"He Qing?" Xia Chuyi exclaimed.

"Xia Chuyi?"

Xia Chuyi and the other person spoke almost simultaneously.

"You two know each other?" asked the director, who was about to step forward to support Xia Chuyi, with some surprise.

Surprised?

He Qing’s appearance was far more than just a surprise for Xia Chuyi!

Because, Xia Chuyi never expected...

He Qing—Xia Chuyi’s former fiancé, Xia Lan’s ex-husband, a man who disgusted Xia Chuyi to the core in both her lives, would actually appear here!

This was, after all, a rather upscale restaurant in Capital City.

How could someone like He Qing possibly have the means to come here?

It’s important to know that in the previous life, He Qing, who hadn’t hit rock bottom initially, ended up in dire straits.

In this life, He Qing was even more quickly relegated to obscurity.

From the bits and pieces of information Xia Chuyi received, she knew He Qing had never been doing well. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Yet now, this person appeared in front of Xia Chuyi...

Hence, Xia Chuyi was almost certain that He Qing might also be related to that dark hand in the shadows!

And while Xia Chuyi was filled with doubts, He Qing, wearing a face of "surprise and delight," looked at Xia Chuyi and said, "Chuyi, is that you, Chuyi?"

"I really didn’t expect to meet you here!" While speaking, He Qing not only displayed "surprise and delight" on his face, but his perverted hand also reached directly towards Xia Chuyi, trying to touch her.

"Chuyi, you don’t know how much I missed you..." He Qing said with a disgustingly ingratiating smile.

He Qing, inside and out, was utterly rotten, and Xia Chuyi loathed him.

Especially He Qing’s obviously sleazy yet able-to-pretend "surprised encounter" expression, made Xia Chuyi want to vomit.

Therefore, facing He Qing’s perverted hand that was reaching over, Xia Chuyi unhesitatingly stepped back to avoid him.

She was just about to say something.

"Hey, comrade, if you’re talking, then talk, but what’s with the hands? Are you trying to be a scoundrel?" The director stepped forward and stopped He Qing, scolding him on behalf of Xia Chuyi.

Upon hearing the director’s words, He Qing was not annoyed at all. Instead, he forced a fake smile and said to the director, "Oh, comrade, you’ve misunderstood. Chuyi and I were childhood sweethearts..."

He Qing deliberately left his sentence unfinished, looking at Xia Chuyi with a face of "deep affection."

Seeing this, Xia Chuyi’s brow furrowed even deeper.

So, the next move of the mastermind behind the scenes was to send He Qing to disgust her?

What exactly was the other party after!

Xia Chuyi’s chest was filled with anger.

However, her gaze towards He Qing grew increasingly cold.

Facing Xia Chuyi’s cold gaze, He Qing seemed unaware, saying with "deep affection": "Chuyi, it was my fault back then..."

"Back then, I was completely blind, deceived by Xia Lan," He Qing said with a face full of sorrow and regret, "In my heart, what I’ve always truly wanted was you."

Xia Chuyi: ...

If the mastermind’s purpose was to nauseate her, then unfortunately, they succeeded.

Because He Qing really sickened Xia Chuyi.

"He Qing!" In response to this situation, Xia Chuyi directly and coldly raised her voice, "Where did you borrow this suit from?"

As she spoke, Xia Chuyi deliberately looked up and down at the suit He Qing was wearing—one that was obviously a poor fit.

"And those shoes of yours, they’re clearly the wrong size, right?" Xia Chuyi said with an icy gaze.