The atmosphere in the car was always weird. Bei Minghan had a sullen face and didn't say a word. Thinking that he was still angry with Zhang Yiyi, Du Mingqian obediently stopped talking. It wasn't until the car stopped in front of an apartment building that she
He stuck his head out curiously, "Han, where is this?"
Bei Minghan turned off the car, stopped for a moment, and said, "I bought you a house here."
Du Mingqian was startled and turned back quickly, "Why do you want to buy me an apartment? Didn't I agree that I would move to your place?"
Bei Minghan stared at her and spoke slowly, "My mother wants to take the keys. She said it's close to her studio and she wants to go there and rest at any time."
"It's...Auntie doesn't want me to move here?" She bit her lip and murmured, "She has never liked me..."
Bei Minghan said nothing and put his arms around her, "Mingqian, give her some time, she will slowly accept you."
"She doesn't like me... because I don't have a good family background? Because my mother works as a nanny for others?" Du Mingqian lay on his chest, the more she spoke, the more reluctant she became, "She thinks I'm not good enough for you.
Yes or no?"
Bei Minghan closed his eyes, feeling a little distressed and a little guilty, "Mingqian, I promise you, I will convince my mother."
Although unwillingness and humiliation oppressed her like two mountains, Du Mingqian gritted her teeth and endured it, not letting herself reveal any of her emotions in front of Bei Minghan. She knew very well that Bei Minghan was very filial to Qiao Ya and could not get along with Qiao Ya.
, I just can’t get along with myself!
After forcing herself to calm down, she said softly, "Han, I understand. Aunt Qiao is actually right. I am indeed not worthy of you..."
"Mingqian, I don't allow you to say that." Bei Minghan lowered his head and looked at her with pity, "As long as I think she's worthy, that's enough."
"Han..." Du Mingqian was surrounded by endless emotions. She leaned against him and hugged his waist tightly, "Han, will you stay with me tonight? I'm afraid of living here alone."
"Yeah." He nodded without thinking.
But just then, his phone rang, and he picked it up, "Hello...Mom?"
"Where are you now?"
He glanced at Du Mingqian next to him and deliberately avoided the question, "Mom, what's the matter?"
"...Are you with Mingqian?" His avoidance made Qiao Ya guess it immediately.
Hearing that Bei Minghan didn't deny it, he immediately said displeasedly, "I have something to ask you about. Come pick me up at my studio."
Bei Minghan frowned and said, "Mom, I'll go there in a while."
"No," Qiao Ya couldn't refuse, "I'm in a hurry, you come right over, that's it." Before he could say anything else, the call was immediately hung up.
Bei Minghan stared at the phone, his brows furrowing deeper.
Du Mingqian suppressed the bitterness and faint anger in his chest, and said considerately, "Han, Auntie has something to do with you, so you should leave first."
Bei Minghan looked back at her, "I'll take you upstairs."
"No need," she smiled, "the luggage is not heavy, I can do it alone, you can leave quickly."
Her understanding made Bei Minghan feel warm in his heart. He put his arms around her and kissed her gently on the forehead. "Mingqian, you have always been so tolerant. I really feel sorry for you."
She smiled and shook her head, "Han, no matter how much I suffer, I don't want you to be in trouble, as long as you are happy."
Bei Minghan hugged her tighter, "Wait for me, I will come over to accompany you at night."
She responded sweetly, "Yeah."
After handing her the keys to his new home and taking off the suitcase, Bei Minghan drove away.
Standing alone in front of the apartment building, Du Mingqian's soft and lovely cheeks suddenly darkened, and she squeezed her hands together tightly...
That night, she waited until the sky was getting brighter, but Bei Minghan didn't appear either.
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In the morning, before Yiyi got up, she received a call from Guan Ning.
"Hey, I'm going to lose my job, and you have to be responsible for raising me."
Yiyi opened her eyes and felt quite awake, "Because of that report?"
Guan Ning didn't say anything, so she acquiesced.
“Didn’t the sales surge and the response be very good?”
Guan Ning sneered, "The boss said it was pressure from above, and there was nothing he could do to ask me to take annual leave in advance."
Yiyi sat up, bit her lower lip, and said apologetically, "Guan Ning, I'm sorry, it's all because of me."
"What's there to be sorry for? I'll take annual leave before I've worked for a full year. No one else would even think about it. Okay, stop talking nonsense and come out and drink with me."
Although it was still early in the morning, Ke Yiyi didn't say anything. After asking for the address, he simply packed up and went out.
The bar was closed in the morning, so the two made an appointment at the coffee shop. When Yiyi went there, he saw Guan Ning sitting in the smoking area with a cigarette between her fingers, a bottle of red wine and two goblets in front of her.
Yiyi sat down, looked at her, and sighed, "Guan Ning, I..."
Knowing what she wanted to say, Guan Ning raised her lips and slowly raised her clear eyes, "I knew this would be the result as early as when I wrote that report."
Yiyi was stunned for a moment. No one knew how much Guan Ning loved this industry than she did. When she was in college, she was busy dating every day, while Guan Ning stayed in the dormitory writing press releases.
"That guy makes people want to ignore him." Guan Ning took a puff of cigarette and blew out the smoke ring. In the dense smoke, her expression was a little unreal, "I know how lonely it is when you are alone..." She paused
He took a moment, put out the cigarette between his fingers, opened the red wine, poured it for the two of them, shrugged, "So, I just wrote it."
Yiyi stared at her silently, and suddenly remembered that she had never seen Guan Ning's family come to see her for so long in the same dormitory... It was only then that Yiyi realized that she had really ignored many things around her in the past.
Guan Ning squinted her eyes lazily and glanced at her, "I really feel sorry for me, so just drink with me."
Yiyi took a deep breath, picked up the cup, drank it without saying a word, and then shook the empty cup.
Guan Ning raised her eyebrows, "Not bad." Then, not to be outdone, she drank all the red wine in the glass.
Just like that, the two women drank the whole bottle one cup at a time. Guan Ning was not satisfied yet, so she ordered another bottle. The waiters in the coffee shop all looked like crazy people. I wonder what normal woman would do that in the morning?
Went to the coffee shop for a drink at eight or nine o'clock?