Among the many Italian representatives, Ye Yanxi spotted Liang Sheng at a glance.
That face she loathed. Even now, seeing it still made her scowl.
The moment she saw Liang Sheng, she thought she must still be dreaming. It was like all her fears had come true!
When Ye Yanxi entered the room, Liang Sheng naturally saw her too. He nodded slightly in her direction, clearly recognizing her.
Immediately, Ye Yanxi's face darkened. She really didn't want to see him at all.
At the beginning of the meeting, both sides introduced themselves again. Since some people hadn't attended the dinner the other day, including Liang Sheng, the Italian representatives gave a special introduction of him.
When Liang Sheng stood up to shake hands with the representatives from University S one by one, Ye Yanxi didn't even bother to reach out her hand. Her classmates around her gently tugged at her, scolding her for being impolite.
But for Liang Sheng, it was already a great deal of face that she could stand there so calmly.
Five years ago, when he abandoned He Chuyan, he had put on an act of deep affection and reluctance. But now, he looked so hypocritical, like a slick and worldly person.
So later, during the cultural exchange between the two sides, whenever Liang Sheng spoke, Ye Yanxi would deliberately oppose his views, as if she was against him on purpose.
This meeting lasted an unusually long time. Most of the time, it was Ye Yanxi debating with Liang Sheng.
During the meeting, Ye Yanxi's classmates around her would tug at her sleeve from time to time, reminding her not to go too far and make the other side embarrassed. Coupled with the school leaders smiling awkwardly and giving her looks, Ye Yanxi finally stopped.
In the following discussions, although Ye Yanxi was not as confrontational with Liang Sheng, she still couldn't help but sneer at him from time to time.
Sometimes the atmosphere would get really awkward. But Liang Sheng had long learned to hide his emotions. So when Ye Yanxi opposed and sneered at him, he still smiled gently and answered her questions, making Ye Yanxi seem a bit aggressive.
Finally, when the discussion between the two sides was over, the school leaders present seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. They were afraid that if the conversation continued, Ye Yanxi would completely offend everyone.
During the meeting, as soon as Liang Sheng spoke, the leaders would all hold their breath, because they knew the next words would definitely be Ye Yanxi's sneers. They could only use their eyes to signal Ye Yanxi and couldn't interrupt their debate.
Now that it was finally over, everyone felt that the meeting had been so torturous.
A classmate sitting next to Ye Yanxi had been fidgeting restlessly. Now, he also breathed a sigh of relief and patted Ye Yanxi on the shoulder.
"Student Ye, can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it?" Ye Yanxi was organizing the materials in front of her and asked without looking up.
"Next time when we have a discussion meeting, cough... could you please not be so confrontational with that representative Liang?"
"I'm not. I'm just putting forward different views from his."
"But the views of other representatives may not be right either, right? It seems like you just like to target Representative Liang?"
"Really?" Ye Yanxi smiled faintly. "Maybe I didn't listen carefully. I have something to do this afternoon. I'm leaving."
After saying that, Ye Yanxi left the office.
When she was almost at the school gate, suddenly someone blocked her way.
Ye Yanxi just glanced up, and her eyes were filled with undisguised disgust.
It was actually Liang Sheng again.
Ye Yanxi frowned and said impatiently, "Do you have something to talk to me about?"
"Student Ye, long time no see." Liang Sheng didn't seem to care about the disgust on her face at all. He still smiled and greeted her politely.
Ye Yanxi snorted. "I don't seem to be familiar with you. There's no need to greet you. I'm busy. I'll leave first."
"Wait a minute. Do you have some misunderstanding about me?" Liang Sheng stopped her.
"Misunderstanding?" Ye Yanxi sneered. "If you want to say so, then so be it. Now I don't want to see you. Please get out of my sight, okay?"
After saying that, Liang Sheng still stood firmly in front of her. Ye Yanxi smiled, pretending to be polite. "Now others already think there's some misunderstanding between us. If you keep pestering me like this, others will really think there's something between us. I've said what I want to say. It's useless to say more. Let's not see each other privately anymore!"
Ye Yanxi walked around him towards the school gate, but Liang Sheng took a long stride and blocked her way again.
Ye Yanxi's anger flared up, but there were so many students coming and going at the school gate. She didn't want to lose her temper, so she had to suppress her anger. "I've already made it very clear just now. Please don't bother me anymore in the future!"
"I just want to ask, how is Yanyan?"
Hearing him suddenly mention He Chuyan, Ye Yanxi immediately became alert. She stared at Liang Sheng warily.
"What do you mean? Why do you still mention Yanyan?"
"You're her good friend. You should know how she's doing now."
Ye Yanxi endured her anger and said disgustedly, "Yanyan is doing very well now. You've disappeared from her world for five years. Just don't show up in front of her again. Without you, Yanyan will be very happy. If you still have a bit of conscience, it's best not to disrupt her life anymore, okay?"
"It seems that you really misunderstand me a lot." Liang Sheng smiled.
"What misunderstanding?" Ye Yanxi scolded him without hesitation. "That day, you were so heartless. You just left Yanyan with a single sentence saying to wait for you, and then you were gone for five years. It was as if you had disappeared into thin air for these five years, and you never contacted her once. Tell me, how did I misunderstand you?"
"I know I did wrong in the past five years. So this time I'm back, I also want to make up for the mistakes I made before."
"No need. Yanyan is doing well and doesn't want to see you again. The best thing you can do for her is to stop bothering her!" Ye Yanxi completely lost her patience and said coldly, "I've said what I want to say. If you still go to bother Yanyan, I will never let you go."
There was still a gentle smile on Liang Sheng's face.
"I just want you to tell her that I'm back now."
"What do you mean? What else do you want to do?"
"I've missed her for five years."
"What does this have to do with her? Yanyan already has someone by her side now. She doesn't need your false concern."
"No matter how much I say, you won't want to listen. Forget it. See you tomorrow then."
Ye Yanxi looked at Liang Sheng's back, wishing he could disappear right away.
If he really wanted to disrupt He Chuyan's life, she would be the first one to not let him go.
After leaving the school gate, Ye Yanxi got into the car. She was still very angry, and her mood was naturally very bad. She threw her handbag on the seat.
When she saw Xiao Yu in the car, her mood improved a bit.
"Why do you have time to pick me up today?" Ye Yanxi raised her eyebrows and naturally leaned on Xiao Yu's shoulder. Her back and waist were a bit sore after sitting for an afternoon.
"What's wrong? Who made you unhappy?"
"It's nothing."
"Nothing? Then why are you so angry?" Xiao Yu glanced at the bag she had casually thrown in the corner of the car.
Ye Yanxi picked it up awkwardly, looked at Xiao Yu, and said, "I saw that Italian representative who didn't come last night this afternoon."
"So?"
"Humph, I didn't expect that Liang Sheng would be that bastard who disappeared five years ago." Ye Yanxi said angrily, her eyes wide open.
"This matter..." Xiao Yu dragged out his voice.
"Did you already know?" Ye Yanxi blurted out in surprise.
"Yes." Xiao Yu nodded.
It seemed that Xiao Yu had already investigated before. It was not surprising that he knew the truth.
Ye Yanxi pouted and looked at him dissatisfiedly. "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
At least she could have been mentally prepared.
"You know now, don't you?"
Ye Yanxi gave him a reproachful look.
"I just think Liang Sheng is still as annoying as before." Ye Yanxi gritted her teeth angrily. "He still has the nerve to greet me."
"What did he say to you?"
"It's still about the past. He even had the nerve to say it was all a misunderstanding. He said he would make up for Yanyan this time when he came back. He even had the nerve to ask how Yanyan was doing. He's really shameless."
"Okay, don't be angry. Being in a bad mood is not good for the baby." Xiao Yu comforted her.
Hearing the word "baby", Ye Yanxi immediately turned all her resentment into tenderness. She gently stroked her belly and said softly to the baby in her belly, "Baby, it's all mommy's fault. Okay, don't be angry. Don't be angry."
"Besides this matter, did Liang Sheng mention anything else?" Xiao Yu suddenly asked.
"No. He just asked about Yanyan. I was too lazy to talk to him and then left." Ye Yanxi asked suspiciously, "Why? Is there any problem?"
"It's okay. I'm just asking casually. Don't be angry if you see him tomorrow. If there's anything, tell me, okay?" Xiao Yu instructed her gently.
"Okay." Ye Yanxi nodded with a smile.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, right. I remembered that during the exchange discussion meeting today, he put forward a very... incredible view."
"What view?"
"He seemed to mention something about black technology. He also said that implementing this project would require a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. I opposed him on the spot." Ye Yanxi frowned and recalled.
Ye Yanxi was still carefully recalling the conversation at that time and talking non - stop, but she didn't notice that Xiao Yu's face had changed.
Unexpectedly, Liang Sheng actually talked about such technology openly at school.
After Ye Yanxi finished speaking, she found that Xiao Yu didn't answer her. Instead, he frowned slightly and seemed to be lost in thought. So she waved her little hand in front of his eyes.
Coming back to his senses, Xiao Yu stared at Ye Yanxi strangely. "What's wrong?"
"What were you thinking about? You were so absorbed. I've already finished speaking, and you still haven't come back to your senses. How much of what I said did you hear?" Ye Yanxi pouted dissatisfiedly.
"I was just thinking about something about the company. By the way, what did you just say?"
Thinking that he was usually very busy with work, Ye Yanxi let him off. She repeated what she had just said, "I said what I want to eat tonight. I'll call Aunt Xia and ask her to prepare it earlier."
"I'm okay with anything. You can just tell Aunt Xia what you want to eat."
"Okay. Then I won't care about you anymore." Saying that, Ye Yanxi was about to call Hong Xia. Suddenly, her phone lit up. It was He Chuyan calling.
Ye Yanxi had a bad feeling in her heart again.
Could it be so soon? Had Liang Sheng already gone to find her?
Worried, Ye Yanxi immediately pressed the answer button, but accidentally pressed the wrong button and hung up the call. Finally, she called back anxiously.
After answering the call, Ye Yanxi blurted out, "What's wrong, Yanyan? What happened?"
He Chuyan's loud voice came from the receiver, "Xixi, come quickly."
Hearing the urgent tone, Ye Yanxi immediately wanted to get up, but accidentally hit the roof of the car. She rubbed her forehead with tears in her eyes. "Yanyan... What happened? Don't be in a hurry. Tell me slowly. Is it..."
But before she could finish speaking, He Chuyan said something else anxiously.
This made Ye Yanxi very confused. She thought she had heard wrong and hesitated to ask, "What did you just... just say?"
"Silence Shu's mother. His mother came to my house. Come quickly."
If someone didn't know, they would think He Chuyan's house was on fire. Ye Yanxi was a bit speechless. It seemed that she had worried for nothing.
"What did his mother come to your house for?" Ye Yanxi said with a mix of laughter and tears.
He Chuyan paused for a moment, looking a bit embarrassed. "It's still about this morning's thing. His mother also knows about it. I didn't go to the company today. Who knew she went to the company and even asked for my address and then came here."
Since He Chuyan had called for help, Ye Yanxi had no choice but to glance at Xiao Yu. Seeing that Xiao Yu didn't say anything, she immediately asked Xu Bei to drive to He Chuyan's house.
Just as they arrived at the door, He Chuyan seemed to have predicted their arrival and opened the door for Ye Yanxi and the others.
Ye Yanxi outside the door didn't even have time to be surprised. He Chuyan, looking like she had seen a savior, immediately pulled her into the room. "Xixi, you're finally here."
While pulling Ye Yanxi in, she didn't forget about Xiao Yu following behind Ye Yanxi. So she greeted him, "President Xiao is here too. Please help close the door. Thank you."
After pulling Ye Yanxi to sit on the sofa, He Chuyan stared at her hesitantly.
Ye Yanxi scanned the room and saw that there was no one else. "Are you the only one here?"
Just as she finished speaking, a woman walked out of the kitchen, holding a bowl of soup that smelled very fragrant and looked very appetizing.
"The chicken soup is ready!" Saying that, Mrs. Shen walked over with a smiling face and put the bowl on the dining - room table.
Mrs. Shen turned around and saw Ye Yanxi and Xiao Yu in the living room. Her eyes lit up, and she walked over happily.
"Xiaoyu, you're here too." Mrs. Shen sat down beside He Chuyan with a satisfied look on her face. She sized Ye Yanxi up and asked, "Is this your wife, Xiaoyu?"
"Hello, Auntie." Xiao Yu and Ye Yanxi greeted politely at the same time.