Under the moonlight

Early Saturday morning, Huang Guodong prepared a hot breakfast. When he got home last night, he heard that his daughter had to go on a business trip over the weekend. He took advantage of his drunkenness to criticize Huang Meng's boss. Although he complained, he still had to follow the rules since his daughter worked for his company.

"Come on, eat something while it's hot. We're going to the airport soon, and you'll get carsick if you don't eat, just like your mom." Huang Guodong saw that Huang Meng had already packed up and quickly invited her to sit down and eat.

"Mmm, thank you, Dad!" Huang Meng wolfed down a few bites, slung her bag over her shoulder, and prepared to leave. Huang Guodong carried her suitcase and escorted her downstairs.

"Message your mom as soon as you arrive; she'll be worried about other people's families!"

"Okay, let's go!" Huang Meng waved to her father again from the taxi.

After getting into the car, Huang Meng's smile vanished. Gazing at the street scenes rushing past the window, Xu Ao's face appeared before her eyes. Last night, she had told Xu Ao that she and Zhao Meng were going on a business trip to X City. As soon as she finished speaking, there was a long silence on the other end, and she couldn't see him in the video. Huang Meng thought there was a signal problem and the video was stuck. Just as she was about to hang up, Xu Ao's calm voice came from the screen: "What time is your flight tomorrow?"

Huang told him without thinking. Xu Ao simply responded and told her to rest well before hanging up. It seemed that ever since the disagreement over the S country, the atmosphere between the two had become somewhat subtle. It was the kind of atmosphere where nothing had happened between them, but there was always a veil between them, and they couldn't see each other's true thoughts.

Huang Meng sighed softly. Forget about it for now. She'll talk to him properly when she gets back from this business trip. Maybe her reaction to S country last time was too extreme and put pressure on him. After all, given his personality, he can understand her thoughts, but he also has his own helplessness.

Huang Meng closed her eyes, letting the whistling wind carry away her worries.

Half an hour later, Huang Meng met Zhao Meng at the airport. After boarding the plane, Huang Meng saw Chen Zhi behind their seats.

"Chen Zhi! I thought you weren't going. What about Qi Qi?" Huang Meng looked around at him.

"Their school has a competition this weekend, so I can't go. But they did give me a ton of tasks, sigh~" Chen Zhi sighed helplessly, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhao Meng's gloomy face and quickly sat back down obediently.

Huang Meng's eyes seemed to hold a story. The plane was about to take off, and after she settled in, she looked at Zhao Meng and whispered, "Hey, what's going on between you and him, or rather, between him and Qiqi?"

Zhao Meng glanced at her curious eyes and said with amusement, "What, why are you asking about this?"

"Tell me, hurry up!" Huang Meng's eyes sparkled, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. Her gossipy look really stunned him. Her sweet and gentle appearance was something he couldn't resist.

Zhao Meng turned his head away somewhat embarrassedly, coughed lightly, and then turned back to Huang Meng, saying, "He and Qiqi are probably dating."

"What!" Huang Meng covered her mouth, her eyes wide with surprise. "Wouldn't that mean Chen Zhi is an old cow eating young grass?!"

Zhao Meng was amused by her words and couldn't help but laugh. However, her description was quite accurate, and he thought so too. That's why he was so annoyed when he saw Chen Zhi's old face on his sister's phone screen!

Zhao Meng happily reached out and ruffled Huang Meng's hair, feeling instantly refreshed. Huang Meng, however, was still caught up in the gossip and muttered softly, "Chen Zhi is the same age as us. When we were in middle school, Qiqi was still in kindergarten. My goodness, how did Qiqi fall for him?"

Zhao Meng felt increasingly pleased as he listened. It was difficult for him, a grown man, to say these things, since Qiqi was now an adult and he, as her older brother, felt that saying these things would seem a bit nagging. But fortunately, there were still people who shared his feelings.

"You're absolutely right, that's a shameless guy." Zhao Meng looked at Huang Meng, his eyes full of gentle smiles.

“However, Qiqi is all grown up now, and it’s not something others can interfere with too much in this matter. But…” Huang Meng said, a sly glint in her eyes. She leaned closer to Zhao Meng, and Zhao Meng, seeing her approach, also moved closer. “But the person behind her is someone we should keep an eye on.” After saying that, Huang Meng revealed a wicked smile.

Zhao Meng looked up, her face so close to his, a faint fragrance wafting from her nose. His gaze involuntarily moved downwards, landing on her red, plump lips, playfully pouting. His eyes returned to hers, filled with desire.

Huang Meng noticed Zhao Meng's ambiguous gaze as he looked at her, and as his face drew closer, she stepped back. Just then, someone passed by in the aisle, bumping into Zhao Meng's long leg. He glared at the passerby with a dark look in his eyes. It was clearly his own leg that was blocking the way, yet he was acting so fiercely. The passing aunt didn't dare to say a word to him.

Huang Meng turned her head to look out the window, somewhat embarrassed. Was he trying to kiss her?! What happened? How did things get to this point?!

Unlike her embarrassment and regret, Zhao Meng sized up Huang Meng beside him, like a wild beast admiring its prey, a smug and arrogant smile on his lips. As for when to break the veil between them, Zhao Meng had his own plans, and he had indeed been working towards that goal.

Two hours passed quickly. Listening to the announcer's voice, Huang Meng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She didn't know if it was because Zhao Meng was too tall or because of what had just happened, but she felt that having him sitting next to her was too cramped and oppressive.

Chen Zhi slept the whole way. After getting off the plane, Huang Meng, as usual, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened them. Looking at the blue sky and white clouds above and the palm leaves swaying gently under the blue sky and white clouds, she said softly, "Ah, it still feels the same. There seems to be a faint salty smell of seawater in the air."

Huang Meng looked at everything before her with a contented smile. The pedestrians, the roads, and even the green belts on both sides of the road seemed unchanged, just like when she was in X City. She couldn't help but sigh, "X City is still the same as before, it hasn't changed at all!"

“Aren’t all cities like this? They all look pretty much the same. Ouch,” Chen Zhigang said, when Zhao Meng ’accidentally’ bumped into the back of his head. He looked at Zhao Meng with a pitiful expression that said, “What can you do to me?” and Zhao Meng’s insincere “Sorry, I bumped into you.” He had no temper at all and could only mutter softly, “It’s okay.” He also gestured behind Zhao Meng’s back.

After arriving at the hotel, the three of them didn't even have time to rest before meeting up with their pre-arranged dinner. On the way to the restaurant, Huang Meng asked Zhao Meng, "Can our company find some more medical products to send out? What we had last time definitely wasn't enough." Zhao Meng knew he was referring to Country S. Chen Zhi, standing to the side, asked blankly, "What medical products? What for? Where are we sending them?" However, he didn't seem to care about their answers, looking at his phone with an indifferent expression.

Zhao Meng glanced at him and looked at Huang Meng, saying, "We need to take another look. Last time, it didn't go so smoothly. After all, it's not our own product, so the process of sending it out is much more complicated." Huang Meng knew what he meant. Last time, it was for this reason that he personally went to the Commodity Inspection Department.

“Okay, then we’ll look at it when we get back.” Zhao Meng nodded at her. Chen Zhi overheard this and asked, “What do you mean, ‘look at it when we get back’? What are you going to look at?” Zhao Meng gave him a helpless look and said irritably, “Look at your phone, stop talking so much nonsense!”

Although Chen Zhi didn't dare to confront him directly, he still said defiantly, "Let's talk about the phone, but we won't bring it. Let's be civilized, you, me, and everyone else." After saying that, he quickly turned around and sat down in the passenger seat.

Zhao Meng glared at the back of his head, filled with regret. He shouldn't have agreed to come with him!