Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Who will take you home?
This somewhat cheap apricot-colored umbrella was held tightly in a slender, powerful hand.
Xia Nuan saw Ye Li. Is it him?!
"Long time no see." Ye Li took off his glasses and put them on his chest.
Xia Nuan avoided his gaze, but the look still burned her.
It's been a while, indeed. Xia Nuan sighed inwardly. She didn't ask why Ye Li was here. The expensive fireworks display a few days ago, coupled with today's encounter, didn't seem like a coincidence to her. They were all adults, so even if it wasn't stated explicitly, Xia Nuan naturally knew what Ye Li's presence at the airport meant.
She wouldn't deny the beautiful memories they had shared, but many years had passed since then, and they were no longer the same people they once were. Neither of them was twenty years old anymore, and after all these years, she couldn't understand why Ye Li was still so obsessed with her.
After the system left, the world continued to function like any other normal world. However, Xia Nuan had not forgotten everything she had experienced.
She couldn't tell if other people's love was based on the setting of the novel world or was truly from the heart. She no longer believed in the existence of pure love without any other factors.
As an actress, she has portrayed various beautiful love stories on the screen, but she has a natural pessimism about herself and love.
Ye Li's persistence may be due to the setting, or it may not be, but at this point, she no longer cares.
Ye Li is one of China's most prominent young entrepreneurs, with a net worth approaching 100 billion yuan. He remains single, yet his looks and figure rival those of male celebrities in the entertainment industry, making him a well-known "diamond bachelor" in China. Although he's not very active online, appearing only occasionally in top-tier financial magazines, his Weibo followers surpass those of even third-tier celebrities.
Xia Nuan didn't pay much attention to Ye Li's news, but for various reasons, his affairs always reached her ears. She occasionally heard about the beauty around him, and also heard about some famous actresses in the circle and some rumors about him, but before the news could spread outside the circle, it was suppressed.
Many people rushed to him, but he had always been single to the outside world.
There was only one thing that was a little strange. Xia Nuan lowered her eyes. All the reports about her and Ye Li's love affair had disappeared. Who was capable of doing this? The person seemed self-evident.
Her eyes darkened for a moment, and she replied politely, somewhat unfamiliarly, "It's indeed been a long time since we last met."
His appearance hasn't changed much, but he looks more mature and stable than before. His aura is also more restrained than before, and he is becoming more and more unfathomable.
Xia Nuan did not express her thoughts, but her body often moves faster than her brain.
She sat up a little straighter, putting some distance between them.
Ye Li blinked, noticing Xia Nuan's subconscious defensive gesture, and tightened his grip on the umbrella. But he simply said, "I don't recommend that I sit next to you."
Xia Nuan smiled at Ye Li and said, "Please do as you please."
Ye Li placed the umbrella on the table between them and said casually, "It's raining outside. Is there anyone coming to pick you up? Do you want me to take you there?"
Hearing this, Xia Nuan shook her head first, then looked up at Ye Li and said, "No, someone will come back to pick me up."
"I was overthinking it. Congratulations on winning the Silver Horse Award. Triple Golden Globes: Your dream has finally come true."
Xia Nuan raised the corners of her lips slightly, "Thank you."
Ye Li also smiled, but he didn't look at Xia Nuan anymore, but looked at the umbrella.
Xia Nuan also glanced at the umbrella on the table.
It was an ordinary umbrella, the kind commonly sold in convenience stores. It had an apricot-colored cover and seemed to have some simple grape patterns on it. It really didn't look like Ye Li's style.
She felt a little strange, but the thought faded in an instant. "The weather forecast says the rain will probably stop in a while."
Ye Li smiled slightly after hearing this and said jokingly, "The weather forecast is often not very accurate."
His smile no longer contained the sadness that was hidden at the beginning. Xia Nuan also smiled, and the atmosphere eased slightly.
Xia Nuan looked away and glanced at the hall seemingly unintentionally. Why hadn't her assistant returned yet?
Xia Nuan picked up her phone and sent a message to her assistant, seemingly having no intention of continuing the conversation.
Ye Li saw it, he pursed his lips, he seemed to want to say something, his lips slightly parted, but his gaze was fixed, his brows furrowed the next moment.
Xia Nuan's gaze also fixed on a certain place. She felt strange. What kind of luck did she have today? Why did the man walking towards her look so familiar?
It does look familiar. This is another acquaintance.
Lou Su, wearing a dark gray baseball cap, sat on the sofa opposite, directly opposite Xia Nuan.
"It's been more than a month since the last party." Lou Su looked at Xia Nuan with smiling light eyes.
How did she meet Lou Su at the airport again? Xia Nuan smiled politely and replied, "What a coincidence, meeting you here."
Lou Su completely ignored Ye Li standing beside him and said to Xia Nuan, "It's not really a coincidence. Brother Lin is busy today, so he asked me to pick you up."
The moment Lou Su finished speaking, Xia Nuan received a WeChat message from Lin Dayong: "Xiao Xia, I'm so sorry about what happened today. Brother Lin was supposed to pick you up today, but the hospital suddenly announced that your sister-in-law would be getting checked out. I was planning to have Xiao Li drive to the airport to pick you up, but for some reason, he twisted his ankle while coming downstairs, and it's swollen all over. I figured Lou Su was taking a break recently, so I asked him to come."
Then two more photos popped up on WeChat, one of which was Lin Dayong accompanying his sister-in-law in the hospital, and the other was Xiao Li, whose ankle was swollen and wrapped in gauze.
The smile on Xia Nuan's lips froze for a moment. Sure enough, there was a reason why her right eyelid twitched this morning.
Ye Li glanced at Lou Su with an indifferent look in his eyes. "Mr. Lou, I think I should ask Xia Nuan's opinion first. If she doesn't want to, I can also send her home."
Lou Su raised his eyes and glanced at Ye Li, sneering, "Boss Ye, this has nothing to do with you."
Lou Su looked at Xia Nuan with a questioning look, his voice strangely alluring, "Let's go. There aren't many people here yet. It will be hard to walk if there are too many people."
This dramatic scene made Xia Nuan's right eyelid twitch again.
The two of them looked at Xia Nuan at the same time. Even those unscrupulous gossip reporters had never made Xia Nuan so embarrassed.
"Sister Nuannuan, I'm sorry, my stomach hurt just now. I saw your message and ran over. Brother Lou, why are you here—huh? This looks like Ye?"
The assistant who was usually said by Lin Dayong to be a little reckless helped Xia Nuan a lot at this time. The assistant's words instantly broke the embarrassing situation that had just made Xia Nuan embarrassed, and she felt relieved.
Lou Su nodded to his assistant, "Lin Dayong asked me to pick up Xia Nuan. Please check the message."
The assistant quickly opened her phone and said awkwardly, "Sister Nuannuan, I didn't see Brother Lin's message just now. He did ask Brother Lou to pick us up."
The assistant picked up the backpack next to Xia Nuan and said, "Sister Nuan Nuan, let's go."
Xia Nuan smiled and nodded elegantly and calmly, "We'll leave first. We'll talk again next time we have a chance."
Lou Su smiled at Ye Li, a smile that contained both contempt and a hint of pride. "Sorry, I'll be leaving first."
Ye Li seemed to be stunned for a moment, but he didn't seem to be stunned. He picked up the umbrella and handed it to Xia Nuan, "It's raining outside. You don't have an umbrella with you. Take it."
Xia Nuan was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously refused, "No——"
At the same time, Lou Su also said, "I brought an umbrella. Mr. Ye, you should use it yourself. Don't get sick in the rain and blame us."
Ye Li glanced at Lou Su. The gloom in his eyes made Lou Su frown, and his gaze gradually became cold.
Ye Li took two steps forward and almost forcefully thrust the umbrella into Xia Nuan's hands. "Take it. The rain seems to be getting heavier."
After saying this, Ye Li turned around and walked away.
His back is still as straight as before.
The young assistant's eyes rolled around between the three people. The moment Lou Su's gaze turned to him, he immediately retracted his gaze, as if there was gold on the ground, and did not look anywhere else at all.
The young assistant lowered her head and pouted. Could she say that she actually had two umbrellas in her backpack?
Lou Su rubbed his hair. If the rain had not stopped, he could have shared an umbrella with Xia Nuan. So that was the plan.
Forget it, Lou Su looked at Xia Nuan's graceful figure under the apricot umbrella. She got into my car in the end anyway. Lou Su couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.
Out of habit, the assistant was about to sit in the front passenger seat, but after catching a glimpse of Lou Su's eyes, he immediately stopped.
But the one who pays is the boss. The assistant looked at Xia Nuan and said, "Sister Nuan Nuan, can I sit in the back?"
"No need, Xiao Wang, you sit in the front." Xia Nuan opened the back door herself, folded the umbrella, and sat in.
Assistant Xiao Wang blinked, not daring to look at Lou Su's expression again, and immediately opened the passenger door and sat in.
Xia Nuan looked at the apricot-colored umbrella in her hand, and the grape patterns on it became more prominent after being wetted by the rain.
Just now in the airport VIP lounge, she didn't look at the umbrella carefully, but just from Ye Li's attitude, she could tell that this umbrella might be different for him.
"Xia Nuan, should I take you home directly or go to the company first?" Lou Su raised his eyebrows slightly. Even without much expression, it can be seen that he is in a good mood at the moment.
"Sister Nuannuan, Sister Nuannuan——"
She was holding the umbrella, lost in thought, until her skirt was soaked by water droplets dripping from the umbrella, and the moisture penetrated the fabric and touched her skin, and she was suddenly awakened.
Xia Nuan put down the umbrella, pursed her lips and smiled: "I seemed to be in a daze just now, what's wrong?"
Lou Su glanced at the wet umbrella in Xia Nuan's hand and said, "Put the umbrella on the ground first, don't get your clothes wet."
"Okay." Xia Nuan moved the hand holding the umbrella, and then as if waking up from a dream, she stared at the umbrella. Instead of putting it on the ground, she wiped off the water droplets on it with a tissue and put it on the back seat.
Lou Su saw her movements and also noticed the wet spot on her skirt. His eyes darkened. "Let's go home first. Change your clothes and don't catch a cold."
"Excuse me, please go home first."
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