Chapter 840
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Xie Jiangqing woke up clutching her head, which hurt terribly... How did I get back here... This isn't my house, this is Hu Mengdie's room... Oh my god!
Xie Jiangqing woke up with a start, looking around in horror. It was indeed the last room she wanted to see.
Wait a minute, I was drunk yesterday... I remember drinking with Xun Xinran and Xu Tingting, not Hu Mengdie, right?
How did I end up in Hu Mengdie's house again?
"You're awake?" Hu Mengdie walked into the room with a smile on her face.
"Ah...ah ah." Xie Jiangqing nodded.
“You drank too much when you had dinner with others last night. Xu Tingting couldn’t carry you by herself, so she called me and asked me to help take you home,” Hu Mengdie said with a smile. “But I was afraid that my family would be unhappy if you drank so much, so I took the liberty of bringing you to my place.”
Xie Jiangqing suddenly realized: "Oh, I see. Oh dear... Haha, I knew it! I caused you trouble last night. It wasn't easy carrying me, was it? Hahaha."
Hu Mengdie shook her head, staring at Xie Jiangqing's face: "It's alright, Li Zhuangsheng carried you back."
Xie Jiangqing paused for a moment, as if recalling some fragment of memory, her face filled with terror.
"Um... I... I drank too much last night... No, I didn't do anything, did I?"
"Hmm?" Hu Mengdie tilted her head. "What are you doing?"
Xie Jiangqing quickly waved her hand: "That's good, that's good. I was just afraid that I would cause trouble for you if I got drunk!"
Hu Mengdie smiled and said, "No, I've caused you so much trouble. I'm just glad you're not angry with me!"
"Haha, how could that be? What's our relationship... Um, I really didn't say anything nonsense, did I?"
"No, I don't think so." Hu Mengdie frowned and thought for a moment. "You seemed to mutter a few words, but you were too drunk, so I didn't hear you clearly."
Xie Jiangqing nodded reassuredly, "Oh, that's good then. Actually, I'm just like this; I like to talk nonsense when I've had a few drinks. Even if you hear something, don't take it to heart!"
Hu Mengdie smiled and said, "Yes, let's get up and have breakfast."
"What time is it? It's getting late, aren't you at work?"
"Yes, classes were rescheduled this morning."
"Because of me? Oh, I'm so sorry to have bothered you..."
"It's alright, don't be so polite with me!"
Hu Mengdie smiled and helped Xie Jiangqing up. Xie Jiangqing washed up and went to the living room to eat breakfast absentmindedly.
Did I really not do anything last night? Why do I keep feeling like I did something terrible...?
"By the way, Jiang Qing," Hu Mengdie said softly, sitting down next to Xie Jiangqing, "I think you're right, Li Zhuangsheng is really a good person, so I don't want a divorce anymore. I want to tell him we can try being together... Will you support me?"
Xie Jiangqing's heart skipped a beat, and her face turned deathly pale. The next moment, to hide this change, she lowered her head and pretended to drink her porridge in large gulps.
"Hmm...it's great. You two are a couple, it's good that you're together..."
Xie Jiangqing lowered her head and mumbled something, gently shaking her hair as she tried to cover her face more.
Hu Mengdie might already know... or maybe I'm just overthinking it. Xie Jiangqing thought dejectedly, not daring to look up the whole time.
"Mmm!" Hu Mengdie nodded and smiled, letting out a long sigh of relief.
Actually, she had already figured it out last night: Xie Jiangqing undoubtedly liked Li Zhuangsheng, a liking that could even be traced back to elementary school. This could also explain many of Xie Jiangqing's unnatural behaviors, including constantly speaking in Li Zhuangsheng's favor.
While Hu Mengke's affection for Li Zhuangsheng was somewhat understandable, Xie Jiangqing's feelings for him truly made her feel threatened. She also realized what Xie Jiangqing's behavior meant since her divorce from Li Zhuangsheng.
This prompted her to act quickly, no longer daring to wait.
Fortunately, Xie Jiangqing didn't say anything in the end. Hu Mengdie didn't want to cause any unpleasantness between them because of a man, and there was still time. After finishing the most tasteless breakfast ever, Xie Jiangqing tactfully left under Hu Mengdie's watchful gaze. Hu Mengdie tidied up the table and knocked on the study door.
"Is there something you need?" Li Zhuangsheng, sitting at his computer desk, turned to look at her and smiled. "Is Xie Jiangqing awake yet?"
“They left after breakfast.” Hu Mengdie sat on the edge of the bed.
"Did she leave? Did you ask her what happened? Did she break up with her boyfriend?"
"Well, it's not too serious."
“Wow, she really broke up with her boyfriend…” Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head in surprise. “She said she didn’t have a boyfriend before.”
"It's a crush, but she recently found out that the person she likes has been married before." Hu Mengdie smiled and pursed her lips.
"Oh dear, that's really pitiful!" Li Zhuangsheng said with a look of sympathy, but then muttered, "But Xie Jiangqing, why didn't she find out sooner whether the other person had a boyfriend?"
After saying that, he looked at Hu Mengdie somewhat awkwardly after a moment of silence, wondering what other instructions she might give.
"Can't I sit for a while?" Hu Mengdie tilted her head and smiled.
"Uh, sure...please sit wherever you like," Li Zhuangsheng said reluctantly.
"You have so many books here, can I take one to look at?"
"Oh, feel free to take whatever you want... but it's best to put it back where it belongs after you're done."
"Okay!" Hu Mengdie smiled as she selected books, discovering that many were ancient poems or monographs on society, psychology, and history.
Finally, she saw a row of famous foreign novels.
After hesitating for a moment, Hu Mengdie pulled out a thin copy of "The Little Prince" and began to read it.
"Have you read The Little Prince?" Hu Mengdie asked.
"Yes, I've seen it before."
"You've read so many books."
"Actually, there aren't many."
Hu Mengdie fell silent, simply sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning against the headboard, quietly reading. Li Zhuangsheng carefully typed on the keyboard, revising his novel, but made little progress over time.
During this period, Li Xiuyu came once, but upon seeing Hu Mengdie on the bed, she left without saying a word.
"I've finished reading it." Hu Mengdie closed the book and couldn't help but ask, "Did the Little Prince die in the end?"
Li Zhuangsheng didn't even look up: "Maybe, but that's a fairy tale. Maybe he just went back to his planet, something like B1..."
Hu Mengdie corrected: "b612".
"Oh, right, B612."
Li Zhuangsheng nodded.
"I feel that the plot of The Little Prince is strange and doesn't seem like a fairy tale."
“It’s definitely not as good as Grimm’s Fairy Tales or Andersen’s,” Li Zhuangsheng said. “I think I also have One Thousand and One Nights here; you can take it out and read it.”
"Okay, sure." Hu Mengdie got up and put *The Little Prince* back in its place, then suddenly remembered something. "But I still think the Little Prince is quite interesting. Especially his conversation with the rose." (End of Chapter)