After a blind date, a wealthy heir asked me to marry him.

South City.

The midday sun in winter is still blinding.

In the coffee shop on the street corner downstairs, Lu Shiyi sat by the window, stirring his coffee and glancing at the passersby outside.

He seemed to be thinking, yet also seemed to be spacing out.

She returned to Tainan City this morning.

Last night, while she was still in City A, after taking the drunk Yu Kexin home, she kept replaying the scene she witnessed in Yu Hengchang's private room that night.

One of them looked familiar to her; she felt like she'd seen him somewhere before.

After several moments of recollection, she realized that the man was Du Wenxuan's father.

Of course, she didn't know Du Wenxuan's father's name. She only remembered that when she visited Du Wenxuan at the Sichuan City Hospital, the person who scolded Du Wenxuan angrily in the ward was the same person she had seen in the private room last night.

She just found it a bit unbelievable.

I never expected to run into someone I only met once in Sichuan City, but in City A, I did.

Out of curiosity, she even looked it up.

After all, someone who can discuss business with Yu Hengchang must not be an ordinary person.

Sure enough, the results of the search surprised her quite a bit.

This man is named Du Jianzhang, and he is quite influential in Sichuan City. More importantly, he has recently been cooperating with the Fu Group.

Lu Shiyi found it strange. According to the information, the Du family did not cooperate with the Yu family, but cooperated with the Fu family. However, he did not meet with Fu Cheng, who came to City A with him, but met with Yu Hengchang instead.

Later, she overheard a drunk Yu Kexin calling her "uncle," which dispelled her doubts, and she stopped thinking about it.

Back in Nanshi, Lu Shiyi was browsing his WeChat Moments when he inadvertently saw a post from Aunt Zeng Huizhen.

"What should I do with this rare free time?"

After thinking for a moment, she boldly took the initiative to invite Aunt Zeng to join her.

Since spending a brief time with Aunt Zeng at Grandpa Fu's birthday party, she has been particularly impressed by Aunt Zeng, even with admiration and respect.

She felt that Aunt Zeng was one of the few independent women she had ever met who lived authentically and was not bound by worldly conventions.

Love life, respect life, live purely, freely and unrestrained.

Suddenly, she really wanted to talk and chat with Aunt Zeng.

So I took the liberty of sending a message.

Lu Shiyi: "Aunt Zeng, would you like to have some coffee and chat sometime?"

At this moment, Zeng Huizhen, who was on leave at home, saw the message and held her phone in disbelief, reading it over and over again.

In the past, her WeChat Moments were all spontaneous; she would post whenever she wanted and not post when she didn't want to, not caring who would see it, who would like it, or who would comment.

But lately, her posts seem to be all aimed at getting some kind of feedback.

Although she knew in her heart that the possibility was extremely slim.

But I didn’t expect…

It is said that if you keep something in your mind, it will eventually come back to you, and perhaps that is true.

Since her last visit to Lujia Village, Zeng Huizhen has had countless thoughts of standing in front of her daughter, even without saying anything, just looking at her and hugging her would be enough.

Especially after learning about her daughter's adoptive parents' plight, she often couldn't sleep at night because she worried that her daughter wouldn't be able to withstand such a heavy blow.

Countless times, she wanted to care for and comfort him, but she didn't know what stance she should take in front of Eleven.

She never dared to reveal the truth easily. More than Lu Shiyi's forgiveness and recognition, she was afraid that Shiyi would hate her and never want to see her again.

Therefore, she dared not take any risks, not even the slightest.

Therefore, she could only protect him silently from behind, even if it meant spending the rest of her life like this, she didn't care.

But if Lu Shiyi needs her, she will appear at any time.

Zeng Huizhen stood in front of the dressing mirror, trying on one outfit after another.

She always felt that no matter which outfit she wore, it made her seem a bit too serious and not easygoing enough.

If she hadn't been pressed for time, she would have liked to try a few more sets.

Before leaving the house, she even asked the family's housekeeper for her opinion, which was extremely unusual for her.

"Aunt Mei, how do I look in this outfit? Does this color make me look a bit fierce, or too serious?"

Aunt Mei, who was cleaning, was stunned for a long time upon hearing this.

After a moment of stunned silence, she quickly smiled and said, "I'm fine, not fierce at all."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Huizhen felt relieved and went out.

Aunt Mei, leaning on her broom, gazed at the doorway for a long time until she could no longer see anyone.

She had never seen Miss Zeng care so much about her clothes and appearance before.

Could it be that she's finally come to her senses and wants to start dating?

Aunt Mei turned around with a smile and continued to bend down and sweep the floor.

She was still muttering to herself, "Women, no matter how capable they are, still need someone to rely on, someone to keep them company when they get old."

……

cafes.

When Zeng Huizhen arrived, Lu Shiyi was still staring blankly out the window.

"eleven."

Even though she was trying her best to control her emotions, Zeng Huizhen still heard her voice trembling slightly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi turned her head, "Aunt Zeng~"

She quickly stood up and politely gestured for him to sit down, her voice tinged with excitement, as if she had just met her idol.

Zeng Huizhen took off her coat and sat down opposite her.

"Aunt Zeng, what would you like to drink?"

"Just like you would be fine." Zeng Huizhen spoke as slowly as possible.

Previously, her family, friends, and colleagues at the hospital often said that she was eloquent and had a strong commanding presence when she spoke, always giving people an invisible sense of pressure.

Therefore, she deliberately slowed down her speaking speed.

On the way here, she practiced several times.

She really didn't expect that he would take the initiative to ask her out during the National Day holiday.

As Zeng Huizhen spoke, her eyes were fixed on Lu Shiyi across from her.

His eyes were filled with greed.

She looked at her eyes, her nose, her mouth, and her fair cheeks, even every eyebrow and strand of hair. Everything about Lu Shiyi, every frame and every picture, she cherished and took in, keeping it deep in her heart.

Because of a moment of impulse back then, she lost her daughter and missed many important stages in her daughter's life.

No one can truly understand how content and happy Zeng Huizhen felt at that moment!

If she could, she really wanted to pinch her daughter's little cheeks, rub her little head, and then hug her tightly in her arms, to truly feel her presence.

"Aunt Zeng?"

Lu Shiyi felt a little uncomfortable under Zeng Huizhen's 'burning' gaze.

Zeng Huizhen realized her lapse in composure and quickly looked away.

"Eleven, is something on your mind?"

When she came in, she saw that Lu Shiyi was staring blankly out the window.

Lu Shiyi took a sip of her coffee, then asked softly, "Aunt Zeng, have you ever encountered a moment in life when you had a difficult decision to make?"

However, she regretted it after asking the question.

A free-spirited person like Aunt Zeng should simply follow her heart; worldly entanglements wouldn't bother her at all...