After that bite of twice-cooked pork, Ye Linyan didn't touch another piece of food!
Nan Qing'an was very attentive, constantly removing fish bones from Xu Nuo's fish!
Unfortunately, with Ye Linyan's angry gaze upon her, Xu Nuo had no appetite to enjoy the delicious food!
The meal ended in complete silence, and was hastily concluded!
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After they parted ways at the door, Ye Linyan naturally went to see Cheng Ying off!
If she promised not to drive, then saying she took a taxi home would seem too pretentious!
They had no choice but to get into Nan Qing'an's car.
"Back to the cloud?"
"Um."
Nan Qing'an drove out of the underground parking garage. On the way, Xu Nuo turned her head to look at the night view outside the window. She didn't want to talk!
"Nono, what I said at dinner just now was serious! I'm different from Ye Linyan; I can give you everything you want! Including a wedding!"
Heh~
Xu Nuo chuckled: "President Nan, listen to this yourself, do you even believe it?"
Sit up straight and look ahead: "If you're trying to get me to switch sides from Ye Linyan to you, you're going to go to great lengths!"
It's true!
Nan Qing'an turned his head and looked at Xu Nuo with a serious expression.
Hehe~~~
Xu Nuo burst out laughing, but looking into Nan Qing'an's eyes through his glasses, she suddenly felt that he wasn't lying!
The notification sound of a phone message rang at this moment. Xu Nuo immediately looked away from Nan Qing'an's face, took out her phone and glanced at it.
Brother: 'Let's go home right away!'
After stopping laughing, Xu Nuo replied, "Okay!"
Looking up again, she said to Nan Yinqing, "President Nan, I'll have to trouble you to give me a ride home! I need to go home now!"
Xu Nuo provided the address of the villa.
"Ye Linyan sent you a message! Why are you so obedient!" Nan Qing'an stopped the car and waited at a red light. His face, which had just been smiling, turned cold.
"What should we do then?!"
Xu Nuo adjusted her posture and smiled at Nan Qing'an, "My brother is too fierce! I'm afraid of him!"
Nan Qing'an didn't say anything more, but his expression was a little gloomy. This was the first time Xu Nuo had seen Nan Qing'an change his expression, but he didn't care. The two of them didn't speak to each other for the rest of the way.
It wasn't until they were almost at their destination that Nan Qing'an spoke up: "With me here, you don't need to be afraid of him!"
Xu Nuo turned her head to look at Nan Qing'an and noticed that his expression was really serious. She then raised the corner of her mouth and said, "President Nan, I know why you came to me! I'm not a three-year-old child. I think we can talk about cooperation!"
After listening for a moment, Nan Qing'an regained his usual gentle smile.
"Okay, let's talk."
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Once inside, Xu Nuo placed the flowers on the cabinet by the door.
Finding that Ye Linyan hadn't returned yet, and thinking that he was with Cheng Ying, she felt a surge of irritation. She went upstairs to change into her bathrobe and then went into the bathroom.
After Xu Nuo took a relaxing bath, she noticed that the living room light downstairs was on. She had only kept the side lights on and hadn't turned on the main light when she came in!
Stepping out of the bedroom and looking down, sure enough, Ye Linyan was sitting on the living room sofa downstairs, head down, smoking a cigarette!
"Brother, when did you get back?"
Ye Linyan looked up, his expression somewhat complicated. He had been back for a long time, but had been sitting on the sofa smoking, and the ashtray was almost full of cigarette butts!
Looking at Xu Nuo's barely perceptible smile, he said in a deep voice, "Get down!"
Xu Nuo hesitated for a moment, but still managed a forced smile before going downstairs!
"Brother, do you want to ask about Nan Qing'an?" Xu Nuo sat down on the other side of the sofa, looking at the ashtray full of cigarette butts, a bitter feeling welled up in her heart!
He leaned forward slightly and reached for the cigarettes Ye Linyan had placed on the tea table.
Ye Linyan's gaze fell on Xu Nuo's hands. His hands were very beautiful, the kind that were slender, fair, and delicate, with long fingers and small knuckles, making them look very elegant!
Perfect for playing the piano!
He remembered telling Xu Nuo something like, "Let's forget it..."
“He asked me to dinner today, and I didn’t expect to run into you there… and Cheng Ying!” Xu Nuo said, glancing at Ye Linyan’s expression.
Ye Linyan pressed down on Xu Nuo's hand holding the cigarette and pulled the cigarette pack from his hand: "Don't smoke anymore, you don't like smoking anyway, just quit!"
Xu Nuo withdrew her hand, leaned back on the sofa, a faint smile on her face, and asked, "Brother, you and Cheng Ying...?"
"Arno, you're very smart! There are some things I don't need to tell you to guess!" Ye Linyan looked at Xu Nuo's dark eyes staring at him, took out another cigarette from the pack, and lit it!
Xu Nuo looked at him without saying a word, simply waiting quietly.
The air in the entire villa seemed to fall silent until Ye Linyan, with the cigarette in his mouth almost burned out, exhaled a long puff of smoke before speaking:
"Let's go, Xu Nuo!"
The voice was very soft and faint, but Xu Nuo heard it very clearly!
After a long pause, Xu Nuo stopped smiling and asked in a low voice, "Which way?"
Xu Nuo knew this day would come, but she never expected that when the scene she had imagined countless times actually arrived, she would feel so suffocated, so suffocated that her whole chest would ache.
"Go abroad, any country you want! Go wherever you want! I had Shao Rui transfer some money to your overseas account!"
Ye Linyan forcefully crushed the cigarette butt into the ashtray.
"I'm useless! Is that it?"
Ye Linyan paused, his hand holding the cigarette butt still, then resumed its movement after a moment: "Right, you're useless now!"
"No, I'm still useful! I can still help you..."
Before Xu Nuo could finish speaking, Ye Linyan interrupted him:
"What use are you? Do you even know what you're doing right now?" Ye Linyan's voice gradually rose. Looking at Xu Nuo's stunned face, Ye Linyan took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
“Arno, you should live a normal life. You’re still young! Forget about the past. Your life has just begun. If you don’t want to stay abroad, wait a few years. After I’ve sorted things out here, if you’re willing to come back, I’ll make arrangements for you!”
"Cheng Ying is your girlfriend from college, right?"
Xu Nuo stared quietly at Ye Linyan.
When Ye Linyan heard Xu Nuo's question, his first instinct was to deny it, but he didn't. He just couldn't understand why he felt guilty when Xu Nuo directly brought up Cheng Ying's matter.
After hesitating for only a few seconds, Ye Linyan replied:
"yes."
"So stop with the high-sounding words! You want to become the Cheng family's son-in-law because Cheng Ying will be a great help to you! With the Cheng family by your side, you'll be one step closer to the position of head of the Ye family, and it will be more secure!"
Xu Nuo spoke calmly, her eyes fixed on Ye Linyan, while Ye Linyan's gaze seemed to dart away.
"I can imagine that time when you become the youngest and most successful new generation leader of the Ye family, and you marry the Cheng family's daughter. The two of you will be the golden couple in other people's eyes, a match made in heaven!"
Xu Nuo chuckled as she spoke, paused, then reached into Ye Linyan's cigarette case, pulled out a cigarette, put it in her mouth, took a deep drag, and looked through the smoke at Ye Linyan's silent profile before speaking:
"So I became that superfluous person! Right?"
"It has nothing to do with Cheng Ying. If it weren't Cheng Ying, it would be someone else. Do you understand?"
Ye Linyan suddenly realized that this matter could not be delayed any longer. His previously evasive gaze became firm, and he turned to face Xu Nuo.
Thinking of Wang Mingwu's return and recounting of what happened in Yunduan, and recalling Nan Qing'an's words at the restaurant just now, a hint of anger rose in her eyes.
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