Nie Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then understood and couldn't help but let out a very low chuckle.
An Ran stared at him angrily: He always used Huo Yan to scare her, but he still laughed when she was scared!
This man is so hateful!
Nie Qingyu took the cup in her hand and put it on the table, then pulled her into his arms. His arms around her seemed to use little effort, but she couldn't break free.
"I'm kidding you!" He leaned against her ear and couldn't help laughing. "You took those words seriously!"
It was originally meant to scare her, but unexpectedly it turned into a psychological shadow for her. He would need to have a special chat with Huo Yan another day on how to solve this situation.
An Ran was a little confused and looked at him doubtfully, not sure which of this man's words were true and which were false.
"Be obedient and I won't send you to Huo Yan." Nie Qingyu promised her.
But An Ran's nervousness did not relax at all. His implication was that if she didn't obey, he might send her to Huo Yan.
"Relax, I'm just joking with you." Nie Qingyu squeezed her shoulders and comforted her: "As long as you don't touch my bottom line, I won't do that."
After a long time, An Ran heard her own voice ask in a very small voice: "What is your bottom line?"
Nie Qingyu thought about it and gave her two red lines that she could not step on: "No hooking up with wild men, no running away secretly."
Don't step on these two red lines, otherwise he will not be merciful in dealing with her.
An Ran was silent for a long time and reminded the man in a low voice: "Zhuo Jiaxuan cuckolded you, and you rewarded her with five million."
Nie Qingyu: "..."
An Ran glared resentfully at this man with double standards.
After a long time, Nie Qingyu finally spoke: "She is different from you!"
"How is she different from me?" An Ran asked angrily.
In the past, Nie Qingyu wouldn't have bothered to explain so much to her. He did everything based on his mood, and he didn't care at all whether she was satisfied or protested.
But now... he hopes to improve his relationship with her and stop being so tense all the time.
Therefore, he thought for a long time before giving an answer that he thought was very close to the truth: "Because she looks like me...my savior."
"Your savior?" The anger in An Ran's eyes turned to surprise, and she didn't understand: "Who is your savior? When was your life in danger? Why don't I know."
Nie Qingyu had a vague headache. He knew that it would be too troublesome to explain these things, so it would be better not to explain them.
Little did he know that a woman's imagination was beyond his expectation. Give her the tip of the iceberg and she could imagine an entire Antarctic continent.
"Your savior is a young woman...who is she! Why don't I know! Is she your Bai Yueguang? Is she your first love? You are so good to Zhuo Jiaxuan, even if she kills your dear friend
Neither flesh and blood will be held accountable. If it were your benefactor, you wouldn't hold her accountable whether she killed your mother..."
"Shut up!" Nie Qingyu was finally furious. At the same time, he regretted that he was obsessed with trying to explain to this ungrateful woman some unnecessary explanations, which was superfluous. "It's not over, right?"
An Ran was no longer afraid. She looked at him and sneered: "You must be guilty! Hypocritical man!"
Nie Qingyu: "..."
He took deep breaths to control himself and not get angry. Forget it, he is not as experienced as this simple-minded woman. His life is so complicated, and she, an outsider, knows nothing!
The phone vibrated at this moment, and he suppressed his anger and answered the call.
It was a call from the company. It was related to an important multinational client. It seemed that he wanted to socialize tonight, but Nie Qingyu's original schedule was to accompany An Ran today.
"...Get ready, I'll be there right away!" Nie Qingyu made a decisive decision.
He should get down to business! The time, energy, and affection he has spent on this woman have exceeded expectations, and it’s time to take it back.
His tolerance and patience towards her were all due to the compensation she made for her miscarriage! After all, she almost lost her life and lost her child to Zhuo Jiaxuan, but he still insisted on sending Zhuo Jiaxuan away. This pair of
Enron is indeed unfair.
But his compensation for her only goes so far.
If this woman dares to touch her nose and face, he should make her understand what it means to bring shame on herself.
"The company has something urgent that I need to handle. I'll ask Ahao to pick you up later!" After Nie Qingyu finished speaking, he picked up the car keys and left without looking back.
safely:"……"
This is the real him! Nothing has changed, but because he shielded the murderer Zhuo Jiaxuan, he just gave her a little hush money because of his guilty conscience.
A sarcastic smile formed on her lips, but tears rolled down her cheeks.
Tears fell on her hands, splashing wet the ring he put on her. She kept looking at the ring and wanted to take it off again, but when her fingers touched it, she gently caressed the bright diamond.
Forget it, she has decided to leave anyway, so just keep it! This is the only token of love he left for her!
At least there is a souvenir left when this relationship ends, so that when you look back on it years later, it won't be barren and desolate.
Longhu Villa, late at night.
An Ran thought that Nie Qingyu would not come back tonight, but he didn't expect that he would drunkenly enter the bedroom in the middle of the night.
Perhaps because he was afraid of disturbing her rest, he didn't turn on the light and went directly to the bed.
The smell of alcohol came over him, and An Ran felt a little dazed.
She remembered that the last time he was drunk was the night he asked her to sign the divorce agreement. Since then, he seemed to have never drunk again. At least, he never let her see him drunk again.
When they first got married, he got drunk all the time. Every time he drank, he liked to torment her. He didn't show any tenderness and comfort afterwards, and just fell asleep.
At that time, An Ran understood that he had injured his brain due to a medical accident, blamed all his bad behavior on the foreign doctor, and still tried her best to take care of him. Even if he was drunk and more messy than usual, she would still pour him a glass of wine.
A bowl of honey water that nourishes the stomach and relieves hangover.
It had been so long since he had gotten drunk again, so she thought he had given up drinking.
Nie Qingyu drunkenly pulled off his tie and unbuttoned his cufflinks without disturbing An Ran next to him.
An Ran got up consciously, got out of bed and left the bedroom. After a while, when she came in with a bowl of honey water, Nie Qingyu had already undressed and lay down.
She turned on an orange wall lamp beside the bed, and the soft warm light dispelled the darkness. She handed over the honey water.
Nie Qingyu opened his narrow eyes, and there was no hint of drunkenness in those dark pupils.
An Ran has long been used to it. This guy is very alert at all times. Even if he is deeply asleep, as soon as he opens his eyes, he will immediately return to an absolutely awake state, which is very anti-human.
Sometimes she also wonders what a person has gone through to become so vigilant and suspicious. How much side effects did the leg surgery that she criticized countless times have on him?
Whenever An Ran was desperate, she had an uncontrollable impulse: she wanted to find that damn foreign doctor, then pinch him by the neck and ask him what he had done to Nie Qingyu's brain!
Nie Qingyu finished drinking the honey water, put the empty cup on the bedside table, closed his eyes again, and put an arm in front of his forehead, as if he didn't like the bright light.
An Ran hurriedly turned off the lights, and then climbed onto the bed quietly.
During the whole process, neither of them spoke.
That night, he didn't touch her, not even the corner of her pajamas.
The next day, when An Ran woke up, Nie Qingyu was already gone.
His coming back last night seemed to prove to her that he didn't stay up all night. That's all.
An Ran didn't bother to worry about this, she was leaving anyway. Whether he stayed up all night or not didn't mean much to her.
But before leaving, she planned to visit Bao Yuanqing's younger brother.
Bao Yuanqing's younger brother Xiaoxin underwent a heart transplant half a month ago. The operation was successful and it cured Bao Yuanqing's heart disease that he had suffered for many years.
An Ran met that child once. He was tortured by illness and was as thin as a stunted mung bean sprout.
Before she went to the hospital, she called Bao Yuanqing and asked for the address of the hospital where Xiaoxin was staying, the ward number, etc.
Bao Yuanqing seemed surprised: "Are you coming to this hospital now?"
An Ran was a little confused by her tone: "What's wrong? It's not convenient for me to go there now?"
It took a long time before I heard Bao Yuanqing's constipated voice: "It's convenient... it's convenient..."
An Ran felt strange and was about to ask a few more questions when she heard Bao Yuanqing urging her to hurry up.
"I just have something important to discuss with you. Come over here quickly!" Bao Yuanqing hung up the phone.
An Ran felt something was wrong with this guy and hurried out.
Later she realized something: How could someone who betrayed you once betray you only once?