ziming sat down, took a sip of tea, and then said coldly,
“You don’t think this matter is just going to pass, do you?”
He was clearly speaking to Jin Yan.
Jin Yan stiffened and turned around, a wry smile on his face, “Then what do you want me to do? Chairman Meng’s words, if I don’t listen, it would seem disrespectful to her.”
“Oh? So it’s okay to disrespect me.”
Jin Yan: …
He wanted to cry but had no tears. What a destined mother and son pair, their tone and manner of speaking were exactly the same.
He really didn’t know how to answer. He looked to Liang Mu and Su Yue for help.
“Um… I’m hungry, shall we eat?”
Receiving his signal, Su Yue snapped back to attention, sat beside him, reached out, and gently swayed his arm.
Her large eyes looked at him questioningly, her voice laced with a hint of coaxing.