Ch 9: I Take Every Word You Say To Heart

The breakfast shop was crowded.

Xiao Yao and Zhuang Lingyun sat at a table in the corner by the window. The morning light was abundant here, and the warm light fell on them, making them feel warm.

After Xiao Yao finished eating, she leaned on the table and sized up Zhuang Lingyun.

Watching him slowly finish a steamed bun, drink half a bowl of porridge, and wipe his mouth with a paper towel. He ate elegantly and refinedly, quite particular.

Xiao Yao couldn’t help but tease, “Aren’t you supposed to not eat things made outside?”

Zhuang Lingyun raised an eyebrow and glanced at her, “Mainly because I’m with you, I’m willing to go anywhere.”

“Can’t you be serious?”

He chuckled, “I’ve always been quite serious.”

There was nothing left to chat about that day, Xiao Yao didn’t want to pay attention to him. But remembering what he said about the bar earlier, she couldn’t help but curiously ask: “Is the Missing U bar really yours?”

“Marry me, and I’ll give you the bar as a dowry. How about that?”

“I’m serious.” Zhuang Lingyun looked at Xiao Yao gently, “This is a deal that only profits and never loses, you won’t be foolish enough to refuse, right?”

“I’m saying, haven’t you met me before, and secretly loved me for a long time?”

Xiao Yao couldn’t help but fantasize, Zhuang Lingyun’s bar was downstairs from her house, and she would pass by the bar’s entrance every day when she went to and from work.

He very likely saw her unintentionally and fell in love at first sight. When she went to the bar for entertainment that day, he would occasionally glance at her, and using the excuse of sending her home, successfully got into her bed, and then pestered her relentlessly to take responsibility…

Besides this, Xiao Yao couldn’t think of any other reason why he had to marry her.

Zhuang Lingyun chuckled lightly at these words, neither confirming nor denying, making Xiao Yao feel as if cats were scratching at her heart, particularly curious.

“If you don’t speak, I’ll take that as a yes?”

“Marry me, and I’ll tell you.”

“You…” Xiao Yao was both amused and exasperated, “I don’t understand you at all, and you’re asking me to marry you, isn’t that a bit excessive? Although you appear upright on the surface, what if you’re a drug dealer, or someone who traffics organs, and after marriage, you kill me, dismember me, and defraud a huge amount of insurance… who can I turn to for justice?”

Zhuang Lingyun was drinking water; hearing this, he almost choked, lifting his head to look at Xiao Yao with an unbelievable expression.

“Your imagination… If I were a criminal, do you think I would have been able to leave the police station just now? Wouldn’t that be walking right into a trap?”

“What if you’re a deeply hidden big boss?” Big bosses secretly manipulate things, escape at the first sign of trouble, and it’s always the underlings who take the fall.

Zhuang Lingyun put down his cup and silently looked at her, his dark eyes fixed on her for almost a minute, making Xiao Yao feel uneasy. At this time, he suddenly got up, picked up his things, and left without a word.

“Are you angry?” Xiao Yao was stunned, shouting towards his back, “Are you really leaving?”

By the time she paid and put on her clothes to chase after him, Zhuang Lingyun was already gone.

Xiao Yao muttered to herself that he was stingy, then wrapped her scarf tightly, stepping on the thick layer of snow that fell last night, making a crunching sound as she walked away.

In the parking lot not far away, a black Mercedes-Benz sedan started its engine and slowly drove onto the road.

“It’s so cold, aren’t you going to send your sister-in-law back to the hospital?” Fu Jinglun glanced at the man in the back seat.

“Let her go back herself, lest she think I have ulterior motives.”

Fu Jinglun was full of gossip, smiling playfully and asking, “Did you have a quarrel?”

“Mind your own business.” Zhuang Lingyun glanced at him indifferently, “In the future, in front of her, you should know what to say and what not to say, show some restraint.”

“Of course, I’ll definitely not betray you, brother. But Yun Ge, you have to coax and cherish this woman. How can you be so forceful, making her feel that you have no gentlemanly manners? You kept your sister-in-law’s photo in your wallet, secretly loving her for so many years, now that you finally see the light of day, this isn’t the time to be arrogant, the top priority is to get her first.”

Zhuang Lingyun turned to look out the window, his eyes complex, “You don’t understand.”

“I don’t understand? If you say that, my eighteen ex-girlfriends will collectively diss you.”

“Alright, take some time today to go to the police station and get me a Clean Criminal Record Certificate.”

“What do you need that for?”

Zhuang Lingyun glared at him, “Don’t ask so many questions, just go get it done, I need it tonight.”

Fu Jinglun shrunk his neck, pursed his lips, and didn’t dare to say anything more.

Xiao Yao’s father’s condition was not serious, but the doctor still recommended that he stay in the hospital for observation for three days.

Xiao Yao took seven days off from work to take wedding photos, and today was only the fifth day, so she still had two days of vacation left, so Xiao Yao and her mother took turns to accompany him in the hospital.

In the evening, Xiao Yao went home to get her pajamas and toiletries for tomorrow morning. When she took a taxi downstairs, snowflakes began to fall again, the neon lights of Missing U lit up, and in front of the two open doors, two young and handsome waiters were politely greeting guests.

Xiao Yao stood under the streetlight for a few seconds and couldn’t help but walk over.

“Excuse me, is Zhuang Lingyun… here?”

The waiter turned to Xiao Yao, his eyes suddenly lit up, he looked her up and down, and smiled, “So it’s you? Our boss is inside, this way, please, I’ll take you there.”

Xiao Yao was just about to ask how he knew her, then she thought about her behavior that night, Zhuang Lingyun said that someone even filmed a video as evidence, she didn’t know if it was true or not, but at the moment, she was embarrassed to go inside.

“No, no,” Xiao Yao quickly waved her hand and quickly slipped away.

She was out of her mind to inquire about his whereabouts. A petty man, forget it, out of sight, out of mind, better to avoid saying anything that might provoke her.

Xiao Yao took the elevator upstairs, quickly packed the things she needed, and changed into warm clothes. As she came out of the bedroom, she was suddenly startled by the man who had appeared at some point and was sitting on the sofa in her living room reading a magazine.

“You, when did you come in?” She looked at the open door in astonishment. She had thought she would be done quickly, so she hadn’t locked the door, but this guy came in without knocking?

“You don’t lock the door when changing clothes? You don’t even have basic safety awareness?” Zhuang Lingyun closed the magazine, placed it on the coffee table, and looked up at her, his gaze deep and stern.

He was actually in the right? Besides, she wasn’t changing her underwear, she was just changing her trousers and sweater.

Zhuang Lingyun stood up and walked towards her, handing her a file bag, “Going to the hospital? I’ll take you.”

“What’s this?”

Xiao Yao looked down at the file bag in her hand, opened it, and the top of the first page of A4 paper clearly read “Clean Criminal Record Certificate”.

“You really went and got a certificate?”

“Otherwise? How else do I prove my innocence?”

Xiao Yao was a little amused and exasperated, “You’re taking this too seriously, I just said it casually.”

“Then you should pay attention to your words in the future, because every casual word you say, I take to heart.”

Xiao Yao looked at his serious expression, and suddenly felt that making a joke now would be inappropriate.

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