The Surprise Zhang Yang Brought

"Ms. Meng, that's how Mr. Zhang replied."

Whether it was true, Cheng Jiali didn't know. She could only tell Meng Xue what she had heard over the phone.

"All right. Get back to work!"

Meng Xue sent Cheng Jiali away and stood by the window, her brows drawn together in confusion.

The Azure Brown Sea was a development of the Meng Family, and Meng Xue was its sales manager. Losing a customer wouldn't hurt the family's interests, but it was still her mistake.

Beyond that, Meng Xue was simply curious about where Zhang Yang's money had come from.

Could it be...

Goose bumps rose all over Meng Xue. Had someone taken Zhang Yang as a kept man?

Zhang Yang didn't care much about his clothes. He dressed plainly and casually, looking like a student fresh out of university. But he was actually quite good-looking. As the saying went, clothes made the man; in a decent outfit, he wouldn't look bad at all.

That was really an illusion. Money had skewed her judgment. Zhang Yang had been just as handsome before, and younger-looking too, but Meng Xue hadn't thought so then. Now, when she pictured him, she found him rather attractive.

In truth, Meng Xue was like someone with a split mind. She had lost stretches of time—the time she had spent entangled with Zhang Yang.

How could Zhang Yang have forgotten their tangled history of love and resentment? During the thousand years he was trapped, he had sought her out, though she hadn't welcomed him. But Zhang Yang kept returning, kept pursuing her, and there had been times when Meng Xue lay in his arms. Once the dream ended, however, she forgot everything. Only Zhang Yang remembered how tender she had been in those intimate moments.

It was simply affection