Chapter 10: Unblessed Relationship 1
Qian Mengmeng was startled. She looked at Wen Yuzheng's face. He was sitting on the sofa with an expressionless face.
"You and that boy..." Wen Yuzheng paused and spoke with some difficulty, "Are you together?"
Qian Mengmeng nodded. For some reason, she felt that the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing. She looked at Wen Yuzheng worriedly, "Brother Yuzheng, what's wrong with you?"
Wen Yu was a little absent-minded when she nodded, but when Qian Mengmeng called him, he came back to his senses again. He smiled at Qian Mengmeng and said, "It's okay... I just felt... that you looked very happy in the video."
Qian Mengmeng blushed slightly, raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ears, and said shyly: "It's, it's okay..."
Wen Yuzheng's eyes flashed with resentment and jealousy. He lowered his head, and his bangs covered his eyes. "He is still a man of unknown origin. How well do you know him? We have met a few times, had a few meals together, and he took the initiative to run to the hospital and shout to donate blood like last time... How well do you know him?"
Qian Mengmeng was a little dazed by Wen Yuzheng. She looked at him: "Brother Yuzheng..."
"Has he ever been involved in your life? Has he grown up with you like me? Does he know what you like and what you hate?"
"Brother Yuzheng..." Qian Mengmeng was a little scared. She had never seen Wen Yuzheng like this before. In her impression, Wen Yuzheng had always been a gentle and humble person. Even if she did something excessive, he would just pat her head good-temperedly and tell her that this was not allowed. When had she ever seen him lose his temper like this?
Qian Mengmeng couldn't help but stepped forward and gently grabbed Wen Yuzheng's arm, and said in panic: "Brother Yuzheng, what's wrong with you? Don't be like this, I'm a little scared..."
The girl's voice was soft and low, with a slight tremor. Wen Yuzheng came back to his senses all of a sudden. He raised his head, his face showing helplessness that he couldn't hide in time. He looked at Qian Mengmeng with a face full of regret: "Mengmeng... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I..."
"It's okay," Qian Mengmeng shook her head. She looked at Wen Yuzheng inquiringly and considered, "Brother Yuzheng, you don't have to worry about me. Haochuan... treats me very well. I know you are afraid that I will be unhappy and unhappy with him, but you also saw that we are actually very good." Speaking of Pei Haochuan, the expression on Qian Mengmeng's face became sweet. She looked at Wen Yuzheng and said softly, "We grew up together. You are like my own brother. Brother Yuzheng, don't worry, I won't let you worry."
“My dear brother…” Wen Yu was just giving a bitter smile. Facing Qian Mengmeng’s puzzled gaze, he restrained his expression and explained, “I am indeed a little worried about you, but hearing you say that, I feel much more relieved…”
Qian Mengmeng heard this and smiled, "I knew that Brother Yuzheng cares about me the most!"
Looking at her bright smiling face, Wen Yuzheng moved his lips, wanting to say something, but he didn't say anything.
"By the way, do you still have your childhood photos at home?" Wen Yuzheng suddenly asked. Seeing Qian Mengmeng's puzzled look, Wen Yuzheng touched his nose and said, "You found a boyfriend just like that. I can't help but miss the time when you used to run around with me when we were little."
Qian Mengmeng made a face: "I'm not that clingy to you!"
The girl smiled brightly, her eyes seemed to be filled with stars, and her lively movements made Wen Yuzheng pause slightly. A trace of complex emotions flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head and whispered, "Of course you stick to me... but not now..."
He said this in a very low voice, and Qian Mengmeng, who stood up to get the photo album from her room, didn't hear it at all. Not long after, Qian Mengmeng came out with two thick stacks of photo albums. She put the albums on the coffee table, wiped her forehead and said, "I didn't expect there would be so many photos in our house. I was shocked!"
Wen Yuzheng smiled. He picked up one of the photo albums and flipped to a page: "Are these all your childhood photos?"
"Yes," Qian Mengmeng sat down next to him and started looking at the albums together. "Dad has categorized the photo albums for us. This one is basically all of me, and the other one is photos of my parents themselves."
As she spoke, Qian Mengmeng picked up another stack of photos on the coffee table and flipped them open to Wen Yuzheng: "Do you want to see it?"
Wen Yuzheng calmly took the photo album from Qian Mengmeng and flipped through it. When he came to one of the photos, he suddenly pointed at the photo and said, "Huh? I don't think I've seen this person before."
The photo shows a bright and beautiful lady smiling shyly and gently at the camera. Next to her is a very handsome man, who is leaning shoulder to shoulder with the lady and smiling elegantly and gently at the camera.
Wen Yu was pointing at the man with an elegant and gentle smile.
"This is my mother and her friends, right?" Qian Mengmeng seemed to be seeing this photo for the first time, and she was stunned for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses and speculated, "My mother had a lot of friends when she was young, so it's normal that there are many people I don't know."
"Yeah, that's right." Wen Yuzheng closed the photo album after hearing that. He jokingly flipped through the album of Qian Mengmeng's childhood photos and said, "In that case, let's take a look at what Qian Mengmeng looked like when she was a child."
Qian Mengmeng blushed and said to Wen Yuzheng angrily: "Hey! Don't make fun of me!"
"Who made fun of you?" Wen Yu was opening an album and looking at the photos one by one. "I don't know who it was. He knew he was afraid of dogs, but he still rushed forward to touch it. In the end, he was scared by a two-month-old puppy and sat on the ground crying."
"Brother Yuzheng!" Qian Mengmeng became angry and was about to hit him.
Wen Yu just dodged her fist and said with a smile: "Also, I don't know who it is, but he can't tell the difference between the men's and women's restrooms. Because every time he went to the men's restroom, he happened to be alone, so he went to the men's restroom for a whole year..."
"Hey, Brother Yuzheng, stop talking..." Qian Mengmeng covered her face and was silent for a while. Suddenly, she put down her hand and said, "If you do this again, I will expose your secrets too!"
Wen Yuzheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? I'm all ears."
"You...you..." Qian Mengmeng racked her brains for a long time, but couldn't find any embarrassing things about Wen Yuzheng in her mind.
There was no way. Wen Yuzheng had always appeared in front of her as a mature and steady older brother. As far as she could remember, Wen Yuzheng had been a famous "other people's child", sensible, good at grades, mature and steady... He had indeed never done anything out of line...
"What's wrong? Can't think of it?" Wen Yu was watching her like this, and couldn't help but laugh and tease her, "Well, since you can't think of it, then I'll tell you something that happened to you in the past. This thing..."
Before he could finish, Qian Mengmeng rushed over to cover his mouth, saying, "Don't say it! I don't care about my face! Don't say it!"
Wen Yu was hiding and teasing her at the same time, and the two of them were making a mess on the sofa.
Pei Haochuan came out of the kitchen and happened to see this scene. His eyes darkened. He walked over and calmly helped Qian Mengmeng sit up straight. He smiled and said, "What are you laughing so happily about? Can you tell me about it too?"
Wen Yuzheng, who was laughing happily with Qian Mengmeng, suddenly heard his voice, restrained the smile on his face, looked at him coldly, and said coldly: "We are talking about some interesting things in our childhood. If you have not participated in it, don't speak up."
Qian Mengmeng frowned slightly. She didn't know why Wen Yuzheng's attitude suddenly turned cold. She glanced at Pei Haochuan with a little uneasiness. The boy patted her shoulder comfortingly, and looked at Wen Yuzheng calmly and said, "Although I can't participate in Mengmeng's past, I have already reserved her future."
After the words fell, the air seemed to be silent. Wen Yuzheng's face darkened. He stood up, his eyes gleaming with sharp light: "Pei Haochuan..."
"What are you all standing for?" At this moment, Qian's father's voice rang out. He was holding a soup bowl in his hand and said with a smile, "Quick, quick, clear the table. It's time to eat!"
Everyone started to move as soon as they heard that. Although they felt that the atmosphere just now was not right, Qian Mengmeng immediately helped everyone clean up the table. After all the dishes were served and everyone took their seats, the atmosphere in the house became lively and warm again.
"Oh, Haochuan, you are a rare guest," Father Qian said happily as he looked at Pei Haochuan , "You have never tried my cooking skills, right?"
Father Qian put a chicken leg into Pei Haochuan's bowl and said eagerly, "Try it. This is my best soy sauce chicken. Mengmeng and Yuzheng love this dish the most."
Pei Haochuan picked up the chicken leg and tasted it. It tasted really good. He nodded and praised, "It's delicious."
Mr. Qian suddenly became happy, slapped the table and laughed, "I told you! Hahaha, actually it would be nice for me to open a restaurant, what do you think?"
Qian Mengmeng frowned when she heard her father starting to think about doing business again. She was about to retort, but Pei Haochuan spoke first.
"Of course, uncle, your cooking skills are much better than those in some restaurants outside. If you open a restaurant outside, you will definitely be crowded with customers."
"Really?" Mr. Qian was very happy to be coaxed.
"But," Pei Haochuan frowned slightly and said sincerely, "If you want to open a restaurant, you have to invest a lot of money in the early stage, such as where to choose the address, what kind of decoration to do, how to design the logo, how big the store should be? How many tables of guests can the store accommodate at one time? How to prepare the staff? If there is only one chef like you, uncle, isn't it too few? If you turn around like this every day, it's easy for your body to get into trouble. And if it's just home-cooked dishes, it's too uncommercial, unless you can make one or two signature dishes that other restaurants don't have." At this point, Pei Haochuan turned around and sat upright to look at Father Qian, "Uncle, do you have other signature dishes?"
Qian's father was sweating profusely and smacked his lips, "I didn't expect that opening a restaurant would require so much consideration." Then he waved his hand and said, "I don't have any signature dishes. Alas... I just said it casually. I won't really make this."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Qian Mengmeng even looked at Pei Haochuan with gratitude.
"By the way, is next Saturday your birthday, Uncle Qian?" Wen Yu was trying to change the subject, looking at Father Qian and saying with a smile.
"Alas," when Wenyu was reminded, Qian's father seemed to remember it, and he smiled and said, "Look at me, I even forgot my birthday."
Wen Yuzheng also smiled: "Uncle Qian, since you like Pei Haochuan so much, why don't we hold a birthday party for you next Saturday and invite Pei Haochuan and his father as well."
"Huh? Why invite Haochuan's father?" Qian Mengmeng asked.
"You and Pei Haochuan are boyfriend and girlfriend, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to invite his father over." Wen Yuzheng said as a matter of course .
"But……"
Isn't this just like the parents of both sides meeting each other?
Qian Mengmeng wanted to stop her, but Pei Haochuan interrupted her.
He looked at Wen Yuzheng with deep eyes: "Well, Uncle Qian's birthday is a big event. My father and I will definitely be there on time."
"Pei Haochuan..." Qian Mengmeng exclaimed in a low voice, and Pei Haochuan gave her a comforting smile.
On the contrary, Qian's father was very excited: "Oh, I didn't expect that I would meet my father-in-law so soon. Mengmeng, you go shopping with dad tomorrow and buy some nice clothes. Don't be disrespectful when meeting the man's father..."
Qian Mengmeng was speechless. This speed was too fast!
In the evening, after sending Pei Haochuan away, Qian Mengmeng returned home, but was stopped by someone just as she was about to go upstairs. It was Wen Yuzheng.
“Meng Meng…”
The night breeze was cool, and the air was filled with the scent of gardenias. Wen Yu was standing in front of Qian Mengmeng, and the street lights made his figure straight.
"Brother Yuzheng, what's wrong?" Qian Mengmeng asked puzzledly.
Under the dim street lights, Wen Yuzheng's gentle face turned slightly red. He coughed lightly, turned his head and whispered, "Do you really like Pei Haochuan?"
"Huh?" Qian Mengmeng didn't expect him to ask her this and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.
Wen Yuzheng pursed his lips slightly and said in a bitter voice: "You and him are not suitable."
"Brother Yuzheng..." Qian Mengmeng looked at him strangely, "Didn't we already agree on this when we were at home just now? Haochuan and I are having a great time, you don't have to worry, and haven't you accepted it? You also invited Haochuan and his father to the party, you..."
"That's not what I meant!" Wen Yuzheng interrupted her rudely.
Qian Mengmeng was shocked.
Wen Yuzheng tugged at his collar and said with a little annoyance: "Just now at your house, there were a lot of people, I..." Wen Yuzheng paused, and turned his eyes to the other side, "That was just a delaying tactic."
"A delaying tactic?"
"Yes," Wen Yuzheng turned his head and looked at Qian Mengmeng with a sharp gaze, "I don't agree with you being with Pei Haochuan. I didn't like him from the beginning. Mengmeng, you can't be with him."
"Why?" I couldn't explain the feeling in my heart. It was like you finally took your favorite toy home, but your important friend pointed at your nose and said "You are not allowed to take it home". It was tough and overbearing, without any reason. Qian Mengmeng felt depressed. She didn't want to be angry with Wen Yuzheng, but her face showed that meaning. "Brother Yuzheng, it's my freedom to be with whoever I want. Don't you think you are being a little disrespectful to me?"
"I don't disrespect you," Wen Yu retorted without thinking. He seemed to take a breath, then turned to look at Qian Mengmeng, "You..." A trace of pain flashed across his eyes, "Do you know how I feel when I face you?"
Qian Mengmeng looked at him in confusion.
Wen Yu was gritting his teeth. He took a step forward and looked at her: "I like you."
"What..." Qian Mengmeng didn't react.
Wen Yuzheng held her shoulders and said in a low growl, "I like you. I'm not worried that you and Pei Haochuan will be unhappy. I'm jealous. I'm jealous that he's with you, that he's won your favor, and that you like him!"
Qian Mengmeng was so surprised that she was speechless.
"I have liked you since a long time ago. I don't want to be your brother at all. I like you, Qian Mengmeng. I like you so much that I am dying. Do you know that?"
Wen Yu was looking at her in pain, and his fingers holding her shoulders were so strong that Qian Mengmeng felt pain.
"Brother Yuzheng, calm down." Qian Mengmeng took a step back with some resistance.
This small movement made Wen Yuzheng, who was originally in a frenzy, suddenly sober up.
He let go of Qian Mengmeng's hand, looked at her and asked in a low and disappointed voice: "You don't like me, do you?"
The hustle and bustle of the night market could be heard in the distance, and there seemed to be a sad air flowing in the air.
Qian Mengmeng thought for a long time before she slowly spoke: "I'm sorry..."
Wen Yu was looking down at her, with clear pain in his eyes. He laughed at himself: "I knew it..."
Qian Mengmeng lowered her head and apologized sincerely: "I'm sorry, Brother Yuzheng... I... I didn't know... Thank you for liking me, but..." She paused, "I'm sorry..."
There seemed to be silence for a second, and as if nothing had happened, Qian Mengmeng suddenly heard Wen Yu laughing softly.
"It doesn't matter."
Wen Yuzheng spoke softly. Qian Mengmeng looked up and saw him looking at her tenderly.
"I'll hold."
"Brother Yuzheng..." Qian Mengmeng felt even more guilty. She whispered, "No need, you don't have to..."
"As I said, you and Pei Haochuan don't know each other well enough. When you really understand him and know what kind of person he is, you will leave him," Wen Yuzheng's face showed a gentle smile. He rubbed Qian Mengmeng's hair, "I will wait for you, wait for you to leave him, wait for you to come back to me..."
"Brother Yuzheng..." Qian Mengmeng looked at Wen Yuzheng in surprise. Why did she feel that Wen Yuzheng was so abnormal now? She was a little scared and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Wen Yuzheng.
"Okay, I've finished what I want to say. I'm leaving now. You should go home and go to bed early."
Having said that, Wen Yuzheng turned and left, leaving Qian Mengmeng standing there. Somehow, she had a bad feeling in her heart, but she couldn't figure out what it was.
Feeling dazed, Qian Mengmeng turned around and went back to her home.
