novelraw Chapter 286 - 163. The person Yu Qinglu met in the bar was Nan Huaiyu. _4
Chapter 286 - 163. The person Yu Qinglu met in the bar was Nan Huaiyu. _4
————Nan Wan put away her umbrella, walking side by side with Xu Moyi on the road, large snowflakes falling on the two of them.
It should have been an extremely beautiful sight, yet an invisible sadness surrounded them.
Xu Moyi lowered her head, her voice no longer as light-hearted as usual, "Sis, I plan to join the company and learn business from my dad after the New Year."
In less than two hours, she let go of a hopeless crush that she had held onto for nearly ten years.
As Nan Wan followed her pace, she softly asked, "Not going to paint anymore?"
"Five years ago, I painted him as a flower, a flower that hadn’t bloomed, and signed it with his initials in the company magazine. But he still doesn’t understand, and I don’t want to wait for him to get it."
Nan Wan thought of the painting she saw in the magazine that day, signed: H.H.
Xu Moyi kicked at a little stone on the road, "My dad has only me as his daughter. He gave me time to do what I wanted, but I can’t keep playing dumb like this, plus his health is failing, and he’s struggling with the company matters."
"I will marry a stranger I’ve never met, maintaining my marriage with family interests," Xu Moyi stopped, looking up.
Smiling at Nan Wan, she said, "I’m really timid; you, sis, are braver and luckier than me, so you must be happy."
God gives you as much beauty as much hardship he’s given you, at some point.
Sis was trapped in a nightmare for twenty years, and only then did God let Mr. Mu step into her life, two equally lonely people slowly coming together, drawing warmth from each other.
Meanwhile, Xu Moyi enjoyed twenty-three years of goodness, unable to attain the person she likes, to keep the balance.
Huo Yihan, I’m not waiting for you anymore.
Nan Wan turned and lifted her hand to wipe the wetness from Xu Moyi’s eyes, "Don’t you want me to stay with you?"
Xu Moyi continued smiling, "Mm, I want to walk alone."
Nan Wan zipped up her down jacket, her voice gentle, "Then, come home early, being sick is very unpleasant."
Xu Moyi, for once, didn’t find her wordy, responded with a sound, and continued walking forward, humming an off-tune song.
I’ve seen the desert drenched in rain
Seen the sea kiss sharks
Seen dusk chase dawn
Yet never seen you
...
Nan Wan stood in place, and as she turned, that slender and upright figure was walking toward her.
The wind was a bit fierce, blowing the snowflakes onto her eyes, her vision started to blur, in the mist she seemed to see nothing else around, leaving only him.
She had long passed the age where she wanted a passionate love affair; even if she was moved, it was just a simple heart flutter.
But in that instant, she wanted to spend her life loving that person.
The phone in the pocket of his suit pants vibrated once again, Mu Jin Huan stopped his steps, took out the phone, glanced at the caller ID on the screen, paused for a few seconds, and pressed the power button off.
Striding forward, he reached Nan Wan, raising a hand to brush off the snowflakes from her hair.
Though his voice was reproachful, his gaze was gentle, "Why not use an umbrella?"
Nan Wan leaned into the man’s chest, softly asked, "Why don’t we go to the Mu Family tomorrow night, to have New Year’s Eve dinner with your parents?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Jin Huan paused only momentarily, then naturally wrapped her in his coat, "As you wish."
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Night Charm Bar.
The bartender looked at the woman who had collapsed drunk on the bar counter, unable to stand up, then glanced at the men around waiting for her to pass out so they could take advantage, and helplessly shook his head.
He had seen such things too many times.
Among the patrons of Night Charm, nine out of ten were either rich or noble, people like him living at the bottom of society couldn’t afford to provoke them.
Yu Qinglu dialed that number for the ninth time, the high concentration of alcohol had long numbed her brain, her words slurred, "Mu Huan... why are you so cruel..."
She asked over and over, but the answer was still the same mechanical female voice: "Sorry, the number you dialed is turned off, please try again later."
Hearing the last word, a self-mocking cold smile appeared on her face, she threw her phone away, downed the amber liquid in her glass, tears almost choking up, yet she still laughed.
"Drinking alone is no fun."
A deep voice sounded above her head, Yu Qinglu slowly raised her head, entering her view was a face with a sinister allure.
Different from all the men who previously came to hit on her, because... in his eyes, instead of seeing lust for the flesh, she saw a predator’s ambition.
The man looked at her, the corners of his lips curling into a smile, "Nan Huaiyu."