Next to the rose bushes.
Xu Wanda didn't notice anything unusual at the party, nor did she know that there were a few more people at the party. She was concentrating on folding paper airplanes until she had folded all the paper on the table. Only then did she let out a long sigh.
She took out her cell phone and looked at the time on the screen. It was already half past eight. Why hadn't that guy Bai Chenming come yet?
She felt extremely bored, so she casually picked up a paper airplane, raised it high, and threw it forward with force. The paper airplane immediately flew out, drawing several beautiful arcs in the air.
Her eyes followed the paper airplane until it landed lightly on a table.
There were three young men sitting at the table, looking at the paper planes falling from the sky in confusion.
Xu Wanda was slightly startled and secretly stuck out her tongue. Feeling guilty, she subconsciously hid behind the rose bushes, then poked her head out and secretly looked towards the corner -
My eyes accidentally fell on the young man in the middle.
The horrible scene of my beloved car immediately flashed in my mind.
That damn guy who caused her car accident, why is he here?
She stared at him blankly, her clear eyes filled with astonishment, then she clenched her fists, stood up, and strode towards the table!
Before she got closer, the three people over there seemed to have noticed something and turned to look at her. The anger on her face puzzled An Zhehao and Xu Junya.
Only Yin Mohan sat upright in his seat, not moved by her anger at all, staring at her calmly, his dark pupils were unfathomable, the corners of his sexy lips were slightly raised, as if he was smiling.
He didn't seem surprised by her arrival.
The anger in Xu Wanda's eyes burned like fire, and her thick eyelashes trembled like angry butterflies. She pointed a finger at him and asked, "How dare you come here? You brought it to me this time!"
Yin Mohan's posture was as lazy as a cat basking in the sun. The light poured down at an angle and shone on his body. His dark chestnut hair was faintly shiny, and his jet-black eyelashes obscured the expression in his eyes, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking. Only the curve of the corners of his lips deepened slightly.
"So you two know each other!" An Zhehao, who was a little surprised at first, now understood everything. He signaled the boy opposite with his eyes, "Junya, let's go somewhere else to play."
"Okay." Xu Junya had the same idea, so she immediately stood up and patted Yin Mohan's shoulder with a smile, "Then let's go first."
The two boys looked at the angry Xu Wanda, then looked at the calm Yin Mohan, and left with a smirk on their faces.
Xu Wanda was a little confused by their looks, but she didn't care about it at the moment. She stared at Yin Mohan and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Yin Mohan reached out and picked up the wine glass, brought it to his lips and took a sip elegantly, then said lightly: "What can we do here? Of course, we come to a party with friends."
"Is that all?" Xu Wanda was obviously a little unconvinced.
"What else?" Yin Mohan raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment, "Oh, by the way, since we are so destined to meet again, then, let's calculate the medical expenses I paid for you that day."
Xu Wanda stared at him sharply, wishing she could see through him. She said angrily, "You are such a shameless person. I haven't even asked you for the repair fee, but you're the first to complain!"
Yin Mohan nodded and said seriously, "Well, I scratched your car, and it won't cost much to paint it up. If you calculate carefully, you still owe me medical expenses."
Xu Wanda was so angry that her face turned green. She clenched her fists, trying to suppress her anger. She gritted her teeth and said, "But you caused me to have a car accident. My car was seriously damaged. Does that mean it doesn't count? I had a car accident because I wanted to get back the compensation you should give me. Everything is caused by you. You have to take full responsibility!"
Yin Mohan smiled softly, he stood up and walked in front of her, staring at her with his dark eyes and said, "Should I say you are cute or naive? There are surveillance cameras installed on that road. It shouldn't be difficult to retrieve the video of your car accident that day. I believe that no matter who sees it, it will be clear that my car was several meters in front of you. Your car accident had nothing to do with me. But I sent you to the hospital later, you should be grateful to me, I don't mind you giving me a little thank you fee!"
"You——" Xu Wanda was so angry that she couldn't speak. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and said coldly: "You wish! I did nothing wrong, I won't give you a penny! You are not a good person at first glance, you are not welcome in my house, you'd better leave!"
Yin Mohan's body stiffened slightly, but his acting was excellent, and he didn't reveal any strange emotions. He was still relaxed and contented, with a hint of unruly smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked at her meaningfully and said evasively: "Then who do I look like?"
"You..." Xu Wanda wanted to say something mean to him, but when the words came to her lips, she choked.
Her eyes inadvertently fell on his pupils.
His eyes are more beautiful and attractive than black onyx, more mysterious and dangerous than a deep pool!
But just because of looking at these eyes, for a moment, a strange feeling burst out from the depths of her heart. She felt that there seemed to be some kind of connection between them, like blood ties, which could not be severed or separated!
Her black feather-like eyelashes trembled slightly, and a faint mist appeared in her clear pupils. She opened her lips slightly and asked in a trance: "Why... are you..."
Yin Mohan was stunned, but only for a moment, a charming smile climbed onto his handsome face, he moved closer to her, his breath was so arrogant and dangerous, like a willful goblin tempting people, "Are you trying to say that I look like someone you once liked?"
Xu Wanda subconsciously took a step back and kept some distance from him: "You , what nonsense are you talking about? I, I didn't think so! I just think you are especially like a good friend of mine...but I haven't seen him for many years..."
A trace of sadness spread from the bottom of her heart, and her face was full of confusion and bewilderment, like a child who suddenly fell into a fantasy and could not figure out the situation.
A dark light flashed in Yin Mohan's eyes, and his heart ached without warning. His hand stretched out towards her uncontrollably, but he immediately retracted it.
He immediately suppressed all the emotions that were touched, still looking casual and uninhibited, and chuckled, saying with a mocking tone: "You are quite resourceful. You first deliberately chased me under the pretext that your car was scratched to attract my attention, and now you are trying to get close to me and gain my sympathy. You almost succeeded."
Xu Wanda laughed in anger: "What a joke, would I like you? Even if all the men in this world died, I still wouldn't like you!"
"Really?" Yin Mohan stretched out his slender fingers and pinched her chin, slightly lifting her face, squinting his eyes and staring at her, his warm and dangerous breath gently blowing on her skin, "Then dare you say that you are not a little bit attracted to me?"
Xu Wanda was stunned. Her position should have been firm, but looking at the perfect face in front of her that had a fatal attraction, and the pair of deep and unfathomable eyes, she hesitated incredibly.
Looking at her dazed look, Yin Mohan raised a charming arc at the corner of his sexy lips, and stroked her small and delicate chin with his fingers in a frivolous manner.
Xu Wanda reacted instantly, and an unprecedented sense of shame immediately surged up like a tide. She glared at Yin Mohan angrily: "Damn it!"
Then she raised her arm in shame and anger, ready to slap him hard -
However, Yin Mohan seemed to have anticipated this. Without blinking, he stretched out his hand and grabbed her hand firmly in mid-air!
"Let me go!"
Xu Wanda was extremely angry and frowned as she tried to break free from his grip!
His body breath and voice seemed to form a huge net, and she was like a little moth trapped inside, becoming uncontrollably nervous and panicked, trying desperately to escape.
"I like your smell..." Yin Mohan closed his eyes and sniffed intoxicatedly.
As if she was a flower blooming in the dark night, he could not help but move closer to her, slowly absorbing her fragrance. Then, he pinched her chin with one hand and clamped her right arm with the other. No matter how her hands tore at him, he was not moved at all, and the smile on his mouth became more charming and attractive.
"Don't, don't go too far, this, this is my home..." Perhaps this posture was too ambiguous, Xu Wanda was so nervous that she was incoherent . She closed her eyes in fear, her arms still struggling in vain, her heart beating wildly, and a fear and shame she had never experienced before was surging wildly in her chest.
Fortunately, Yin Mohan did not violate her further.
He just stared at her closely, and he could see every subtle expression on her face, even the trembling of her eyelashes .
The smile on his handsome face gradually disappeared, and he looked a little more stern, and said without any emotion: "Are you scared now?"
Xu Wanda opened her eyes tremblingly, her pupils full of confusion, and stared at him intently.
Yin Mohan looked straight into her eyes and said with a smile: "Then I tell you, don't get close to me again. I am a dangerous person that you can't bear!"
Xu Wanda was slightly stunned, looking at the unfathomable smile on his face. Her thick black eyelashes trembled slightly like a butterfly struggling in the fog.
"What are you doing?"
Xu Yunxi's slightly unhappy voice suddenly sounded, and his eyes fell on them with displeasure.
Yin Mohan's back tensed instantly, a dark light flashed in his dark eyes, and the corners of his sexy lips curled up. He loosened his hand and let go of Xu Wanda.
Xu Wanda heaved a sigh of relief immediately and subconsciously took a few steps back. Her expression was still panicked, and she looked at him defensively like a hedgehog.
Yin Mohan was slightly stunned, as if a needle suddenly pierced his heart. His face changed, but before anyone could catch his eye, he returned to his usual expression and turned away casually.
Standing behind them were Xu Yunxi, who was covered in jewels, Ou Shidong, who was dressed in a suit and tie, and Bai Chenming, who had just walked over.
Bai Chenming looked at Yin Mohan in confusion, then moved his sight to Xu Wanda. He could tell at a glance that something was wrong with her face, so he walked quickly to her side and asked worriedly, "Wanda, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
Seeing Bai Chenming appear, Xu Wanda seemed to have found a life-saving straw. She immediately grabbed his arm and whispered, "It's okay, Chenming, let's go..."
"okay……"
Bai Chenming did not ask any further questions, but nodded. He just looked at Yin Mohan deeply as he and her walked past him.
Xu Yunxi looked at Xu Wanda's back with jealousy as she left. She really didn't understand how this girl, with her looks, could get the attention of Young Master Yin!
After they left, Xu Yunxi took a few steps forward, walked to Yin Mohan's side, and smiled softly, "Mr. Yin, I'm sorry for the poor hospitality."
Yin Mohan looked at her calmly: "Who are you?"
Xu Yunxi smiled and said, "I'm Xu Yunxi. Maybe your friends have told you about me."
"So you are Xu Yunxi." Yin Mohan then showed a faint but extremely charming smile, and said in a voice as pleasant as a cello, "You look much more beautiful than they say."
Xu Yunxi was delighted, and the smile on her face became even more charming. She blinked teasingly: "Really? But you didn't even look at me just now..."
There was a hint of coquettishness in her voice.
"Are you blaming me, then?"
Yin Mohan picked up the wine glass on the table beside him, his sexy lips curled up into a seductive arc, and he gracefully took two steps towards her and said, "Then I have to punish myself with a glass for my negligence."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took the initiative to extend his wine glass and gently touched the glass in Xu Yunxi's hand. After glancing at her deeply, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
Xu Yunxi stared at him and smiled tenderly, "Okay, then I'll forgive you!"
"cough……"
Ou Shidong, who was standing behind and being ignored, couldn't help but cough lightly, with a hint of displeasure in his voice, and reminded, "Yunxi, our friends are still waiting for us over there, it's time to go over."
Xu Yunxi turned around impatiently, looked at Ou Shidong and said half-heartedly, "I'll be there soon!"
Then, she turned around with a smile on her face, glanced at Yin Mohan, and said sweetly: "Mr. Yin, Yunxi will excuse me now. You go and have fun first. Yunxi will come and have a drink with you when she is free."
Yin Mohan raised a charming smile at the corner of his sexy lips. He looked at her meaningfully, then gently opened his lips and whispered a few words: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
Xu Yunxi's delicately made-up face bloomed with a rose-like smile again. She turned around happily and walked away with Ou Shidong, who looked unhappy.
"I don't like that guy."
Ou Shidong frowned and said seriously.
"Are you jealous?" Xu Yunxi curled his lips and said with a smile, "Then you will become a jealous person tonight. There are so many guests, I have to go and have a drink with them anyway."
Ou Shidong's body was slightly tense, his pupils dark and complicated, "That person gave me a very uncomfortable feeling. He seemed a little familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen him before?"
"Maybe you have really seen him before." Xu Yunxi smiled and didn't take it seriously at all.
After walking about a few meters, Xu Yunxi secretly turned his head again and gently blinked at Yin Mohan behind him, conveying some ambiguous message.
Yin Mohan gave her a wicked smile in response.
When she turned around again and continued walking forward, the smile on his face disappeared without a trace.
His sculpted facial features were so cold that there was no trace of expression, his lips were pursed into a sharp arc, and his whole body looked like he was possessed by the messenger of darkness.
His dark eyes stared at the backs of the two people until their figures became smaller and smaller and more and more blurred...
That night many years ago.
The cold wind is howling.
Snowflakes are flying all over the sky.
The dark cabin was the only place where he could feel warm, but that night, he could not fall asleep at all and had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart.
This ominous premonition was soon confirmed. He, who had been unable to sleep, suddenly heard a rustling sound of footsteps outside the cabin.
He was suddenly startled, and went to the door, listening intently with bated breath.
A girl's sharp voice suddenly rang out: "Shidong, he is in there! My sister and my parents are asleep now, let's go and drag him out!"
A boy's voice agreed, "Okay!"
Then, he heard a series of knocks on the door, and the boy and girl kept shouting outside the door: "Open the door! Open the door!"
He gritted his teeth and held against the door tightly. Although he knew that this was just a last-ditch effort, he was reluctant to leave the cabin. Even if he could only stay there for a little while longer, he would try his best to fight for it.
"Don't stay in my house and make it dirty! Get out of here right now, or don't blame me for being rude!"
"Do you think you can hide in there forever? My mom will be here soon! She will definitely skin you alive then!"
Thinking of that vicious woman, he felt terrified!
He suddenly realized that the two of them were about the same age as him, and he might be able to escape from them, but if that woman came, he would have no chance of escape!
Thinking of this, he took a breath and immediately opened the door forcefully.
A ball of icy snow immediately hit him in the face!
His cheek was in great pain and for a moment his eyes could not be opened. He immediately covered his face with his hands and walked forward, but then one snowball after another hit him on the head!
His body was in pain all over, and the cold snow stuck to his skin, freezing him to the bone.
He did not resist, but just kept running forward, gritting his teeth and letting them keep throwing snowballs at him!
"Shidong, he's trying to escape again! Don't let him get away!"
"Humph! Don't even think about escaping this time!"
The boy threw the last snowball in his hand hard at the back of his head. As the back of his head was hit hard, his feet suddenly slipped and the thin boy fell heavily to the ground.
The girl and the boy immediately seized the opportunity to catch up with him. The boy stepped on his back, and the girl excitedly stuffed the snowball in her hand into his clothes.
The boy thought it was fun, so he grabbed a handful of snow and threw it on his face...
"Hahaha……"
No matter how they tortured him, he did not show any sign of surrender. He gritted his teeth and struggled desperately!
He tried his best to endure it!
Seeing the boy grabbing a handful of snow and about to hit him again, he seized the opportunity to grab the boy's hand and bit it -
The boy immediately started howling like a ghost: "Ah - Mom, he bit me! He bit me, it hurts!"
"Shidong, Shidong, what's wrong with you!" The boy's cries soon attracted the vicious woman. He raised his head from the ground and saw the woman running towards him in the dim night, saying viciously, "You unwanted child! How dare you bite my son! I'll beat you to death!"
The unwanted child...
Every word was imprinted deeply in his mind like a branding iron, turning into a dark seed that sprouted over the years and then thrived!
A young man dressed in black stood quietly in the corner. No light could shine on him. His figure gradually merged with the night, as if he was a messenger from the abyss of hell.
The sexy thin lips are slightly raised, cold but with a fatal temptation, and the dark pupils are glittering with light. It seems to be saying, the good show is about to begin, just wait for the bad luck!
The next day.
Xu's Restaurant.
The early morning sunlight is like a layer of light golden gauze pouring in through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows. The roses in the window are bathed in the sunlight and blooming beautifully.
There were freshly poached eggs and a cup of warm milk on the table, and the whole restaurant was filled with a rich aroma.
Xu Wanda, who had just finished washing up, sat down and was about to have breakfast when Xu Yunxi walked in angrily, pointed at her and shouted angrily: "Xu Wanda, what do you mean?"
Xu Wanda frowned slightly, looking up at Xu Yunxi who looked angry, and asked doubtfully: "Sister, what are you talking about?"
"What do you mean?" Xu Yunxi sneered, and then angrily accused, "You deliberately played a trick on me and lent me a broken car! Xu Wanda, what do you think of me?"
Xu Wanda understood immediately. She took a deep breath and tried to explain: "Sister, I didn't mean it..."
"I think you did it on purpose!" The person who spoke was not Xu Yunxi, but Li Xiaoyue who had just walked in from outside carrying a brand-name bag. Her heavily made-up face was as cold as a piece of plaster. "The car was fine a few days ago, but as soon as your sister came back and said she wanted to drive it, the car became so broken!"
"It's just a car. If you don't want to lend it, forget it! But you, you damned girl, actually dared to play tricks on me!" Xu Yunxi glared at her viciously, "I'm telling you, I won't let this matter go. Just wait and see, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
Xu Wanda frowned and stood up from the chair, straightened her body and said, "Sister, we are a family, shouldn't we trust each other? Why do you have to say such harsh words?"
"Don't try that on me." Xu Yunxi crossed his arms over his chest, raised his chin and glanced at her sideways: "I don't have a sister like you!"
Li Xiaoyue narrowed her eyes and looked at her, saying sarcastically, "Don't call me mom anymore. I don't have a daughter like you! You are a nemesis! You want to harm us, right?"
Xu Wanda clenched her fingers tremblingly, great anger and grievance surged up from the bottom of her heart, tears welled up in her eyes, she took a deep breath secretly, trying to force them back, she looked at the two women in front of her, so sad that she couldn't utter a word.
Xu Yunxi glanced at her and said disdainfully, "Don't look at us with such an aggrieved face! It's disgusting!"
Xu Haotang heard the noisy voice and walked down the spiral staircase. He looked at the three women with unhappy faces and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong with you?"
Li Xiaoyue immediately stepped forward to complain: "Haotang, you really need to take good care of your daughter when you have time. It's ok that she doesn't treat us as family, but there's no need to play tricks on us like this!"
"Playing tricks on you?" Xu Haotang frowned, obviously not believing his ears. "Why would Wanda play tricks on you?"
Xu Yunxi pouted her lips and walked in front of Xu Haotang, saying with a wronged look on her face: "Dad! I just wanted to borrow her car for a few days. It would have been fine if she didn't want to, but she agreed to it verbally and deliberately broke the car!"
Xu Haotang was a little bit unbelievable. He looked at Xu Wanda in confusion and asked with concern: "Wanda, why did the car break down? What happened?"
Hearing his gentle tone, Li Xiaoyue's face was full of displeasure. She insisted: "What else could have happened? She did it on purpose!"
Xu Haotang rejected it outright: "Wanda is not that kind of person!"
Li Xiaoyue was immediately furious and stared at him with wide eyes: "Xu Haotang, you mean we are deliberately framing your daughter, right?"
"I didn't say that!" Xu Tangtang said gloomily, "But I believe Wanda must have her reasons! Can't you listen to Wanda's explanation?"
Li Xiaoyue snorted disdainfully without even looking at Xu Wanda, and Xu Yunxi also turned his gaze away.
Xu Haotang looked at his daughter seriously and asked with concern: "Wanda, what's going on?"
Xu Wanda was very pleased with her father's trust. She hesitated for a moment, lowered her head slightly, and whispered, "The day before my sister came back, I accidentally bumped into her..."
Xu Haotang took a deep breath and asked nervously, "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Xu Wanda lowered her head subconsciously. The gauze on her forehead had been removed. As long as the bangs in front of her forehead were covered more densely, it would basically not be visible.
As if she had heard a funny joke, Li Xiaoyue sneered: "If she had something wrong, how could she be so lively at home these days? She lied without thinking!"
Xu Haotang looked at his wife with great disappointment: "Do you have to wait until something happens to the child before you believe her?"
"She didn't get hurt at all. How can I trust her? She did it on purpose..."
"Li Xiaoyue! Shut up! I said, Wanda is not that kind of child!" Xu Haotang was so angry that the blue veins on his forehead were faintly exposed.
“Xu Haotang, you, you are so mean to me in front of the children! You you…” Li Xiaoyue threw the brand-name bag in her hand onto the chair next to her and was about to lose her temper.
"Stop arguing!"
Xu Wanda was filled with panic and sadness. She covered her ears and whispered something, then ran past them, ran straight out of the hall, and ran out of the house.
She could no longer control her tears and they flowed all over her face.
She ran aimlessly, the cool breeze of the morning brushing past her ears, her long black hair fluttering in the wind sadly, her stepmother's sarcastic voice, her sister's sharp voice, her father's caring voice... kept lingering in her ears...
Before she knew it, she had run to the bank of the Wishing River.
She remembered the last time she came to the river was because her stepmother misunderstood that she had taken money from home.
From childhood to adulthood, whenever she was wronged, she would involuntarily come to this place, and when she saw this river, she seemed to see the little boy.
The boy whose fate was similar to hers but even more miserable than hers, the good friend who promised to never leave her, disappeared without a trace in this river.
Everyone said he was dead.
She doesn't believe it.
In that cold winter, she was by the river from morning till night every day, constantly looking for him and calling him. She didn't care even if her sister laughed at her as a fool and even if her hands and feet got frostbite.
However, she kept looking until she found that the willow trees by the river had sprouted new buds, and the thin ice in the river had melted into clear flowing water...
She didn't get any answer from him.
But she still stubbornly believed that he was always alive...at least deeply alive in her heart.
The slender branches of the willow tree swayed gently in the breeze.
She sobbed softly and slowly squatted down by the river. Her slender figure was reflected on the surface of the river.
Drops of crystal tears slid down silently, falling into the calm water, creating a circle of tiny ripples.
The intense discomfort engulfed her like a spell.
Tears blurred her vision, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and in a trance, the figure of a boy appeared on the river.
His handsome and childish face was still expressionless as always. He just looked at her silently and listened to her talk.
"Brother Mingzhe... are you doing well now?" She sniffed and looked at the reflection in the water. Her dark pupils were filled with a thin layer of mist. She blinked and said faintly, "Perhaps, leaving such a troubled place is a good thing. How great would it be if you had taken me away with you? That way, I wouldn't have to be trapped here forever..."
A gentle breeze blew by.
On the surface of the river, faint ripples spread out, blowing away the figure of the little boy on the river...
"But you left just like that..." Her voice choked up, "Our fates are so similar, we said we would never leave each other... I never gave up, but... are you still alive?"
The ripples on the river gradually disappeared.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened her eyes again, she found a handsome and tall figure suddenly appeared on the slightly shaking water!
She was startled, and couldn't believe her eyes. She subconsciously wiped the tears from her face with her hands, and then looked again -
There is really a clear figure reflected on the river surface!
She wiped the tears from her face again and stood up suddenly, but her feet slipped suddenly -
Fortunately, the person behind her was quick-witted and immediately stretched out his slender and strong arms, grabbed her, and pulled her up with force!
Her body was forced to make a drastic rotation.
Her long black hair flew back, the faint fragrance of her hair drifting in the wind, and her fair face was full of fear.
Then, she threw herself into that man's arms.
An enchanting scent like the aroma of wine instantly enveloped her.
Her eyes widened in astonishment.