Chapter 177
Fu Jingting narrowed his eyes.
Sure enough ……
“Has it been clarified that Gu Yaotian and the others, how did they know that their eldest daughter could possibly still be alive?” Fu Jingting asked as he looked at a*sistant Zhang.
a*sistant Zhang pushed his gla*ses, “Yes, it was said that Mrs. Gu was in the dt jewellery shop and happened to hear the shop manager talking about a girl with her daughter’s necklace, so Mrs. Gu guessed that girl, might be her eldest daughter.”
So that was it.
Before, Rong Shu had said in her grandmother’s ward that when she found the necklace, she went to the dt jewellery shop and asked for information about that necklace.
Mrs. Gu had also been wearing dt jewellery, and with her status, she was usually personally entertained by the shop manager, so the shop manager should have seen the necklace around Mrs. Gu’s neck and then told Mrs. Gu about Rongshu’s visit to the shop with her daughter’s necklace.
It was just that the shop manager had not told Mrs. Gu about Rong Shu’s name, so Mrs. Gu did not know that the one holding her daughter’s necklace was Rong Shu, and not her eldest daughter at all.
Everything made sense.
Fu Jingting waved his hand, signalling that a*sistant Zhang could go out.
After Zhang’s a*sistant went out.
Fu Jingting picked up his mobile phone and sent the findings to Rong Shu.
Rongshu was discussing with Lu Qi about where to celebrate at night, when she heard her phone ring, she hastily paused her conversation with Lu Qi and brought her phone to her to look at it.
When she saw that it was a brief message from Fu Jingting, she pursed her red lips and tapped on it. Your guess was indeed right, Gu Yaotian and the others were looking for Gu Man’er.
Rongshu squeezed her palm for a moment, then put the phone back to her ear, “Ah Qi, I’m a bit preoccupied here, let’s leave it for now.”
“Okay.” Lu Qi didn’t think too much about it and nodded his head in agreement.
Hanging up the phone, Rong Shu then replied to Fu Jingting how are you sure?
Fu’s Group.
Fu Jingting leaned back in his chair, crossed his fingers on the small of his back, his gaze never leaving the phone on the table opposite.
It had been several minutes since he had sent a message to Rong Shu.
Why hadn’t she returned the message?
Was she busy?
As he was thinking about it, his phone dinged and lit up.
Fu Jingting’s deep eyes also instantly lit up, parting his hands and moving his body forward, picking up the phone.
Seeing that it was indeed Rong Shu’s reply, his thin lips hooked up slightly and he dialed her number directly.
Rong Shu was still seriously waiting for Fu Jingting’s reply when her phone suddenly rang, scaring her so much that she didn’t hold it and it slipped from her hand.
Luckily, there was a table underneath, so the phone didn’t fall on the floor, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
Otherwise, she would have had to get a new one for the phone she had just recently replaced.
“Hello?” Rongshu spoke in a somewhat bad tone.
Fu Jingting heard her anger and raised his eyebrows a little.
Had he P*ssed her off?
Without thinking much, Fu Jingting’s thin lips moved, “I was the one who asked a*sistant Zhang to check.”
Then, he spoke out the results that a*sistant Zhang had just checked out.
After listening, Rongshu lifted her chin in a daze,, “So that’s how it is.”
She had thought that it was someone, who had told the Gu family that Gu Man’er might still be alive.
Little did she know that it was her own visit to the shop to ask about it that had left a trail.
“I know, thank you, Mr. Fu, for telling me this.” Rongshu apologised.
Fu Jingting gave a hint, “Next, are you going to look for Gu Man’er?”
“Yes. It’s always necessary to make sure that she’s really alive or not.” Rongshu nodded her head.
If Gu Man’er was still alive, she thought she should know why Dad wanted her to look for Gu Man’er.
But how exactly to find her was still a question.
Thinking, Rong Shu rubbed her brow, her voice a little tired, “Mr. Fu, if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now.”
Fu Jingting’s thin lips twitched, wanting to talk to her for a while longer.
However, he was unable to do so, and in the end, he could only nod his head, “Okay.”
When she hung up the phone, Rong Shu did not put down her phone, but sent a message to Cheng Huai, asking him to go out to meet her, saying that she had something to tell him.
When Cheng Huai saw it, he naturally agreed in one bite, and then went into his room to look for the doctor.
But after searching for a long time, he couldn’t find a suitable one.
The corners of his mouth twitched and twitched when the housekeeper saw the clothes piled into a small mountain on his bed, “Young master, what exactly are you going to wear?”
“I don’t know either.” Cheng Huai sat down on the bed with his head hanging in despair.
He just wanted to wear something special to meet Rong Shu.
But after searching through the entire cloakroom, there was nothing to his liking.
The butler picked up a few pieces of clothes, “Young master, these are your usual favourites.”
“It’s not enough.” Cheng Huai shook his head.
He wanted a different style, preferably one that would make Rong Shu forget at first glance.
Seeing that Cheng Huai was so torn, the butler thought for a moment and asked “Young master, who are you going to meet when you suddenly change your dressing style.”
“A friend.” Cheng Huai replied.
The butler’s eyes rolled and asked, “A man or a woman?”
“Female.” Cheng Huai returned again.
The butler’s eyes glazed over and he was instantly relieved.
Great, his young master finally knew how to arch a cabbage.
Why else would the young master have to struggle with what to wear, if it was to meet ordinary friends, just wear whatever you want, so the young master must be going to meet a girl he likes.
The housekeeper wiped his excited tears, “Young master, who is that young lady, do you need me to prepare any meeting gift for you?”
Cheng Huai naturally understood that the housekeeper had seen that he had a favourite, and did not deny it, saying after some thought, “Prepare a bouquet of flowers.”
Rongshu didn’t know what he wanted yet.
So he couldn’t prepare too many gifts at once, he could only do it little by little, so as not to scare her.
“Okay, I’ll go and prepare it now.” The butler happily went out.
Cheng Huai had to face this huge pile of clothes alone again.
But soon, he came up with an idea to contact the styling group.
Two hours later, Cheng Huai arrived at the location of Rong Shu’s appointment, a quiet cafe.
When Cheng Huai entered, he looked around and saw Rong Shu in the corner.
Rongshu was playing with her phone with her head down, not noticing that he had arrived.
He tightened the bouquet in his arms somewhat nervously and took a deep breath before walking towards the corner position.
As he walked, his heart beat noticeably faster, and even his pace became a little stiff.
After all, it was impossible to be calm inside when one was holding flowers and coming to a date with someone one liked.
Moreover, this kind of occasion looked like a blind date.
Finally, Cheng Huai arrived in front of Rong Shu and looked down at her, “Rong Shu, I …… am coming.”
Rongshu raised her head and saw what Cheng Huai looked like at the moment, and her mouth opened wide in surprise, “You …… Why are you dressed like this?”
The wide top, the torn jeans and board shoes, and the picked and dyed but messy hair, plus the flowers he was holding in his arms, how to look funny.
Rongshu couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “It doesn’t match you at all, what’s irritating you?”
Looking at her laugh, Cheng Huai wasn’t much surprised because he had guessed it long ago when the stylist finished styling him.
He just told the stylist that he wanted to meet the girl he liked, but he didn’t expect the stylist to make him this D*mn look, and said something about how girls nowadays just like this style.
Even if he was dumb, he knew that girls nowadays like the domineering style, right?
If he hadn’t run out of time, he would have dragged the stylist into a fight and made him look like his old self again.
“Don’t mention it, it’s all tears.” Cheng Huai sighed and then handed over the flowers in his arms.
Rongshu was surprised and pointed at herself, “For me?”
“Yes, do you like it?” Cheng Huai nodded and clenched his fist a little nervously.
Although the flowers had been prepared by the housekeeper, they were the white roses he had specified to give.
He would have liked to send red roses, but with their current relationship, it was obviously not quite appropriate.
“I like it, but why did you think of giving me flowers, I thought you had brought flowers because you were going to meet a girl later, but I didn’t think it was for me.” Rongshu was somewhat flattered and then took the flowers.
Chapter 178
Cheng Huai was slightly relieved to see her accept the flowers, then he smiled daintily, “How can the girls outside compare to you, we’re partners now, it’s only right to send flowers in order to maintain our friendly relationship.”
Rongshu laughed, “You’re really good with words, thanks, the flowers are very pretty.”
She shook the white roses in her arms.
Cheng Huai pulled out a chair and sat down, “It’s good that you like it.”
“See what you want to drink?” Rongshu put the flowers aside and handed him a menu.
Cheng Huai took it, looked at it, and ordered a gla*s of Blue Mountain.
Rongshu, on the other hand, ordered a gla*s of milk.
Soon, the waiter brought the coffee and milk over.
Cheng Huai looked at the milk in Rong Shu’s hand and thought about her pregnancy. After a couple of seconds of hesitation, he asked, “Are you okay?”
“Hmm?” Rongshu looked up at him, “What do you mean?”
“It’s your pregnancy. I’ve heard that pregnant women have a hard time in the first few months, do you have a hard time?” Cheng Huai asked.
Rongshu heard the concern in his tone and smiled, “I’m fine, I’m just uncomfortable when I smell something heavy, but everything else is fine.”
“That’s good.” Cheng Huai nodded and stirred the coffee in his cup, “This kid, what are you going to do? Has that friend of mine told you what he thinks?”
“Yes.” Rongshu sipped her milk and said back.
Cheng Huai looked at her, “Then you ……”
“I don’t plan to stay.” Rong Shu lowered her eyes and said in a light voice.
Cheng Huai was taken aback, “You want to abort him?”
“Well, I won’t let my child become a b*****d, so I can only abort it.” Rongshu said as she held her gla*s of milk.
Cheng Huai’s mouth opened, “That’s true.”
She didn’t know that the child in her belly was Fu Jingting’s and thought it was a strange man’s, so there was no denying that she could abort it.
I’m afraid that with her personality, even if she knew that the child was Fu Jingting’s, she still wouldn’t keep it. If she stayed, then the feud between her and Fu Jingting and Gu Manyin would become even more awkward, and her child would also become an existence for people to point at.
It was right to fight it off.
“Since you’ve decided, then I won’t advise you, when is the surgery, I’ll accompany you then.” Cheng Huai asked with a smile.
Actually, it was good for him to beat it off.
Just because he liked her, didn’t mean, he liked other men’s children.
“At the weekend, but there’s no need for you to accompany me, A Qi will accompany me.” Rongshu smiled back.
Cheng Huai skimmed his lips, “Him? Is he okay?”
“Well, I didn’t come here to talk about this.” Rong Shu waved her hand, not wanting to continue this topic.
Cheng Huai shrugged his shoulders, “Then what do you want to say?”
Rongshu took off the daughter’s necklace around her neck and pushed it in front of him.
Cheng Huai fixed his eyes on it, “Isn’t this the one around Mrs. Gu’s neck?”
Last time, he accompanied Rong Shu to the hospital to see her feet and met Madam Gu in the car park.
At that time, he had seen the necklace around Madam Gu’s neck.
Rongshu’s smile deepened, “Look more closely, is this really Mrs. Gu’s?”
Cheng Huai raised his eyebrows and did as she said, looking more carefully for a while, he finally saw something wrong, “There are some differences in these few places.”
“That’s right, this is not Madam Gu’s necklace, but it is extremely related to Madam Gu’s necklace, they are mother-daughter necklaces, the one from Madam Gu is the mother, this one from me is the daughter, it was given by Gu Yaotian to his eldest daughter, Gu Man’er, twenty years ago.” Rongshu leaned back and explained.
Cheng Huai understood and raised his chin, “Isn’t Gu Man’er dead, how come the necklace is in your hand, you wouldn’t be Gu Man’er?”
Ever since the Cheng family decided to bring down the Gu family, he had looked into the Gu family and naturally knew what had happened between the Gu family and the Rong family over twenty years ago.
So when he heard the name Gu Man’er, he wasn’t surprised who it was.
“Go, you’re the one who is Gu Man’er.” Rongshu didn’t have the good grace to give him a white look.
She was the one whose mother was pregnant and almost gave birth in childbirth.
How could she possibly be Gu Man’er.
Cheng Huai stared at Rong Shu’s face, “Seriously, your eyes are quite similar to Madam Gu’s.”
“It’s just a coincidence, there are a lot of similar people in the world, they can’t all be relatives, right?” Rongshu said indifferently.
Cheng Huai smiled, “That’s true.”
“This necklace, my father left it from Gu Man’er, and then it has been in the Rong family, did you see that message that Sangsheng Group sent out, looking for a girl with a special necklace.” Rong Shu asked as she looked at him.
Cheng Huai gave a hmmm, “I saw it.”
“Because after I found this necklace before, I went to the dt shop to inquire about this necklace, and then Mrs. Gu guessed that Gu Man’er was still alive because of that, so Sangsheng posted that message to try to find Gu Man’er.”
“So that’s how it is, I thought Gu Yaotian was picking a show for himself.” Cheng Huai came to a sudden realization.
Rongshu was amused by his remark.
Looking at her bright smile, Cheng Huai’s eyes darkened, then he coughed lightly and hurriedly shifted his eyes, “But Gu Man’er is dead, they can find the hell out of it.”
“No, Gu Man’er is not necessarily dead, I also doubt that my father drowned Gu Man’er back then or not, so I am looking for you today, just to ask you to find out whether Gu Man’er is dead or not, and if not, where she is.” Rong Shu’s eyebrows knitted together.
Suddenly, a surprised female voice came out, “Miss Rong, Mr. Cheng, you are here too?”
A hint of disgust flashed across Cheng Huai’s eyes.
Rong Shu’s red lips pursed up as well, looking up, Gu Manyin was walking this way.
“Gotta, the nasty one is here.” Cheng Huai sighed.
Rong Shu pursed her milk and smiled, “It can’t be helped, the city of Hai is just this big.”
“Miss Rong, Mr. Cheng, are you guys on a date?” Gu Manyin came next to the two, seeing the roses that Rong Shu had placed on the table, her eyes flashed for a moment, surprised.
Cheng Huai propped his head up to look at her, “Yes, we are on a date, so Miss Gu, can you please go away? You’re disturbing us.”
“Ah sorry, I didn’t know.” Gu Manyin smiled in embarra*sment.
At that moment, another footstep came, “Mangyin?”
“Jingting, I’m here!” Gu Manyin waved in the direction of the cafe door.
Fu Jingting looked over, but he was stunned to see Rong Shu.
Why was she here too?
Then, Fu Jingting looked across towards Rong Shu and saw another person.
That person had his back to him, and although he could not see his face, he could tell that it was a man.
Was it Lu Qi?
Were they on a date?
Thinking of this, Fu Jingting’s thin lips pursed as he walked over.
When he went over, he found that the man was not Lu Qi, but Cheng Huai.
Cheng Huai saw the slight surprise in Fu Jingting’s eyes and waved with a smile, “Jingting, what a coincidence, you brought Miss Gu here for coffee?”
Fu Jingting gave a hint, the rest of his eyes looked at Rong Shu who was drinking milk, his tone carried a hint of sourness that he himself was not aware of, “You guys too?”
“Jingting, Mr. Cheng and Rong Shu are here for a date, look, the flowers are there.” Gu Manyin took his arm, and with her other hand, she pointed at the flowers on the table.
Fu Jingting’s pupils shrank fiercely, “A date?”
Rongshu and Cheng Huai?
“Right.” Gu Manyin smiled and nodded, but there was a calculating gleam in her eyes.
Rongshu caught it, her eyes cold, and she was about to speak when Fu Jingting suddenly took the lead and spoke with a hint of coldness in his tone, “Rongshu, do you and Cheng Huai go out on a date, and does Lu Qi know about it?”
When she was not yet divorced, she knew so many men, and now that she was with Lu Qi, she was dating other men.
She was really still so watery.