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The New Year's Eve fireworks gradually faded, and the hustle and bustle of the city gradually subsided.
Xu Mengyao and Xiaomei returned to the apartment tired.
Before she could take out the key, she heard the phone ringing in the house.
"Wenjuan, you finally answered the phone." Chen Chen's slightly anxious voice came from the other end. "I'm really sorry for today. I didn't expect her... to come with me."
"You don't have to apologize to me," Xu Mengyao's voice was calm but tired. "It's late, go to bed early!"
"My dad and the others just casually mentioned the fiancée thing. I never agreed to it." Chen Chen's voice was filled with anxiety.
Xu Mengyao sighed.
"Chen Chen, Miss Mu accompanied you abroad back then. The fact that she's come here to chase you shows that she really likes you. She's a good girl, and you should treat her well."
"But I don't like her!" Chen Chen raised his voice a little uncontrollably, "I've always liked..."
"Chen Chen," Xu Mengyao interrupted him, her tone soft but firm.
"Do you believe in fate? There are many people and things in this world that are not meant to be. There's no need to force it. I won't see you off on tomorrow's flight. I wish you a safe journey."
After saying that, she decisively hung up the phone.
A moment later, the phone rang again. This time, Xu Mengyao ignored it and just sat quietly at the desk, her eyes fixed on the crystal music box on the table. There were two decorative photo frames next to it, one with leaves of different kinds and colors, and the other was a small Christmas tree carefully made of juniper branches.
Xiaomei walked into the room and saw her friend's expression. She felt a little distressed.
"How about giving him another chance? Let's hear his explanation."
Xu Mengyao didn't say anything, but carefully wiped the surface of the table and put it in a drawer. She even took off the pearl necklace on her wrist, which symbolized the emotional bond between them, and put it away.
"That's not necessary," she said, turning to look at Xiaomei with clear eyes. "For so many years, he and I have more or less understood each other's feelings. But we are like two lines that intersect briefly, always missing each other and saying goodbye to each other."
"But he has you in his heart." Xiaomei tried to create an opportunity for Chen Chen.
"There's a difference between having and only having him," Xu Mengyao smiled and shook her head. "I don't deny that I like him more than others. Before, he suddenly announced his departure from the country at my birthday party without telling me, but I didn't make a fuss about it, and he never explained. But Mu Heming's appearance today means that they have been in close contact all these years. The relationship between him and me can only be friendship."
"Maybe it's pressure from his family?" Xiaomei retorted unwillingly, "I saw he wasn't happy at all when Mu Heming showed up today. You're not someone who gives up so easily!"
"Whether he has his own reasons or is forced into a situation, I can't possibly go to great lengths with other women to snatch a man from me, nor do I want to marry into a family with complicated relationships in the future."
She said this firmly and suddenly laughed, a cunning glint in her eyes. "Besides, there are plenty of men. Instead of competing with women for men, you might as well compete with men for social resources!"
Xiaomei was stunned by what she said. Although she felt regretful, she was also proud of her decision.
Xu Mengyao was in a good mood and urged, "Hurry up and go to bed. No matter how big the problem is, wake up first and deal with it later."
Not long after she lay down, the phone rang again.
She answered the phone with a hint of displeasure and asked, "Who is it?"
Huang Wenbin's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Wenjuan, are you asleep?"
"Brother, why are you calling me at this time? What happened at home?" Xu Mengyao suddenly became half awake. Because of the time difference, she usually called home in the morning. This was the first time she called at this time.
"Don't worry, nothing happened at home. I just have something to inform you." Huang Wenbin heard her worry and hurriedly explained.
Xu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief, but there was still dissatisfaction in her tone: "Brother, do you know what time it is now? It's three o'clock in the morning! Tell me, what's going on?"
Huang Wenbin said quickly, "I'm getting married after the Chinese New Year. I was wondering if you could come back?"
"What? Marriage? You? With whom?" Xu Mengyao asked four times in surprise.
"Uh, Zhao Ping and I." Huang Wenbin said happily.
Xu Mengyao took a deep breath and asked tentatively:
"Brother, you're not going to get into trouble, are you?"
"What trouble have you gotten yourself into?" Huang Wenbin was stunned, then he understood what his sister meant and quickly explained.
"What are you thinking? I originally wanted to wait two years before talking about it. But her parents couldn't wait. When I went to pick up the goods this morning, her sister came to deliver them. I casually asked, 'Where's Zhao Ping?' It turned out that her parents had taken her to meet someone. If I don't catch up with her quickly, the gift for the meeting has already been decided. How can I dare to wait? I might as well be frank with her parents."
"His parents agreed? Don't they mind your age?"
"Tsk, how can you talk like that? I'm your brother, a twenty-year-old young man, in the prime of life, rich and handsome. When his parents heard that I wanted to marry Zhao Ping, they immediately went away with their daughter happily." Huang Wenbin was showing off proudly when his phone was snatched away.
Huang's mother's cursing voice came:
"Why did you call Wenjuan, you little brat? You're so cocky! Juan'er, don't you know how fierce your brother is? Your grandma and I were just hanging out at home, and he brought a girl in and said he wanted to marry her. Your grandma was so scared that she was hiccupping!"
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