Sheng Qizhou's eyes froze, and he loosened his grip on Wen Wan's wrist, then tightened it again after a moment. The anger in his eyes dissipated, and a trace of pain gradually appeared, "Wen Wan, I want to marry you, but do you want to marry me?"
Give it to me, all on your own free will. I have promised before that I will not force you. I am really protecting you by not letting you leave, because I don't want the tragedy of a few years ago to happen again."
Wen Wan originally wanted to break away, but she was stunned when she heard this, "Tragedy? You mean that your mother not only separated you and the woman you loved back then, but in order to prevent that woman from entangled with you again, your mother was still there
Did you attack that woman secretly?"
"Yes." The light behind the door was a little dim, and Sheng Qizhou was much taller than Wen Wan, and his strong figure cast a shadow over Wen Wan.
Wen Wan saw that his usually bright eyes were like the endless black night sky at this moment, "I admit that I have never let go of her in these years. Because of this, I have trapped my own heart.
After she left, she never had a crush on anyone again."
"It wasn't until you showed up that I gradually became interested in you as we got along day by day." At this point, his eyes were filled with the kind of burning affection that can burn people, "I know it myself,
My feelings for you are just fluttering, not really deep love, but a lot of love is deep in long-term relationship. I believe I will fall in love with you in the future, and you can also forget Mu Yuxiu
.So Wenwan, I want to try this new relationship, can you stay with me and let us give each other a chance to be happy?"
"I..." Wen Wan lowered her head, feeling confused because of Sheng Qizhou's sincere confession.
She had no reason to refuse.
Mu Yuxiu really hurt her this time. If he simply abandoned her, maybe she would have to admit it, but he not only used her, but also destroyed everything about her and gave her to his second brother.
It was impossible not to hate or complain in her heart.
However, she couldn't refuse, but she couldn't accept either.
Because her last relationship had exhausted her, her heart was too tired and she no longer had the strength to love anyone else.
She didn't respond, and Sheng Qizhou kept waiting patiently for her.
The atmosphere was a bit stagnant.
After a while, Wen Wan raised her head under Sheng Qizhou's urgent gaze and said, "Second Young Master..." Just as she was about to speak, Sheng Qizhou's cell phone on the bedside table vibrated.
Wen Wan breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Wen Wan's relieved expression, Sheng Qizhou felt as if his heart was pricked by a needle. He hesitated for a moment, but finally let go of Wen Wan and turned around to answer the phone.
It was He Yi who called to report on the work, and Sheng Qizhou responded twice, "Yes, I understand."
After hanging up the phone, he walked back to Wen Wan and said, "Wen Wan, please stay here for a few days until I solve everything. If you still don't want to marry me, then..."
He paused for a moment and wanted to touch Wen Wan's face with his fingers. Seeing her shrinking subconsciously, he slowly withdrew them again, pinched them one by one, stared down at her, and said in a harsh tone, "If you still want to go back,
If you are in the United States, then I will help you arrange everything."
"Yes." Wen Wan bit her lip, her eyes were naturally misty and soft, but now under the dim light, they looked even more lively and blurry, "Second Young Master, is the matter difficult to handle?"
Sheng Qizhou's heartbeat skipped a beat. His eyebrows, which were originally tired and dull due to excessive manipulation, suddenly brightened up, and the corners of his lips curved into the usual elegant arc. His expression was arrogant, "It's not as difficult as you think.
Since I took over the Sheng Group at the age of 25, I have encountered too many crises, big and small, and was suspended several times by the board of directors and shareholders. Later, I was given the opportunity to get rid of some of the people who opposed me."
Wen Wan understood.
The meaning of Sheng Qizhou's words is that success or failure is inevitable. If the Sheng family can survive the crisis this time, Wen Wan estimates that the shareholders Sheng Qizhou wants to get rid of are the shareholders headed by Shao Zhiyuan.
In fact, Sheng Qizhou was willing to tell her this. On the one hand, it would make her feel that Sheng Qizhou trusted her. On the other hand, she would also know many differences between Sheng Qizhou and Mu Yuxiu.
For example, Mu Yuxiu would never talk to her about business matters.
Not right either.
All of his plans were to use her, so how could he leak them to her in advance?
No wonder he never talked to her about anything other than feelings when they were together.
Now that I think about it, the relationship between her and Mu Yuxiu is nothing but love, and nothing but love is love between her and Mu Yuxiu.
She should have understood that although they were living together, it didn't look like they were living together at all. In reality, it looked more like a long-term friendship.
I thought too much and my heart started to hurt again.
And her heart was not good to begin with, and she couldn't allow herself to think about it anymore.
Wen Wan shook her head.
"Actually, it's my own fault." Sheng Qizhou was silent for a while, then suddenly leaned closer to Wen Wan, placing an arm above Wen Wan's head, trapping Wen Wan between his chest.
Wen Wan raised her head in confusion, her forehead almost hitting his thin lips, and then she hurriedly lowered her head.
Sheng Qizhou slowly leaned over.
This is his usual posture, ambiguous but not frivolous. When he lowered his eyes to look at Wen Wan, he looked particularly focused and serious. His hot breath brushed the tips of Wen Wan's hair, and his low voice became more charming, "I know clearly that this is a trick of my elder brother.
It was a trap, but I still jumped in willingly.”
"If I hadn't appeared in front of reporters and admitted that I fell in love with my eldest brother's woman, maybe I wouldn't have been ruined. But Wenwan, when I saw your slender back trembling,
, I still can't help but step forward and hug you, wanting to protect you who are so weak with my broad chest."
When Wen Wan heard this, her heart trembled, but there was a teasing smile on her face, "Did the Second Young Master study Chinese in college? These words and sentences sound really exciting."
"No, I'm not a Chinese major, I'm an art major. Because I've written a lot of love letters to girls, I know a lot of sweet words to coax little girls." Sheng Qizhou said and moved closer, his lips pressed against Wen Wan's side of her neck.
A strand of hair, whispering ambiguously, "So Lawyer Wen, you have to be careful of this playboy like me -"
After hearing this, Wen Wan retorted not to be outdone, "Isn't he a virgin? Why does the second young master's words sound like he has experienced many women?"
Late at night like this, a man and a woman were alone in the same room, not to mention that Wen Wan was so outstanding in appearance. Sheng Qizhou's throat was inevitably a little tight. His dark eyes stared at her white jade-like ears, and his voice was dry and hoarse, "Those words are not enough."
It’s for outsiders to hear.”
"Don't Lawyer Wen like experienced people? I'm almost 30 years old after all. How could I not have a few women? But after being hurt by her, I started to get tired of other women. I haven't had any in the past few years. I
I’m also very lucky that I have feelings for you.”
Listening to such suggestive words, Wen Wan couldn't help but frown, "Second Young Master, I don't like men who are too casual."
"Whatever?" Sheng Qizhou curled his lips and said meaningfully, "The truly casual man is my eldest brother. In the seven years since you left, he has had countless women."
Wen Wan's heart ached when she heard this, but her face turned cold, "I have nothing to do with him anymore. If the second young master respects me, please don't mention him in front of me."
Sheng Qizhou was silent for a moment, straightened up and said, "Go take a shower and go to bed! I'll have someone buy clothes for you in the afternoon."
Wen Wan wanted to ask him how he knew the size of her clothes. After a while, she remembered that he had asked her last time when he customized a dress for her. She nodded, "Thank you."
"I'm next door, call me if anything happens." Sheng Qizhou stood in the corridor after going out. The light shone on his tall and handsome figure, layer by layer of halo. The man's demeanor was noble and handsome, as gentle as jade, "
Good night."
"Good night."
Wenwan forced herself to fall asleep that night, but in her dream she dreamed that Mu Yuxiu and Qiao Feimin were having a wedding in the church, and she was standing next to Sheng Qizhou in a dress.
When Mu Yuxiu put the ring on Qiao Feimin's ring finger, she suddenly woke up.
The bedside lamp was on. Sheng Qizhou sat on the edge of the bed and raised his hand to touch her forehead, "Have you had a nightmare?"
His fingers were different from Mu Yuxiu's cold ones, but dry and warm. He gently wiped away the cold sweat on Wen Wan's forehead, and stared at her eyes full of tenderness and heartache.
It was in sharp contrast to the indifference and disgust with which Mu Yuxiu glanced at her in the dream.
"Nothing." Wen Wan shook her head, tears rolling down her eyes and shaking off her hair.
Sheng Qizhou sighed, but after all he didn't say anything more. Instead, he let Wen Wan lie down again and covered her with the quilt, "You can go to sleep! I will sit on the sofa next to you and read the documents."
"Yes." Wen Wan turned over, covered her head with the quilt, and curled up into a ball.
It was clearly summer, and the air conditioning temperature in the room was moderate, but she was shivering from the cold, biting her lip and crying silently.
Sheng Qizhou stood tall and tall under the light. Seeing the small group of bodies under the quilt that kept shaking, he pinched his fingers and his eyes were filled with confusion.
Not long after, Sheng Qizhou stepped forward gently, sat back on the sofa and flipped through documents.
***
Mu Yuxiu held meetings for almost a whole day, and it was already 10 o'clock in the evening when he drove out of the company.
He called Chi Beizhe to arrange an appointment, borrowed all Hengyuan's working capital from Chi Beizhe in a few words, and asked Zheng Yurong to persuade several brothers and sisters of the Zheng family, easily solving the problem of capital shortage.
Grandpa also called, and naturally he had to lecture him, but in the end he asked him if he was short of money.
While Mu Yuxiu comforted his grandfather, he opened the door of the apartment with the key. When he entered into darkness, he stood there stunned for a long time.
No one would wait for him with the lights on late at night anymore.
In the end, he didn't turn on the light or change his shoes. He walked to the bedroom in the dark without taking a shower or taking off his clothes. He lay on the bed with his eyes open.
