Chapter 5: When Will We Get Married? Part 5
After saying that, Ning Qingqing quickly changed out of the dress in the fitting room. She handed the dress over, Shen Zhiyu’s face flushed red, momentarily unsure whether to accept it or not.
Because of this incident, Qiao Xiaomian lost interest in continuing to shop in this store. She directly posted a moment on her WeChat Moments, showing Shen Zhiyu’s shoes but not her face, with the caption:
“Matching outfits isn’t scary, it’s embarrassing if someone looks bad.”
After posting, she still felt a little upset and pulled Ning Qingqing to a milk tea shop downstairs.
“Qingqing, I’m not saying this to be mean, but what do his family mean? They actually said you’re with him because you want to marry into a wealthy family? Haha, do you need to?!” Qiao Xiaomian aggressively bit into the boba in her milk tea, “Ask Shen Zhiqian now, how does he mention you to his family!”
Qiao Xiaomian had a baby face, and when she got angry, her cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish. Ning Qingqing couldn’t help but poke the soft flesh on her cheek. Once wasn’t enough, she poked it again.
“Hey!” Qiao Xiaomian was startled, “Do you still have time for jokes? Look at Si Luoqing, she looks upright and generous on the surface, but she’s actually trying to steal someone’s boyfriend! I really want to rip off her mask and let her fans see her true face!”
Ning Qingqing stirred the milk foam on top of her milk tea, took a sip, the sweetness spreading in her mouth. For some reason, she suddenly thought of Gu Youchen wearing a suit and eating dessert in the cake shop.
She couldn’t help but laugh.
Qiao Xiaomian stared at her angrily across the table—
The emperor wasn’t in a hurry, but the eunuch was!
“Okay, Xiaomian, actually, I thought about it carefully last night,” Ning Qingqing said seriously. “I’m thinking about whether I can continue with Shen Zhiqian.”
This was the first time Qiao Xiaomian had heard her best friend say this. She forgot to chew her boba and sat up straight to listen.
Ning Qingqing said, “We’ve been together for nine years, and we know each other’s friends, but we’re still strangers to each other’s families. I wanted to take him to meet my mother after graduation, and the next two times my mother came here on business, I also planned to have him join us for dinner, but he always made excuses.”
“At yesterday’s reunion, Si Luoqing said today is Shen Zhiyu’s 18th birthday, and I found out that I didn’t even know. When I said I had a date with you today, he said he had something to do. You know what? The moment he said ‘something to do’, I seriously considered ending things for the first time.”
“Before, even if he hadn’t promised me anything, I hadn’t thought about it. Because you know my parents divorced when I was young, I lived with my mother. My mother is a strong woman, she doesn’t have time for me, and I grew up with my grandmother, and I’m close to her.”
“When I transferred to Di City, my grandmother’s health was already failing, but she insisted I go because the education resources were poor in the small southern city where I lived. I didn’t know she was sick, I just went. Until my senior year of high school, when my grandmother became seriously ill, Shen Zhiqian secretly used his father’s name to arrange a private plane to take me back, and I was able to see my grandmother one last time.”
Ning Qingqing took a deep breath, “Because of this, he was beaten by his father for the first time when he got home, and couldn’t get out of bed for two days.”
“Qingqing—” Qiao Xiaomian grabbed Ning Qingqing’s hand. The usually hot-tempered girl didn’t know how to comfort her best friend at this moment.
“So, I have both love and gratitude for him,” Ning Qingqing scraped the milk foam at the edge of her milk tea, “But my birthday is coming soon, and I’ll ask for an answer before my birthday. I’ve always wanted stability. If he doesn’t have a plan for our future, I’ll break up with him.”
Qiao Xiaomian looked at the determination in Ning Qingqing’s eyes. She suddenly felt that her best friend, though seemingly soft, always made powerful decisions.
Unsure of what to say, Qiao Xiaomian raised her milk tea to toast Ning Qingqing, “Mm, we can’t keep wasting time on one person if we can’t see a future! So ask for an answer, no matter what the result is, your best friend is here for you!”
“Good!” Ning Qingqing clinked glasses with Qiao Xiaomian. She picked up her phone and opened WeChat Moments, “I’ll repost what you just posted.”
Then, she found the post “Matching outfits isn’t scary, it’s embarrassing if someone looks bad,” copied the content, and reposted it.
She didn’t add a picture, just one line of text. It was unlike her usual posts about work, so after posting, she received many curious comments.
“Yes, yes, yes, our Ning Dabeauty is definitely the most stunning, so what’s the point of being worried about matching outfits? It’s even better if the whole world matches outfits!”
“So who is the unlucky person who matched outfits with my goddess today? Let me gloat for ten minutes!”
Many were Ning Qingqing’s university classmates and friends from work, until one comment caught her eye—
Keith: “You definitely won’t be the embarrassed one.”
Ning Qingqing was stunned for a moment upon seeing this name, until she saw the geometric profile picture.
Well, it’s tiramisu.
Oh no, it’s Gu Youchen.
Gu Youchen actually commented on her WeChat Moments, and seemed to be complimenting her looks? Ning Qingqing was shocked by this realization.
After all, in Shen Zhiqian’s description, Gu Youchen was a ruthless and ruthless businessman.
But this “ruthless businessman” would share a tiramisu with her in a cake shop, and would also compliment her looks on her WeChat Moments.
Ning Qingqing thought for a moment and replied to Gu Youchen, “Thank you for the compliment, I’ll accept it.” Then, she casually clicked on Gu Youchen’s profile picture and went to his WeChat Moments.
Just as she had guessed, Gu Youchen’s WeChat Moments background picture was a monochrome building, looking unfriendly. He rarely posted, only some industry news and occasionally updates about the Gu Group.
Ning Qingqing had just exited when she was startled because she suddenly had more than 20 comments. She clicked in curiously and understood what had happened.
At the top, ‘President Ning’ commented, “Matched outfits with someone? I told you to hire a designer specifically for you, but you insisted on being low-key.”
Following President Ning’s comment, a bunch of middle-aged men Ning Qingqing had never really interacted with appeared, “President Ning, this is the first time I’ve seen you on WeChat Moments, which wind blew you here?”
President Ning: “My daughter’s wind.”
Then the comments exploded: “So it’s your daughter, look at my notes, how could I have written ‘President Ning’s assistant’? What a misunderstanding!”
“Miss Ning, you’re too low-key, I remember Miss Ning introduced herself as President Ning’s assistant last time we met, and I said at that time, how can there be an assistant with such good temperament!”
“Little Ning don’t worry, if you matched outfits with someone, it’s definitely the other person who’s embarrassed!”
“Little Ning, what kind of clothes do you like? Uncle is in the clothing business, uncle will have his assistant send you some to play with!”
Ning Qingqing looked at these greasy middle-aged uncles’ comments and rubbed her forehead in annoyance.
‘President Ning’ was her mother. When she had just graduated from university, her mother took her to a dinner party. To train her, she didn’t introduce her identity, and those uncles added her as a friend, thinking she was her mother’s assistant.
It had been almost two years since that dinner party, and these people had been inactive on her WeChat Moments for so long, this was their first interaction.
People are realistic, Ning Qingqing knew this.
After shopping that day, Shen Zhiqian didn’t pick Ning Qingqing up, nor did he call. Ning Qingqing remembered that there had been similar situations before, and they always happened after Shen Zhiqian had gatherings with his family.
That night, Ning Qingqing slept soundly. The next day, she went to a client’s company first, and returned to the company close to noon.
Her legal department was on the floor below the president’s office. Ning Qingqing put down her bag and documents, picked up her phone, and wanted to see if Shen Zhiqian had sent her a message about having lunch together.
Her phone was empty, only the ‘Good morning’ Shen Zhiqian routinely sent that morning.
Ning Qingqing wasn’t sure if he had a lunch appointment. She wasn’t particularly hungry, so she went to the tea room to make a cup of tea first, and would put it in the refrigerator to chill before adding milk later.
The office area was quiet today. Her high heels made almost no sound on the carpet, so the two colleagues who were heating their lunch in the tea room didn’t notice Ning Qingqing’s arrival.
A hushed conversation entered Ning Qingqing’s ears—
“Our group is going to change spokespeople, do you know?”
“Haha, I was just thinking about that! The person is in the president’s office today. I heard the contract will be finalized in the next two days.”
“So urgent? Changing spokespeople should be approved by the board, right? I haven’t heard anything about this before!”
“Hehe, insider information—this spokesperson is different, because she’s our President Shen’s ex-girlfriend!”
“What do you mean? President Shen has been with Ning Qingqing since middle school, how did another ex-girlfriend show up?”
“I heard it from someone else, saying President Shen and his childhood sweetheart grew up together and had been together for a long time. Ning Qingqing only met him after she transferred schools. It’s said that President Shen got into a relationship with Ning Qingqing after his heartbreak when his ex-girlfriend went abroad!”
“My god, doesn’t that mean our boss lady might change?”
“Not necessarily… we’ll see, think about it, we’re in the contract department, once the contract is signed, the contract has to be sent to Ning Qingqing first for review!”
“Tsk tsk, what a Shura field (chaotic love triangle)! I feel so sorry for Ning Qingqing, this is such a slap in the face!”
“But whether or not she gets slapped in the face depends on President Shen’s attitude. You know, although she’s his former white moonlight, it’s been so many years, who knows who President Shen has in his heart now!”
“That’s true… it doesn’t concern us though, we’ll just eat melon (gossip) for now!”
Just then, the microwave beeped, their food was ready. The two colleagues sat at the counter and started eating.
Outside, Ning Qingqing expressionlessly retracted her steps and went directly to the elevator to go out for lunch.
The elevator soon arrived, it wasn’t Shen Zhiqian’s private elevator, but there were four people inside—
Shen Zhiqian, Shen Zhiqian’s father, Si Luoqing, and Si Luoqing’s agent.
Author’s Note:
Well, let’s ask for some comments, are you guys urging for a breakup? It’s coming, it’s coming!
Gu Youchen: Another day of relentlessly praising my wife~~
Happy 520 to all the babies～～
Thank you for the nutrient solution irrigated by the little angel: Zuokan Yunqishi 1 bottle!