Chapter 9 Don’t Live in My Dreams Anymore Xiang Qianlan02
Someone started knocking on the door, then it got quiet. Sun Nuofan came to his senses, looked at me and said, "This used to be Zhong Yuer's workshop. I gave her the key, but she kept it. I didn't expect them to come here suddenly. Don't worry, I will change the lock..."
I smiled and said it was nothing, but he was a little unhappy and replied unhappily: "I don't like them disturbing you."
"I'm already very grateful to you," I said.
He stared at me fiercely and said, "I don't want gratitude."
I stood there, head down, not saying a word. I didn't look at Sun Nuofan's expression, I just felt that the silence around me made me a little scared for no reason.
I folded my arms and waited until Zhong Yuer and the others left before going downstairs.
We tacitly agreed not to mention this episode again. The next day, I saw a technician changing all the door locks in my house. How could I not know what Sun Nuofan wanted? However, I was so wounded that I couldn't give him anything.
Life returned to normal, except that there were a few more security guards on duty downstairs.
My life was very peaceful until Qi Beichen came to me, and then my heart was stirred again. That day, I stood behind the curtains, looking at his back, listening to him apologize to me, and the wounds I had hidden were torn open again. I quickly hid aside, not wanting to face him.
Sun Nuofan saw all my reactions. He went out and said something to Qi Beichen. When I saw Qi Beichen's sudden change in expression, my heart ached.
Those loves may have truly existed before, but what does that represent?
I didn't go out, so Qi Beichen stood downstairs waiting for me. I watched him standing outside The security guards drove him away, but he came back.
The heavy rain soaked his whole body and he fainted in the rain. I still couldn't help it and ran out to see him pursing his lips and frowning. My heart felt so cold and painful.
He closed his eyes and murmured in a trembling voice: "I want to get to know you again..."
Get to know me again? But there was no good outcome between us. We met at the wrong time and fell in love at the wrong time. He wanted to save everything, but I just wanted to never meet again.
Sun Nuofan stood behind me holding an umbrella. He wiped away the tears on my face with his hand and said to me with a smile: "Are you heartbroken? Don't worry, you won't feel as much pain as I do..."
Sun Nuofan asked someone to send Qi Beichen to the hospital , but Qi Beichen was too stubborn. After he woke up, he came downstairs again. Sun Nuofan had a very loud conversation with him.
I think Sun Nuofan's words were meant for Qi Beichen as well as for me. Those words reminded me how cruel I was to Sun Nuofan.
Qi Beichen finally went back.
It was that night that he called my name gently. I don’t know why, but I was very scared. We stood in the living room, not daring to look back at him.
I heard something soft hit the carpet.
His voice then came into my ears: "Qian Lan, marry me."
I turned around and looked at him kneeling on one knee, holding a red box in his hand, which contained an exquisite and dazzling diamond ring.
I don’t know why, but my tears started flowing uncontrollably and my vision became blurry.
A startling smile appeared on his lips: "Qian Lan, I won't say I love someone easily. Once I say it, it means I have decided on her. I have always been a playboy. I have had relationships with countless women, and negative news about me is overwhelming, but from now on, they will never appear, because I have chosen you. You may not know that I have prepared this ring a long time ago, but you don't believe in my love, don't believe in my love for you, and I regret letting you enter this circle and letting you be hurt by public opinion. I want to protect you, I want to walk on the red carpet with you, and have children with you. I love you, will you marry me?"
"Sun Nuofan..." My voice was choked with sobs, and tears flowed from my cheeks into my neck and into my heart, so hot and so many.
"Give me a chance, give yourself a chance." He stood up, took off the diamond ring, held my hand, put it on me, and looked at me tenderly , "Okay?"
"I know you are under a lot of pressure. I am willing to share it with you and wait for you. I can feel that you have feelings for me. Don't rush to give me an answer." He moved closer to me and spoke gently in my ear.
I shook my head desperately, and he patted my shoulder gently, his voice had a bewitching power: "Don't reject me, I will give you time to adjust yourself, I will send you to study abroad, change the environment, so that you can think about some things quietly, and how Qi Beichen will react to this matter, don't you want to know?"
"Qianlan, you have to fight for your own happiness. Either we never see each other again, or we forget the past and start over. You choose one." Sun Nuofan whispered to me.
"I..." He pressed his fingers against my lips and he shook his head at me.
"Two years, just two years. If you want, you can come back to me in a year. If you don't come back, I will know your answer and you can stay there to continue your studies."
Then, Sun Nuofan went out.
That day, I went out for a walk in a vexed mood and unknowingly went to Qi Beichen's residence. I was walking nearby and saw him looking decadent in the alley.
We are still confronting each other, and neither of us is willing to let the other go.
Sometimes, I often think that I must hurt him completely, but then I think that this is not the case, maybe there should be no connection between us anymore.
But none of this matters anymore. What matters is that I am finally going to escape from here.
I think time will give me the answer.
But will it really give me an answer? For a long time afterwards, I used this sentence to encourage myself, but later on, I realized how naive I was.
A week later, Sun Nuofan used his connections to help me get a place as an international student, and Hongdou was among them.
Hongdou still likes to wear bright lipstick. She has a loud voice, short hair that reaches her shoulders and is dyed gray, making her look much more .
On the plane, she sat next to me, put her arm around my shoulders and said, "Xiao Lan, you are simply a legend at A University."
Hongdou said that I was the first student at A University who chose management as his major but always went to the Art College to take classes. She said that I was the first student who became a celebrity, dropped out of school and is now studying abroad. She said that I was the first student who got engaged to a "rich second generation" before graduation.
I smiled bitterly, as if this was nothing to be proud of.
My stiff body finally relaxed until I saw the ground getting farther and farther away from me. I fell into a deep sleep, resting my head on the memories of all I had left behind and listening to the voice of the flight attendant on the radio.
My dream was filled with fog, and I never dreamed of Qi Beichen or Sun Nuofan again.
