Chapter 47: Panic and No Choice

Last time, Song Zhiyin introduced him to a relative from her mother's side who was not related at all to her family and was several generations away from her. The girl was a returnee from overseas and was very outgoing and friendly to everyone she met.

I was seen holding his arm at the company.

He moved from Zhuyinyuan to Haiyuedushang and stayed in the coastal area for a while. He also bought her a VIP package card for a beauty salon and brought her girlfriends to spend money there, so she stopped harassing him.

Song Zhiyin seemed to have given up. She sighed and said dejectedly, "Forget it then! I don't care about you anymore."

"Yeah." Zhou Ran was looking forward to it. He had been avoiding the old lady recently, and she came back to visit him on her birthday today.

Song Zhiyin's face turned pale, and he suddenly became serious: "Tell me the truth, do you have someone you like?"

Zhou Ran looked up at the old lady. Such a reaction made him feel a little uncomfortable, so he said "hmm" very frankly.

Song Zhiyin patted him hard: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You've kept me busy for so long."

Zhou Ran felt a numbness in his thigh. "Alright, leave me alone. I can handle my own problems myself."

Song Zhiyin said with a pleasant expression, "Then bring that girl back to me."

Zhou Ran's gaze remained fixed in the air. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "It hasn't even started yet. Don't rush us."

Song Zhiyin complained, "Oh, didn't you say everyone likes you? Are you losing confidence now?"

Zhou Ran remained silent.

Song Zhiyin chased him away: "Alright, then go away! Don't make me angry here."

Zhou Ran reminded: "It's my birthday today."

"Why do you still want to ask me for a birthday present?" Song Zhiyin slapped him, "You don't have a girlfriend, so you're asking for a beating from me. Go away."

"Okay." Zhou Ran slapped his thigh and stood up. "Then I'll go. There are people waiting for me!"

Song Zhiyin rubbed his temples, angrily saying, "I can't hear you, I can't hear you."

Zhou Ran smiled, picked up the phone on the table and walked to the entrance to change his shoes.

Song Zhiyin had followed him at some point and called out to him, "Good boy?"

Zhou Ran raised his eyes. Song Zhiyin looked a little frail standing in the bright hall. It was rare for her to look at him like this.

From her, it seems as if you can see a person's life.

He had seen Song Zhiyin with black hair.

He also understood why she was so anxious about his lifelong event, so Zhou Ran responded, "Hmm?"

Song Zhiyin said, "If you have someone you like, remember to bring them back so I can show them to you."

Zhou Ran nodded: "Okay!"

Song Zhiyin chased him away: "I won't wish you a happy birthday. You can't be happy without a girlfriend. Go away!"

"..." Zhou Ran took the car keys and said, "I'm leaving now. Call me if you need anything."

…

Yan Nian waited in the cake shop for nearly two hours, and it was almost ten o'clock when the boss finished making the cake.

As soon as I got the cake, I sent a message to Zhou Ran: [I bought it, I'm coming over now.]

She put her cell phone in her bag and took a taxi to Zhou Ran's residence.

After registering her identity information at the gate, the security guard called Zhou Ran to verify the situation before letting her in.

Security guard Yan Nianjing guided Zhou Ran to the building and floor where he was located.

She took the elevator up and felt a little guilty when entering the password.

The moment you open the door, what catches your eye is the new cool style that makes it easy to be single. Only black, white and gray can be seen, and the visual impact is very strong.

The lights in the living room were on; someone was home.

Her first reaction was, what if she met someone she shouldn't have met? Would it be difficult to explain?

Just when she was about to quietly leave and knock on the door before anyone noticed her, Zhou Ran came out of the bedroom. Probably because he heard the noise, he looked at her as soon as he came out.

His hair was wet and he had a towel draped over his shoulders.

It seemed like he had been back for a while. He had already taken a shower and changed into navy blue home clothes.

Her cold white skin formed a sharp contrast with the color of the clothes, and her wet hair was casually and lazily left in front of her forehead.

It looks very seductive.

Yan Nian stood at the door, unsure whether to go in. Zhou Ran glanced at her and spoke first, "Find your own shoes."

Yan Nian's heart tightened, and she felt nervous as if she had entered someone else's forbidden area. When she heard the instructions, her hand involuntarily pushed open the shoe cabinet.

There were only men's slippers inside, so she picked up a pair at random and put them on, then walked in carrying the cake.

Zhou Ran greeted her: "Sit wherever you want."

Yan Nian asked doubtfully, "Are you alone?"

Zhou Ran slowly took a bottle of mineral water from the built-in refrigerator in the open kitchen and said, "Yeah, yes, I'm alone, and there's a ghost standing in front of me."

"..." Yan Nian understood the meaning of his words, but this was not what she meant.

He doesn't know.

Zhou Ran took the water, walked over and sat on the independent sofa next to her. Without any intention of entertaining her, he unscrewed the bottle cap and drank it himself.

After drinking it, I remembered something: "Oh, if you are thirsty, take it yourself, don't be restrained."

Yan Nian: “…”

She had become accustomed to Zhou Ran's behavior, and there was no reason for her to stay any longer after the cake was delivered.

Yan Nian stood up, words of farewell still on his lips, when Zhou Ran asked in a bad tone, "You want to leave now?"

Yan Nian was stunned for a moment and said, "The cake has been delivered, I should leave first."

Zhou Ran put the water on the stool: "You are returning the favor, why are you so reluctant?"

Yan Nian felt that the more than one hour she had waited was wasted, and now people thought her attitude was very improper.

However, this stimulation made her suddenly remember how she owed this favor.

The night Ma Xiao went to the company to pick her up.

It was like poking a hole in my memory, and the scenes of that night kept running through my head like a film.

She still remembered what Zhou Ran said at that time - arrogant and overbearing.

"The person is mine now..."

"If you want to go with him, you don't have to cooperate with me."

"How will you repay me?"

It seemed like it had only been a short time, and she had actually forgotten about it.

Yan Nian blinked a few times and asked in a good-tempered manner, "Anything else you need?"

The man leaned back on the sofa with his face tilted up, his amber eyes as if staring at a prey.

Yan Nian got goosebumps all over his body when he was stared at. He looked around the room and found no one else except them.

When I changed my shoes just now, there were only men's slippers in the shoe cabinet.

At this moment, an extremely absurd idea suddenly popped up and occupied her mind.

Before this, she had asked him, "Are you living with someone you like?"

When Yan Nian thought of his answer, her heart trembled, and complex emotions suddenly spread to her throat, making it feel astringent and painful.

At this moment, it was as if the positions were reversed, and she was the one who should say this: "I'm not sure yet. If he thinks it is, then it counts."

A thousand thoughts seemed to linger around her, pushing her to take the initiative to speak: "Then, I will celebrate your birthday with you?"

The thumb nail dug into the flesh of the index finger, like a lottery player waiting for the prize draw.

Afraid of disappointment.

Zhou Ran just raised the corner of his mouth, his eyelids relaxed and pulled down, and he didn't say anything.

Yan Nian didn't know whether this was considered as his consent.

Just assume he agreed.

His fingertips loosened, his eyes trembled, and his nose suddenly felt sore.

The past that stood between them was like a river dividing Chu and Han, clearly dividing them.

When she first entered Boya, she suffered a lot but always remained calm.

I never thought of getting close to him irresponsibly and selfishly like before.

But she didn't know when it started, but she became a little panicked and at a loss.