Junling Club.
After Li Junling had a drink with a few familiar guests, he stood up gracefully and said with a smile: "You guys have a few drinks. I'm going to the backstage to prepare. I have to go on stage to play a song later."
"Jun Ling, what else do you need to prepare? Your piano skills are so high. If we talk about a single instrument, even that music fanatic who is said to be so skilled in playing the instrument is not as good as you, right?" Chen Shuang said with a smile. "Go and get busy. We will take care of ourselves. I will treat your place as my own home."
"If these words are heard by the fans who are crazy about music, they will not easily get around me." Li Junling said with a smile, patted his best friend Chen Shuang's hand, and said, "See you later."
"See you later."
Li Junling greeted every friend he met warmly, and nodded to those who were far away. He was elegant and dignified.
"The piano goddess's demeanor is indeed extraordinary-----"
"It's a pity that she has to marry the one from the Qin family----that one is really not that good-----"
"It's just a pile of shit. As long as it comes from the Qin family, the nutrients in it are richer than those outside."
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Some people in the club praised Li Junling's beauty and extraordinary temperament, while more people mocked the eldest son of the Qin family who was about to marry Li Junling. If you can't eat grapes, you say they are sour. This is the self-consoling Ah Q spirit.
Li Junling didn't know what others were talking about, nor did he care.
After giving instructions to the bodyguard at the door, she pushed open the wooden door of her own lounge.
Near the window in the room, stood a tall man in a white shirt. His facial expression was not clear, but just a side profile made him look handsome.
With broad shoulders, a thin waist and long legs, his body proportions are comparable to those of a top male model.
Li Junling felt sweet in his heart. He walked forward, hugged the man's waist from behind, put his face on the man's strong back, and said, "You have been so busy recently, how come you have time to come to my place?"
"I missed you, so I came to see you." The man said in a joking voice.
Li Junling hugged the man tighter and said, "I've always wanted to contact you, but when I knew you went to Huacheng and heard you were doing something so important, I held back. Besides, with our relationship, I don't have any more position to take care of you and care about you. There were many times when I wanted to do something for you, but I didn't know where to start."
The man was silent for a moment, then said, "The wedding date is getting closer, right?"
"It's called the New Year." Li Junling said in a low voice. "There are only a few good days before the New Year. No matter which one you choose, it's just a few days-----I always felt that time passed too slowly, and every day felt so long. Now I find that time passes too quickly, and before I have time to feel the day carefully, it has already slipped away in a flash, and I can't stop it-----"
The man was silent again.
After a long while, he seemed to have made some kind of decision and said, "How about I talk to Grandpa?"
Li Junling smiled softly and said, "This is not your style. Do you really dare to tell this to your grandfather?"
"It's really not my style." The man smiled with narrowed eyes. "But, for the woman I love, I should always be passionate and impulsive. How does the saying go? Whose youth is not passionate? I have never been young, and I have never done too many passionate things. But for you, I am still willing to take a risk...."
Li Junling was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. She hugged the man tightly and said, "I know you have this intention, and I am already very satisfied. Our family is too closely tied to the Qin family. Qinqiang and I have been engaged for a long time, and now we have reached the last step. If you stand up at this time, how will they look at you? How will your family look at you?"
"It is a bit difficult." The man's face was full of sadness. "If I tell this to Grandpa, he will definitely scold me for being a grown man who can't control his pants and can't handle the heavy responsibility. The Qin family will think this is a great shame. They used to watch the dispute between our Jiang family and Fang Yan coldly. After this incident, I'm afraid they will have to come out to help Fang Yan fight with our Jiang family."
"I know, I know everything." Li Junling nodded. "That's why I don't want to embarrass you. You are a very capable man, and it took you a lot of effort to get to this point. I don't want you to lose everything because of me. I know very well how much effort you have put in to get to where you are now."
"But I have to give you an explanation." The man sighed softly and said, "How many years have we known each other?"
"Seven years." Li Junling said the correct date without hesitation. He said, "We met at a Xiangshan charity reception seven years ago. Although we didn't say a word to each other at the reception, we left one after the other. We walked in Xiangshan, from the middle of the mountain to Yanjing City. I didn't ask you about your origins, and you didn't ask me who I was. And then, we walked together until now."
The man had a gentle smile on his face. He reached out and held the back of Li Junling's hand and said, "Yes. It's been seven years. It's been seven years since we met that night. So, that's why I can't let you leave easily. You are my woman, you were and will be. I won't allow other men to touch you, nor will I allow you to throw yourself into the arms of other men. I can't accept it."
"But-----"
"No buts." The man sneered, "Time, I just need a little time. When I take down Fang Yan and consolidate my position in the Jiang family, I will propose this to the old man. I want to marry you. Everything will go smoothly. If the Qin family is not afraid of mutual loss, I will not hesitate to fight with them."
"Military march----"
The man suddenly turned around and hugged Li Junling's thin body in his arms.
Before Li Junling could say anything, her mouth was blocked by the man's.
Soon, the room was filled with pleasant yet extremely suppressed moans.
Outside the room, the bodyguard standing guard at the door looked pale, with large beads of sweat on his forehead.
He looked at a corner with horror, as if there was an ugly monster hiding there.
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Fang Yan finally met Ye Wenrou.
At that time, Fang Yan was chatting with his grandfather in the yard and heard the voices of his mother and Ye Wenrou talking in the front yard.
The old man Fang Huwei looked at Fang Yan meaningfully and said, "Wenrou is a filial child. She always comes to see your mother and me, an old man, whenever she has time. Although she doesn't talk much, it's easy to feel her sincerity. She also brings gifts many times. This fire fox blanket I'm wearing was given by her. She said that the weather is getting colder and she wants to cover herself with a blanket to avoid getting cold. I heard that this was brought back from Yanjing by Ye Daoling as a gift to their ancestor, but she sent it to me. Have you told Wenrou about that?"
"Not yet." Fang Yan shook his head.
"Find a way to solve the stupid thing you did. I just ask one thing, you can't deceive Wenrou----" said old man Fang Huwei seriously.
"I know." Fang Yan nodded heavily and said, "I'll find a chance to tell her -"
"If you can deceive people for a lifetime, you don't have to say anything-----" Old man Fang Huwei blinked and added.
"------"
"No matter what, I want a grandson or a granddaughter - the Fang family is short of people."
“Not so fast.”
"It's as easy for other people's children to give birth as it is for a hen to lay an egg. Ye Fengsheng quietly won the girl from the Baili family and planned to hold a wedding on New Year's Day, saying that the child is already there. Why is it so difficult for you? Are you--" Fang Huwei's eyes swept over Fang Yan's body and asked, "What's the problem?"
"------"
While the grandfather and grandson were having a secret conversation, Ye Wenrou had already walked over from the front yard.
She glanced at Fang Yan, then took the initiative to greet old man Fang Huwei, handed over the basket of cakes in her hand, and said, "I just made them at home today. I know you like to eat these, so I packed a basket for you----"
Fang Huwei laughed while holding the basket, and said, "I understand what Wenrou means. You sent me delicious food to shut me up. Okay, I won't say anything. I'll go to my room to eat some cakes, and you two youngsters can go out for a walk."
Ye Wenrou didn't look shy. She looked at Fang Yan and said, "Let's go out for a walk."
Fang Yan glanced at his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, Wenrou and I are going out for a walk. I'll come back and talk to you later."
"Go ahead." Grandpa Fang Huwei chewed delicious pastries and said, "Can I say I don't agree? Can't you see that my mouth has been blocked by the little girl?"
By the Shihezi River, Fang Yan and Ye Wenrou walked side by side on the shore.
A sister-in-law carrying a basket of vegetables or an old man carrying a hoe coming back from the field saw them and greeted them with a friendly laugh. The news that Fang Yan and Ye Wenrou were in love had already spread in Yanziwu.
"I was thinking of coming to see you early tomorrow morning." Fang Yan said with a smile.
"I know." Ye Wenrou nodded. "But I can't wait."
As dusk fell, the green mountains in the distance looked like a long ink-stained dragon.
There is no bright moon in the sky, nor a single star.
However, Fang Yan clearly felt his eyes shining.
The girl standing in front of me is the warmest sun in my heart. (To be continued)