Chapter 52 Chapter 52 I feel like we are so similar...

Zhao Manzhi buried herself deeply in Zhuang Youkai's arms.

The woody fragrance that was calm and yet not without attitude, she had missed this scent for too long.

He rubbed her head and said in a coaxing tone, "It's only been a few days since we last met."

"Then I miss you too." As she said that, she looked up, "Don't you miss it?"

How could someone be so confident in "reciprocating gifts".

Of course he wanted to, otherwise he would not have been under the huge pressure of responding to the board's inquiries at this busy time node, while handling the accident of the merger and acquisition case cleanly, and at the same time, he had already put Zhuang Youliang on the spot, making it impossible for him to cover up his increasingly poor performance.

The most important thing is that after this resolution is passed, he will regain control of the real estate sector, and he will only be busier after the beginning of the year.

But he really can't wait any longer, with his grandfather's health and the marriage.

Recently, Zhuang Peiying returned to Hong Kong to visit her relatives and advised him once to meet Miss Xu.

Zhuang Youkai said he was busy and pushed the matter over. Sister Ying didn't say anything, but took him to Deep Water Bay and forced him to meet her.

That was the day before coming to Hangzhou.

He had a cold face throughout the whole process, which made the spoiled Xu Ling very angry, and they naturally parted unhappily in the end. Zhuang Peiying came to lobby, "You are now taking over the real estate, so you naturally understand the influence of the Xu family in this area. She is so favored, and she will definitely contribute to Huanye in the future..."

She talked a lot about the benefits of marrying Miss Xu, but Zhuang Youkai was distracted. In the end, when Zhuang Peiying was tired of talking, he slowly said, "If you have the ability to do all that by yourself, will you, Sister Ying, not interfere in my marriage?"

Zhuang Peiying's defense was in turmoil, "Do you have someone you like?"

"Yes."

"That's nonsense!"

She gave her advice and advice, was it for this result?

She sacrificed herself for the future of the family and cultivated her younger brother with her heart, but she didn't expect that something went wrong here.

"Akai, you know, although I don't have much ability, I am more than enough to send a little girl away."

He didn't mean to discuss it anymore, and leaned forward, "I'm afraid your face and means are not good enough in this matter, Sister Ying."

...

Looking at the girl in his arms, the fatigue of the past few days disappeared, replaced by the sweet and soft memories of her by his side.

It was simply his life-extending medicine.

Not long after the hug, when Zhuang Youkai stroked her cheek, Zhao Manzhi hurriedly pulled away, with a serious face, "Let's get in the car first."

He smiled, "Why do you make it like a secret agent meeting?"

"After all, there are many acquaintances in the community." She was too scared that if any enthusiastic neighbor said a few words to Ms. Ding, she would die when she returned home.

Zhuang Youkai didn't expect that one day he would become the one who couldn't see the light of day.

He didn't bring Lu Qianning with him to Hangzhou this time, just to let Zhao Manzhi relax a little, and to avoid Zhuang Peiying asking about it, so that the fire in the city gate would affect the innocent. Anyway, everyone only knew that Zhuang Youkai had taken two days off, but no one knew where he was or what he was doing.

He left secretly, and when he got here, he still had to hide carefully.

He put his hand on the steering wheel and nodded gently, "It feels like we are having an affair."

Zhao Manzhi's eyes widened, "Is it that exaggerated?"

More than that? From the time she got in the car until now, she was still observing the movements in all directions, and she even refused to let him kiss her.

But she couldn't say it out loud, otherwise it would seem a bit too obsessed.

Zhuang Youkai started the car, "Where are we going? Find a place where you don't know many people."

Zhao Manzhi sat in the passenger seat looking for a date place, and was amused by his words. Who can control it? Isn't Mr. Zhuang too narrow-minded?

"How about... watching a movie?" The theater was so dark that no one could recognize it.

Zhao Manzhi hadn't been on a date much, so she didn't know what kind of arrangement would be more appropriate. Everyone who came was a guest, and she had to be a good host on her turf.

Fortunately, Zhuang Youkai had no objection to her proposal. Zhao Manzhi found a theater and booked tickets for a typical popcorn movie.

After entering, Zhuang Youkai looked at the double sofa seat as wide as a bed and the exaggerated pink heart-shaped pillow, and his expression was stunned for a moment.

Zhao Manzhi was even more embarrassed. She just thought that there were few people in the couple's hall and the seats were far apart, so she would not be disturbed when watching the movie.

Who would have thought that the current movie theater has evolved to this point, and it seems that she has other intentions.

- As if she wants to carry on the affair to the end.

After thinking for a moment, she tugged at Zhuang Youkai's clothes, "...How about changing to another one? I didn't know the seats would be like this."

Unexpectedly, he sat down happily, "It's good." He patted the empty seat next to him, "Come, sit."

"..."

Zhao Manzhi really wanted to bury her face in the popcorn bucket.

Fortunately, there were not many viewers for this movie. In addition to them, there were two or three couples scattered around, all sitting in corners without being disturbed.

They held hands, hugged, and even kissed without paying attention to others, which made them look like they were not very familiar with each other.

Zhao Manzhi was too nervous, her whole body was as tense as a bowstring, while Zhuang Youkai behaved like a top gentleman brought up in Eton College, even when watching a movie, he sat upright.

The theater went dark, and the name of the producer began to appear on the big screen, slowly flashing a scene of "Huanye Entertainment".

Zhuang Youkai chuckled, "Do you need to support my family's business in this way?"

Well, it was even more embarrassing.

She lowered her head and bit the straw of Coke, curled up in her own little world and dared not move. It was really strange, they had been frank with each other, why did they become so unfamiliar when they met today.

"Could it be that you have seen this movie too?" Zhao Manzhi opened the topic carefully, "If you have, let's go out."

"No, entertainment is Zhuang Youliang's field." He naturally stretched out his arms and put them on the backrest behind her, "But there are only so many people coming and going in TVB, and they all know each other."

The first person he thought of was Ada.

Zhao Manzhi shook her head quickly, saying that Mr. Zhuang was stingy, and she was no less.

"For example, him," Zhuang Youkai raised his chin towards the face of a veteran actor on the big screen, "he has been secretly married for many years, and he even lied to his colleagues. He was married to that actor on the crew. His wife came to the door and made a scene

. Later, she sat on the set during filming and kept watching him for being dishonest." "Him? Didn't he say that he was secretly married to protect his family..." Zhao Manzhi was surprised. Ms. Ding used to like this actor. "What else?"

"And this female lead. She had surgery early in Japan. She recovered very well and sent out press releases everywhere saying that she was all natural."

Within five minutes of the opening, he had revealed all the secrets of the main actors. Fortunately, the theater was large enough and the seats were spread out widely. Otherwise, after hearing all this, I'm afraid no one would be able to watch this movie.

As they laughed, they relaxed. Zhao Manzhi stuffed a popcorn into her mouth and said with emotion, "Mr. Zhuang looks like a person who doesn't care about worldly matters, but I didn't expect him to know so many inside stories."

"Of course, this is first-hand exclusive news." He said in a light tone, "Shouldn't Miss Zhao pay the news fee?"

She paused, grabbed two popcorns and put them in his palm, "Is that enough?" Unexpectedly,

the paparazzi was not satisfied, "I want a Coke."

"I just asked you but you didn't buy it." She turned around, picked up a Coke from the small side table and handed it to him, "Here."

In the darkness, the screen illuminated his eyes, like a cold star, shining in the distant sky.

However, the next second, it was as close as before.

Along with it came his warm palm, which was pressed against her cheek, and his fingers inserted into her hair, with a gentle but irresistible force, pulling her closer.

His lips were originally very cold, but in an instant, they became hot due to the friction with the tip of his teeth. Zhao Manzhi heard the wailing of the popcorn bucket being squeezed, and a lot of it was scattered, but she couldn't be distracted to care.

At this moment, she belonged to Mr. Zhuang.

Only after meeting him did Zhao Manzhi's endless longing begin to materialize. His appearance, voice, breath, his touch, hug, kiss, and even more neurotically, the ease with which he handled work, the gentleness and patience when listening to her jokes, and the teasing whispers during intimate moments...

She missed him so much that she didn't know how to face him when they met. Only when she was pulled into a familiar pace could she express such feelings.

Zhuang Youkai didn't let her go until her breathing became more rapid. He put his hand on the back of her neck with a possessive attitude, "Do you still want to pretend you don't know each other?"

"How could I..."

"Huh?"

Zhao Manzhi leaned on his shoulder, her heart still heaving slightly from the kiss just now, "I didn't tell my family that I was in a relationship. My mom...she's strict in this regard."

He listened and remembered Zhao Manzhi's nasal tone that day, "So was the reason for your conflict that day?"

Zhao Manzhi hummed, "She got alarmed when she heard the boss sending me back, thinking it was that kind of middle-aged man. She lectured me a lot for this. I tried to explain but she wouldn't listen, so I felt unhappy."

As she spoke, she raised her head, her pair of dark eyes moist, "and she never cared about my whereabouts before. She has been watching me very closely these two days. I was able to come out today because I lied and said I was at a class reunion."

Zhuang Youkai also ran out with his sister's dark face. Thinking of this, it didn't seem like an affair, but more like elopement.

He couldn't help but curl his lips. Should he praise her for her courage, or should he tell her not to trust a man so easily?

But his little girl was like that. Once she liked someone, she would offer her unreserved love without considering a way out for herself.

"Aren't you afraid that your mother would ask your classmate to reconcile the accounts?"

"A classmate she doesn't have much contact with, she doesn't know him."

Zhuang Youkai pinched her face, "It's not good to lie."

"If you don't lie, I won't be able to see you." She obviously wanted to be praised, but she didn't expect that he would lecture her instead, a little angrily, like a pufferfish, "Or do you wish you couldn't see me?" "

How is that possible."

In order to see her, he also took a big risk, leaving a mess on the other side of Hong Kong Island, and then he would solve it when he got back. She

was distracted by the movie and didn't remember anything except the gossip Zhuang Youkai said.

They kissed again in the parking lot, and this time it was more powerful than in the cinema. When getting off the car, Zhao Manzhi felt that her legs were weak, and she even lost the interest in eating. She just wanted to stick with him.

Hangzhou's Huanye Hotel is located next to Binjiang Park, towering and forming part of the riverside skyline.

Before the countdown bell sounded, the gorgeous fireworks first bloomed, rising into the sky in clusters, emitting red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple flames.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Year!"

The noise of the crowd, the explosion of fireworks, and the urgent phone calls from her mother, the mobile phone vibrated rapidly, fell from the bedside to the carpet, tirelessly and chattering.

On the one-way anti-peep floor-to-ceiling windows, the misty hot air condensed into a thin white mist, with a few palm prints of unintentional touches in the beautiful scenery.

I didn't expect to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks in this way.

Zhao Manzhi was so weak that she could only rely on Zhuang Youkai to carry her back to bed. She raised her head and bumped into his face like a headless fly, wanting to kiss him everywhere, whether it was the end of his eyes, the bridge of his nose, the corners of his lips or his Adam's apple.

But their ten fingers were always tightly clenched, wet with sweat and sticky, just like the entanglement of their fate.

Zhuang Youkai asked, "Are you really not going to answer the phone? It's been ringing for a long time."

She shook her head, leaned against him, and her fingers randomly stroked across her chest, "Everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb, so this moment won't make any difference."

When the midnight bell rang, would Cinderella want to end the ball? She didn't know.

What is certain is that she is greedy for this moment of freedom and wants it to pass slower and slower.

Zhuang Youkai gently stroked her hair, combing it patiently, as if thinking about something.

After an unknown amount of time, the phone stopped ringing, and the sound of fireworks also stopped. The air was turbid and quiet, and only each other's intense heartbeats could be heard.

Zhao Manzhi was almost asleep, and suddenly, she heard him say-

"After returning to Hong Kong, do you want to move to Liuyuan?"