Qin Yige stood up, walked around the waiter, came to his side, and took his arm, facing the window together. "Honey, I'm bored at home alone. I came out for dessert. Have your clients arrived?"
Shang Sheng nodded, "I'll introduce you."
"Okay!"
The man put his arm around her waist, and they walked together to a nearby booth.
Seeing her approach, several clients stood up, including Chen Ling.
She greeted them proactively, "Mrs. Shang, good evening!"
Qin Yige smiled and nodded.
Shang Sheng said, "This is the general manager of Yanshen Technology, and the other two are his assistants. This is my wife, Qin Yige."
"Mrs. Shang, hello!"
Both parties smiled and exchanged pleasantries warmly.
Chen Ling stood behind them, feeling a little lost.
She had also imagined this scene, with Shang Sheng holding her waist and generously introducing her to everyone, "This is my wife, Chen Ling."
Now this scene had become a reality, but unfortunately, his wife was not her...
No one noticed her emotions. A young man stared at Qin Yige, his eyes wide, and blurted out, "Mrs. Shang is so beautiful!"
Shang Sheng raised an eyebrow, "Thank you, many people say that!"
Qin Yige: "..."
He really wasn't modest.
After the pleasantries, Qin Yige said proactively, "You guys are busy, I won't bother you."
Shang Sheng nodded, "We'll be done soon."
This meant she should wait a while.
Qin Yige walked aside, and she didn't expect Shang Sheng to follow her.
She turned back, her tone not as pleasant as before, and her voice a little lower. "What are you doing?"
"Order whatever you want to eat, charge it to my account."
"Do I need you to tell me?" After only a few words, her attitude had become quite bad.
Shang Sheng was somewhat bewildered, "What happened?"
How did he provoke her?
"It's nothing, you go ahead and be busy, don't worry about me."
Shang Sheng thought that was fine and would communicate with her after work.
Qin Yige sat down at a table, and he returned to the nearby booth.
Outside, Tang Anruo had already left. Qin Yige stared blankly for a while, feeling a little depressed.
What was she doing?
Coming all this way to watch them discuss business? Acting for outsiders, deceiving herself?
She covered her face and sighed in annoyance, cursing herself in her heart for being so irrational.
The desserts were served quickly, exquisite and mouth-watering, but Qin Yige had lost her appetite.
She slowly ate a bite of the rose-shaped mousse on top. The rose fragrance was rich, but she found it a bit cloying.
After a moment, she couldn't stand herself any longer, put down her fork, and walked away.
Facing the confused gazes of a few people, she smiled and said, "I have something to do and need to leave, please carry on."
Her polite gesture of coming over to say goodbye was met with flattery by the three clients, who all stood up to see her off.
"No need to see me off, you guys are busy, I'm leaving!" To give Shang Sheng face, she winked at him ambiguously in front of everyone.
As the woman finished speaking, she left with a flourish.
Leaving the coffee shop, Qin Yige drove away directly.
When Shang Sheng finished his work and returned home, he opened the door to find the house completely dark. He realized no one was home.
He found Qin Yige's phone and called her.
However, after several attempts, no one answered.
Finally, losing patience, he called his secretary, "Find out Mrs. Shang's location."
"Yes, Mr. Shang!"
Xia Lanqing had never doubted that her daughter had been living at home for the past few days. Even when she saw Qin Yige rush in from outside tonight, she just said, "You're back?"
"Yes, Mom, I'm going upstairs to sleep!"
Xia Lanqing glanced at the time on her phone, "So early?"
"Yes, I want to break my habit of staying up late and sleep early from now on." Qin Yige said it as if it were true.
Xia Lanqing snorted, she'd heard such talk before.
After showering and coming out of the bathroom, Qin Yige glanced at her constantly ringing phone, not even having the slightest desire to answer it.
She directly busied herself with applying a face mask and doing her body care.
As she threw away the empty cream jar, her bedroom door was knocked on.
She thought it was Xia Lanqing or Qin Shirao, "Come in!"
But when she turned around, what greeted her eyes was not her parents, but – her husband.
"Why are you here?" she frowned slightly.
The man's deep eyes stared intently at her, "To take you home."
"No need, I'm not going back, you should go and do whatever you're busy with!" Qin Yige got up and shuffled in her slippers towards the bed.
Shang Sheng stood by the bed, looking down at the woman, "Who upset Mrs. Shang?"
"No one."
"If no one, then come home with me!"
"This is my home!"
He coldly reminded her, "Qin Yige, you are married."
"So what if I'm married? Who says married people can't go back to their parents' home?" The girl looked at him stubbornly.
Shang Sheng: "..."
He loosened his tie and put one hand in his pocket, "If you want to stay here, I'll stay with you."
"No need, my bed isn't for just anyone to sleep on!"
His face suddenly turned cold, "If you're unhappy about something, just say it."
"What's the point of telling you? You don't care about my feelings anyway." She rolled her eyes at him and picked up her phone, ready to watch videos.
"I'm communicating with you, which means I care."
Qin Yige sneered, "You care? Shang Sheng, you care about your face, and you're afraid I'll complain, that's all."
"What does it have to do with face?"
"You just said I'm married, and I'm still living at my parents' home. You came all this way to pick me up, and if I don't go with you, won't you lose face?"
Shang Sheng: "..."
"Not talking anymore? Did I guess right?" The woman was slightly smug.
"No, I'm just speechless because of you."
Qin Yige's smile froze on her lips. She raised her voice, "Then go find a woman who won't make you speechless!"
"Qin Yige, my patience is limited. Tell me what you're really angry about?" Anything can be solved if you say it.
Did he not know what he did himself? Did she have to spell it out?
"I'm just not going to tell you!"
"..."
Shang Sheng's patience ran out. He bent down and picked her up bodily.
Qin Yige said indignantly, "Let me go! I'm not going back!"
"You have no choice!"
"If you dare take one step, I'll tell Mom you're bullying me! The wedding is off!" she threatened him directly.
Shang Sheng ignored her. Before leaving, he didn't forget to grab her phone and bag.
However, as they were about to step out, they ran into Xia Lanqing, who was coming up from downstairs.
She didn't have time to be happy. Seeing Qin Yige struggling wildly, she asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Shang Sheng replied, "Mom, I'm taking Yige back."
"Mom, I don't want to go back!" Qin Yige tried to jump down, but the man's strength was great, his long arms holding her tightly.
"Did you have a fight?" Xia Lanqing asked tentatively.
"No!"
"Yes."
Two voices sounded simultaneously.
The 'no' was answered by Shang Sheng.
The 'yes' was answered by Qin Yige.