Chapter 280 Why don’t we make the fake play real?
Mu Nanyan cleared her throat, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the edge of the teacup, and looked up at Lu Yiran:
"What did you want to do just now?"
Lu Yiran obviously didn't expect her to be so straightforward, his eyebrows slightly raised, and then he returned to his calm demeanor.
He leaned forward, folded his hands and rested them on his chin, looked at her with burning eyes, and said without hesitation:
"Isn't it obvious? I want to kiss you."
There was a hint of teasing in Lu Yiran's low voice.
This sentence is like a stone thrown into a calm lake.
Mu Nanyan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the tips of her ears turned crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye. She forced herself to remain calm and said in a cold voice:
"Mr. Lu, just because you dreamed that I agreed to be your girlfriend doesn't mean I really am your girlfriend. Please be careful. I almost caused my colleague to misunderstand me just now."
"It seems there has been a misunderstanding."
Lu Yiran had a smile on his lips, and his slender fingers tapped lightly on the table. His eyes never left her face, and he didn't take what she just said to heart.
"How dare you say that!"
Mu Nanyan looked at him with gritted teeth, her fingertips unconsciously pinching her palms.
Lu Yiran lazily leaned back in his chair, the fabric of his suit gleaming delicately in the sunlight. He suddenly leaned forward and deliberately lowered his voice and said:
"What's there to be embarrassed about? They've already misunderstood our relationship, so why don't we make our fake relationship real?"
As Lu Yiran spoke, his eyes fixed on Mu Nanyan's delicate and tempting lips, and he slowly approached her...
Mu Nanyan turned away and said coldly:
"Mr. Lu, please respect yourself."
Hearing this, Lu Yiran looked up at her, but did not push her away. He asked in a low voice:
"That wasn't your reaction before."
"So how should I react?"
Mu Nanyan looked at him straight with confusion in her eyes, as if she really didn't understand what Lu Yiran meant.
Lu Yiran deliberately lowered his voice and said in her ear:
"You didn't reject me before..."
Mu Nanyan felt a stream of hot air spraying on her ears, which made her feel itchy and a little uncomfortable for a moment.
Seeing that Lu Yiran had no intention of retreating, Mu Nanyan leaned back against the chair and looked at Lu Yiran calmly and said:
"Mr. Lu may have misunderstood. I was distracted before..."
Lu Yiran was so angry at Mu Nanyan that he laughed. How could he be distracted at such a crucial moment?
He really doesn't submit to anyone except Mu Nanyan.
Lu Yiran also wanted to save face. Since Mu Nanyan said so, he no longer mentioned the previous kiss.
He lazily leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, looked at Mu Nanyan, and said jokingly:
"So, Mr. Mu really doesn't want to consider turning the fake into real?"
"Mr. Lu, that's a nice thought." Mu Nanyan retorted without hesitation.
"People still have to have dreams, just in case they come true."
Mu Nanyan was a little speechless, and suddenly she didn't want to chat with him anymore. She thought it would be better to end this topic quickly, so she looked at the food on the coffee table and said:
"Eat quickly, the food will get cold soon."
Lu Yiran's gaze lingered on the tip of her red ear for a moment, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
He slowly straightened the cuffs of his suit that had just been wrinkled, his voice lazily saying:
"Yes, it would be a shame to Master Wang's cooking if we don't eat it now."
Mu Nanyan ignored him and ate the rice in her bowl.
…
When she put down her chopsticks, she found that Lu Yiran was still eating elegantly, exuding an air of nobility in his every move.
The quiet atmosphere made her feel uneasy, and the scene just now flashed through her mind again.
Mu Nanyan now just wants to escape from here:
"Take your time to eat. I'll go take care of something."
Mu Nanyan stood up and prepared to leave. Seeing this, Lu Yiran subconsciously stretched out his left hand and grabbed her wrist. He looked at her and said:
"When will you be back?"
Mu Nanyan looked at Lu Yiran's hand holding her wrist, and the corners of her mouth twitched. He had been drunk, but his body was quite honest. Holding her hand was becoming more and more natural...
"soon."
Lu Yiran noticed Mu Nanyan's gaze and realized that his hand was holding her wrist. Thinking of what happened last night, he was afraid that Mu Nanyan would see it, so he withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.
Mu Nanyan walked towards the door without looking back, her steps a little hurried.
In the corridor, she took a deep breath to calm her disordered heartbeat.
In the reflection of the glass at the corner, she saw her still blushing cheeks and couldn't help biting her lip in annoyance.
Mu Nanyan remembered that Zhou Ruxuan had suddenly barged in before, so she walked towards Zhou Ruxuan's workstation.
From a distance, Mu Nanyan found that there was no one at the workstation and wondered where Zhou Ruxuan had gone.
Mu Nanyan searched the entire studio but couldn't find Zhou Ruxuan. Finally, she saw Zhou Ruxuan on the balcony outside. She was sitting on a bench outside in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking about.
The autumn wind blew through Zhou Ruxuan's hair. She stared into the distance in a trance, looking completely different from her usual self.
Mu Nanyan walked over and sat down next to her.
Zhou Ruxuan came to her senses when she felt someone approaching. She was a little surprised when she saw it was Mu Nanyan.
"Why are you here?"
Mu Nanyan smiled at her and then said:
"I was just about to ask you, why are you hiding here?"
"Nothing, just thinking about something."
Zhou Ruxuan forced a smile: "It's too stuffy in there, let's go out and get some fresh air."
She subconsciously clenched the phone in her hand, the screen still stuck on the chat interface with Cui Hao.
Mu Nanyan keenly noticed Zhou Ruxuan's abnormality and reached out to cover the back of her slightly cold hand:
"Why do I feel like you're worried? If you encounter anything, you can tell me and we can solve it together."
Mu Nanyan looked at Zhou Ruxuan with concern.
Zhou Ruxuan's fingertips trembled slightly, and then she raised a slightly stiff smile.
She deliberately raised her voice and tried to change the subject lightheartedly:
"What could possibly happen to me? I also wanted to ask you, isn't Mr. Lu coming to our company too often? And just now... could it be that you two are getting back together?"
She blinked, her tone teasing. Mu Nanyan shook her head helplessly, but the tips of her ears flushed quietly:
"What are you thinking? Lu Yiran and I have nothing to do with each other. It was just a misunderstanding."
Zhou Ruxuan unconsciously clenched the phone in her hand, her knuckles turning slightly white:
"Misunderstanding? So you're not together? But you were about to kiss just now..."
Her words stopped abruptly, and she suddenly lowered her head and pretended to look at her phone, because at this moment she didn't know what expression she should use to face Mu Nanyan.
However, the face recognition detected Zhou Ruxuan, and the phone screen automatically unlocked. The screen was still on the chat interface with Cui Hao. She saw the last message Cui Hao sent her yesterday afternoon: [Nan Yan, are you working overtime today? ]
Zhou Ruxuan replied businesslike with two words: [Overtime.]
After that, Cui Hao never sent her any messages again.
Zhou Ruxuan continued to scroll through the chat history. Every word Cui Hao said to her was related to Mu Nanyan...
Zhou Ruxuan unconsciously revealed a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth. How ironic! When she heard the news that Mu Nanyan had not reconciled, her first reaction was to feel relieved for Cui Hao. At least, he still had a chance.
Seeing Zhou Ruxuan start to daydream again while talking, Mu Nanyan couldn't help but frown.
"Why are you in a daze again?"
Mu Nanyan said this and waved her hand in front of her, and Zhou Ruxuan came back to her senses.
"Huh? I was just thinking about something."
"What's got you thinking so hard about?"
Mu Nanyan tilted her head and looked at her, her eyes full of confusion.
Zhou Ruxuan clutched the corner of her clothes, took a deep breath, and finally mustered the courage to ask the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time:
"Nan Yan, how do you feel about Cui Hao?"
"Why do you ask this suddenly?" Mu Nanyan raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Zhou Ruxuan smiled casually, looked at Mu Nanyan and asked:
"I'm just curious. Between Mr. Lu and Cui Hao, who would you choose?"
Mu Nanyan rolled her eyes helplessly:
"Who says I have to choose between them?"
Zhou Ruxuan looked at her puzzledly:
"If they don't choose either of them, who are you going to choose?"
Mu Nanyan leaned lazily on the back of the bench, looking at the tall buildings in the distance and said:
"Is it possible that I won't choose anyone? I think the way things are now is good. I have a career that I can strive for and a lovely son by my side. I feel very satisfied."
Zhou Ruxuan said relentlessly:
"You have Chenchen by your side now, but Chenchen can't always be by your side. When he goes to school, you'll be all alone. You'll be so lonely."
"We can talk about it later. Besides, don't I still have good friends like you around me? When Chenchen goes to school, it would be great for us to go traveling together as a few good friends."
Mu Nanyan felt happy just thinking about it. She had been staying in one place for the past few years and had never had a good time out to play.
Zhou Ruxuan made a disgusted expression and then said:
"But we will eventually get married and have children, and then we will have our own families to take care of. Who will have time to accompany you?"
Mu Nanyan thought about it and realized that it was true. Ever since she had Chenchen, she had been basically busy with work and the child every day and had very little time for herself.
Mu Nanyan rubbed her chin thoughtfully:
"How about I wait until I'm old and find an old man to have a twilight romance?"
"puff---"
Zhou Ruxuan couldn't help laughing, and leaned close to her ear and lowered her voice:
"I heard that women are as wild as wolves and tigers when they reach 40. If you find an old man at that time, can he satisfy you?"
Mu Nanyan's face flushed instantly, and she hit her lightly in embarrassment.
"Ruxuan! What are you talking about!"
Is this something you can say in public?
"Oh, I was just joking, why are you taking it so seriously?"
Is this funny? It's not funny at all!
Mu Nanyan was a little speechless. Seeing that Zhou Ruxuan's mood had improved a little, she looked at Zhou Ruxuan seriously and asked tentatively:
"Ruxuan, do you... like Cui Hao?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ruxuan froze in place, the smile on her face instantly frozen.
Was it so obvious? How did Nan Yan see through it? Did Cui Hao see through it too?
She looked away in panic, her fingers twisting the hem of her clothes unconsciously, even her breathing became rapid, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
Mu Nanyan looked at her helpless look and already had the answer in her heart.
She gently held Zhou Ruxuan's trembling hand and asked in a gentle voice:
"When is it a thing?"
Zhou Ruxuan quickly denied:
"That's not the case. You're overthinking it."
Zhou Ruxuan pulled her hand back in panic, her fingertips unconsciously twisting the corner of her clothes.
Mu Nanyan sighed when she heard this, and looked at Zhou Ruxuan and said:
"How many years have we known each other? Is there something wrong with you that I can tell? What you said just now clearly shows that you have someone in your heart but you dare not say it."
Mu Nanyan paused and continued:
"You want to get married and have children, but you're almost thirty and still single. What else could it be? I just didn't expect...that person is Cui Hao."
In Mu Nanyan's memory, the two of them had basically no intersection.
The first time Zhou Ruxuan met Cui Hao was when he went to her house to deliver documents.
She really couldn't figure out when this secret love took root.
Zhou Ruxuan was with her almost every day, but she hadn't noticed that Zhou Ruxuan liked Cui Hao. A trace of guilt suddenly welled up in her heart. She was such an incompetent friend...
Realizing that Mu Nanyan was just guessing, Zhou Ruxuan's tense shoulders finally relaxed.
Fortunately, she didn't show it very obviously. If Cui Hao knew about this, she really wouldn't know how to get along with them.
"Could you please not tell Cui Hao about this? I don't want him to know..."
Zhou Ruxuan looked at Mu Nanyan with pleading eyes, and Mu Nanyan looked at her puzzledly:
"Why? If you don't tell him, he will never know."
"I don't want him to know..."
"Why?"
Zhou Ruxuan smiled bitterly and shook her head:
"Because I know that there's no chance between him and me. It would be awkward for everyone to say it out loud. It's fine like this now. At least... we can still be friends."
Mu Nanyan felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
She later learned that Zhou Ruxuan had not grown up in a smooth environment.
It is precisely because of this bumpy growth experience that she has become the person she is today, always considering others but never caring about her own feelings.
Zhou Ruxuan is a typical giving person. As long as the people around her are safe and sound, she is willing to sacrifice herself and doesn't care about her own situation.
Over the years, Mu Nanyan has been patiently guiding her, hoping that she can think more about herself.
What made Mu Nanyan happy was that Zhou Ruxuan had indeed changed a lot, and she was no longer just giving as she used to be.
But she never expected that after meeting the man she fell in love with, Zhou Ruxuan returned to her old self, as if all the changes she had made before had vanished in an instant...
"Is it because of me? Because he likes me, and you're afraid that if you tell everyone, we won't even be able to be friends anymore?"
When Zhou Ruxuan heard this, she slowly lowered her head, and her hair inadvertently fell, covering part of her cheek.
Her eyes were slightly lowered, and the emotions in them were as complex as a deep pool, with loss, struggle, and a hint of unspeakable bitterness and helplessness. It seemed that her heart was being pulled by many thoughts, and waves were surging.
At first, it was Cui Hao who took the initiative to add Zhou Ruxuan on WeChat.
At that time, Cui Hao was very elegant and his manners showed the elegant temperament of a gentleman.
He is handsome, a doctor, and has no bad habits in life.
It can be said that everything about Cui Hao seemed to be tailor-made according to Zhou Ruxuan's ideal type. When they met for the first time, Zhou Ruxuan was completely attracted to him.
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