Chiang Qing leaned toward her, and Cheng Su quickly supported her with a steady hand, though her grip was slightly stiff and her gaze was cold, but in an instant, she was standing firm.
"Is Director Chiang already drunk?" Cheng Su smiled sweetly, "What should we do? The bottleās not even halfway through!"
"Thereās nothing I can do about a low tolerance!" Chiang Qing laughed as she patted her head, then returned to her seat.
Cheng Su also sat down, poured Secretary Gao another glass of wine, watched him turn to inquire about Chiang Qing, and smiled slightly as she picked up her teacup and toasted the person next to her.
The teacup concealed the coldness at the corners of her lips. Just as Chiang Qing leaned over, she swiftly whispered in her ear: Can you really still have children for him?
Was Chiang Qing reminding her of last yearās incident?
Or was she deliberately trying to hurt her? Or perhaps it was out of jealousy and a curse?
"Looks like Iāve had a bit too much too. President Cheng, can you accompany me to the restroom?" Chiang Qing looked at Cheng Su and said.
"Qiulan, go prepare some sober-up soup." Cheng Su quickly instructed, then looked at Chiang Qing, "Director Chiang, this way, please."
Chiang Qing stood up and followed her out of the room.
In the new restaurant, Cheng Su, following a 21st-century design, assigned separate restrooms for men and women. She walked Chiang Qing to the door, then stopped.
Chiang Qing didnāt mind, thanked her, and walked in.
Cheng Su stood by the sink waiting. After a while, Chiang Qing came out, washing her hands under the faucet while looking at her in the mirror.
"Didnāt expect Iād set foot on this land again, did you?" Chiang Qing said to Cheng Su in the mirror.
Cheng Su smiled, "Yes, indeed!"
Chiang Qing flicked the droplets from her hands, glanced at her, and said, "I didnāt expect it either."
She walked up to Cheng Su, looking at her face, then down to her abdomen, and said, "About the past, Iām sorry. If it werenāt for that incident, youād probably be a mother by now."
Why does she keep bringing up last yearās incident? What exactly is she trying to do?
In her heart, Cheng Su heightened her guard. Just by seeing Chiang Qing talk about the past with such composure, it was clear she was different from before, making her hard to read. No wonder Taiguo and the others were on high alert. Such a Chiang Qing indeed makes people uneasy.
She smiled and said, "The one who should apologize is your mother, right? But if apologies were enough, what would we need the law for? I always believe that what goes around comes around, and this world has its justice, donāt you think?" She would not accept such an apology!
The smile at Chiang Qingās lips gradually faded, and she said, "Do you know? What I hate most is your smile, pretending nothing happened, itās disgustingly fake. Hasnāt Qi Taiguo noticed your two-faced nature?"
Couldnāt hold back anymore, huh?
Cheng Su smiled, alerted a passing waitress that her hairstyle was crooked and needed fixing, and only after she walked away did she look at Chiang Qing, "Iām sorry, what did you just say? I didnāt quite catch that."
"You... Cheng Su, donāt get too complacent!" Chiang Qingās gaze turned cold, as she slowly approached Cheng Su, her voice seeming to whisper in her ear, "The humiliation and pain I received from you in the past, I will repay tenfold. Everything you have, I will slowly take away. Just you wait."
With that, she barged past Cheng Suās shoulder and went back to the private room.
Cheng Su watched her back, her smile fading, with a glint of coldness in her eyes, as if her heart was enveloped in frost, piercingly cold and severe.