Tonight I've been thinking of styling your hair like this all night long

  Song Donglin asked them to sit down, he ran to the kitchen, washed apples, pears and strawberries, cut the apples and pears into pieces, also cut open the red pomelos, brought back to the living room for Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu to eat.

  Because the house is not big, sitting in the living room can still hear the sound of washing dishes coming from the kitchen. Qi Chengzhi glanced at it without making a sound and covered his eyes again.

  This time, when Qi Cheng wanted to take Song Yu away, Yu Qianying didn't stop him, but just watched her own daughter follow another man, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart, even if it was Song Donglin.

  When sending them off at the door, Yu Qianying said: "If you have time, come back and sit with Song Yu more often. I know you're busy, but it's not necessary to come back for dinner. Even if it's just a ten or twenty minute visit, we parents will also miss our daughter."

  "And you." Yu Qianying turned to Song Yu again, "Even if he's busy, you should come back and visit often yourself."

  "Good." Song Yu smiled and agreed, because Yu Qianying no longer opposed it, she felt much more at ease.

  Although the corridor had lighting, it was not as bright as at home. Standing at the door and looking at Yu Qianying's face, she seemed to be much more haggard and aged than under the light.

  A surge of sourness welled up in Song Yu's throat, and he suddenly stepped forward to tightly hug Yu Qianying.

  Yu Qianying was also surprised, Song Yu wasn't someone who easily showed her emotions, but as if she understood something, she smiled and hugged her back, patting her on the back, "Go back early."

  Song Yu stepped out of Yu Qianying's arms and turned to face Qi Chengzhi: "I—"

  Before he could finish speaking, Qi Chengzhi's eyes had already said it: "Don't even think about it."

  He knew what she wanted to say, she wanted to stay here for a night.

  Before Song Yu could finish speaking, he grabbed her hand and said, "There are only two more days until the weekend, we'll come again then."

  Yu Qianying looked at Qi Chengzhi and sighed. He hadn't even gotten married yet, but he was already being overbearing and unwilling to let go. All she could say was: "Go back for now, you guys come over on the weekend, stay here overnight and leave again, how about that?"

  This time Song Yu didn't give Qi Chengzhi a chance to respond and hastily agreed, "Good!"

  The answer was a bit quick, and it wasn't until then that Song Yu looked at Qi Chengzhi with some guilt, seeing him wanting to smile but not smiling, the deep black eyes hung with a hint of teasing light, but he didn't object, his voice steady and reserved, "I'll check my schedule later, I'll come over on Friday or Saturday."

  Yu Qianying's face instantly hung a joyful smile, and Song Yu also looked at him with gratitude.

  The two of them left and got in the car. Song Yu didn't say thank you, feeling that saying it would create distance, and was also afraid that he wouldn't be happy about it.

  But just as they were about to get out of the car, Song Yu suddenly leaned over and quickly kissed his cheek, bringing with him a gentle breeze that carried a faint, subtle fragrance that was particularly refreshing.

  She was about to get off the bus, but Qi Chengzhi grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

  As he slid his seat back, pulling her onto his lap, he also made sure she wasn't hit by the steering wheel or gearshift and other things.

  His suit jacket lay on the back seat, the car's heater was on, and his shirt sleeves were lazily rolled up to just below his elbows, revealing his powerful arms.

  The hair on his arm was not as thick as that of an average man, but more than a woman's, and it gave him a particularly powerful feel.

  Song Yu lowered her head and saw that he had his arm around hers, she felt an urge to lift up his arm with both hands and plant gentle kisses on it.

  However, because the gaze on top of her head was too scorching, her gaze didn't linger on his arm for too long, and she lifted her head, colliding with his playful black eyes.

  "Is this supposed to be a thank you?" he asked with a hint of a smile.

  Song Yu's face turned slightly red, but she still nodded in agreement, "Thanks for not objecting."

  "If your parents would let us live in one room, I absolutely wouldn't object." His dry and hot palm slid up along her lower back, his clean and agile fingertips gently pinched the end of her braid, easily undoing the hair tie.

  Her long fingers slipped into her braid and gently combed it out, letting her head of wavy hair cascade down like a waterfall.

  Clean fingertips combed through her wavy long hair, the curved locks straightening slightly with each stroke of his hand, but as soon as he let go, they sprang back to their original curvature.

  "All night long, I've been thinking about styling your hair like this." His low, husky voice was especially sensual, directly scratching her heart.

  He bowed his head and buried it in her hair, inhaling deeply.

  Song Yu's face, which had been sniffed by him, was both numb and red, and he said in a low voice: "There are only two rooms in our house, one is my parents', and the other is mine. If you insist on staying, of course, you will have to live with me."

  His soft laughter came from the dense hair on her neck, his lips slowly grinding up from her neck to find her soft lips and heavily kissed her.

  ……

  ……

  In the evening, Yu Ke Yao returned from a gathering with friends and found two pairs of shoes in front of the shoe cabinet at the entrance: one male and one female. The female pair was a low-heeled leather shoe with a style leaning towards middle-aged.

  Yu Keyao raised an eyebrow, thinking of her interactions with the Qi family yesterday. Could it be that Qi Zhongliang and Xia Wennan had arrived?

  When He Dajie came over to take her bag, Yu Keyao was in a good mood and asked in a relaxed tone, "Who's here?"

  "It's Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu," said Aunt He.

  Yu Keyao's happy expression on her face disappeared, and she walked into the living room to see Yu Zixiu and Chi Yanzhen sitting opposite Yu Zidong and Liang Lihua.

  "Yu Kao has returned just in time, come sit here, this matter also concerns you." Yu Zixiu said as he pointed to the empty seat on the sofa.

  Yu Ke sat down and heard Yu Zixiu say, "I heard your sister say that yesterday at Jingqi's kindergarten, she ran into the Qi family."

  Yu Zixiu didn't wait for Yu Ke's response and continued to say, "Your sister said that Qi Chengzhi already has a girlfriend, and it's Song Yu."

  Yu Zixiu no longer looked at Yu Keyao, but instead turned to Yu Zidong and Liang Lihua, "Why didn't you tell us about this matter?"

  "It's not a big deal anyway, the matter between Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu, the Qi family won't agree to it, they'll eventually break up, there's nothing to say." Liang Lihua pursed her lips, forming a stern line, coldly staring at the couple in front of her, extremely unhappy that Yu Zixiu and her husband had come to interfere with their family matters.

  "Song Yu and the Qi family are now sitting together, what's there to say?" Chi Yanzhen put down her teacup, raised an eyebrow, "According to Ke Xin's observation, although the Qi family is not very satisfied with Song Yu, they didn't insist on breaking them up either. It seems that even if they're unhappy in their hearts, they can't do anything about it. Looking at Qi Chengzhi's attitude towards Song Yu, he can only agree."

  "Moreover, Old Lady Qi is very satisfied and has been standing on their side all along, so no one else dares to oppose it." Chi Yun cleared her throat, "Yesterday, I saw Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu being so loving and affectionate, anyone who saw them would know not to intervene, those with some self-respect wouldn't linger around. They made it so obvious, yet you still want to follow them home? It's good that Qi Chengzhi took Song Yu away. Why are you still following the Qi family? Are you going to make a fool of yourself?"

  Li Hua did not expect Yu Ke Yao to do such a thing, Yu Ke Yao came back and only said that she saw Qi Cheng Zhi and Song Yu at the kindergarten, and was also invited by the Qi family to visit.

  She also thought that the Qi family had always opposed Song Yu, and was very satisfied with Yu Keyao, planning to insist on matching Yu Keyao with Qi Chengzhi, but unexpectedly, it was Yu Keyao who stubbornly stayed at their house and refused to leave.

  Even Liang Lihua, who has always encouraged Yu Kejiao to persist and not care too much about her face, now feels a bit embarrassed after hearing Chi Yunzhen say this.

  "What did you two come here for today? Is it just to say that Yu Ke Yao has brought shame to the Yu family?" Yu Zidong said displeased, Yu Ke Yao is her daughter, even if she did something wrong, it's up to him to criticize privately, what right do these two people have to come and say this?

  "Originally, the Qi family had intended for Ke Yao to marry Qi Chengzhi, and we were all delighted, as this would be a great benefit to the Yu family." Yu Zixiu ignored his brother's teasing, "But under the current circumstances, it is impossible for Qi Chengzhi to marry Ke Yao, even if the Qi family cannot force him, what can we do?"

  "It's better to befriend Song Yu instead. After all, she is our niece, and if Qi Chengzhi insists on marrying her, then we can also consider ourselves relatives of the Qi family."

  "Absolutely not!" Liang Lihua suddenly spoke out, her sharp voice piercing the ears of Yu Zidong and Yu Keyao sitting next to her, somewhat painfully.

  Yu Zixiu and Chi Yanzhen's eyes both stole over, Liang Lihua adjusted her expression, "When the Song family went bankrupt, Yu Qianying hadn't come to find us yet, we had already distanced ourselves from her. As a result, all these years there has been no contact between them. Now that Song Yu and Qi Chengzhi are together, the Yu family immediately goes to find them, do you think they will easily forgive us?"

  Liang Lihua's mouth corner coldly hooked up, issuing a light snort, "Not only will they not forgive, but they'll probably go all out to make things difficult and mock us! They can't wait for the opportunity to give us a hard time, make us lose face, and get revenge for past grievances?"

  "At first, the Song family went bankrupt and we didn't care about them. Now that Song Yu and Qi Chengzhi are together, we immediately went to get close to them. Yu Qianying is your sister, with her temper, what would she do? Don't you know?"

  At the moment of silence in the living room, a soft and gentle voice sounded again, "I think it's better to let me try my best first?"

  Yu Keyao saw everyone looking over, so she said: "Now Song Yu and Qi Chengzhi are together, but the two have not gotten married yet. The Qi family does not object, but they also do not have a definite agreement. Everything is still uncertain, so going to curry favor with them now, isn't that too hasty?"

  "And besides, as long as they're not married yet, I still have a chance. Who knows if Song Yu and Qi Chengzhi will make it to the end? It's not certain yet!" Yu Keyao sneered coldly, "Going to curry favor with the Song family, I think even in your eyes, it's a last resort, something you wouldn't want to do unless absolutely necessary."

  "In that case, why not let me try? If it really doesn't work out in the end, Song Yu can still marry Qi Cheng and make amends with the Song family later. Whether we make amends now or later, I think the Song family's attitude won't change."

  "You say I'm embarrassing, but I don't think so. I like Qi Chengzhi, and I bravely pursue him. What's wrong with that?" Yu Keyao brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "If I don't try now, I'll never succeed. Once I succeed, who will care about how I did it?"

  Yu Keyao stood up and looked at them, "Anyway, I won't give up. You can also think about it, whether what I said makes sense or not. I'll go back to my room first."

  ……

  ……

  The next afternoon, Song Yu got off work as usual earlier than Qi Chengzhi, and often took her to the temporary residence of Qi, but Song Yu did not enter the company.

  She didn't want to go in and receive so much attention again, causing such a big stir, with so many employees staring at her, and if she ran into another supervisor who was so deferential to her, just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.

  I told him I wanted to take a walk around the neighborhood and go back to the company later.

  Because Zili is located in the business district, there are high-end office buildings and mid-to-high-end shopping malls nearby, and night markets are not allowed. However, there are some small shops with personality on the roadside.

  Just came out of a store and received a call from Qi Chengzhi.

  "Where is it?" came Qi Cheng's light voice over the phone, somewhat husky and lazy due to the distance.

  "Strolling around near the company." Song Yu said, looking up at the store name and saying to him, "Are you done with your work?"

  "Why didn't you come up?" he asked on the phone again, seemingly ignoring the question behind Song Yu.

  "It's just as awkward as yesterday! If I go over, your company's employees and supervisors are too enthusiastic. And you're working, while I'm standing by with nothing to do. You focus on your work, I'll just take a stroll around here, no rush."

  She finished speaking, and Qi Chengzhi just faintly said "uh-huh" before hanging up the phone.

  She was already used to his phone call pattern, so Song Yu didn't mind and continued walking forward, not daring to walk too far away, so she browsed each store very carefully.

  The store that just came out, next door is a digital peripheral small store, the small accessories and mobile phone cases hanging in the window are quite interesting, she didn't go in, standing outside the window casually scanning the mobile phone cases hanging inside, suddenly saw one that was quite distinctive.

  The phone case has a white border, the back shell is transparent, looks like plastic, but with silver-gray and white feather patterns printed on it. Song Yu liked it at once, feeling that it matches her name well, and also matches the model of her current mobile phone.

  It just so happens that next to this phone is also hanging a same series, only with different patterns, orange border, and the transparent shell on the back has an orange with leaves printed on it. Whether in terms of color or cute style, it's very girly.

  But when she saw the pattern of oranges, she thought of Qi Chengzhi and found that oranges were also a homophone for Chengzhi.

  Song Yu thought that such a cute girl-style phone case was placed on Qi Chengzhi's phone and held by him, the scene made her want to laugh.

  But she still stepped forward preparing to enter the store, when a low voice with a hint of amusement came from behind her: "What do you want to buy?"

  Song Yu turned around in surprise and saw the person coming, unable to help but ask in surprise: "How are you here?"

  Her surprise seemed to be quite interesting, and Li Zhuoan had a smile at the corner of his mouth, with his eyes always falling on Song Yu's face, reluctant to leave. "I came to do something nearby, just passed by and saw you here, only saw your back, afraid it was just a resemblance, mistaken identity, got out of the car and walked over to take a look, didn't expect it was really you."

  Song Yu glanced back and saw a Maserati parked by the side of the road, remembering that it was Li Zhuoan's car, which he had seen on the night of Qi Chengzhi's blind date at Wang Chao.

  Only here is the roadside parking prohibited, but he stopped quite at will.

  "Want to buy something?" Lai Zhuoan glanced around the store, earlier when he came over, Song Yu was just about to enter.

  "Just go in and take a look." Song Yu didn't want to chat with him too much, as they were right next to Qi Lin's place, and it was possible that one of Qi Lin's employees might pass by and spread the news to Qi Chengzhi, which wouldn't be good.

  Although she didn't do anything, the man's jealousy was quite strong, and he would have to coax her again when they got home.

  "You can't park here, don't leave your car here for too long or you'll get a ticket." Song Yu just wanted to get rid of him now.

  "Go ahead and open it then, no big deal." Lǐ Zhuó ān said nonchalantly, a confident smile also rising to the corners of his mouth.

  Lizhao An has a steady temperament and is known for keeping his promises, never speaking without thinking. When such a man shows a confident and calm smile, it can be very attractive to women and gain their favor.

  Unfortunately, Qi Cheng was even more steady than him. When he curled up the corners of his mouth, that steadiness would miraculously add a touch of evil charm. And his years-honed calm confidence was simply not something Lai Zhuoan could match.

  Song Yu's eyes had already been spoiled by Qi Chengzhi, so when she saw Lie Zhuoan's expression, which was very charming in other women's eyes, not only was she not captivated, but she also felt that he was still too young and not steady enough.

  If the same words were spoken from Qi Cheng's mouth, it would be truly effortless and carefree.

  But since Lü Zhuo'an had already said so, Song Yu didn't say anything else and turned to enter the store, but unexpectedly Lü Zhuo'an also followed her in.

  The store was originally small, and Lai Zhuoan followed her so closely that although it couldn't be said to be sticking to her side, it still made Song Yu feel crowded and uncomfortable.

  She now just wants to get rid of him as soon as possible, but can't say it directly, which is very impolite.

  She quickly took down the phone case with feather and orange flower print from the hook and went to the checkout counter. Seeing the price displayed on the machine, Song Yu was taking out money from her wallet, while Li Zhuoan had already taken out a card and handed it to the cashier.

  Song Yu furrowed his brow and handed over 300 yuan that he had already pinched in his hand.

  "Since I'm here, let me buy it," said Lai Zhuoan.

  "It's not good." Song Yu had no reason to spend Lai Zhuoan's money, let alone Qi Chengzhi's money. She rarely spent unless he insisted, and even less so with Lai Zhuoan. So she refused, "I want to buy things, there's no reason for you to pay."

  "It's just a small thing, no need to split it so clearly between friends. Besides, as long as I'm here, I don't have the habit of letting ladies pay, or else I'll feel uncomfortable all over. Let's just consider this my apology gift." Lei Zhuoan said, forcibly stuffing the card into the cashier's hand.

  Song Yu furrowed his brow and said, "If you're referring to the Red Top incident, you've already sent flowers last time. Besides, I really didn't take it to heart, there's nothing to apologize for. If you insist, then I forgave you on the spot at Red Top that time, this really doesn't give you a reason to pay."

  "Speaking of flowers, I mentioned it in the card last time. If you've forgiven me, please give me a call. Since I haven't received your call, I assume you haven't forgiven me yet." Lǐ Zhuó ān smiled. "This time, consider it another chance for me to make amends. Although the phone case might not be a particularly solemn gift, I'll make up for it another day."

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  Worked hard to get fifth place ~~