shallow marriage deep love

Zhong Nian's breathing became short of breath, she quickly turned her head and looked away.

She was afraid that if she continued watching, she would lose control of herself.

But even so, those ambiguous hickeys seemed to take root in her mind, and they kept appearing, as if reminding her how loving the two people she cared about were that they couldn't be driven away.

Lu Qinglan didn't know that those hickey marks that were inadvertently exposed had irritated Zhong Nian, seeing her uncomfortable appearance, no matter how careless she was, she could feel that something was wrong with her.

"Nian Nian, do you have something on your mind?" Pushing away the plate in front of her, Lu Qinglan reached out and touched her hand habitually, just like before, "Can't you tell me? You said it before, we are Friends who are predestined, you can't hide something from the other party if you have something in your heart."

Although she and Zhong Nian had only known each other for less than a year, they had no less acquaintance than she and Jiang Ranran.

After all, Zhong Nian and Jiang Ranran are the two closest and most caring friends around her, and she doesn't want to see her friends looking sad and worried.

The word "friend" touched Zhong Nian's heart sensitively, she suddenly remembered what the woman said that night, the balance in her heart began to tilt, and she was very distressed.

One is the only same-sex friend she cares about the most, and the other is the man she put in her heart when she first saw it in the military academy. At that time, she never dreamed that she would join these two people engagement.

Is it really a double betrayal?

She didn't know, she was very confused, and she still couldn't accept it to this day.

It's not that I didn't think about generously wishing the two of them happiness, but what the woman said was like a thorn in my chest, and every time I thought about it, it deepened, and the pain was unbearable.

"Nian Nian?" Lu Qinglan became anxious, and simply sat beside her, "What happened? Tell me, I'm going to die of panic if you don't talk!"

Zhong Nian has always been as bright and cheerful as a boy, and is also a natural optimist, so in Lu Qinglan's opinion, something big happened to her who is full of worries.

"It's really fine." Zhong Nian didn't want Lu Qinglan to know what was going on in her heart. Before she figured out how to face the two of them, she didn't want to be seen, so she forced herself to smile, I found a reason that I heard, "Didn't I just say that I didn't sleep well last night, and I just transferred to A University, so it's not going well."

"That's it?" Lu Qinglan was suspicious.

"That's it!" Zhong Nian nodded heavily, afraid that she would become suspicious.

Lu Qinglan saw that she didn't look like a lie, so she believed her, but she still told her not to hide anything.

Zhong Nian chatted absently for a few words, and finally made up his mind to ask: "Why have you never told me that your fiancé is the fourth brother?"

When she asked, there was a very faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she seemed to be asking casually, but in her heart, she was already so nervous that she stared at Lu Qinglan intently, afraid of hearing the answer, but extremely nervous. Expectations are very contradictory.

Lu Qinglan blinked her eyes, and the smile inside almost overflowed: "I really didn't expect you to know each other. If I knew it earlier, I would be the first to tell you."

"Really?" Zhong Nian asked to himself, his voice was so low that Lu Qinglan didn't hear, "What did you say?"

"No..." Zhong Nian shook her head, her hanging left hand felt inexplicably achy. After a long time, she asked again, as if she was probing, "By the way, you and fourth brother, how did you start?"

Mentioning this, Lu Qinglan blushed a little. At that time, she only told Jiang Ranran that the incident between the two of them was caused by a one-night affair. Zhong Nian didn't know, but now that she was asked this way, she raised the question vaguely. , despite this, when she finished speaking, her face was already red enough to bleed.

Zhong Nian's hand holding the cup suddenly tightened, at the moment, only one sentence was in her mind, Ye Tingshen's engagement with her was forced.

Once such thoughts come up, they can't be taken back.

She felt that she was in a daze, and at the same time, she was hurting herself in a knot in her heart and couldn't get out. She was not at all like her previous self.

She began to think wildly, until Ye Tingshen's figure appeared in her sight.

Ye Tingshen had just finished a meal and wanted to go back to the office directly, but Xu Cheng told him that he saw Qinglan in the hall and decided to talk to her before leaving, but he didn't expect to meet Zhong Nian here.

He walked straight over, put his arms around Lu Qinglan's waist naturally, and asked Zhong Nian with a smile: "Are you back? Is everything going well with University A? Where do you live now?"

"Fourth brother..." Zhong Nian really wanted to call him as happily as before, but the truth is, she saw the two of them were very sad together, and couldn't force a smile out, but she didn't dare to show it, because she knew something Nothing can be hidden from her fourth brother's eyes, "The school has an apartment, I live there, and it's going well in University A, don't you worry about me?"

Ye Ting smiled deeply, and after thinking about it, it seemed that he was really worrying too much, Zhong Nian could get along with each other wherever he went, and his temperament would not be disadvantaged, not to mention that the years in the military academy were not in vain.

Zhong Nian couldn't stay any longer, she was afraid that if she stayed a second longer, she would show her flaws, so she hurriedly found an excuse: "Lanlan, fourth brother, I have something to do at school this afternoon, so I have to leave first."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and left without waiting for their answer, she was still a bit embarrassed after all.

She needs to be alone to think about it.

However, not long after she left the restaurant, she bumped into someone head-on.

"It's you?" Zhong Nian looked warily at the woman in front of him, the one who talked so much at the bar that night.

Ling Wei gave a shallow smile, gracefully tucked her hair back, glanced at the direction of Zhong Nian, and said with a smile, "It's me, let's chat?"

She has already studied Zhong Nian's information, so she is looking forward to what she will do next.

"Go, you won't regret it, and I won't do anything to you."

restaurant.

Lu Qinglan recalled Zhong Nian's expression today, and she was still a little worried: "Ting Shen, I always feel that Nian Nian has something on her mind, she was not like this before."

"En." Ye Ting nodded deeply in agreement, he was very clear about Zhong Nian's temperament, and he also discovered this just now.

"I asked her what's wrong, and she just said that she didn't sleep well." Lu Qinglan frowned, remembering what Zhong Nian had mentioned to her at that time, so she asked, "Could it be because of the crush? "

"Secret crush?" Ye Ting raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

"Well, Niannian said that the biggest reason she transferred to City A is because the person she likes is here. What if it really has something to do with it?"

"Find time to find out." Ye Ting comforted her deeply, "Nian Nian has always been careful and measured, so don't worry too much, she can handle it well."

After saying that, he took her hand and put it on his chest, frowning on purpose, with an aggrieved look: "Qinglan, can you care about me once in a while?"

Lu Qinglan glanced at him, secretly amused, thought for a while, and asked deliberately: "Young uncle, are you jealous?"

"Isn't it obvious what I said?" Someone hugged her waist closer to him, and slowly began to complain for himself, "Look, since you came back from City C, your focus is not on Jiang Ranran, but on work. Now it's Nian Nian again, I've only been engaged for a few days, have I been forgotten?"

Ye Ting's expression was resentful, like a concubine who was left out in the cold, Lu Qinglan couldn't help it, and burst out laughing with a "poof".

"Hey, I can't do it anymore." She smiled happily, and finally straightened up relying on Ye Tingshen's support. After recovering, she held his face and stared deeply, "Tingshen, I'm sorry, I've ignored you recently."

During this period of time, she had indeed neglected Ye Tingshen a lot, and at the same time she was embarrassed and assured: "It won't happen in the future, okay?"

Ye Tingshen didn't speak, and directly gave her a long and burning kiss.

Lu Qinglan couldn't break free, and after the kiss was over, she blushed and glared at him angrily: "Mayor Ye is not afraid of being seen?"

Ye Ting smiled deeply without saying a word, and hugged her for a while before leaving.

Back in Ruishang, Lu Qinglan was in a good mood, but when she went to the bathroom, she found that the buttons of her shirt had been undid at some point, and a hickey on her collarbone was very eye-catching.

She was extremely embarrassed, and hurriedly buttoned it up. Just as she was about to go out, she suddenly heard Xia Xinting's slightly depressed voice on the phone.

"I know, I will find a way! Don't force me anymore, okay? I will put the money on the card by next Monday, so be it!"

The voice was fidgety and seemed distressed, and the lowered voice clearly didn't want to be heard.

Lu Qinglan hesitated for a while, before she could figure out how to open her mouth, she heard the bathroom door being opened, and then Xia Xinting's footsteps got farther and farther away.

When she returned to the office, she subconsciously glanced at Xia Xinting who was in front of the computer, still smiling as before, as if what happened just now was an illusion.

When she was about to get off work, Lu Qinglan saw the leave request form Xia Xinting handed over, she couldn't help being surprised: "Xiao Xia, what's the matter?"

Xia Xinting seemed a little absent-minded, opened and closed her small mouth, and finally lowered her head and said sullenly: "I, my brother is in the hospital. No one has been watching for a long time, so I don't worry."

Lu Qinglan didn't know that she had a younger brother. Thinking of what she heard in the bathroom, she readily agreed: "Okay, you go, tell me if you need anything, and I will help as much as I can."

Although she doesn't have a younger brother, Su Yuan would be very anxious when she was sick when she was a child, so she can understand.

"Sister Lan..." Xia Xinting bit her lip, she didn't know what to say, her heart was in a mess, suddenly, she didn't dare to meet the sincere eyes of the person in front of her, "Thank you, Sister Lan, then, then I'll go out first. "

"Well, let's go." Lu Qinglan nodded, and handed her the signed leave form, "Just give the leave form to the HR department before get off work."

After signing the leave form and clearing the table, it's time to get off work. Lu Qinglan packed her things, punched her card and went downstairs.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she left the building, she saw a person she didn't really want to see.