Chapter 253: Lan Jian Wants to See You
The plane announced, "Dear passengers, please fasten your seatbelts, close your small tables, and keep your cell phones off. The plane is about to take off. I wish everyone a pleasant journey."
Su Yan didn't want to speak anymore. She leaned back and put on her earphones and eye mask. She looked aloof and unapproachable.
Wei Zhou looked at her. There was finally a trace of softness on his usually aloof face. The stewardess passed by to check on passengers. He retracted his gaze and his face returned to its cold expression.
After the plane entered the stratosphere, the stewardesses began to move again. The stewardesses pushed a car to distribute food and drinks to the passengers. Su Yan seemed to have fallen asleep. When the stewardesses pushed the car in front of her, Wei Zhou immediately made an unnecessary gesture. The two flight attendants smiled and nodded before pushing the car away.
Thousands of miles away, after a long journey, the plane finally landed steadily at the airport of Jiangdu. Su Yan stretched her back. She had slept comfortably. She took off her blindfold and headphones. Accompanied by the smiles of the flight attendants, she got up and got off the plane.
Jiangdu Airport was twice as big as Feng City Airport because it was an international airport and there were many people coming and going. All kinds of people seemed to be very busy.
Looking at Wei Zhou, who was waiting in front, Su Yan frowned slightly. After being married to him for three years, why didn't she find that Wei Zhou was as free as he was now? She had stayed in Feng City the entire holiday. This man had stayed in Feng City for as long as she had. Now that he was back, he was still walking at a leisurely pace. If she didn't know better, she would have thought that he was an unemployed vagrant.
Su Yan thought to herself, "Back then, it was always the same excuses when I asked him when he would be home for dinner. I didn't have to wait for him because he was working overtime at the company or had meetings. Wasn't he quite busy?"
She no longer looked at the man and walked out of the safe passage. Su Yan went straight to the baggage area to retrieve her luggage. Although her luggage was very large, it didn't have much stuff in it. It was just a few pieces of underwear, lingerie, and a pile of cosmetics.
To her surprise, Wei Zhou walked over in a short while. He was holding the check-in sheet in his hand as he looked at the various luggage that kept coming out of the conveyor belt.
Su Yan ignored him. After she found her luggage, she pulled it aside from the airport. She didn't ask Wang Xiaoxue to send someone to pick her up because it was very convenient to take a taxi at the airport now. Moreover, taxi drivers weren't allowed to refuse to pick people up. Therefore, she followed the signs and found the waiting area for a taxi. There was a long line.
At this time, Wei Zhou walked to her side and said in a very gentle voice, "I have a car to pick me up."
Su Yan raised her eyebrows and looked at him. What he meant was to ask if she wanted to ride with him. This man wanted to send her home. Su Yan shook her head and said, "No need. It's very convenient for me to take a taxi."
Wei Zhou raised his head and looked ahead. "If you want to take a ride, at the current speed, it will take at least an hour for your turn. Aren't you tired?"
Su Yan raised her head and looked at the man. She said indifferently, "I'm not tired."
She was a boss. She had her spokesperson, Wang Xiaoxue, in the company. Unless it was a very urgent and important matter, she didn't need to worry about anything else. Moreover, she was alone. She had a lot of time to waste.
Of course, if it was someone else who invited her, she would consider it. However, she didn't want to sit in Wei Zhou's car, so she would rather wait in line for an hour than sit in this scumbag's car.
Seeing that she refused, Wei Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "Lan Jian wants to meet with you."
Hearing this, Su Yan looked at him with a strange expression. "Lan Jian? Ha, I'll have to trouble Mr. Wei to pass on the message. Just say that I don't have time to see him."
After saying that, Su Yan took out her phone and started browsing through short videos. She looked as if she didn't want to talk to him anymore. Wei Zhou didn't say anything and just turned around to leave.
However, he had just walked a short distance when Lan Jian called. "Where are you guys? I'm already at the airport. You guys should be out by now."
Wei Zhou said unhappily, "Are you impatient?"
Lan Jian smiled apologetically and said, "No, no, I'm not impatient. I'm not impatient at all."
The reason why he had rushed over to pick Wei Zhou up was mainly to see with his own eyes the scene of Wei Zhou and Su Yan coming out of the airport together, especially the look of disdain and annoyance on Su Yan's face when she looked at Wei Zhou. It wasn't because he was bored, but because he had known Wei Zhou since they were young and had never seen anyone who dared to treat Wei Zhou with such an attitude.
What pleased him the most was Su Yan's unwillingness to pay attention to Wei Zhou. Although she looked very cocky and unreasonable, it gave him a sense of gratification, and he couldn't find any fault with her.
Chapter 254: Make Me Happy
Wei Zhou said coldly, "Where are you?"
Lan Jian replied, "Airport terminal T 4. Do you guys have a lot of luggage? If not, I'll go get it for you, since we're good buddies."
Hearing him take the initiative, Wei Zhou hung up the phone. Although he wasn't a worm in Lan Jian's stomach, he knew what Lan Jian was thinking. He looked at the sign and Wei Zhou turned around and walked towards terminal T 4.
Terminal T 4.
From afar, Wei Zhou saw Lan Jian. His gaudy clothes were so flamboyant that he could be seen in the crowd at a glance.
Wei Zhou glanced at Lan Jian with some disdain, then pulled his suitcase and walked over. "What are you doing?"
Hearing his voice, Lan Jian hurriedly turned around and said with a stunned expression, "Where's Su Yan?"
Wei Zhou's expression darkened. Lan Jian was rubbing salt on his wounds.
However, seeing his dark expression, Lan Jian couldn't help but laugh. "Hehe, you didn't get dumped here, did you? It doesn't matter. Who hasn't been dumped a few times before? The harder it is to chase a girl, the more interesting it is. When you get her, you will have a sense of accomplishment. Moreover, with Su Yan's various qualities, the people who pursue her can be ranked from Jiang Du to Feng City. They are all the creme de la creme, so it's normal that you can't woo her."
Wei Zhou opened the trunk and threw his luggage in. He glanced at Lan Jian indifferently and said, "Lan Jian, you seem to have enjoyed the food during the holidays. You seem to have put on weight."
Lan Jian blinked and wondered why he suddenly brought this up. However, he still pinched the fat on both sides of his stomach and said with a smile, "Isn't that so? Actually, I didn't eat much, but I did put on a few pounds. Not only can you tell, but many people have been saying this about me recently. So what if I put on some weight? Do I look good?"
Wei Zhou curled the corners of his lips and sneered. "Don't you know what your face looks like?"
Lan Jian was about to cry. Wei Zhou's words were too offensive. However, after he thought about it, there seemed to be nothing wrong with what he said. He looked at the rearview mirror and asked, "Don't tell me that my chubbiness will affect my appearance?"
Wei Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "It won't have much of an effect. If there's any effect to speak of, it'll make you more resistant to being beaten up in the future."
Lan Jian shrank his neck. Thinking that Wei Zhou was going to drag him to the boxing gym again, he hurriedly smiled and said, "What're you saying? The holiday just ended, so let's not fight. It's better to talk about how Su Yan rejected you. Tell me to make me happy. Uh, no, let me help you analyze it."
Fortunately, he came to his senses quickly. Otherwise, if Wei Zhou had heard what he said clearly, he would probably be on his way to the hospital in a while instead of going home for dinner.
Wei Zhou stared at him coldly for a long time until Lan Jian felt a chill run down his spine. Lan Jian finally changed the topic and said, "Little Zhou Zhou, this is our first time meeting after the new year. How about I treat you to dinner?"
Wei Zhou's expression darkened. "Then why aren't you driving? Why are you wasting time?!
Since someone was willing to treat him, he didn't have to hold back. Just based on Lan Jian's despicable look, he had to give him a good beating today. Seeing that Wei Zhou's mood was indeed bad, Lan Jian wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to. He could only whistle and focus on driving Although the airport road was very spacious, because it was rush hour, traffic started to jam even before they got off the airport highway. Lan Jian whistled until his lips were dry. He looked at the motionless long line in front of him, then looked at Wei Zhou with a bored expression. "Hey, actually, I've always been curious. I can understand why Su Yan hates you. After all, you were such a scumbag before, but why does she treat me like this? Is it because we have a good relationship?"
As he spoke, he opened his phone and showed Wei Zhou the message interface. "Look, last time, I took the initiative to apologize to her, but she just replied casually and blacklisted my account."
Wei Zhou glanced at his phone and said coldly, "Su Yan did well. I've wanted to blacklist you since long ago."
Lan Jian was speechless.
What kind of friend was this? He snubbed him just like that. This was too outrageous!
Sighing, Lan Jian leaned back as he continued to ask with a gossipy look on his face, "Oh right, you've been in Feng City this year. How was it? Did you gain anything? How far have you progressed with Su Yan? Did she change her attitude towards you at all?"
Hearing him mention this, Wei Zhou frowned and immediately felt a little annoyed. He looked out of the car window and spat out, "No."
Chapter 255: You and Wei Zhou Are On the Trending Searches
Lan Jian teased, "Oh, then I'm sorry for your loss."
Wei Zhou loosened his collar and pointed to the car on the right. "Take the route to the boxing gym."
Lan Jian quickly smiled apologetically. "Hey, look at you. I was just joking with you. I didn't mean to laugh at you at all. Alright, I admit that I did laugh once just now."
Wei Zhou said coldly, "If you dare to laugh again, I will tear your mouth apart."
Lan Jian opened his mouth. He originally wanted to say something, but Wei Zhou's intimidating glare stopped him from continuing. He felt that it was better not to say it, or else he would be sent to the hospital.
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Floral Villa Scenic Spot.
It was already evening when Su Yan took a taxi home. In another half an hour, the sky would darken. It was even longer than Wei Zhou, that scumbag, had estimated. She waited for a full two hours before she got on the car. Moreover, she had been stuck in traffic on the airport highway for an entire hour. Coupled with the crowded traffic in the downtown area, the journey home took her a whole day's time.
Su Yan took off her high heels, threw down her coat, and greeted Xiao Xiao. She couldn't wait to lie down on the sofa. To be honest, she really regretted not taking Wei Zhou's car. It seemed that in the future, even if she wanted to act tough, it had to depend on the situation. It was the peak time for people traveling back to the city for work after the holiday, and there was no road that wasn't congested. If she took Wei Zhou's car, she wouldn't have had to wait for two hours.
After resting for a while, Su Yan went online and ordered food delivery for herself. She ordered an authentic Tomahawk steak with a bottle of red wine. She also wanted to eat something delicious for dinner. After eating and drinking to her heart's content, and after soaking in a hot bath to relieve her fatigue from the day, she fell asleep in bed before nine o'clock.
"Ring..." Su Yan, who was sleeping, was woken up by a phone call. She picked up the call with a sleepy look in her eyes. "Speak!"
She was just about to fall into a deep sleep when she was woken up by the phone ringing. Naturally, she was in a very bad mood and her tone was a little cold.
On the other end of the phone, Tang Yitong stuck out her tongue. She could discern that Su Yan seemed to be sleeping and knew that she had disturbed her rest. "Hehe, Yan Yan, you should be home by now. I've disturbed your rest."
Upon hearing that it was Tang Yitong, Su Yan rubbed her temples and said with an exasperated expression, "If it's not anything important, I'll get Shen Ling to get more endorsements for you. Otherwise, you'll waste all your free time on the phone."
Tang Yitong hurriedly begged for mercy, "No, no, I know I'm wrong. Please forgive me, Boss. My schedule is already full. If you get more endorsements for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep from now on."
Hearing her pitifully begging for mercy, Su Yan said helplessly, "Alright, make it quick. What's the matter?"
Tang Yitong said in a gossipy manner, "I'm calling you because you're on the trending searches again, and it concerns Wei Zhou."
Su Yan's hand that was rubbing her temples paused. "Alright, I got it. I'll hang up now."
After saying that, she hung up without giving Tang Yitong a chance to speak. She only had one thought, and that was to continue sleeping. As for the trending search, what did Wei Zhou have to do with her?
In order to not be disturbed again, Su Yan deliberately turned her phone to silent mode and instructed Xiao Xiao to turn off all the lights in the room. She wanted to have a good sleep until she woke up naturally.
However, just as she fell asleep, the phone screen lit up again. If she was awake, she could see that this time, it wasn't Tang Yitong calling, but secretary Wang Xiaoxue. However, she was already asleep. Therefore, she didn't know that the phone rang until it hung up automatically before it fell silent again.
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10 am the next day.
In her dream, Su Yan was woken up by the urge to pee. This was also the case in reality. After walking out of the bathroom, she crawled back into bed and stared at the ceiling for a while before reaching for her phone.
At this moment, she remembered that Tang Yitong had called last night and said that she and Wei Zhou had been on a trending search together. So, she wanted to go on Weibo to see what exactly had happened.
She swiped open the screen, logged into the Weibo app, and jumped to the page of a trending search. A trending search would usually last for a period of time if the hype didn't die down. So, it was very easy to find her and Wei Zhou's trending search, to her surprise, the trending search for her and Wei Zhou didn't enter the top three this time. Instead, they were ranked fifth. She didn't know if the ranking of the trending search went up or down.
Chapter 256: Why Are You Here?
Su Yan clicked on the title and started reading the main text. She quickly flipped through it and realized that this trending search was about her and Wei Zhou in Feng City. From the few photos that were attached to it, someone must have secretly taken photos of her and Wei Zhou when they were at the Huaxin Grand Hotel. There were also two photos of her in Wei Zhou's passenger's seat on the second day of the Lunar New Year. From her expression at that time, it seemed that she was on her way to the Lin family's house.
The last part was the photos of her and Wei Zhou at the airport yesterday. There were photos of the two of them picking up their luggage and waiting in line for a taxi.
A trending search headline was very eye-catching: "Excellent Era Corporation's president and ex-wife celebrate the new year in Feng City. The two of them are behaving intimately. It seems like their relationship has been rekindled."
"Hmph, they're saying that our relationship has been rekindled? amusing..." Su Yan pouted.
It wasn't because she found the trending search of her and Wei Zhou amusing, but because it said that she and Wei Zhou had a good relationship in the past, which was why she found it amusing.
After looking at a few other trending searches, Su Yan immediately closed Weibo. She saw that there were a few unread messages on the chat app, so she opened the chat app and looked at them.
It turned out that before she called her last night, Tang Yitong had sent her a lot of messages. Almost every one of them had a sentence "Wei Zhou, that scumbag" and a few screenshots of her scolding the brainless netizens online.
Su Yan flipped through them for a while and lost interest. She threw her phone aside, got up and quickly moved her body. After completely sobering up, she went straight to the bathroom to wash up, then, she laid out a yoga mat in the living room and started practicing yoga.
After a set of standard yoga exercises, Su Yan drank a glass of ginger water. This was her habit. Every time she finished exercising, she would drink a glass of ginger water because ginger water could speed up her metabolism and make her figure even more beautiful.
Suddenly, her phone rang. Su Yan went back to the second floor and took a look. She found that it was Wang Xiaoxue who called her. "President Su, you and President Wei are on a trending search again. Do you need me to help you deal with it?"
Su Yan pondered for a moment. "Go and check first. See if you can find out who sent it and followed me and Wei Zhou for so long. This person has really put in a lot of effort."
Wang Xiaoxue replied, "Understood, President Su. I'll do it immediately. There's one more thing. It's about the matter in Feng City. Do you need me to send someone to deal with it?"
After thinking for a moment, Su Yan shook her head. "There's no need. I'll inform you when I need you to handle it."
Wang Xiaoxue nodded. "Alright, President Su. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Alright, see you later."
It was already the seventh day of the New Year, and all the businesses under her name had started work. Anyway, there was nothing much to do, so she planned to go to the Xuan Wen Corporation today. After all, she was the boss, so she had to show her face.
According to the schedule that Wang Xiaoxue had set for her, she was supposed to attend a high-level meeting in Xuan Wen Corporation at ten o'clock. However, it wasn't until two-thirds of the meeting was already in progress that she leisurely walked into the meeting room. Seeing her walk into the meeting room, all the high-level executives stood up and clapped. It was a great honor for the high-level executives to see her, the hands-off boss. After all, there was a saying in the Xuan Wen Corporation that if one didn't become a high-level executive, one would never know who the legendary Miss Summer was.
The meeting didn't end until one o'clock in the afternoon. All the high-level executives dispersed. Su Yan leaned back in her chair and panted a few times. She looked at the time on her watch and said, "Xiaoxue, do you want to have lunch together?"
Wang Xiaoxue tidied up the documents on the table and nodded. "President Su, I will definitely go if you're treating."
A moment later, the two of them walked out of the Xuan Wen Corporation's building, and they bumped into the Jiang family at the door. After the New Year, Jiang Ming also changed his hairstyle, but he looked a little old-fashioned. He was Jiang Xingchen's younger brother, and Jiang Yuan's cousin.
Seeing Su Yan and Wang Xiaoxue walk out together, Jiang Ming was slightly stunned and asked with confusion, "Su Yan? Why are you here?"
Unlike Jiang Yuan, Jiang Ming had never taken Su Yan seriously. Therefore, every time he saw Su Yan, he would act high and mighty.
Su Yan raised her eyebrows and said slowly, "It's work time now. Naturally, I'm here for work."
Wang Xiaoxue was about to say something, but was stopped by Su Yan with a look. Su Yan's words also made her understand what she meant, so she could only look at Jiang Ming. She hoped that the other party wouldn't say anything too outrageous.