"Husband? So Shi Mei is married?"
"That's impossible, right? If she were married and still looked like such a mess, how poor must her husband be!"
"With Shi Mei's character, even if no one took care of her, she wouldn't go for a penniless guy!"
"Right, right, right, I think so too. She's always been vain... Hey, do you think, is it possible that she was pregnant before marriage and had no choice but to get married?"
"That's impossible. If she had gotten married because of pregnancy, it wouldn't be happening just now. She's had so many sugar daddies and probably had countless abortions, right?"
"Uh," a timid voice chimed in, "Am I the only one who thinks Shi Mei doesn't look normal? Have any of you ever seen her cry before?"
With that said, everyone's attention shifted to Shi Mei's current state.
"That's true, even if Shi Mei was poor, she wouldn't just go out in pajamas, right?"
"I wanted to say that just now, and her expression looks so stupid. Running and crying at the same time, who does that...?"
"Fuck! She's throwing herself at him. Who is that? He looks so damn familiar!"
"Mr. Shi," the middle-aged man wiped his sweat, his face full of relieved smiles, "Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to sign the contract. Rest assured, I will not let you down!"
Shi Lingyan nodded lightly, his expression indifferent, "Mr. Hou, it's nothing."
Mr. Hou, relieved, bowed respectfully, "Are you going back to your company now? I have a car; may I give you a ride?"
Shi Lingyan declined with a light smile, "No need..."
A sudden shout pierced through the air, causing Shi Lingyan to stiffen.
The voice was coquettish, carrying a tone of grievance, as if whining, familiar to the bone.
Shi Lingyan turned sharply, and immediately saw a figure in baby pink darting towards him, rapidly entering his field of vision.
Without warning, his mind superimposed her with another figure.
It was a completely different face, yet the charm seemed almost identical.
How many times had he seen a figure running towards him , with a bright and bold smile, crashing heavily and recklessly into his arms?
Shi Lingyan momentarily lost focus, and as he saw her pouncing, his arms opened instinctively.
The sweet fragrance of strawberry cake invaded his nostrils, her soft, sweet body pressing against him, arms wrapped around his neck, accompanied by the 'wuuuu' of crying, sounding a bit pitiful and desolate.
Shi Lingyan snapped back to reality and immediately pushed her away.
Shi Mei, not realizing she had done anything wrong, rubbed her eyes and wailed loudly, "Husband, husband, an ugly old witch is chasing me, wuuu, the ugly witch wants to eat me up, wuuuuu!"
Mr. Hou stood dumbstruck, tongue-tied, "Mr... Mr. Shi, who is this?"
And Mr. Hou wasn't the only one startled.
Xie Fangfang stopped abruptly, staring in disbelief at the scene before her.
"Isn't that Mr. Shi? So he's Shi Mei's husband?"
"Haha, that's impossible. Mr. Shi is the renowned investment 'Angel' of Xia Country, how could he fancy such trash?"
Shi Lingyan looked at Shi Mei's foolish, endlessly crying face, his eyebrows twitching, feeling somewhat of a headache.
Seeing Shi Lingyan's unwelcoming and even somewhat disgusted gaze, Xie Fangfang finally mustered the courage to ask, "Mr. Shi, do you know her?"