Chapter 657 - He Belongs To Someone Else (1/2)

Chen Feifei looked at Zhan Haoze with a fervent gaze. It was obvious that she was in love with him. She hooked her arm around Zhan Haoze’s, and they looked extremely intimate.

“Brother Hao. I didn’t expect the President Huo we met last time to be the president of Tianyu Corporation. He looks really young.”

“Mhm,” Not too surprised, Zhan Haoze replied perfunctorily. He had dealt with Huo Jinyao before.

“Also, he’s really good to his wife.”

Chen Feifei looked in Su Qingsang’s direction, and her eyes couldn’t help but show envy.

Who wouldn’t be envious of a woman like Su Qingsang? She had a man like Huo Jinyao, who was not only rich and handsome, but also good to her.

Zhan Haoze didn’t respond, and Chen Feifei couldn’t help but stand in front of him. “Brother Hao, after we get married, you’ll treat me like president Huo treats his wife, right?”

Zhan Haoze pursed his thin lips slightly and didn’t respond to Chen Feifei’s words. Chen Feifei’s eyes were filled with disappointment, but she forced herself to reveal a faint smile.

“Brother Hao, you will always take care of me, right?”

Zhan Haoze responded very softly, and his voice was a little perfunctory. Chen Feifei wasn’t angry. Zhan Haoze had always been like this. If she were to get angry, she would have died of anger long ago.

She believed that since she and Zhan Haoze had been together for more than ten years anyway, no one could compare to their relationship.

“Brother Hao, I saw Miss Luo and Miss Song. Let’s go and say hello.”

The Chen family had business dealings with the Luo family and the Song family, and she really wanted to bring Zhan Haoze to meet them.

“You go. I’m going to the bathroom.”

“Then go and come back quickly. You know, when you’re not here, I feel like I’ve lost my soul.”

Zhan Haoze didn’t respond to Chen Feifei’s words. He took her hand away from his and headed towards the bathroom.

Chen Feifei pursed her lips into a straight line. Where Zhan Haoze couldn’t see, a gloomy look flashed through her eyes.

She had spent a month fighting with that Ling Xue. The Ling family’s conditions were similar to her family’s. She could be considered a difficult woman to deal with.

However, it was a pity that Ling Xue was someone who liked to play around. She relied on her family background and didn’t take men seriously. It wasn’t difficult to find something to hold against such a woman.

Chen Feifei spent a lot of effort to find something to hold against Ling Xue. She was sure that Ling Xue was now in a terrible situation. It was impossible for her to have the time to pester Zhan Haoze anymore.

Now that Ling Xue was no longer pestering him, Zhan Haoze should be free to accompany her. However, he had become very cold to her recently.

She asked him and he told her that he was busy with work. In fact, the company had indeed been busy recently. As a result, she couldn’t even throw a tantrum.

He wasn’t even willing to bring her to the banquet tonight. If she hadn’t seen the invitation card sent to his office, she wouldn’t have known at all.

Chen Feifei was a little annoyed, but all her negative emotions wouldn’t show in front of Zhan Haoze.

As she walked towards the circle of socialites, the corners of her lips curled up into a perfect smile.

She was the eldest daughter of the Chen family, so she had to maintain her most graceful side at all times.

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Shi Mengwan put down her wine glass when she saw Zhan Haoze. She tried her best to make it look like she didn’t notice him. However, her movement of putting down her wine glass was a little forceful.

For more than half a month, Zhan Haoze didn’t appear again.

She treated those two nights as her dream. During this period of time, she kept trying to convince herself of that.

She had already started to let go, but then she saw this scene again.

She had long heard from Su Qingsang that Zhan Haoze had a fiancée. She also remembered that she had once met Zhan Haoze and Chen Feifei together.

At that time, the two of them didn’t have a real relationship, and she wasn’t 100% sure that the other party was Qiao Ze.

But now, she couldn’t bear to watch it any longer. She left the dining table and turned around to go to the bathroom.

When she left the banquet hall, Shi Mengwan’s cell phone rang. It was a call from home. She took her phone and walked to the corner at the end of the corridor to answer the call.

There was a stairwell next to it. It was very far away from the elevator, so she didn’t have to worry about anyone coming over.

Mother Shi asked if she would go home on New Year’s Day. Shi Mengwan didn’t give a definite answer. At the end of the year, there were many things to do. She really couldn’t guarantee that she would have the time to go back.

“Your sister misses you very much. She asked about you several times. She even said that she wanted to go to Lin City to see you.”

Shi Mengru was Shi Mengwan’s sister. The little baby girl from back then was already thirteen years old and was in middle school.

She had been close to this sister of hers ever since she was young. Every time she returned home, she wanted to spend time with her sister.

“Alright. I think I’ll go back when I’m free.”

“You should come back when you’re free. Your grandmother hasn’t been feeling well recently and has been missing you.”

Grandmother would miss her? Didn’t she always regard her as a money-losing commodity? Even though she had earned money outside and had even bought a house now, she still felt that she wasn’t as good as her uncle’s son.

In her grandmother’s eyes, she was inferior to her uncle’s son, so wasn’t her grandmother missing her a little ironic? She was already used to it. Her grandmother’s preference for sons over daughters was engraved in her bones and couldn’t be easily changed.

Silence. Even if Shi Mengwan went back, she wasn’t going to visit her grandmother, so there was no need to say anything else.

“Wanwan?” Shi Mengwan’s voice sounded a little cautious.

“Is there anything else, Mom?”

“You, are you still blaming your grandma?”

“No, it’s nothing.” Shi Mengwan leaned her body against the wall behind her. The wall was a little cold, but she felt that this coldness would keep her sober.

“Mom, don’t overthink things. I’m not going back because I’m not free. I’ll naturally go back when I’m free.”

“Wanwan.” Shi Mengwan sighed. After so many years, she kept feeling like she had let her daughter down.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up. I’m outside.”

“Okay. Your dad misses you too. Come back and stay for a few more days when you’re free.”

“Got it.” Shi Mengwan bit her lip. She thought about it and added, “It’s not that I don’t want to go back. It’s the end of the year and the studio has a lot of things to do. Why don’t we wait for the New Year? I’ll come back and stay for a few more days.”

Shi Mengwan was just saying that. If it was really the New Year, she would have something to do for the New Year.

Ever since she graduated and opened a studio, she hadn’t stayed at home for more than a week.

“Okay, okay. I’ll cook the dishes you like then.”

Mother Shi was very happy. She rambled on for a long time before hanging up. Shi Mengwan listened patiently and didn’t interrupt her.

After hanging up the phone, she saw a dark shadow on the ground in front of her.

Shi Mengwan was shocked. She took a big step back. She looked up and saw that unbeknownst to her, Zhan Haoze had arrived.

He stood there as the light behind him shone on his body. The angle of the backlight made his facial features a little unclear.

He was tall. Perhaps it was because he was here for the party, but he was wearing a three-piece suit. The dark-patterned fabric stuck to his body and made him look even taller.

Shi Mengwan looked into his eyes and could clearly hear her own heartbeat.

One beat after another, it was something she couldn’t control, a woman’s feelings for a man.

The other reason was that she knew that this man was her Dear Brother. For the first time, his existence and his appearance could make her lose her peace of mind.

She lowered her eyes and clenched her fists tightly. She actually had a lot to say and a lot to ask. However, in the end, she gritted her teeth and intending to leave, she walked past Zhan Haoze.

When she walked past Zhan Haoze, her arm was tightly grabbed by Zhan Haoze. Her body was frozen there.

With suppressed emotions, she looked at him with a cold gaze.

His gaze deep and unreadable, he was also looking at her.

Shi Mengwan was wearing a black gown that made her look like a goddess today. The V-neck design exposed the snow-white skin on her chest.

Behind her was a thin black gauze. From this angle, he could even see her waist line.

Shi Mengwan felt that Zhan Haoze was holding her arm a little too tightly. She looked at that hand, and then at Zhan Haoze.

“Mr. Zhan, what’s the matter?”

Mr. Zhan? Zhan Haoze narrowed his eyes and suddenly pulled her body in his direction. Then, he hugged her and pushed her towards the stairwell.

In a corner that couldn’t be seen by the surveillance cameras, Zhan Haoze pressed Shi Mengwan against the wall.

“Zhan –”

Their lips touched, and all her words were sealed in the kiss. Shi Mengwan was momentarily stunned. She looked at Zhan Haoze, and for a moment, she actually forgot to resist.

His face was magnified in front of her, and the man in front of her was undoubtedly good-looking. He was not only good-looking, but he also had a temperament that mesmerized women.

With a hint of unruliness, he was cold, arrogant, and sullen.

Such a man was dangerously irresistible to women. He was like a poppy.

His lips were slightly cold. In this season, it was undoubtedly cold outside. Shi Mengwan had stayed outside for so long that her limbs were already cold.

Compared to his lips, his chest was much warmer. She was hugged by him and aroused by his kiss. Her limbs were warmed, but at the same time, her rationality returned.

What was he doing?

He was kissing her.

He brought his fiancée to this banquet hall, yet he was actually kissing her here?

What kind of person did he think she was? Shi Mengwan was furious.

She tried to push him, but she couldn’t. She raised her foot to kick him, but he caught her foot.

Shi Mengwan struggle continuously, but no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn’t break free. Her heart was filled with anger. She couldn’t push Zhan Haoze away, so she opened her mouth and bit down hard on his lips.

Unexpectedly, Zhan Haoze, who was already prepared, loosened his grip on her. Shi Mengwan was caught off guard and bit her own lips instead.

The pain made Shi Mengwan cry out in a low voice. She bit hard just now, and her lips even had a slight cut.

The pain made her even angrier. She looked at Zhan Haoze, who was still trapping her between the wall and him.

Her gaze cold, she raised her eyes to meet his.

“Let go of me.”

The place wasn’t appropriate for her to shout. She deliberately lowered her voice to suppress her anger.