With a quick glance, Yuan Meng found that the caller was Chai Yanyu, who hadn't shown up for a long time. She subconsciously hung up the phone.
However, the more nervous she was, the more likely she was to make mistakes. Sure enough, she accidentally pressed the answer button instead of the reject button.
Since things had come to this, hanging up again would seem rather deliberate. Instead, she might as well listen to what this crybaby had to say.
"Mengmeng, help me out! My cousin, my cousin is on the verge of death..."
Yuan Meng frowned in disgust and moved the phone slightly away from her ear.
Sure enough, it was no mistake to call Chai Yanyu a "crybaby"!
"The scoundrels always live long. Your cousin won't die."
"No, this time it's for real!"
Chai Yanyu was determined to act like a rascal, aiming only to get Yuan Meng to agree.
"Ling Qianchen is just in a coma, not in the late stage of cancer. Do you have to be like this?"
Apparently, Chai Yanyu, who was determined to achieve his goal, wouldn't obediently listen. Immediately, he launched another round of pestering.
Seeing that they couldn't see eye to eye, Yuan Meng mercilessly hung up the phone. Naturally, Chai Yanyu, who had been hung up on, wasn't convinced. So the two started a little game of him calling and her hanging up.
An hour later, Yuan Meng, annoyed by the constant pestering, had no choice but to give in and go to the hospital.
To be honest, she didn't know when she had become so soft - hearted. But Chai Yanyu had really taken good care of her before. So, just think of it as...
Repaying his previous care!
In the hospital ward.
Ling Qianchen had a gloomy face, exuding an aura that warned others to stay away. The doctors and nurses were frightened by him.
It would be a laughing - stock if it got out that the patient refused to cooperate with the infusion and they were intimidated by the patient's imposing manner.
Fortunately, this strange aura didn't last long. And Ling Qianchen's cold aura began to change as the door was pushed open from the outside.
"Mengmeng."
Seeing her familiar attire, Ling Qianchen was extremely excited. He even thought they had gone back to the past.
Back to the time when they hadn't signed the divorce papers and there would still be a look of worry on Yuan Meng's face!
However, when he met Yuan Meng's cold and heartless eyes, it was like a heavy blow on his head, knocking him back to reality.
His heart instantly cooled down.
Yes, how could time reverse? How could they go back to the past?
Thinking of his current embarrassment, his eyes, which had been full of surprise, gradually dimmed.
Would she look down on him because of his embarrassment?
Yuan Meng didn't know what was going on in Ling Qianchen's mind at this moment. She just felt annoyed.
"Ling Qianchen, what on earth do you want?"
"I..."
"Don't tell me you only realized how deeply you're in love with me after the divorce?"
Ling Qianchen was silent.
Her acting skills were getting better and better.
"Mengmeng, what kind of existence am I in your heart?"
This question was rather strange, but she still answered it as it came.
"Ling Qianchen, you just feel a bit guilty because you saw someone getting close to me. Your proud and arrogant heart can't stand it. But I don't need your pity or your compensation. I just hope you'll stop disturbing my life and giving me false hopes."
Even though he knew she was acting, Ling Qianchen still couldn't suppress his anger.
After all, she was the one he had placed at the very center of his heart. No matter how harsh her words were, even if they were full of thorns, he still couldn't bear to say anything heavy to her.
"Yes, I only realized I wanted to cherish you after I lost you. I'll do everything possible to win you back."
Both his eyes and his words were extremely determined. No one could destroy his resolve.
Yuan Meng was directly stunned on the spot and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
While Yuan Meng was still in a daze, Ling Qianchen didn't disturb her. He just looked at her with a smile.
To be honest, although they had been married for a year, the times he had really paid attention to her were few and far between.
He felt regretful yet sweet.
If he had paid attention to Yuan Meng earlier, maybe by now, they would have been holding hands and living a happy life together.
But now, he could only feel this hard - won warmth and sweetness through her occasional innocent expressions...
His gaze was so intense that Yuan Meng, who had been daydreaming, suddenly came back to her senses.
After coming back to her senses, for a moment, she didn't dare to look into his eyes directly.
"This joke has gone too far."
She was impatient, but considering that she was supposed to be Ruan Meng at the moment, her tone couldn't be too tough.
She didn't know that her deliberate little expressions almost made the man across from her lose control.
He really wanted to hug her tightly!
Knowing that he couldn't rush things and not wanting to waste this hard - won opportunity to meet, Ling Qianchen had to swallow his bitterness.
"Mengmeng, although I really want the chance to pursue you again, I don't want to make you feel embarrassed."
Yuan Meng remained silent.
Ling Qianchen continued, "Although most divorced people rarely manage to be on good terms and become friends, I hope I can at least get the status of a friend and accompany you silently."
"No need."
She had long wanted to cut off all ties with him. The reason she had used the identity of Ai Yue to approach and test him was simply to take revenge for the neglect and coldness she had suffered in the Ling family!
Ling Qianchen had long guessed that she would refuse, so he wasn't too depressed.
"Mengmeng, I'll just be a friend, knowing when to advance and when to retreat. I won't make you feel embarrassed."
Yuan Meng rolled her eyes.
He had said everything. Her response didn't seem that important, did it?
Knowing that she was trying to use her cold attitude to make him give up, he was even more determined not to miss this chance to show himself.
"Don't worry about those things on the Internet. I'll help you solve them."
After expressing his feelings, Ling Qianchen stopped talking, and Yuan Meng didn't show any reaction either.
An awkward atmosphere lingered between them. It wasn't until the doctor came for a ward round that she finally found an excuse to escape from the ward.
Even after Yuan Meng had left and was out of sight, Ling Qianchen still stared longingly in the direction she had gone.
Yuan Meng didn't want to know what expression and reaction Ling Qianchen had at all.
When she got back to her place, she saw that the male actor who had just become her partner had posted an apology message just a few minutes ago.
In the post, he said that due to some personal matters that hadn't been resolved, he had to leave the program team regretfully. He also felt very guilty for the negative impact he had brought to the program team.
Although they had only been partners for one episode, Yuan Meng just couldn't stop thinking deeply about this.
Was this really unrelated to Ling Qianchen?
As soon as this thought came up, it took root and germinated like a seed and became out of control.
But she could only let her mind wander.
Whether this was Ling Qianchen's doing or the male actor really had important matters to attend to, it had nothing to do with her.
The only thing that really bothered her was probably Ling Qianchen's sudden change.
On the other side, at the Bei Group.
Recently, being ignored by Ling Qianchen, being bullied by her family, and being sneered at on the Internet, Bei Mo's days were getting more and more difficult!
She had thought everything could start anew, but when she saw Ling Qianchen's secretary, Bei Mo suddenly laughed.
"Our president said this is just a small gift for Miss Bei. If Miss Bei still doesn't know how to behave herself, when the engagement is called off, it will be even harder for Miss Bei to gain a foothold in this circle."
This secretary was tough - talking and didn't waste any words. After repeating Ling Qianchen's exact words, she left without looking back.
Bei Mo was angry and heart - broken. She didn't even notice that her face was full of tears.
Ling Qianchen, you're really a heartless and cold - blooded scoundrel!