Chapter 661 - Why Are You In Such A Hurry (1/2)

Zhan Haoze was only exploiting her love. No matter how spineless she was and how much she loved him, she couldn’t stand him treating her like this.

“Shi Mengwan.”

Zhan Haoze’s voice was a little low. If one looked carefully, they would find that his expression wasn’t very good.

Shi Mengwan noticed that this was the first time he called her by her full name.

Feeling a little sad, she blinked her eyes and suppressed the feeling of wanting to cry.

“Zhan Haoze, are you trying to say that you don’t treat me as a prostitute? Then what are you doing now? Are you trying to say that you like me?”

Did he think that she would believe him?

Zhan Haoze didn’t like to hear her say that word, yet she insisted on saying it twice in a row.

After she finished questioning him, Zhan Haoze lowered his head and wanted to kiss her.

This time, Shi Mengwan made up her mind not to let him have his way. She stepped back and used force to push him away.

Zhan Haoze’s hands were placed on her shoulders. With a push, his body moved back a little.

“Zhan Haoze, you can go.”

Her feet had already recovered from the numbness. She stood up now and tried her best not to lose her imposing manner, even though she had already suffered a crushing defeat.

Zhan Haoze didn’t speak. He bent down to look at her again and placed his hands on both sides of the armrest of her chair.

The scene in front of her was really romantically ambiguous. Shi Mengwan pressed her body tightly against the back and stared at Zhan Haoze defensively.

She didn’t speak, and he didn’t speak either. He just stared at her.

Shi Mengwan felt very uncomfortable. She blinked her eyes and was still thinking about how to drive this person away.

“Peng!” A sudden sound came from outside and made Shi Mengwan freeze for a moment.

She turned around and realized that someone was setting off fireworks outside. It was only then that she remembered.

Today was New Year’s Day. A new year, a new day. Although setting off fireworks was prohibited, there were still some people who didn’t take these rules seriously.

“Peng Peng!” The fireworks rose into the sky once again. They were extremely brilliant.

When Shi Mengwan rented this place, half of the reason was because it had a good view. There were a few department stores across from it, and this place happened to be an intersection.

Someone set off fireworks right in the middle of the intersection. The moment the fireworks lit up, it also successfully broke the current stalemate between the two of them.

Shi Mengwan didn’t watch for too long. When she realized that Zhan Haoze seemed to be in a daze, she knew that an opportunity had come.

Shi Mengwan took advantage of the moment when Zhan Haoze turned his head and quickly got up. She went around to the back of the office desk.

Her feet were still a little numb, but she chose to ignore it. She picked up her bag and car keys and prepared to leave.

Her footsteps were a little fast. At this moment, she couldn’t care about anything else and quickly went outside.

When her hand touched the door, Zhan Haoze didn’t follow. She went downstairs and when she walked to the door, he didn’t seem to follow either.

She walked out of the company door and stopped. No matter what, the door had to be locked.

When she turned around, she saw Zhan Haoze following her down. She was shocked and instinctively took a step back.

When she saw him coming out, she closed the door and went to the elevator.

The corridor was very quiet, so only the footsteps of the two of them could be heard. There was no other way. The stairs were at the corner next to the elevator.

Shi Mengwan stood by the elevator and pressed the button to wait for the elevator to arrive.

When she entered the elevator, Shi Mengwan had a moment of hesitation, but it was only for a moment.

She went in and stood at the position where the button was pressed, theen pressed the first floor.

Zhan Haoze followed her in. He didn’t speak, and she didn’t speak either. She didn’t want to look at him, but the wall of the elevator was a mirror.

She didn’t need to look back to see the man’s figure.

Zhan Haoze’s figure was really good. His black trench coat made him look imposing, but he was as handsome as a model.

Tall and strong, he had an inverted triangle figure, and a pair of long legs that were too slender. Further up, she withdrew her gaze and didn’t look at Zhan Haoze.

She felt that after what had happened just now, he should have given up. That was good.

It wasn’t until she got into the car that Shi Mengwan felt that it was wishful thinking. She sat in the driver’s seat and looked at Zhan Haoze in the passenger seat.

“Zhan Haoze, please get out of the car.”

Zhan Haoze sat still while Shi Mengwan gritted her teeth. “Zhan Haoze, I’ll say it again. I’m not a frivolous woman.”

The anger on her face was too obvious. Zhan Haoze glanced at her. His voice very soft, he said,

“I’m not either.”

“I’m not a prostitute, and I don’t want to be Chen Feifei’s substitute.”

With suppressed anger, she couldn’t help but raise her voice.

When Zhan Haoze heard Chen Feifei’s name, the expression on his face couldn’t help but flash with a trace of disgust.

That emotion came and went quickly. Shi Mengwan didn’t see it clearly.

She thought he didn’t hear it, so she didn’t mind saying it again. “Zhan Haoze, I’ll say it again. I’m not a prostitute. I’m not a frivolous woman.”

“What about before?” Zhan Haoze suddenly came closer and stared at her face.

Shi Mengwan’s lips opened and closed, then closed and opened again. Under his overly sharp gaze, she gave in first.

“I’ve said it before. I mistook you for someone else.” If she said this, any man wouldn’t be able to stand it and would leave, right?

“Then continue.”

When Zhan Haoze said this, Shi Mengwan blinked her eyes. It took her some time to understand what he meant.

“I refuse.”

Zhan Haoze didn’t say anything. Instead, he closed his eyes and relaxed his body, as if he wanted to sleep.

“Zhan Haoze?”

Shi Mengwan called out and realized that Zhan Haoze didn’t look like he wanted to open his eyes at all. She became more and more frustrated.

After a stalemate for nearly three minutes, when there was another burst of fireworks outside. She finally couldn’t help but start the car.

Forget it. On the first day of the New Year, she told herself that she just didn’t want to have a conflict with Zhan Haoze on such a day.

The car stopped at her apartment building. She turned around and was about to call Zhan Haoze when she realized that he seemed to have really fallen asleep.

Shi Mengwan was about to open her mouth, but she saw the dark circles under Zhan Haoze’s eyes.

She hadn’t noticed it before, but now, she saw that Zhan Haoze’s face didn’t look very good. There was dark stubble on his lower jaw.

It seemed like he really hadn’t rested well.

Shi Mengwan didn’t speak. Through the sleeping face in front of her, she seemed to see the fifteen-year-old Qiao Ze again.

It was also New Year’s Day, the first new year that they had spent together.

She left home. Although she missed him, she was still a child. If there were other things to distract her attention, she wouldn’t have the time to think about home.

It was the same on New Year’s Day that year.

The pollution wasn’t as serious as it was now, and there was no ban on fireworks in Lin City.

Not only was there no ban, but there was also a fireworks party on New Year’s Day in a park that had just been built in Lin City.

The reason she knew about it was because the people living nearby were on vacation at that time. She heard people talking about it.

She was only twelve years old, so she wanted to see it too. She had talked about it during dinner with her Dear Brother.

Of course, she just wanted to. She didn’t really have to go.

The park was very far from the bungalow they lived in. It would take them at least an hour to get there, not counting the two buses they had to take. It was too much.

Most importantly, there weren’t as many subway lines at that time as there were now. There were only two subway lines.

It was already very late after the fireworks show. If they wanted to come back, there would be no bus, so they could only take a taxi back.

Their financial situation at that time didn’t allow them to go to the fireworks show at all.

She could only say it nonchalantly. The youth didn’t pay attention to her at that time, but the next day, which was New Year’s Day, he took her out in the afternoon.

“Dear Brother, where are we going?”

After being together for a few months, Shi Mengwan called the youth Dear Brother more and more smoothly.

“You guess.”

“I can’t guess.” Shi Mengwan shook her head. Today was the first day of the New Year’s. She looked at the streets. There were really a lot of people.

The bus was a little crowded. She almost fell down during two turns.

“Be careful. You hold me.”

The young man’s voice had gotten better after the past few months, but it was still a little hoarse and unpleasant to hear.

She looked at him. He was taller than her, and his hand was holding onto the pull ring. She pursed her lips and pulled his hand directly.

When the bus made another turn, her body fell to the side again.

The young man used his hand that wasn’t holding onto the pull ring to hold her. Although he was small and thin, his strength wasn’t small.

She was trapped in his arms and protected by him. No matter how the people behind her swayed and squeezed, she didn’t fall to the side again.

When she raised her head to look at him, she felt extremely at ease.

If not for her Dear Brother, she would have gone home long ago, but because of him, she always felt at ease.

She lowered her head and smiled happily.

“What are you smiling about?”

“Nothing.”

Shi Mengwan shook her head. When they arrived at their destination, she realized that they had come to the park where the fireworks party would be held.

“You, you have tickets?”

As far as she knew, because there would be a fireworks party on this day, the park that was usually opened needed tickets to be able to entered today.

“No.”

More than ten years ago, the cheapest ticket would have cost more than a hundred, and the ones inside were even more expensive.

The youth held her hand. “Come with me. You can see it without a ticket.”

What did he mean?

Shi Mengwan had been following the youth all this time, and only later did she find out.

Near the park, there was a building that had just started construction. One of the buildings had already been completed, but it had yet to be inspected and completed.

The young man was very daring. Under the dim light of the night, he brought her up to the roof.

The night wind was very strong and very cold. From where they sat, they could see the park opposite.

“It’ll start in a while.” When the young man went out, he carried a bag. At that time, she didn’t understand why he carried a bag.

It was only now that she understood. The young man took out a pair of binoculars from inside and gave it to her.

“Use this to look.”

“Thank you.”

Shi Mengwan smiled. With the binoculars, she could see some of the performances in the park very clearly. It was very loud, and they could hear it from here as well.