Not long after Yuwen Feng and Da Xiye left, Lan Zihan appeared at the door of Room 805 of the Royal Hotel, holding her hands in the air for a long time, and she didn't let them fall. She didn't know what kind of expression or words she should use to face her former brother.
The door opened suddenly, and Lie Yan stood at the door. Lan Zihan looked up at him. At that moment, she really wanted to cry.
"Come in." Lie Yan turned and went back to the room.
Lan Zihan followed Lie Yan in, closed the door, but stood there, not taking a step forward. Lie Yan noticed that she was standing there, and walked back, stretched out a strong big hand, and pressed her head to his chest, "Cry if you want to."
She couldn't hold back her tears anymore, hugged his waist with both hands, and cried bitterly. It had been more than a month since her birthday, and apart from crying when she was drunk, this was the only time she cried without restraint.
What she had experienced in these days was more than what she had experienced in the previous twenty-four years. She turned all her grievances into tears, and cried them all out, soaking Lie Yan's black shirt.
Lan Zihan didn't know how long she had been crying. She cried until she couldn't cry anymore, and then she slowly stopped sobbing. Lie Yan took out a few sheets of tissue paper from the coffee table, helped her wipe her tears, and threw the tissue paper into the trash can.
The two siblings hadn't seen each other for more than two years, and when they met again, they were no longer in the same identity. They sat on the sofa, silent.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Lie Yan spoke first.
"I want to cover a few of your songs in my new album. Hu Jianmen, my boss, asked me to ask you for authorization. I want to ask you if it's possible."
"Sure," he agreed so readily. Over the years, many people wanted to cover his songs, but he never gave them any authorization. "But, Xiaohan, this is the last time I will help you. You have to remember that we are no longer the same as before. Lingshan is my real sister now."
"Then what should I call you in the future?" Lan Zihan tried to raise her head and sniffed. Only in front of him could she be so casual. Only in front of him would she let go of all her stubbornness and act like a child.
Lieyan took out his mobile phone, pointed to the WeChat message sent by Lan Zihan and said, "Just like this, it's fine."
Lan Zihan seemed to be choking, her lips moved, as if to say "OK", but no sound could be heard.
Lie Yan touched Lan Zi Han's head, just like before, he always liked to touch her head, sometimes he would tap her, "Xiao Han, do you still remember what I said to you?"
"In the past 24 years, you have said so many things to me, I don't know which one you said." Lan Zi Han felt very wronged. In the past 24 years, he had told her so many truths, but she didn't remember a word of it, all of them went in one ear and out the other.
Lie Yan tapped Lan Zi Han's head, "I knew you couldn't remember it."
Lan Zi Han stuck out her tongue and rubbed her head.
"I said, no one in this world is obligated to accompany you through your life. Many people come and go. Some people can come back, while some people miss each other and will never meet again. You should say goodbye to the past and start a new life. Just think of us as passers-by in your life."
Lan Zihan took a deep breath, "Brother, I remember it."
Lie Yan took out his mobile phone and pointed to the message sent by Lan Zihan, "You forgot what you just said?"
"It's a habit. How can I change my words so quickly? I promise that I will never call you again after I walk out of this door. Brother, don't worry, I will never embarrass you or let you down."
"I won't embarrass yourself." Lie Yan corrected. "Xiao Han, it's time for you to grow up."
Lan Zihan nodded vigorously and left the room where Lie Yan was. Just as Lan Zihan left, a woman walked out of the bedroom with a slender figure, "Lie Yan, if I had a sister like this, I would definitely not be as cruel as you."
Lie Yan looked up at her with a charming smile on his face, "You don't understand her."
The woman sat next to Lie Yan, "Are you really going to ignore her from now on? Twenty-four years of relationship, you just throw it away, what do you think of feelings, a rag?"
Lie Yan didn't say anything.
The woman seemed unwilling to give up. "Then one day, will you also throw away the relationship between you and me like you threw away the relationship between you and your sister?"
Lie Yan smiled, "Are you being coquettish with me?"
Lan Zihan walked out of the Royal Hotel, turned around, and looked at Lie Yan's room. This was the last time she looked up at him like this. If they met again, they might become strangers. You don't know me, and I don't know you. Although Lan Zihan felt a little heartbroken when she thought of this, she still looked forward to the next meeting.
Because she couldn't forget them.
As she turned around, an Aston Martin stopped in front of her. Lan Zihan knew this car, Chu Tiance's car. At his and Lan Lingshan's engagement ceremony, she had seen his Aston Martin watch key. This car was the one she asked him to buy, but he didn't buy.
Seeing Chu Tiance in the driver's seat, Lan Zihan couldn't help but sneer, "Hey, Aston Martin, it's so impressive, Master Chu, didn't you take your fiancée out to play today?"
"Lan..." Chu Tiance shut up as soon as he shouted, and then said, "Didn't Miss Zihan go out to play with her mixed-race fiancé?" He didn't want to talk to her in such a strange tone, but when he heard her say that, he couldn't help but talk to her like that.
Lan Zihan was stunned for a moment. It turned out that he already knew. "A family like us, who is a small family, has to work hard with our own hands to have food to eat. Unlike you, who has been living under someone else's roof for so many years, you are also a high and mighty young master."
Chu Tiance's hand holding the steering wheel trembled. Except for Lan Zihan, no one else dared to mention the four words "living under someone else's roof" in front of him, although in the eyes of everyone, he has always lived a "living under someone else's roof".
"Do you dare to get up?" Chu Tiance ignored Lan Zihan's words "living under someone else's roof" and said this directly.
"Why not? I'm afraid of you!" As he said that, Lan Zihan opened the car door rudely and sat in the co-pilot's seat.
This is Lan Zihan's weak spot. People who are familiar with her know that Lan Zihan has a quick temper. Provoking her is the most effective method for her. When you ask her "Do you dare?", her next sentence will definitely be "Why don't you dare?"