Zhu Liangqi realized what was happening and quickly apologized to Qiao Manman.

Qiao Manman glanced at Zhu Liangqi out of the corner of her eye, her brows furrowing slightly.

It wasn't that Zhu Liangqi said something wrong that made her unhappy, but rather that Xiao Jiangshu would never say anything inappropriate after knowing the situation.

Is she, in the end, Shinoe Shu?

Zhu Liangqi also noticed the change in Qiao Manman's emotions.

She apologized, but Qiao Manman still didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Zhu Liangqi lowered her eyes somewhat dejectedly.

Why did Qiao Manman get really angry over something she said without thinking?

Zhu Liangqi fiddled with the fingers of her left hand with her right hand, and the two arrived at the downstairs of Zhu Liangqi's house without saying another word.

Zhu Liangqi unbuckled her seatbelt: "Manman, I still want to apologize to you. I really didn't mean what I said just now."

After saying that, Zhu Liangqi opened the car door and got out, leaving Qiao Manman looking bewildered.

She wanted to explain, but Zhu Liangqi had already closed the car door and hurriedly ran into the stairwell.

Qiao Manman subconsciously wanted to push open the car door to chase after him, but she suddenly stopped when her hand touched the door handle.

How should she explain to Zhu Liangqi why she was lost in thought?

Tell her directly and frankly that she doesn't feel like she has Xiao Jiangshu in her body?

But if Zhu Liangqi really wasn't Xiao Jiangshu, her abruptly saying such things would probably make Zhu Liangqi think she was mentally ill.

After thinking it over, Qiao Manman decided not to say anything more.

She took out her phone, just about to send Zhu Liangqi a message telling her not to overthink it, when she suddenly heard two car horns behind her.

Qiao Manman was startled and quickly looked up at the rearview mirror.

The headlights of the car behind them were just turned off, and Qiao Manman could see by the streetlights that it was Jiang Tingyan's car.

"How did this person manage to follow us here?!"

Qiao Manman opened the car door and got out, talking to herself. She walked to the G-Class and knocked on the window.

The G-Class was too tall, so Qiao Manman could only look up slightly. However, Jiang Tingyan, who was sitting inside, appeared in front of Qiao Manman from above.

Qiao Manman was speechless: "What are you doing here?"

Jiang Tingyan stared at Qiao Manman, who was only wearing a sweater and shivering while hugging herself.

"Are you just going to stand here and talk like this?"

Qiao Manman: "What I mean is, how did you follow me here? I don't remember seeing you when I came out."

Jiang Tingyan didn't intend to answer Qiao Manman's question. As he rolled up the car window, he threw out a sentence.

"go home."

Seeing that Jiang Tingyan started the car but didn't leave immediately, Qiao Manman had no choice but to get back into her car and drive away.

On the way back, Qiao Manman kept glancing in the rearview mirror.

If she speeds up, Jiang Tingyan will definitely speed up as well; if she slows down, Jiang Tingyan will also slow down.

Only when they arrived at the villa did the two stop the car one after the other.

Just as Qiao Manman was about to enter the gate, Jiang Tingyan's voice rang out from behind: "Are you very familiar with that boy?"

Qiao Manman stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Jiang Tingyan, who was walking towards her after closing the car door.

She answered bluntly, "We just met, what's wrong?"

"You've only just met and you're already spending so much time together and standing so close?"

Jiang Tingyan retorted, his icy tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible anger.

Upon hearing his words, Qiao Manman couldn't help but scoff: "Is my stepbrother showing concern for me?"

Jiang Tingyan didn't answer Qiao Manman's question directly, but instead continued to ask, "You have feelings for him?"

For some reason, Qiao Manman felt very uncomfortable when Jiang Tingyan asked such a question.

She felt like she was being interrogated, like a police officer interrogating a criminal.

To put it bluntly, Jiang Tingyan doesn't seem to have the right to interfere in so many of her affairs right now, does he?

Even Qiao Qinian doesn't care who she hangs out with, but he cares so much?

Qiao Manman: "Jiang Tingyan, I appreciate you helping me resolve this issue between my classmates, but one thing is one thing, and who I hang out with shouldn't be any of your business, right?"

Jiang Tingyan's fingers, which were tucked into his pocket, twitched slightly.

Qiao Manman turned her head to look elsewhere, suppressed her anger, and continued to speak.

"Jiang Tingyan, you're an adult now. Even your parents don't have the right to interfere too much, let alone you?"

"To put it bluntly, even if I dated another guy, it would have absolutely nothing to do with you, right?"

Upon hearing Qiao Manman's last words, the temperature in Jiang Tingyan's eyes noticeably dropped.

With the cold wind whistling across my face, it felt as if I could be frozen in place at any moment.

He pursed his lips slightly, then asked, "So, you've fallen for him?"

The phrase "I like your grandpa" almost slipped out of Qiao Manman's mouth.

She gritted her teeth and retorted, clearly annoyed, "So what if I like someone? It won't take a piece of your body away from me, will it?!"

After saying these words, Qiao Manman turned and left.

She originally had a good impression of Jiang Tingyan, so even though he came to take her home without saying a word tonight, she didn't feel angry.

But the first thing they asked her was why she was standing so close to other people, and whether she liked them.

You can fall in love with someone the moment you meet them?

Is she a promiscuous person?

Qiao Manman was about to enter the house in a huff when Jiang Tingyan's cool and sarcastic voice rang out again.

"I almost forgot, you're someone who'll eat anything when you're hungry."

Qiao Manman suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She turned around quickly, staring at him with a look full of doubt.

If she remembered correctly, the topic they had just discussed was interfering in her private life.

It's not about having an immoral private life, is it?

Qiao Manman: "What do you mean by that?"

Jiang Tingyan didn't say anything, and walked towards Qiao Manman.

He walked up to her and then met Qiao Manman's astonished eyes with his cold gaze before speaking.

"After all, you're the kind of person who would even keep a small business card. The kind of guy tonight might actually be to your liking."

Jiang Tingyan left as soon as he finished speaking, not giving Qiao Manman any chance to react at all.

She stared at his back, the scene of Jiang Tingyan misunderstanding her when she found the card that day flashing through her mind.

Qiao Manman couldn't help but raise her hand and slap her forehead, so annoyed that she wished she could go back to that day and throw that card as far away as possible.

Her integrity!

It was ruined by my own carelessness!!

upstairs.

Jiang Shu was lying on a single sofa, massaging her stomach with an abdominal massager.

Sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, she happened to see what was happening downstairs.

Seeing her son leave Qiao Manman behind and walk home alone, Jiang Shu was so excited that she almost jumped off her chair.

The two of them are clearly having a falling out!

If she manages to find an opportunity at this time, perhaps her son will agree to let her meet other girls!

Thinking of this, Jiang Shu untied the abdominal massage device, slipped on her slippers, and was about to go out to find Jiang Tingyan.

Qiao Qinian, who was in the middle of a meeting at the Ocean Port, saw Jiang Shu about to leave and quickly turned off his microphone to ask her a question.

"Honey, where are you going?"

Jiang Shu casually grabbed a coat: "I went to look for my son. He's back."

Qiao Qinian really wanted to follow and see what Jiang Shu was up to by going to see Jiang Tingyan in the middle of the night.

But the conference was still ongoing, so he could only stare longingly at the doorway and slowly sit down.

He stared resentfully at the tablet, then glared angrily at the three senior executives of the overseas branch. He regretted not having this meeting today.

Jiang Shu was waiting on the second floor. As soon as she saw Jiang Tingyan come up, she quickly pulled him to the room.

Before closing the door, she glanced at the stairs one last time.

Not seeing Qiao Manman, she closed the door and asked Jiang Tingyan with a gloating expression.

"Handsome son, did you and Qiao Manman have a fight?"

Jiang Tingyan looked at Jiang Shu, whose eyes were shining with excitement: "I had a fight with Qiao Manman, and Mother is very happy?"

That sounds a bit strange.

Jiang Shu frowned, thought about it seriously for a moment, and said, "I guess so."

Jiang Tingyan also frowned.

Everyone else hopes for a harmonious family, but his mother seems to want the house to be in complete chaos.

Jiang Tingyan thought of the master that Assistant Chen had found.

"Mother, are you free tomorrow night?" Jiang Tingyan directly avoided Jiang Shu's question.

Upon hearing her handsome son's invitation, Jiang Shu's thoughts were immediately drawn to him: "Of course, what's up?"

Jiang Tingyan: "There's someone I'd like to meet. You don't know this person, but you'll find out when you get there."

Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, Jiang Shu would naturally agree to his son's invitation!

Jiang Shu wasn't in a hurry to find out who the person she was going to meet was. She figured she would meet him sooner or later, so why rush it?

Seeing that Jiang Shu had agreed but was still standing there, Jiang Tingyan glanced at the door behind her.

"It's getting late."

Jiang Shu's smile froze for a moment: "And then?"

Jiang Tingyan's expression softened with impatience: "Are you planning to spend the night here?"

"It's not that bad." Jiang Shu leaned closer to Jiang Tingyan and said with a bright smile, "Son, you haven't answered your mother's question yet."

Jiang Tingyan: "..."

He let out a soft breath: "You don't need to worry about my affairs with Qiao Manman. It's getting late, you should go back to sleep."

Jiang Tingyan stepped past Jiang Shu, opened the door behind her, placed his hand on Jiang Shu's waist, and gently led her out.

Jiang Shu, unwilling to give up, wanted to ask again, but Jiang Tingyan simply closed the door.

"Hey son, you haven't answered Mom's question yet!"

"So...were we kicked out?"

Jiang Shu's voice had barely faded when Qiao Manman's teasing voice rang out from the stairwell.

Jiang Shu suddenly turned to look at Qiao Manman, who was watching the show with amusement. After a moment of surprise, she immediately raised her chin arrogantly with a light sneer.

"What do you know? My son is just worried that I won't get my beauty sleep, so he wants me to go home and rest early."

Qiao Manman looked incredulous: "Then what were you shouting outside just now?"

Jiang Shu pulled her coat tighter: "What am I yelling about? Can you confuse my worrying about my son with this?"

Qiao Manman leaned against the wall, arms crossed: "Let me guess why you came to see Jiang Tingyan so late."

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