65: Chapter 65 Huang Yimei: Is my boyfriend good enough?

"Are you for real?" Huang Zhenhua pulled out his phone, hesitated for a moment, but still handed it over.

Huang Yimei snatched it and skillfully dialed Zhao Yang's number, her voice instantly becoming soft and sweet: "Hello, honey, Guan Zhizhi has a bit of a misunderstanding about me. Could you come and help me clarify? Mhmm... okay, you're the best."

Huang Zhenhua felt goosebumps all over his body as he listened. He looked at her with a strange expression—was this still his sister, Huang Yimei?

"Zhao Yang?" Guan Zhizhi looked at Huang Zhenhua. "The friend you were with yesterday?"

Huang Zhenhua nodded: "It's him. He's quite handsome, right?"

Guan Zhizhi didn't speak, her expression shifting uncertainly as if she were deep in thought.

Huang Yimei hung up and returned the phone to Huang Zhenhua: "He said he's coming over right away. He'll bring the phone he bought for me, so I won't have to use yours anymore!"

Huang Zhenhua took the phone back and gave her an inquiring look.

Huang Yimei ignored him and turned to Guan Zhizhi: "Wait a moment. He lives in the Shuimu University Faculty Apartment; he'll be here shortly."

Guan Zhizhi frowned slightly: "Is he a teacher at Shuimu?"

"Not a teacher, an expert!" Huang Yimei smiled. "Guan Zhizhi, you saw Zhao Yang yesterday. Why did you still come here to make a scene today?"

Guan Zhizhi snorted coldly: "Who knows what kind of relationship you two have!"

Huang Yimei said nothing more. She poured herself a glass of water and sipped it slowly.

Not long after, Zhao Yang arrived. Carrying an exquisite gift box, he handed it to Huang Yimei as he entered: "Here, the hongdou phone Eurasia Elegance set, nine units in total."

"Haha, thank you, honey!" Huang Yimei excitedly took the gift box and waved it at Guan Zhizhi. "A gift from my boyfriend!"

Guan Zhizhi crossed her arms and looked at Zhao Yang: "Hello, we meet again."

Zhao Yang smiled slightly: "Indeed, Young Miss Guan. I heard from Rose that there's been a misunderstanding between you two. Could you tell me about it?"

"Wait a second!" Huang Yimei grabbed Zhao Yang's arm and said solemnly, "Guan Zhizhi, Sister Guan—let me formally introduce my boyfriend. Zhao Yang, a first-class merit recipient in the national crackdown on gangs and evil, Chief of the Information Section of the Jinghai City Public Security Bureau, and soon-to-be Deputy Director of the Joint Laboratory of Intelligent Investigation at the Ministry of Public Security's Third Research Institute. All of this is officially verifiable. If you don't believe me, you can check for yourself."

Guan Zhizhi opened her mouth, but the words caught in her throat. Her aggressive Aura instantly weakened.

"Furthermore," Huang Yimei counted on her fingers, her speaking pace slowing down, "Zhao Yang was sponsored by the Ministry of Public Security to pursue further studies in the Shuimu Computer Science Department. He has already obtained his Master's degree and is currently working on his Doctorate. He is hailed as a programming Genius, and the software he writes is worth millions of dollars. Sister Guan, my boyfriend is a Section-level official at such a young age; he's talented, wealthy, and handsome. I ask you—what reason would I have to be interested in Zhou Shihui?"

Guan Zhizhi looked at Huang Yimei coldly and suddenly laughed: "So that's how it is. I wondered why Old Zhou kept saying he was heartbroken. It turns out you found someone better and dumped him. Huang Yimei, you are even more shameless than I imagined."

Huang Yimei laughed as well: "I'm shameless? Your fiancé has a one-sided crush and you blame others? I've known Zhao Yang since spring. The moment we met, he painted a portrait of me. It was love at first sight, and that painting is our token of love. Moreover, Zhao Yang has even prepared a marital home. He originally wanted my brother to help with the renovations, but my brother brought Zhou Shihui along to see the house. And then Zhou Shihui became like that."

"I don't believe it!" Guan Zhizhi gritted her teeth. "Just looking at a house could provoke him to that extent?"

Huang Yimei sighed: "Sister Guan, have you asked Zhou Shihui—what kind of house did he see yesterday, who did he meet, who did he have lunch with, and what did they talk about during the meal?"

"No! He didn't say! He only said..." Guan Zhizhi's expression turned pained, "that he had a change of heart, that he liked you, and that he wanted to break up with me. What exactly happened yesterday?"

"Let my brother tell it, so you don't think I'm exaggerating." Huang Yimei looked at Huang Zhenhua.

Huang Zhenhua had been in a state of bewilderment the whole time.

The verbal sparring between the two women contained too much information. His brain was overclocking, unable to keep up with the rhythm.

Seeing both of them looking at him, Huang Zhenhua asked blankly: "Let me speak? Speak about what?"

Huang Yimei said: "Tell her where you looked at houses yesterday, what the houses were like, who you ran into, and roughly what was said. Just tell the truth."

"Alright!" No matter how dull Huang Zhenhua was, he vaguely understood something. He then gave a rough account of yesterday's itinerary.

As Guan Zhizhi listened, her face slowly changed, and her body began to tremble slightly.

Two duplexes in Wanquan Xinxin Home, a detached villa in the Xishan Villa area, being on brotherly terms with Lianzhong's CEO Bao Yueqiao, and chatting and laughing with the tycoon Bai Erru...

She knew Zhou Shihui's personality—seeing all this, it wasn't hard to understand why his mental defenses had completely crumbled.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, a few tears sliding down from the corners.

"Zhizhi, here, wipe your eyes..." Huang Zhenhua handed her a tissue.

Guan Zhizhi shook her head and let out a long breath: "I understand. I was too emotional today; I'm sorry. I will apologize to you two and Zhao Yang later. I'll be going now."

With that, she turned around and walked out, looking utterly despondent.

Fearing something might happen to her, Huang Zhenhua said, "I'll walk you out," and followed her.

Zhao Yang, however, did not move.

In the original story, Guan Zhizhi didn't break down even when Zhou Shihui backed out of the marriage a second before registering at the Civil Affairs Bureau. Now, just knowing that Zhou Shihui had a change of heart wouldn't lead her to do anything extreme.

Sure enough, after a short while, Huang Zhenhua returned, muttering incessantly while shaking his head and sighing: "What a mess! Old Zhou is simply committing a sin! He's possessed!"

At this moment, Huang Jianzhi and Wu Yuejiang also came out of the room. They had overheard most of it—especially the part where Huang Yimei loudly introduced Zhao Yang; it was so loud that the neighbors probably heard it too.

The old couple both looked at her and Zhao Yang with very strange expressions.

Regarding Huang Yimei and Zhao Yang dating, although they couldn't say anything against it, what Huang Yimei said was too shocking—even the marital home was mentioned. Was their progress really that fast?

Huang Zhenhua also stared at Huang Yimei, waiting for her to provide an explanation.

Huang Yimei, however, let out a long breath and gulped down several mouthfuls of water: "I'm exhausted! I've never spoken so much to anyone!"

"Rose... aren't you going to explain?" Huang Zhenhua asked. "Dad and Mom are both right here."

"What's there to explain? It's Zhou Shihui's one-sided crush, his own wishful thinking!"

"Who's asking you about Zhou Shihui!" Huang Zhenhua pointed at her, then at Zhao Yang. "What exactly is the situation between you two? Are you hiding something from me and our parents?"

"Zhao Yang and I..." Huang Yimei paused and gave a bright smile, like a smug little fox.