Change of heart
Liu Jianchun walked back to the gym and heard Xuanyunduo say that her back was soaked with sweat. Only then did he suddenly realize that she was not as calm as she looked.
In fact, she was very scared.
She was facing two men who had lost their temper. When she said those words to them, she was also betting that they still had some sense in her presence.
Fortunately, she won the bet.
She went upstairs and saw with her own eyes that there was no one in the parking space downstairs. She finally breathed a sigh of relief. But the moment she relaxed, she felt a little empty in her heart. She couldn't help but wonder why Jian Zhaonan suddenly came to see her. Did he want to see her from afar downstairs, or did he have something to say to her?
Xie Yu had broken the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know if he had any other injuries. He relied on his body functions to make a living, so how could he let such a small thing aggravate his back injury...
She was standing by the window, lost in thought, when the Land Rover, which had driven away, reappeared downstairs. The car stopped, but he didn't get out. He sat there, waiting quietly, wondering if he was trying to calm down or if he was waiting for Liu Jianchun to see him and come looking for him.
The car sat there for about ten minutes, with no further movement. She watched the people downstairs, turning her phone on and off repeatedly, but she never received a single message from him.
While Xuanyunduo went downstairs to pick up the express, she asked him to go downstairs and pretend to talk to his brother and ask him what he was doing there.
Unfortunately, Liu Jianchun only taught his brother what to do, but did not teach him how to say it.
Xuanyunduo knocked on her brother's window and said directly that she was waiting for him upstairs. Then she left without giving Jian Zhaonan time to react.
Jian Zhaonan waited in the car because he had no excuse to see her again. Now that the excuse was in front of him, he naturally had no reason to refuse. After hesitating for a moment, he finally chose to go upstairs.
She watched him walk closer to her step by step, her heart beating faster and faster with his pace.
The door is not closed, anyone can come in, and Jian Zhaonan is no exception.
Hearing his footsteps gradually approaching, her heartbeat soared uncontrollably to the point where she almost fainted, and she had to hold on to the windowsill to support her body.
His figure appeared at the stairs, and the two of them looked at each other across several billiard tables.
At that moment, countless images flashed through Liu Jianchun's mind, the clearest of which was the unwillingness of looking at her with tears in his eyes.
If she had been able to move on from the past like she did today before that day, perhaps the two of them wouldn't be in such an awkward situation today.
Seeing her slightly stunned, he was also embarrassed and speechless. He pursed his dry lips again and again before saying, "There is something..."
"I want to tell you."
"I don't want to hear it."
They both spoke at the same time, and only after they finished speaking did they realize that they had such a tacit understanding with each other.
Jian Zhaonan smiled bitterly, "You don't even know what I'm going to say, and you just say you don't want to hear it. Senior Sister, you really don't give me any face at all."
She avoided his eyes and lowered her head unconsciously: "If it has something to do with what happened between us, please don't embarrass me. I don't want to hear anything. At least I'm not in the mood today."
"It has nothing to do with us. It's Xie Yu's business."
She raised her head sharply.
He looked at her with a sincere look, indicating that he was not lying: "Xie Yu has a new girlfriend, did you know?"
She didn't answer, but looking at her dull expression, it wasn't hard to guess that a scumbag like Xie Yu would never tell the other fish in his pond about his emotional state.
"He's a minor internet celebrity. Someone filmed them being intimate, and the evidence is irrefutable. The rumor was bought before it was even released. I have firsthand information. Do you want to see it?"
"No."
She answered simply.
She didn't want to know who he was dating, nor did she want to see him being intimate with others. Her resistance was not out of jealousy, but because she was afraid that seeing these photos would bring back bad memories.
She waited for a while, making sure Jian Zhaonan had nothing more to say, then frowned: "You came here just to talk about this?"
Jian Zhaonan nodded.
"If you just wanted to tell me, you could have just sent me a message. If you were worried I wouldn't see it, you could have called me. Why did you have to come all the way here?"
He remained silent, not even daring to meet her gaze: "It's not me who wants to come, it's Duoduo who told me that you have something to talk to me about..."
Seeing him running away, she became even more curious about what this man was thinking. Why did he dare to come but not dare to say it?
She unconsciously walked in front of him, and the two of them were very close, the distance between them had already exceeded the safe distance between strangers, but no one noticed.
"I just asked him to ask you to come upstairs, but I didn't ask you to come to the gym. Come on, you actually wanted to come see me, right?"
The person he thought about day and night was right in front of him, but he could do nothing. Now, he didn't even dare to admit that he had an obsession.
Smelling the faint fragrance on her body, he could no longer listen to what she said. He only felt dry mouth and tongue: "Even though I saw you with someone else, I still can't let you go. I want to see you, but I dare not see you. I can only watch you from afar. Sister, am I so licking you in my heart?"
Her blood boiling, she suddenly reached out and hugged his waist: "This is not licking, it's love."
His body trembled and he could not say anything.
"I know that everything you did, whether right or wrong, was because you loved me too much. In the past, I was too black and white, and liked to judge the right and wrong of relationships based on whether or not. I made too many mistakes with Xie Yu, and I really can't allow myself to repeat the same mistakes with another person. I can only become like this... I'm too afraid of getting hurt again."
After speaking her true feelings, the most twisted part of her heart seemed to be relieved. She no longer had to deliberately suppress her emotions and could love whenever she wanted.
Having said that today, she felt there was no need to hide anything from him. She took a deep breath, mustered up the courage, and looked at him: "Did Qin Tianyi tell you that Xie Yu and I were shopping?"
A trace of panic flashed in his eyes. It seemed that he also knew that he had no status or qualifications to ask her to keep herself clean. It was even more impolite to use his connections to secretly monitor other people's lives.
She sighed, "Xie Yu's father is ill, and his condition is not optimistic. You know, our two families are old friends. My parents are not in the country, so it's my duty to go see Uncle Xie on their behalf. Xie Yu thinks my current outfit is too plain, and he insisted on taking me to buy clothes for the meeting with his father tomorrow. He said that he couldn't let his father think that I was doing badly now and make the old man worry."
He always felt that something was wrong, but her willingness to explain to him was a sign of proactive goodwill. Asking her at this time seemed a bit aggressive.
He could only purse his lips and said: "Besides visiting the sick, there are no other activities?"
"No, absolutely not!" She shook her head like a rattle, afraid that he wouldn't believe her. "Xie Yu has lied to me over and over again. How could I possibly believe his lies? Besides, since you left, I realized that I... I think I've fallen in love with you too."
Her voice became softer and softer, until finally, it was almost inaudible.
He pretended to be deaf: "What did you say?"
She bit her lip and said, "I like you a little bit."
He smiled and pinched her cheek: "Senior Sister, do you have a masochistic tendency? When I was nice to you, you didn't feel moved. Instead, you waited until I left before you came to your senses. You liked Xie Yu before, but it wasn't because he ignored you that you fell deeper and deeper in love, right?"
This was an angle she had never thought of, but when she thought about it carefully, what he said seemed to be right.
Liu Jianchun's expression became unnatural, and he tried to change the subject: "Will you move back home?"
He didn't agree immediately, saying he'd consider it in a few days when he wasn't busy. She could tell he had other concerns, perhaps thinking that today's events had happened suddenly, and everyone was in a state of excitement, prone to making irrational decisions. Instead of agreeing immediately, it would be better to calm down and make a judgment later.
She used the disinfectant cotton that was always available in the gym to clean the wound at the corner of his mouth and then let him go. When Xuanyunduo came back after picking up the express delivery, his brother was nowhere to be seen. Looking at the deserted gym, Xuanyunduo sighed secretly.
Liu Jianchun did not cancel her appointment with Xie Yu because of the farce the day before. The next day, she still put on the clothes chosen by Xie Yu, dressed up carefully, and then took a taxi to the hospital.
When she got to the door, she was dumbfounded, because many media outlets seemed to have known something in advance and were blocking the door. She was led by a special person to successfully get through the crowd and enter.
When she saw Xie Yu, she was not taken directly to the ward but to a conference room. After she entered, she locked the door, as if she was afraid that someone outside would come in.
He heard the sound of the door lock and couldn't help feeling nervous. Fortunately, Xie Yu didn't take advantage of the fact that a man and a woman were alone in the same room to molest her. He just stood three meters away from her.
"Jianchun, there's something I really need to ask of you."
Xie Yu lowered his head, his voice trembling, and he spoke those few words with great difficulty, as if he was carrying a huge pressure in his heart.
She pretended to be calm and smiled: "Just tell me what you want me to help you with. As long as it is something I can do, I will try my best..."
"Can you play a scene with me and pretend to be my girlfriend?"
"What?" she blurted out, her smile instantly freezing.
Xie Yu has been a playboy for thirty years and always appears cynical in front of others. But today he is different from usual. He seems reserved and nervous. When he hears Liu Jianchun's doubts, his voice becomes less confident.
"Jianchun, I beg you! Even if you don't consider our long-standing friendship, you must help me this time because my father loved you so much when you were a child. He is dying and will be gone in a few days. I want him to leave without any regrets."
She was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She could only stand there and sigh.
"Please, promise me, okay?"
As she spoke, she heard a plop, and a tall and straight man knelt down in front of her.
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