Hearing this, Ai Yue wore a smile on her face and was about to agree. But Ling Qianchen beside her wasn't happy. His face darkened as he directly pulled Ai Yue into the car.
"What time is it? It's the middle of the night. What kind of drinking are you going to do?" he grumbled and then started the car, driving away without even saying goodbye.
Lu Ziyun rubbed his forehead speechlessly. Dude, what are you doing? She's not even your girlfriend yet! Who do you think you are to interfere?
Then he turned to the others and forced a smile. "It's okay, guys. Don't mind them. Let's just keep chatting."
In the car, Ai Yue had a cold look on her face and didn't even glance at Ling Qianchen. What a jerk! Pulling her away all of a sudden. Didn't he know the meaning of respect?
Ling Qianchen focused on driving. He was also a bit angry inside. He just didn't like Ai Yue being with other men, especially drinking with them in the middle of the night. What did this master - apprentice relationship matter anyway!
However, seeing Ai Yue's increasingly cold face, he knew he had done something wrong. He had overreacted because of his own unhappiness.
"I'm sorry. I just thought that it was so late and a girl should go home earlier," Ling Qianchen couldn't help but apologize.
Ai Yue's expression remained unchanged. She still didn't look at Ling Qianchen. Ling Qianchen sighed and continued, "I know you're mad at me. But if I could go back in time, I think I'd still do the same thing. I also know I was wrong, but I just couldn't control myself for a moment. I'm sorry. I was just worried about you. If you want to go out and eat something, I'll go with you."
After rambling on for a while, Ai Yue's expression softened a bit. Actually, what made her angry wasn't that she couldn't go out drinking with others, but that Ling Qianchen didn't respect her.
Now that he had apologized, and considering their cooperation relationship, it wasn't good to make the relationship too tense.
"Forget it. I accept your apology. As for having dinner, it's too late. I don't want to eat anything," Ai Yue said.
Since he had just made her angry, Ling Qianchen didn't dare to force Ai Yue to go for dinner with him. He just responded with a yes.
He obediently drove Ai Yue back to the Blue Note Bar and then left.
The deafening music was still playing in the bar. Ai Yue suddenly felt irritated. She checked the time. Fortunately, if she went home now, no one would know.
Thinking like this, she hailed a taxi and headed towards the Ling family's mansion. As for the car she had driven out tonight, driving it back would make too much noise and might wake up the family. She could just ask Luo Yishan to return it tomorrow.
When she arrived at the Ling family's main gate, she suddenly noticed that there were lights on in the yard. The gate was tightly closed. After thinking for a while, she didn't dare to knock on the door. She found a relatively secluded corner and climbed onto the wall.
Lying on the wall, she saw Ling Qianchen's car parked in the yard. Yuan Meng was shocked. Was Ling Qianchen back?
Oh no, would he notice that she wasn't at home? If he knew, he would surely bring up the topic of divorce again.
Thinking like this, she got anxious. Just as she was about to jump off the wall, she suddenly felt her foot go weak and her body started to fall forward uncontrollably.
Oh no, it would hurt so much if she fell on the ground.
Just as she was thinking, she felt her body land on something. There was no pain as she had imagined. She looked up slightly and saw Ling Qianchen holding her. Yuan Meng was so shocked that she immediately covered her face.
She had come back late. Also, she thought no one would see her and never expected Ling Qianchen to be there. So she hadn't changed her makeup. Fortunately, she had changed into Yuan Meng's clothes.
Now she knew that being lazy was a bad idea.
Ling Qianchen didn't see clearly. The person in his arms suddenly jumped to the ground, pushed him away, and then ran away without looking back.
Vaguely, he thought he had seen Ai Yue.
What was going on? Why did he always feel that Yuan Meng sometimes had Ai Yue's shadow?
Recalling carefully, the faint fragrance on Yuan Meng's body when he held her just now was almost the same as the one on Ai Yue.
Curious, Ling Qianchen rarely came to Yuan Meng's room and knocked on the door. "Open the door."
Yuan Meng was busy removing her makeup in a hurry while her voice was filled with a bit of crying. "No, I won't open the door. I'm scared. I was just frightened. I won't open it."
Ling Qianchen was a bit speechless. You dared to climb over the wall, but you're scared? What a joke!
However, no matter how much Ling Qianchen knocked on the door, Yuan Meng just insisted that she was scared and refused to open it.
Helpless, Ling Qianchen turned around and left. Hearing the footsteps outside gradually fade away, Yuan Meng still didn't relax. She continued to put on Yuan Meng's makeup.
After a while, she heard the footsteps coming back again. They stopped in front of her room, and then there was the sound of a key being inserted into the lock.
It turned out that Ling Qianchen didn't leave but went to the butler to get the spare key.
As the door opened, Yuan Meng had already put all her cosmetics back in place. She rolled onto the bed and wrapped herself tightly in the quilt.
When Ling Qianchen came in, he saw this scene. He frowned slightly. Now it seemed that the two of them were completely different. Yuan Meng was as timid as a little rabbit. She would cry at the slightest noise, while Ai Yue never showed the slightest bit of panic no matter what happened.
He deliberately walked to the bedside, pulled the person up, and sniffed the air carefully. The faint fragrance that he thought was a bit like Ai Yue's had completely disappeared.
"What were you doing out in the middle of the night instead of sleeping at home? How dare you secretly climb over the wall," Ling Qianchen preempted after confirming.
Yuan Meng seemed to be frightened and started to shed tears again. "I... I... You want to divorce me. I don't want that. I'm so sad. I just wanted to go out for a walk, feel the wind, and calm down."
"Fine, you can go out for a walk. But why did you climb over the wall to get in? Couldn't you just walk in through the main gate properly? Do you think the servants in the family would dare not open the door for you?" Ling Qianchen wasn't deceived by her words. He grabbed this point and kept asking.
Hearing this, Yuan Meng's tears flowed even more. Her voice became a bit choked. "What do you know? Yes, you're the young master of the family, and everyone listens to you. But what about me? Do you think I dare to let others know that I'm going out in the middle of the night? Everyone in the family is on your mother's side. The moment I go out, they'll call your mother. I didn't dare to let your mother know. If she knew I went out at night, she'd surely be angry and scold me again. Wuwuwu."