Chapter 10: She Was Imprisoned
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Jiang Xie strongly insisted on having a talk with Tang Shi, and Tang Shi had no choice but to agree. He took her to a restaurant. When they entered, a man sitting there laughed and said, "Damn it, you left with one woman and now you're bringing back another. Jiang Xie, aren't you afraid of dying from kidney deficiency?"
"If you have bad eyesight, Mr. Fu, I'll make an appointment for you at the ophthalmology department."
Jiang Xie rolled his eyes in disdain. "Do you know who this is?"
The man called Mr. Fu squinted his eyes and sized up Tang Shi, then drawled, "She does look kind of familiar..."
Jiang Xie dragged Tang Shi and sat down beside him. Then he said bluntly, "She's Lao Ye's ex-wife."
"Damn it."
Fu Muzhong almost spat out the coffee he was drinking. After managing to hold it back, he swallowed it with difficulty and glanced at Tang Shi. "Miss Tang?"
"It's me."
Tang Shi replied neither humbly nor arrogantly. Her voice was indifferent, but she didn't lack any imposing manner at all.
"Are you... okay?"
In fact, none of their group of good friends had expected the sudden change that happened five years ago. Tang Shi was sent to prison by Bo Ye on the charge of being a murderer, and there was not even the slightest... room for reversal.
However, when Fu Muzhong looked at Tang Shi sitting in front of him five years later, he squinted his eyes slightly.
He always felt that Tang Shi had changed, yet at the same time, she hadn't.
What hadn't changed was her cold and noble temperament. Even though she had been in prison for five years, she was still the stunning young lady of the Tang family. But what had changed were her eyes.
They were like those of a withered old person, lifeless and desolate. It was as if she had no hope at all for this world...
Fu Muzhong thought about it and understood. Having been hurt so deeply, how could she still love the world?
After being silent for a while, he found an opening remark. "So... What did you bring her here for, Xie?"
Jiang Xie glanced at Tang Shi and said cautiously, "I... I investigated you. That is, is Dawn your stage name, Tang Shi?"
"Dawn?!"
Fu Muzhong raised his voice and exclaimed, "That absurd and incredible designer, Tong En...? Tang Shi, is it you?"
Tang Shi looked at them with a defensive gaze, frowning slightly. "Sorry, it's not me."
"I..." Jiang Xie widened his eyes in disbelief. "How could it be...? I clearly found out that it was you..."
"Maybe there was a mistake in the investigation." Tang Shi lowered her neck, revealing a section of fair and delicate skin. "I'm not Dawn. Do you need to find her?"
Fu Muzhong pursed his lips and didn't speak. After a long while, he said slowly, "Our company has a project and we want her to do the design..."
Tang Shi said indifferently, "Then I can give you her contact information."
"Is that for real?" Jiang Xie still couldn't believe it. But since Tang Shi had said she could provide the contact information, it meant that she really wasn't Dawn.
Could it be that the information was wrong?
Fu Muzhong had to continue, "Then I'll trouble you. You can call me using the number on the business card if there's anything."
After saying that, he took out a business card and handed it to Tang Shi. Tang Shi readily accepted it. Then she stood up and said, "There's nothing else, right?"
"No. Do you want me to give you a ride?"
"No need."
Tang Shi lowered her eyes, put her hands in the pockets of her windbreaker, and walked towards the exit of the restaurant with her long and slender legs.
"Damn it..." Jiang Xie looked at her back and murmured, "So aloof. She's still so arrogant even though she's been in prison."
Fu Muzhong squinted his eyes slightly, took a sip of the coffee in his hand, and commented meaningfully, "An Mi can't compare to her."
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