☆、Fifty-two Night Talks
After Xia Anan agreed, Nan Jinnian went straight to the downstairs of Yang Linxin's apartment.
Xia Anan was wearing a pair of black cropped suspender wide-leg pants and a white shirt. Her neat short hair fluttered in the wind, making her look very clean.
After seeing the person he had been thinking about so much, Nan Jinnian felt some uncontrollable nervousness and excitement in his heart, just like their first kiss, which made him endure and restrain the love that was about to surge in his chest.
Looking at Nan Jinnian again, Xia Anan couldn't help but feel nervous.
She had clearly made a resolute decision not to have any more contact with Nan Jinnian, but after hearing what he said to her today, her heart finally wavered...
Yang Lin walked out worriedly: "Nan Jinnian! I'm with you!"
Xia Anan looked at Yang Linxin who had finally let her out.
Then he looked at Nan Jinnian helplessly: "Lin Xin hasn't eaten either."
Yang Linxin didn't care how scary Nan Jinnian's eyes were now. She had to be on guard at all times to prevent her baby from being abducted by this stinky man again!
So, what was originally thought to be a dinner for two, turned into a dinner for three.
Xia Anan sat in the back row, feeling somewhat helpless but also amused at the sight of Yang Linxin.
This girl was even more wary of Nan Jinnian than she was, and even snatched the passenger seat away.
Nan Jinnian gripped the steering wheel, trying hard to suppress the urge to punch Yang Linxin, and pretended to be kind: "What do you want to eat?"
Yang Linxin was not polite: "I want to eat Kobe steak!"
"I'm fine with anything..." Xia Anan's polite smile made Nan Jinnian feel a little depressed.
He would rather An An was as rude to him as Yang Linxin. He also didn't want to see this attitude that seemed close but was actually distant.
Arriving at the restaurant, the three of them found a corner and sat down. Yang Linxin came up and ordered a variety of desserts. Xia Anan beside her couldn't help but say, "Linxin...we can't finish it..."
"It's okay! Mr. Nan is paying for it anyway, right?" Yang Linxin looked at Nan Jinnian across from her. Ha! She was going to give him a good beating today!
He orders her around whenever he has nothing to do! Does he really think she, the daughter of Yang, is his little brother?!
"It's okay, just order whatever you want to eat." Nan Jinnian said, and then quietly placed the tableware in front of Xia Anan.
"Don't drink this ice water!" Yang Linxin snatched the ice-filled glass from Xia Anan's hand and said, "Waiter, change it to hot water."
Nan Jinnian was a little puzzled when he saw this. Yang Linxin said unhappily, "It's someone else's fault."
"Lin Xin!" Xia Anan called her.
There are some things that they should just know themselves, there is no point in telling Nan Jinnian now.
"Mr. Nan, is there something you want to talk to me about?" Xia Anan went straight to the point. If she didn't let Yang Linxin continue, she was afraid that the meal would end here.
Nan Jinnian glanced at Yang Linxin and then turned to Xia Anan: "I won't be in the company tomorrow. All matters will be arranged by Lin Cheng. If there is any situation, you can go to him first and he will help you deal with it."
"Mr. Nan, we will take care of it ourselves." Yang Linxin took a bite of the dessert and then gave Xia Anan a bite.
"Thank you, President Nan. We will try our best not to cause trouble to Assistant Lin tomorrow." Xia Anan said with a faint smile.
"That's not what I meant." Nan Jinnian frowned. "Since you are a partner of our company, I naturally want to treat my partners with the utmost sincerity."
"An assistant to a celebrity endorsement star actually had the group president personally entertain her. That's quite a gesture of sincerity." Yang Linxin's words had Nan Jinnian completely choking him. Seeing the man's face darkening, Yang Linxin's impassive demeanor made Xia Anan laugh.
This startled Yang Linxin. You know, in the past two years, the number of times Xia Anan actually smiled could be counted on dozens of fingers. Then he looked at Nan Jinnian with dissatisfaction: "Tsk, the old lover is still the most effective."
Looking at Xia Anan who was smiling inexplicably, Nan Jinnian's dissatisfaction instantly disappeared. It didn't matter. As long as he could make his beloved happy, anything would be fine.
Although Yang Linxin seemed to be eating carefree, she was actually observing the two people.
I always feel like something has changed.
It feels like the two no longer have the tit-for-tat confrontation they used to have. In the past, Xia Anan looked like a hedgehog with thorns when she saw Nan Jinnian, and Nan Jinnian would just poke her in the face without fear of pain.
Now……
How does it feel like a cat facing a tiger?
She bit into the steak and felt confused.
What happened in these days?
The three of them had a peaceful meal together until the end, when Yang Linxin ate too much dessert and her stomach started to feel uncomfortable.
She ate so much meat and sweets in the evening, and it was a miracle that her stomach could hold it.
Helplessly, Nan Jinnian took the two to the pharmacy to get some digestive medicine, and then sent them back to the downstairs of the apartment.
Looking at Xia Anan, Nan Jinnian had a lot of words to say, but after seeing Yang Linxin, he had to hold them back.
Xia Anan seemed to realize that Nan Jinnian wanted to say something to her, but because of Yang Linxin, she never had the chance to speak.
So she said, "Lin Xin, you go up first. I want to get some fresh air down there."
"What wind is blowing! Don't you know you can't catch a cold?" Yang Lin refused without thinking.
Nan Jinnian looked at Xia Anan. Xia Anan had lost her original girlish charm. After spending five years in prison and experiencing life and death, she was now only calm and indifferent.
Of course, this only refers to Xia Anan during normal times.
"Lin Xin, don't worry, it won't be too late." Xia Anan actually wanted to say that she would be fine as long as Nan Jinnian was there, but she felt that saying it out loud would be like acknowledging their relationship.
Yang Linxin still disagreed and insisted on following Xia Anan.
Nan Jinnian lost his patience and said, "Don't worry! I will return it to you in its entirety!"
After saying that, he took Xia Anan and left without caring about Yang Linxin's reaction.
This community has good greenery. There is a park just a few steps away. There is a lake, rockery, and sports equipment. The elderly people gather together and dance square dance to the rhythm of the music.
Because he was afraid that Xia Anan behind him could not keep up, Nan Jinnian deliberately slowed down his pace and walked slowly holding her hand.
When they reached a deserted lake, Nan Jinnian simply sat down, took off his coat and spread it on the grass beside him: "Sit down."
Although Xia Anan rarely wears high heels, she wore a pair of medium-heeled high heels today to appear formal when signing a contract with Huateng Group. She didn't have time to change before going out for dinner.
Seeing this, Xia Anan didn't say much. She slowly sat down and looked at the calm lake, which occasionally caused ripples due to the falling leaves.
Neither of them spoke, they just sat there quietly feeling the cool summer breeze. Nan Jinnian looked at Xia Anan beside him, and finally looked at her wrist.
Even in summer, Xia Anan wears long sleeves.
He had seen how hideous the face beneath those long sleeves was. The scars one after another represented the repeated deaths Xia Anan had experienced.
It is not the death of the body, but the death of the heart.
Nothing is worse than the death of the heart.
After experiencing despair again and again, only a body is left, barely surviving.
How painful and desperate Xia Anan was at that time.
And the culprit who made her become like that was him, the one who loved her deeply.
Although they had been given the opportunity to be alone together, he could not say anything. He did not want to destroy the peace. This was the first time in many years that they had been together so calmly.
However, Xia Anan spoke...
"Nine years... I didn't expect that we would be entangled for so long." Xia Anan said softly.
She thought that everything between them was over the moment Uncle Nan died.
But I didn't expect that we would be entangled with each other, torture each other, and now it has come to this.
"Life is always wonderful." Nan Jinnian leaned on the grass and looked at the dim sky.
It was a cloudy night, with no stars or moon. With the dim light, the two of them could see each other clearly.
"Nan Jinnian, if I were not the daughter of the Xia family, perhaps I would not have met you." Xia Anan looked at him.
Maybe she would be sold to a mountain, or handed over to a trachea trafficker.
But no matter what, the final result was just that she was more miserable.
"I once thought, how nice it would be if I were not the daughter of the Xia family? Then I could be with you without distraction. But then I thought, if I were not the daughter of the Xia family, then I would never meet you, and you would be surrounded by girls who are better than me." She said softly.
"I was really happy at that time. The first 18 years of my life had made me feel like the world was a cage filled with beasts in human form, ready to eat me alive at any moment."
"But after I met you, hope appeared in my world. I found an exit in that cage, and I wanted to escape from that exit."
She sighed softly, "I didn't expect that after escaping, I would still be in that same cage..."
He listened quietly. He wanted to hold Xia Anan in his arms, but he held back. He just held her hand and whispered, "No, you have escaped from that cage. You are with me now!"
Xia Anan looked at him and suddenly laughed: "What you said sounds so strange."
"An'an." Nan Jinnian suddenly grabbed her shoulders and said in a low voice, word by word, "We missed each other for seven years. I don't want to miss it anymore."
This wasn't the first time Nan Jinnian wanted to confess his feelings to her, but she still held back. She turned her head and looked at the lake: "No matter how you repair something, it will never be the same again. Let alone feelings..."
"Jinnian... I said, between us..."
"I don't want to hear you say that love isn't true!" Nan Jinnian interrupted her: "Since you can't let go of the past, let's start. If something is broken, let's replace it with a new one!"
Xia Anan wanted to say something, but Nan Jinnian blocked her lips with his fingers: "Anan, I can wait, wait for you to let go, or wait for you to get a new one. I won't force you anymore, but I won't give up on you either."
"An An, I originally had a lot to say to you, but... I couldn't say it even when it came to my lips."
He held her wrist, rolled up his sleeves, and gently kissed the messy scar: "I love you..."
He is willing to use everything to make up for his past mistakes, even his life!
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