The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was beautiful. Outside the church, the bride and groom could be seen taking intimate photos together. Everyone was laughing happily with the bride and groom as the center.
However, the church was filled with a gloomy atmosphere. A beautiful bouquet of flowers suddenly fell to the ground. What was originally a beautiful and warm wedding became a pity because of the groom's absence.
Yi Lian Qian was wearing an eye-catching wedding gown. Such an outstanding and noble bride should be the happiest person at the ceremony. She should have been full of smiles, but now she had a sad expression.
Everyone could see that the groom's absence had hurt her beyond repair.
Feng Mutian, Hua Mu Xin, Xue Muyang, and Yue Mu You finally arrived with apologetic expressions. They saw that Hua Mu Xin was making a ruckus, but no one seemed to want to hear him speak. The three of them stretched out their fingers to signal him to keep quiet.
"Lianqian, I'm sorry for the delay. We just got off the plane and rushed over immediately.”For the sake of a contract, they were willing to mobilize four big bosses. It could be seen how important this contract was to these four people.
"It hasn't started yet, right?" Xue Mu Yang smiled. He saw Yan Zhiqin's figure in the crowd and was about to sneak over to accompany his wife when he was stunned by Liu Xichen's words.
"The groom ran away!"
"He ran away?" Feng Mutian's eyes widened.
"Really? The groom ran away?"
"Do we look like we're joking?”Liu Xichen said with a fake smile.
She was so worried about Lian Qian's reaction. She had not cried or moved for a long time. No matter what others said, she did not listen and only lived in her own world...
Sigh, this Ou Longtao is really ruthless. He actually ran away from the wedding just like that crazy woman said. He doesn't care about Lian Qian's feelings at all!
"Then the person I saw at the airport was Ou Longtao. You see, if you had believed me and caught Ou Longtao, he wouldn't have run away from the wedding.”Hua Mu Xin had a look of regret on his face.
When he came out of seclusion at the airport, he happened to see a man who looked like Ou Longtao. He told the other three what he saw, but they didn't believe him. They all thought he was crazy.
However, reality proved that the person he saw was indeed Ou Longtao.
"What? Ou Longtao is at the airport? Where is he?”If she didn't capture him and give Lian Qian an explanation, she wouldn't be called Liu Xichen.
"There's no time. He's already flown to the United States.”
"This hateful man, how dare he deceive Lian Qian's feelings. If I see him again, I will peel his skin and bite his bones!”Liu Xichen said ruthlessly.
"Lian Qian, are you alright?" Yan Zhiqin placed her hands on Yi Lianqian's shoulders. Other than comforting her, she really could not think of anything else she could do for her.
Ou Longtao's escape from the marriage had hurt Lian Qian too much!
"What the hell is this Ou Longtao doing? He's actually playing such a trick to escape from the marriage!”Feng Mutian frowned.
According to his understanding, Ou Longtao was a man who did things openly and aboveboard. This kind of despicable behavior was not like his style at all. Could it be that something had gone wrong?
"It's all because he's narrow-minded! What revenge? I think it's just an excuse. He just wants to play with her.”Liu Xichen was so angry that he couldn't speak.
However, Yi Lianqian still turned a deaf ear to him. She was only living in her own world now. She could not see or hear the actions and words of others.
"Xichen, do you know why Ou Longtao ran away from the wedding?”Hua Menglan asked worriedly.
From what Xichen said, could it be that she knew something?
"Of course I know, but I thought that woman was just spouting nonsense and that it was not enough to be believed, so I didn't tell you about it. In fact, a woman called Xiao Jingyi came to the shop a few days ago and said shamelessly…"
Liu Xichen told them everything she knew. It was only then that everyone realized that there was such a huge trap hidden behind this wedding.
Everyone cast sympathetic gazes on the bride, but what was puzzling was that after the bride was stunned for a while, she walked out of the church as if nothing had happened.
Everyone was afraid that she would take things too hard and anxiously followed behind her.
Yi Lian Qian dragged her sardonic wedding gown to a corner outside the church. The corners of her lips curled up into a beautiful smile." Since the groom has run away from the wedding, this wedding can only be canceled. I'm sorry to have troubled everyone for nothing.”She bowed deeply.
" Lian Qian…" Everyone felt sorry for her actions. It was not her fault, but that heartless man!
"I'm fine. Don't worry." Yi Lianqian slowly closed her eyes before opening them again. After taking a deep breath, she once again flashed a smile that reassured everyone.
However, this was just an unnecessary move. No one would relax because of her pretending to be strong.
At this moment, she was like a ghost forcing a smile. In everyone's eyes, there was only endless sadness.
a month later
"You finally came back?”Duan Langyao's voice was heard by Ou Longtao, who was sitting in the office.
Ou Longtao raised his head expressionlessly. "How did you know I was back?"
Other than his secretary, no one knew that he had just returned to the country today.
As soon as he returned to the familiar land, he rushed to the company to work.
"I have my own insider information." Duan Langyao walked to the sofa and sat down calmly. He crossed his legs casually, looking like he was the only one who could do anything.
"Are you looking for me?"
"I'm here to look for an old friend. Do I have to come for something?”
"I don't come to the temple for nothing."
Duan Langyao shrugged." I'm here to listen to your thoughts on escaping from the wedding."”
"Don't provoke me." Ou Longtao warned in a deep voice.
The matter was already in the past, and he did not want to bring it up again. He had already taken revenge on Yi Lianqian thoroughly, and the two of them had nothing to do with each other anymore.
"Don't you want to know what happened to the unfortunate bride? I helped you collect a lot of information!”
"I'm not interested." The bride would only be sad if she was abandoned by the groom at the wedding ceremony. He did not need to think to know that she deserved it.
However, when he thought of the tear stains on her innocent and beautiful face, his heart suddenly became entangled.
Damn it, this kind of feeling actually appeared again. During this month in the United States, he thought that he would be happy because of his revenge, but the reality was not the case.
Every day when he closed his eyes, Yi Lianqian's tearful and accusatory face would appear in his mind. It almost made him break down.
He had been very unhappy for the past month and was not in the mood to stay in the United States anymore, so he immediately booked a plane ticket back.
However, after returning to Taiwan, he mocked himself for being confused.
What was he doing? Shouldn't he be happy?
Why was he worried about that woman's life and death? From the day he ran away from the marriage, the two of them had no intersection. All her emotions had nothing to do with him, right?
In order to convince himself and give himself a reason to be happy, he told himself this.
" Is that so? But it's strange. Usually, a bride who has been abandoned should be very sad, but Yi Lianqian isn't like that. Instead, she lives very happily and goes out with different men every night. Tell me, is this the revenge you want?”
"What did you say?" Hearing this, Ou Longtao rushed to Duan Langyao like a mad beast, grabbed his collar, and questioned him fiercely.
"I thought you weren't interested?"
"Don't play charades with me. Tell me how she's doing.”His gaze was so sharp that it seemed like it could pierce Duan Langyao.
"Just say it. Why do you have a fierce expression? You'll scare me." Duan Langyao patted his chest and pretended to be afraid.
"You said that she goes out with a different man every day?”Ou Longtao clenched his fists, a raging fire burning in his heart.
"That's right, and they all played until dawn before going home.”
Daybreak?
Ou Longtao was on the verge of going crazy. When he thought about how Yi Lianqian had been going out with different men for the past month and how she had been playing until dawn, he was on the verge of going crazy.
"This shameless woman. I won't let her have it easy. She actually dared to fool around with another man behind my back.”He roared in exasperation.
The thought of another man holding her in his arms and even lingering around her for the whole night made Ou Longtao's anger burn even more.
"Hey, don't forget that the two of you have nothing to do with each other anymore. You've already publicly abandoned her and become an irresponsible groom who ran away from marriage.”
"Her business is my business. I won't let her have it easy. She should be in so much pain because I ran away from the marriage.”
"Then you're gravely mistaken. Didn't you say that you knew very well how bad Yi Lianqian was? Since she's not good, why would she be upset because you ran away from the wedding? As the saying goes, there are plenty of fish in the sea. If you abandon her, won't she f * ck him?”
There was really something wrong with this man's brain. He could not tell right from wrong at all. He had to wake him up today!
Ou Longtao was stunned and speechless.
"It's not that I like to criticize you, but this kind of trick to escape from marriage can't hurt Yi Lianqian at all. At most, she'll be laughed at by everyone on her wedding day, but the next day, she'll immediately look for another man!”
"You're here to laugh at me, aren't you?”
"Actually, I want to tell you something very important.”Duan Langyao shook his head in denial." Look at you now. You look like a deflated balloon. You feel empty and helpless, don't you?”
" Actually, you're just escaping from reality. In the past few years, you've been whipping yourself with a vengeful heart to constantly improve and change. Your ultimate goal is to make Yi Lianqian end up like you did in the past-to be laughed at by everyone.”
Duan Langyao paused for a moment." But that was just an excuse. You said that you wanted to take revenge on Yi Lianqian, but both of us know how important Yi Lianqian is to you. You still love her deeply.”
"Nonsense, I didn't!" Ou Longtao reprimanded loudly with a serious expression.
"Don't even think about denying your feelings. I saw it clearly. The reason why I didn't want to expose it was because I hoped that you could obtain your own happiness from it, but you let go easily.”
"It's impossible for me to like such a vicious woman.”
"Is she really that kind of woman?" "Actually, Yi Lianqian came to look for me the night before your wedding." Duan Langyao sighed.”
Ou Longtao's expression changed. "Why did she look for you?"
" She asked me if you were hurt when you confessed to her in high school," Duan Langyao said in a deep voice.”
"Hmph, a cat crying over a mouse pretending to be merciful. Is it too late to ask now?”
Was his head made of mud? Why was he so stubborn!
Duan Langyao couldn't stand it anymore and glared at him." I told her frankly that it hurt her a lot. Otherwise, Ou Longtao wouldn't be here today, so…"
He deliberately stopped and looked at Ou Longtao with bright eyes.
"So what?" Ou Longtao faintly felt that something was amiss.
"She knows that you want to run away from the wedding." His tone was full of reproach.
"She knows?" Ou Longtao stood rooted to the ground in astonishment.
"It was Xiao Jingyi who overheard our conversation and ran to tell her.”
"Xiao Jingyi!"
"That's right, it's that woman who's causing trouble. But you don't have to worry, I've already thought of a way to get rid of her.”As for how to deal with it, there was no need to say. Anyway, that woman would never appear in front of them again.
Ou Longtao was not in the mood to think about Xiao Jingyi's fate. He only wanted to know what Yi Lianqian had said to Duan Langyao.
"Yi Lianqian told me everything about the misunderstanding in high school.”Duan Lang Yao smiled faintly.
He knew that Tao only cared about Yi Lianqian. He did not care about other women.
"There is no misunderstanding." Ou Longtao was expressionless.
"At that time, a group of us blindly jeered. We didn't understand that girls would feel shy and insisted on forcing you to confess to her in front of everyone. As a girl, of course she would be frightened by that scene and say the opposite.”
"Actually, those words that you've hated for your entire life were all made up by her in a hurry. She didn't have time to explain to you before you already left. At that time, she liked you, but now, it's already sublimated into love.”
Ou Longtao retreated a few steps in astonishment.
She loved him?
He found it hard to believe, and even harder to accept that the fact that he had held a grudge for so many years was just a misunderstanding.
What a joke. The revenge he had been thinking about was just a farce in the end!
And he actually hurt her because of this ridiculous misunderstanding!
He was simply not human!
"Lang Yao, why are you only telling me now?”He was filled with regret.
What was Duan Langyao thinking? Why did he only tell him about such an important matter after it happened?
"It was Lian Qian who didn't want me to tell you, but after thinking about it, in order not to go against my conscience, I felt that it was necessary to tell you about it.”
"It's too late. I don't know how to make it up to her. Moreover, she might not even care about me anymore.”
"You're wrong. If she didn't care, she wouldn't have degenerated and forced herself to do something painful.”
"Are you saying that she's hurting herself by going out with a man?”This fact shocked him.
"What do you think?"
Ou Longtao couldn't care less about his dignity as a man. After pushing Duan Langyao away, he dashed out of the office.
Duan Lang Yao was pushed roughly, but he wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled sinisterly…
Under the dim yellow street lights, a long figure was dragged along with cigarette butts scattered all over the ground.
Ou Longtao put out one cigarette after another. He had been standing there for hours.
His expression was getting uglier and uglier, especially when he saw that the woman who had been waiting for hours was accompanied by a strange man, and the two of them seemed to be intimate. The raging anger was like a prairie fire that could not be stopped.
He rushed to the two people who were talking and laughing in anger.
Yi Lianqian's smile froze because of Ou Longtao's appearance.
"You're willing to appear?" Ou Longtao's expression was ferocious.
It had been a month since they last met, but his tone was sour, as if he was questioning his cheating wife.
"I didn't expect you to hook up with a new lover after only a month.”He shot a mocking glance at the man beside Yi Lianqian.
"Why are you here?" Yi Lianqian was stunned.
Ou Longtao's narrowed eyes were filled with anger. He realized that she didn't want to see him at all!
"Why can't I be here?" Yi Lianqian frowned.
His appearance made her heart, which had been calm for a long time, stir again.
Didn't the two of them draw a truce long ago? And why did he suddenly appear here? Did he want to continue humiliating her?
" You…Forget it…" She could never win against him.
Yi Lianqian turned to the man beside her." Mu Tian, thank you for sending me back. I'll go in first."”After seeing Ou Longtao, she felt an unprecedented tiredness sweep over her. She was so tired that she hoped that a bed would appear in front of her and let her fall asleep.
"This is what I should do." Feng Mutian gave a handsome smile, and his reserved eyes hid a trace of probing.
How rare! The groom who had escaped from the wedding had actually appeared. Moreover, he did not have any remorse. He looked at him as if he wanted to eat him up, and his entire body emitted a jealous aura.
Weird, weird, could it be…things weren't as they thought?
Then he would have to invite his friends to watch this good show!
Feng Mutian left immediately. He had a feeling that if he stayed here for another minute, he would immediately become a roasted duck.
Yi Lianqian walked past Ou Longtao and used the key to open the door. She turned around and was about to close the door when Ou Longtao followed her in.
"This is my home."
"I know."
"Then why are you still standing here? I'm closing the door."
"Aren't you angry when you see me?”She still faced him with her usual attitude, but there was no emotional fluctuation. The beautiful woman who always had a smile on her face had disappeared!
"What's there to be angry about?"
"I ran away on the day of our wedding."
"I deserve it, I can't blame you.”This was her negative attitude, so when Ou Longtao really ran away from the marriage, she didn't cry and make a scene. Instead, she felt that she had really removed the shackles in her heart.
If he thought that this was the best way to take revenge, then she had nothing to say.
"How can you be so calm? Lang Yao already told me that you went to look for him. You knew that I would run away from the wedding, so why didn't you come and reason with me? Instead, you foolishly wore a wedding dress to attend a wedding that couldn't possibly have a groom?”
"That's my business." Duan Langyao was really in a bad state. He was told to keep his mouth shut, but he didn't!
"Lian Qian, do you have to ruin yourself like this?”
"I didn't, really." she said with a faint smile.
"You're still denying it? Lang Yao told me that you go out with different men every day and play until dawn.”When he said this, he became angry.
"I didn't!" This Duan Langyao was obviously spouting nonsense. When did she go out with a man?
"Is there something wrong with Lang Yao? You believe his lies? No matter how sad I am, I won't treat my body as a joke.”Seeing that he refused to leave, Yi Lianqian let him be.
Ou Longtao saw her calm face and finally believed that he had been tricked by Duan Langyao. But…
"Who was that man just now?"
"He is Feng Mutian."
"It's him?" He was so angry that he did not realize that the man was the famous Feng Mutian.
"That's right. In the past month, he, Mu Xin, Mu Yang, Mu You, and Zituo were afraid that I would take things too hard, so they took turns to send me home.”Yi Lianqian said faintly.
During this period of time, because of the sudden increase in the number of people coming to the shop for beauty treatment, everyone was busy. Because Meng Lan and the others really could not leave, they handed the responsibility of protecting her to those men. She also put some annoying things to the back of her mind because of work.
Actually, they did not have to worry so much because she would not take things too hard!
She didn't want to be sad all the time. She deserved all of this. She shouldn't complain about what happened!
"Why didn't your best friends send you?”
"You're overstepping the boundaries. We have nothing to do with each other now, so I don't have to report everything to you.”She wanted to draw a clear line and not fall down again.
She could survive this time, but the second time…
She couldn't hug him happily and beg him not to abandon her just because he appeared again. No, that wasn't her personality.
"Because from the moment you told Lang Yao that you loved me, there was no reason for us to be apart!”Ou Longtao's tone was firm.
"You, you…those are all in the past. I've already seen through it and don't love you anymore.”Yi Lianqian turned around.
She didn't expect Ou Longtao to say such embarrassing words. She really didn't know how to face it.
"Liar." He took a step forward.
"I didn't." She took a step back. Facing his overbearing aura, she felt like she was about to suffocate.
"Liar." He took a few more steps forward. He would only be happy when he forced her into a corner.
This man had bad intentions. She had already endured and retreated a few steps back into the room, but he still did not give up and followed her!
"Don't go any further. This is my room. Please leave immediately!”She should have taken action to chase him away before he stepped into the hall. Now that she was in such a situation, she was simply inviting a wolf into the house!
" I won't leave until I make things clear. I know that you still love me…" Ou Longtao walked into her bedroom and locked the door.
Yi Lianqian was really nervous now." What exactly do you want? I've already accepted the fact that you ran away from the marriage. I won't be angry or blame you. Don't disturb my life, okay?”
"I don't believe that you won't have any complaints. I'm here because I hope that you can hit me and scold me.”Ou Longtao said excitedly.
"Doing this is useless.”
" You're wrong. At least you can make me feel better…" Ou Longtao suddenly hugged her slender body. She had lost a lot of weight after not seeing her for a month.
Yi Lianqian struggled in shock. His sudden hug was a powerful shock!
However, her struggle was futile. Ou Longtao kissed her trembling lips without any explanation. This kiss contained a lot of helplessness and regret.
Yi Lianqian pushed him away angrily and wiped away his taste on her lips." How could you do this to me?" " How could you…" In the end, she, who was pretending to be calm in front of him, actually cried.
When Ou Longtao ran away from the wedding, she didn't even shed a single tear. But now, she was crying because of his kiss!
"I'm not fooling around. I really want to treat you well. This kiss contains a lot of remorse and heartache. I'm a narrow-minded man who actually hurt you because of a misunderstanding!
After hurting you, I realized how stupid I was. I thought I would be happy, but I wasn't. On the contrary, I miss your beautiful smile, innocent expression, and the sweet look when you eat cake. These thoughts are enough to destroy my will. I have to admit that I have always loved you deeply all these years.”Ou Longtao was filled with regret." Don't swallow your grievances. If you want to cry, then cry. My arms are always open for you…" Yi Lianqian's eyes fell even more when she heard this. She simply could not control herself and could only let her tears fall. Every drop was mixed with bitterness.
"I hate to see you…Why did you still appear? I can calmly face your escape from the marriage, but I can't face your gentleness again…Do you know that your appearance…will only interfere with my life? "Damn it…I didn't want to cry at all, but, but…" She sobbed intermittently.
"I understand, I understand what you want to say. I'm standing right here. You can hit or scold me as you like. As long as you feel better, I don't care.”Ou Longtao hugged her and let her cry in his arms.
He knew that she had been wronged recently. Otherwise, she would not have cried so sadly!
Upon hearing his gentle words, Yi Lianqian could no longer control her emotions. All the emotions that she had been suppressing for the past month erupted.
Her tears were like a broken string of pearls, sliding down her face from the corner of her eyes and drenching Ou Longtao's warm chest.
The result of Feng Mutian calling for company outside the door was that everyone had squeezed against the door to eavesdrop on the conversation between Ou Longtao and Yi Lianqian.
Initially, when they heard that Ou Longtao had come to look for Yi Lianqian, everyone wanted to settle the score with him. However, once they returned home, everyone became thieves. They quietly leaned against the door and listened attentively to their conversation.
Yi Lianqian's cries gradually stopped, and there was no longer any conversation. Everyone smiled knowingly and scattered like birds and beasts, tactfully leaving.#
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