She shook her head: "I did it voluntarily. Alan, I thank you for taking care of me during this time."
"Are you really voluntary?" Cheng Lang didn't believe it. Judging from the incident in Nandaihe, he knew that Su Heng would do whatever it took to achieve his goals, and he was so committed to Man Ru that he would win. What did he do?
It's definitely possible if things force Manru.
"Um."
Manru nodded and couldn't help but feel very guilty towards Cheng Lang: "Alang, I always want to say sorry to you. I have always known what you are thinking. I know clearly that I can't give you any expectations, but I still use and enjoy it despicably.
You are so good to me. I don’t want to continue it anymore. Let’s just be the most normal friends and leave me alone.”
"My kindness to you was voluntary from the beginning, so you don't have to feel guilty." Cheng Lang replied, "Xiaoru, I just can't bear to see you suffer. You know very well that Su Heng, a man like this, should no longer
Let you look back."
"I know, I'm thirty, I know what I'm doing?" Manru replied.
"Okay, I believe you. No matter what happens, you have to remember that there is still me." Of course Cheng Lang would not force her, so he could only say, "Then I'm leaving."
"Thank you, Alang." The more he did this, the more uncomfortable she felt.
"Fool, I'm leaving." Cheng Lang turned to leave, but after taking a few steps, he turned back and hugged Manru tightly, "Let me hug you like this."
Manru's body stiffened at first, then relaxed completely. She slowly put her arms around his waist: "Thank you, Alang."
"I've always wanted to hug you like this, but I didn't expect you to reject me." Cheng Lang hugged her for a while, then slowly let go of her and said with a bitter smile.
Manru lowered her head, almost not daring to look into his eyes.
"I really have to leave. Goodbye, Xiaoru." Cheng Lang kissed her on the forehead before leaving.
Manru stood on the path in the park in the middle of the street, looking at the direction Cheng Lang left, and it took a long time before she went upstairs.
She would not know this time that Su Heng was not far away at all, and was not far from the community, having a panoramic view of this scene. He was holding the steering wheel, the veins on his hands stood up, and his face turned dark.
The next day, his father went to recuperate. On the way, Gu Junyi said, "I don't know what happened to Alang? Xiaoru, please call me later."
"Mom, I think you treat Alan better than your son," Jiang Qizheng said while driving.
"That's right, Alang is much better behaved than you." Gu Junyi couldn't help but look at her daughter, "Xiaoru, didn't you say something to Alang?"
"Mom, Alang really has something going on." Manru said calmly, "By the way, I will go back to school after I finish recuperating with dad later."
"What are you going to school for?" Gu Junyi asked hurriedly.
"School is about to start, and we have an academic exchange meeting to prepare for. I have to go back and prepare some materials." Manru replied. Su Heng gave her the information early this morning and asked her to bring her ID card and passport.
superior.
"Well, your brother is here, go and do your work!" Gu Junyi nodded without doubting his presence.
After checking with her father, Manru watched her brother drive her parents into the car. Jiang Qi took a deep look at her when she was closing the car door, and then drove away.
Manru walked to the corner of the street and saw a black BMW waiting.
She walked over and got in the car. The driver said very little and drove her directly without asking a question.
They arrived all the way downstairs at Media Asia, where Secretary Wei was already greeting them downstairs, and she was escorted upstairs in a high-profile manner.
When she went upstairs, Su Heng happened to enter the office as well.
"Here we come." He put his arm on her shoulder naturally, "Are you hungry?"
"It's okay." She had no appetite at all, and there were five or six people in the office including his subordinates, with more than a dozen eyes looking at them with curiosity and envy. Even the smartly dressed woman opposite looked at her with a few eyes.
Be jealous.
"We can eat soon. Do you have your ID card and passport?" Su Heng asked.
Manru didn't know why, so she just said: "I brought it with me, but what do you want these for?"
"I'm going on a business trip to Japan, you go with me." Su Heng said, returned to the desk, took the keys and wallet, and held her hand to leave.
"What?" Manru was dumbfounded and refused to move. "You didn't say you wanted to go abroad?"
"Didn't I tell you now?" Su Heng looked at her funny, "Here, help me pack my things."
Seeing that his subordinates were still there, he asked them to go out first.
"But I can't." If she just left with him, her mother and brother would definitely find her.
"Why not?" Su Heng looked puzzled, "We have only been to Japan for a week. You have brought your ID card and passport. We can just go to the airport now."
"But, I can't explain it to my mother." Manru still refused to move. She really didn't expect Su Heng's thoughts. If she knew, she wouldn't come.
"You can find a way, Xiaoru." Su Heng smiled broadly, as if he had full confidence in her, "We have a flight in two hours, and you still have two hours to think of a perfect excuse to explain to mom. Okay,
let's go!"
"No." Manru felt that he was so disgusting that he had given herself such a difficult problem.
"Let's go!" He still had a smile on his face, but he couldn't refuse.
Manru was still confused when he pulled her into the elevator.
"I really can't." Manru wanted to break away from his hand, "Don't do this, okay?"
"Then tell me, Xiaoru, what should I do?" Su Heng turned to her and asked, "I am about to go on a business trip for a week, and we have just been together. You want me to leave you here alone."
"It doesn't matter to me." She shook her head. In fact, she was really relieved that she didn't have to see him. God knows, she was so nervous and scared every time she saw him.
"I have something to do." That "nothing" sentence made Su Heng's eyes turn cold. "Xiaoru, how about I call your mother now and tell her that we are together. Or, this time you go to Japan with me, second choice
one."
Manru's eyes were wide open. He was obviously speaking very gently, but those cannibalistic eyes made her heart tighten. She knew he was serious.
"Let's go!" The elevator beeped and opened, and he took her hand and walked out.
Manru remained silent after getting in the car, and Su Heng didn't speak either. He also hid something on his mind, especially when he saw her with Cheng Lang when he sent her back yesterday, he used great self-control not to rush into it.
He stepped forward and pulled the two people away from each other.
He knew that he had to be patient with Manru and not push her. He originally wanted to take it slow, but then he realized that he couldn't take it slowly because he couldn't stand Manru having a suitor around her, let alone the relationship between them.
So unstable.
This time he has to go to Japan on a business trip, which can take as short as a week or as long as a month. It’s not that he has no confidence in Manru, he knows that since he promised him, he will not be with other men. But as long as he thinks about other men
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he might even capture her heart. He couldn't stand it at all. That's why he forcefully asked her to go on a business trip with him.
Manru almost cried. She was thinking about how to explain it to her mother. There were so many things going on at home, her father had just recovered from illness, and her brother had just been released. She didn't want her mother to be sad anymore because of her.
She also knew Su Heng, and it was impossible for him to change his mind. She would always be the one to compromise between them, not to mention the relationship they had now.
Finally, she took out the phone, took a deep breath, and called her mother.
"Xiaoru, why are you calling at this time?" Gu Junyi answered her daughter's call.
"Mom, our teaching and research office has an exchange meeting and is going to Hong Kong soon. It will take about a week." Manru said.
"Why is it so sudden?" Gu Junyi asked hurriedly, "I've never heard you say that before."
"I didn't expect that the director of teaching and research suddenly announced it." Manru looked as usual and spoke very calmly.
"Then have you got your ID card and Hong Kong and Macao pass?" Gu Junyi asked hurriedly.
"Everything happens to be in my bag. I'll be on the plane soon," Manru said.
"Why are you in such a hurry? You didn't even pack your clothes." Gu Junyi was still a little worried, "When is your flight going? I'll pack some clothes for you and send them over!"
"No need, Mom." Manru said hurriedly, "I happened to hang up a few clothes in the school dormitory, so I just happened to bring them."
"That's it, okay then! Do you know how to be careful outside? Who else is there in your teaching and research office?" Gu Junyi asked hurriedly.
Manru simply answered by naming several teachers in the teaching and research department, and Gu Junyi gave a few more instructions before ending the call.
After the call ended, Su Heng's face looked much better, and the corners of her mouth even slightly raised, revealing her good mood.
"Are you hungry now? There are snacks here. Eat something first. We will eat dinner on the plane." Su Heng opened the small box in front and said to her.
Manru shook her head. How could she have the appetite? She turned around and asked, "We can come back in a week, right?"
"Yeah." He responded, "Don't worry, I won't sell you. We haven't had much fun in our marriage for so many years, so this time is just a trip."
It sounded awkward for a divorced man and woman to travel together again. Manru looked unnatural and refused to accept the words.
When they arrived at the airport, they went directly into the VIP room. The flight attendants brought drinks and snacks. Manru didn't even eat much. She was still uneasy. She had told such a big lie to her mother, and the lie was not reliable at all.
While looking at Su Heng, he took out his tablet and looked through emails. He looked at her from time to time and placed his hand on the back of her hand, stroking it gently.
"Eat something first, the plane will take off in a while."
Manru didn't answer. There was a magazine on the coffee table in front of her, and she flipped through a few pages.
She was fairly familiar with fashion magazines. After all, Tong Yan was an internationally renowned fashion designer. It was difficult for her to understand. But she couldn't get interested, so she flipped through a few pages and put them back.
"Come here, let me show you something fun." Su Heng held her in his arms and clicked on a video on his tablet.