Mrs. Du knocked on her daughter’s door but received no response.
“Mengmeng’s probably asleep already, stop knocking, don’t you see what time it is?”
Mr. Du said to his wife, reminding her that it was late at night, their daughter was likely asleep, and they shouldn’t disturb her.
Mrs. Du stopped knocking and said, “It’s just that I haven’t seen Mengmeng these past couple of days, I wanted to have a chat with her, if she’s asleep, I’ll have to wait until her next break.”
The family lived in a large mansion.
But the younger generation were all busy with business matters.
They left early and returned late, even during the New Year holidays few were truly free, still having to visit clients to pay their respects.
Although the Du Group was one of the top conglomerates in Haicheng, their clients were also powerful, and they had competitors, plenty of people eager to snatch opportunities from the Du family.
Naturally, the Du family had to maintain friendly relations with their clients.
That’s how business works, everyone understands.
“If you miss your daughter, you can see her at the company.”
Mr. Du walked with his wife towards their room.
“She’s so busy with work, if I go to the company to see her, it’ll take up her time, her work will pile up, and she’ll have to stay late.”
“I just wanted to talk to her about Yang’s return to the country, she agreed to pick him up at the airport.”
Mrs. Du said, “We’ve watched Yang grow up, he’s capable, has good character, not much worse than that Zhan boy.”
“The Zhan family has a good background, and Zhan Yiyang isn’t bad either, he’s quite outstanding, but he’s in love with that fox persona Mengmeng plays, it feels a bit odd.”
“What’s odd about it, it’s still our daughter.”
Mr. Du pushed open the door, turned on the light as he entered, and said, “We can give a little push, do some small things, but not too much, Mengmeng still likes that boy.”
“I know. Yang is genuinely good, our families have a deep connection, we know him well.”
“Yang only sees Mengmeng as a sister, can’t you tell? If there was something between them, they’d have been together long ago, there wouldn’t be room for Zhan Yiyang.”
After all, the Du and Yang families were close, and the two kids had known each other for a long time.
Zhan Yiyang and Mengmeng only met last year.
Mrs. Du fell silent for a moment, then sighed, “You’re right, they’ve known each other for so long, if there was any romantic spark, they’d already be together.”
“Let’s see how Zhan Yiyang performs, our daughter won’t easily accept his feelings this time, no need to worry.”
Mr. Du comforted his wife.
Mrs. Du nodded, “Of course.”
Du Yumeng didn’t know her parents had come looking for her, she had gone to the hotel where Zhan Yiyang was staying.
Every move Zhan Yiyang made in Haicheng, if she wanted to know, she could, after all, Haicheng was within the Du family’s sphere of influence.
Zhan Yiyang had just taken a shower and stepped out to see the fox he couldn’t stop thinking about.
But the fox wasn’t wearing that red outfit anymore.
She was sitting at the table, flipping through a book.
It was a romance novel Zhan Yiyang had bought to study how the male leads chased their love interests, the kind with a “chasing the wife to the crematorium” trope.
Zhan Yiyang was delighted, he almost called out “fox,” but remembered his brother’s advice, the word “fox” spun on his tongue and came out as “Yumeng.”
Du Yumeng didn’t even look up, smiling, “It was just a shower, not like you got drunk, did you? Can’t tell who I am? Or is it that I changed clothes, and you don’t recognise me anymore?”
