The night is dark, and the bar is dimly lit, and slowly swirling colored neon drags out shifting bands of light, constantly sweeping around every corner.

In the deep booth separated by layers of bead curtains, Qiu Feng occupied a table alone, and a half-human-tall green plant next to him obscured his thoughtful figure.

He leaned back on the soft sofa chair, his coat was on the edge of the seat next to him, and his dark gray cotton shirt, gold diagonal striped tie, and black trousers gave his otherwise cold face a more ruthless look.

He was well-dressed and well-dressed, but there was a faint mocking sneer on his face.

He is not a young man who pretends to be worried, and he clearly knows that his mood has been seriously affected because of Zhang Mingqiu's decision at the meeting of department heads.

Although he had always told Zhang Mingqiu that Zhang Lia was more suitable for preparing for the construction company, when Zhang Mingqiu really announced that he would hand over the task to Zhang Lia, he felt an obvious loss in his heart.

Do you still have greed? Is it true that he covets the kingdom that did not belong to him in the first place?

He suddenly clenched the wine glass in his hand, the reason why grandma really couldn't accept him, I'm afraid that's it, right? What grandma has been worried about all the time is that she is afraid that he will occupy Zhang Lia's rights, right?

He smiled coldly again, it turned out that his grandmother knew Qiu Feng better than himself, and saw his greed earlier.

No, he can't lose to grandma. This time, be sure to win!

"So, I have to stay away from that home, and the farther away I get, the less I will be tempted and attracted by interests, so that I can defeat grandma's ideas." He has done a lot of psychological construction for himself.

Raise your glass, drink it all, place the empty glass heavily on the table, stand up, and take your coat.

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Xu Jingru sat at the glass garden table by the living room window, looked at the calendar book in his hand, and circled the date of Saturday with a pen. I looked out the window at the misty night of the city.

Qiu Feng hasn't come back yet.

Since the quarrel on the night of Zhang Lia's wedding, for more than a month, Qiu Feng suddenly became more cold, cold and silent.

Sometimes they didn't talk to each other for a day or two, and when she talked to him, he just gave a faint "um" and then focused on reading his newspaper, and most of the time they spent together was reading the newspaper, or working in the study, and then, in bed. Above.

The bed was the only place they could get close to each other, but he always came into the room after she was asleep.

A helpless chuckle flashed at the corner of Xu Jingru's lips, he hadn't gone back to her parents' house with her for several weeks.

She sighed deeply, he didn't even bother to ask his own mother, let alone hers.

She suddenly remembered that in the quarrel that night, he said that he was "an adopted son that even his own mother would dislike", and she couldn't help but feel a trace of unbearability in her heart, could it be that the relationship between him and his mother has always been so cold? And do you want to stay cold like this? What could she do for him?

A thought suddenly flashed in her heart, and she couldn't help dialing her mother-in-law's number, and after two rings, a gentle female voice came from there: "Xiaoru, haven't slept so late?" ”

"Yes, Mom. He hasn't come back yet. Xu Jingru lowered her gaze and looked at the date circled on the calendar.

On the other end of the phone, he seemed to sigh lightly, "Maybe he has a lot of work, has he been home for dinner recently?" ”

Xu Jingru smiled silently, "I don't come back often, but I will come back before nine o'clock." ”

"So, are you worried about him?" There was a slight pause, "Oh, it's eleven o'clock now." ”

"I'm not worried, I just want to make an appointment with my mom, this weekend, can we have dinner together?" She carefully advised.

"Okay, at home?" Qin Liyue seemed to be quite happy and immediately agreed.

Xu Jingru's heart was relieved, "Hmm." It's good to get together at home, we haven't been back to the mansion for more than a month since Leah's wedding......"

There was a slight knock in the door.

"Mom, he's back, I'll open the door." After Xu Jingru finished speaking, he put his mobile phone on the table, got up and ran over to open the door.

Qiu Feng's hand that was spinning the key suddenly stopped, the door was opened from the inside, and his little wife was looking at him with a look of surprise, "You're back." ”

He stopped changing his slippers, a little stunned, so late, I thought she was asleep, didn't she always go to bed early?

"Hmm." With his usual indifference, he answered through his nose and walked past her, unbuttoning his blazer.

Xu Jingru followed behind him, took his coat, put it on his arm, and said excitedly: "I made an appointment with my mother to go home for dinner on Saturday." ”

Qiu Feng was stunned for a moment, turned around and frowned, staring at her with a pair of big eyes in black and white, "Which mother?" ”

On the small glass round table next to it, Xu Jingru's phone was lying quietly, and on the screen, the small icon of the conversation flashed and flashed.

"Your mother, of course," she smiled faintly, with a sweet taste in her mouth.

"Who proposed it?" His tone was flat, and he couldn't hear the emotion.

"It's me, a little family gathering." She blinked her eyes and looked at him brightly, "It's been a long time since we've been to the mansion, and I'm wondering if grandma has forgotten about us." She was joking, but she didn't know that her little joke touched Qiu Feng's deep depression.

"Really? Did you really propose it? He narrowed his eyes and asked again for confirmation.

"Hmm." She nodded affirmatively, her voice brisk, "I just called to tell my mom." ”

He suddenly raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "You just told Mom?" It's so late and you're still calling your mom to book a weekend party? ”

Xu Jingru was stunned, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to the time, it may disturb my mother's rest." ”

Qiu Feng closed his eyes and calmed down the blazing fire that suddenly rose in his heart, "If you want to go to the mansion and want grandma to remember you, you can go over by yourself, you don't have to report to me, and you don't have to count me in the party list." ”

Xu Jingru heard his sentence that suddenly became cold, and she didn't have time to think about the meaning of his words, but every hard word knocked her out of her mind, she looked at him with frightened eyes, and asked in horror: "You...... You are...... What do you mean? ”

"What do you mean?" He approached her, suddenly grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and glared at her closely, "Do you really want to be the eldest daughter-in-law of a wealthy family?" It's a pity that I'm not the eldest son, and you can't be the eldest daughter-in-law! ”

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