Chapter 45 Mi Zhang Yuntan saw the diamond ring lying in the box...
It was almost eleven o'clock in the evening when we left, and we were taken home by a designated driver.
Yun Tan was not drunk, but under the influence of alcohol, her whole body became particularly soft. She snuggled up to Lu Wangshan, saying that she liked his friends very much, and held the bottle of Moutai tightly in her arms.
Lu Wangshan warned her, "You've been drinking too much lately. I'm going to lock this bottle up for at least two weeks."
There was a wine cabinet at home. Lu Wangshan had been wary of her from the beginning and even bought a lock for it.
Yun Tan was full and satisfied, so he didn't argue with him about the future. He smiled foolishly and asked, "Tell me the truth, is this wine actually your birthday present for me?"
"Will I give you wine?" Lu Wangshan asked back, pinching Yun Tan's face, suspecting that she was really drunk to ask such a stupid question.
"Oh, that's right. So what are you going to give me for my birthday?"
Yun Tan picked up his phone and checked the time. He leaned over to his ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Brother, if you're planning on giving me another gift in bed, you might have to hurry up."
As she spoke, her breath hit Lu Wangshan's ear, carrying a slightly cool smell of alcohol and a strong sense of flirting.
Yun Tan was really bold after drinking, and even dared to tease him late at night.
But Lu Wangshan didn't smile. He suddenly turned his head, his eyes focused and serious, looking into Yun Tan's pupils. When she turned her head away, he raised his hand and pinched her chin, not allowing her to escape.
"Happy birthday, 25-year-old Xiao Tan." Lu Wangshan suddenly said in a deep and serious voice.
Yun Tan was stunned for a moment, and the alcohol had worn off a lot.
The memories of tonight were so vivid that Lu Wangshan's face gradually overlapped with that of six years ago, and his voice also overlapped - "Happy birthday, 19-year-old Xiao Tan."
"I prepared a birthday present for you. It's in the center console. Do you want to see it?" Lu Wangshan asked, looking into her eyes.
Yuntan felt that his brain had turned into a dull gear, running slowly, one click at a time.
She thought Lu Wangshan's words were very strange, as if something too heavy was loaded, but she didn't know what was strange about it, and her hand subconsciously reached for the center console.
Suddenly, Lu Wangshan grabbed the back of his hand and hung it in the air.
His gaze was so fiery, even after drinking, it was still bright. His Adam's apple rolled, and his posture was nervous and eager. He took a deep breath and tried to find the right words: "Xiao Tan——"
Yuntan suddenly pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted.
She rested her head on Lu Wangshan's shoulder and laughed heartlessly: "Forget it, Mr. Lu, your gift must be very valuable. Even if I sell myself, I'm afraid I can't repay you."
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Neither of them mentioned the episode in the last half hour of their birthday again. When they woke up, it was like a blackout after drinking, even though neither of them was drunk that day.
Yun Tan never asked about the birthday gift that Lu Wangshan said was placed on the center console again, and she suddenly didn't dare to ask.
They did all the most intimate things in the world, but this relationship could not bear the weight of a carefully prepared birthday gift.
Jiang Zhier's wedding was held in Nancy. Yun Tan and Elara flew to Nancy a day in advance. Lu Wangshan had work that he couldn't postpone tomorrow morning, so he had to fly back the next day.
Jiang Zhier booked a hotel for the bridesmaids in advance, and the three girls slept together in bed that night.
They talked a lot.
Recalling the past in Milan, when Jiang Zhier was not yet with Cheng Jingwei, they once drank and cried for no reason, and now they are about to get married.
Time can change so many things.
Lu Wangshan sent her a message with Leo's medical examination form.
After Leo turned six, Lu Wangshan took him for a physical checkup every six months. All the indicators on the test report were very good and healthy, which was worth Lu Wangshan's daily preparation of healthy meals for him and exercise for him.
Yun Tan asked, "Did Leo behave well during the physical examination?"
Lu Wangshan: "Very well behaved."
Elara was holding her arm and leaning against her shoulder, the text message clearly visible. She laughed: "Do you think the Chinese captain really looks like a puppy?"
"Why?"
"A puppy who behaves well to please his master."
Yun Tan asked with a smile: "The master you are talking about is not me, right?"
"What else? If your Chinese captain were a dog, he would be a Tibetan Mastiff, a dog that only recognizes one master and is absolutely loyal to his master, only listening to his master."
Yun Tan thought, then you haven’t seen how disobedient he is in bed.
Lu Wangshan sent another message, asking her what she was doing.
Yuntan: "Lying down, chatting."
Lu Wangshan: "Go to bed early, we need to get up early tomorrow."
Yuntan showed the phone to Elara: "He just likes to control me, but he doesn't listen to me."
Elara and Jiang Zhier smiled at each other, laughing at her for being so confused.
The result of three good friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time getting together was that they chatted almost all night.
The doorbell rang at five o'clock the next morning. The makeup artists came. They had just slept for about an hour, but they were not sleepy at all and were in high spirits.
Yuntan got up and opened the curtains, and as he wished, it was a good day today.
There were photos of people wearing morning robes, shooting on location, toasting at lunch, picking up the bride, and then the most important and formal dinner.
Yuntan and Elara were extremely busy the whole day, but they didn't feel tired at all. They watched Jiang Zhier start a new stage of life in the hustle and bustle.
Yuntan never thought that marriage was important. Marriage was just an option in life and was not directly linked to happiness, so she thought she would be calm throughout the whole process. Of course she would bless, be happy, and be moved, but she probably wouldn't shed tears.
But Yun Tan didn't expect that when he saw Jiang Zhier changing into the wedding gown and wearing the veil, and the crowds around him rushed to bring carefully prepared wedding gifts, his nose suddenly felt sore and his eyes turned red.
Jiang Zhier saw her expression through the mirror and was also swept up by the surging warm emotions, with tears in his eyes.
I just finished putting on makeup and I can’t cry now. Jiang Zhier quickly raised her head and grumbled, “It’s so annoying. You guys are making me cry before the ceremony even starts.”
Yun Tan said "Okay, okay" repeatedly and turned around and stopped looking at her.
Lu Wangshan called her at this time: "I'm here."
"I came out to find you."
Yun Tan, wearing a champagne gold bridesmaid dress and holding up the hem of her dress, saw Lu Wangshan at the door of the noisy banquet hall.
The wedding dress code required everyone to wear white, beige, and gray, so Lu Wangshan wore a white suit today.
The first time Yun Tan saw him wearing a white suit, his temperament was completely different, and he looked extremely gentle under the bright light of the crystal chandelier.
"Lu Wangshan." She called out, running through the crowd to him, "You arrived faster than I thought."
"I came directly from the airport. The traffic here is not as congested as in Beijing." Lu Wangshan said, lowering his eyes and gently touching the corner of Yun Tan's eyes with his fingertips. "Are you crying?"
"Ah, no, it just got dusty."
For some reason, Yuntan felt ashamed of crying in such an atmosphere.
She first took Lu Wangshan to the arranged seat, specifically the table closest to the groomsmen and bridesmaids, where all the people were Cheng Jingwei's close friends. Unexpectedly, Lu Wangshan actually knew some of them and they were his former college classmates.
After exchanging pleasantries, they looked at Yun Tan beside him and asked, "Girlfriend?"
Lu Wangshan smiled and replied, "Friends."
With friends around, Yuntan doesn't have to worry about people he doesn't know feeling awkward or bored.
After giving a few instructions, he returned to the dressing room to find Jiang Zhier.
Soon, the dinner officially began.
The best men and bridesmaids were seated. Elara even came over to say hello to Lu Wangshan. Fortunately, she didn't call him "Captain China" in front of so many people.
As the auspicious clock struck, Jiang Zhier walked towards Cheng Jingwei at the end of the stage, holding up her skirt, amid cheers.
The spotlight beams made the stage bright and hot, and the flowers on both sides were bright and juicy.
Yuntan and Elara were holding hands under the table, their eyes already filled with tears.
The three of them were probably thinking of the same picture at the moment. Cheng Jingwei flew from Nancy to Milan, or from Beijing to Milan, carrying flowers. She always enjoyed the flight of more than ten hours.
And Lu Wangshan kept looking at Yun Tan.
From his position, he could just see her profile, and her moist, crimson pupils were clearly visible.
He looked at Yun Tan with her head tilted up. The lights from the stage also fell on her, making her skin look snow-white. With red eyes, she watched Jiang Zhier and Cheng Jingwei on the stage give speeches and exchange rings. A tear slid down silently, fell from her chin, and could no longer be found.
This reminded Lu Wangshan of the night shortly after Yun Tan returned to China. He had also asked her:
"Yun Tan, let's get married, okay?"
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After the wedding ceremony, it was time for the toast. Jiang Zhier couldn't drink much, so Yun Tan and Elara volunteered to take on the responsibility of blocking the wine for the bride.
Yun Tan thought that after finishing this drink, Lu Wangshan would probably have to strictly limit his alcohol intake when he returned, so he had to take good care of his health.
However, Lu Wangshan's work and rest schedule and living habits are really healthy. He has raised Leo to be much healthier than other dogs of the same age, and Yun Tan has never had stomach problems since living with him.
By the time it came to Lu Wangshan's table, they had already drunk quite a bit.
Yun Tan followed the bride and groom and stood next to Lu Wangshan. The man calmly put his arm around her waist and asked in a low voice, "How much did you drink? Are you drunk?"
Yun Tan smiled and whispered in his ear: "It's still too early to get drunk, don't worry."
Everyone raised their glasses and toasted together, saying things like "May you have a happy marriage forever."
Cheng Jingwei graduated with a master's degree from MIT, and everyone at this table is his good friend from MIT.
Some people joked that Cheng Jingwei's wedding really brought together people from all over the world, including Cheng Jingwei's classmates in the United States, business partners from Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia, and Jiang Zhier's classmates and friends when he was studying in Milan. There was even a blonde among the bridesmaids.
One of them asked Elara in English what country she was from.
Elara replied "Italy" in Chinese, even with an authentic Beijing accent.
Everyone was stunned and exclaimed, "You grew up in Beijing?"
Elara laughed. "No, the three of us were roommates in Milan, and they were my Chinese teachers."
"No wonder he was taught to speak with a Beijing accent. One of my two Chinese teachers is a Beijing native, and the other has also settled in Beijing."
Suddenly someone asked Lu Wangshan, "By the way, Mr. Lu, I remember you went to Milan several times back then. It seems like our table is truly destined to be together."
Yuntan was caught off guard and stunned.
Lu Wangshan has been to Milan...several times?
But he should have only come once when she first went to Milan, how could he have come several times?
"We were joking back then, saying he must have had a girlfriend with Milan." Another of Lu Wangshan's classmates noticed that he and Yun Tan seemed to have an ambiguous relationship and teased, "Could it be that he was looking for this bridesmaid at that time?"
Yun Tan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her hand holding the cup even trembled, and she could hardly hold it steady. Lu Wangshan quickly supported the bottom of the cup.
"No." Lu Wangshan said calmly, "I went there for work."
Elara also noticed that the atmosphere seemed off, and subconsciously came to Yun Tan's rescue, jokingly saying, "There were so many people pursuing our little Tan in college, and she didn't accept any of them. At that time, I was worried that she was in love with me."
There were still several tables that needed toasting, so we didn't stay any longer.
Yun Tan, however, began to lose her mind, her thoughts in a mess, and she could not avoid recalling the extremely unbearable and embarrassing scene when they broke up.
——"I sold all the jewelry and bags you gave me over the past year to get the money to study here."
——"I have never really considered you as my boyfriend. We don't belong to the same world. You are right. I came to Milan just for Ding Mian, so let's stop here."
These fragments suddenly appeared after they closed their eyes and ears and pretended that everything was fine, tearing a gap in the wound, and blood soaked in the old scar began to flow again.
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The dinner was followed by an after party, to which the young people present were invited.
Yuntan and Elara changed out of their bridesmaid dresses and put on dresses specially prepared for the party. The bride and groom wore white suits, while they wore black.
Elara wore a very sexy black deep V suspender, while Yuntan wore a black lace long skirt.
While Jiang Zhier and Cheng Jingwei were dancing and kissing in front of fireworks surrounded by flowers, Yun Tan and Lu Wangshan were sitting together on a high chair beside them.
"Are you dizzy after drinking so much?" Lu Wangshan asked.
Yun Tan held her cheek with her hand, the evening breeze blowing her long hair. She looked at Lu Wangshan with her head tilted to the side, looking very charming and seductive, her eyes curved in a smile: "Mommy, you can't not believe that I can drink."
Lu Wangshan smiled: "I think you are getting addicted to drinking again recently."
None of them mentioned Milan.
Just like they never mentioned the birthday gift that Yuntan received on his birthday.
Everyone was singing and dancing, and the atmosphere was great.
Yun Tan was infected and shook his body gently, but his appearance became lazier and lazier. After a whole day of high spirits, Yun Tan suddenly fell into an inexplicable low.
"Are you tired? You got up too early today." Lu Wangshan asked at the right time, "Do you want to go and rest first?"
Yuntan nodded. She felt that her current state was becoming increasingly out of place.
Lu Wangshan was afraid that she would be more easily caught a cold by the night wind if she was tired, so he took off his suit and draped it over her shoulders, then stood up to say goodbye to Jiang Zhier and Cheng Jingwei.
He had some cooperation with Cheng Jingwei's group in the past, and they got to know each other through this opportunity. During the greetings, Jiang Zhier came to find Yun Tan first.
"Are you okay?" Jiang Zhier probably knew what Yun Tan was struggling with at the moment.
But Yun Tan still smiled at her as if nothing had happened: "It's okay, I might have drunk too much." Then he patted her shoulder and said, "Er Er, I wish you a happy wedding and a baby soon."
The four words "Have a baby soon" sounded a bit teasing, with a bit of Yuntan's unique badness.
She and Lu Wangshan originally planned to sleep in Nancy for one night and return to Beijing in the morning.
But Yuntan suddenly missed the bed in Beijing. She was eager to restore everything to its original state and regain the sense of security that she was in control of, so she flew back overnight.
She slept on the plane and arrived in Beijing around two in the morning.
Lu Wangshan was driving back, Yun Tan covered his suit, curled up in the passenger seat and continued to doze off.
Fortunately, my residence was close to the airport and we arrived there quickly.
The two of them returned home together late at night. Leo came to greet them, wagging his tail. Yuntan bent down and hugged him.
She had put on very delicate makeup today and also put on false eyelashes. Removing the makeup was a big task. Yun Tan just wanted to fall asleep. At this moment, she stood in front of the mirror, staring at the makeup remover, and was stunned.
"Can I help you unload it?" Lu Wangshan suddenly asked.
"Can you?"
"I think so." He had seen her remove her makeup many times and felt that it wasn't too difficult. "Then lie down and I'll help you remove it."
Yun Tan obediently lay back on the bed, and Lu Wangshan quickly came out with eye and lip makeup remover, makeup remover cream, face towel and a basin of clean warm water.
He was very serious. He first used a hair towel to hold up the loose hair on Yuntan's forehead, and then took a cotton pad soaked in makeup remover and applied it to Yuntan's eyes and lips: "Don't open your eyes. Go to sleep if you want."
After removing the eye and lip makeup, take a spoonful of makeup remover, emulsify it in the palm of your hand, and gently rub it on your cheeks.
His hands were so large and strong, but when he rubbed, they were as gentle as feathers.
Yun Tan felt it was even more comfortable than a spa, and she became increasingly drowsy. She muttered, "Mommy, you haven't worked in the special services industry before, have you?"
Lu Wangshan chuckled softly, "Would you like to apply for a card? I'll give you a discount, Miss Yun."
The darkness of night crushed the invisible flashes of swords and sabers that had killed people hours ago, rendering this moment particularly warm and almost making people forget the sword hanging over their heads.
Lu Wangshan changed the basin of warm water and wiped Yun Tan's face again with a face towel to make sure there was no foundation residue.
Then he washed a towel and wiped Yun Tan's tired body. After that, he changed her into pajamas. Then he carried her to the left side of the bed where she usually slept. He leaned over and kissed her forehead, "Go to sleep, baby."
Lu Wangshan dimmed the lights in the bedroom, put on his pajamas and went to the bathroom in the second bedroom to wash up.
Yun Tan woke up after Lu Wangshan returned to the room and lay down. The scent of his shower gel lingered in her nose, and she suddenly couldn't sleep anymore.
Lu Wangshan's breathing became even and he had fallen asleep.
She wanted to check the time, and when she grabbed her phone, she realized she hadn't turned it on since she landed.
After turning on the computer, the file sent by Jiang Zhier two hours ago popped up.
Inside were the photos she had already selected. The compressed file contained photos of her and her bridesmaids that day, as well as photos of guests taken from various angles at the dinner party.
Yuntan lay on his side on the bed, turned the brightness to the lowest, and looked at the pictures one by one, but his fingertips paused when he looked at a certain one.
It was a photo of the groomsmen and bridesmaids taken when the bride and groom were giving speeches. Both she and Elara had tears in their eyes, and behind her, she saw Lu Wangshan staring at her quietly.
His gaze was so direct and ardent, as if everything around him had become empty, the noise had stopped, and in his world he could only see Yuntan, only Yuntan.
In the dead of night, Yun Tan finally saw the grand and deafening love in Lu Wangshan's eyes.
Her heart then fell into a dark abyss, and in the whistling wind, it swallowed up all the pretenses she had tried so hard to cover up.
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Yun Tan stood up, took out the car keys from Lu Wangshan's trouser pocket, and tiptoed out the door.
She went down to the basement, and the sound of the car unlocking was particularly abrupt in the middle of the night.
Then she opened the passenger door and opened the center console.
When Yun Tan saw the square black velvet box in the center console, her mind went almost blank. She held her breath silently, and her chest felt a dull and sour pain from the pounding heartbeat.
The details she had deliberately avoided came flooding back.
——"I sold all the jewelry and bags you gave me over the past year to get the money to study here."
——"Do you have enough money now?"
——"It's been so long since I came back to China, and I don't think I've ever said a single word to you seriously. I'm sorry, Lu Wangshan, for everything. No matter what, I will never use you again."
——"Yun Tan, I don't care whether you continue to use me or not. Anyway, the happiest time for me in these years is when you use me."
Love always reveals itself in any detail.
But Lu Wangshan had already been full of loopholes.
The muffled sound when the box popped open almost simultaneously vibrated Yun Tan's ventricles.
Her black eyelashes trembled and her brain fell into a long roar.
She saw the diamond ring lying in the box, still shining brightly in the dim light.
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