Chapter 71 Lu Xiyan comes drunk
At the door of the store across the street, a three-year-old child was holding a man's arm, standing among a group of children, chin raised and showing off, "This is my dad! Humph! I'm telling you, I have a dad!"
"That's right, who said our Xianxian doesn't have a father?" The tall man put his hands on his hips, glaring at the group of children with a warning look, "If anyone says our Xianxian doesn't have a father in the future, taste my punch as big as a sandbag!"
When the half-grown children heard this, they immediately ran away.
At this moment, a slender figure walked out of the cake shop, looked at the two of them and smiled helplessly, "How childish of you two! The cakes are ready, get in the car."
"Mom!" Little An Xian quickly took An Ning's hand and Xu Zhijun's hand and said happily, "Let's go eat!"
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"Oh!"
Across the street, a low, cold chuckle filled with self-mockery came from the black Maybach.
The man raised his hand and tugged at the tie around his neck. His eyes were stern as he stared intently at the two large and one small figures opposite him.
The man's appearance matched that of the photo.
Xu Zhijun!
This is her ex-husband!
The child’s biological father!
The bright smile on the woman's face, the child's repeated "Dad", and the harmonious and happy backs of the family of three were all like loud slaps, hitting Lu Xiyan's face mercilessly.
He was like a peeping Tom of other people's happiness, watching through the car window as the family of three held hands and got into the car and drove away.
The corners of his eyes were red, the veins on his hands on the steering wheel were bulging, and his heart felt like a sharp sword was stabbed into it.
With a "bang", a palm slapped the steering wheel.
"An Ning, you're great!"
The man's eyes were dark red, and he leaned back in his seat with tears in his eyes.
“Well done…”
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In the car, An Ning glanced at the cake on the passenger seat and thanked him softly, "Dr. Xu, thank you. I didn't expect you to have already ordered the cake."
She thought for a moment and then asked, "How do you know I like this cake?"
Xu Zhijun smiled, "You said it yourself."
"Did I say it myself?" An Ning seemed to have never mentioned to anyone that she liked the cakes from this shop.
Except for one person.
"You probably don't remember."
While driving, Xu Zhijun said, "Last year on your birthday, you were in a bad mood and drank too much. You said the birthday cake wasn't tasty. I asked you what kind of cake you wanted, and you sobbed and said that the cake you wanted wasn't available in Jining City, only in Jinghai."
At this point, Xu Zhijun smiled. "You were like a child, clamoring for Jinghai's cake. I asked you for a long time before I found out that you liked their cake. But unfortunately, they don't have a branch in Jining."
So this year he rushed to Jinghai specifically to buy her her favorite birthday cake.
"I didn't expect you still remember what happened back then." An Ning smiled, feeling mixed emotions.
She looked at little Anxian beside her and said, "Xianxian, you have grown up now. You can no longer tell others that Uncle Xu is your father."
"Why?" Little Anxian raised his head and asked in a baby voice.
When he was a child, when a kid said he had no father, Uncle Xu would ask him to bring him out. Uncle Xu was tall and handsome. Every time he brought Uncle Xu to appear among the kids, no one dared to say he had no father.
Although he knew that Uncle Xu was not his real father, when he was bullied, only Uncle Xu could play the role of his father.
The little guy was a little unhappy.
An Ning looked at him and said seriously, "Xianxian, it's a bad habit to always use Uncle Xu as a shield. Uncle Xu will get married and have his own children in the future. If you keep saying that Uncle Xu is your father, Uncle Xu will be misunderstood."
Hearing this, Xu Zhijun's eyes dimmed a little. He glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "It's okay, Ningning, I don't mind."
An Ning shook her head and said with a smile, "Doctor Xu, you've already worried a lot about us. You can't let your reputation get ruined. If I affect your lifelong happiness, I won't forgive you."
After moving Xu Zhijun's mother out of the conversation, he smiled and said nothing.
An Ning turned her head to look out the window with a faint smile.
She is not stupid, so of course she knows what Xu Zhijun means.
But she was a divorced woman with a three-year-old son. Xu Zhijun had a good family background, a good job, and excellent looks, so she had too many options.
Xu Zhijun's mother once warned her that she had no control over the doctor-patient relationship, but if it went beyond that, she would not sit idly by.
Putting all these aside, just because her heart has already been given to someone, even if they are not destined to be together and have no beginning or end, she will never fall in love with a second man.
Lu Xiyan had already given her the most beautiful and unique love. That was the most amazing and happiest time in her life. The precious memory was so profound that she would never forget it.
Everything else is just so-so to her.
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Nine o'clock in the evening.
The door of the bar's VIP box was opened from the outside, and a strong smell of alcohol hit us in the face.
Liang Xu walked in and looked at the sofa. His suit jacket and tie were thrown messily aside. In the dark corner, a man was leaning against the back of the sofa with his collar unbuttoned. It was unknown how much he had drunk.
As if he were seeing the scene from four years ago again, Liang Xu felt a surge of anger in his heart. He took two steps forward and asked coldly, "Mr. Lu from the dignified Outeng Group suddenly canceled the negotiations with Country M just to come here and get drunk?"
The man on the sofa didn't say anything. His eyes were hazy, dark red, and misty as he stared at the ceiling.
"Is it for An Ning again?" Liang Xu asked, "I told you that if she shows up, you'll definitely fall for her again!"
"Why..." Tears suddenly fell from the corners of his eyes, and the man murmured, "Why..."
Why can she have a new life?
Why can she and her family of three live happily together?
Why...he can't forget!
"Since you have so many questions in your mind, why don't you ask her?"
Liang Xu picked up the wine on the table, drank it all, and slammed the glass down on the table. "If I were you, I would ask all the questions in my heart clearly, and die knowing the answer! Once I get the answer, I will give up this idea completely and go my separate ways from now on."
"Otherwise, even if you don't get along with her anymore, you will never forget her in your life!"
Lu Xiyan raised her hand to wipe away her tears and stood up shakily, "I won't ask anymore..."
He grabbed the coat beside him and walked to the door. "What she said was so cheap..."
"I won't ask anymore..."
Liang Xu looked at his stumbling figure and felt so angry that his chest felt numb.
It is said that the second son of the Lu family is noble and arrogant, but when he meets An Ning, he seems like an unwanted stray dog.
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“Ding Dong——”
The doorbell of Pangu Mansion rang rapidly.
An Ning had just taken some antipyretic medicine and was lying down on the sofa. When she heard the doorbell, she got up from the sofa and went to open the door.
"Who is it?"
When I opened the door, a fresh breath mixed with the smell of alcohol came in.
It was so familiar that it made her fingertips tremble.
The first thing that caught my eye was the button-down collar of a white shirt made of expensive fabric. The collar was open, and I could clearly see the smooth lines of the chest texture from close up.
An Ning's breathing stopped, and she suddenly raised her eyes and met the man's deep gaze.
His eyes were dark red, and his eyes no longer had the coldness and sharpness of the past, but were filled with a hazy tenderness, and... a hint of helplessness.
An Ning's heart trembled as she looked at his impeccably handsome facial features, and an unusual blush appeared on her fair face.
He drank a lot and smelled strongly of alcohol.
Suddenly, Lu Xiyan lost his balance and stumbled, raising his hand to hold onto the door frame.
An Ning subconsciously raised her hand to support him, but when she realized that something was wrong, she gently put her hand down.
He doesn't drink much and almost never drank before.
She asked softly, "Why do you drink so much?"
Lu Xiyan's gentle eyes moved away from her and looked into the house.
His eyes scanned every corner of the room, every familiar object, and his throat rolled.
He didn't say anything, so An Ning asked again, "W-Want to come in?"
Lu Xiyan withdrew his gaze and looked again at An Ning's delicate eyebrows, her straight nose, her crimson lips, her fair neck, and the delicate clavicle that was faintly visible under her V-neck...
Her appearance hasn't changed at all, why did her heart change?
Emotions surged in those deep eyes, and he spoke in a low, hoarse voice.
"There's a question...I've been wanting to ask you."
An Ning stared at his beautiful eyes and shuddered suddenly when she heard him ask, "Have you ever loved me?"
My heart felt like it was hit suddenly and it hurt so much.
Lu Xiyan leaned forward slightly, bent his usually straight pine-like back, met her eyes, his eyes trembling, and his voice almost begging.
"An Ning, look me in the eye and tell me, have you ever loved me? In the two years you've been with me, were those words of love you said true or were you just pretending?"
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