Chapter 159: Extra: Didn't I Say That I Probably Forgot

Liang Zheng had recently fallen into an appearance crisis. He had always believed that as long as he maintained his looks and figure, Meili would never cheat on him.

But he had overlooked one thing: age.

Gu Jinghan was indeed younger than him. And youth was a real asset.

That night, he lay in bed while Meili was engrossed in her phone, not even sparing him a glance.

Come to think of it, the two of them had gone almost a whole week without being intimate.

They had only just gotten married, and she was already tired of him.

In a low voice, he asked Meili, “What are you looking at?”

“Handsome men, of course!” Meili replied without even looking up. “Looking at handsome men is good for the eyes!”

Let the baby look at more handsome men. That way, the baby would grow up good-looking and have good taste, too!

It would be best to have a beautiful daughter, so she could admire handsome men together with her when she grew up!

Ah, how wonderful!

But all Liang Zheng heard was: Looking at handsome men is good for the eyes.

Did he no longer even serve the purpose of being easy on the eyes?

Well, that was how a face fanatic was. Once they got what they wanted, they stopped cherishing it.

So whom was she cherishing now?

Gu Jinghan?

That second-generation heir who was determined to latch onto a rich woman?

Hmm?

His thoughts instantly snapped back into place, and the corners of his lips curved into a smile.

Wasn’t Gu Jinghan determined to find himself a rich woman?

Then Liang Zheng would find him one—a rich woman who would keep him too busy to bother his Meili.

The next day, after finishing all his work, Liang Zheng sat in his office and began screening candidates with an exceptionally serious expression.

Every single unmarried female CEO on the domestic rankings was investigated. He had people dig up all the gossip surrounding them.

Their looks and personalities, their preferences in a partner, their attitudes toward romance...

Every detail was carefully sifted through, under Brother Liang’s personal supervision.

Until...

Liang Zheng looked at the woman’s profile in the email and smiled.

Song Tingyun, thirty-four, the Song family’s third child from Guangnan.

She had two older brothers. Last year, she had suddenly emerged to take the positions of chairwoman, general manager, and legal representative of Yuejia Group.

With a 31.5 percent stake, she had become Yuejia’s actual controller.

One of her brothers had moved to Canada last year, while the other had settled in Spain this year.

There was clearly quite a story behind it all.

Her capabilities were undeniable.

Most importantly, she had once dated a man overseas who came from a poor family, only for her family to forcibly break them up.

Liang Zheng looked at the photograph of the couple. The woman had a bold, strong appearance, with full features and clear, bright eyes.

She was tall and strikingly capable.

The man had upturned outer corners to his eyes and a faintly careless smile on his lips.

There was a relaxed, languid quality between his brows, along with a hint of innocent boyishness.

Liang Zheng pulled up a photo of Gu Jinghan and placed it beside the man in the photograph.

Their noses and mouths were three-tenths alike, their eyes and brows five-tenths alike. Add in that touch of innocent boyishness, and they instantly looked seventy to eighty percent similar.

Interesting.

He glanced at an event announcement on Yuejia’s official website, then took out his phone and called Gu Jinghan.

“Are you busy these next few days? If not, go to Guangnan for me. There’s something I need your help with...”

Three days later, at a closed-door real estate summit, Song Tingyun listened to the same tired platitudes and frowned impatiently.

Those old men, so old they were practically crumbling, were spouting clichés just as stale. It was unbearably boring.

Her gaze drifted lazily around the venue, trying to find something amusing enough to pass the time.

Then she saw a face—a young face that looked every bit as bored as she felt...

Her eyes stopped instantly. From that moment on, she could no longer look away.

Liang Zheng’s favor only required Gu Jinghan to help for a single day, but Gu Jinghan ended up staying in Guangnan for nearly half a month without returning.

By then, Meili was making unhappy little noises at home.

“Why isn’t Second Brother coming back? I don’t even have a handsome man to look at anymore!”

Liang Zheng smiled faintly. “He won’t be coming back anytime soon.”

Meili was puzzled. “How do you know?”

Liang Zheng sat down beside her. “Is he really that handsome? Isn’t looking at me enough?”

Meili pushed him away. “You’re too handsome! Looking at you makes me lose my head! I’m not even three months pregnant yet. It’s dangerous!”

Liang Zheng froze.

“What did you say? Pregnant? You’re pregnant?”

Meili blinked at him with her innocent, wide eyes.

“Didn’t I tell you? Maybe I forgot.”

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