Sheng Sibai frowned, looking a bit displeased with obvious wariness in his eyes. "What do you want to know?"
"Mr. Sheng, there's no need to be so tense. I'm not going to ask you about the business secrets of Shengshi. I just want to know some trivial... gossip."
Sheng Sibai's expression instantly turned solemn. It was quite obvious from Feng Qing's look and expression what she was going to ask.
Sheng Sibai had been extremely busy dealing with that matter before. Only after he was done did he learn that Feng Qing's father had passed away on the same day.
He didn't believe it was just a coincidence. But now, he couldn't figure out the reason behind Feng Qing's questions.
It would be easy to find out whether Feng Qing had any contact with her father. But she didn't seem to be that interested in her father's gossip.
While he was hesitating, Feng Qing smiled again. "It seems that Mr. Sheng can't make a decision. Since Mr. Sheng isn't sincere, please leave."
Sheng Sibai's inner struggle was fully written on his face. Under Feng Qing's confident gaze, he finally gave in to her.
"What do you want to know?"
"I want to know a lot, like Sheng Qingran and that woman, and who that woman is exactly."
"I don't know much. It may not satisfy you, but you have to keep your promise and make an exchange."
Feng Qing smiled generously. "Of course I'll keep my promise. But how much I can get in exchange depends entirely on Mr. Sheng."
Sheng Sibai was extremely determined to find Jian Jiaojiao. So he told Feng Qing a lot of things about Sheng Qingran.
That woman could appear beside both Sheng Qingran and his father by looking similar to his mother. There must be some hidden secrets.
Sheng Sibai's attitude towards her seemed to be entirely influenced by Sheng Yan, which made Feng Qing think that he might not know the feud between Sheng Qingran and his father.
Sheng Yan didn't know that Sheng Sibai had come to see Feng Qing until after Sheng Sibai left.
As far as he knew, it wasn't the first time his elder brother had come to see Feng Qing secretly.
"Why does elder brother always come to see you behind my back?"
Sheng Yan said this with a hint of jealousy. Feng Qing just lazily glanced at him.
"If you're so curious, you should ask Sheng Sibai. It's him who comes to see me, not me who goes to find him."
Sheng Yan was left speechless. He didn't want to quarrel with her, so he could only leave with a pout, looking wronged.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to remind Feng Qing that they were going on a business trip the next day and that she should go to bed early.
Before leaving for Jiangcheng, Feng Qing made a phone call. And since Sheng Yan was going on a business trip with her, he didn't bring any other assistants.
Since Chairman Feng's death, he had felt indebted to Feng Qing. Many times, he was willing to lower his stance a bit to take care of her emotions.
Gradually, it was as if he had returned to the time when he was Feng Qing's assistant. When booking rooms, he always went first and Feng Qing followed.
"Sorry, since it's the peak season recently, all the rooms in the hotel are fully booked. There's only one room left now."
The receptionist's words instantly broke Sheng Yan, who was holding two ID cards.
Seeing him turn around with a look of embarrassment, Feng Qing walked over and asked him what was wrong.
"There's only one room left now." He was worried that Feng Qing wouldn't agree, so he felt a bit embarrassed. Just as he was about to ask if they should change to another hotel, Feng Qing had already taken the ID cards from his hand and handed them to the receptionist.
"Please book one room. Thank you."
After Feng Qing checked in, she took the room card and turned to leave, leaving Sheng Yan and the luggage behind.
Sheng Yan looked at the luggage ignored by Feng Qing. Was he really her assistant now?
Sheng Yan followed her into the elevator. His expression was extremely awkward, and he stole glances at Feng Qing from time to time.
But Feng Qing was more calm than he expected. After noticing his gaze, she even mocked him.
"Why are you making such an expression for no reason? It's not like we haven't slept in the same room before."
Sheng Yan: "..." It was true, but could the situation now be the same as before?
If it had been before, Feng Qing would definitely not have agreed. Alas, Chairman Feng's death had really hit Feng Qing hard.
"You sleep on the bed. I'll sleep on the sofa."
Feng Qing didn't say anything. She just did her own thing. Anyway, she didn't plan to sleep on the sofa. It was up to Sheng Yan to decide how he wanted to sleep.
However, the two people who should have been able to lie in the same room peacefully couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard they tried, for some unknown reason.
"Can't you sleep either?" Sheng Yan turned over and faced the bed.
Feng Qing was lying on her side, looking very small and thin. She was curled up in the quilt, and there wasn't much of a bulge.
At first, Feng Qing didn't respond to him. But Sheng Yan seemed to be sure that she was awake and kept talking more boldly.
"If you're not asleep, let's have a chat. It's been a long time since we've been together so peacefully."
"What do you want to talk about?" Feng Qing closed her eyes and indulged him. Although she wasn't sleepy, she didn't want to open her eyes either.
Sheng Yan didn't expect what to talk about. He thought for a while before he knew what he wanted to ask. "I forgot to ask you before. Did Cathy go with her father?"
"Yeah."
"Oh." Sheng Yan's voice sounded a bit disappointed.
The corner of Feng Qing's lips curled up, and she let out a snort. "What? You seem to feel quite sorry."
Sheng Yan glanced at Feng Qing. Seeing that she still didn't move, he looked up at the ceiling. "A little bit."
Cathy was so cute. If she followed Feng Qing, he could see her often in the future.
Of course, if he could become Cathy's step - father in the future... he wouldn't mind.
"You seem to like Cathy very much."
"Of course. Cathy is so cute. Who wouldn't like Cathy?"
Cathy was simply an angel. Just one look at her could melt one's heart.
Although he was only called uncle by Cathy before, if one day Cathy called him dad, he thought he would be so happy that he would go crazy.
"If Cathy wasn't my daughter, would you still like her so much?" Feng Qing's voice was soft. It came from the edge of the quilt, and some of the words were blurred, making it a bit unclear.
But when Sheng Yan heard her question, he sat up straight from the sofa. "How can you say that? How sad Cathy would be if she knew that!"
Which kid could accept that after their parents divorced, their mother was no longer their mother?
Feng Qing thought his reaction was extremely funny. She crawled out of the quilt and looked at Sheng Yan leisurely.
"Logically speaking, Cathy doesn't look like me at all. Haven't you ever suspected that Cathy isn't my biological daughter?"
Her words stunned Sheng Yan.
"What do you mean?" Why did he feel like he couldn't understand Chinese anymore?
Feng Qing ruffled her hair. "I'm saying, Cathy wasn't born by me."