C146 Old Love and New Love

Meng was a very good actor. As soon as I said a few words to her, her tears started to fall. I could clearly see that Mason, who was standing next to me, had rolled her eyes after seeing her beautiful crying.

"Miss Zhou, I know you have a great prejudice against me because of my past with Jia Rui, but I really came to see you purely because of my good intentions. Why must you betray my good intentions?" She was obviously the age of a young girl's mother, but her pitiful appearance made me feel a little awkward.

I coldly said, "What's happening now has nothing to do with Ou Jia Rui. I just want to know, Madam Meng, I don't seem to have done anything to let you down. Even the story of me and Ou Jia Rui meeting and getting married happened more than ten years after you left. Why do you have to push me down?"

When Meng Shuzhen heard my words, her face didn't show even a hint of unease or embarrassment. I had obviously exposed her evil intentions, but she still acted as if it was really just an accident.

"Miss Zhou, what do you mean? You hurt me and I sympathize with you, but don't slander me just because of this. Everyone here saw that you were in a hurry to get rid of my arm, so they slipped. I tried to stop you but it was just a failure, not to mention I was injured because of you."

Meng Shufu's eyes were wide open, and even his cheeks were flushed, as if he was truly shocked and angry at my words.

Mason couldn't stand her performance anymore and interrupted her, "Alright, alright, really, the surveillance camera at the entrance of Ou Family and the staff from the day before saw this scene. What's the use of trying to argue now?"

Perhaps it was because she was really confident in her flawless and flawless methods. Indeed, even I myself knew very well that other than myself, who had experienced this incident personally, there probably wouldn't be anyone who would be able to tell that I was pushed down.

"Yes, I admit that I shouldn't have pulled you back with a cup of coffee, but my coffee cup was also knocked down by a mistake when you were arguing with me. Miss Zhou, what proof do you have that I purposely framed you? If you continue like this, I will say that you slandered me." What a great example! The villains will be the first to complain, but I have really broadened my horizons today.

She placed the bouquet and fruit basket on my bed, then smiled sweetly. "Miss Zhou, I wish you a speedy recovery. I won't disturb your rest today. I'll come and chat with you again when your wounds are more or less healed."

With that, she limped out of the room, followed by Mason, who threw the fruit basket and flowers into the large trash can by the door of the ward.

Finally, the sickroom was restored to its former tranquility. As it happened, Qin Ling arrived just in time to bring Mason's office supplies and some nutrition to help her recover. "Xin Yao, you have to take good care of yourself. My mother just heard that you were injured, so she rushed here to see you.

I was flattered and waved my hands: "No need, Teacher Qin, Auntie Qin is getting old and moving isn't particularly convenient for her. I'm only slightly injured, so there's no need to trouble her to personally make a trip. I accept your kind intentions."

Qin Ling smiled and said, "That's right, I already told her that you and me are not outsiders, so there's no need to be so polite. But my mother said that we might never be able to repay your kindness towards our family in this life, because our family and my life will be perfect."

As Qin Lingshui said this, Meishan blushed and lowered her head.

After staying in the hospital for three days, apart from Auntie Qin and Qin Ling who came to visit me, there were only the medical staff who came to change medicine and the servants of the Ou Family who took care of me and Mason Shan. On the other hand, Ou Jia Rui would come and accompany me for a period of time after work every day.

Meng Shuzhen seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth and never came to disturb me again. Mason and I both thought that she was still guilty about pushing me down, so we stopped for a while. Only later on did we realize that we had underestimated Meng Shuzhen's mental fortitude.

In the end, she was still young and her wounds healed quickly. After three days, the skin wound on my knee had almost healed, and as long as I didn't touch it intentionally after the scab, the pain was very weak. At last, under my earnest advice, Maysan returned to work.

During this time, Lin Zhuo also sent over some things to express her condolences. It was just that after Mason had applied for leave, most of the work in the design department had been placed on her and it was really hard for her to get out of it. But even so, she didn't mention anything about getting Mason to return to work, she only told her that she must take care of both of us.

After my knee recovered, I was able to get out of bed and walk. I could do most of my activities on my own. The servants returned to the Ou family to prepare nutritious meals to recover my body. I spent most of my time alone, but it wasn't boring for me to have my tablet phone and all sorts of books with me.

On the morning of my fourth day in the hospital, I ate the breakfast the servants had prepared as usual. While I was waiting for the nurses to change, I took out my cell phone and browsed through Weibo for some recent news.

The moment I opened my phone, the headlines on almost all of the social media platforms stung my eyes, "The President of the Euclidean family, Ou Jia Rui, meets with the mysterious woman, Miss Hui's fairy tale of love will eventually be destroyed." I always knew that the Miss Hui that everyone was talking about was me, and the fact that there was a large disparity between my family and mine was publicly recognized.

He opened up Weibo's popular headlines and realized that although it was only 9 AM, the number of people browsing through the news had already exceeded 500,000 in B City, not to mention all the other social media outlets posting the news together.

Because it was night time, the face of the person in the photo was a little blurry, but no matter if it was the figure or the person wearing it, I could recognize that it was Ou Jia Rui and Meng Shu Ju. He was wearing the long black coat that he wore when he came to accompany me last night, and Meng Shu Ju was also wearing a woman's long black windbreaker.

If you ignored the difference in age between the two of them, then it would really be a bit of a loving couple. Furthermore, Time seemed to have given Meng Shuwen special preferential treatment, so it seemed like she was just a peer of Ou Jia Rui.

Although the two in the photo did not have any intimate actions, but the two of them walked side by side. Their actions and attire were almost identical, and it still looked as if they were envious of the onlookers. A lot of girls commented in unison on Weibo: "I thought it was a beautiful fairy tale between a prince and Cinderella, but I didn't expect it to end like this, I don't believe in love anymore."

The media seemed to have followed them for a long time. In one set of photos, there were two people eating lunch in a western restaurant, some going out with Ou Jia Rui while driving Meng to her house, and even two people bidding farewell to her house. I even started to feel like this was a date between a couple.

His mood instantly became extremely sorrowful, the shock he felt upon seeing the news quickly disappeared, replaced by a kind of pain that seemed to have been there for a long time. After all, the relationship between the two of them when they were young couldn't be so easily broken off.

The only thing that surprised me was that on the fourth day after I'd been set up and hurt, the news of the two of them having a private meeting had gotten out at a speed that left me tongue-tied.

Amongst the female netizens who were lamenting for us, there would occasionally be one or two who would make sarcastic remarks, "Like I said, that Zhou Xinyao really doesn't have any capital that can keep Ou Jia Rui alive. The young lady in the photo is so elegant and generous, it's obvious that she's from an extraordinary background.

The bitter smile on my face was very strong. Everyone thought that Ou Jia Rui was a person who liked new things and hated old things. They all thought that Meng Shuzhen was the so-called beautiful newlyweds, but if that was the case, then I didn't feel that there was anything to be sad about it.

But the hateful thing was, Meng Shuzhen had always been that old love that Ou Jia Rui could never forget. His nostalgia made me unable to criticize him harshly, but also made me powerless to do anything.

I kept swiping my cell phone, my fingers shaking. The photos and lines of introductions made my heart ache, but they helped me wake up as quickly as possible from the soft dreams that O'Jia Rui had made up for me. When the nurse came to change, she looked at me with a complicated look of strong sympathy.

They all know about my identity. I'm probably a pitiful person in the eyes of everyone in the hospital who was mercilessly abandoned by my husband while I was injured.

But I really am.

After muddle-headed through the whole morning, I didn't even have the courage to call Ou Jia Rui and ask him about it. I was afraid of hearing Ou Jia Rui's apologetic voice, and even more afraid of hearing Meng Shuzhen's voice on the other end of the phone.

When the servant received the call from O'Jia Rui, he said carefully, "Madam, sir just called to say that it's okay if you don't want to talk to him, but please give him a chance to explain. It's not what you think it is, so if you still don't want to, just pay attention to the news headlines at noon today."

I nodded dumbly and waved my hand, indicating that the servants could go home and prepare lunch for me. I leaned against the bed and emptied myself in a daze, the images of O'Jia Rui's face flashing in my mind.

The thought that had sprouted in his heart quickly took root and grew into a towering tree.

When my wounds are healed, I'll leave Ojairi.