Liu Xingchen returned to the car and took a closer look at this business card, this woman named Jiang Hong is really not simple, the Beauty Shadow Hotel is a chain of four-star hotels in the city, with several branches in the old city, the new city and the prosperous area of the development zone, and the financial strength can be imagined. In order to confirm whether she is Ai Mengmeng's mother, Liu Xingchen wanted to meet her, but he didn't answer her mobile phone several times, he thought, such a strong woman can't be seen, and he must take a stepping stone, so he sent her a rather exaggerated text message: Mr. Jiang, hello, I am Liu Xingchen, the son of Liu Chenghou, chairman of the International Education Foundation.

This stepping stone really worked, and soon Jiang Hong called Liu Xingchen back, and the voice on the phone couldn't hear any similarity with Ai Mengmeng, but he thought, it could also be because the mother and daughter didn't often meet and had few opportunities to interact with each other, anyway, he had to meet her. He said: "Mr. Jiang, my father asked me to say hello to you on his behalf, and I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you in your career." ”

Jiang Hong said enthusiastically and modestly: "Chairman Liu actually remembers me, I am really a little flattered, I dare not cooperate, just give me any instructions." ”

Liu Xingchen thought to himself, it sounds like Ai Mengmeng's mother is quite educated, this is expected, don't look at Ai Mengmeng's poor study, sometimes the words she says are quite urine, you have to think about it for a long time, hehe.

He said: "I want to invite you to a cup of tea for my father, I wonder if Aunt Jiang is willing to appreciate it?" ”

Jiang Hong said: "Yes, if Liu Dong doesn't have time, child, you can come to our head office, Aunt Jiang invites you." ”

Liu Xingchen said: "It's okay, then I won't be polite to you." ”

Jiang Hong said, "Okay, I'll see you later." ”

"Okay." After hanging up the phone, Liu Xingchen found the address of the head office on the business card and immediately drove over.

The head office is located in the prime area of the new city, where there are clusters of skyscrapers rising from the ground on this piece of land, and there is a national star hotel in front of the hotel, with a large green area and a lot of parking spaces. As soon as Liu Xingchen drove the car to the door, a young girl in formal clothes came to the front of the car, Liu Xingchen lowered the window and heard her say, "Are you Mr. Liu Xingchen?" ”

"Well, yes."

She smiled politely, "Please come with me." ”

Liu Xingchen handed over the car keys to the doorman, followed her into the hall, and went straight to the office building behind. After waiting for the elevator for a long time, he chatted with her: "How did you tell it was me just now?" ”

The girl smiled and said, "As soon as you enter your name in the search box, your photo will come out." ”

"Oh......" Liu Xingchen heard about this for the first time, took out his mobile phone and opened the browser to try it, oh my God, even there are photos of himself on his first day at work yesterday, they are all boring people.

The elevator stopped on the fourteenth floor, and Liu Xingchen followed the girl into a very quiet tea room. She lowered her head slightly, pushed the door open, and stepped aside: "Please come in." ”

Liu Xingchen saw a pair of women's high heels at the door, so he took off his leather shoes outside the door, at this time, a tall middle-aged woman came out of it, holding a thick black hair high, Liuhai deliberately curled and permed, like a bunch of black and purple grapes, hanging down on the side of the thin face, the shrewd and capable eyes emitted a curious brilliance at him, the corners of her casual lips revealed a trace of dissolute shape that did not match her age, the crimson tight-fitting dress was tied above the knees, and the shoulders and waist and abdomen were slightly fat, Translucent black stockings define a pair of sultry long legs. Liu Xingchen seemed to see an Ai Mengmeng mold standing in front of him, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak for a while.

Jiang Hong affectionately stretched out a slender arm to him: "Welcome, Liu Gongzi." ”

Liu Xingchen hurriedly shook hands with her: "Don't say that, Aunt Jiang, just call me Xingchen." ”

Jiang Hong said, "Okay, Xingchen, please take a seat." ”

This tea room is obviously a private clubhouse, the decoration is modeled after the flavor of the Japanese tea room, the materials and craftsmanship are taken into account the original taste, each tea set is a treasure Mino yaki, and the flower arrangement is also an authentic personality Kusagetsu Ryu, only for the sake of function sacrificed form in the center of the tatami mat, under the tea table to dig a groove, guests can stretch their legs down, just like sitting on a chair.

The girl had just brought in a tray and silently withdrew. Liu Xingchen looked at Jiang Hong as if he saw Ai Mengmeng, his mood became better, and he felt a kind of cordial joy as if he was about to marry Ai Mengmeng: "Aunt Jiang, I'm really sorry to come over to disturb you without saying hello in advance." ”

Jiang Hong poured him a cup of tea: "It's okay, in fact, I don't have anything to do, I meditate here every day, and occasionally I feel bored and ask a friend to come out to chat, your father, we met a few years ago, but I didn't expect him to keep my business card, I remember handing it to the secretary next to him at that time." ”

Liu Xingchen hurriedly took the teacup with both hands: "Aunt Jiang, are you still participating in Zen?" ”

"Well, yes. It is a shame that people live to have a little understanding at this age, and only then can they calm down and reflect. ”

He smiled and said, "Great, I want to learn Zen meditation with you." ”

Jiang Hong said: "You young people are too little interested in this, in fact, it is really good to learn a little, and it will be of great help to life." There is no shortcut to this thing, it all depends on personal understanding, and I can't talk about who learns from whom, and I'll give you some books when I go back, and you can flip through it if you have nothing to do. Hehe, why does the young man look so handsome, does he have a girlfriend? ”

Liu Xingchen smiled embarrassedly: "There is." ”

"Whose daughter is it?"

"Huh. Aunt Jiang, are you single now? Or ......"

Jiang Hong smiled without hesitation and said: "What does it mean to be single or not single at such an age, I have been divorced four times, and now I am finally loveless and light." ”

Liu Xingchen asked, "Then how many pairs of children do you have?" ”

A trace of astonishment suddenly flashed in Jiang Hong's eyes, but the smile remained, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and there was a hint of coldness hidden in his understated tone: "Hehe, I only have one daughter." ”

Although Liu Xingchen hates Japanese food the most, he is quite familiar with Japanese tea etiquette, which naturally benefits from the influence of the family, he picked up the teapot and added some hot water to Jiang Hong's teacup. A magnetic tremor appeared in Jiang Hong's deeper and heavier breathing: "Hmm...... Why, do you recognize her? ”

"We used to be classmates." Liu Xingchen put down the teapot and handed the teacup over with both hands: "Now, we are dating." ”

Jiang Hong was stunned for a moment, and the hand that took the teacup hesitated slightly: "Yes...... Meng Meng ...... Asked you to come? ”

"It's not. I came here on my own. Aunt Jiang...... I can't find her......" Liu Xingchen lowered his head, a sour feeling welled up in his heart, feeling particularly aggrieved and helpless.

Jiang Hong lowered her voice and asked softly, "What do you mean by 'can't find it'?" ”

Liu Xingchen wiped his eyes with one hand and said, "She seems to have left me...... Hmmm......"

Jiang Hong hurriedly stood up, sat down beside him, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't cry, don't cry, say slowly, what's going on?" ”

Asking her such a question, Liu Xingchen finally couldn't help crying, and said, "She ran away from home without a sound yesterday morning...... Didn't say anything, just like that, just left...... I've been looking for her for two days, and I haven't heard from her yet......"

"This kid ......" Jiang Hong knows her daughter's character very well, and it is not surprising that she would do such a thing, but why. She looked at Liu Xingchen and could see that he was sincere to Mengmeng, why didn't she cherish such a good boy. Jiang Hong comforted him and said: "Xingchen, don't worry, where can she go, she may be angry for a while, and she will come back when the anger is gone......"

"No, she's not angry, we were fine the night before."

Jiang Hong said: "Why is that, I'm a little confused. ”

Liu Xingchen told her in detail about the experience of meeting Ai Mengmeng in a café ten years ago until returning to China after studying abroad.

After listening to his narration, Jiang Hong's expression was a little sluggish and a little heartbroken: "It turns out that this is how Mengmeng has lived all these years." ”

"Well, yes." Liu Xingchen nodded: "Aunt Jiang, I want to marry her." ”

"Marriage ......"

Liu Xingchen said firmly: "Yes, I want to marry her." Aunt Jiang, if I find her, you can help me persuade her, okay? ”

Jiang Hong lowered her eyelids in disbelief: "But, she doesn't recognize me as a mother...... She must still hate me in her heart......"

"That's because she's not a mother yet, and she'll definitely forgive you when we have a baby."

Jiang Hong smiled with relief: "I really hope to see that day." ”

"That day will definitely come, and you'll have to attend our wedding when we get married." Liu Xingchen suddenly thought of something very embarrassed and very happy, he lowered his head and smiled: "Hehe, don't worry, I promise to let her forgive you before then." ”

Jiang Hong laughed tacitly: "Oh, hehe, hehe......"

The laughter of the two came out of the tea room.

Laughing happily for a while, he said, "By the way, do you know what relatives she can go to?" ”

"Relatives...... I don't think she should go to her relatives, but ask her father, who has been more close to him since she was a child. ”

"Oh." Liu Xingchen said: "Uncle, are you still working in the antique city?" ”

Jiang Hong's expression suddenly became a little unnatural: "I, I haven't been in contact with him for more than ten years, heh, maybe it's still there, he is like that, and he doesn't have any other ...... to make a living."

"Then I'll go find my uncle." Liu Xingchen stood up.

Jiang Hong said, "This is leaving?" ”

"Well, Aunt Jiang, when I get Ai Mengmeng back, I'll come over to see you officially."

Jiang Hong said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Liu Xingchen returned to the car, suddenly felt a little tired, only to remember that his stomach had been a long time without knowing what the food was, at noon, he went to the small restaurant on the side of the road to eat casually, and drank a stomach of tea in the morning, which made his stomach very uncomfortable, there was a pack of stomach pain powder in the car, or Wu Jiao prepared it for him before, mixed with the half-boiled warm water in the snack bar and drank it, and he was nested in the seat and covered his abdomen with a frown on the lower left, looking very pitiful. I don't know how long it took, there were always people passing back and forth, he suddenly had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and when he looked up, he saw a person standing outside the glass door.

She walked in and put a hand on his face: "Xingchen, is it a stomach ache again?" ”

"Hmm."

Wu Jiao turned around and asked the hotel waiter for a little brown sugar, went to the back kitchen to heat and melt the brown sugar, and walked over with a bowl of boiling brown sugar water: "Drink some brown sugar water, it works better than medicine." ”

"I can't drink it."

"Just take two sips."

"I don't want to drink."

"Drink, just drink it."

"Take it."

"Why are you so stubborn!"

"Why are you here?"

"Leave it alone. Hurry up and drink. ”

"I don't drink it, I've already taken the medicine just now, and I'll be fine in a while."

"Stars."

With a sad face, he looked up at her, "What are you doing?" ”

"Do you hate me that much?"

He sighed deeply and lowered his head: "I don't hate you, don't think about it." ”

"Why are you here alone, why don't you eat well, how do you make such a wolf, how do you break your stomach that you have managed to raise so hard, why don't you have anyone to pay attention to you......" Wu Jiao said with tears in her eyes.

Liu Xingchen didn't want to see her sad and crying, so he kept his head down and covered his stomach: "You go, I'm much better, really." ”

Wu Jiao looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Do you regret it?" ”

"What?"

"You know what I mean." She slowly crouched down, trying to look him in the eye.

He hid his face in his arm: "I don't regret it. ”

She was stunned and asked cautiously, "Did that person abandon you?" ”

He shook his head, his mood became very bad, he didn't know if he was abandoned by Ai Mengmeng like this, maybe everything he did was in vain.

Wu Jiao said: "Then why did you become like this? ”

He was in a really bad mood, very bad, and he spoke a little indiscriminately: "I'm like this, aren't you happy?" ”

Wu Jiao said: "Why should I be happy. ”

"You think I'll be proud when I leave you, but I'm not happy at all now, you're thinking, who told me to leave you, I deserve it, don't I?"

Wu Jiao grabbed the cuffs of his suit and said, "I never thought about it that way. ”

"Don't be stubborn, I know what you think. Do you pity me? Poor me, come and make me a makeshift bed, use your body to warm my stomach, and when my stomach is healed, I won't need you. ”

Wu Jiao clenched her fingers fiercely: "...... Liu Xingchen, you have changed. ”

"I haven't changed! I've said it many times that I never loved you. ”

Bang - Wu Jiao made a move that even she couldn't believe in a fit of anger, and a crisp sound shocked everyone in the small restaurant.

Liu Xingchen tilted his head, put away his broken self-esteem in front of everyone, and his decadent hair was scattered between his eyebrows, making his pale face look even more bleak.

Wu Jiao ran out crying, leaving a bowl of hot brown sugar water on the table. He rubbed his hot cheek and drank it under the watchful eyes of the people.