Chapter 89 Hungry
The night was as dark as ink, and the cold moon was covered by gloomy clouds. Occasionally, the night wind blew by, and the heavy shadows of the trees swayed, and the branches made sounds. People's mood was not very peaceful.
The streetlights in Wenqing Park have been in disrepair for many years, with only a few of them dimly lit, making any movement below seem intimidating.
Yan Nian hid her face in Zhou Ran's chest, her whole body was embraced by him, feeling safe and warm, and only fatigue was left.
Did she succeed? She should have.
Yan Nian knew that this method was too extreme, but she had no choice but to take a gamble.
Xu Yiqing wiped her tears and was helped to stand up. She and Yan Qilin looked at the two people hugging each other in shock.
This young man was about the same age as Yan Nian. It was their first meeting. Although the light was too dim, his clothes and outline alone were enough to make him extraordinary.
Yan Qilin was confused and asked, "Who are you?"
Yan Nian moved numbly and separated from his arms.
Zhou Ran let her go and turned to Yan Qilin and Xu Yiqing, saying respectfully, "Professor Yan, President Xu, my name is Zhou Ran."
Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin were immediately shocked. Zhou Ran, this name was very familiar to them.
I had only heard of him but never seen him in person. I didn't expect to meet him in such an occasion after so many years.
Judging from the status of the two, it seems that they are back together.
I had tried every means to stop him before, thinking that he was just an unreliable young man. However, after so many years, the person standing in front of me turned out to be a young man with extraordinary demeanor.
When Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin recovered from their shock, they felt awkward considering what had happened before and their current predicament.
Yan Qilin looked around and nodded nervously: "Hello, hello."
Xu Keguan observed Xu Yiqing's expression and pulled her hand, saying, "Second Aunt, stop crying. It's pitch black here. If there's anything, let's go home and talk about it. Let's go!"
Xu Yiqing looked at Yan Nian in the dim light from a distance.
Yan Nian turned his head and looked away, not wanting to pay any attention to her.
Xu Yiqing was still sobbing sadly. She turned around dejectedly and was supported by Xu Ke as she walked towards the parking lot.
Mu Chen comforted Yan Qilin: "Let's go, Professor, we are here."
Yan Qilin: "Okay."
Zhou Ran embraced Yan Nian and said, "Let's go to the car and take a rest."
Yan Nian nodded.
After calming down a little, Yan Nian found it difficult to face Zhou Ran. She didn't know why he appeared here with Xu Ke and the others.
She obviously didn't want him to know these things.
Along the way, Yan Nian lowered her eyes and walked forward without saying a word as he led her.
There were two cars parked at the entrance of the park. Xu Ke followed Xu Yiqing into their own car.
Yan Qilin turned around and waited for the person behind him.
Zhou Ran let go of her hand, and Yan Nian directly opened the back door of his car and sat in.
Yan Qilin sighed in disappointment.
Mu Chen said, "Don't worry, Professor. We will get her home safely."
Yan Qilin's face was filled with anxiety, and he nodded: "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Teacher Mu, please help us to enlighten her, ah!"
Mu Chen: "Yes."
Yan Qilin started the car and left first.
In another car, Mu Chen sat in the passenger seat, turned his head to glance at Yan Nian who was curled up behind him, and said to the man in the driver's seat with a worried look on his face, "Let's go, Mr. Zhou, let her take it easy first."
Zhou Ran nodded: "Yeah."
Yan Nian fell into a deep sleep in the car. When he woke up, he didn't know what time it was.
She was still in Zhou Ran's car, wearing the coat he was wearing today.
The windows on both sides of the back seat were cracked open to provide her with oxygen, and the car was parked in the underground parking lot of Huajiayuan.
After she gained awareness, what happened by the river flashed through her mind, instantly filling her bad mood.
Yan Nian sat down for a while, picked up her bag, opened the car door and got out.
"woke up."
Yan Nian stopped and smelled the smell of smoke. He turned sideways and saw Zhou Ran standing next to the pillar, with a little scarlet on his fingertips and an unprecedented look of fatigue on his face.
Yan Nian's heart was tugged fiercely, and he replied weakly: "Yeah."
No one spoke anymore, and everyone looked at each other.
After a long while, Zhou Ran put out his cigarette and threw it into a nearby blue trash can. He came over and said, "They're upstairs, let's go back."
Yan Nian drooped his eyelashes in disappointment, unable to utter a word.
She lied to him again.
Zhou Ran forced a smile and broke the silence: "You want me to accompany you?"
Yan Nian said softly, "Wait for me, I'll go up and take a look and then come down."
Zhou Ran couldn't do anything about her: "I've been here, go ahead!"
After Zhou Ran agreed, Yan Nian looked back every three steps, as if she was afraid that he would leave.
Zhou Ran watched her figure disappear at the elevator entrance and fell into deep thought in the direction she disappeared.
The sight of her standing by the river trembling tonight, with a bottomless abyss behind her, frightened him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat and is still haunted by it.
Xu Ke contacted him to look for someone together, but he was not going tonight. Given the situation at the time, did the girl really jump?
He believed that Yan Nian always acted with propriety, but now he began to feel uncertain.
Yan Nian went to see that girl these days, originally thinking that it was because his grandmother was hospitalized because of a woman's anger.
Unexpectedly, her real purpose was to use herself as a bet.
In the afternoon, Xu Ke brought Mu Chen over and talked about Yan Nian's whereabouts. Xu Ke was cautious and worried that if he and Yan Nian were together, they would be haunted by what happened that year. He mentioned the incident that year: "She probably didn't tell you that she didn't deliberately abandon you at the airport that year and didn't contact you. It was because her phone was confiscated and she couldn't contact you."
"Second Aunt and Uncle took good care of her and were very strict with her. They never let her have contact with other men, fearing that her studies and future would be affected by a relationship. However, after so many years, Nian'er has always loved you and that has never changed. Now that you are together again, I hope you won't treat her badly because of what happened back then."
Zhou Ran took out the cigarette box again, took out a cigarette and put it between his lips, lit it, and exhaled the smoke with his Adam's apple tilted back.
The picture of the half month when Yan Nian was missing gradually came into focus. Was it because of him that Yan Nian suffered severe criticism from her parents?
Under increasing pressure, I chose to cut off contact with him.
At that time, his girl was sad, depressed and miserable.
He knows nothing.
If it were someone else, they would have been crushed long ago.
Yan Nian took the elevator upstairs and walked to her grandmother's door. Mu Chen was standing outside playing with his mobile phone.
Yan Nian was stunned for a moment: "Senior."
Mu Chen raised his eyes: "Are you back?"
Yan Nian: "Yeah."
At this time, Yan Nian couldn't invite him in to sit down. While they were silent, the sound of a glass breaking came from inside the house, breaking the awkwardness.
Yan Qilin: "Mom, calm down."
Yao Lijun's angry voice followed: "I only have this granddaughter, and you are treating her like this? She is your flesh and blood, you picked her up and you can't treat her like this."
Xu Ke: "Grandma, Nian'er is fine. Don't get excited. Take care of yourself. I'll go get her up now."
Yao Lijun: "If you want to divorce, then divorce. Nian Nian stay with me. From now on, you can go wherever you want and live with whoever you want. I don't care anymore."
Yan Nian felt sad after hearing this. She didn't want her grandmother to know about her plan.
Yan Nian bit her lower lip and raised her hand to knock on the door.
Xu Ke ran over and opened the door: "I was just about to go downstairs to call you!"
Yan Nian said to Mu Chen, "Senior, I'll go in first."
Mu Chen: "Yeah."
Yan Nian was pushed into the living room by Xu Ke: "Grandma, Nian'er is here."
Yao Lijun sat on the sofa and vented her anger, while Xu Yiqing and Yan Qilin stood on each side of the balcony with their backs to the living room.
Yao Lijun saw her and stretched out her hand: "Come here and let grandma see you."
Yan Nian went over and sat down: "Grandma, I'm fine."
Before she came, Yao Lijun forced Xu Ke to tell the truth about the situation. The old lady was very angry.
The stalemate lasted until ten o'clock. Yao Lijun had a regular schedule and had to go to bed before nine o'clock. Now she could not bear it any longer.
Except for Yan Nian, all others were driven away by Yao Lijun.
Yan Nian stayed to accompany her grandmother.
Yan Qilin and Xu Yiqing went their separate ways.
One went to his eldest brother's house, and the other went back to school.
Yan Nian comforted Yao Lijun to sleep and ran downstairs in a panic.
Seeing the man still smoking by the pillar, Yan Nian quickly walked over and hugged him from behind, speaking incoherently: "Stop smoking?"
Zhou Ran froze for a moment, extinguished the cigarette at his fingertips, turned around and hugged her, saying in a deep voice, "No more smoking. Are you hungry?"
Yan Nian finally recovered. She smelled the tobacco on him and nodded, "I'm hungry."
Zhou Ran rubbed her head: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat."
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