Chapter 88: Yan the translator, what are you doing standing there?
"Sister," Wen Ruirui took Yan Nian's hand, "Come to our house for dinner tonight. My mother will definitely like you very much."
Yan Nian glanced at her hand, then back at her face, and moved his lips: "It's impossible for your mother to like me."
Wen Ruirui said innocently, "Definitely not."
Yan Nian's expression was cold: "Send your mother the location, she said she would come to see you."
"Is she coming to see me?" Wen Ruirui confirmed again.
Yan Nian did not answer.
Wen Ruirui noticed her displeasure and thought she was angry about what happened on the phone just now. She pursed her lips, carefully pulled her hand away, and whispered, "Okay."
Wen Ruirui did as she was told and sent an address to Wen Lijun.
The other side.
There was a police station across the street, and Wen Lijun crossed the zebra crossing without looking at the traffic lights.
Private cars slammed on the brakes to make way for the panicked woman. One driver leaned over and asked, "Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Wen Lijun was no longer paying attention to the sounds around her. When she heard the text message ringtone on her phone, she hurriedly took it out to see the location sent by Wen Ruirui.
She murmured, "Ruirui, Ruirui."
Wen Lijun dialed the phone with trembling hands.
At the same time, a motorcycle made a sharp buzzing sound on the right, and Wen Lijun subconsciously turned her head when she heard it.
The black motorcycle rushed straight towards her as if it was coming to take her life. Wen Lijun was so scared that her eyes widened and she was speechless with panic. It was too late for her to react.
The motorcycle roared like death, swallowing her alive and passing by her at the very edge of her neck.
Wen Lijun's legs went weak and she fell to the ground. Her cell phone flew several meters away and was crushed to pieces by a passing car.
The red light ahead turned green, and a passerby helped her, who was so frightened that she collapsed, to the side of the road.
Wen Lijun's ears were ringing and she was panicking, so she couldn't hear clearly what they were saying.
Talking to himself, Yan Nian is a lunatic.
The motorcycle just now was aimed at her life, to remind her not to call the police, otherwise she would die. Yan Nian was a psychopath and wanted her to die.
Wen Lijun broke away from the crowd, stood at the door of the police station, and walked in hesitantly.
After entering, she shouted anxiously that someone had kidnapped her daughter. Faced with the police's questions, Wen Lijun hesitated and could not explain clearly.
These police officers didn't understand what the other party's motive was. Yan Nian wanted to frame her daughter and kill her.
Why did Yan Nian do this?
Why did she do this? Wen Lijun suddenly realized that no, she could not have such a criminal record, otherwise she would never be able to return to school.
Wen Lijun ran out of the police station and hailed a taxi. "Hurry, let's go to Wenqing Park."
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Wen Ruirui heard the phone ring, but Wen Lijun hung up before she picked up the phone. She called back at a later time, but Wen Lijun's call was always unreachable.
Wen Ruirui said curiously, "Why can't I get through to Mom on the phone? Sister, can I borrow your phone to try?"
Yan Nian raised his wrist to check the time and said, "No need to call, it's almost time."
Wen Ruirui: "Oh, she said she would come to see me, right?"
Yan Nian: "Yeah."
Not long after, a Range Rover and a taxi stopped at the entrance of Wenqing Park at the same time.
One in front and one behind, Xu Yiqing quickly unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the driver's seat and slammed the car door.
Yan Qilin got out from the passenger seat and asked, "Is this the place?"
Xu Yiqing ignored his question, took out his phone to check the location, and it was definitely here.
"professor."
The two of them turned their heads when they heard the trembling sound, and saw a woman with a disheveled look on her face just getting out of the taxi.
She looked at them with red eyes, as if she would break down and cry in the next second.
When Xu Yiqing saw the person coming, his anxious eyes turned into contempt. He looked the woman up and down. Her coral-colored skirt was covered with dust. Looking at her fragile face, Xu Yiqing felt extremely disgusted. He withdrew his gaze and called Yan Nian.
Yan Qilin looked at the people next to him, then at Wen Lijun: "Why are you here too?"
After she finished speaking, Wen Lijun hurried over and grabbed Yan Qilin's arm with tears in her eyes. "Professor, I beg you, ask your daughter to stop forcing us. She complained to me, and now she's taken Ruirui away too. I don't know what she's going to do. Ruirui is still so young, and she's my only relative. Can't I take Ruirui back to my hometown later? Please let her leave us a way out, Professor. She's a lunatic."
Yan Qilin listened to her plea and comforted her, "Don't cry, find the two children first."
Wen Lijun continued to cry, "Professor, it was Yan Nian who deliberately approached Ruirui and took my Ruirui away when I wasn't paying attention. She is capable of anything. Yan Nian is a lunatic."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yiqing hung up the phone in frustration, grabbed Wen Lijun's hand, and slapped her in the face with a "slap".
Yan Qilin quickly grabbed him and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Who are you calling crazy?" Xu Yiqing broke free from Yan Qilin's hand, glaring fiercely at the woman she'd stunned. She demanded forcefully, "What evidence do you have that my daughter deliberately approached yours? Why are you pretending to be pathetic? I gave you a pole, and you're actually using it to climb up."
Wen Lijun trembled all over when she thought of the motorcycle incident. She pushed her away and shouted like crazy: "Your daughter is just like you, a psychopath. I advise you to see a psychiatrist."
Before Xu Yiqing could land the second slap, Yan Qilin stepped between them and said, "Alright, stop talking now. Finding someone is more important. Let's go."
Xu Yiqing glanced at Yan Qilin and said, "Yan Qilin, let me tell you, if anything happens to Nian Nian today, none of you will be able to live in peace."
After saying this, he turned around and strode towards the river.
"Rui Rui."
"Nian Nian."
Wen Ruirui was bored and drawing with stones on the ground. When she heard someone calling in the distance, she immediately stood up and said, "Sister, listen, is that Mommy calling me?"
Yan Nian faced the river, his eyes gazing at the dusk.
Mixed with the sad bird calls and the gentle breeze, the voices of Yan Qilin and Xu Yiqing were heard.
Getting closer.
Wen Ruirui responded happily: "Mom, I'm here."
"Hey, it seems like there's more than just mom."
Wen Ruirui pulled her: "Sister, let's go over there!"
Yan Nian remained unmoved, his toes already touching the sideline.
Wen Ruirui had no choice but to wait there, responding from time to time.
The three of them quickly followed the sound and found them.
Wen Lijun saw that her daughter was safe and sound, her legs weakened, and she called out in a trembling voice, "Ruirui."
Wen Ruirui was stunned when she saw the person coming: "Mom, Uncle Yan."
There was another auntie she didn't recognize. She stared at her sister next to her with sharp eyes and shouted, "Yan Nian."
This sound startled Wen Ruirui, and she couldn't help but tremble her shoulders and pull Yan Nian who was beside her.
Wen Lijun's eyes were already swollen from crying. Seeing her daughter still talking to Yan Nian with an innocent look on her face, her heart skipped a beat and she shouted, "Ruirui, come here."
Wen Ruirui looked at the three adults blankly, not knowing what was going on. She froze and tried to hold Yan Nian's arm: "Sister, let's go."
Yan Nian listened to their nervous breathing, and there was a hint of unconcealable melancholy in his eyes.
Is she really that bad? Do people think she would hurt people?
Yan Nian couldn't help but have twisted thoughts in his mind.
Yan Nian slowly turned around, looked at their nervous expressions, raised his hand to hold Wen Ruirui's shoulders, and turned his cold face to Wen Lijun with a faint smile.
Wen Lijun shuddered, looked at the river behind her, and asked with wide eyes, "What do you want to do?"
Xu Yiqing yelled her name again, and Yan Qilin coaxed her, "Child, don't do anything stupid. Come here and talk slowly."
Wen Ruirui was puzzled and asked, "Sister, did they misunderstand something?"
Yan Nian smiled and said, “Well, they think I’m a bad person and will push you into the river.”
Wen Ruirui immediately understood why they were so flustered and explained for her: "Mom, Uncle Yan, we just came here to play, don't misunderstand."
Yan Qilin looked at Wen Ruirui's eyes full of worry. Yan Nian remembered it in his heart and smiled self-deprecatingly.
Wen Ruirui sensed a hint of danger approaching. The turbulent river behind her startled her and she called out, "Sister."
Yan Nian suddenly let go of her hand: "Go to your mother."
Wen Ruirui said in a trembling voice: "Okay."
Wen Lijun ran over and grabbed Wen Ruirui, asking anxiously, "Are you okay? Did she do anything to you?"
Wen Ruirui was still thinking that if she had stepped back just a little bit, she would have really fallen into the river. She didn't know why Yan Nian did that. It was so dangerous out there, but he didn't really pull her down with him. Wen Ruirui shook her head and said, "No."
Wen Lijun glared at Yan Nian and said to her daughter, "Wait over there for me. I want to talk to my sister."
Xu Yiqing said unhappily, "What else do you want to say? Say she kidnapped your daughter?"
Wen Lijun now felt confident: "She brought Ruirui out secretly, doesn't that count?"
Xu Yiqing found it ridiculous and asked Wen Ruirui, "Little girl, did you come here voluntarily? Or did your sister bring you here without your consent?"
Wen Ruirui felt the woman's strong pressure and looked at Wen Lijun: "I volunteered to be your aunt. It's not my sister's fault. Mom was just too worried about me, so she misunderstood. Auntie, calm down."
Xu Yiqing smiled and said, "Did you hear that? Your daughter volunteered, so you don't want to leave? Or do you want your daughter to know about your shameful deeds?"
Wen Lijun was speechless.
Wen Ruirui was confused and looked at Wen Lijun, wondering if she was hiding something from her. This aunt's gaze was like a torch, making people feel extremely scared from the bottom of their hearts. It was not something Wen Lijun could handle. She pulled Wen Lijun and said, "Let's go, Mom."
She waved to Yan Nian again: "Goodbye, sister."
Wen Ruirui asked Yan Qilin: "Uncle, let's go together?"
Yan Qilin was in no mood to care about the mother and daughter, but as long as the child was not harmed, he said to her kindly, "Uncle will not go with you. I also have something to say to you, sister. Go back with your mother."
Wen Lijun: "Professor, I..."
Yan Qilin interrupted her and stopped looking at her: "Go back, we'll talk later."
Wen Ruirui pulled Wen Lijun and quickly fled the scene.
Yan Nian looked at his parents coldly. As they looked at each other, Xu Yiqing no longer had any temper.
Yan Qilin stepped forward and said, "Nian Nian, go home with Daddy."
Yan Nian was indifferent: "Don't worry, let's chat."
Yan Nian thought it was ridiculous to gather them all here in this way, but it worked.
Yan Qilin and Xu Yiqing’s marriage can no longer be reversed. If they continue to delay, it will not only waste time.
As for that woman, she is not a broad-minded saint. As an adult, she should pay for her actions.
Yan Qilin stopped and looked at the river behind her. A bad premonition suddenly arose: "Don't retreat, it's dangerous behind."
Seeing that her feet had reached the edge of the river, Xu Yiqing's eyes flashed with panic: "If you have anything to say, go home and tell me. Come here quickly."
Yan Nian scoffed and asked, "Where is home?"
Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin choked at the same time.
They had never seen their usually sweet and gentle daughter ask such cold questions.
The smile on Yan Nian's lips gradually faded: "Do you think I will push Wen Ruirui down from here?"
Yan Qilin said: "No, I believe you."
Yan Nian smiled disappointedly: "Believe? Do you really believe me?"
Yan Qilin choked.
Xu Yiqing was still staring at her feet standing on the edge, with the cold and fast-flowing river water behind him, afraid that he would lose her forever if he was not careful.
Xu Yiqing met Yan Nian's empty eyes, which contained the most despair and exhaustion she had ever seen.
Xu Yiqing's face was pale and blue, and he moved his lips and struggled to speak from his throat: "What do you want to talk about?"
After a long while, Yan Nian asked them, "I'm just an accessory, right?"
Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin said in unison: "No."
Yan Nian interrupted them: "Yes. Unfortunately, I am not Yan Meng."
During those years, Xu Yiqing said that she was disobedient and not as good as her. She thought he was just comparing her with the girl next door. But after seeing those photos, she realized that the 'she' Xu Yiqing was talking about was actually her sister whom she had never met.
Yan Meng died in a car accident when she was four years old, which dealt a great blow to Yan Qilin and Xu Yiqing. They have not been able to face the scars for so many years.
But she is not Yan Meng.
Xu Yiqing took two steps forward, choking with sobs and unable to speak. She didn't dare to face herself, and even didn't dare to admit "no" from the bottom of her heart.
Yan Nian's face was filled with despair.
Yan Nian looked at Xu Yiqing, her eyes moist, and said sadly: "Sisi is the reason why we have Yan Nian today. You have always missed her."
"I'm being pressured by double the love, I'm almost suffocating, and you've never even asked me if I want it. You've only tried to control me and deprive me of my right to choose." Yan Nian said coldly, "I'm not a child, nor am I useless. Can you please respect me and try to let each other go? Okay?"
The tone was cold, but sounded like a plea.
Xu Yiqing suddenly fell into endless panic. These words came from Yan Nian's mouth, she did not hear it wrongly.
Has she really done anything wrong over the years?
I clearly wanted to give her the best and not let her take any detours, so what did I do wrong?
Xu Yiqing burst into tears, her whole body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground.
Yan Qilin put one hand on his waist and the other on his forehead to hide his emotion and deep thought.
Yan Nian thought about the day when her grandmother was discharged from the hospital. Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin were there, and Yao Lijun sent her away to buy wontons.
When I came back, I heard Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin arguing.
Yan Nian still remembers their conversation at that time.
Yan Qilin: "If you hadn't been careless back then, would Sisi have gotten into a car accident? Now you've made Nian Nian like this, could you please stop being so unreasonable?"
Xu Yiqing: "Am I being unreasonable? Yan Qilin, ask yourself, how much have you cared about us mother and daughter over the years? You're either busy with school matters or busy with students, and now you're raising someone else's daughter. You're really amazing..."
Yao Lijun: "That's enough, Yan Qilin. It happened so many years ago, huh? You're blaming Yiqing again. Is it her fault alone?"
"When the eldest brother passed away, I understand your feelings as a parent. I didn't stop you from moving to Lingyun to develop your career. Now you are so old, and you want to divorce. What do you think Nian Nian will feel? This is the only granddaughter in our Yan family. Do you want to leave her without anyone to love her? If that's the case, what kind of parents are you? Yan Qilin, apologize to Yiqing now."
Yan Qilin: "Mom, please don't worry about our affairs."
Yao Lijun: "Okay, I don't care. If you ever associate with that woman again, come back and collect her body!"
When Yan Nian saw how sad and silent they were, her disappointment was magnified infinitely.
"Translator Yan, what are you doing standing there? Aren't you afraid of being swept away by the river?"
A familiar voice came from the front left.
Yan Nian looked in the direction of the voice, and a hint of uneasiness flashed in his hazy eyes.
Zhou Ran.
Dusk had already fallen, and the surroundings were desolate and gray-blue. Yan Nian could not see the real person coming, but only saw three shadows walking towards her.
It was Zhou Ran, Xu Ke and Mu Chen.
Why is Zhou Ran here?
Xu Ke ran over first, panting heavily: "Nian'er, don't do anything stupid."
Zhou Ran glanced at the scene, his expression gradually becoming serious. He suppressed the sharpness in his eyes and walked straight ahead.
Yan Nian watched the person getting closer and closer, her mind went blank. Her trembling hand was held by a warm and broad hand, which took her a few steps forward and out of danger.
There was a glint of light in Yan Nian's eyes as she looked at him quietly.
Mu Chen and Xu Ke tried to help Xu Yiqing, who was lying on the ground with tears streaming down her face.
The river wind made Yan Nian's body stiff, and her cold hands only warmed up a little when Zhou Ran held hers.
Zhou Ran felt her body trembling uncontrollably, her fingers cold, and said in a voice neither too loud nor too soft, "Give me your other hand."
Yan Nian didn't give it to him, and with red eyes she snuggled into his arms.
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