At her words, Qiao Hua gave Ruan Hanli a long, searching look.
As if she had only just realized she had said something wrong, Ruan Hanli hurriedly said, "Qiao Hua, I didn't mean anything by it. I was just making conversation."
Of course Qiao Hua could see through Ruan Hanli's little ploy, but she couldn't be bothered to take issue with it.
After all, compared with Jiang Nan, Ruan Hanli's tricks were hardly worth mentioning.
Qiao Hua smiled faintly. "Don't worry. I won't take it to heart. They were just things people said when you were children, after all. No one would take them seriously."
Ruan Hanli tightened her grip on the photo album, her voice sounding as though she had forced it out of her throat. "You're right."
"By the way, Qiao Hua, how did you and Wenze meet?"
Qiao Hua shifted the conversation.
Qiao Hua thought for a moment. "By chance, I suppose."
She wasn't lying. She really had happened to encounter Gu Wenze at a bar after he had been drugged, and then that had happened between them.
Afterward, the two of them had rushed into marriage.
Ruan Hanli looked envious. "Qiao Hua, you're so lucky. I've heard lots of people like Wenze. You should be careful."
Qiao Hua looked at Ruan Hanli with a smile. "Then do you like Gu Wenze too?"
Ruan Hanli's eyes immediately widened, and she hastily waved her hands. "Qiao Hua, don't say that. How could I like Wenze? I just think of him as my own older brother."
Qiao Hua burst out laughing. "I was only joking. Don't be nervous."
Cold sweat kept breaking out on Ruan Hanli's palms, and her heart raced.
She couldn't shake the feeling that Qiao Hua had discovered something.
As though nothing had happened, Qiao Hua