Although Meng Chu seemed to still have some connection with him, Meng Haichuan understood that Meng Chu had only softened her attitude toward him because he had given money to Xu Qingying for medical treatment back then.
After all, since his divorce, the mother and daughter had long treated him like a stranger.
Later, Xu Qingying sold the house and immediately returned the money to him.
Meng Haichuan asked in a low voice, “Where are you living now?”
Meng Chu: “Where I live now is absolutely safe. You can rest assured about that.”
“Exactly where do you live? Can’t even your dad know?”
Meng Haichuan saw that she was still avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial, completely unwilling to let him know.
Meng Chu was somewhat helpless. “No.”
But she indeed did not want Meng Haichuan to know where she lived now.
After all, she had not told Meng Haichuan about her relationship with Cheng Jinyu either.
Meng Haichuan saw that she seemed unwilling to reveal it, so he said directly, “This weekend, Dad will accompany you to look at houses.”
Meng Chu was stunned.
She subconsciously refused. “No need.”
“Not renting, buying a house,” Meng Haichuan said directly.
Meng Chu sighed. “Dad, really no need.”
“Chuchu, can you not be willful? Have you thought about what would happen to your mom if something happened to you? She only has you now,” Meng Haichuan still raised his voice.
Meng Chu sat in her seat, an indescribable feeling in her heart.
After a while, she looked at Meng Haichuan. “So you also know that Mom only has me left. Then don’t use Mom to scare me. If you dare let her know about this, I will definitely never contact you again.”
Meng Haichuan did not expect that Meng Chu, who had always been gentle in front of him, would say such a thing.
“Meng Chu,” Meng Haichuan could not help calling her name.
Meng Chu looked at him. “This matter is already over. Where I live now is very safe. Dad, you have your own family. You just need to take good care of your own family now. You don’t need to do anything for me.”
“My matters, I will also handle them myself.”
Meng Chu said softly.
She finally said the words she had always wanted to say in her heart.
For her, contact with Meng Haichuan always brought more pain than happiness.
“Do you always feel that Dad cares too little about you and gives too little,” this time instead Meng Haichuan’s tone suddenly softened.
Because he knew that Meng Chu was true to her word.
When Xu Qingying first got sick, the mother and daughter had shouldered it themselves.
Later, it was only when Xu Qingying learned that Meng Chu was working outside for medical expenses, and even working as a driver-for-hire late at night, that she made up her mind to call him and borrow money.
Meng Chu shook her head. “No.”
Meng Haichuan said, “Xiao Yixin went abroad to study, but you always only studied in the country. Dad has always remembered this. What she has, Dad will give you. What she doesn’t have, Dad will also give you. I prepared it long ago. Originally I planned to wait until you got married, then give it to you.”
“Now it seems that is still too late. I don’t want to wait until you get married or anything. Besides, nowadays girls should also have premarital property. Let’s start looking at houses right away.”
The accident Meng Chu encountered in the rental apartment made Meng Haichuan completely make up his mind.
He had already seen these things clearly in his heart.
Xiao Yixin’s side was managed by her mother, Xiao Nan. Meng Haichuan was not the kind of harsh person. If Xiao Nan was willing to spend money on her daughter, that was her business.
But he would not treat Meng Chu unfairly either.
It was just that Meng Chu was the kind of especially independent child. She never reached out to him.
Even when he offered proactively, Meng Chu would refuse whenever she could.
Meng Chu had thought that after she finished speaking her heart out, Meng Haichuan would leave in anger.
But she did not expect that Meng Haichuan was still considering her.
After a long time, she said in a low voice, “I didn’t study abroad because I felt the country suited me better, and I also didn’t want to be too far from Mom.”
When she was in graduate school, Xu Qingying’s cancer had indeed recovered.
But she was still in the recovery period.
How could Meng Chu feel at ease leaving her alone and going far away to study abroad?
Meng Haichuan: “I know you love Mom very much, so you also need to understand Dad. Chuchu, Dad knows that in your heart you can never completely forgive me. But Dad doesn’t want you to encounter such things and suffer any harm.”
This time, Meng Chu was silent for a long time.
……
When she said goodbye to Meng Haichuan, it was already nine at night.
Meng Chu looked at the time, then quickly took a taxi to the airport.
As soon as Meng Chu got in the car, she sent Cheng Jinyu a WeChat message.
Meng Chu: [When you get off the plane, send me a WeChat message.]
She did not want to miss Cheng Jinyu.
But after sending the WeChat message, she stared out the window and could not help sighing again.
Meng Haichuan’s kindness to her was beyond doubt, but now he was no longer her father alone.
Meng Chu indeed could never completely forgive him.
But she also could not completely cut ties with him.
This was also the reason why, all along, she always hesitated when facing his calls and requests to meet.
Especially just now, she had clearly said harsh words to him, but instead he lowered his tone to coax her.
Was this blood relation?
Wanting to make up her mind yet unable to let go.
When she arrived at the airport, Meng Chu looked at the flight information. The flight returning from the United States landed on time.
But she had still not received a WeChat message from Cheng Jinyu.
Meng Chu stood at the entrance and waited for a long time.
She felt that almost all the people on the flight had come out.
Even the exit hall, which had originally been full of people, was almost empty.
Only then did Meng Chu belatedly realize that she might have waited in the wrong place.
After all, Cheng Jinyu definitely sat in first class.
Maybe he would leave through the VIP exit.
Thinking of this, she secretly complained about herself in her heart.
She had not even figured this out.
So she no longer hesitated and directly took out her phone, preparing to call Cheng Jinyu.
Who would have thought that just as she took out her phone, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind her.
She subconsciously looked back and saw a figure in a long black coat, coming with the dust of travel all over.
Before Meng Chu could see clearly, she was already pulled into someone’s arms from behind.
She smelled the familiar scent on him, like the wind sweeping over a snowfield, clean and cold.
“Cheng Jinyu,” she called his name in a low voice, reaching out to hug him back.
Occasionally, passersby walked by and saw such a well-matched pair embracing each other.
They just smiled knowingly.
The airport is a place of parting, but also a place of reunion.
Even though he had only been away for more than ten days, Meng Chu felt that the longing in her heart had overflowed into a disaster.
“Sorry, my phone died and shut down. I only saw your message after getting in the car,” Cheng Jinyu said in a low voice.
Although he was very busy with work, he was not the kind of person who kept his phone glued to his hand.
This journey was very long. He only noticed that his phone had died and shut down when he got off the plane.
He had originally been anxious to go home and see her, and Meng Chu had said she would wait for him at home.
He thought she was waiting for him at home.
He never expected that Meng Chu would actually come to the airport to pick him up.
“So you saw the message and came back?” Meng Chu laughed.
After Cheng Jinyu got in the car and charged his phone, he saw her message on the screen at once.
He immediately instructed the driver to turn around.
Cheng Jinyu’s chin rubbed lightly against the top of her hair. “You waited a long time, didn’t you?”
“It’s okay, just a little,” Meng Chu did not mind this mistake at all.
But at this moment she also realized that this was the airport, a public place after all.
She quickly left his arms. “Let’s go home first.”
Cheng Jinyu nodded and directly held her hand.
This time his fingers directly interlaced with hers, tightly clasped.
What had once been a movement under the covers had now become an intimacy that could not be more open.
Thinking of this, Meng Chu instantly felt her face grow hot.
After a while, the two got back into the car.
Only then did Meng Chu notice that there was another person sitting in the passenger seat.
Cheng Jinyu saw her look over and said calmly, “This is Yao Zheng.”
Yao Zheng saw that his boss actually took the initiative to introduce him, so he quickly turned his head and greeted her. “Hello.”
“Hello, I’m Meng Chu,” Meng Chu introduced herself proactively.
At this moment, Cheng Jinyu reached over and pulled the seatbelt on her seat, directly fastening it for her.
Only then did he speak slowly again, “My wife.”
“Mrs. Cheng, hello,” Yao Zheng immediately said again.
He was naturally very excited inside.
After all, Director Cheng’s sudden marriage was no secret in the company.
This had to start from a certain day when Director Cheng came to work in the morning, and someone was surprised to find that he was actually wearing a wedding ring on his hand.
Of course, no one dared to ask Director Cheng about this to his face.
But privately, various small groups in the company had long discussed it thoroughly.
As Cheng Jinyu’s assistant, Yao Zheng naturally could not join such small groups to discuss his boss.
What he wanted to know, he still could know.
Now, the biggest discussion focus in the entire company during this period, Director Cheng’s wife who had never appeared, was now appearing in front of him.
Yao Zheng had just casually glanced at her.
He could only say that his boss was indeed as picky as ever.
The person who could become his wife was indeed a great beauty at first glance.
Because there were other people present, Meng Chu did not say much in the car.
The driver first sent them home, and the car parked in the underground garage.
Yao Zheng took Cheng Jinyu’s suitcase down and asked, “Director Cheng, do you need me to take it up?”
“No need. Have the driver take you home. Go back and rest early.”
Cheng Jinyu’s attitude was gentle.
Yao Zheng was almost moved to tears. Was this the gentleness of a married man?
Before, how could Director Cheng ever say such things?
Of course, he was not criticizing his boss.
It was just that the former Cheng Jinyu had a kind of coldness that kept people at a distance.
He truly did not care about the people around him at all, except for work.
No wonder this time in the United States, he always felt that his boss was eager to return home.
So it was true.
After a while, Meng Chu and Cheng Jinyu went upstairs and returned home.
As soon as the door opened, Meng Chu was about to reach out to help bring the suitcase in.
Cheng Jinyu slightly raised his chin. “Go change your shoes. I’ll take the suitcase.”
Meng Chu did not say anything and obediently walked in.
She watched him carry the suitcase in.
She leaned against the wall beside the shoe cabinet and watched him change into indoor slippers.
He finished changing his shoes and looked up, meeting Meng Chu’s gaze.
Cheng Jinyu lowered his eyes and stared into her eyes.
“This time I came back, I didn’t have time to bring any gifts.”
This trip was very rushed, and he had always wanted to come back earlier. Any schedule that could be compressed was compressed.
Indeed, there was no time to carefully prepare a gift.
“It’s okay,” Meng Chu shook her head.
But Cheng Jinyu then curved his lips and said in a low voice, “But I brought back the most important thing.”
Under Meng Chu’s curious gaze, Cheng Jinyu suddenly leaned close.
He said nothing more, only directly pressed her against the wall behind her and kissed her.
A scorching, fiery breath instantly filled the space around them, and her heartbeat raced as if taking off from flat ground.
Her breathing grew heavier as the kiss deepened.
Originally, both of them still carried the slight coolness of autumn from outside, but now it had completely evaporated.
Only rolling heat remained.
After who knew how long, Cheng Jinyu gently released her and looked down at the person breathing in small gasps.
He raised his fingers and pinched her chin, using a little force to make her look up at him.
Only then did Meng Chu remember his words. She could not help asking, “What most important thing did you bring back?”
“If I say,” Cheng Jinyu looked at her with deep and intense emotion in his eyes, until a thin breath sounded, “I brought Cheng Jinyu back to give to you. Do you want it?”
In this “do you want it,” there was too much contained.
Meng Chu stared up at him blankly, until her eyelashes trembled slightly.
“I want it.”