"What's up?"

Xu Nuo tilted his head and smiled.

Seeing that Xu Nuo was pretending to be stupid, Nan Qing'an was not in a hurry and reached out to stroke the bangs in front of Xu Nuo's cheek:

"Don't play dumb, Nono, my patience is limited."

Xu Nuo stepped back slightly, dodging Nan Qing'an's hand, and smiled:

"Haven't you heard the saying, 'Haste makes waste'?"

Nan Qing'an's hand froze in mid-air as he looked at Xu Nuo, his expression darkening.

“You never take what I say to heart.”

"Mr. Nan, you're wrong. I've never taken what others say to heart!"

Just as Xu Nuo was about to turn around, Nan Qing'an's hand, which had been suspended in mid-air, landed directly on Xu Nuo's shoulder, turning him completely towards himself.

"But you've always kept Ye Linyan's words in mind."

Seeing Nan Qing'an's eyes change from peaceful to gloomy, Xu Nuo recalled the message Shao Rui had given him.

Back then, the promise at the sanatorium was to treat his eyes, but Nan Qing'an was sent there because of psychological problems. The specific psychological problems can no longer be found; they have been deliberately erased.

Why are you arguing with a dead man?

Xu Nuo was completely clueless about Nan Qing'an's temperament, so she could only go along with what he said for now.

"Is he really dead, Nono?!"

Nan Qing'an's expression grew increasingly gloomy, and the pressure on Xu Nuo's shoulder increased.

"General Manager Nan..."

"Didn't you call me Brother Ruo'an? Why aren't you calling me that anymore?"

The air seemed to become oppressive along with Nan Qing'an's expression, a change that left Xu Nuo somewhat at a loss!

"Call me Brother Ruo'an!"

Nan Qing'an also placed his other hand on Xu Nuo's shoulder, looking at Xu Nuo through his glasses.

"Brother Ruo'an, are you going to resort to violence?"

Xu Nuo tilted her head and smiled, watching Nan Qing'an, whose expression had changed, remain calm.

"I'm sorry, Nuonuo, did I scare you?"

Nan Qing'an seemed to realize something, withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes to adjust his glasses, and then looked up again, his gentle expression returning.

"Thank goodness, I'm not easily scared!"

Turning around, Xu Nuo picked up her chopsticks again, casually took a bite of food, put it in her mouth and chewed slowly, but in her heart she was thinking that she had to find a chance to leave this place!

"I remember back then, every morning when the sun was just rising and shining into the garden, you would sit in that gazebo, sometimes sitting there by yourself until the sun set!"

Nan Qing'an straightened up and picked out the dishes Xu Nuo liked, placing them on his plate.

Xu Nuo only realized at this moment that Nan Qing'an seemed to be very particular about his meals. Although they had only eaten together once, the tableware was almost always the same.

I don't know if I'm remembering it wrong, but it seems so. Every time, the plates, bowls, chopsticks, and even the placement of them seem to be the same!

"I forgot, it's been too long!"

Xu Nuo had already finished her ravenous meal, but not wanting to appear too awkward, she picked up her chopsticks again and ate a few more bites.

"I haven't forgotten, it's like it happened yesterday!"

Nan Qing'an poured another glass of water and placed it next to Xu Nuo's plate.

Xu Nuo rolled her eyes and said, "I remember your name was Ruo An back then, why did you change your name?"

"You used to laugh a lot back then, and those little tiger teeth were always sticking out! They hurt my eyes!"

Nan Qing'an seemed lost in his memories, talking to himself.

"You may be blind, but your nose is incredibly sensitive. You took all the lilies from my room!"

Xu Nuo listened to his words, but couldn't remember when she had moved the lilies from his room.

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? I'm blind, how can I take your lilies?"

Nan Qing'an chuckled softly:

"At first I suspected you were pretending not to see me. Every time I was in the room, you acted like no one was there!"

Xu Nuo thought about it. He had moved lilies from other people's rooms, but not just from his own. He had moved lilies from almost every room in the sanatorium that had them!

Nan Qing'an looked at Xu Nuo's profile and continued:

"One day, I went to your room to find you. When I opened the door, you were sitting among the lilies, smiling at me with such beauty!"

"etc.............."

Xu Nuo interrupted Nan Qing'an: "I couldn't see at that time, how would I know it was you who opened the door?"

Nan Qing'an's faint smile faltered for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.

"So, I always felt that you could see it!"

Heh~

Xu Nuo uttered a single word, but in his heart he thought, "Isn't Nan Qing'an's problem just that he has psychological issues? He really did smile a lot back then. Almost all the doctors in the sanatorium knew him. And he didn't just smile at him alone!"

If it weren't for the fact that Nan Qing'an would always secretly bring him delicious snacks back then, he wouldn't even remember that such a person existed!

It seems this psychological problem is quite serious!

Xu Nuo made a decision about Nan Qing'an in her heart!

"Then what is Brother Ruo'an doing abroad?" Xu Nuo didn't want to reminisce with him about the past, because he really couldn't remember anything from their past that they could recall.

"You guess too!"

Nan Qing'an noticed that Xu Nuo's water cup was a bit empty, so she refilled it with water.

Xu Nuo considered every possibility in his mind before replying:

"You want to swallow up Lin Zheng's forces! Ye Linyan just happened to come to the border, so you don't plan to let him go back alive! Did I guess right?"

"You're trying to trick me, Nono."

Xu Nuo raised an eyebrow, then lowered her head and continued eating in small bites.

“But if you want to know, I can tell you.” Nan Qing’an turned his head to look at Xu Nuo’s profile.

"I would like to hear more details."

Xu Nuo turned around and gave Nan Qing'an a smile.

"I'm determined to take Lin Zheng's territory! And I'm going to take Ye Linyan's life too!"

Hearing the last part, Xu Nuo looked up and asked:

"I just don't understand, why do you insist on taking Ye Linyan's life?"

"How could you not understand? It's because of you!"

Nan Qing'an took off his glasses, placed them on the dining table, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"You know I've been in Yuncheng for at least three years, right?"

Xu Nuo calculated that the first time he met Nan Qing'an was at a dinner party, which was at least three years ago. At that time, Nan Qing'an should have just taken over Nanfeng Group.

"Um."

Nan Qing'an nodded.

"Then why didn't you tell me before?"

Xu Nuo asked, a question he had been pondering for the past few days.

Nan Qing'an lowered his hand from pinching the bridge of his nose and replied:

"Because the time isn't right!"

"Is it time now?" Xu Nuo said, while calculating the timeline in his mind.

"Almost there, but I don't want to wait any longer!"

As Nan Qing'an spoke, he stood up, walked behind Xu Nuo's chair, put his hand on Xu Nuo's shoulder, and bent down...