The late autumn night was even colder.
Song Wei wandered the streets like a lonely soul. Her thoughts were already wandering. She did not even remember how she walked out of Dijiang Villa.
Jiang Manxue was pregnant.
What good news. Congratulations.
She forced a smile.
She sat down at a roadside night market and asked for two glasses of beer from the boss. The bitter liquor slid down her throat and down into her heart and lungs. The bitter and numb taste slowly spread in her mouth, but it was not as bitter as the bitterness in her heart.
She had been married to Lu Chengchen for two years.
For the past two years, she had been well-behaved and tried her best to be a magnanimous and decent wife. However, she did not warm Lu Chengchen's heart one bit.
Now that the internal conflict within the Song family had worsened and the chairman, her grandfather, was critically ill, she had no choice but to rely on the title of Mrs. Lu to control the situation. However, the Lu family forced her to give birth to a child. If she couldn't give birth to a child, Lu Chengchen would divorce her.
They wanted to take the opportunity to dissociate with the Song family.
How could she get divorced at such a critical juncture?
When her grandfather arranged this marriage for her, he had said to her, "Lu Chengchen is a responsible and capable man, a rare genius. As long as he's around, no one will be able to bully you in the future. The Song family will definitely be able to prosper because of him."
He was indeed capable and responsible.
However, his capability was only limited to managing the Lu family, and his responsibility was only limited to being responsible for Jiang Manxue. It's not that he didn't have the ability to support her and the Song family, it's just that he's too stingy to give her such things.
Song Wei was angry and downed half of the alcohol in the cup.
"Xiaowei?" Someone suddenly called her.
Song Wei's heart stirred. Her hands were still holding onto the can as she turned her head to look at the source of the sound.
The night market was noisy. The streetlights and the lights on the vendors' stalls made her squint uncontrollably. Through the layers of people and smoke, she saw a tall figure in sportswear standing across from her.
"Haotian?" She wasn't so sure.
"It's me." Ye Haotian was stunned when he saw that it was really Song Wei. He walked over.
Song Wei realized that she did not recognize the wrong person and caught Ye Haotian's shocked expression. She smiled awkwardly.
The Ye family and the Song family were good friends. She and Ye Haotian were childhood playmates, so they were very close. However, ever since she got married, Ye Haotian went to further his career in the United States and she was someone else's wife, naturally, the two of them became distant.
"What a coincidence. When did you return?" She broke the silence first.
Ye Haotian sat down beside Song Wei and took another glass of wine from Song Wei's hand. He sighed and said, "I just came back a few days ago. I was bored outside. My old man said that he has a business deal to discuss with the Lu family and got me to come back to learn."
The Lu family…
There was only one Lu family in Jiang Bei, so Song Wei couldn't help but feel conflicted. She swirled the beer in her hand absent-mindedly and snorted.
She was mocking herself.
Ye Haotian noticed that she looked down and felt that something was wrong. He changed the topic and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"To discuss a deal." Song Wei answered.
"You're here to discuss a deal?" Ye Haotian looked at Song Wei with a complicated expression. He shook his head and clicked his tongue. "It's not that I'm looking down on you, but looking at how dejected you are. I don't even need to think to know that the discussion has failed, right?"
Song Wei was speechless.
Seeing his gloating expression, she could not help but laugh out of anger. "You can laugh at me. Lu Chengchen is famous for being difficult to work with. I'll laugh at you when you fail to negotiate with him."
"Then feel free to watch!" Ye Haotian shrugged his shoulders, showing no intention of admitting defeat.
Song Wei did not continue the conversation.
The barbecue stall was emitting thick smoke. The boss and customers were shouting at each other. These two silent people were incompatible with the lively atmosphere.
Song Wei kept spinning her beer glass and stared at the ground in a daze, clearly distracted.
"You have something on your mind?" Ye Haotian took in her state of mind. He had a complicated expression on his face and there was an undetectable heartache in the depths of his eyes.
Song Wei came back to her senses and shook her head: "No."
"Because of Lu Chengchen?" Ye Haotian did not spare her.