Chapter 22: A Chance Encounter with a Rival in Love

It was Bai Xuesong's behavior that made Chen Hong a little surprised, although she went out frequently, and even didn't return at night, but Bai Xuesong didn't react at all, sometimes when he went home, he still peeled fruit for her as before, made tea and poured water, but never asked her whereabouts. This made Chen Hong feel unsure. In the end, she took the usual approach and didn't want to. Since you are satisfied with the situation in front of you, then let it be, and there is no need to create obstacles for yourself.

and Xiao Shaohui gradually became familiar, and Chen Hong often went to the tea bar. Sometimes Xiao Shaohui is not in the store, she will sit for a while, anyway, there is nothing to do, and at home she will worry about her parents at any time, their actions of wanting to speak and stop make Chen Hong always worried, I don't know what questions will be asked, because all the questions are difficult for her to solve, so she can come out without staying at home, so as not to cause trouble. When she has nothing to do, she sits in Xiao Shaohui's tea bar, reading books, preparing for classes, drinking some tea, and sometimes helping the waiter entertain guests.

It was a woman who seemed to make Chen Hong admire it instantly. When Chen Hong was in college, she took some courses, such as aesthetics and art, because as teachers in the future, these courses will be more or less beneficial to educating students, and will also help her life and cultivation. What's more, she is beautiful, and she is more willing to add some extra knowledge and literacy to herself, these things she has learned make her extremely keen on wearing makeup, and of course, it is indispensable to increase some expenses, which is where Bai Xuesong is both proud and stressed, but for Chen Hong, it is always a thing that makes her willing to spend time, energy, money, and in-depth research. So she has always been sensitive and concerned about women who are also dressed up in fashion and beautiful looks.

The woman's costume was first of all a style that Chen Hong had rarely seen, which was enough to arouse her curiosity for a moment, and she deliberately stepped forward to greet the woman, and when she was not far away, she smelled a strong smell of tobacco. In the process of leading the woman to her seat, Chen Hong approached her very closely, observed the workmanship of her suit, and immediately concluded that it was definitely not bought outside, but made by herself. The fabric is very good, but the workmanship is not so fine, and it wins in the style, which is completely the result of his own creative design.

But what happened next made Chen Hong inexplicable.

Chen Hong led the woman in the direction of a corner seat, which is generally preferred by early comers. But the woman stopped halfway through, and sat down in a seat that was not properly placed, with passageways on either side, almost in the middle of the whole shop. At that time, there were no other guests, why did she choose such a position, which gave Chen Hong the feeling of being domineering.

This is a woman about her own age, who looks dignified and elegant, simple and atmospheric in her manners, and is informal, and she can dress herself up like this, which is enough to see her taste and casualness. Of course, Chen Hong pays more attention to the appearance of the other party, and can only use one conclusion to explain that if it is not for the subtle wrinkles on the face that are subtracting points, the facial features and appearance are on par with himself. The woman never paid attention to Chen Hong, and she didn't even look at any of the facilities and environment in the tea bar, as natural as if she had walked into her own home.

Chen Hong has a special sense of closeness to such a woman, regards her as the same kind, and also has an envy from the bottom of her heart. But seeing the arrogant appearance of the woman, she was a little timid, and she could only follow the guests to stay in the middle. The woman sat down, and Chen Hong asked softly:

"What do you need?"

The woman glanced up at Chen Hong for a short moment. Then ask:

"Is your boss here?"

Chen Hong was confused by this, she had never met such a guest since she came here. The woman's face was expressionless, and the look in her eyes revealed a not very friendly message.

"He hasn't arrived yet, what can you tell me?"

This time, the woman took a serious look at Chen Hong, and her meaning was very clear, what did Chen Hong do, to be able to make decisions for the boss? It's a pity that what she has to say has nothing to do with the business of the store. But the woman was still very calm, and did not say anything extra, but said two words calmly to Chen Hong, and Chen Hong, who had a soft voice, didn't hear it too clearly.

"Private matters."

After speaking, the corners of the woman's mouth twitched slightly, making Chen Hong realize that this woman was not an ordinary visitor, and something must have happened.

"Then you can wait a minute, our boss should be here soon." Chen Hong also immediately changed his attitude, glanced at his watch, then went to the bar to pour a glass of water for the woman, and went to the back storage room to call Xiao Shaohui.

"There's a woman looking for you?"

"Woman? What for? ”

"I don't know, she said she had a personal matter with you, and she didn't say anything else."

"What kind of woman?"

"It's beautiful, about the same as me." Chen Hong said with a hippie smile on her face, not taking it seriously.

"Okay, I'll go right over."

Although Chen Hong didn't know who this woman was, she always felt that something was wrong in her heart. First of all, it was certainly not the customer, nor the people who came from the administration to inspect it, who were not so polite and mysterious. also said that he had a personal matter with Xiao Shaohui, which made Chen Hong suspicious.

The woman's intuition made her think a little more, could it be that this woman and Xiao Shaohui have some emotional entanglements? I had never heard him say that he had such relatives or friends before. If a man has such a female friend or something, it should be something worth showing off, but Xiao Shaohui never mentioned it.

While waiting for Xiao Shaohui to come, she was thinking nonsense, and at the same time observing the woman. The woman kept looking out the window, not drinking or doing anything else.

When Xiao Shaohui hurriedly came in from outside, Chen Hong felt for the first time that he was different from before. In the past, he was always so steady, smiling every time he came in, and he had never been in such a hurry and flustered. So much so that he didn't pay attention to Chen Hong, didn't even look at her, and walked directly to the woman, but didn't sit down. Chen Hong's eyes kept staring at him, and he didn't care. But asked the woman softly:

"Why are you here?" The sound was very small, Chen Hong was by the bar, far away from them, and nothing could be heard. She wanted to get closer, but she felt that it was inappropriate, so she could only look at them.

The woman didn't leave her seat, just nodded slightly and looked at Xiao Shaohui.

"I'm looking for you." Xiao Shaohui glanced at the store at this time, his eyes stayed on Chen Hong for a moment, and he left quickly.

Chen Hong watched them and didn't say anything more, the woman stood up, and the two of them walked out together. Walking to the door, Xiao Shaohui glanced at her, but still didn't say anything.

Chen Hong was a little unhappy, but she didn't move, and she didn't say hello to Xiao Shaohui.

When Xiao Shaohui came back, it was already afternoon. Chen Hong was eating at the bar when Xiao Shaohui walked over. Chen Hong looked up at him, seemingly uneasy.

"Have you eaten?" Chen Hong asked her.

"Eat."

"Treat a beautiful woman to eat?" Xiao Shaohui didn't answer, put his bag and mobile phone on the counter, and began to clean up the things on the table. Chen Hong wanted to ask who the woman was, but she didn't think it was appropriate to ask, but she knew in her heart that there must be something wrong with Xiao Shaohui and the woman.

The two of them didn't say anything from afternoon to evening that day, Xiao Shaohui always went out to smoke, three or four times, and he rarely smoked so often before. Chen Hong didn't ask him, she decided to wait for Xiao Shaohui to talk about that woman herself.

Chen Hong and Xiao Shaohui have never had any disputes and unhappiness after they were together, which is different from her and Bai Xuesong, and Bai Xuesong have always been in quarrels, probably because she was young at that time, or because Chen Hong has always felt that she is better than Bai Xuesong in all aspects, so she and Bai Xuesong are always very strong and condescending. And in front of Xiao Shaohui, she felt that she was a divorced woman after all, and she was just an ordinary teacher, and Xiao Shaohui was also a boss, and a middle-aged man had a little more mature charm and advantages, although Chen Hong felt that she was still beautiful, but the faint wrinkles on her face would always remind her that she was not young anymore, and she would look slightly inferior in front of Xiao Shaohui, so she would never be as unreasonable as Bai Xuesong.

But today's situation is a little different, from the moment Xiao Shaohui saw that woman, she felt that something was wrong. Maybe it's a woman's intuition, although they only met for a few minutes, she felt that the woman was obviously prettier than her, more temperamental than her, especially Xiao Shaohui's attitude towards that woman, which made her realize that she was always something behind.

Sure enough, when it was almost evening, Xiao Shaohui called Chen Hong to go out to eat.

Chen Hong followed Xiao Shaohui out with apprehension, she didn't know what Xiao Shaohui was going to say to herself, but she must find out the origin of that woman today.

In fact, Xiao Shaohui had already seen Chen Hong's changes, so he also decided to explain some things in the past to Chen Hong. After sitting down, he didn't wait for Chen Hong to ask Xiao Shaohui to speak first.

"Do you want to know who that woman is today? She is my ex-wife. ”

Since getting to know Xiao Shaohui, Chen Hong feels very relaxed and happy to get along with him. Because Xiao Shaohui is a businessman after all, he does things happily and does not ink. This is something that White Cedar does not have, and White Cedar used to open a shop, but it was a small workshop. In Chen Hong's eyes, Bai Xuesong has never seen any big scenes. And Xiao Shaohui is different, his background and insight are obviously much stronger than Bai Xuesong.

Therefore, when Xiao Shaohui directly told her that it was his ex-wife, Chen Hong was relieved. At that moment, she recalled the image of Xiao Shaohui's ex-wife, and suddenly felt inferior. She always thought that she should be excellent compared with most women, whether it was appearance or interior, or work, personality, etc., but compared with Xiao Shaohui's ex-wife, she obviously let herself fall behind. Although the two of them didn't even say anything, the advantages and disadvantages of that aura were obvious. She suddenly became worried, thinking if Xiao Shaohui still missed his ex-wife, or if they still had something to do with each other? This kind of thing can be crucial to her.