Reborn as a heiress, she transforms into a ruthless vengeful woman.

Chapter 192 Can I Trust You?

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry." Accompanied by a sweet female voice, half of her head peeked out, revealing only her eyes. This person was Qiao Lin.

Ye Xinghe had never heard Qiao Lin's voice so "girlish" before. She half-covered her face and glanced up at her.

Hua Qingmeng remained silent. At this moment, Su Nanqing also stood up, preparing to apologize, but the instant her gaze met Ye Xinghe's, she sat down again.

Su Nanqing panicked. She didn't know if Ye Xinghe had noticed her. She was about to run away when Ye Xinghe called her back.

"Sister Nan Qing? It really is you?" Ye Xinghe walked to the dining table where the two of them were. "I just caught a glimpse of you, and you looked so familiar. I didn't expect it to really be you!"

What are you doing here? Weren't you on your way to meet a client?

"Why is Qiao Lin here too?"

Su Nanqing looked embarrassed, her face flushed, and she stammered for a long time without saying a word.

Qiao Lin came to the rescue, saying, "Sister Nan Qing, please don't hide it anymore."

“Miss, Sister Nanqing asked me to come and ask me some questions about you. She wants to throw a party so everyone can have some fun, and she wanted to know when your birthday is.”

Su Nanqing's expression softened slightly, and she said in a deliberately reproachful tone, "I kept it a secret for so long, but I didn't expect you to find out beforehand."

Hua Qingmeng also walked over at this moment, staring at Su Nanqing with scrutinizing eyes.

Su Nanqing lowered her head and sighed softly, "I just can't lie. I get nervous whenever I lie. Today at work, when they asked me what I was doing at noon, my palms were sweating."

"Saying I was going out to meet clients was just an excuse. I was just thinking of preparing a surprise for Xinghe, but I never expected it to be such a coincidence that we'd run into each other. I'm really not good at lying."

Hua Qingmeng's expression was indifferent. He didn't believe a word Su Nanqing had just said and pulled Ye Xinghe to go back.

Su Nanqing then said, "Since we've already been found out, why don't we sit down and eat together as a group of four?"

"You guys eat, Xinghe and I still have things to discuss." Hua Qingmeng pulled Ye Xinghe and started walking back. Ye Xinghe turned around and said, "Sister Nanqing, let's talk about it when we get back to the company."

The two returned to their seats, and Hua Qingmeng's mood was noticeably worse than before, with a gloomy face throughout.

"Mr. Hua, can you please stop looking so long?" Ye Xinghe mixed the vegetable salad and placed it in front of Hua Qingmeng. "This makes me feel like you're not happy that I invited you to dinner."

Hua Qingmeng's expression froze for a moment, then she forced a smile and leaned forward, "Do you believe what Su Nanqing just said?"

A hint of hesitation flashed in Ye Xinghe's eyes. Su Nanqing was Hua Qingmeng's sister-in-law. Was he testing her by asking this question?

She blinked. "What do you mean?"

Hua Qingmeng chuckled lightly, "Miss Ye is exceptionally intelligent; how could she not understand this?"

"I don't believe a single word of it."

Seeing that he had made his stance clear, Ye Xinghe stopped trying to hide it. With her head down, she cut her steak and said, "She has everyone's personal information in the company. How could she not know my birthday?"

Hua Qingmeng looked up. "Then why didn't you expose her just now?"

Ye Xinghe met his gaze and asked in return, "And why?"

"Xinghe." Hua Qingmeng hesitated, unsure how to remind Ye Xinghe, and unwilling to involve her.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Stay away from Su Nanqing from now on."

Ye Xinghe looked slightly surprised. She remained silent, staring at Hua Qingmeng for a long time, as if trying to see into the depths of his heart through his silver-gray phoenix eyes.

She couldn't recall ever knowing such a man in her previous life, but at the same time, she felt that his eyes were very familiar.

"Hua Qingmeng, can I trust you?"

Hua Qingmeng put down her cutlery and looked at Ye Xinghe as well. "Of course. Anytime."

Ye Xinghe bit her lower lip lightly, "Su Nanqing, she..."

"She probably has drugs."

Hua Qingmeng's gaze turned cold. "Are you sure?"

Ye Xinghe nodded, "I've had the box of chocolates she gave me tested, and I can be 100% sure."

"And the mooncakes she brought for the Mid-Autumn Festival also contained macadamia."

Hua Qingmeng's gaze grew even colder. He had suspected Su Nanqing when the company police came to the door before, but he hadn't found any solid evidence.

She actually drugged Ye Xinghe time and time again; it seems this person cannot be allowed to live.

"Xinghe, I'm sorry."

"I'm not apologizing on behalf of Su Nanqing, I'm..."

"I feel like I didn't protect you well enough."

"Oh dear, why are you suddenly getting so sentimental?" Ye Xinghe pretended to be busy, cutting the already cut steak on the plate into even smaller pieces. "I'm so smart, I don't need anyone to protect me at all."

Hua Qingmeng's tone was serious and low, "Su Nanqing can't move yet, but I will never let her go."

Ye Xinghe reminded him, "Your older brother loves her very much."

“I know, so we can’t touch her yet.” Hua Qingmeng picked up her knife and fork again and forked the steak from Ye Xinghe’s plate onto her own plate one by one. “But it’s only a matter of time.”

Seeing his actions, Ye Xinghe asked angrily, "Hey! You have your own steak, why are you eating mine?"

Hua Qingmeng smiled slyly, "Didn't you finish cutting this one?"

The two regained their usual ease. However, each harbored their own thoughts, but neither brought them up again.

Su Nanqing didn't enjoy the meal at all.

Although it seems like they haven't been exposed on the surface, today's encounter is just too coincidental. And how come these two are getting closer and closer!

She quickly finished her lunch, said goodbye to Qiao Lin, and then walked over to Ye Xinghe and the other person, just in time to see Hua Qingmeng eating the food from Ye Xinghe's plate.

Su Nanqing composed herself and walked towards the two with a smile.

"Are you finished eating? Shall we go back to the company together?"

Hua Qingmeng didn't even look up. "You should go back first. We haven't finished eating yet."

Su Nanqing seemed not to hear her and sat down next to Ye Xinghe, saying, "It's too boring for me to go back by myself."

"Xinghe, hurry up and eat. Let's go back together. I'll treat you to coffee."

Ye Xinghe smiled without saying a word; she hated it when someone kept urging her to eat.

Su Nanqing, trying to make conversation, asked, "Xinghe, how are things going with Chu Mofan? I could tell he treated you differently at the last gathering at your house. He was practically glued to you."

Ye Xinghe's face beamed with happiness. "Sister Nanqing, you probably don't know yet, but Chu Mofan proposed to me the very next day."

Upon hearing this, Su Nanqing and Hua Qingmeng both looked at her in shock.

"Really!" Su Nanqing exclaimed excitedly. "When is the wedding set?"

Ye Xinghe continued, "However, I firmly rejected him."