sbdcsierra Chapter 113 The Iron Tree That Never Ends Has Finally Finded a Partner!
Chapter 113 The Iron Tree That Never Ends Has Finally Finded a Partner!
Pushing open the door to the private room, he smiled and said to the people inside, "Mr. Yan, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting—"
Yan Zhixu, who was talking quietly with Xu Chaofeng, looked up and stood up to greet him: "No, I just arrived too. Chen Xing, please have a seat."
Chen Xing sat opposite him, and the others also took their seats.
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Back in her seat, Liang Liangwei seemed somewhat absent-minded.
Yan Bei'an poured her a drink and, noticing her distraction, asked, "What's wrong?"
Liang Liangwei: "It's nothing."
Yan Bei'an: "Is there anything else you'd like to eat? How about a dessert?"
Liang Liangwei: "No need, today's sweetness level is already too high."
Yan Bei'an scoffed: "Don't you always say you have a naturally thin physique and can't gain weight no matter what you eat? Are you worried about the sweetness being too much?"
Liang Liangwei: "What do you know? One of the ways beautiful women maintain their figure is by controlling their diet!"
Yan Bei'an was speechless, knowing he couldn't win the argument, so he gave up on the topic.
"Tell me, what exactly happened to Fang Xun?"
Liang Liangwei put down her cup, looked at him, and asked, "Have you examined Fang Xun's forehead injury closely?"
Yan Bei'an: "No."
Liang Liangwei raised an eyebrow: "Huh? Didn't you send me photos? Weren't those taken by you?"
Yan Beian: "That was sent to me by Fang Xun before I went to Tianjin. I asked him to find a high school classmate to accompany him to the hospital. I guess it was that classmate who took the picture for him."
Liang Liangwei: "So, you didn't see his wound with your own eyes? No, then what did you see that day you were together?"
Yan Bei'an: "His forehead is covered by gauze. I can't very well ask him to remove the gauze just to take a look, can I?"
Liang Liangwei asked thoughtfully, "What did he say about the wound? Or rather, what did the doctor say?"
Yan Bei'an frowned and said, "They said it might leave a scar, and if you want to remove the scar, you'll need to have laser scar removal surgery."
Liang Liangwei: "Feeling sorry for them?"
Yan Bei'an paused in his chopsticks and said, "He's quite good-looking, with delicate skin. It would be a shame if he got a scar."
Liang Liangwei felt a little confused. These words didn't sound like heartache, but rather like simply narrating a regrettable event.
Yan Bei'an picked up a piece of pan-fried fish, then thought about it and felt something was off. He put the fish piece back into his bowl, put down his chopsticks, and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Liang Liangwei looked at him meaningfully and said, "If I said I suspected that his wound might be fake, would you believe me?"
Yan Bei'an was taken aback: "...What do you mean?"
Liang Liangwei: "I work in costume design, which includes applying various kinds of makeup to people. I have also studied some theatrical costumes, such as wound makeup, which involves using paint to draw various wounds on people's faces and bodies. Although the wound in Fang Xun's photo is rather rough, in my professional judgment, it is obviously painted-on wound makeup."
Yan Bei'an was stunned, and after a long while, he said, "How is that possible?"
Liang Liangwei shrugged: "You can choose not to believe me, but you can check. Go to a hospital in Tianjin or any clinic where he cleaned his wounds. You'll find out easily. If I'm wrong, I apologize."
Yan Bei'an was skeptical. He frowned and looked at the photo on his phone for a long time, but couldn't see anything unusual.
For him, that was clearly a real wound.
But he knew Liang Liangwei wasn't one to speak carelessly, especially since this involved her profession, and slandering Fang Xun wouldn't do her any good.
After a long pause, he said, "But... why did he lie to me?"
Liang Liangwei: "He said it was because he came out to his mother that she hit him with an ashtray, right?"
Yan Bei'an: "Yes, that's what he said."
Liang Liangwei nodded: "Maybe that's the reason. Maybe he didn't tell his mother at all, and maybe his mother didn't hit him with an ashtray. You can use this as a clue to investigate."
Yan Bei'an fell into deep thought.
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Inside the private room, the two sides ate and chatted for nearly two hours.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they began to chat.
Chen Xing thought of Liang Liangwei outside, and then he remembered seeing her at the Bosch branch at noon. It seemed that she and Yan Zhixu had been standing together at that time.
He then tentatively asked, "Does President Yan know Weiwei?"
Yan Zhixu raised an eyebrow: "Weiwei?"
Chen Xing cut to the chase: "Liang Liangwei, a beautiful young girl, does President Yan know her?"
Yan Zhixu immediately understood that he was referring to the time around noon, and smiled without denying it: "I know him."
Chen Xing looked at him meaningfully and asked, "You and she..."
Yan Zhixu readily replied, "She is my girlfriend."
Several Bosch executives looked at him in surprise upon hearing this.
President Yan, who has been single for ages, has finally found love!
Chen Xing was also somewhat surprised, yet somewhat understanding. If they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend, they wouldn't have been standing so close. He glanced over and seemed to have seen Yan Zhixu reach out to Liang Liangwei, trying to grab her arm.
Yan Zhixu: "Chen Xing knows her too?"
Chen Xing, unsure whether he knew Liang Liangwei's identity, smiled and said, "She's the daughter of a friend of mine, kind of like a niece."
It turned out to be the case.
Why did she leave without saying goodbye to anyone at noon?
Yes, she ran away. Her reaction at the time did seem like she was running away, as if she was avoiding something. He thought she was angry with him. If Chen Xing hadn't arrived, he would definitely have chased after her to find out.
Later, I ordered her afternoon tea to cheer her up, and it seems to have worked. She ate it and even took a picture of it.
Yan Zhixu spoke up for his girlfriend: "She had something urgent to attend to, so she left in a hurry."
Chen Xing nodded in agreement: "That should be it. I suddenly came to Bosch, and she probably didn't expect it to be me and didn't recognize me."
He then asked, "How long have you been dating? I hadn't heard that she had a boyfriend before, so I was a little surprised."
Yan Zhixu chuckled and said, "It hasn't been long, we just confirmed our relationship."
Chen Xing laughed and said, "President Yan is a handsome and talented young man, and Weiwei is beautiful and elegant with a good family background. You two are a perfect match."
Yan Zhixu: "Borrowing Chen Xingji's words."
After they both took a sip of their drinks, he asked again, "Why did Chen Xing suddenly bring up Weiwei?"
After a few drinks, Chen Xing became a bit mischievous: "Guess~"
Yan Zhixu smiled and said, "Just...suddenly thought of it?"
“What a sudden thought,” Chen Xing laughed. “Actually, no, I ran into Weiwei in the restaurant when I came here just now.”
Yan Zhixu was slightly taken aback: "You mean, you ran into Weiwei in this restaurant?"
Chen Xing: "Yes, we greeted each other and chatted for a bit. She and her friend were eating here and happened to run into me."
Yan Zhixu glanced at the time; more than two hours had passed, and she wondered if she was still there.
Chen Xing guessed what he was thinking from his expression and joked, "Go and take a look. We're not in a hurry; we can wait for you."
Yan Zhixu initially wanted to let it go, but since she really had this idea in mind, she smiled apologetically, stood up, and said, "Sorry, I'll be right back."
Not afraid of being laughed at, he strode out of the private room.