Chapter 70: Leave the House
Coffee shop on the first floor of Times Jiaxiang.
As soon as Yan Nian entered, he saw Yan Qilin sitting by the window.
If you keep looking at the time on your watch, it means you have other things to do.
Yan Nian moved over and sat down in front of him.
Yan Qilin looked quite haggard, as if he hadn't had a rest all night.
Seeing her look of shame: "Nian Nian."
Yan Nian took off his baseball cap and silently took the order from the waiter: "I want an Americano, thank you!"
Waiter: "Okay, please wait."
After the waiter left, Yan Qilin asked about her whereabouts last night: "You didn't go to grandma's house or your uncle's house last night. Did you rest in the hotel?"
Yan Nian looked at his father and did not answer the question.
"Have you had lunch? Or..."
He wanted to ask something, but was ignored by Yan Nian. Yan Qilin sighed with a sad face: "Dad is sorry for you."
A long time has passed.
Yan Nian glanced out the window, feeling mixed emotions, and coldly got to the point: "When did you start?"
Yan Qilin lowered his eyes and did not answer immediately, as if he was choosing his words.
Yan Nian smiled stiffly, as if this was no longer important. She changed the question, "You and Mom have wanted to divorce for a long time, but you didn't because of me, right?"
It seemed that all her questions were very difficult, and Yan Qilin remained silent.
Yan Nian suppressed her sore eyes. When he acquiesced, she adjusted her mood and continued, "So, I am a burden to you, right?"
Yan Qilin finally responded: "No, Dad doesn't think you're a burden. Don't think of yourself like that, okay?"
Yan Nian smiled and said, "But you guys make me feel like I am."
"I have an older sister, her name is Yan Meng, and her nickname is Sisi, right?"
Yan Qilin's sad expression finally froze.
Yan Nian didn't want to open up old wounds. She really didn't understand why Xu Yiqing was like this, and why Yan Qilin was so indifferent to this family. She wanted to know. Yan Nian asked her father across from her: "Yan Meng, where did she go?"
Yan Qilin sighed, raised his hand to his forehead to hide his sorrow, and after a while, he choked out, "Sisi, she died in a car accident when she was four years old."
Yan Nian lowered her eyes, tears dripping onto her pants. She swallowed the pain in her throat and said, "She will always stay at the age of four. If she were still here, Mom would be more normal, and you wouldn't divorce her. You wouldn't want an obedient child like her sister, and I wouldn't be here. You wouldn't be disappointed because of me, and then plan to divorce long ago because I was rebellious, fell in love, and filled out my college application without telling you, so you had to delay. Right?"
Yan Qilin's lips trembled: "No, Nian Nian."
Yan Nian looked at him and asked, "Then what am I?"
"You will always be my proudest daughter and my only daughter."
Yan Nian smiled: "When I was twelve years old, I could already play the piano very well, but I have never enjoyed the praise that Wen Ruirui has received. I am not your pride, nor am I your only daughter. I am myself."
I don’t know if it’s because of guilt, but Yan Qilin’s brows were furrowed.
Yan Nian's heart broke down. "I'm very scared of Mom. I've thought about why she's like this countless times. Now I understand that, in fact, a long time ago, deep down in your heart, you've already indulged her like this. Without Yan Meng, I became her sustenance. Every time she couldn't control her anger at me, or when she was unhappy, it was to get your attention. You only perfunctorily gave her the thumbs-up and blamed her. You never really loved her or coaxed her." After a pause, "You've never spoken a word to her seriously like you did to that woman."
Yan Qilin was speechless.
Yan Nian felt much better after saying this: "Dad, is there anything you want to say to me?"
Yan Qilin sighed: "Dad is sorry for you, Dad will make it up to you in the future, okay?"
Yan Nian curved her lips and said, "No, I can't be with that woman day and night. I don't want to see you two get along, and I don't want you to make amends. I can't let you choose between us. Do you want them or me?"
She no longer needs what she has never had.
Yan Qilin's lips trembled: "Then whatever you want, Daddy will satisfy you."
She just wanted Xu Yiqing to be more normal and her life to be simpler.
Yan Nian didn't worry about the property that Yan Qilin transferred. After all, he was his biological father and he didn't want to make things too embarrassing.
However, no one can share what he and Xu Yiqing have written in the divorce agreement.
Yan Nian said calmly, "I want you to leave the house with nothing, and I also want that woman and her daughter to never appear in my mother's and my sight again."
"And you can't move into that house in the south that's under grandma's name."
This was her biggest concession. If that woman continued to disgust them under the pretext of being their stepmother, Yan Nian couldn't guarantee that she would do something impulsive.
Yan Qilin bought the house under the pretext of giving it to her in the future and let a third party move in. She really couldn't accept it.
Is it Yan Qilin's selfish desire, or is he really giving it to her?
Yan Qilin's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but feel horrified when he saw his daughter's distant and calm eyes.
How did she know about the existence of that house?
Yan Nian looked at him intently, and without waiting for an answer, asked, "Is it okay?"
After a long silence, Yan Qilin finally nodded: "Okay, I promise you."
Yan Nian smiled. As soon as the coffee was served, she grabbed her bag and said, "Okay, remember your promise."
"Niannian." Yan Qilin stood up and tried to catch up, but the man had already left the coffee shop.
Yan Nian passed by Huayue Mansion on the way to the subway and took a look inside.
This house was bought jointly by Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin, and they had originally discussed moving back and renovating it.
It's all an illusion.
She stopped for a moment and walked straight to the subway entrance.
When passing through the gate, there was finally a voice in Yan Nian's empty mind.
After staying at her grandmother's house for one night, Yan Nian packed her daily clothes in the afternoon and rushed to the hotel at around five o'clock.
The hotel was booked for a week, the same one that Zhou Ran checked out of that night, as it was closer to him.
On the way, she sent a message to Zhou Ran: [Are you free tonight?]
Zhou Ran: [Hmm?]
Yan Nian asked: [I'll treat you to a meal.]
Zhou Ran wasn't at home, so he just sent her an address: [Come over.]
It is a top club in Lindu.
Zhou Ran was sitting in a big bag watching them play games. Qi Jin came over and glanced at his phone. When he saw the note, he didn't treat himself as an outsider and went straight over to take a look.
Zhou Ran didn't avoid it and looked at Yan Nian's reply: [Okay, it might take a while. I need to put my things down first and then come back to see you.]
Zhou Ran replied in front of Qi Jin: [Yes.]
Qi Jin read the chat content carefully, and perhaps these messages made him look at Yan Nian in a different light.
What's the matter? This way of chatting should be changed.
Seeing Zhou Ran's cold and arrogant reply of "hmm", Qi Jin was irritated and asked, "This beautiful Yan took the initiative to invite you to dinner. Is that rare? Is she pursuing you?"
Zhou Ran raised the corner of his mouth and said leisurely: "I think so!"
He was not sure before, but he felt relieved after being kissed secretly.
"Fuck," Qi Jin couldn't stand seeing his face like that, "Can you speak properly?"
Zhou Ran: "I've always treated animals like this."
"Fuck you." Qi Jin grabbed his collar and wanted to beat him.
Zhou Ran raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "You want me to sort out your little trouble for you?"
Qi Jin raised his fist: "You know too much, I'm going to kill you today."
Xue Jiyan thought the two were going to fight, so he ran over without understanding the situation and pulled Qi Jin with a conciliatory look on his face: "What are you doing?"
祁进也没真揍，放开周然的衣服：“你没看这逼一脸欠揍的笑容，人家初恋追他呢！估计这些年没少灌防腐剂，不然脑子早想坏了。”
Xue Jiyan smiled and said, "Isn't this a good thing? At least before my brain goes bad, it's my first love..."
Xue Jiyan finally reacted: "What did you say? First love? Yan Nian?"
Qi Jin: "Then who else is there?"
Xue Jiyan realized it belatedly: "Oh my god, Mr. Zhou, is this true?"
On the other side, Yan Nian checked into the hotel, took out her makeup bag, packed it up, and took the subway to the club.
Zhou Ran specifically greeted the people at the door, and when Yan Nian arrived, someone led her to the door of the business suite.
"Mr. Zhou and the others are inside." said the woman who brought her over.
Yan Nian let out a light breath and pushed the door open. The light inside was not as dim as she had imagined.
The entire large private room was brightly lit, with about ten men and women sitting around playing games. Zhou Ran stood out among them. Xue Jiyan and Qi Jin were also there.
When they heard the door open, they turned to look at her.
Yan Nian's breathing stagnated and he stood there, not knowing how to control the expression on his face.
Qi Jin first glanced at Zhou Ran and shouted, "Hey, the beautiful Yan is here."
Zhou Ran stood up and came over: "Play or go?"
Yan Nian glanced behind him and said, "Let's go!"
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