“Is that so,” she said as she leaned forward. She somehow felt that his words were said on purpose for her to hear.His ink-black phoenix eyes stared at the face in front of him. Gu Lichen’s thin lips parted slightly as he resumed saying, “Because back then, I was separated from someone in that hospital. That person told me once that she really liked to eat at this restaurant, so I’ll come to sit here and have their food every year on the day I was separated from her.”“In that case, I think that person must be someone very important you, huh?” said Ling Yiran. Hearing his tone, it seemed that he really missed that person.“Yes, very important. To me, her life is nearly as important as mine.” His indifferent tone sounded as if he was saying something very natural.However, Ling Yiran was shocked when she heard this.Gu Lichen was this concerned about a person he parted with? Originally, in her eyes, someone like him who constantly changed girlfriends, and was even so merciless to
After all, when he met that person back then, it was right in this small town.Except when he asked her about it, it seemed that he had overthought this.“You’re not her,” he said casually. She was not that person.What? Doubt flashed through Ling Yiran’s eyes.At this time, the boss of the restaurant served up the dishes. Gu Lichen said, “Alright, let’s eat. Want to have some wine?”Ling Yiran recalled her experience of being drunk in front of Yi Jinli and swiftly shook her head. “No need. I’ll just have a regular drink.”Thus, Gu Lichen got the boss to bring two bottles of beverage over.“You’re not drinking wine either?” She raised her eyebrows.“I’ll be driving later, so I won’t drink,” he said.Her expression darkened suddenly as she thought of that car crash that got her to be sentenced. The charge was for drunk driving, but she had not drunk anything that day at all!“That’s right. You had a car crash back then because you drove drunk, right?” His voice suddenly sounde
In these few days, she had been working and busying herself with knitting the pair of gloves. Early this morning, she got on the bus to rush here and had been busy the whole day.Hence, it did not take long before Ling Yiran unwittingly shut her eyes and fell asleep.Gu Lichen slid a glance at the sleeping Ling Yiran and turned the volume down.After she fell asleep, she looked even more like the person in his memories. She actually looked similar with her eyes open too, but when she had her eyes open, there was a kind of weather-beaten suppression in her expression. It was something that the person in his memories never had.That person in his memories had clear, bright eyes that seemed to be full of limitless hope.When Ling Yiran woke up, the car was already at the gates of the village she lived in.She suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly undid her safety belt. “How long was I sleeping for?”“It’s fine. Not long,” he said.Ling Yiran quickly got out of the car. She reached
Then, she heard the sound of her young, clear voice singing ‘Man Bu Ren Sheng Lu’.“What if we… get caught again and can’t escape?” The boy’s voice rang out.“Idiot! With me here, how can we not escape? I’ll definitely take you with me and escape!”“If you ditch me, you’ll definitely be able to escape.”“There’s no way I'm going to ditch you! I said that I will protect you, so I’ll protect you! I’m not afraid of those bad guys!”“Why aren’t you going to leave me?”“Because we’re friends!”“Ah!” Ling Yiran opened her eyes with a start. In a flash, she sat up on her bed with her eyes wide open. What entered her line of vision was the pale rays of light.This was her rental home! Ling Yiran abruptly breathed in as she looked at the time. It was only three in the morning.Did she… have a dream? It seemed that she had dreamt of a conversation between her younger self and a boy. Furthermore, she had sung Teresa Teng’s ‘Man Bu Ren Sheng Lu’.Good heavens, why would she have had a
The part-time job that Sis Xu was talking about was to be an extra on a filming set. The job only required her to register her name and leave her contact number, so there was no need to look at any files.It was 80 bucks a day with lunch included. If an extension was needed for the filming time, they would provide dinner as well, but there would not be any extra pay.As Sis Xu said, since she was free on her rest days, she could be an extra and earn some cash. It was a job that was paid by the day after all. One month down the line, if there was something for her to do every rest day, then in that one month, she could earn a few hundred bucks.To other people, a few hundred bucks might not be much, but to Ling Yiran, it was already really good.When she left work, Ling Yiran glanced at the gloves that she had already finished knitting and made a call to Yi Jinli. “I’ve finished knitting the gloves. Do you want me to send it over, or do you want to get someone to come over and col
"T-there you are," Ling Yiran said dryly while leaning sideways to let Yi Jinli into the room."Sis, you must've waited a long time." Yi Jinli laughed and walked over to the desk. He saw copies of the case file which Ling Yiran had left opened on the desk.His black eyes squinted slightly as he reached out to pick up a few documents and looked through them. "Is Sis looking at that case again?"Ling Yiran's body stiffened a little. She had mentioned this case to Yi Jinli before, but at the time, she did not know his true identity. Now that she knew, there was a lingering embarrassment and helplessness to talk about this case again.After all, no matter how much she thought she was innocent, the car accident had really happened. Plus, the person who died in the car accident was his fiancée!"What's wrong, Sis?" Noticing her delay in answering, he looked up at her."I'm just... looking," she replied as she swallowed the sudden flow of saliva in her throat."By the way, Sis, you alw
"Why not?" he asked rhetorically. "Since I need to marry a woman in this life, does it make any difference whether I do it later or earlier? Hao Meiyu was quiet and obedient enough. A marriage with the Hao family could help the Yi family's development in shipping, so why not?"He was talking business, and Ling Yiran felt a faint pang of fear as she heard this.It was like he did not know love at all… Even marriage could be a business to him.What would really matter to a person like him?"However, now I think it’ll be nice if I married a woman who is interesting to me." His eyes were fixed on her as he smiled.She turned away awkwardly. He spoke as if he was referring to something else.She told herself not to think too much about it. He and she were people of two worlds. They would never be in the same boat. Soon, after giving him the gloves, surely he and she would never see each other again."Well... I'll get you your gloves." She hurried around him to get the gloves."No hu
"It's important," she said confidently. "To me, the truth is more important than anything else!""It has been three years since these things happened. Even if there are any evidence or surveillance videos, they’d be long gone by now. It's already very difficult to help you reverse the case, let alone find out the truth," he said.She forced out a smile and understood what he meant. All he wanted to do was to help her reverse the verdict. As for the truth, it did not matter to him. It did not matter why Hao Meiyu crashed the car in a suicidal way that day and what Hao Meiyu was thinking.He had no feelings for Hao Meiyu at all. Even though Hao Meiyu died, to him, it was just a lack of a suitable candidate to marry."Yi Jinli, you don't love Hao Meiyu at all," she suddenly said with great certainty.His eyelids drooped slightly. "I never said I loved her.""Who do you love then?" When she spoke those words, an answer suddenly appeared in his mind.For a moment, he looked at her in
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he