Chapter 69
The small meeting room was silent.
The boy's brief remark pierced Guan Nan's most vulnerable spot, causing her to grip the plan so tightly that her hands turned white.
Fuling is not large, but it is a city, though not small either.
Guan Nan didn't know how he found Fuling, or how he accurately located the company, nor could he be sure if the other party had already found his address.
Instinctively, she wanted to call the property management, but Hecangyuan...
No, we can't let this affect Hecangyuan; this is her and her mother's home.
At that moment, she was like a frightened bird.
“But listen to me,” the young man said immediately, knowing full well about her past experiences and noticing the change in her expression. “I didn’t mean any harm. I was a contracted streamer with your company before. I wasn’t under your management, and you didn’t notice me. But I wanted to follow you, so I searched for a long time before I found out you were in Fuling.”
Guan Nan stared straight at him.
"I promise, no one else knows about this except me," the boy said, raising his hand to assure her.
As her emotions gradually calmed down, Guan Nan came to her senses and realized that the other party meant her no harm.
That's true. If the other party had malicious intent, they wouldn't have gone to Fuling, specifically signed with her company, and become her subordinate.
“Sister Nan, please believe me,” the young man said. “As long as you are willing to let me work under you, I will definitely become the blogger who earns the most money for you and the one who listens to you the most.”
"Don't say things like that again." Guan Nan swallowed, noticing her hands were covered in cold sweat, but she remained calm. "It's just a job. If we're not satisfied, we can change jobs. It's not like we're in a cult and have to pledge our allegiance to each other."
That's what she said, but she didn't neglect any of her job responsibilities.
Before they knew it, it was Ye Nan's birthday.
After getting off work, Guan Nan was about to go home to catch up on sleep when she received a call from Chen Fei.
It was at this moment that Guan Nan remembered the birthday she had forgotten and the gift she still hadn't bought.
Guan Nan glanced at the time; the mall hadn't closed yet, so she could still buy a gift. Then she received a location from Chen Fei, and she hurriedly finished her shopping and rushed over there.
When she arrived, she found that there were more than one or two familiar faces in the venue.
The birthday celebration was exceptionally grand.
After greeting Guo Yuhang and the others, she sat down next to Chen Fei. Not long after, she saw Qi Qi sneaking over and waved for them to leave so that the room would be cleared.
"What's going on?" The group followed them out and hid in the next private room.
Chen Fei grinned slyly: "I reckon someone's up to something big."
Guan Nan had no idea what the "big move" she was referring to was, but the next second another group of people slipped in. The private room was a bit small, and people were packed tightly together.
A moment later, Qi Qi called out again, "Chen Fei, bring Guan Nan out."
Guan Nan was pulled out by Chen Fei.
The two were taken to the fitting room, where they put on makeup and changed into dresses. Then, wearing sunglasses, they went into the private room they had just been in.
Inside the private room, they were dressed in formal attire, and one of them was holding a firework.
Qi Qi directed the people: "Ladies, stand at the very back."
Following the instructions, Guan Nan walked blankly to the last row, and the first thing she saw when she looked up was a familiar face that she hadn't seen for half a month.
She hesitated, wondering whether she should say hello or say something.
But what should I say?
haven't seen you for a long time?
Half a month.
Hello?
It's all so unfamiliar.
Before she could finish her thought, the door to the private room slowly opened, and Yena, dressed in a sexy leopard-print dress, entered. Music immediately began to play, the sound coming from inside their room.
Without any prelude, Yu Shu gripped the microphone and walked out step by step from the innermost part of the room.
It's a song that feels like destiny, "Until You Arrive".
"I've never believed it so much."
"So certain."
Who will be my destiny?
"Until your halo"
"When my night falls"
Yu Shu is tone-deaf, and the number of times he practiced was not greatly reduced due to his nervousness when he sang this song.
He came out and stood in front of Yena, his forehead covered in sweat.
As the music played, Yu Shu reached out his hand to Ye Na, his hand trembling visibly.
I drift and sink in the vast sea of memories.
That Sky
"Gradually sinking into desolation and wasteland"
"As if it were never etched in my memory."
The moment Yena placed her hand on him, Guan Nan couldn't help but tear up as she looked at the scene before her.
As Yu Shu sang, he pulled Ye Na to the center and said in a hoarse voice, "At first, I wanted to learn from Jiang Li and write my own songs, but Jiang Li thought I couldn't sing well and refused to teach me..."
"You haven't even done anything yet, and you're already complaining? You're something else, Yu Gou." Lin Rui laughed at his aggrieved tone.
Yu Shu ignored him, his brother who messed up on such an important day.
In the pitch-black private room, he angrily shouted at the person controlling the lights, "Turn on the lights!"
As soon as the light came on, Ye Na frowned, and Yu Shu immediately covered her eyes with both hands, clumsily shielding her from the glaring light.
After a while, Yena calmed down, slapped his hand away, and muttered that she had ruined her hairstyle.
Yu Shu wiped the sweat from his forehead, nervous and at a loss: "I'm sorry, this is my first time proposing, I don't have much experience."
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The next second, his words caused the entire room to burst into laughter.
After a brief moment of laughter, the atmosphere shifted to a more solemn moment. Lin Rui pulled open a balloon floating on the ceiling, which exploded, scattering notes all over the floor. Every word was written by Yu Shu.
The surrounding music that had just been playing also echoed in response, recording the joys and sorrows of Yu Shu and Ye Na.
Yu recounted a great deal, tears and sweat streaming down her face.
The next moment, the door to the private room opened again.
This time, the group of people who came in and hid in the next private room were Ye Nan's dearest and most beloved people.
Yena, who had been calm just moments before, burst into tears upon seeing the person who had arrived.
"Ugh," Yena took the tissue, "You guys are so annoying. Everyone else has already put on makeup, why do you have to do this that makes them cry?"
Perhaps this is the first time I've seen a couple cry together during a marriage proposal.
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter again.
At this moment, Guan Nan couldn't help but turn her head away. People around her were holding hands, embracing each other, some happy and some crying.
In a daze, someone shouted, "Now the groom can kiss the bride!" and the lights went out.
Along with that came the soft, subtle sounds of movement all around.
Guan Nan also took a step forward, but after waiting for a long time, the door did not open.
She reached out and touched the darkness.
Then my mind went blank.
Some even find solace in a warm embrace.
Her head was stiffly tilted to her chest, her eardrums filled with the heavy, thunderous sound of her heartbeat, and her collarbone pressed against her chin as she breathed softly, as if being pricked by needles.
Guan Nan had been dreaming of this solid embrace for who knows how long.
But then, at the most unexpected moment, he embraced her.
If this is a dream, then let her greedily wish for it to last a little longer, a little longer.
Ideally, I would never have to wake up.
Just as Guan Nan raised her hand, wanting to hug him back, the spotlight slowly turned on, and her hand, which had been hanging in mid-air, slowly retracted.
While Guan Nan was still in a daze, he loosened his embrace and stood leisurely to the side.
The atmosphere in the private room continued to heat up.
However, the light was cold and bright, and the whole thing was transparent.
Chen Fei rushed over and stared at her flushed face: "Jiang Li, what did you do to her?"
“Yeah, Jiang Li,” Lin Rui chimed in, winking at him, “What did you do to him?”
Jiang Li paused, tilted his head, lifted his eyelids, and asked lazily, "Yeah, what did I do?"
They asked him, she asked him.
In an instant, several pairs of eyes shifted to her, all fixing their gaze on her alone.
The various glances led to a stalemate.
Luo Haoyu, dressed in a suit, noticed the situation approaching from the other side and hurriedly hung up his phone: "Guan Nan, I wanted to ask you about the video call last time. Do you have time to chat for a bit?"
After returning, the two had only met once before, and his act of helping someone out of a predicament was too obvious.
Guan Nan instinctively reached for Jiang Li, but then remembered her earlier blush and embarrassment. She quickly snapped out of it and agreed, "Okay."
Before the person could even leave, their wrist was grabbed.
Their attitude was assertive and tough.
"What?" Jiang Li asked with a half-smile, "Can he still cut in line?"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, he spoke incoherently, and no one in the room except Guan Nan understood what he meant. But the more they knew, the hotter Guan Nan's face became.
She lowered her head, staring at her tangled hands, and mumbled, "No..."
Jiang Li: "If he can do it, why can't I?"
"Jiang Li, we're classmates, what are you doing?" Luo Haoyu walked straight up, ignoring the gazes of others, and reached out to grab Guan Nan's hand, but saw Jiang Li move his arm and pull her over.
The person in front of me is just like he was in school. He seems easygoing and easy to talk to, but whenever it comes to anything related to Guan Nan, he always takes it very seriously.
From the past to the present, time keeps turning and changing.
Jiang Li, seemingly unconcerned, remained as bold and confident as ever when facing Guan Nan.
Even though there was no news of him, even though they hadn't seen each other for many years, it seemed that only when he looked into her eyes could he stir any emotion.
And she, too, seemed to be like that, never seeing anyone else.
Thinking of this, Luo Haoyu curled his lips. He originally thought he had a ticket to enter, but compared to this, the past and the present were nothing special.
During their student days, Jiang Li could disregard his student status and do all the impossible things for her.
From the perspective of the adult world, Jiang Li's views at this moment were even more extreme.
“They’re all classmates,” he said, completely shattering the air of a stranger he always maintained. He remained as casual, relaxed, and unhurried as ever, as if the boy in his memory had never changed. “You’re showing favoritism, aren’t you?”
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