Extra Nan Luo: 19. You said you wouldn’t get married
During this period, Luo Hao and Yu Chuanbei had been meeting in the tavern to exchange information: Ling Ling's situation in Tuowu, Yu Jinnan's recent situation in Paris. Luo Hao arrived a little late that day, patted Yu Chuanbei's shoulder from behind, and glanced at the screen of his mobile phone, which he was concentrating on. It seemed to be a video of a celebration, with many people cheering. When Yu Chuanbei saw him coming, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He quickly muted the sound and exited the video interface, and put the phone on the table. "Is there any happy event in anyone's family?" Luo Hao asked casually. "No." Yu Chuanbei replied briefly, picked up the water glass and took a sip. Luo Hao saw that he was a little absent-minded and reminded him: "There is wine next to it, why are you drinking water?" Yu Chuanbei realized that he had taken the wrong glass and quickly changed hands. Luo Hao noticed something was amiss and asked, "Did you have another argument with Xiao Lingling?" Yu Chuanbei smiled bitterly and said, "She wouldn't give me that chance." "What else could be causing you to be so distracted?" Yu Chuanbei opened his mouth to say something, but gave up and took another sip of sake. "Is Jinnan doing well lately?" Luo Hao was a meticulous man, and he believed he knew Yu Chuanbei well. He paused for a moment, then curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "I don't know." Luo Hao knew something must be wrong with Jinnan. Luo Hao pretended to be completely absorbed in chatting with Yu Chuanbei for a while. While Yu Chuanbei was in the bathroom, Luo Hao retrieved his phone from the bar. He had told him at the party that the password was Yu's mother's birthday. Luo Hao unlocked Yu Chuanbei's phone, and the initial screen was still on the celebratory video. The frame was frozen on Jinnan's face, beaming, but half of it was being kissed by an older, white-haired man. His heart suddenly ached, and he dragged the video progress bar to the beginning. It turned out that the old white man had prepared a grand proposal ceremony for Jinnan. The banquet, champagne, dresses, flowers, crystal chandeliers, none of these were important; the only important thing was that Jinnan actually agreed! His hand holding the phone was shaking slightly, and he didn't feel that Yu Chuanbei had walked to his side. Seeing him like this, Yu Chuanbei couldn't help but say: "Don't watch it. This is her choice after all. As an old friend, you should just bless her silently from a distance." He reached out to take back his phone, but Luo Hao slammed it on the table, pressing the seemingly sweet picture firmly under his palm. "Does she love that old man?" Luo Hao lowered his eyes, and his voice seemed to be weighed by a huge rock. Yu Chuanbei said helplessly: "I really don't know about this. Since...
During this period, Luo Hao and Yu Chuanbei kept meeting in the tavern to exchange information: Ling Ling's situation in Tuowu and Yu Jinnan's recent situation in Paris.
Luo Hao arrived a little late that day. He patted Yu Chuanbei's shoulder from behind and glanced at his phone screen, which he was concentrating on. It looked like a video of a celebration, with many people cheering. Seeing him coming, Yu Chuanbei's eyes flashed with panic. He quickly muted the sound, exited the video interface, and put his phone on the table.
"Is there any happy event in anyone's family?" Luo Hao asked casually.
"No." Yu Chuanbei replied briefly, picked up the water glass and took a sip.
Luo Hao noticed that he was a little absent-minded and reminded him, "There's wine next to you, why are you drinking water?"
Yu Chuanbei realized that he had taken the wrong cup and quickly changed hands.
Luo Hao noticed that something was wrong with him, so he asked, "Did you have another fight with Xiao Lingling?"
Yu Chuanbei smiled bitterly and said, "How could she give me this opportunity?"
"What else could be causing you to be so distracted?"
When Yu Chuanbei heard Luo Hao ask this, he opened his mouth to say something, but gave up and took another sip of sake.
"Is there any situation with Jinnan recently?" Luo Hao was a meticulous person, and he believed that he knew Yu Chuanbei very well.
He was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips and said indifferently, "I don't know."
Luo Hao knew that something must have happened to Jin Nan.
Luo Hao pretended to be distracted and chatted with Yu Chuanbei for a while. While Yu Chuanbei was in the bathroom, Luo Hao picked up his cell phone that was on the bar. He had told him at the party that the password was Yu's mother's birthday.
Luo Hao unlocked Yu Chuanbei's phone, and the initial interface was still on the celebration video. The frozen picture was Jinnan's face with high spirits, but half of her cheek was being kissed by an old white man.
His heart ached suddenly, and he scrolled the video to the beginning. It turned out that the old white man had prepared a grand proposal ceremony for Jinnan. The banquet, champagne, dress, flowers, crystal chandeliers, none of these were important; the only important thing was that Jinnan actually agreed!
The hand holding the phone was shaking slightly, and he didn't notice Yu Chuanbei had walked up to him.
Seeing him like this, Yu Chuanbei couldn't help but said, "Don't look at it. This is her choice after all. As an old friend, you should just silently bless her from afar." He reached out to take his phone back, but Luo Hao slammed it on the table, pressing the seemingly sweet picture tightly under his palm.
"Does she love that old man?" Luo Hao lowered his eyes, and his voice seemed to be weighed by a huge rock.
Yu Chuanbei said helplessly: "I really don't know about this. I've never heard her mention it."
"She can't go back on her word. I've done everything I said. She can't go back on her word. She said she didn't want to get married and have children." He kept repeating himself, as if possessed by some kind of obsession.
Yu Chuanbei sat down sideways and comforted him, saying, "Everyone has different values at different ages. I heard her casually mention last year that she wanted to get married by the time she turned 30. Perhaps this is her way of choosing happiness now. You should also move on and stop trapping yourself."
This didn't comfort Luo Hao; it angered him instead. He stood up and yelled at Yu Chuanbei, "If it was Ling Ling who was marrying that old white guy, do you think she'd choose happiness? Would you stand by and watch? Would you just silently bless her from afar?"
Luo Hao clutched Yu Chuanbei's phone tightly, refusing to let go no matter how he tried to stop him. He rushed into the bathroom stall, locked himself in, turned off the annoying video, and returned to the chat screen between Yu Chuanbei and Jinnan. He saw the previous message in the video, and Yu Jinnan's message was still: "I'm getting married. Don't tell Luo Hao."
He dialed Yu Jinnan's number. The other party's voice sounded a little lazy, and he said rudely, "What's up?" She naturally thought it was Yu Chuanbei.
"Jinnan." He finally called her name again, but he never expected it to be in such a scene.
The other party was silent for a long time. He was about to speak again when he heard the sound of the phone being hung up.
He called again, and she hung up again. This went on several times, and Yu Jinnan wanted to turn off her phone, but she was afraid he would do something impulsive, so she had to answer the phone.
"You said on the first day we met that you are a staunch non-marriageist and that you want to be a DINK for life." Luo Hao tried to keep his tone steady. He didn't want to still be an impulsive young man in her mind.
"Luo Hao, that was what I said six or seven years ago. People change. Especially me. I told you a long time ago that I am not a steadfast woman." Yu Jinnan said.
"Is he good to you?" he asked.
"Of course," she replied.
"Do you love him, then?"
She was silent for a few seconds before she said those two words again: "Of course."
Luo Hao chuckled once, then twice, and then couldn't stop laughing. Yu Jinnan actually felt that the laughter was shrill and creepy.
"Yu Jinnan, Yu Jinnan," Luo Hao said in a mocking tone, as if he had laughed enough. "You really deceived me. You used some liberal romanticism as a cover, but you are actually a coward at heart. I never thought you would end up like this, setting a trap for yourself and then falling into it like an idiot. Well, why don't I wish you and that old guy a baby soon? I can't go to the wedding banquet, but remember to invite me to the full moon banquet."
After saying that, he hung up the phone, walked out of the filthy bar toilet cubicle, casually threw Yu Chuanbei's phone back into his hand, and left without looking back.
*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yu Jinnan could never have imagined that the robbery-like knock on the door in the middle of the night would come from Luo Hao, whom he had not seen for four years.
Her hair disheveled, wrapped in a nightgown, she stood barefoot at the door, dazed as she took in his features. Although he looked more mature and haggard from the two days of travel, it was definitely him.
The look in his eyes when he looked at her no longer had the sincere warmth that he once had, but was instead cold and even a little disdainful.
He bumped her shoulder, walked in unceremoniously sideways, threw his slovenly backpack on the ground, and walked towards the kettle in the living room. He must have been very thirsty, so he couldn't wait to pour the water into the cup, took off the lid, and drank directly from the glass kettle.
"Luo Hao, what are you doing?" Yu Jinnan asked unhappily while standing behind him.
He drank heartily, panting and smiling contemptuously, saying, "Nothing serious. I, the senior, am just visiting the junior."
He actually walked straight to the bedroom and pushed the door open.
Yu Jinnan still stood there motionless, but his anger had already risen to his head.
Luo Haoxin walked out and was unmoved by her furious look. He continued to say shamelessly, "Could it be that you two are still so conservative that the man still wants to stay in the guest room before getting married?" He walked into the guest room again, but still could not see the old man.
"I don't live with him." Yu Jinnan tried her best to suppress her anger. If it weren't for the fact that he had come all day and night to be here, she really wanted to slap him and kick him out.
Luo Hao, however, still maintained that annoying expression: "Really? I thought you had to help him clear his phlegm every night and then change the chamber pot."
"Luo Hao!" She blushed and gritted her teeth, "Don't humiliate him, and don't ridicule me."
"Can't I?" Luo Hao actually grinned, "You didn't say that in bed. But, it's true..." He put his hands in his trouser pockets, walked around to her in a nonchalant manner and said, "You don't keep your word anymore. What you said about not getting married and being a DINK for life is just a lie to deceive innocent boys. So, I don't have to stick to my promise of never going back to Paris. I can come when I want. I'm just curious, you have so many ex-boyfriends in Beijing, why didn't you let Yu Chuanbei tell me the good news of your marriage?" "You--" Jin Nan wanted to scold him, but the voice that came out was trembling and choked.
When Luo Hao saw the tears in her eyes, his evil look disappeared and he froze in place, just feet away from her, unable to move.
"Luo Hao, you bastard!"
Jin Nan cursed him hatefully, and the tears in her eyes rolled down, sliding across her nose, lips, and chin, which were the places he had been thinking about kissing day and night.
"No matter how much of a bastard I am, I'm not as bad as you." Luo Hao's eyes were also covered with tears, and his tone was like a knife, but it hurt himself first.
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