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

"You've studied abroad for so many years, have you ever had a boyfriend? Are you still a virgin?" Lin Mengchuan asked abruptly.

Su Yani choked on a mouthful of food and coughed violently.

Lin Mengchuan just smiled and looked at her without saying a word, and didn't care whether she choked or not.

After catching her breath, Su Yani picked up the glass on the table and took a sip of water to calm herself down.

She put down her cup, glared at Lin Mengchuan, and asked, "Are you deliberately acting like a jerk in front of me? Trying to make me hate you? Or are you just conservative and hoping your partner is too?"

Lin Mengchuan pursed his lips, "No, it's just a casual chat. I'm not good at chatting and I don't know how to find topics."

Su Yani paused for a moment, then replied with a straight face, "I've never had a boyfriend."

Lin Mengchuan was somewhat surprised.

Su Yani glanced at him, a smirk playing on her lips and an eyebrow raised. "What? Doesn't seem like it?"

Lin Mengchuan picked up his water glass and took a sip of lemonade. "Have you had surgery on your face? I remember you didn't look like this before."

“Yes,” Su Yani answered readily. “In the country where I studied, it’s very common to have facial surgery. Almost all of my classmates and friends have had it done. It’s abnormal if you don’t.”

"What, you mind? You've studied abroad, you're not that conservative, are you? You can't accept women like us who've had plastic surgery?"

Lin Mengchuan shrugged. "Whatever. It's not like I'm getting surgery on my face. As long as you're happy."

Su Yani frowned at Lin Mengchuan, cursing inwardly: Then why the hell did you ask?

Lin Mengchuan picked up his chopsticks and continued eating.

Just then, the hostess standing at the door called out, "Welcome, sir. How many are in your party?"

Qi Muci replied, "Four."

The hostess gestured towards Lin Mengchuan: "This way, please, all four of you."

Lin Mengchuan put down his chopsticks, leaned back in his chair, and watched Qi Muci walk over with Qiao Ran in his arms.

Qi Muci and Qiao Ran also saw him.

Lin Mengchuan raised an eyebrow and waved his hand. "Big cousin, second cousin, what a coincidence to see you here."

As he spoke, he glanced at Qiao Ran seemingly casually.

Qiao Ran pretended not to see it and followed the hostess to their seats.

Qi Muci ignored Lin Mengchuan and simply brushed past him.

Qi Mu'an and Zhao Mengmeng walked up to Lin Mengchuan.

Zhao Mengmeng rolled her eyes at Lin Mengchuan and muttered, "He's like a persistent ghost."

Qi Mu'an glanced at Su Yani, then gave Lin Mengchuan a meaningful smile. "Mengchuan, on a date?"

Just as Lin Mengchuan was about to deny it, Su Yani spoke up first, "Chairman Qi, hello, I am Mengchuan's fiancée, my name is Su Yani, I just returned from studying abroad. You must know my father, my father's name is Su Wenshan."

Qi Mu'an paused for a moment, then said, "So you're Chairman Su's daughter. You said you're Meng Chuan's fiancée? You're engaged?"

He deliberately asked loudly, and Qi Muci and Qiao Ran, who were about to sit down not far ahead, heard him.

Su Yani smiled shyly, "It's already booked, but we haven't chosen a date yet. Once we set the date for our engagement banquet, if Chairman Qi has the time, could you please come and support us?"

Qi Mu'an: "Of course! Meng Chuan is my cousin. He's getting engaged, so of course I have to go. I'll give you a big red envelope then."

Su Yani immediately changed her tune: "Thank you, cousin."

Qi Mu'an reached out and patted Lin Mengchuan on the shoulder, "Then cousin, your cousin won't disturb your date any longer."

Qi Mu'an put his arm around Zhao Mengmeng and walked toward Qi Muci's table.

Zhao Mengmeng excitedly asked Qi Muci and Qiao Ran, "Did you hear that? That bastard Lin Mengchuan got engaged."

Qiao Ran frowned. "If you speak any louder, everyone in the restaurant will hear you."

Zhao Mengmeng: "I did it on purpose so that he could hear it."

Qi Mu'an said with a smile, "It's okay, Meng Chuan should call Mengmeng 'Big Cousin' now."

Zhao Mengmeng grabbed Qi Mu'an's arm and asked curiously, "Honey, is that woman a rich heiress? Does she come from a wealthy family?"

"Hmm," Qi Mu'an lowered his voice and said, "Her father's name is Su Wenshan, and he is the vice chairman of Zhuohai Group. You should have heard of him, right?"

Qiao Ran: "Yes, I've heard Grandma say that Su Wenshan is the second largest shareholder of Zhuohai, but Grandma didn't say anything about his family."

Qi Muci smiled slightly, "My uncle just passed away, and Meng Chuan is already engaged to the daughter of the company's second-largest shareholder. Interesting."

Qi Mu'an: "I've also heard some rumors these past two days, saying that although Lin Mengchuan took over his father's position as chairman, the projects his father was in charge of have been taken over by Su Wenshan."

"In other words, Lin Mengchuan is just a figurehead at Zhuohai Group now."

Qi Muci: "If he doesn't marry the Su family's daughter, he might not even be able to be a decoration."

Zhao Mengmeng suddenly realized, "I understand now. So Lin Mengchuan married Miss Su in order to keep his position as chairman. But since the projects are all in his father-in-law's hands, isn't Lin Mengchuan just a puppet?"

Qi Mu'an sighed, "That's because he himself is not good enough. He can't blame Su Wenshan. This society is a dog-eat-dog world. It all depends on ability. If Meng Chuan were capable, he wouldn't need to rely on Su Wenshan."

Qiao Ran was not surprised by Lin Mengchuan's decision.

She just felt it was a real pity that the group Lin Zhihong had built up had now fallen into Su Wenshan's hands.

At this moment, Lin Mengchuan was seething with anger. He asked Su Yani with a cold face, "Did you say that on purpose just now?"

Su Yani pretended not to know, "What did you say?"

Lin Mengchuan clenched his fist. "Why did you tell others about your engagement?"

“Aren’t they your cousins? They’ll find out sooner or later anyway, why? You mind if your ex-wife finds out, right?” Su Yani said, glancing in Qiao Ran’s direction, and telling Lin Mengchuan:

"I saw your ex-wife and your second cousin were quite affectionate. They are indeed celebrities, they look very well-matched. Don't have any more thoughts about them."

Lin Mengchuan stared straight at Su Yani, feeling that she was deliberately testing his bottom line.

He tapped his fingers on the table and said coldly, "Su Yani, don't be so clever. I hate people who are so clever."

Su Yani raised her eyelids to look at him, "Lin Mengchuan, what kind of person do you like? You hate this one minute and hate that the next. I'm really curious, is there anyone in this world that you don't dislike?"

Lin Mengchuan: "..."

Su Yani: "Forget it, I won't argue with someone as childish as you."

After Qiao Ran finished ordering, she asked Zhao Mengmeng, "Do you need to go to the restroom?"

Zhao Mengmeng felt the urge to pee after being exposed to the cold wind outside. When Qiao Ran asked her, she immediately replied, "Go."

The two linked arms and went to the restroom together.

While urinating, Zhao Mengmeng said, "I've noticed that I've been urinating frequently these past few days. I looked it up and found that it's because of pregnancy. I also found out that some mothers who have vaginal births experience urinary incontinence after giving birth."

Qiao Ran, who was in the next room, replied, "It's so scary, we'd better just have a C-section."

Zhao Mengmeng: "That's what I think too. We'll see when the time comes. Anyway, I don't want to have urinary incontinence after giving birth."

The two men emerged from their respective stalls and were startled to find an extra person in the restroom.

Zhao Mengmeng stared at Su Yani: "When did you come in? How come you didn't make a sound?"