Chapter 23.3

Su Qian was a bit surprised to meet Jiang Zhan here. No, it should be said that it was more surprising to meet him again. She thought their fate had ended after they ate ice cream together that day.

Jiang Zhan was on the phone, his voice low and deep, speaking in Cantonese which sounded particularly pleasant. He was wearing a suit today, and the watch on his wrist emitted a low-key luster under the light.

Seeing that he was busy, Su Qian didn’t want to disturb him, so she pointed inside and was about to go in. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, her wrist was grabbed by him.

After only a brief contact of one or two seconds, Jiang Zhan let go of her hand. But Su Qian still felt the burning warmth from his palm.

“Sorry.” Jiang Zhan hung up the phone and smiled at her, “It’s just that it’s not easy to meet again, I think we should chat.”

Su Qian curled her lips, “It’s okay. But if we miss this time, we should meet again in the future.”

“Maybe, but I don’t want to miss it.” His eyes were gentle, “Is your cat doing well?”

“Very well. It loves the cat food you helped choose. It has grown from this big to this big.” Su Qian said while comparing sizes with her hands, “It’s naughty and clingy.”

Jiang Zhan chuckled lightly, “It sounds like you two get along very well.”

“It’s good, but it seems to have a crush on a cat recently. It’s restless every day.”

“If you’re afraid it will run away, you can consider neutering it.”

Su Qian whispered, “Wouldn’t it be too cruel to turn him into a little eunuch?”

Her conflicted expression made Jiang Zhan laugh. He found that every time he met her, his mood would inexplicably improve.

Being with her was really comfortable. Jiang Zhan felt a slight movement in his heart, “Can you give me your phone…”

In the middle of his sentence, a child ran out from the banquet hall. He was holding a plate of cake, running and looking back.

Just as he was about to bump into Su Qian, Jiang Zhan quickly pulled her away. The child stumbled and fell to the ground, the entire plate of cake ended up on Jiang Zhan.

The little guy was stunned, and about to cry.

“Don’t cry. If you call your parents, you’ll have to pay for the suit.”

Upon hearing Su Qian’s words, the little guy quickly stopped crying. After standing up, he bowed respectfully, “I’m sorry, uncle, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“It’s okay, remember to be careful when you walk in the future.” Jiang Zhan gently patted his head.

The alarm in his mind was lifted, the little guy held back his tears and ran away in a puff of smoke.

Su Qian looked at the white cream on Jiang Zhan’s chest and laughed out loud, “That’s too bad, wait a moment.”

She found a handkerchief in her bag and handed it to him, “You should clean it up.”

Jiang Zhan took the handkerchief, glanced at the eyebrow pencil in her bag, and pointed, “Can you write your phone number for me?”

Su Qian was slightly taken aback.

He looked natural as he said , “We can exchange experiences on pet care.”

It sounded quite interesting. And the more friends, the more paths, and the more she needs to broaden her path after leaving the Jin family.

“No problem.” Su Qian took out an eyebrow pencil, “Where should I write it?”

“Here.” Jiang Zhan handed her his back of the hand.

In the past ten years, Su Qian has never left a phone number for others in this way. She twisted out the eyebrow pencil and wrote the eleven digits one by one on the back of his hand.

“You…”

“Jiang! It’s about time!”

A man wearing a mask at the door pointed at his watch to Jiang Zhan.

A touch of regret surged in Jiang Zhan eyes, and he apologized, “I’m sorry, I have to go first.” He raised his hand and shook it, “We’ll be in touch later.”

Su Qian nodded, “Goodbye.”

“Hurry up! It will be late!” The man over there was still urging.

Jiang Zhan glanced over with cold eyes and whispered to Su Qian: “Sorry, I’m always in a hurry.”

“It’s okay, don’t worry about it.”

Jiang Zhan hooked the corner of his mouth, took another look at her, and then strode towards the door.

“Who is that beauty?” Sun Sheng glanced at Su Qian and asked gossipingly.

“Try talking nonsense again.”

“Tsk, just asking casually, why are you so angry?”

After leaving, Jiang Zhan folded the handkerchief and put it in his suit pocket. Seeing this, Sun Sheng curled his lips.

No wonder he didn’t let him ask, it turned out to be a special existence.

As the two walked away, Su Qian turned around and headed to the venue. When she lowered her head, she unexpectedly saw a silver chain on the ground.

Su Qian picked it up, and it was engraved with the letters “JZ”.

Did his friend just call him “Jiang”?

“What are you doing?”

Su Qian was lost in thought when Jin Lie’s voice suddenly sounded in her ear. She came back to her senses and subconsciously clenched the chain in her hand.

“It’s okay, I was just about to go in.”

Jin Lie looked at her, then at the door, “Who were you talking to just now?”

“Oh, just a passerby.”

A passerby?

“Why are you staring at a passerby?”

Unknowingly, Su Qian felt a bit guilty when asked. It’s ridiculous, she’s been behaving herself, what’s there to feel guilty about?!

She lifted her chin and retorted, “Is it not okay to take a look at a handsome guy?”

After saying that, she walked into the venue by herself.

Jin Lie watched her back, and snorted coldly, “There’s not a word of truth in your mouth.”

She clearly said he was handsome, but turned around to look at other handsome guys.

“Heartless.”

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As the banquet was nearing its end, Su Qian went to the restroom by herself while everyone was saying their goodbyes. When she came out, she ran into Zhou Bingyan touching up her makeup in front of the mirror.

Su Qian walked over and turned on the faucet to wash her hands. The sound of the rushing water annoyed Zhou Bingyan.

Bang——

She slammed the compact powder onto the marble countertop, and glared at Su Qian angrily, “How did you know what gift I would give? Did you sneak a peek at my chat with Jin Lie?!”

Even though Jin Lie had explained earlier, she didn’t believe that he had voluntarily told Su Qian. He had no reason to do so, and even less reason to embarrass anyone at Mother Jin’s birthday party.

“Your foot is fine?” Su Qian threw the used tissue into the trash can, “I thought it was so serious that you couldn’t walk.”

Zhou Bingyan’s expression stiffened for a moment, but quickly returned to normal, “Don’t sidetrack, did I hit the nail on the head?!”

“You just like to be smart. Of course I would know because Jin Lie told me.” Su Qian winked at her ambiguously, “There are no secrets between Jin Lie and me.”

This explanation coincides with Jin Lie’s. Zhou Bingyan was so angry that she was shaking, “Su Qian, don’t be smug! Wait until Jin Lie divorces you, wait until you are no longer a member of the Jin family, then see how you can still be arrogant!”

Is she stupid? She knows that one day she will leave the Jin family, so she must leave a way out for herself before that.

Although this is the case, hearing Zhou Bingyan say it so confidently, Su Qian still felt quite upset.

Does Zhou Bingyan think that if she leaves, she can marry Jin Lie? Don’t forget that Jin Lie still has a white moonlight in his heart.

Su Qian: “So you can wait, looking at your anxious look, I thought you didn’t have much time.”

“You stop talking nonsense, you already have the resources, where is the thing?”

“You mean this?” Su Qian took out a voice recorder from her bag and shook it, “I deleted it.”

Zhou Bingyan said coldly, “How can you guarantee that you didn’t keep a backup?”

“You can believe it or not. I said I deleted it, and if you don’t believe it, you can continue to live in fear.”

Striving for a career is more fulfilling for her. If it weren’t for Zhou Bingyan constantly causing trouble, she would rather put all her energy into acting.

You should know that dealing with a loser will only lower your own standards.

Zhou Bingyan snatched the voice recorder, pressed it several times to confirm that there was nothing inside, and then threw it into the trash can with a clatter.

“Su Qian, I’m warning you for the last time, don’t provoke me! Don’t think that acting in a crappy web drama will make you successful, you know very well what kind of production that crappy drama is.”

Su Qian remained unmoved, and laughed lightly, “If you look down on it so much, why are you still obstructing me from acting in it? How afraid are you of me turning over a new leaf?”

“Turning over a new leaf? As long as I’m in the entertainment industry, you can forget about it.” Zhou Bingyan sneered, “Fame depends on fate, the biggest luck in your life was used up when you married Jin Lie!”

Su Qian was surprised.

The marriage she picked up casually, which she couldn’t avoid, was seen as something “that can’t be obtained even if all the luck is used up” in Zhou Bingyan’s eyes.

It really is different strokes for different folks.

“Why are you so obsessed with Jin Lie? Do you really think that if we divorce, Jin Lie will be with you?”

Obsession is also a kind of illness, you should go see a doctor if it’s not light.

Zhou Bingyan was stung by these two questions, and she gritted her teeth with a cold face, “You are the biggest stumbling block. So, stop provoking me!”

After hearing this, Su Qian laughed indifferently, “Then your life is really pathetic, your joys and sorrows are all determined by me. But compared to a stumbling block, I prefer to be an iron plate.”

And it’s the kind you can’t kick.

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