Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Late Night Conversation
As soon as Lin Mengyao stepped into the bedroom, Xu Ke followed with a glass of honey water and asked, "Did I upset you just now?" Xu Ke handed the honey water to Lin Mengyao and said in a low voice, his soft and fluffy hair standing atop his head, much like a big dog waiting to be scolded for its mistakes.
"Thank you, this has nothing to do with you. We've never gotten along well; if not today, we were bound to argue tomorrow." Lin Mengyao took the warm cup, heated by the water, and spoke softly.
"Have some honey water. I noticed you've been upset today. Did something happen at the office?" Xu Ke asked, sitting on his own sofa.
There was a small sofa in their bedroom, bought by Lin Mengyao when they got married, and Xu Ke had slept on it for the past three years. Although it wasn't tiny, with Xu Ke's height of almost 1.9 meters, he had to curl up to fit on it without falling off.
In the past, Lin Mengyao would never discuss company matters with Xu Ke. Perhaps it was the meal he prepared today, or maybe his behavior during the engagement ceremony affected her, or it could just be that the beautiful moon stirred something within her, compelling her to speak.
The urge was overwhelming, and by the time she realized, she was already speaking. "That's how it is," Lin Mengyao recounted what had happened during the board meeting.
People are like that; it's always difficult the first time you open up, but once you do, the words begin to flow more freely.
Lin Mengyao tightened her lips into a straight line, using the cool moonlight and Xu Ke's inability to see, she revealed her vulnerability and sadness in her shimmering eyes for the first time.
"So, what are your plans?" Xu Ke asked in a deep voice.
it a try,"
hope is slim, I still don't want to give up. I don't want to let my grandfather down, and I don't want to leave the Lin Group in disgrace. I won't give
there's no such thing as giving up without
planning to collaborate with?"
Group," Lin Mengyao told Xu Ke instinctively, even though she didn't understand why he
realized it was a subsidiary of Xu Group, where he, as
Xu Ke
words to heart. She still thanked him for his company that evening. "Thanks for your kind words and listening to me. Rest early; we must
form on the bed, his eyes filled with a gentle tenderness and indescribable heartache. Although he couldn't see her face
Xu Ke silently and firmly said, his determined
Lin Mengyao
the tops of heads steam. The glare reflected off the tall buildings'
squinting as he looked up at the tower towering above him before
want to see Xu Jie," Xu Ke said to the impeccably smiling
have an
"No."
can't go
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