Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 498

Chapter 498: 498

"What was seen?"

Song Jinze had just walked out of the restaurant when he heard the last sentence from Secretary Zhang.

"Nothing, nothing," Cheng Zheng’s brows furrowed in struggle, his tone laced with a hint of irritation.

Lu Sangning followed behind Song Jinze, having just put on her overcoat, she smiled and asked, "Senior, shall we find a place to have a drink after you’re done with work?"

If Cheng Zheng hadn’t heard what Secretary Zhang had just said, he might have politely agreed, but now, every time he thought about Su Xi at home with their son, and what she would think of him if she saw these baseless rumors...

Song Jinze frowned, the corners of his lips downturned, and he gave Secretary Zhang a cold glance, "Let’s go."

Cheng Zheng snapped back to reality, declining, "I still have work to do with President Song, you go ahead."

After speaking, he hurriedly followed the footsteps of the two men ahead of him.

Lu Sangning watched Song Jinze’s tall figure, clenching her fists hard in her coat pockets, her eyes shimmering with unusual emotions.

Thinking back to the dinner they had at the restaurant, it was always she who spoke, while that man remained silent throughout, and in the end, he just put down his utensils and walked out without looking back.

The affection they shared since childhood, was it so fragile that he was so reluctant to even share a meal with her?

In the parking lot.

After getting into the car, Song Jinze directly told Secretary Zhang, "Close the door, and let’s go."

Cheng Zheng followed, "Hey, me too! Don’t forget me!"

Secretary Zhang sighed helplessly, then asked into the car, "President?"

Cheng Zheng hurriedly said, "Song Jinze, I don’t have a car. If you leave me behind, you won’t be able to get into the project site either."

Having said that, he got into the car.

Secretary Zhang closed the car door, sat in the driver’s seat, and through the rearview mirror, he glimpsed at Song Jinze’s darkened face. Internally, he hesitated whether to inform the president about what had happened on Weibo just now.

Seeing the president’s expression like that, he hesitated.

All he could do was pray that his wife hadn’t seen it, considering it was only about a quarter of an hour ago, it really shouldn’t be so coincidental.

Moreover, with the president and his wife having such a good relationship, a Miss Lu probably wouldn’t matter, couldn’t possibly matter!

...

In the middle of the night, Ye Zhenzhen woke up and glanced at the time, three in the morning.

She was actually very tired at this hour, but her sleep was restless. Xiao Chen knew that Song Jinze was supposed to come home tonight, so he didn’t come to sleep with her.

In the broad and soft bed of the bedroom, she occupied less than half of it. Reaching out, she touched the other side; it was empty and cold, devoid of any warmth.

Ye Zhenzhen picked up her phone and saw, aside from a message from Liu Rui, there was nothing else.

Phone calls, WeChat, all blank.

Sorrow gradually welled up in her eyes, and her lips struggled into a painful smile, soundlessly bitter.

She thought to herself, why bother with love at all!

After tossing and turning many times, she couldn’t fall back asleep.

The phrase ’childhood sweethearts’ kept flashing in her mind.

Though the trending topic had been taken down, some things, once seen and engraved in the mind, can’t simply be erased like data on the internet can be.

She wanted to ask him directly what was going on, but even though she had written the message, in the instant before sending, she deleted it.

That’s how people are, once genuine feelings are involved, they become timid.

Their relationship had been established under pressure from relatives, and she had only been here for a short two months. Such a brief time, such shallow emotions, how could they stand up to the four words ’childhood sweethearts’...