CH 179

“Mengmeng, have you and your husband made up?” During the interval while waiting for the elderly man to wake up, Qiu Wuji and Zhu Mengmeng huddled together to have a private conversation.

Zhu Mengmeng’s eyes were still red, and she held Qiu Wuji’s hand seeking comfort, whispering, “Not yet… but it’s just a separation, not a divorce, right? When my dad had an accident, I still thought of finding him as the first thing.”

“You know… he really came here promptly, not bad at all?”

“Yeah,” Zhu Mengmeng managed to smile a bit, “He’s not that bad in character.”

“How did you end up separated then?” Qiu Wuji couldn’t help asking, “I used to think it’s your private matter, not appropriate to ask, but now I can’t help but ask, Mengmeng.”

“Hmm, well, back then we were all young and immature, each doing our own thing. We thought that’s the new way of marriage for the new generation. I know many young and handsome guys, and he knows many pretty girls. It’s hard to say whose fault it was…”

“Emmmm…” Qiu Wuji, who thought of herself as an emotional counselor, was dumbfounded.

After four months of navigating the internet, what kind of scenes hadn’t she seen? But this… she had never seen before.

“Anyway, as we continued with our separate lives, we ended up being separated.” Zhu Mengmeng sighed, “Then I saw you and your husband, sprinkling dog food all over the place with your sweet interactions. I couldn’t stand it anymore, and I remembered that I have a husband too. We are almost thirty, for heaven’s sake! It’s time to settle down and live a stable life…”

“So, he hasn’t settled down yet?”

“I don’t know, I feel like he hasn’t been playing around much lately. Ever since he found out that the new girl on WeChat was my alternate account, he seems to have lost a lot of his enthusiasm. It proves that he’s not that charming anymore and can’t attract young girls, hahaha.”

Qiu Wuji retorted, “It just proves that you know him too well. He thought a girl who was caring and understood him so well was someone else, but it turned out to be his own wife. Shouldn’t that have some impact on him?”

“Wow, Qiuqiu, you’re sounding like you know about love now, and you actually make some sense.”

“Of course!”

“But my dad doesn’t like him,” Zhu Mengmeng suddenly lowered her voice.

“Hmm?” Qiu Wuji’s eyes tingled, and her gaze quickly sharpened.

Zhu Mengmeng felt that Qiu Wuji’s gaze was as sharp as a sword, and her heart couldn’t help but tremble. This friend usually seemed clueless about everything, like someone who just came down from the mountains. But now, when she got serious, her eyes were truly intimidating. Could she be a hidden swordsman from the mountains?

She knew what Qiu Wuji was thinking right now and hurriedly explained, “Don’t misunderstand, my dad doesn’t like him, but he didn’t object to us being together back then. The two of them don’t have any conflicts, so how could he suddenly attack my dad? If it was him, my dad would find out as soon as he woke up. There’s no way he would dare to stand here…”

Qiu Wuji’s sharpness slightly eased, and she asked, “Then why doesn’t your dad like him?”

Zhu Mengmeng lowered her voice further, “You know we have abilities… My dad likes playing cards, and he can use divination to draw cards, but it’s very vague… In the end, he just said that we won’t be happy together, and that’s it. Over the years, it’s true that we haven’t been happy together, but the problem is that everyone’s happiness standard is different. I’ve been very content these years.”

The sharpness in Qiu Wuji’s eyes vanished, replaced with an annoyed look.

Yes, yes, you’re so happy.

And Zhu Mengmeng’s dad was indeed a member of the Black Room, with an ability that was completely useless. While divination might be useful when highly developed, it wouldn’t be so vague. Once divination becomes accurate, it’s almost like divine magic, very powerful. But from what Qiu Wuji had observed so far, developing these people’s abilities to that level was quite challenging, and definitely not something that could be achieved in a short period.

“What about you?” she couldn’t help asking Zhu Mengmeng, “What’s your ability?”

Zhu Mengmeng was a little coy, “Can I not say…”

“Come on, maybe your ability is related to what happened to your dad?”

“Well, I can… see other people’s connection lines and then secretly cut them, so I can steal someone else’s boyfriend… Hey, hey, hey, don’t look at me with that expression, I didn’t cut the connection between you and Chu Ge…”

Qiu Wuji grabbed her collar, gritted her teeth, “Don’t even mention cutting it! If you dare to touch our connection line, I’ll throw you into the South River to feed the pigs!”

“There are no pigs in the South River… Um, I mean, you guys have more than one connection, and it’s all so messy and absurd…”

“How is it absurd?”

“It’s like… like in The Matrix, connected across time and space.”

Qiu Wuji was taken aback, and she slowly loosened her grip on Zhu Mengmeng’s collar.

Connected across time and space.

“Hey, could you two be destined for each other in past lives? I’m so envious…”

“Watch fewer TV dramas… There’s no reincarnation in the real world.”

We only seek eternity in this life.

Her gaze instinctively looked for Chu Ge.

Chu Ge was on the balcony, talking with Cai Zhijian.

Chu Ge once said that Cai Zhijian was very handsome, and indeed, two handsome guys standing on the balcony made for a pleasing sight. But no matter how Qiu Wuji looked at it, she still felt that Chu Ge himself was even better-looking. Cai Zhijian was just… well, a bit too delicate?

Maybe the current young girls liked that type, what they called “flower boys,” but Qiu Wuji still felt that Chu Ge’s appearance was more handsome. His facial features were masculine and firm, exuding a sense of manliness. After working out, he had become more muscular, looking like a big bear, so adorable!

With these two standing together, according to the guys in the group chat, Chu Ge was undeniably the “dominant” one. Hm… when Chu Ge stood together with Zhang Qiren before, he was also the “dominant” one.

In fact, Chu Ge’s nature was inherently dominant, and sometimes looks at Qiu Wuji quite frighteningly, unfortunately the difference in force value is too tragic, and plus… he loved her.

Most of the time, Qiu Wuji knew that Chu Ge had a very masculine mentality, like thinking about their relationship all the time. Hehe, thinking he could dominate her, wishful thinking!

Uh, I’m here to accompany Mengmeng, why am I thinking about him all the time… Qiu Wuji awkwardly turned her neck back and looked at Zhu Mengmeng’s resentful expression, then forced a smile, “Mengmeng, where were we just now…”

Zhu Mengmeng angrily replied, “What were we talking about? You infatuated fool.”

“Mr. Cai, what are you up to these days?” Chu Ge asked Cai Zhijian.

Cai Zhijian smiled and replied, “I’ve started a film and culture company myself…”

Seeing Chu Ge’s slightly puzzled expression, Cai Zhijian continued, “I heard that Mr. Chu is a writer, maybe we could have some collaboration.”

Chu Ge shook his head slightly. He still didn’t understand how copyrights worked or whether he could find someone to sell them.

Moreover, he had this strange literary temperament and felt that he shouldn’t be shamelessly promoting his work. If someone liked it, they could buy it and make a movie out of it. If not, he didn’t care. Even if he really wanted to adapt his work, it was not just about money; it was about the feeling of existence in the world, which was important to him…

He didn’t talk about adapting his work for movies, but asked instead, “Does Nanjiang have any film companies? I haven’t heard much about it…”

“We do have some film companies, mostly producing various short videos. There are no big companies for major productions, but I’m mainly involved in short videos and advertisements,” Cai Zhijian smiled. “But if you’re interested, we have connections in the industry and can help you with recommendations.”

“Haha…” Chu Ge chuckled. “Thank you for the offer… don’t call me Mr. Chu, just Chu Ge is fine.”

Cai Zhijian didn’t fuss either and straightforwardly said, “Sure, Chu Ge.”

Chu Ge continued, “I’ll leave the copyright matters to the editor to handle. I don’t want to get involved in that. Let’s not talk about it.”

Cai Zhijian was taken aback, and he looked deeply at Chu Ge before smiling and saying, “Alright.”

Then he winked, “If you have the time, you can come to my company. Those young actresses really admire well-known authors like you…”

Chu Ge turned his head and looked in the direction of Qiu Wuji. She was whispering with Zhu Mengmeng. As if sensing his gaze, she also looked back and gave him a sweet smile.

Chu Ge smiled back and replied softly, “A few months ago, when I first met you, I might have been quite excited. I might have been shamelessly pestering you to introduce actresses to me. But now… my heart is full, and I can’t accommodate anyone else.”

Cai Zhijian’s eyes showed some surprise, but before he could say anything, the hospital rooms were knocked on, and he temporarily stopped talking.

Chu Ge turned to look, and it was Zhong Yi who came in.