Lu Anning and Ding Wan took a half step back, their minds already filled with a complete love story. Back then, the drama of these two men competing for one woman must have been so exciting. Unfortunately, they didn't get to see it with their own eyes.
Gong Shaohua looked gloomy. "A-Li, I've been looking for you for years, and now we finally meet. Don't tell me I don't even have the chance to dance with you?"
"Gong Shaohua, why do you always like to talk about the past? Have you forgotten that back then..."
"That's enough."
An Li let out a soft cry, placing her slender hand on Gong Shaohua's palm. Lu Anning and Ding Wan's expressions instantly brightened. The two of them, wearing the same dress, looked surprisingly well-matched standing together.
Gu Zhiwei stared in amazement as he watched An Li being led into the dance floor by Gong Shaohua. His face was uglier than the bottom of a pot. When he turned around, he saw his daughter and daughter-in-law looking at the figures on the dance floor with admiration. He became even more furious and was about to explode.
Tang Jingyuan and Gu Yue came over, each holding their wives' hands and walking onto the dance floor, not giving Gu Zhiwei a chance to speak.
Gu Zhiwei looked at the figures on the dance floor with a dark face. He was on the verge of exploding, but he could only endure it.
Lu Anning matched Tang Jingyuan's dance steps, her eyes occasionally drifting towards her mother. She rarely saw her mother as gentle as she was today. The look in her eyes when she looked at Gong Shaohua clearly had endless things to say, yet she was trying hard to draw a clear line between them.
She dared to say that her mother and Mr. Gong must have a relationship. Now that the two of them no longer have any worries, what is she still worried about?
Tang Jingyuan's gentle voice came from above: "Ningning, you are not concentrating."
Lu Anning came back to his senses and realized that he had accidentally stepped on him.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to."
"Are you curious about our mother and Mr. Gong's past?"
"What's the point of being curious? Mom won't tell me. I think she's deliberately keeping her distance from Mr. Gong. If she says she likes him, then the Gong family is targeting Mom right from the start, and that doesn't make sense. I really don't understand what's going on!"
"Our mother has been through it all, are you still worried about her being cheated on?"
"That's not necessarily true, what if it's really different?"
As she was speaking, when Lu An Ning went to look for them in the crowd again, she could no longer see Gong Shaohua and her mother. She became anxious.
"Gone."
"They are old friends and haven't seen each other for many years, so they must have a lot to talk about. I don't think Mr. Gong will do anything to our mother. If you want to know, why not ask her later? At this time, we should give them some time alone!"
Lu Anning nodded and suppressed the worries in his heart.
The tightly closed floor-to-ceiling windows separated An Li and Gong Shaohua from each other in another quiet world. The cool night breeze allowed An Li to regain her sanity. Seeing Gong Shaohua approaching again, she subconsciously took two steps back and was already standing at the edge of the swimming pool.
"Ali, aren't you happy to see me?"
"Of course I'm happy to see old friends again."
"Just like that? Now that no one else is disturbing us, I want to hear your true feelings. Have you never thought about me all these years? Do you know that I have never forgotten you all these years? After you left, no other woman has appeared by my side. Ali, can you... not be so cruel to me."
"Shao Hua, the past is like smoke, let it go with the wind! Isn't it good now? I haven't congratulated you yet. You have made the Gong Group so big and restored the former glory of the Gong family. Your parents will definitely be very pleased if they know."
"But you know, I'm not doing this for them. I'm stronger now, why are you still hiding? Don't you have any feelings for me at all?"
An Li smiled. "You're already old, and you're still talking about feelings. You know, I've spent my entire life on academic research. Traditional Chinese Medicine is my life. I've never thought about anything else, and I won't consider it in the future."
"I don't believe it! Do you dare to say it again, looking at me? I've been looking for you all these years, but you disappeared. Now I finally found you, and you said you wouldn't consider it. If you wouldn't consider it, then why did you choose me just now?"
"I……"
An Li frowned and quickly looked away when he met Gong Shaohua's questioning gaze.
"This is your manor. How can I offend the owner?"
"If you don't want to, no one can force you. Ali, you can't deceive me."
"Don't think you know me well, Gong Shaohua. If you know me well, you should know that we can never be together in this life. After all these years, haven't you figured it out yet?"
"Why should I figure it out? I have everything I want now. Look carefully at this manor. It's all decorated according to your preferences. It just needs a mistress. The child has grown up, and you still can't get by?"
Gong Shaohua approached step by step, his eyes full of heartache. An Li tried hard not to look at him, and his brows were twisted into the shape of the word "chuan".
"The children are grown up now, what are you still clinging to? You can still be successful without me, right?"
"Ali, I'm not..."
"That's enough! We are all thousand-year-old foxes, so no one should pretend in front of each other. I still say that it's impossible. I came here today just to tell you not to bring up my past. I don't care about my reputation, but if my children are hurt because of you, Gong Shaohua, I will make you regret it."
"The news is a misunderstanding! Gong Ming was too eager to succeed and accidentally injured you. At the time, I also felt that since Gu Zhiwei dared to imprison you, he should let everyone know his ugly face..."
"Do I need to dig up all the online abuse back then and show you what those netizens were saying? Don't tell me the online climate is uncontrollable. It's because you acquiesced that those voices emerged. You haven't changed much over the years."
"As long as you are willing, I can listen to you in everything from now on."
Gong Shaohua blurted out, with an indescribable sincerity in his eyes. If An Li hadn't suffered before, she would have almost believed it.
She smiled indifferently: "Gong Shaohua, I won't fall in the same place twice. You are so rich, you can have any woman you want, so don't waste it on me, a middle-aged man over fifty years old."
As her memory was unlocked, An Li's expression became indifferent. She no longer paid attention to Gong Shaohua's hurt expression. She walked away from Gong Shaohua and went into the house, leaving Gong Shaohua alone standing by the swimming pool.
The door was pushed open, and An Li was just about to find an excuse to leave early when he heard someone exclaim and a loud noise behind him.
"Oh no! Mr. Gong fell into the water."
The first person to react was Gong Ming who was far away. He shouted, "Dad! My dad can't swim. Hurry and save him."
An Li was the person closest to the swimming pool. The moment she saw Gong Shaohua fall into the water, her mind went blank. She rushed over as fast as she could and jumped into the pool.
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