Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When it was 8:30 pm, Xu Baohan looked at the time and stood up. âItâs getting late. We have a long drive home. Weâve got to go now. An Lanâs case will depend on you, sir.â
âAlright, Iâve never lost in decades.â Song Ruixue waved his hand.
Song Yitong walked them out.
Xu Baohan opened the car door for An Lan. After she got into the passenger seat, Xu Baohan walked towards the driverâs side. Song Yitong suddenly lowered her voice and asked. âWill you marry Ms. An?â
Xu Baohan glanced at her and nodded.
Now that she was with him, heâd never let her go.
âTianyao and Xue Zheng broke up at the beginning of the year,â Song Yitong said with a complicated expression. âSheâs single now.â
Xu Baohan frowned in displeasure. âThereâs no need to tell me these things.â
âBack then, Tianyao broke up with you to be with Xue Zheng mainly because Xue Zheng helped her family. If it wasnât for Xue Zhengâs help, her father might have gone to jail.â
Song Yitong shrugged, âPerhaps Ms. An is very good, but you must follow your own heart. You said that you would find a suitable woman to marry sooner or later, but itâs better if you can marry someone you love. However, if you insist on doing this, I wonât try to dissuade you. If it wasnât for me, you and Tianyao wouldnât have gotten together. Iâm truly sorry that you two broke up.â
âAs you said, it is all in the past. And people change.â Xu Baohan glanced at An Lan in the car, his expression serious. âIâve already changed, sheâs the one who made me change. I hope that you wonât bring up this topic again. Iâm very satisfied with the present situation. Goodbye.â
He got into the car and drove away.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Song Yitong looked at the car as it drove away and couldnât help sighing.
âYou didnât say anything in front of An Lan, did you?â Song Ruixueâs voice came from behind her.
âHow could I? Dad, do you think Iâm an idiot?â Song Yitong smiled. âNo matter what, Iâm quite happy for him to have a girlfriend. After all, Iâve always felt bad about what happened back then. If I hadnât introduced Tianyao to him, he wouldnât have been hurt so badly in the end.â
âDonât mention Zhuang Tianyao in front of him in the future,â Song Ruixue warned sternly. âThe Zhuang family is too selfish.â
âDad, donât say that,â Song Yitong said helplessly. âFrom the Zhuang familyâs point of view, they did what they had to do. After all, they were in a really difficult situation back then.â
âEven if it was difficult for them, they should have tried to understand from Xu Baohanâs point of view,â Song Ruixue said in disapproval, âThey wanted Xu Baohan to help them, but did they ever think about what would happen to him if he was found out? If his future was ruined, would the Zhuang family allow their daughter to be with him? They valued him only because of his background. If you ask me, Zhuang Tianyao is also selfish. She got together with another man right after breaking up with Xu Baohan. It was an insult to Xu Baohan.â
Song Yitong fell into an awkward silence.
âAlso, I can tell that Xu Baohan is serious with his girlfriend. Donât think that heâs looking for a woman just to get married,â Song Ruixue said. âYou came back late and there are some things that you donât know.â
Song Yitong scratched the back of her head. It seemed like she had done something unnecessary today.
...
In the car, music was playing on the radio.
An Lan turned her head and asked, âWhat did you and Ms. Song talk about? You looked weird when you got into the car.â