Chapter 236 Don’t Misunderstand

"But...you said the same thing last time..."

Song Rui listened to the nasal voice on the other end of the phone, and his heart tightened. He softened his tone:

"I'm sorry, Yu Lan, I really want to accompany you, but you know, I work at Dingsheng..."

"Okay, you don't have to say anything. I know it's not easy for you, but..."

Qin Yulan interrupted him softly, and an almost inaudible sigh came from the phone.

"Just what?"

Song Rui keenly noticed her recent abnormality. Ever since he came to Haicheng, she always hesitated to speak during every phone call, like a little rabbit with something on her mind.

"Yu Lan, if you have anything to tell me, don't hide it from me. We are in different places now and can't always be with each other. If you don't tell me something, we..."

Song Rui stopped talking halfway, but Qin Yulan knew what he meant. She hesitated for a while before speaking awkwardly:

"Then I'll tell you...you shouldn't overthink it." Qin Yulan took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

"You tell me, I won't think too much about it."

Although Song Rui said this, he was still a little nervous. What could it be? What would make him think too much?

Qin Yulan said with a bit of grievance:

"We've been dating for three years, and we had originally agreed to meet our parents, but you were suddenly transferred to Haicheng. My aunts and uncles all said that you were deliberately avoiding me and didn't want me anymore, so you suddenly went to Haicheng..."

After Qin Yulan finished speaking, he quickly explained:

"I know you suddenly went to Haicheng just for work, but my relatives here don't believe me no matter what I say. Even my mother has started to get suspicious. She's been urging me to get married quickly..."

By the end, her voice was already filled with tears:

"But that's not what I meant. I don't mean to force you to get married. Please don't misunderstand..."

Song Rui listened to her frantic explanation, and the image of her anxious eyes reddened seemed to appear before his eyes. His heart softened, and his voice softened unconsciously:

"Silly boy, don't I know what kind of personality you have? You must have been forced to tell me by your mother these past few days, right?"

"Well, my mom asks me every day what you mean, and she wants us to set the wedding date as soon as possible..."

Song Rui suddenly fell silent after hearing this. It was not that he didn't want to marry Qin Yulan, but he really couldn't leave now. When Lu Yiran came to Dingyao, he was the only confidant by his side.

There are still many things here that need him to deal with. Although he usually complains about Lu Yiran, he has long regarded Lu Yiran as a brother in his heart. Now is the time when he needs him. How can he leave at this time?

But Qin Yulan's situation is also very difficult. If he can't give her family an explanation, her parents may not be willing to marry Yulan to him again...

Song Rui hesitated for a long time before speaking:

"Yu Lan, after I'm done with this busy period, I'll go back to the capital to ask your parents for your hand in marriage, okay? Please wait for me for a while."

"How long is a period of time? I have to give my parents a definite answer, otherwise they will say you are fooling me again..."

Song Rui thought for a moment before speaking:

"Give me another half month and I'll take care of things here. Then I'll go meet your parents and finalize the engagement."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you for half a month... Don't worry, I'll definitely speak well of you to my parents in the next few days, and they'll definitely agree to let me marry you."

Qin Yulan started laughing as he spoke, and all his previous anxiety disappeared without a trace.

"Thank you, Yu Lan."

"Okay, go get busy, or it will be very late before you can rest."

Song Rui responded lightly, then smiled and said to Qin Yulan:

"Good night, Yu Lan."

"good evening."

Then the two of them hung up the phone. Song Rui stood on the balcony, looking at the lights of thousands of homes in Haicheng outside, and suddenly felt that those lights became distant and blurry.

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At 11:30 in the evening, Lu Yiran casually placed the towel on the bathroom door handle. Water droplets dripped down his neat short hair, leaving dark marks on his silk nightgown.

He threw back the quilt and lay down, tossing and turning for a long time and unable to fall asleep. He simply picked up the phone on the bedside table and opened WeChat.

He has very few WeChat friends. Apart from Mu Nanyan, he only has a few brothers with whom he gets along well.

He subconsciously opened the WeChat Moments, wanting to see if Mu Nanyan had posted any new updates recently. Who knew that the first update refreshed in the Moments was from Chu Ci.

Chu Ci's enlarged smiling face filled the entire screen, with a noisy barbecue restaurant in the background.

In the photo, he is holding a beer glass, and the silhouette of a long-haired girl can be vaguely seen beside him. The caption reads arrogantly: It turns out that beautiful women and barbecue are a better match!

He glanced at the time and saw that it was sent last night.

Lu Yiran stared at the news, his knuckles tightening unconsciously.

He was so utterly freaked out, not knowing what to do. This bastard actually had the leisure to pick up girls? Why did he look so irritated?

He directly opened the address book and called Chu Ci.

"beep--"

In the ward, Chu Ci was dreaming about a date with Tang Yutong. A shrill ringtone suddenly tore his dream apart. He closed his eyes and fumbled around on the bedside table. The moment his finger touched the phone, he habitually slid towards the red icon.

Then Chu Ci turned over, buried his face in the pillow and continued to sleep.

"The number you dialed is currently busy..."

The mechanical female voice made Lu Yiran's heart beat fast. He stared at the call interface that automatically returned, his eyes so gloomy that tears could drip out.

Is this guy out there picking up girls again? He even dared to hang up on him now. He's really capable.

He called again, Chu Ci hung up, Lu Yiran continued to call, Chu Ci continued to hang up, and this went back and forth several times. Chu Ci finally woke up completely.