Chapter 54: Alumni Reunion

At 9 p.m., Shen Ling came home and pushed open the living room door to find Sheng Mingzhi still sitting in her living room.

Shocked.

The expression was so shocking that Sheng Mingzhi inexplicably gave her a look.

Shen Ling put her bag down: "Why haven't you left yet?"

Sheng Mingzhi :?

Realising that she had said the wrong thing, Shen Ling suddenly changed her tone: "Your husband didn't come to see you today?"

Sheng Mingzhi hugged the pillow on the sofa: "Looking for it."

"Did he apologise to you?"

"The Word."

The conversation circles back to the original starting point.

Shen Ling wondered, "Then why are you still here, don't you go home?"

Her logic is right, I guess.

Lu Jiayan came to him, Lu Jiayan apologised, Sheng Mingzhi should have gone home by now?

In her opinion, Sheng Mingzhi is a thunderbolt who doesn't want a divorce at all.

At most, the young master's temper has returned, and he wants to torment everyone around him in order to be coaxed by Lu Jiayan.

"Why should I go home." Sheng Mingzhi justified, "I have no intention of forgiving him."

Shen Ling: ......

Okay, fine.

Underestimates the temper of Sheng Mingzhi's young master.

Something that was both unexpected and expected.

Sheng Mingzhi paused and spoke not very naturally, "But he said he liked me today."

"Holy shit?" Shen Ling threw the celebrity rule to the wind and sat down next to Sheng Mingzhi: "Lu Jiayan doesn't seem like the kind of person who would say something so fleshy!"

If not, Sheng Mingzhi is a little suspicious.

"Yeah right. You think so." He hesitated, "Why do I get the impression that he's perfuming me?"

Sheng Mingzhi has been sitting on the sofa all afternoon thinking about it since Lu Jiayan left.

Apart from the initial shock and disbelief, there was a strong sense of uncertainty.

He couldn't have made up an impromptu lie to fool him because he didn't want a divorce, could he?

"That's not so much. Your husband's personality can't be so perfunctory as to talk about liking things." Shen Ling propped her chin up, "So what are you going to do? Do you still want a divorce?"

As if remembering something, Shen Ling added: "Song Yi's film is definitely not going to be released, and I heard today that Sheng Jia has directly said that they will not invest in it. I think Lu Jiayan has acted quickly, so don't be angry."

...... His mind is now completely off Song Yi.

However, Sheng Mingzhi was happy to hear that Song Yi had been unlucky so soon.

Moreover, Lu Jiayan really doesn't seem to be the kind of person who would get emotionally involved in such a childish act of banning.

So, he was kinda, kinda happy.

"Oh. None of my business, it's not like I told him to block it."

"Yes, yes, yes." Shen Ling smoothed her hair as she paused, "But let me say, now that Lu Jiayan is quite fond of you too, is this business marriage between you two still business?"

"Why not commercial." Sheng Mingzhi Oh, "He likes me, do I have to respond."

"And." He continued, "Watch your language, it's Lu Jiayan who's in unrequited love now."

Sheng Mingzhi said it with a bit of disbelief.

Lu Jiayan can't just run away when he says he likes him, how humiliating would that be?

And he said something about a relationship - what a dream! You want to fall in love with him without even chasing him? Is he the one who takes advantage of everything in the world?

The easier it is to get something, the less valuable it is, and Sheng Mingzhi will not forgive him easily anyway.

Shen Ling is smiling, sitting on the sofa with a "I'll just watch you play" look.

-

As if to confirm Sheng Mingzhi's words, the following week, Lu Jiayan was extremely perfunctory in his calls and tweets.

It's not as if they don't reply, but the replies are just "hmmmm", "ohhh", "got it", "busy" and other muddled The reply is a muddle.

The divorce between the two of them was not too big, but not too small.

Lu Jiayan, a few of his friends in the circle, heard about this from somewhere and had no problem laughing at him during a poker game.

He was led by a senior from Lu Jiayan's university, whose family was in the mining business, who threw in a pair of three and lost completely to Lu Jiayan.

When he saw Lu Jiayan's huge winnings, he couldn't help but tease him, "Jiayan, if you're happy in the casino, be careful of losing out in love. Your family is making a lot of noise, even my wife knows about it."

Lu Jiayan's hand is resting on his cards, and his brow jumps slightly.

I have to say that the seniors have known each other for a few years after all.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he poked Lu Jiayan in the lung, knowing where he was in pain and stabbing him there.

Lu Jiayan came over almost every day during Sheng Mingzhi's stay at Shen Ling's house.

Just didn't go upstairs and mostly just stood downstairs for a while.

After all, Sheng Mingzhi had made it clear on his face that he was being rejected.

It was as if the cushioning that afternoon was just an illusion he had created.

Sheng Mingzhi was still angry and didn't even want to talk to him, and had no intention of going home.

I don't know which step was done wrong.

Things did not go as he had expected.

Of course, any attempts to line up in a relationship are delusional.

Love is an illogical and unreasonable thing.

He was distracted and no longer in the mood for small talk.

But a few of his friends who had lost their cards seemed to refuse to let him go, and you got into a conversation about the subject.

From Sheng Mingzhi, it somehow comes to the gossip that made a big splash in YunJing's upper class circles years ago.

The young proprietor of the Lu family is cuckolded by his wife. After leaving his rich and attractive husband behind, he goes to a reunion and rekindles the flame with his high school sweetheart, and after the cheating is discovered, he is dying for a divorce.

To this day it is the laughing stock of the crowd.

Lu Jiayan's internal irritation level went straight up a notch.

In the way, to the point of not showing it.

What really made him sit up and take notice was the next scene.

Halfway through the card game, the senior's wife suddenly called a taxi and said she was bringing him a midnight snack.

The men at the scene, except Lu Jiayan, are basically all lovebirds, and it's a delivery of midnight snacks on the surface, but who doesn't know that his sister-in-law is here to check up on him.

But the crowd was a little surprised when the schoolmaster's wife arrived.

I thought that according to the character of the schoolmaster, the wife should be a comparable age, but it turned out to be unexpectedly young.

It looks like it's in its early twenties.

He has a fun, chatty and generous personality.

As soon as they got involved in their conversation, the conversation instantly opened up.

When Sheng Mingzhi was mentioned, the senior's wife said, "I know her, I went to the same school as Sheng Mingzhi in high school and went to the secondary school."

She covered her mouth lightly and said, "I even had a crush on him when I was in high school and wrote him love letters, only to have them rejected. Only later did I realise that he already had a white moonlight in his heart."

Lu Jiayan did not listen to what was said afterwards.

The light hears a "white moonlight".

Almost instantly, his posture froze in a subtle and unnatural way.

At the same time, a faint sourness bubbles up in the heart.

It stung for a second.

In fact, Lu Jiayan had asked Sheng Mingzhi about his wishes three years ago when Sheng Xu proposed a marriage to him.

Although it is a business marriage, it is a consensual one, and if Sheng Mingzhi has a girlfriend or a partner of his choice, he will not force him to do so.

Sheng Mingzhi was quick to agree, seemingly without any hesitation, so Lu Jiayan did not think about his past love affairs.

Combined with the words of the schoolmaster's lover, it seems that perhaps he once had a white moon, but at least by the time he was joined to him, he was no longer in love.

...... it.

The hand holding the teacup unconsciously hardened a few notches.

In the privacy of the box, the senior pretended to be jealous, and his wife coaxed him to say, "Well, it's been so many years".

The words woke Lu Jiayan up and brought him reluctantly back to his senses.

Yes, how many years ago, it's not like he was a brat of 18 or 9, it's already a fact that he married Sheng Mingzhi, what's the point of being jealous of your first love?

Lu Jiayan felt a little childish and inexplicable when he thought of the sour feeling he had just felt.

The next moment, the senior's wife said, "But the secondary school is having an alumni party next week eh, hubby, I spotted a dress I really wanted the other day ......"

A crack was instantly ripped through the newly calmed mood.

The alumni reunion seemed like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

I don't know how it fits in with the scandal that has been raging in the Lu family ahead.

It's as if everything is a side-show to their own miserable future.

Lu Jiayan finally couldn't sit still and stood up to say "sorry".

A temporary resignation from the poker game.

He left in a hurry, leaving

" Jiayan What's going on, all of a sudden you're gone?"

"Is there something urgent? It's not like him."

Only the schoolmaster took a sip of tea and smiled inwardly, "The old house is about to catch fire, can't you run fast enough."

-

The cold breeze clears Lu Jiayan's head.

When he came back to his senses, he found himself driving to Ocean International again.

This is where Sheng Mingzhi is currently residing.

On the twenty-fourth floor of the large flat, Lu Jiayan is leaning bonelessly against the body of the Maybach, his posture still diffident, but his eyes fixed on the floor-to-ceiling windows, as if trying to see the figure inside through them.

He looked at it for a moment, looked down and pulled out his phone, and found Sheng Mingzhi's chat box.

He typed several paragraphs back and forth before finally deleting them, never having had a moment of such hesitation and unease.

I wanted to see him, but I was afraid he would get angry and annoy him.

At the end of the day, a call was made directly to Sheng Xu.

The person on the other end is not busy, so the connection is quick.

But the tone was not so good and grim.

"And you have the nerve to call me?"

Lu Jiayan said indifferently, "I have offended Mingzhi, but not you, right?"

Sheng Xu: "You step it up and soon you can offend your brother me too."

He didn't really have any problems with Lu Jiayan, so after a beating, he put his grudge behind him and said, "If you've got something to say, just say it. What is it that you want to see your father about this time?"

Lu Jiayan's eyes fall forward and freeze for a few seconds.

Only then did he speak slowly, " Did Mingzhi ever fall in love in high school?"

Sheng Xu: "......?"

Somehow, Lu Jiayan didn't see Sheng Xu's expression though.

But through his silence, it seems to read a question of "you have the b face to ask this question too".

Halfway through the day, Sheng Xu suddenly gloats a little.

The tone of voice also became more and more unorthodox.

"Hey wait." He: "I'm glad you didn't mention it, I didn't really think about it. I remember when you mentioned it, I think my brother did have a crush when he was in high school."

Lu Jiayan: "......"

That underhanded tone.

Can he hit someone?

"Oh. But it's okay, you don't have to take it to heart. My brother has a crush on someone else, but they don't have a crush on him." Sheng Xu pretended to sigh deeply, "Do you remember when you first left the country? If you had stayed in the country for a few more days, you would have seen how sad my brother was when he fell out of love."

At the end, as if that wasn't enough, he added, "Crying your eyes out, don't love too much-"

Before Sheng Xu could say anything, the phone was cut off.

Lu Jiayan has always been polite and well mannered.

This is a first for hanging up on someone.

How come it looks like ...... is all pissed off?

Sheng Xu laughed coldly, put the phone down and belted out a comment: Serves you right.

-

During this time of cold war with Lu Jiayan, Sheng Mingzhi was not idle either.

The second installment of the first season of the I'm an Intern variety show is in the pipeline and he's already on set early to start filming the trailer.

During this time, Lu Jiayan messaged him quite frequently.

Every time Sheng Mingzhi wants to reply, he is afraid that his reply will be too backward, so he resists the urge to talk and gives a uniform "hmm" in a noble and cold manner.

The reply was followed by an exasperating one.

Lu Jiayan seems to have nailed all the double-quotient on the IQ.

The last time I was at Ocean Express, I clearly said I liked him, but a whole week or so has passed without any indication!

Oh.

What luxury items that were given don't count, he can't afford these?

And, like not knowing to come after it?

Dog man, get mad at him.

Sheng Mingzhi's mood was mixed and he began to hesitate again.

It was nice to hear Lu Jiayan say he liked her in person, though.

But his follow-up performance was so crotch-pulling that it made Sheng Mingzhi wonder if what he had said that day was true.

Or is ...... too much of a chill for yourself.

Lu Jiayan doesn't even have the perseverance to do that, does he?

Just as he was rambling, the month of March came and went.

Sheng Mingzhi's birthday falls on the 20th of March, which is the exact day of the Spring Equinox.

After his birthday, he went from twenty-two to twenty-three.

Although it is an eighteen-line paste curry, but after all, it is still an entertainer, birthday to the fans of various benefits or can not be missing.

Little Wang arranged for him to have a live birthday broadcast and then asked him to choose one of the dances and songs and record a video to tweet.

He added: [If you have other talents to perform, like piano and guitar or something like that?

Sheng Mingzhi: [No.]

Well!

Little Wang should not have expected a talent show from the salty little Mr. Sheng.

The biggest blessing to his career is that he doesn't choke anti-fans on his birthday.

After replying to Little Wang, Shen Ling's unread message popped up.

These days, Shen Ling's talk is almost always about the alumni reunion of the secondary school. As a celebrity and socialite princess of YunJing's high society, it is important to take a big party like this one seriously, as it can make a big splash and put a face to the high school classmates.

A dozen dresses a week dazzled Sheng Mingzhi.

Sheng Mingzhi wanted to stay away, but he couldn't stand Shen Ling begging him.

I had to choose a casual light blue lambswool jacket and a pair of jeans, which I wore to look like a high school student.

On the day of the alumni reunion, Shen Ling was indeed the 'star' of the reunion.

The people who are pushing and drinking can't be bothered to talk to Sheng Mingzhi.

It's a good thing Sheng Mingzhi's mind wasn't on the reunion either, as his phone ran out of battery before it even started.

The party is today exactly on the 19th of March, seeing as his birthday is in a few hours.

On his birthday, he still, quite literally, wanted to spend it with Lu Jiayan.

was about to find an excuse to get up and leave.

The door of the compartment was suddenly pushed open and a clean, fresh male voice came, "Sorry to be late."

Sheng Mingzhi looked for the voice and his eyes froze.

Shen Ling also seemed to notice the movement at the door and sounded a little surprised when she saw the visitor: " Jiang Bie ?"