The clouds and mists have dispersed, and everyone knows that I love you.

Shi Rong picked up a beef skewer and ate it with relish.

"Yeah, barbecue and wine, everything you want."

Xia Zhi chuckled and pulled the others to sit down opposite the brother and sister.

"The kebabs here are so delicious! Xinyue and I waited in line for ages!"

Ji Xinyue agreed while eating.

"Yeah, I'm so tired that my legs are sore, but it's really delicious."

Shi Rong smiled, reached out his fingertips and lifted her delicate chin.

"Thank you for your hard work, beautiful lady~"

"Hahahaha!"

Several people laughed out loud at her amusement. It was undeniable that everyone was happier when she was around.

"And grilled seafood and crayfish? Did you two buy them?"

Shi Rong ate the skewers and drank some wine, her face became rounder as she ate. It was obvious that she liked these things very much.

Chu Zhao and Shen Mingxing, who were pointed at by her, both nodded.

"Yes, Mingxing said you like it. There's also a chestnut cake."

Chu Yu opened the beautifully packaged cake box and placed it on the table between the brother and sister.

He really bought a lot, Shi Rong tasted each one.

"It's delicious."

After thinking about it, Shi Rong said again.

"You're so sweet, why doesn't Yiyan like you?"

Chu Yu was almost crying after being touched in the sore spot twice in a row in one night.

"Sister-in-law, I really don't know."

"Hahaha…"

Shen Mingxing was amused by his miserable look, and her hand holding the crayfish was shaking with laughter.

Shi Rong also smiled, raised his glass and clinked it with his to express his apology.

"Yi Yan isn't that hard to pursue, right? She looks mature and aloof, but she's actually quite childish mentally. She's the type who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside. I was wondering if you could try a different approach?"

When Chu Yu heard this, he thought it made sense and immediately came over to ask.

"for example?"

Shi Xian swallowed the lobster meat that Shi Yang had picked and fed to him.

"For example, has she ever said anything to you that you couldn't quite understand? Also, when you two got drunk and went to bed together, and she woke up and realized she'd lost her virginity to you, did she say anything?"

???

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu was stunned.

"How...how did you know we slept together?"

Or was it because Huo Yiyan drank too much that night? How did she know? When he told Shen Mingxing, Shi Rong was not there.

The woman tapped the phone on the table with her fingertips.

"She called me before and told me about this."

Chu Yu understood.

He finished the roasted pork belly in two bites, threw away the skewer, and carefully recalled everything that happened between him and Huo Yiyan the day after that night.

In a moment, he really thought of it.

"She did say four words at the time, and to this day, I still don't understand what they meant. She said: 'Deeply in love.'"

Deeply in love?

When these words were spoken, not only Chu Yu, but even outsiders like Shi Yang didn't understand.

Shi Rong raised her eyebrows, curled the corners of her lips, and helped people answer questions and resolve doubts.

"'Deep longing' comes from Wen Tingyun's 'Newly Added Song of Willow Branches'. The original line is: 'The exquisite dice are filled with red beans, the longing is deep in my bones, do you know?'"

"I think what she meant by saying this to you is that sleeping with you made her feel like she was betraying someone in her heart, and that person was completely unaware of her deep longing for you."

Having said that, Shi Rong seemed to be thinking about something and glanced at Chu Yu.

"This sentence is both joyful and infuriating. It expresses regret, but also a hint of resentment and loneliness. It means that you are able to replace the person in her heart and stay by her side forever. It's just that she can't forget you, so she can't accept you. That's all."

Chu Yu understood what Shi Rong said.

"So, there really is a man living in Yiyan's heart whom she deeply loves?"

Seeing that he looked a little sad, Shi Rong smiled indifferently.

"Isn't this a very normal thing? Everyone has that one person in their heart that they can never reach. Don't you have one too?"

Shi Rong raised his hand and pointed at the people around them.

"Don't they have it? Doesn't everyone have it? If they can keep it in their hearts, it means they can't be together. Otherwise, they would just spoil each other to the sky. Why do they still keep it in their hearts?"

Yup!

Chu Yu slammed the table suddenly and realized something.

"You're right! That's amazing, you're really amazing."

If she said so, putting aside everything else, wouldn't the only thing left be that he had hope of becoming the man who would be with Huo Yiyan until the end?

Not only did he realize this, Shi Yang, Shen Mingxing and others also realized it at the same time, and in unison, they gave Shi Rong a thumbs up of praise.

Shi Rong took a sip of wine without commenting.

"You just understand."

……

79th floor of Zhaoqian Building.

Xing Jiashan, Song Qianchen and Chu Zhao had the same idea.

"This woman is truly amazing! She can make a seemingly hopeless situation so bright and clear with just a few words? How come I can't come up with her tricky perspective?"

After hearing this, Xing Jiashan rolled his eyes and was speechless.

"If even you could figure that out, her name wouldn't be Ying Shirong."

Right.

Song Qianchen waved his hand in boredom.

"go home."

While the two men were still staring at Shi Rong eating the skewers, Huo Jiuzhou, who had been silently watching Shi Rong's every move the whole time, put on his windbreaker, took the car keys and led him downstairs.

"Hey? Boss, but sister-in-law hasn't come home yet?"

In the past, didn’t Huo Jiuzhou always leave the company only after confirming with his own eyes that Shi Rong had entered the house?

Huo Jiuzhou turned around and glanced at him indifferently.

"Can't I see it from the car?"

puff~

Such an idiotic question could be asked. Song Qianchen really wanted to know what Xing Jiashan was thinking.

"what…"

Xing Jiashan hit his forehead with his long finger, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"that's true."

The three of them got into the Rolls-Royce Zhouji. Song Qianchen stretched comfortably. He thought the boss's car was the most comfortable to sit in.

He drives a Lamborghini every day, but the chassis is too low and he is almost exhausted from driving it.

"Boss, when are we going to East City on a business trip?"

Now that the Huo Group and Yinglongtang have officially started cooperation, the boss can finally go to Dongcheng and spend three days with Shi Rong every month.

He was so anxious that he wanted to go tomorrow to prevent Huo Jiuzhou from being unhappy.

The man put down his long fingers from his palm and was reading the sales record report of Yinglongtang's previous years. He took a step forward with his long legs and crossed his other knee.

"next week."

next week?

The two men looked at each other.

"Why next week? Today is the 1st."

They thought that as soon as the new month arrived, the man would fly over immediately.

"Don't you need to give me time to prepare a gift for Ah Rong?"

Going to see his beloved woman empty-handed is not Huo Jiuzhou's style.

"profound…"

Xing Jiashan once again felt ashamed of his own stupidity.

……

After the midnight snack, Shi Ying and Shi Yang finished processing the last few documents, and the group returned to the Ying family's old house. It was already two o'clock in the morning.

"Xian'er, Ayang, you're back?"

Walking into the living room, Sang Si Ning was sitting on the sofa as usual, waiting for Shi Yang to come home.