When they met again, the boss' eyes turned red, kissed her and said sweet words to her

In the cool night of early autumn, the man in a thin gray trench coat looked even taller and slenderer. He stood beside the flower bed, holding the mobile phone to his ear in his right hand, with his head lowered, motionless.

Maybe she was silent for too long.

His breathing became a little heavy in the receiver.

Xu Nanyin saw that he changed his hand to hold the phone, took out a cigarette, bit it between his lips and lit it.

She could faintly hear him taking a drag on his cigarette and blowing out long smoke rings.

"Xu Nanyin, 99% of what happens in your life from now on will be good things. I promise."

"I said I would take care of you for the rest of your life, and that's what I said."

Her eyes were swollen with heat, and she couldn't help but clench the small persimmon and peanut pendant in her hand. Her whole heart felt like being held in someone's arms, warm and soft, and protected. However, she didn't dare to be greedy, fearing that it would be shattered again at any time...

"Yinyin, do you understand?"

"Where did you get this necklace?" Her soft, hoarse voice interrupted him.

"During the second semester of my sophomore year, you took a week-long absence. This was very strange for a good student like you who never missed classes. I guessed something happened to you, so I skipped class to look for you. I happened to see you leaving with the necklace, so I followed you to the pawnshop and bought the necklace after you left."

Completely unaware of this, Xu Nanyin blurted out in shock, "Why?"

Pei Jingmo snorted, "Guess."

"..."

She still didn't find it real that he had a crush on her.

She had taken a week off because her grandmother was seriously ill, and she stayed at the hospital day and night, fearing she would never see her again. All the money she could scrape together had been spent, and she was ready to drop out of school to work.

Xu Nanyin suddenly remembered something. "The day after I pawned the necklace, I received a call from Teacher Wang. He said that a kind-hearted person had donated a large sum of money to the school and could help me apply for a financial aid... Does this have anything to do with you?"

At that time, she applied for 5 yuan and received it within a week.

It's no exaggeration to say that this money was like a life-saving straw, stretched out in front of her and her grandmother. She thought she had been unlucky for too long and finally had a stroke of good luck...

She held her breath and listened intently as she heard Pei Jingmo's slow voice.

“It’s the money I donated anonymously.”

He seemed to hold it back for a moment, but couldn't help it: "I donated 500 million, but who knew you were so stupid as to only apply for 5? 500 million of our 495 million was wasted away by outsiders."

"..."

At that time, 5 yuan was enough to tide over the difficulties, and she was not the only student from a poor family in the school. Xu Nanyin even wondered if she had taken up too much.

She saw Pei Jingmo finish smoking a cigarette and seemed to light another one.

The words "smoke less" came to his lips, but he held them back. "If I hadn't had that money, I don't know how my grandmother and I would have gotten through it... Thank you."

"Pei Jingmo." She called him softly.

As if sensing something, Pei Jingmo suddenly raised his head and looked straight in her direction.

The light was too dim and the distance was too far. Before Xu Nanyin could see his face clearly, he turned around quickly, called out to Lu Ye who was still flattering her, and they strode away together.

There was a busy tone in the receiver.

He also hung up the phone.

"..."

Xu Nanyin watched him walk out of the community gate and disappear into the night.

She put the necklace on her neck and gently stroked the pendants of Little Persimmon and Little Peanut. A smile finally appeared on her lips. "Dad, I will remember your expectations of me..."

The next day.

At noon, Xu Nanyin specially made an appointment with Gu Qiao for lunch.

In the clean and bright little restaurant, she arrived first and ordered the dishes. When Gu Qiao arrived, the dishes were just on the table.

Halfway through the meal, she came straight to the point: "Lawyer Gu, could you please return the pen I gave you? I want to give you a different gift."

Gu Qiao paused and jokingly said, "You regret the heavy bleeding, don't you?"

"No, it's inappropriate to give you a pen as a gift because of our relationship."

It was Gu Qiao who suggested giving him the pen that day, and she hadn't thought much of it. It was only after Lu Ye's words yesterday that she realized something was amiss. The pen was something he always carried with him, so there was a hint of ambiguity...

"After thinking it over, I still feel that I should make it clear to you. Lawyer Gu, you are a very good person, but there is no possibility of further development between us, and I don't want to keep you hanging. I hope you can meet a girl who is right for you. Really, I wish you happiness."

She looked at him with gentle eyes, cautious yet frank and sincere.

Those round, misty almond eyes were beautiful, which made people feel soft-hearted for some reason. Gu Qiao couldn't help feeling disappointed, but he smiled easily on his face, not wanting to make her feel embarrassed.

"Think carefully. If you reject me, you'll miss out on a family member who will represent you in court for free for life. Oh, and he's a nationally renowned lawyer."

The atmosphere was neither stiff nor awkward.

Xu Nanyin breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Speaking of this, Lawyer Gu, why would a big lawyer like you come to a small place like Yuncheng to take on a case?"

"Well, let's see if I have a chance to tell you in the future." Gu Qiao said mysteriously.

She smiled and nodded, then picked up her chopsticks again to pick up some food.

Gu Qiao looked at her from the corner of his eye. She sat quietly, radiating a kind of pure and attractive beauty. He couldn't help asking, "Do you love him very much?"

Xu Nanyin paused as she picked up the food and said calmly, "It's not clear whether he and I love each other or not."

"By the way, his name is Pei Jingmo?" A strange look appeared in Gu Qiao's eyes. "Is he the eldest son of the Pei Group?"

"Ah."

After dinner, Gu Qiao drove her back to Jinyifang.

As soon as she got out of the car, Xu Nanyin noticed an overly strong gaze. She slowly turned around and saw the face of a man wearing a black mask in the back seat of a Maybach parked across the street.

She was stunned and clenched the pen that Gu Qiao returned to her.

The next second, the man quickly turned his face away and closed the car window.

“…” She turned and went upstairs.

Looking at the backs of their wives, Huang Liu in the driver's seat couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, sometimes a marriage certificate only ties people together, not their hearts."

"right?"

From the back seat of the car, a man's deep voice came, containing a chilling sneer.

Huang's chubby body stiffened. "At least the one with the certificate is the principal wife. For example, you. Those girls outside are just concubines no matter how much they act like a spoiled child!"

"Like me?" Pei Jingmo frowned and pulled his lip: "Then you'd better pray that I always have the certificate, otherwise..."

Huang Liu felt a chill on the back of his neck and pinched his mouth to stop himself from talking nonsense. From today on, he would be the most loyal guardian of his boss's marriage certificate!

Gu Qiao did not drive away immediately. Instead, he looked at the global luxury edition Maybach and made a phone call.

The other party connected quickly.

There was a lot of noise in the background, and it was obvious that someone was busy. Before he could say anything, she asked, "Is there something wrong in Yuncheng?"

"No. Mr. Ye, I want to ask, your nephew is called Pei Jingmo, right?"

"What?" Ye Zheng paused for several seconds, as if he understood something in an instant. "Jing Mo came to Yuncheng? Did he meet Xu Nanyin?"

"Yes. And we got the certificate."

There was a long silence.

"It's pretty good." Ye Zheng said.

Gu Qiao asked, "Boss Ye, so you sent me to Yuncheng four years ago just because of this relationship?"

"Yeah." Ye Zheng's voice sank. "I owe her."