Chapter 649 - You Stalked Me (1/2)

Shi Mengwan struggled for a moment before opening it. Other than a few cards and a stack of cash, there was nothing else like IDs.

Shi Mengwan was about to close the wallet when she saw that the place where the photo was originally placed was white. It seemed to be the back of the photo.

Bewilderment flashed through her mind. In what kind of situation would one not show the front of the photo to others?

She looked at the back of the photo and felt that she could see his secret, but out of politeness, she should put down the wallet and contact Zhan Haoze to ask him to take it.

But she really wanted to know whose photo was in Zhan Haoze’s wallet. She reached out for the photo and was about to take it out —

“Miss Shi seems to have bad manners. Didn’t anyone tell you not to touch other people’s things?”

The sudden voice at the door shocked her so much that she almost threw the wallet in her hand out. Although she didn’t actually throw it out, she almost did.

The wallet fell on the table with a thud. She looked at the tall figure at the door and felt guilty for being caught red-handed.

“Mr. , Mr. Zhan?”

Zhan Haoze stood at the door with an impassive expression on his face. His thin lips were pursed into a straight line. His slender legs were now stepping inside.

With each step, Shi Mengwan felt as if his footsteps were stepping on her heart.

She wanted to stand up, but found that her body was extremely slack. There was no strength in her legs at all.

She could only press her back against the back of the chair she was sitting on. She wasn’t a timid person, but being caught doing such a mischievous thing made her feel cowed.

Zhan Haoze had already walked to the office desk. He walked around the desk and stood directly in front of Shi Mengwan.

Shi Mengwan blinked her eyes and tried her best to remain calm. “Mr. Zhan, my staff found this wallet. I will now return it to its owner.”

She bit the bullet and placed the wallet in front of Zhan Haoze. Zhan Haoze didn’t take it. Instead, he bent down and looked at her.

His gaze was too sharp. Even Shi Mengwan, who had seen many celebrities before, was a little afraid of being stared at like that.

“Mr. Zhan –”

“You’re not going to use the excuse of recognizing the wrong person?”

What did he mean? Shi Mengwan blinked. It took her a few seconds to understand what he meant.

Her face blushed a little. She couldn’t say that she hadn’t recognized the wrong person.

“Mr. Zhan, if you don’t have anything else to say, we’re already off work.”

She lowered her eyes. There was an indescribable sadness in her heart. That year’s events had been deeply engraved in her heart, and left an indelible mark.

But the person who had left such a heavy mark on her life could no longer remember the little things that happened between them.

Shi Mengwan regained her senses and remembered that the man in front of her was no longer her Dear Brother. He was now Zhan Haoze, the boyfriend of another woman.

She stood up and nonchalantly packed the things on the table. Just as she was about to leave, she realized that Zhan Haoze was still standing there motionlessly.

She was about to reach for her bag when she paused for a moment. After thinking about it for a moment, she picked up the wallet again and handed it to Zhan Haoze.

“Mr. Zhan.”

Zhan Haoze stared at her face for a while, then reached out to take the wallet. The moment he took the wallet away, his fingertips brushed against the back of her hand.

His hand was a little cold. It was already past the mid-autumn festival. It was very hot in Lin City during the day, but it was a little cold at night.

However, she still felt that his hand was too cold. The moment she withdrew her hand, she met Zhan Haoze’s gaze.

He was still staring at her. His eyes were long and narrow, and his gaze was sharp. The bridge of his nose was high, and his thin lips were slightly pursed.

Shi Mengwan stared at his lips, and she suddenly had the impulse to move closer and kiss his thin lips.

Were his lips as cold as his hands, or warm?

Shi Mengwan realized what she was thinking, and her face slowly turned a little red. She had never been in a relationship before, and this secret impulse made her feel a little ashamed.

“Mr. Zhan?”

Zhan Haoze stared at her face and finally withdrew his hand, then put away his wallet.

Shi Mengwan breathed a sigh of relief. A man and a woman being in the same room together was too awkward.

However, Shi Mengwan quickly realized that she rejoiced too early.

Her studio was on the third floor of an office building in a decent area of Lin City.

After exiting the studio, there was a short corridor, followed by an elevator.

When the two of them walked to the elevator, Shi Mengwan realized that she was going to take the elevator with Zhan Haoze.

Realizing this, she took two steps back.

Zhan Haoze pressed the elevator button at this moment. When he saw her movement, he turned around and looked at her.

“Um, Mr. Zhan, you can go first. I seem to have forgotten to lock the door.”

As she spoke, she took another step back. The elevator arrived at this time, but Zhan Haoze stood there without moving.

“You locked it just now.”

“Huh?”

“When you came out, you locked it.”

Really? Shi Mengwan felt inexplicably awkward. The elevator opened, and Zhan Haoze stood there looking at her. She was helpless. She gritted her teeth and quickly walked into the elevator.

Zhan Haoze looked at her back and followed her into the elevator.

The door closed, and only the two of them were left in the narrow space.

Shi Mengwan had never felt like this before. It was just three floors, but it made her feel as if years had passed by.

Zhan Haoze was standing less than fifty centimeters away from her. She could even smell his scent. It was a faint, minty scent.

The last time she thought he was her big brother, she smelled the same scent. She discreetly moved to the side to put some distance between them.

When she looked up, she saw Zhan Haoze staring at her face. She stopped there just like that. Her face was burning. Such abnormal behavior wasn’t her usual self.

The elevator didn’t move. She couldn’t help but look at the top of the elevator and realized that they had been staying on the third floor.

She was stunned. She didn’t understand why Zhan Haoze didn’t press the button for the floor. She looked at Zhan Haoze. He was also looking at her.

Shi Mengwan felt uncomfortable under his gaze. She didn’t understand what he was trying to do. She didn’t want to stay in such an enclosed space with ZhanHaoze, so she could only choose to press that one button.

The moment her hand was about to touch the button, Shi Mengwan realized that as she leaned closer to the button, she also leaned closer to Zhan Haoze.

Her arm brushed past his body, and her shoulder was very close to him. Such a close distance made Shi Mengwan momentarily lose her composure.

She instinctively looked at Zhan Haoze and realized that he was also looking at her.

His deep gaze was sullen, and she couldn’t discern the meaning in his gaze, but those words came out instinctively.

“Dear Brother?”

The expression in Zhan Haoze’s eyes suddenly changed and became a little gloomier.

Shi Mengwan was startled by the sudden change in the expression in his eyes and subconsciously wanted to retreat. However, she had forgotten that she was leaning forward.

With this retreat, her entire body lost its balance. She instinctively tried to grab something, but other than Zhan Haoze, there was nothing else in front of her that she could grab.

In a split second, Shi Mengwan gave up and allowed her body to move forward. She wanted to use her hands to stabilize her body.

A large hand appeared on her waist. Zhan Haoze’s hand was placed on her waist, and her body was half-hanging. She leaned against his body and her hands moved forward. Her entire body was in a strange posture.

Shi Mengwan was embarrassed again. She was in a rather sheepish state. Using both her hands and feet, she tried to leave Zhan Haoze’s body. However, in her state of panic, her hand hit his face instead.

It wasn’t a real slap, but a light brush across his face instead. She was shocked and quickly withdrew her hand. As a result, her upper body couldn’t exert any strength, so she leaned against Zhan Haoze.

“Throwing yourself into my arms?”

“…”

Shi Mengwan’s face was very red. She wanted to explain herself, but Zhan Haoze scooped her up with ease and pressed her against the wall of the elevator.

“Zhan –”

“First, you mistook me for someone else, and then you threw yourself into my arms? Ms. Shi, do you always treat your clients like this?”

Shi Mengwan’s face instantly turned pale when she heard those humiliating words. She wanted to push Zhan Haoze away, but she realized that his body was as immovable as a mountain.

“Mr. Zhan, please let go of me.”

“You’re not calling me Dear Brother anymore? Hmm?” Zhan Haoze watched Shi Mengwan blush profusely due to embarrassment and shyness. His slender and slightly cold fingers gently caressed her cheek.

Shi Mengwan’s body instinctively trembled, and she looked at Zhan Haoze’s upper body.

“Mr. Zhan, please let go of me.”

There were cameras in the elevator, and she really had no intention of becoming the center of gossip in the entire building tomorrow.

Zhan Haoze stared at her face but didn’t move away. Instead, he moved his hand past her. Shi Mengwan became more and more nervous.

Zhan Haoze pressed the button for the first floor. The moment he withdrew his hand, he approached her.