Chapter 21: Calamity and Beauty

  In the distance, Huai Jin saw a couple walking towards her. The man was handsome and elegant, while the woman was delicate and charming. Both of them were in their prime years, radiating an aura that seemed to emanate from within and spread outward, gently enveloping the surroundings, as if even the air itself had become more pleasant.

  Huaijin suddenly realized that she had unintentionally matched a talented couple, Ye Mingtian was deeply devoted, but what did Dong Zhiyu think? Would he also unknowingly fall into it, pretending to be real, and make a big mistake?

  Just as she was thinking, Ye Ming Tian's hand hanging down picked up one side of Dong Zhi Yu's hand, but before he could grasp it firmly, the other party struggled free. The action was small, but it didn't escape Hua Jin's eyes. She felt like laughing and picked up her cup to take a light sip, covering the faint smile at the corner of her lips.

  "Welcome, advisors!" The two walked up and greeted her together. Ye Ming Tian was delighted, as if the little episode just now had not dampened his enthusiasm at all.

  Huai Jin nodded slightly, indicating that they should sit down. The subtle curve at the corner of her lips earlier had already transformed into a bright and cheerful smile.

  Dong Zhiyu looked at her and pondered a matter in his heart. As a woman, perhaps she would be willing to help?

  She saw her staring at herself in a daze, and also saw the light flashing in her eyes, wondering what she was thinking about, so she didn't speak either, quietly waiting for the next development.

  Ye Mingtian suddenly spoke up: "Just now, Zhi Yu said that Hua Canmou has been working hard every day, and he has two boxes of pure donkey-hide gelatin to nourish his blood and improve his health. He wants to bring them over to pay his respects to you another day."

  Dong Zhiyu was originally pondering a big matter, but when she heard this, she was taken aback and turned to look at Ye Mingtian. Hadn't she herself said such flattering words? Upon further thought, Ye Mingtian was her "boyfriend", and he probably had some gifts to give, which were suitable for women, so he borrowed her name to say it, making it more polite and also doing her a favor in front of Huaijin.

  Thinking so, she turned her face back and smiled awkwardly at Huai Jin, while scolding herself in her heart for not being able to get into the state and forgetting her "relationship" with Ye Ming Tian.

  On the other side, Huai Jin raised an eyebrow and looked at them with great interest. Agar is a specialty of Ye Ming's hometown, she had expected that this was just what Ye meant. What was interesting was the expression on Dong Zhiyu's face, changing rapidly in an instant, apparently he still hadn't entered the state.

  "So be it, I'll thank Dong for translating first." She didn't make any excuses and continued along the conversation.

  "It's right, I'll get Mingtian to send it over another day."

  "Ming Tian", "Zhi Yu", such a warm and intimate way of addressing each other. Huai Jin thought to herself, this is great, it should be like this.

  Three people sat at a table, each lost in their own thoughts. Suddenly, the air around them began to stir, and it turned out that everyone was involuntarily looking in one direction. The three of them followed the crowd's gaze, and for a moment, Dong Zhiyu's expression froze, as if all the blood in his body had stopped flowing.

  A tall and thin man with light brown hair, a straight nose bridge, bright green eyes, and a hint of a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth - this was definitely not Matthew from that group earlier!

  "Delighted to see you again, Yu." Matthew bowed slightly and straightened up with a warm smile.

  Everyone looked at Dong Zhiyu again, and although they didn't understand the foreign language, this strange and awkward "Zhiyu" was heard loud and clear.

  Ye Ming Tian's face was full of vigilance and hostility, like a male goat staring at another male goat that had trespassed on his territory. Huai Jin, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow even higher, feeling something was off.

  "What are you doing here?" Dong Zhiyu asked after a while.

  Matthew chuckled softly, seeming to enjoy her discomfiture. "I said I was looking forward to seeing you again."

  Dong Zhiyu was at a loss for words, her mind flashing with all sorts of questions and unease. How did he end up here? Wasn't he supposed to be having dinner with Chen Xianbo and the others? What terrified her the most: would he expose himself?

  "Who is Zhi Yu?" Ye Ming Tian couldn't help but ask.

  "...an American businessman who was received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I just met him today." She raised her voice, this sentence is not only for Ye Mingtian to hear, but also for everyone present, including Huaijin and Fu Qiu Sheng.

  "Is this your boyfriend, Mr. Ye?" Matthew chuckled, seemingly unaware that he was a goat trespassing on someone else's territory. Seeing that Dong Zhiyu didn't respond to him, he turned around again and stretched out his hand to Ye Mingtian, saying the most frequently spoken sentence in the past two months: "Hello, I'm Matthew, nice to meet you."

  "I don't want to know you." Ye Ming's animosity was thick, and of course, he didn't intend to shake hands with him either.

  Matthew laughed again, without any embarrassment at all, and turned to tell Dong Zhiyu: "Please tell your boyfriend that a man should speak like a man."

  Dong Zhiyu sat at the desk, turning her head away and ignoring him. At this moment, her scalp was numb, and she couldn't understand how she had inadvertently caused such trouble.

  She watched with a cold eye, and it seemed that in the first round of confrontation between these two men, Ye Ming had already lost momentum. It was as if a sudden appearance of Cheng Yaojin, she originally didn't care about such trivial matters, but she needed Ye Ming and Dong Zhiyu to be together for a long time, so that she and Dong Zhiyu could have the opportunity to meet openly and honestly. Thinking of this, she spoke up, saying to Dong Zhiyu: "Take him out, talk to him clearly, don't make trouble here." Then turning to Ye Ming: "Let her handle it."

  Ye Ming Tian originally had an arrow on the string, ready to shoot at any moment. After hearing Huai Jin's words, he slowly relaxed and unwillingly said to Dong Zhi Yu: "Go, I don't want to see him again!"

  Dong Zhiyu was also reluctant, but seeing Matthew's appearance, as if he wanted to stay here forever, he opened his mouth and said: "Follow me out."

  Matthew, though he didn't understand what Huaijin said, could feel that in just a few words, everyone's emotions had shifted. Seeing Dong Zhiyu already getting up and walking towards the door, he turned to Huaijin, raised his hand, removed an imaginary hat from his head, bowed again, and made a playful gesture of courtesy.

  She leaned back in her chair, hugging her arms, looking at him with a calm expression, as if to say "what are you still doing here, why don't you leave?" Matthew took a step back, looked her up and down, saw the Browning pistol at her waist, pointed at it: "American," he said, giving a thumbs up, then turned around and followed Dong Zhiyu out.

  A beauty is a calamity, as Hua Jin gazed at the two figures, one in front of the other, this phrase suddenly flashed into her mind.

  Author's words: All the mushroom sisters who have read this article, please click on collect, that's all~~~~~~

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