Sweet Wife Arrives: Mr. CEO, Please Pamper Me-Chapter 576 - 448: The First Meeting After Two Years. (2000)
In an instant, it was unclear how the atmosphere shifted from quiet to stable, and then to chillingly fierce.
All she knew was that the cold look in Feng Chengjin’s eyes upon seeing her, coupled with his slight step back and intention to leave, felt like a stabbing knife in Qiu Zhixuan’s heart.
However, Feng Chengjin ultimately did not leave.
After all, the leader who invited him for dinner held a high position, and he couldn’t afford to exhibit such rude behavior.
As he walked in, he scanned the room, patted a familiar friend on the shoulder, and said, "You’re here too?"
"Oh? President Feng? Oh my, I was wondering who’s missing, turns out it’s you," one of them exclaimed excitedly.
Feng Chengjin curled his lips slightly and glanced around again, "It seems there’s no seat available."
Instantly, another person beside that man caught on and said, "Oh, President Feng, please take my seat. It just so happens a beautiful woman arrived today, and I’m worried I can’t sit next to her."
The man jested, moving playfully to sit next to Qiu Zhixuan.
In the room, there were leaders as well as scions of well-off government families, each person acting at ease.
Feng Chengjin seemed to know most people present and acted at ease as well.
He smiled slightly and sat down nonchalantly.
Yet the action of refusing to sit beside her, choosing to sit elsewhere to avoid proximity, undoubtedly drove a second dagger into the softest part of Qiu Zhixuan’s heart after their sudden encounter following two years of no contact.
Her eyes couldn’t help but turn wet and red momentarily, and she bit her lips tightly.
Turning her face away, she tried hard for a long time to swallow it all down.
But afterward, it was like she had entered a period destined to torment her.
Not to mention her main reason for coming today was to thank the leader, not for a matchmaking event. Even if it were a matchmaking event, she wouldn’t be mad enough to meet so many people at once.
However, it seemed as if someone had conveyed the wrong information to the person arranged by Director Wang, or something went amiss.
In any case, Director Wang wrongly assumed her to be a wealthy heiress, introducing her exuberantly and boasting about everything from her work abilities and current position to her admirable talents, even mentioning her family’s two quadrangles worth an estimated two billion without leaving a trace.
Instantly, the sons of those affluent second-generation wealthy looked at the beautiful Qiu Zhixuan. Already stirred, eager to find out whose young lady she was, they became even more curious upon hearing such conditions, smiling and inquiring about her.
So, Qiu Zhixuan already felt out of place like sitting on pins and needles.
And then facing Feng Chengjin across the table...
When others mentioned her promotion after just a year and a half in the political system, she noticed Feng Chengjin lighting a cigarette, his lips curling into an imperceptible sneer, repeating, "... deputy section chief."
When others called her name or surname, she saw Feng Chengjin’s mocking nod, "... surname Qiu."
And then later when her name was mentioned, "... oh, Zhixuan."
Where she lived, "... Alley XX, Place XX Hutong, two billion."
Her current single status, "..."
Feng Chengjin remained silent, as if listening to a stranger’s resume, admiring with sarcasm while smoking quietly.
This behavior no doubt peeled a layer of skin from Qiu Zhixuan’s heart.
To the end, his deep Mo Tong swept over the atmosphere today, understanding what kind of dinner this was.
Looking around at men eager to chat and date,
Feng Chengjin seemed to have completely lost interest, smirking coldly before picking up his chopsticks, eating, or occasionally smoking while chatting about business with friends beside him.
Completely indifferent, unconcerned.
As if the woman sitting there wasn’t someone he once loved, indifferent like that.
It made Qiu Zhixuan feel like a clown she had never felt in such a bustling scene,
Her heart completely torn to pieces, she felt pain making breathing difficult. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
But she couldn’t leave even if she wanted to.
In silence, Qiu Zhixuan could no longer muster even the slightest false smile, so she picked up the white wine glass in front of her and downed it.
To ease her worry.
And then her gaze turned hollow.
One drink after another.
Finally, until her lips faintly tasted of blood from biting, she felt no sensation, only trying hard to not show more embarrassment.
Later, she became somewhat tipsy and didn’t want to hold on any longer.
Smiling to Director Wang, she said, "Sorry, Director Wang, I have something to do, I’ll leave first."
Facing Director Wang’s surprise, "Hey, Xiaoqiu..."
Qiu Zhixuan picked up her purse, no longer thinking about following any leader’s order or arrangement, nor caring whether anyone thought her behavior tonight was dismissive or lacking political etiquette, she didn’t want to care anymore.
She just wanted to escape, running madly away from this suffocating place.
Leaving behind those shallowly cold laughing eyes that would only gaze at her.
So lingering and familiar, yet causing her pain and strangeness.
Even when countless eyes glanced at her upon leaving, she didn’t feel such despair and anguish. His lazy gaze alone made her feel like nails were driven into her kneecaps, unable to stand...
...
As she stepped out, the night in Beijing City was already ablaze with lights.
Qiu Zhixuan didn’t hail a cab, merely walked quietly along the sidewalk in the cold early spring night.
Despair coupled with the effects of alcohol made her steps somewhat unsteady.
The night was so cold, she couldn’t tell what could warm her now.
In her mind, despite her unwillingness, scenes from two years ago replayed, his persistence waiting at her home each day, his silhouette providing her a thread of comfort amid despair.
However, now her heart felt so cold.
A night of zero communication between them made her truly unsure what to fill her empty heart with at this moment.
When tears fell, she didn’t know if it was the alcohol-induced pain in her mind or that crying might warm her a little.
Overall, those scorching tears brought much comfort.
Let them flow, wipe them before they turned cold.
Let them flow, wipe them before they turned cold again.
Until tears poured like springs, her face glistening with water.
And she, after taking more than twenty steps, completely broke down, squatting on the cold early spring road, hugging her knees, and buried her head in them, crying silently but bitterly.
She cried hard, with heavy sobs.
But her cries were faint, as if afraid of being heard by anyone in the world.
Because she didn’t want to lose face further, she truly didn’t know that meeting Feng Chengjin in such circumstances after two years would be this embarrassing.
The night, cold and despairing...
At this moment, thirty meters away, a tall, dark figure with a cigarette butt in hand watched her crying till exhaustion, his eyes deep and distant...
