Ye Zenan came here to meet with clients and discuss business, in the middle of which he made a trip to the restroom. When he came out, he saw a curly-haired woman leaning against the wall smoking, with many people passing by and glancing over at her.

  He didn't pay much attention at first, he had seen many women smoking before and was no longer surprised, but when this woman threw the cigarette butt into the trash can behind her, Ye Zenan suddenly froze.

  This woman...

  Don't mention that this woman has gone to Australia since graduating from high school and hasn't seen each other for many years, even if she turned into ashes he would recognize her!

  Ye Zenan took two steps forward and grabbed the woman's wrist. "Lu Lu! Is that really you?"

  Lu Lu turned her face back, a hint of confusion flashing across it, and then she shook off Ye Zenan's arm. "Sorry, sir, do I know you?"

  Ye Zhenan was stunned, what did Lu Lü mean?

  Is Lu Lü also suffering from amnesia? Or is this person not Lu Lü, but just looks like him, after all, it's been seven or eight years since they last met, and the difference between 18-19 years old and 24-25 years old shouldn't be too big, right?

  Lu Lu turned around and was about to leave, when Ye Ze Nan took two steps forward. "Lu Lu, don't you remember me?"

  "Are you sick or something? If you keep bothering me like this, I'll call for help!" Lu Liao raised her voice in an attempt to shake him off, and the people passing by couldn't help but turn their heads to look over.

  Just then, Ye Zenan's partner also walked over from the corridor and called out behind him: "Zenan?"

  Taking advantage of Ye Zhenan's distraction, Lu Lü glared at him fiercely and turned away, carrying her makeup bag in one hand. Her high heels clicked on the spotless marble floor, producing a crisp sound.

  The man behind him asked Ye Zenan: "How? Fancy a chick?"

  Ye Zenan furrowed his brow, turned his head and saw the smile on this person's face, knowing it was a misunderstanding. However, he didn't explain further, "Nothing, just called out to him, let's go."

  However, Ye Zenan's heart was filled with a question mark.

  Is this Lu Lu suffering from amnesia or did she never know Ye Zenan in the first place?

  It's just that Lu Luan's unfamiliarity with him doesn't seem fake. Or maybe Ye Zhenan was mistaken, and there is another woman who looks like Lu Luan?

  ………………

  Lu Lu returned from the bathroom and the conversation continued as if they had completely forgotten about the brief unpleasantness earlier.

  Hua Yun was best at adjusting the atmosphere, but her phone rang, it was a very important client's call, so she made a gesture to Song Yuqiao and went aside to answer the phone.

  Originally, the four-person table had Song Yuqiao and Hua Zhen sitting on one side, while Lu Luan sat on the other. Hua Zhen got up to answer a phone call, and Lu Luan suddenly moved over to sit next to Song Yuqiao.

  Song Yuqiao put down the knife and fork in his hand, raised an eyebrow, and turned to look at Lu Luan.

  "Yao Qiao, I have something to trouble you," Lu Lü smiled, "You're not renting a house outside, are you? How about I go and co-rent with you? You also know that Huazhen is now living in the Tang family mansion, it's like four generations under one roof, there are too many people, as an outsider, it's not good for me to live there."

  These words really made Song Yuqiao unable to find any reason to refuse.

  If only the first sentence was said earlier, she could have directly mentioned what happened with her sister Song Shuying at Jinshui Apartment. However, Lu Lü had already spoken about her own difficulties, so it wasn't easy to say anymore.

  Song Yuqiao compromised and said, "I'll go back and tidy up. Recently my sister has been living with me, but she's about to give birth soon. I'll ask her where she wants to live first."

  Lu Lu smiled and turned around to hug Song Yuqiao's arm, "I knew you were the best."

  Song Yu wrinkled her nose, she smelled a puff of smoke.

  Because she didn't smoke, she was also very sensitive to the smell of smoke. She could detect even a hint of it and felt disgusted. However, when Pei Su's lips with a faint scent of tobacco kissed her, she never felt disgusted or repelled. Instead, it seemed like there was some kind of fatal attraction.

  It's obvious that Lu Lu just went out for a smoke.

  "Do you smoke?"

  Lu Lu looked surprised and sniffed her arm, "Does it smell a lot?"

  "When did you learn how to smoke?" Song Yuqiao asked.

  Lu Lu waved her hand: "Learned from others, it's been years, no smoking addiction, just occasionally think of smoking a cigarette."

  Song Yuqiao felt that Lu Luan was really different from before. Now, Lu Luan had permed her hair, dyed it, wore makeup on her face, and even her taste in clothes seemed to have changed completely. Even the way she spoke gave people a completely different feeling.

  ………………

  Song Yuqiao didn't drive, Hua Zhen originally wanted to send her back, she waved her hand: "No need, I'll walk for a while, want to clear my mind."

  Hua Yun didn't say much either, and in her heart, she also knew that it was probably Pei Si Cheng who had come to pick her up.

  Lu Lu sat in the passenger seat, looking at Song Yuqiao getting smaller and smaller through the rearview mirror. Suddenly, she asked Hua Zhen a question: "You used to chase after a guy named Pei Si Cheng, right? I remember you mentioning it to me before."

  Although Hua Zhen and Lu Lu were not as close as she was with Song Yuqiao, they would occasionally chat and mention some things. Perhaps she had told Lu Lu these things before, but she really didn't have any impression of it anymore.

  Huawei gripped the steering wheel tightly, "It's all in the past."

  Lu Lu uttered an "oh", "But it's not all about girls chasing boys, is it? How could Song Yuqiao still snatch him away?"

  Huā Jiǎo raised her eyes and looked at Lù Rù from the rearview mirror, "She knew Pei Si Cheng before I did. If we're talking about who came first, then I'm the latecomer. And it's not like I stole him away either. It was all just a one-sided love affair to begin with."

  Although Huazhen didn't want to explain so much, she still told Song Yuqiao and Pei Si Cheng's affairs as far as she knew, in order to avoid Lu Lu misunderstanding again.

  ………………

  The vehicle drove very fast and turned a corner ahead before disappearing from view. Song Yuqiao was walking leisurely by the side of the road.

  But this time, Hua Xuan was wrong.

  Song Yuqiao did not receive Pei Si Cheng's phone call this time, she really just wanted to walk alone for a while, temporarily not returning to Hua Yuan, and not facing the two big and small ones. It's not that she didn't like them, but because she wanted to have some alone time, letting her brain completely empty out, not thinking about anything.

  Walking along the road for a while, there were many couples holding hands and walking on the road, looking at each other and smiling.

  Song Yuqiao suddenly remembered that she and Pei Shichen had never gone to the movies together, nor had they strolled through the streets like a normal couple. But hadn't she once done those things with someone? Hadn't she fallen deeply in love with someone, only to forget that memory? Why would she forget such an important memory?

  Song Yuqiao walked forward step by step, treading on the shadows on the ground that were stretched and shortened by the streetlights. Suddenly, she felt that this scene was familiar, as if it had happened a long time ago, except that at that time, she was following behind someone, running and jumping, treading on his shadow.

  As she thought about it, a scene emerged in her mind: the little girl with a high ponytail following behind Pei Si Cheng's back, stepping on his shadow. In the brief moment when Pei Si Cheng stopped ahead, she suddenly bumped into him, her nose hitting his broad back hard, and she winced in pain, gritting her teeth, and clenched her fists to punch his back.

  It's not that anyone can go in front of Song Yuqiao and tell her that they've had a romantic relationship with her and have children, and she'll believe them. The only reason she trusts Pei Sicheng is because deep down, she has an inexplicable attraction to him, and there are some occasional fragments in her mind that tell her what Pei Sicheng says is true.

  When a person walks alone at night, they will feel that the wind around them is very quiet, and then their senses become extremely sensitive. Song Yuqiao suddenly turned her head back, and saw that not far behind her, there was a black Lexus following her. When she noticed the person sitting behind the windshield, the car lights suddenly flashed once.

  The light suddenly brightened, Song Yuqiao raised his arm to cover his eyes, and when he put down his arm and opened his eyes again, there was already someone standing in front of him.

  A figure stood in front of the car lights, completely blocking out the bright light.

  "Pei Si Cheng?"

  "In."

  Song Yuqiao was indeed afraid that she hadn't seen clearly, and rubbed her eyes again. Pei Si Cheng was amused by Song Yuqiao's action, holding her hand, "I'm here."

  Song Yuqiao couldn't help but laugh along with him.

  Pei Su knew that Song Yuqiao didn't want to take a car at this time, so he pulled her hand along the road and walked forward, stopping from time to time. When they passed by a cinema, Song Yuqiao slightly stopped her footsteps.

  "Haven't we watched a movie together before?" Song Yuqiao looked towards the cinema, "Or did I watch it before but forgot?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Pei Si Cheng replied with just one word, and it was unclear which question he was answering from Song Yu Qiao. However, without any hesitation, he directly pulled Song Yu Qiao into the movie theater. The only problem was that they had missed the first showing by a bit, and there were two other showings left: an animated film and a science fiction film. It didn't make sense for their first time watching a movie together to be either of those genres. There was also a very popular romance film, but unfortunately, only one ticket remained.

  "Is there another time?"

  "Early in the morning."

  At dawn, let alone Song Yuqiao, Pei Si Cheng didn't want to waste such a beautiful time in the cinema.

  It's hard enough to sell just one ticket, let alone a romance film where everyone comes in pairs. Who would come alone to watch this kind of movie?

  Song Yuqiao shook her head: "Don't look anymore, let's go."

  Pei Shuai bought the last ticket for this movie and also bought a bucket of popcorn, then pulled Song Yuqiao in.

  "There's only one seat left, and there are two of us!" Song Yuqiao reminded him.

  Pei Si Cheng smiled and said: "I'll hold you on my lap."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  Looking at Pei Su Cheng's expression, he didn't seem to be joking at all. Song Yu Qiao pulled his hand and turned around to leave, but was held back by Pei Su Cheng, "Since you're here, take a look at what movie it is."

  The last ticket is in a position close to the corridor, which is relatively biased and the angle is not very good.

  Pei Sicheng didn't say anything either, letting Song Yuqiao sit down while he stood in the corridor near the wall with his hands in his pockets.

  Such a handsome man standing by is naturally very eye-catching.

  Song Yuqiao felt a bit awkward, and when the lights in the cinema dimmed, she shifted her body to one side, wondering if this chair could accommodate two people. It was clearly impossible.

  Moreover, Pei Su has been standing beside Song Yuqiao all along, not watching the movie at all, his eyes fixed on Song Yuqiao's body, basically never leaving.

  Pei Si Cheng looked at Song Yu Qiao sitting uncomfortably in his seat, smiled and leaned down: "Is there a nail on the chair? You look uncomfortable no matter how you sit."

  Song Yuqiao stood up suddenly, "You sit, I'll stand."

  Paisong didn't decline, and directly sat down. However, with a reverse pull of his hand, Song Yuqiao's knee was lifted by Paisong, and she ended up sitting on his legs.

  Pei Si Cheng wrapped his arm around her waist, "I'm not willing to let you stand for two hours, sit down and watch the movie."

  Because the two seats were slightly biased, apart from the people in front and back, no one else paid much attention to this side. Moreover, there was originally a couple in front who had been kissing since they sat down, and the sound of their kissing continued unabated. Now, because of one seat, the boyfriend hugged his girlfriend, which wouldn't be more eye-catching than this couple.

  Pei Shi Cheng was deliberately holding Song Yu Qiao, not intending to watch TV from the start of the movie. From the beginning when the male and female leads were at odds with each other, he started being unscrupulous while embracing Song Yu Qiao's hand.

  Song Yuqiao grasped Pei Sheng's wrist firmly for the second time, staring at him with her eyes, not letting him move. However, Pei Sheng looked like a curious baby at this moment, but he was not obedient.

  A two-hour movie, Pei Shichen held Song Yuqiao like this, and it was likely to get out of hand. Where would they still have the mind to watch a movie? Before the movie started for more than ten minutes, Song Yuqiao stood up directly, pulled Pei Shichen's hand and walked out.

  Pei Su Cheng was pulled up from his seat by Song Yu Qiao, still smiling at the corner of his mouth, and asked behind him: "Really don't want to watch anymore?"

  "Next time then, come back when you've booked out the cinema."

  When Song Yuqiao gets angry, his cheeks are slightly bulging, just like a baby's fat, and he looks especially silly in Pei Shichen's eyes.

  She was just talking nonsense, but Pei Si Cheng actually looked thoughtful and said, "This opinion is worth considering."

  On the way, Song Yuqiao brought up the suggestion that Liang Xiaoliu had made last time in Jia Ge, to let Pei Si go out and relax, but hid Liang Xiaoliu's proposal and only said himself: "Long-term work is not good, high-intensity work pressure is too great, urban life rhythm is fast, it's better to relax properly. Coincidentally, next week after Jia Ge's last game, I will finish my work on hand and then leave the job, so I can go out and relax, and make plans when I come back."

  Pei Si Cheng smiled: "Honeymoon?"

  "Of course not." Song Yuqiao moved her wrist slightly, and Pei Cheng had already grasped it.

  "Where did you say we're going?"

  Song Yuqiao then said the several places that Liang Yi mentioned, "You say where is good? Actually I still want to go with you to Canada once, and then you can take me, re-walk those places that we used to walk before."

  Song Yuqiao seemed to be in a good mood today, and she talked a lot with Pei Shichen. Pei Shichen listened quietly beside her, occasionally responding with a few words, and then she continued talking.

  Two people walked hand in hand for a while before getting on the car. Song Yuqiao thought that Pei Si had driven it himself, but he didn't expect that there was still someone sitting in the driver's seat.

  Song Yuqiao was slightly startled: "Liete Zhi, you're also here?"

  "Good evening, boss's wife."

  Li Bei smiled with an "I'm not a light bulb" expression, as the boss's full-time, all-around, and fully capable special assistant, of course, the boss didn't give him any days off, so he was on call 24 hours a day, not daring to have even a hint of complaint, for fear of being thrown back to the Middle East again.

  Song Yuqiao had just told Pei Shichen that he was going back to Jinshui Apartment, packing up his things and saying goodbye to his sister.

  Arrived at Jinshui Apartment, Pei Si accompanied Song Yuqiao upstairs. Usually, the bodyguards sent by Han Jinyu to protect his sister would be standing beside the stairs or occasionally could be seen from a distance. However, this time, all of them were standing outside, not far from the door.

  Song Yuqiao remembered that her sister Song Shuying had mentioned before, not to let these few people stand out and attract attention, especially at night, no need to stick around here, it would be bad if they scared people.

  But this time, it wasn't just one person blocking the way, but several people standing shoulder to shoulder. They only stepped back after seeing Song Yuqiao, clearing a path in front of the door.

  Song Yuqiao had already sensed that something was amiss, took out the key from her bag to open the door. As a result, before she even inserted the key into the lock, she heard a loud thud coming from inside, as if something heavy had fallen onto the floor with a "thwack".

  In these two seconds when Song Yuqiao was stunned, Pei Sicheng had already opened the door with his hand on her wrist.

  The door opened and Song Yuqiao rushed in first, calling out: "Sister!"

  The two people inside seemed to have really not thought that Song Yuqiao and Pei Si Cheng would suddenly return at this time.

  On the ground, a mess, all sorts of things were scattered all over the floor, and some glass shards were scattered on the ground. Even an antique vase that my sister Song Shuying had bought from the market two days ago was smashed to pieces.

  Song Shuying stood on a piece of broken glass on the ground, three meters away from Han Jinyu.

  Han Jin's face wasn't looking too good either, but he had always been indulgent towards Song Shuying, and it wasn't hard to tell that even now when Song Shuying was throwing a tantrum at him, smashing things in his direction, she only stood far away, without any extra movements.

  Song Shuying smiled first, "Yu Qiao, why did you guys come back today?"

  "Sister, did you guys have a fight?" Song Yuqiao also took a step forward and stepped on the glass shards.

  Pei's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he supported Song Yuqiao, afraid that she would trip and fall in her high heels.

  Song Shuying smiled, "We didn't quarrel, it's always been me who loses my temper, I feel unhappy and want to smash something to vent, it's really relieving, now I'm feeling comfortable all over. Maybe it's just prepartum syndrome, I need to release it, I'm also planning to go to the lab again in two days, my mentor contacted me, wants me to demonstrate a human anatomy class for students, I haven't held a scalpel for a long time, my hands are itching."

  Song Shuying said this with a particularly calm tone, as if she had just been playing around with Han Jinyu.

  Pei Sicheng knew as soon as he heard it that he definitely wouldn't be able to return to Huayuan tonight, and Song Yuqiao would definitely stay here with Song Shuying.

  Song Yuqiao looked at Song Shuying, then glanced at Han Jinyu, first helped her sister sit down, and then turned around to the kitchen to fetch a broom, wanting to sweep away the broken glass shards on the ground.

  Song Shuying pulled her younger sister and said, "What's the point of doing these things yourself? You don't have to do it personally." She then shouted out the door, "Are all of you outside dead? Come in and clean up!"

  The bodyguard standing outside seemed to be used to it, and after walking in, he took a look at Han Jinyu standing aside before starting to clean up.

  ………………

  It seemed that neither of them had eaten yet, so Song Yuqiao went to the kitchen to make two bowls of noodles. He took one bowl himself and gave it to his sister, while letting Pei Si take the other bowl over.

  "For Han Ge."

  Pei Si stretched out his arm in front of Song Yuqiao, pretending to block him, then leaned against the refrigerator door, blocking Song Yuqiao's way. "Are you going to sleep here for a while?"

  Song Yu nodded: "My sister looks like she's in a bad mood, I'll accompany her."

  Pei Si Cheng didn't say much more, watching as Song Yu Qiao carried the noodles into the house before walking out onto the balcony.

  Han Jinyu was standing on the balcony smoking, with wisps of smoke curling up in the black night sky.

  Pei Su put the noodles on the table and walked over to see a pile of cigarette butts scattered all over the floor of the balcony.

  Han Jinyu had a cigarette between his fingers, which was already half burned.

  "Has Xiaoying eaten yet?"

  Pei Si Cheng said: "If Jiao Duan goes in, she will persuade her sister to eat, and Jiao Mo's skills are top-notch."

  Han Jinyu stared at the flickering flame on the cigarette butt in his hand and smiled.

  Pei Si walked over and stood beside Han Jinyu, gazing out at the dark night ahead. A small garden separated them from the building in front, where a few lights shone brightly on the upper floors.

  "Is it because of Mr. Han's matter?" asked Cha Shengcai.

  Han Jinyu sneered: "Not just that."

  When Pei Su heard Han Ge say this, he understood that Han Jinyu was not only for the sake of Old Master Han, but also for his own father. In fact, there was not only one son, Han Jinyu, but also a illegitimate child outside. However, due to the things that had happened between Song Shuying and him, Han Jinyu's legs were crippled by him.

  Now, half of it is because of that matter.

  Maybe it's just the atmosphere between men, or maybe it's drinking, or maybe it's smoking a cigarette.

  Han Jin-yu lit a cigarette and when he wanted to light it, Pei Si-cheng also lit a cigarette. The flame from the lighter went over and helped him light his cigarette.

  Pei Si took a drag on his cigarette and shook his head with a wry smile, "I told Song Yuqiao I was going to quit smoking, but I ended up smoking again."

  Han Jin Yu rested her arms on the railing, stretched one leg forward and curled it up, "San Er, do you know that I originally chose Song Yu Qiao, not Song Shu Ying."

  Pai's wrist shook slightly, and the ash on the cigarette butt fell off with a rustling sound. "Mm,"

  Han Jin Yu's eyes were cold and fixed on the darkness within reach, saying: "At that time, I said to go find Song Yu Qiao, and the one brought back should also be Song Yu Qiao. Although it was a mistake, I saw clearly at the time that those two little girls switched identities, and I saw through their trickery at a glance. However, I still took Song Shu Ying as Song Yu Qiao and brought her away."

  Pei Si Cheng did not speak.

  At this moment, he understood more clearly than anyone else that in fact, due to the coincidence of fate, everything was like this. Perhaps on the originally set trajectory, you made a wrong move and the subsequent story would be completely different. Just like the time in Vancouver, when I was with Song Yuqiao at a bar called "Beloved", it was as if falling in love, all were unexpected things.

  After a long while, Han Jinyu extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, curved the corner of his lips, and said to the calm night: "Fortunately, it's Song Shuying."

  ………………

  In another room, Song Yuqiao looked at her sister and finished a bowl of noodles.

  To be honest, Song Yuqiao was a bit surprised. Facing Song Shuying's astonishing appetite, "Sister, haven't you eaten anything all day?"

  Song Shuying pulled out a tissue to wipe her mouth, "I can only eat what you cook, nothing else. If anyone's to blame, it should be your little nephew for being so picky."

  It was indeed the case that Song Yuqiao noticed this time when she came back, her sister's belly seemed to have inflated like a balloon, and compared to the last time they met, it seemed to have grown by a whole circle. However, Song Shuying still looked the same as before, with a melon-seed-shaped face, not a bit plump, and her figure didn't look bloated at all, which made Song Yuqiao feel quite unbelievable.

  She looked at her sister Song Shuying's belly and calculated that she was also about seven months pregnant.

  After dinner, Song Yuqiao took the bowl out and washed it, then went to the balcony and saw Pei Si Cheng and Han Jinyu standing there, seemingly talking. She felt a bit relieved and turned into the bathroom to help her sister fill the bathtub with hot water, letting her take a warm bath. Meanwhile, she helped tidy up Song Shuying's bedroom.

  Song Yuqiao was tidying up her sister's notebooks on the desk when a small photo suddenly fell out from between the pages of one of the notebooks. It seemed to have been printed from a digital camera at a print shop, just the right size to fit in a wallet.

  In the photo, there is a man who looks very handsome, with a lush green grassland behind him.

  Suddenly, Song Shuying's voice came from the bathroom, "Xiao Qiao! Help me get a clean set of pajamas from the closet."

  "Oh, here it comes!"

  Song Yuqiao didn't think much of it and put the photo back into her notebook, then went to help Song Shuying get her pajamas and handed them over.

  As she came out, she just heard the mobile phone ringing, but it wasn't hers, it was Song Shuying's. She called out: "Sister, your phone!"

  Song Shuying had already put on her pajamas and walked out of the bathroom with the support of the wall.

  The bathroom has anti-slip mats and she is wearing anti-slip slippers at home, so there's no need to worry about slipping.

  Song Yuqiao lowered his head and took a glance at the phone screen, his eyes widened instantly, and he made a very entangled expression.

  "Mom."