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

The elevator dinged, and Qi Muci and Qi Muan stood inside.

Qiao Ran quickly ushered Zhao Mengmeng and Ding Ding into the elevator.

Dingding had no choice but to put her phone back in her bag.

Qiao Ran stepped down to the next floor and said to Qi Muci, "Let's start by exploring the next floor from here."

Qi Muci put his arm around her waist. "Okay."

Zhao Mengmeng turned to Qi Mu'an and asked, "Why are you here too? How much did you drink?"

Qi Mu'an: "I didn't drink much, just a few glasses of red wine. You're all here, it would be so boring for me to go home alone."

Zhao Mengmeng: "Don't say you're bored while shopping later."

The elevator doors opened, and Qiao Ran pulled Qi Muci out first, asking him as they walked, "Let's buy a New Year's gift for each of Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, and Grandpa and Grandma on the other side. What do you think we should buy?"

Qi Muci: "It's fine with them. They'll be happy with whatever you buy. It's the thought that counts."

Zhao Mengmeng also pulled Qi Mu'an and said, "Then let's buy a gift for each of them too."

Qi Mu'an: "Okay, you decide what to do."

Qiao Ran and Zhao Mengmeng went into a store to pick out gifts for their elders, while the Qi brothers sat on a sofa and waited.

Ding Ding sat down as well and quickly replied to Mo Aiwo's message.

Ding Ding: "Sorry, I'm shopping with a friend."

Mo Aiwo: "Is he a female friend? Not your boyfriend, right? Where are you shopping?"

Ding Ding: "I'm single, thank you. There are two sisters and their boyfriends. I'm the only single one here, acting as a third wheel. We were shopping at Sunshine City and just finished eating hot pot on the top floor."

Mo Aiwo: "Do you want me to come with you? I can pretend to be your boyfriend so you won't be a third wheel. Sunshine City is quite close to me. I even accompanied my boss to buy gifts for his family this morning."

Dingding: "Okay, then come over here. Text me when you get there and I'll tell you where we are."

Mo Aiwo: "Really? I'm afraid I'll scare you."

Ding Ding: "Are you ugly? Or do you look very different from others? Why are you afraid of scaring people?"

Mo Aiwo: "Uh, I'm not that handsome. I was just kidding. I can't go there. I'm waiting at my boss's house."

Ding Ding: "No way, it's New Year's Day today, and your boss isn't giving you a holiday? Those despicable capitalists."

Mo Aiwo: "That's right. He called me first thing this morning to ask me to be his driver. You know what angers me the most? This morning at Sunshine City, he received three 'endorsement gift packages'."

“He wouldn’t even share one with me. I thought he was going to share it with his family. But he took it all home and carried it all to his room. I asked him what he needed so many gifts for, and he said, ‘What’s it to you?’”

Ding Ding asked curiously, "Does your boss like the spokesperson for Sunshine City?"

Mo Aiwo: "Yeah, I like him terribly, but my boss is a weirdo. His brain is different from normal people. The things he does can't be analyzed with conventional logic. He's a freak."

Ding Ding gasped. "Okay, then be careful. I'm not talking to you anymore. My friend is calling me. Let's talk another day."

Mo Aiwo: "Okay, go shopping with your sister, we'll talk another day."

Lin Mengchuan saw Xu Qing sitting alone to one side, holding her phone and grinning foolishly, so he walked over to look at her and asked, "What are you doing? Are you infatuated?"

Xu Qing was startled. "Brother Chuan, how come you walk without making a sound?"

Lin Mengchuan: "Nonsense, I'm wearing cotton slippers and there's a carpet on the floor, how could I make any noise? You're obviously just feeling guilty, are you talking badly about me to others?"

"How could that be?" Xu Qing chuckled dryly, a chill running down his spine. Lin Mengchuan's jinx was just too accurate.

Lin Mengchuan: "I don't think you dare. What are you doing sitting here? Are you going to sit here all day?"

Xu Qing: "Where are we going?"

Lin Mengchuan: "Ask around and see if anyone has time, let's find a place to play cards."

Meanwhile, Dingding, who had put away her phone, ran to help pick out a gift, but was questioned by Zhao Mengmeng: "Dingding, something's not right with you."

Ding Ding: "Huh? What's wrong with me?"

Zhao Mengmeng: "You've been staring at your phone ever since you were at the elevator entrance. Who were you chatting with? You seemed so engrossed."

"Just one old classmate," Ding Ding lied without batting an eye. "An old classmate from junior high sent me some New Year's greetings, and we chatted for a bit."

Zhao Mengmeng was skeptical, "You didn't just chat for a few sentences, you chatted for a lot of sentences."

Ding Ding quickly stuffed the scarf in her hand into Zhao Mengmeng's hand, "This scarf is a good gift for an elder, you can give it to your mother-in-law."

Zhao Mengmeng then let Ding Ding go and handed the scarf to Qiao Ran for her opinion. "Ranran, can you help me decide if this color is suitable for Auntie? I think it looks okay, but I don't know what color Auntie likes."

Qiao Ran picked up the scarf and wrapped it around the neck of the plastic mannequin next to her. She looked at it and said, "It looks pretty good and suits Auntie very well."

Zhao Mengmeng took off the scarf and said, "Then I'll give this scarf to Auntie."

After browsing in the store for more than ten minutes, Qiao Ran and Zhao Mengmeng took the gifts they had each chosen to pay for.

The Qi brothers walked over and each took out a card and handed it to the cashier.

Qiao Ran refused Qi Muci's offer, saying, "This is a gift I'm giving to my elders; I'll pay for it myself."

“Mine too, I’ll do it myself,” Zhao Mengmeng added.

She had barely finished speaking when she heard a voice behind her, "Mu An, is that you?"

Everyone turned around and saw Xu Weiyan standing behind them.

Qi Mu'an never expected to run into Xu Weiyan here.

Since she went to his company to beg for reconciliation and was rejected, the two haven't seen each other for more than half a year.

The Xu Weiyan in front of him was still wearing the clothes he had bought with his money before, but he had become much thinner and his face was pale.

When Xu Weiyan saw that it really was Qi Mu'an, she became excited. "Mu'an, it really is you! You've changed so much, I almost didn't recognize you. You've become stronger and younger."

Qi Mu'an and Zhao Mengmeng exchanged a glance but did not respond.

Xu Weiyan looked at Zhao Mengmeng and said, "Miss Zhao is here too. Are you here to go shopping? You've bought so many things."

Zhao Mengmeng raised an eyebrow and replied with a smile, "Yes, it's New Year's Day today, so I came out for a stroll and bought some gifts for the elders. Miss Xu, why are you shopping alone? Where's your artist boyfriend?"

Xu Weiyan glanced at Qi Mu'an and replied to Zhao Mengmeng, "Didn't Mu'an tell you? Yu Mao and I broke up half a year ago."

Zhao Mengmeng looked at Qi Mu'an with a question in her eyes.

Qi Mu'an hurriedly explained, "At that time, you were filming in Licheng, and I felt that this matter had nothing to do with us, so I didn't tell you."

Zhao Mengmeng stopped talking.

No wonder she felt that Xu Weiyan's expression when looking at Qi Mu'an was a little strange, sticky and affectionate.

So it turns out she broke up with that pretty boy.

She probably wants to remarry Qi Mu'an.

Think beautifully.

Zhao Mengmeng hooked her arm around Qi Mu'an's, "Honey, let's go to the next store. It's getting late, and we still need to go to your house to celebrate the New Year with our elders after we finish shopping."

"Okay," Qi Mu'an replied.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Xu Weiyan suddenly cried out, "Mu An, I don't have much time left. I have late-stage stomach cancer."

Qi Mu'an stopped and turned to look at Xu Weiyan, his face full of shock.