After the divorce, my ex-husband's cousin tricked me into getting a marriage certificate.

Lin Mengchuan's face fell instantly.

His cold gaze seemed to pierce through Jiang Jingjing. "You are not worthy to mention her name."

Jiang Jingjing's heart clenched, and she looked at Lin Mengchuan with her lips tightly pressed together.

She really underestimated Qiao Ran's position in Lin Mengchuan's heart.

Xu Qing was quite surprised to see Lin Mengchuan's face darker than Bao Gong's when he came out of the bedroom.

But he dared not say more.

She could only silently greet him and quickly walk ahead to open the door for him.

Jiang Jingjing came out of the bedroom, just as Xu Qing closed the door.

She raised an eyebrow slightly, looked at the gray door, and muttered to herself, "Lin Mengchuan, one day I will make you kneel at my feet, and then we'll see if I'm worthy."

She was initially hesitant about whether to continue trying to seduce Lin Mengchuan, but his belittling of her only fueled her competitive spirit.

To say she's not worthy to mention Qiao Ran?

What is Qiao Ran anyway? Just a washed-up actress.

On the other side, Lin Mengchuan, who had taken the elevator to the underground parking garage, jumped into Xu Qing's passenger seat without looking back even once.

Xu Qing awkwardly got into the driver's seat, started the car, and drove away.

As they drove out of the underground parking garage, snowflakes were falling outside. Xu Qing cautiously asked, "Brother Chuan, are you going home? Today is the first day of the new year, why don't you go home and spend some time with your grandma?"

Lin Mengchuan then came to his senses and replied sullenly, "Let's go to the mall first and buy some New Year's gifts for the old lady before going back."

Xu Qing: "Okay, let's go to Sunshine City then, it's on the way."

Upon hearing the name "Sunshine City," Lin Mengchuan's brows furrowed involuntarily; it was the shopping mall endorsed by Qiao Ran.

He wouldn't have met Jiang Jingjing if he hadn't been blocked there last night.

Although Jiang Jingjing told Lin Mengchuan not to take the games between adult men and women to heart, Lin Mengchuan still felt suffocated.

Hearing Jiang Jingjing mention Qiao Ran's name made him feel as if he had betrayed Qiao Ran once again.

At that moment, Lin Mengchuan suddenly realized that Qiao Ran had already taken root in his heart.

He could never remove her.

Xu Qing had no idea what Lin Mengchuan was thinking—whether he was thinking about Jiang Jingjing or Qiao Ran.

Lin Mengchuan didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to ask.

After parking the car in the underground garage of Sunshine City, Xu Qing woke up Lin Mengchuan, who was pretending to be asleep, "Brother Chuan, we're here."

Lin Mengchuan slowly opened his eyes, unbuckled his seatbelt, and got out of the car.

Xu Qing quickly opened the car door and got out. After Lin Mengchuan closed the car door, she locked the car and led Lin Mengchuan towards the elevator.

When the two arrived at the elevator, they were surprised to see a poster with photos of Qiao Ran and Zhao Mengmeng pasted on the elevator door.

Xu Qing gasped. How could she have forgotten that Qiao Ran was the spokesperson for this mall?

Lin Mengchuan was standing directly in front of Qiao Ran's face.

He stared intently at the poster.

Qiao Ran's face is so small, it's not even as big as his palm.

His eyes were bigger than his, with dark, bright pupils that seemed to speak volumes.

She smiled happily, her bright red lips were alluring, and she revealed a set of clean, even teeth.

In comparison, Jiang Jingjing's face looks rather vulgar.

Lin Mengchuan didn't know why he hadn't noticed how beautiful Qiao Ran was before.

Her children must be very good-looking.

It's a pity, she can only have children for her cousin Qi Muci.

Qi Muci is also very handsome. If it were their child, he would probably be even more handsome.

With a "ding," the elevator doors opened.

"Brother Chuan, the elevator is here," Xu Qing called softly, holding the elevator door shut.

Lin Mengchuan paused for a moment, then stepped into the elevator.

The elevator doors closed, and I saw Qiao Ran's poster again.

Xu Qing was debating whether to tear down the poster when she heard a deep voice say, "Get me one of these posters."

Xu Qing squinted at Lin Mengchuan, her eyes full of doubt.

Lin Mengchuan, however, said to himself, "Go ask the mall staff if you can get a signed poster of the spokesperson if you spend a certain amount here."

Xu Qing nodded blankly, "Okay... Brother Chuan."

The two arrived on the first floor and got off the elevator. Xu Qing quickly ran to ask the staff at the service desk.

Surprisingly, there really is a promotion where you get a gift bag signed by the brand ambassador with every purchase.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't afraid of anything that could be solved with money. He ran back to Lin Mengchuan's side to report:

"Brother Chuan, the staff said that as long as you spend 8,888 yuan, you can go to the service desk to pick up a gift bag signed by the spokesperson. There are eight gifts in the bag, one of which is a signed poster."

Half an hour later, Lin Mengchuan went to the service desk to exchange the gifts he had bought for his family for gift bags.

Seeing that he had spent over 30,000 yuan, the staff gave him three gift bags.

Xu Qing looked through the gift bag. Besides the poster, there were also small items such as a canvas bag, baseball cap, cushion, and mug.

Most of them featured Qiao Ran's photo, and the posters had her signature.

He liked everything.

So he shamelessly asked Lin Mengchuan, "Brother Chuan, Happy New Year! Could you send me one of these gift packages?"

Lin Mengchuan rolled his eyes at Xu Qing and quickly grabbed all three gift bags. "If you want them, pay for them yourself. Didn't your mother teach you not to covet other people's things?"

Xu Qing's lips twitched. "Aren't there three portions? Why do you need so many for yourself?"

"Is it any of your business?" Lin Mengchuan said, turning to walk towards the elevator. "I'm going home. I need to go back and have lunch with my grandma. Since you accompanied me shopping, I'll invite you to my house for lunch."

Xu Qing, her face contorted with tears, muttered, "But I don't want to eat, I just want a gift."

Upon seeing this, the staff at the service desk stopped Xu Qing and said, "Sir, let me give you a cup and an autographed poster."

Xu Qing was overjoyed. "Really? You can give it to me without me having to buy anything?"

The staff took out a cup and a poster and pushed them in front of Xu Qing. "No need, your friend has a high spending limit, this is an extra gift for you. If it's convenient, please help us promote it on your WeChat Moments."

"We have special offers for seven consecutive days during the New Year period, which are very worthwhile."

“No problem, I’ll help you promote it right now. Help me get the cup out, I want to take a picture with it.” Xu Qing said, and immediately took out his phone, opened the camera, and got ready.

Seeing that Xu Qing hadn't followed, Lin Mengchuan had no choice but to turn back.

As a result, Xu Qing was seen holding a cup with Qiao Ran's photo on it and posing for a photo with it on her face, her mouth stretched all the way to her ears.

He muttered under his breath, "Disgusting."

Xu Qing ignored Lin Mengchuan and handed the cup to a staff member, instructing them, "Please wrap it up for me; I'll send the picture first."

Lin Mengchuan's gaze darkened, and he demanded, "What are you going to do?"

While editing her WeChat Moments post, Xu Qing replied, "Please help promote this on your Moments so I can take the cup for free, and also get a signed poster from Qiao Ran."

"I'll put this poster in the most conspicuous place in my office, and I'll use this cup to drink water from now on."

Lin Mengchuan imagined the scene Xu Qing described and flew into a rage, "Are you sick? Do you know what you look like right now? Like a pervert! You're not even a fan of Qiao Ran, why are you doing this!"

Xu Qing looked at Lin Mengchuan and said, "Hey, Brother Chuan, to tell you the truth, please don't hit me, I'm actually a huge fan of Qiao Ran."