Under the moonlight

"Let go!" The tingling sensation at her fingertips made her panic. Although the two were leaning against the stone bridge in the park and there weren't many people around, she still felt embarrassed and pushed Xu Ao away while saying this.

"What? Are you scared now? You were the one who teased me first." Xu Ao put his arm around her waist and held her tightly in his arms.

"What teasing? What are you talking about?" He was the one who insisted on speaking close to her ear, yet now he's blaming her. Xu Ao ignored her shyness, leaning his entire upper body against Huang Meng, his head pressing heavily against her neck.

Huang Meng felt his fluffy head rubbing against her neck, and suddenly the word "wolfhound" came to mind. So, she reached out and patted the back of his head, amused, and said, "Hmm, be a good boy, I'll give you a big bone later!"

"Okay, then let me eat you first, ooh~" Xu Ao cooperated by opening his mouth and waving his hands to grab her. Huang Meng exclaimed and quickly jumped to the side. The two of them played around for a while before Xu Ao drove away.

As his car gradually disappeared from sight, Huang Meng took out her phone to hail a taxi, but suddenly saw a message from Zhao Meng and a message confirming their friendship.

"Come to the company tomorrow morning. The first batch of goods needs to be shipped out, and we need to double-check the product information."

The friend request came from Chen Zhi. Zhao Meng had given him his WeChat account, saying, "Let's have lunch together tomorrow, I have something to do." Chen Zhi sent the message as soon as they accepted the friend request.

"Okay, sure," Huang replied after thinking for a moment.

Without thinking too much about it, she quickly hailed a taxi.

Huang Meng received a message from Xu Ao as soon as she got home: "Are you home yet?" Huang Meng replied with a smile and an emoji.

"Okay, get some rest." Huang Meng glanced at him but didn't reply. He was probably busy with work right now. Huang Meng quickly washed up, and for some reason, she turned on her computer and searched for news reports related to S country.

After watching for a long time, she tossed her laptop aside and leaned against the headboard, somewhat dejected. It was clearly that country and its people suffering, yet there were very few news reports about it. There were only a few news items about the outbreak of war and a few so-called expert commentaries, and that was it. It wasn't even as much as the gossip about minor celebrities in the entertainment industry.

"Sigh, what's wrong with this world?" She stared blankly at the ceiling, uttering this helpless sigh. Although she was just chatting with Xu Ao, she couldn't help but worry about Nasha's family.

If they hadn't risked their lives to return and pull her back, she might be one of those corpses lying in a pile of dead bodies now. Although she knew there wasn't much she could do, it's hard to get out of a mental trap once you're caught in it. That's how she felt now. She was convinced that Nasha's family had saved her life. Not only them, but during the bombing, there were countless instances of kindness from strangers around her when she was exhausted. Now, whenever she closed her eyes, those longing eyes would appear before her.

"Ah~~!" Huang Meng buried herself in the pillow and let out a scream. Her helplessness and despair were all contained in this scream.

"What's wrong? Huang Meng, what's wrong?" Huang Guodong heard the shouting from his daughter's room and quickly asked from the doorway.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, just a bug," Huang Meng called out to her father, looking up at him.

"Oh, haha, how old are you to still be afraid of bugs?" After confirming that his daughter was alright, Huang Guodong went back to his room.

Huang Meng forcefully brushed the hair that was scattered on her cheeks, looked at a keyword on the computer screen, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She quickly found her phone and sent a message to Zhao Meng.

"Zhao Meng, could you add a few more words to our product description?"

"Add what?" Zhao Meng replied quickly.

"Let's talk in detail when we meet tomorrow. Chen Zhi invited me to lunch tomorrow at noon. Would you like to come too?" Huang Meng thought for a moment and sent the message.

"Okay." She had just put down her phone when Zhao Meng sent her a message.

She didn't reply to the past, focusing instead on whether her method was feasible, how to talk to Zhao Meng tomorrow, and whether he would agree.