One of the people around him asked, "What's wrong?"
"It seems I saw someone familiar."
They had grown up with Feng Ting Shen since childhood and knew that Rong Ci liked him.
To be honest, Rong Ci was beautiful, but quiet and gentle. She was indeed pretty, but there was nothing particularly unique about her; she wasn't Feng Ting Shen's type.
Feng Ting Shen kept his distance from others, and they didn't think much of Rong Ci either.
They didn't meet Rong Ci often, and even when they did, they couldn't be bothered to greet her.
To be honest, Rong Ci's appearance had become somewhat blurry in his mind, and he wasn't sure if he had recognized her correctly.
However, even if it was really Rong Ci, he didn't pay much attention to it.
He didn't say anything more and turned back toward the private room.
...
Rong Ci didn't notice Qi Yumeng.
After leaving the hotel, she took Chu Zilan back to her place and stayed with her that night to take care of her.
When Chu Zilan woke up and saw Rong Ci there, she hugged her gratefully, "You had a hard time last night, I'll treat you to dinner sometime!"
Rong Ci had already prepared breakfast and patted her on the head, "Get up and wash up, breakfast will get cold."
Chu Zilan hugged her, burying her face into Rong Ci's waist, reluctant to let go, "Xiao Ci, you're so soft and fragrant, it feels so nice to hug you~"
Rong Ci: "…"
After Chu Zilan finished washing up, she saw the delicious breakfast Rong Ci had prepared on the table. She was so happy and sincerely thought that whoever could marry Rong Ci would be incredibly lucky.
But thinking about Rong Ci's marriage to Feng Ting Shen, and not wanting to hurt her feelings, she didn't say anything.
She sat down, eating breakfast while playing with her phone.
But after a while, her expression changed, and she couldn't help but ask Rong Ci, "Did Feng Ting Shen return to the country?"
Rong Ci replied, "Mm."
Chu Zilan handed her the phone.
Rong Ci glanced at it and found that it was a post from Qi Yumeng, Feng Ting Shen's friend, on his Moments.
The post contained several photos from their gathering last night.
The caption read: "Happy birthday to the beautiful birthday girl~"
Although it was meant to wish Lin Wu a happy birthday, four or five of the nine photos were of Feng Ting Shen and Lin Wu together.
Especially in the photo where they were cutting the cake, Feng Ting Shen and Lin Wu were holding the same crystal knife, cutting the cake together.
As for their daughter, Feng Jingxin, she wasn't in any of the photos—probably to avoid anyone in the Feng family's old house seeing it. After all, Feng's grandmother was a close friend of her maternal grandmother, and because of the matters between her mother and Lin Wu's mother, Feng's grandmother had always disliked Lin Wu.
If Feng's grandmother found out that Feng Ting Shen was allowing Feng Jingxin to get close to Lin Wu, she would probably be very angry.
Looking at the photos, someone who didn't know might think that Feng Ting Shen and Lin Wu were a genuine couple.
But it was also clear that this birthday celebration was specially arranged by Feng Ting Shen for Lin Wu.
Thinking about the cold reception she had received on her birthday half a month ago, Rong Ci averted her gaze.
Chu Zilan, concerned, looked at her. "Xiao Ci—"
"It's okay. What happens between them no longer has anything to do with me." Rong Ci handed the phone back to her. "I've asked Feng Ting Shen for a divorce."
"What?!"
Chu Zilan was shocked. "You… you initiated the divorce?!"
"Mm."
Previously, Chu Zilan hadn't really disliked Feng Ting Shen.
On the contrary, she had admired him a lot before, even developing a crush on him at one point.
It wasn't anything unusual. Mainly, it was because Feng Ting Shen was simply outstanding.
Rong Ci had skipped three grades, graduated from the top university in the country before she was 18, and quickly founded her own tech company, securing several patents. To Chu Zilan, this was already enough to be considered extraordinary.
But Feng Ting Shen, it's said, graduated from university at the age of 13.
Soon after graduating from university, Feng Ting Shen went abroad for further studies.
When he returned from abroad, it was said that he had already founded several companies of his own, all of which were listed.
And at that time, Feng Ting Shen was still under 20!
These companies of Feng Ting Shen spanned across technology, medicine, entertainment, and tourism.
In the following years, while founding his own companies, he also took over the Feng family business.
In just a few years, he effortlessly elevated the Feng family business to the next level.
In the industry, who wouldn't raise a thumb when talking about Feng Ting Shen?
Moreover, Feng Ting Shen's appearance was also extremely outstanding.
So, it wasn't surprising to Chu Zilan that a genius like Rong Ci would fall for a genius like Feng Ting Shen.
However, Feng Ting Shen truly showed little affection for people he didn't like.
Thinking about how Feng Ting Shen had misunderstood Rong Ci over the years and carelessly ruined her sincere heart, Chu Zilan completely lost any admiration for him.
Chu Zilan had always seen how much Rong Ci loved Feng Ting Shen.
Over the years, she had advised Rong Ci to get a divorce.
But Rong Ci had always silently shaken her head.
So, she never expected that Rong Ci would actually initiate the divorce.
She couldn't eat breakfast anymore, and, heart aching, she looked at Rong Ci. "What happened?"
For someone like Rong Ci, who had always firmly loved Feng Ting Shen, to take the initiative to divorce, Chu Zilan knew something had to have happened that she didn't know about.
Rong Ci thought for a moment and said, "It's not really such a big deal. Maybe it's just accumulated disappointment, and suddenly I felt tired. I just want a divorce."
Chu Zilan understood Rong Ci's nature. She knew that once Rong Ci made up her mind, even if she might not be able to completely let go of Feng Ting Shen yet, she wouldn't change her decision easily.
She was serious.
Chu Zilan hugged Rong Ci: "It's okay, it's a good thing that you're getting a divorce."
Rong Ci nodded, "Mm."
After breakfast, Rong Ci left Chu Zilan's place and went to work.
Before she moved out, although she and Feng Ting Shen worked at the same place, they always arrived and left at different times, never going to work together. Moreover, he kept his distance from her, and sometimes they wouldn't even see each other for a month at the company.
Now that she had moved out, they had run into each other two days in a row.
Today, Feng Ting Shen looked as handsome and poised as ever, tall and composed. And just like before, whenever he saw her, the coldness on his face became even more apparent.
As with yesterday, Feng Ting Shen merely glanced at her before turning his gaze away.
Rong Ci lowered her head and, just like yesterday, softly called out, "Mr. Feng." Only after he had walked far away did she take a step and enter the company.
She didn't know whether Lin Wu had come to the company today, nor did she care. She focused silently on her work.
At noon, her grandmother called her.
"Xiao Ci, they sent a lamb from X City. The weather's turning cold, so come home for dinner tonight. Grandma has asked someone to prepare a full lamb feast for you."
Listening to her grandmother's kind voice, Rong Ci felt warmth in her heart. "Okay, I'll come home after work."
Aside from the morning, Rong Ci didn't encounter Feng Ting Shen again that day.
Later, after packing her things and preparing to leave on time, Cheng Yuan sent her a document to handle urgently.
Rong Ci paused.
Although he said it was urgent, after glancing at the contents, she realized that it wasn't something that needed immediate attention.
If it had been before, she would have smiled, taken the document, and promised to finish it as soon as possible.
Because she didn't want to act special.
But today, she didn't want to strive for perfection anymore—especially when it came to matters related to Feng Ting Shen.
Moreover, she was tired.
Now, all she wanted was to go home and spend time with her grandmother. She didn't want to work overtime.
In the past, she had always wanted to build good relationships with the few personal secretaries around Feng Ting Shen.
But now, there was no need.
Moreover, Cheng Yuan had falsely accused her yesterday without distinguishing right from wrong. She didn't have the kind of magnanimity to pretend like nothing had happened.
She looked at Cheng Yuan and coldly said, "I won't do this task right now. I'm leaving work."