no appointment

The next day, as if they had made an agreement, neither Ruan Mu nor Jing Han mentioned what happened last night. Jing Han returned to her home and returned some of Ruan Mu's clothes to her.

"Should it be these?" Jing Han looked around the room.

"Ah."

Ruan Mu nodded, but then suddenly felt a sense of sight, as if this kind of conversation was said when she came to return her things when she broke up with Su Yuan before.

Now it seems like the two of them are going to break up.

Ruan Mu felt a little uncomfortable, but still took the clothes and left. The two of them knew very well that they didn't mention the meal that Jing Han was going to have at night.

At night, Jing Han sent a text message to Ruan Mu, "I'm leaving," just to inform her.

"Okay, remember to delete the text message." Ruan Mu thought for a while before replying.

Seeing that sentence, Jing Han's heart sank, and she typed a few words, "I know," and she went out.

That night, Jing Han and her father ate at the Chinese restaurant "Hutong" on the top floor of the Shard, which is the London branch of Hong Kong "Hutong". , Taste, because the London Eye and the Thames River are outside the window, it can be regarded as a relatively high-end restaurant.

The Chinese meal tonight was requested by her father, and Jing Han is very aware of his habits. Although Jing Yi is rich enough to travel around the world, he does not yearn for life abroad, and on the contrary occasionally sneers when he mentions it.

"It's not like you don't know that I don't like Western food, all of them are unpalatable, so I'll eat Chinese food tonight." He asked Jing Han to choose a restaurant, and Jing Han booked this restaurant.

However, when she arrived at the banquet in a long dress, she found that there were people present that she had never expected to meet.

--"Aunt?"

Jing Han was stunned when she walked to the table. She didn't expect that there was another person tonight. She looked at the thin middle-aged woman. A lot of effort.

The woman raised her eyes and glanced at Jing Han, obviously there was not much joy in her eyes, her eyebrows raised and lowered, "Why is it so late, please sit down." She was not enthusiastic at all.

Jing Han frowned deeply and didn't answer.

The woman in front of her is not her biological mother, but Jing Yi's new wife after her parents divorced. It's a very vulgar plot. The middle-aged cheated on her and found a mistress, and the mistress took over. It's as simple as that.At that time, that woman also brought a child—Jing Yang, her half-sister.

The divorce happened when Jing Han was 9 years old, so it has been a long time.

The two of them divorced very suddenly. Jing Han was still ignorant at that time. I don't know why since I was a child, I always saw my mother hiding and crying secretly. It wasn't until the two of them finally divorced that she finally understood when she saw this woman. It turned out that the father had already cheated and had an illegitimate child outside, and this happened not long after the two of them got married.

Jing Han couldn't understand the helplessness and pain involved at the time, but just watched her mother cry in silence. Although she could feel her mother's emotions, she didn't know how to comfort her.

Later, she often moved between the two families, and her life was not difficult, because in fact, her mother was considered a lady of the family, and she endured it until she was 9 years old before she really chose to divorce. It was entirely because of her personality. Too weak and too loving her father.

But Jing Yi's derailment was so angry that her grandfather almost wanted to take action at first, saying that no matter what, he would make things difficult for those two men and women, but she was still stopped by her mother, saying that it was fine, it was over, for the sake of Jing Han Okay, don't embarrass Jing Yi too much, that's fine, her biological mother remarried later, that's another story.

Therefore, although being raised by such two wealthy families, Jing Han has always been used to keeping a distance from others because of this special reason.

Children are always sensitive to their parents' love and distance. Of course, Jing Han can feel that this stepmother has been dismissive of her, too lazy to take care of her, and because she wants to please her father, or because of Jing Han's mother. What a fuel-efficient lamp, I didn't dare to really do anything to her, so I just pretended to be.

But her father's position is very strange. While he seems to feel guilty for causing harm to Jing Han's childhood, he has been forcing her, saying that his daughter must be excellent, although he has no position at all.

Jing Han is used to seeing him split - whenever he is in a bad mood, he will throw a tantrum, even if he cares about others, he will not speak out directly, and insists on stabbing him in an uncomfortable way, but then he will follow him afterwards. She apologized and said that there was nothing she could do. At that time, his eyes were deep and painful, as if he really knew that he owed her a lifetime debt.

And in that family, the only person who makes Jing Han feel warm may be Jing Yang.

Jing Yang is completely different from other people. She is a child who has no intentions at all. She doesn't know how to avoid suspicion or estrangement. She has been pestering her since she was a child just because she thinks her sister is very good. How was he born, but he still slowly let go of his guard in front of her.

Many times, Jing Han feels that she doesn't expect marriage to bring her happiness. She doesn't believe in that, and she doesn't believe that she can get the so-called real happiness when she is with anyone.

Sometimes, when she sees Jingyang yearning for marriage like a simple child, she inevitably feels a little indescribable and feels helpless, but she really hopes that Jingyang can live a more ordinary and happy life than the rest of the family.

And she herself is impossible, she does not believe that Ruan Mu can love her forever, the relationship between the two of them is just a coincidence, a chance that may not happen again, and the expectation of being together forever is just a beautiful wish It's just a dream with no basis.Jing Han had thought countless times that if Ruan Mu didn't want to be with her one day, she might not start a relationship with anyone again.

Thinking of this, Jing Han finally came back to his senses.

"Sorry I'm late, Dad."

Jing Han lowered her eyes, opened the stool, and sat down in front of the two of them, while Jing Yi frowned at her, "Are you so busy with work?" Still so direct that she couldn't tell if there was any concern in it.

Jing Han looked up at him, "No, it's just that I have something to deal with recently."

Jing Yi stared at her for a long time, which made Jing Han feel a little uncomfortable, "Dad, aren't you here to work?" She turned her eyes to the woman next to her, trying to change the topic.

"I have some other personal matters to deal with. I'll take your Auntie Lin out for a walk," Jing Yi replied calmly, with deep brows, "Don't change the subject, what did you say about work recently?"

Jing Han looked at him, not wanting to answer this question, "It's nothing serious," she forced a faint smile, if she told him about the delisting, wouldn't she be asking for trouble.

"No big deal?"

Jing Yi tapped the table heavily with his hand, "Your project is under investigation recently, you didn't tell me, and you lied to me, right?"

Jing Han was a little upset, she didn't know how Jing Yi found out, but over the years she had learned not to be surprised, "I will handle it myself, it's not a big deal, the case has been investigated." Although she finished speaking, she I don't really believe it myself, but I just want to get over this topic quickly.

But Jing Yi didn't appreciate it, he got angry directly, "I said you don't know what you're doing every day, huh? You're 30 years old, you're not married yet, so you came to London?"

"What do you want to do? What dream are you chasing? You want to make money, isn't our family short of money?"

His words became more and more ugly, and even the stepmother next to him couldn't stand it any longer. The woman patted Jing Yi's arm, "Oh, it's all right, calm down, calm down."

Jing Yi still didn't seem to want to end the topic, and muttered, "Look at your sister, she is going to get married in May this year, and look at you again, how old are you, why are you messing around here every day, why do you have to go abroad to do investment banking , let parents worry about it every day, huh?"

Jing Yi's voice became louder and louder. Although the Chinese restaurant was always noisier than other places, this place was the Shard after all, and people around were already looking at them.

Jing Han took a deep breath and wanted to calm down her emotions several times. Of course, she knew that Jing Yi came here to teach her a lesson, but it was still unbearable when she faced him. She raised her eyes and looked at him, as if Fei With a lot of strength, "Dad, let's order first, and chat while eating."

"Order something, wait." Jing Yi shook off the hand of the woman next to him, and leaned heavily on the back of the chair.

"Wait?" Jing Han didn't know what he meant.

But in the next second, Aunt Lin opposite her changed her appearance, and suddenly waved to someone behind Jing Han with a smile, "Come on, come on, this way..." Jing Han frowned and turned her head, He actually saw a man with a Chinese face in a suit and leather shoes.

man?

Jing Han froze.

"Sorry, uncle and aunt, I'm late," the man seemed to be panting with a little Cantonese accent and walked to the table, his eyes lit up when he saw Jing Han, and he stretched out his hand, "Hello, you are Jing Han?"

Jing Han felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She immediately understood the hidden meaning of the dinner. The feeling of boredom and nausea in her heart was overwhelming, but she couldn't express it. She bit her lip and remained silent for a long time. It wasn't until the person on the other side began to urge her that she was finally able to force herself to stretch out her hand, and gave a signal shake, "..."

But she didn't say anything.

But her stepmother enthusiastically told the man to sit down, "Just waiting for you, we can order food when you come."