After a month of peaceful days, Ruan Dongyang thought that Fang Zuao would not appear again, so he was prepared to erase the name from his mind and never think about it again.
However, he appeared again.
He sent a bouquet of purple tulips and an invitation card.
Could the winter sun show its face? Her cold heart needed its warmth. If possible, I'll meet you at Love Hotel tonight.
There was no signature, but she knew that it was him. Other than him, no one else would make her so uneasy. It was really unusual for her to feel uneasy without seeing anyone.
Chen Lanxiang leaned closer to her." Wow! What beautiful tulips. Did the boss give them to you? It's purple."
"You like it? This is for you." Ruan Dongyang said generously.
Chen Lanxiang looked at her suspiciously." Really? Such a big bouquet is not cheap! My husband has never been so generous.”
"That's why I'm giving it to you. Take the flowers back and let your husband think that you have an admirer.”
Chen Lanxiang laughed happily. "Admirer? I haven't had an admirer for a long time. My husband won't believe me.”
Holding the dazzling purple tulip, there was no woman who did not smile sweetly. Even Chen Lanxiang, who had given birth to two children, was no exception.
After ten years of marriage, all the passion from dating had completely faded. In marriage, it was either responsibility or obligation. It had been a long time since she smiled so happily.
"It doesn't matter whether he believes it or not. You just need to feel that an admirer has given you a bunch of tulips and made you happy for the whole day.”
A woman with love in her heart was naturally charming.
"You really want to send me? If Boss saw this, would he be unhappy?”
"It's not from the boss." Wasn't she being too self-righteous by being so sure?
Chen Lanxiang smiled brightly. "Thank you. You're really a kind girl.”
For the rest of the afternoon, she was considering whether she should go to the appointment. Just as she was about to get off work, her phone rang.
"Dongyang, today is your birthday. Where are you going to celebrate?”Feng Xinyan reminded her that she was 24 years old today.
"Birthday?" So he gave her flowers and treated her to a feast?
"Have you forgotten? Please! Didn't we plan to celebrate last week?”
"Yes, I am." She had really forgotten.
"Then, are we going to Ye Garden for dinner as planned tonight?”Feng Xinyan asked.
"Sure,"
Just like that, she decided to break her promise to Fang Zu Ao.
Why did she have a strange feeling in her heart? Why was it that after that night, she was no longer sure of her own definition of love?
However, it was obvious that he only had physical and sexual desires for her.
In terms of spirit, they had no intersection.
That was why she resisted him and used rejection to protect herself.
Because she was afraid of being hurt. She was afraid of getting lost in his body. She couldn't control her lust and love, so…she chose not to have them.
She went to Ye Garden instead of Love Hotel.
"You look a little distracted tonight. Why?”Feng Xinyan asked after the waiter served the side dishes.
"I'm a year older, so I'm a little sad."
She didn't know if he would wait for her or how long he would wait. Would he wait until the end of time?
The end of time? What was she thinking? What did waiting for her to eat have to do with the end of time? She was really muddled.
"Yes, I feel the same way on my birthday. It's a sense of loss. The older you get, the easier it is to feel it. Twenty-four isn't old."
Feng Xinyan didn't know what she was upset about. She comforted her and exclaimed,""It's her."
Ruan Dongyang followed Feng Xinyan's gaze and noticed a well-dressed woman not far away.
"Who is she?" Ruan Dongyang asked.
"The female lawyer next door is very strong, very capable, and very outstanding.”
Hearing Feng Xinyan's introduction, Ruan Dongyang couldn't help but take a few more glances at the woman.
The woman was wearing a modified cheongsam with a black background and gold onions. Her long black hair was tied up high, and her every move was a woman's charm.
"Her name is Gu Cishu. She's not even thirty years old yet, and she's never lost a case. Moreover, she doesn't look like a lawyer at all. Don't you think she looks more like a call girl who came out to make a living?”
"Don't describe it randomly."
"She looks too enchanting. She must be very clear about this. Moreover, her eloquence is very sharp. Even my powerful boss is not her match.”
"In today's society, women are no longer weak.”
Gu Cishu did not come alone. There was a man who looked very nice sitting opposite her.
"She's really amazing. I heard that she recently hooked up with a sugar daddy, oh…the social elite Fang Zu Ao introduced to you by a sex trafficker.”
She was completely stunned.
How silly! Ruan Dongyang, how could you be so confident that he was the one who sent the flowers?
Drops of tears rolled down her cheeks, and deep melancholy surged in her heart.
"Why are you crying?" Feng Xinyan asked in surprise.
"It's nothing. It's my birthday today. I suddenly thought of my mother who passed away ten years ago.”
"Oh! It was her birthday, and she should cry.”
Gu Cishu stood up and walked out of the dining room with the man.
"That man seems to be going crazy. His face is sunken. He probably failed in his courtship and was rejected by Lawyer Gu in a very ugly manner.”Feng Xinyan gloated.
The next day, Chen Lanxiang came looking for Ruan Dongyang in high spirits.
"My husband really suspected that I had an admirer because my stuttering appearance made him suspicious. I thought he would think that I bought the flowers for myself!”That bouquet of tulips revived her longing for marriage.
Looking at the smiling Chen Lanxiang, Ruan Dongyang couldn't bring herself to smile. Because of Feng Xinyan's words, she suspected that the flowers and invitation cards from yesterday weren't from Fang Zu 'ao.
"In the future, you can use more clever ideas to make your husband love you more.”
"Yeah, I don't want him to think that I've become an old hag and take my sacrifice to my family for granted.”
Feng Xinyan had to work overtime today, so she wouldn't go home too early. She didn't want to face the loneliness in the room alone. In the end, Ruan Dongyang decided that she would take the subway to Danshui to relax.
She realized that she had changed. She didn't expect that she would become so sentimental, just because Fang Zu Ao had a new target to hunt.
However, she was the one who rejected him first. Was it too late to be sad and sigh now?
She didn't feel hungry on an empty stomach. The delicacies on the street couldn't arouse her appetite. That was good too. Dieting was good for one's health. He had eaten too much high-calories food recently, so it was necessary to clear his stomach.
Her phone rang at this moment. The caller ID was a set of unfamiliar numbers.
"Hello?" Who was it?
"Why not?"
It was him. His deep voice had been appearing in her dreams recently.
" Who are you?" she asked deliberately.
He was silent for a few seconds. "You know who I am?"
She bit her lower lip and did not say anything. This man always had a way to affect her emotions.
"Stop biting. If you continue biting, you will bleed.”he said.
Ruan Dongyang was stunned. She stood rooted to the ground and looked around. Then, she saw him. It turned out that Fang Zu 'ao was just around the corner.
She put away her phone in a panic, turned around, and walked forward quickly.
"It's useless. I won't let you go.”
Fang Zu Ao followed her and walked side by side.
She didn't look at him and quickened her pace. She began to regret wearing a new pair of high heels today.
"You just don't want to talk to me properly, do you? It had been a month since they last met, yet he was still so stubborn.”He held her hand.
Her heart was in a mess. She wanted to shake off his hand, but she couldn't. "Can you not be like this? Don't you think you're acting like a bandit?”
"I don't think so. I've been following you for more than an hour. I've wanted to hold your hand for a long time. Now that I've held it, I won't let go.”
"You followed me!" She shouted angrily.
"I've been following you since you got off work. Zuo Zuo told me that you performed very well at King Tan. I'm proud of you.”
She stopped in her tracks and glared at him. "Whether I'm outstanding or not has nothing to do with you. You and I aren't even friends.”
She told herself that she must not lower her head, and she must not be soft-hearted. A man like Fang Zu Ao would not stay by his side with only one woman.
"Not even friends? How can you say that?" He looked at her unhappily.
During the month he was away from Taibei, he couldn't focus on his work. All he could think about was her, her smile, her coquettishness, and her anger. He wished he could grow a pair of wings that could fly thousands of miles a day and fly to her side every night.
"I don't want to waste my time being friends with you.”
He let go of her hand, unable to accept her indifference. "Are you serious?"
She lowered her head and looked at the ground. "Yes."
She kept telling herself that this was the right thing to do. Only in this way could she be safe and sound forever. Otherwise, she would probably cry for him every day in the future.
"May I know why? There is a reason behind every decision. Can you tell me why you can't accept me?”
She didn't know if she should say it out loud, so she chose a more harmless answer."You're too rich."
"What?" He frowned.
"I'm too poor, and you're too rich. We shouldn't have any interactions. Once the novelty wears off, everyone will suffer.”
"Wait until one party feels pain before separating! When he dealt with relationship issues, he always adhered to the principle of amicable parting.
"This is our biggest disagreement," she sneered.”
He understood. "You believe in eternity?"
"Obviously more than you." She turned around and walked to the subway station. There was no intersection point in such a conversation, and she did not want to waste time.
He was still following her. Today was his first time taking the subway in Taibei, and his goal was to follow a woman who was not interested in him.
"You want to get married, right?" he asked.
She didn't say anything.
"How can I know what you're thinking if you don't speak?”He realized that he didn't mind having a family with her.
"No, I don't want to get married." She didn't want to marry him. It was too risky. With her personality, she definitely wouldn't be able to last three months.
The more he listened, the more confused he became." You believe in eternity but don't want to get married? Isn't this very contradictory?"
"You're passionate about one-night stands, but you're pestering me. Isn't that very contradictory?”
He held her hand again. "That's why I want to try to develop a relationship with you that lasts longer than a one-night stand.”
"I won't accompany you." She flung his hand away.
"Stubborn." He spat.
She turned and made a face at him. "This isn't called stubbornness. This is called protecting yourself. Rich people like you won't understand.”
He followed her step by step and asked,"Why did you give the flowers I gave you to someone else?”
She squinted at him. "You have spies in King Tan?"
"I asked you first."”
She glanced at him and walked towards the ticket counter. "You gave me flowers, so the flowers are mine. What does it have to do with you what I want to do with them?”
After returning to the subway station in Taibei, he suggested,""How about having a meal with me? I'm hungry."
"Find someone else to accompany you. I don't want to eat tonight.”
She stood under the bus stop and looked straight in the direction of the bus. Beside her was an extraordinarily handsome man. No matter how old a woman was, when she passed by them, she could not help but look at Fang Zu Ao.
She found it funny. "It seems that I might as well take Big Sister Cheng as my master. I'll definitely earn money by changing my profession to prostitution. At that time, I'll definitely make you my money tree.”
"Why are you so happy to let another woman touch me?”He felt that he had really kicked a big iron plate.
"You're the one who humiliated yourself. Big Sister Cheng was originally your 'chief sex trafficker' in Taiwan. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have met.”
"You're right.”
"My bus is here. Don't follow me anymore. Let's part on good terms.”
Then, she got on the bus and couldn't help but glance behind her from the corner of her eye, wondering if he had followed her on the bus.
In the end, he did not follow.
Damn Fang Zu Ao! He talked about himself as if he was a Casanova. How was he a Casanova? He even gave up halfway with someone.
Strange, what was she angry about? She was the one who ordered him not to follow her anymore. She even said that they should part on good terms. He only listened to her words. Why was she cursing him?
A woman's heart was like a needle at the bottom of the sea. Even she herself did not understand herself.
She looked out of the car window. Was he planning to give up just like that? Was it because she was too ungrateful?
Fang Zu 'ao had no intention of giving up. He just didn't want Ruan Dongyang to think that he was too vulgar and that the only way to chase a girl was to pester her.
"Zu Ao, Mr. Rong's wedding will be held soon. Are you going to attend Mr. Rong and Miss Ran's wedding personally?”Tang Shaowen asked.
"It depends on the situation. Although the person might not be there, the gift must be given. If I can't go, you and Fang Nian will represent me.”
He might stay in Taiwan for a while. If Rong Haiyao finally decided to hold a wedding in Europe, he might not be able to find the time.
"When Mr. Rong called, it was as if he had eaten honey. You could hear his joy just by listening to his voice.”
Rong Haiyao was more disdainful of the marriage system than he was. He didn't expect that he would walk into the auditorium one day.
"He's in high spirits when he's happy, so his tone of voice naturally sounds like he's drunk honey.”Fang Zu Ao said enviously.
"Miss Ruan is still indifferent?”Tang Shaowen asked carefully.
Tang Shaowen knew a thing or two about Fang Zu 'ao's thoughts. What he didn't understand was why Ruan Dongyang didn't know how to flirt. Perhaps her lack of flirt was what made her so charming!
"She's been avoiding me for some strange reason.”
"Tan Jiaojiao called me more than ten times a day to ask about your whereabouts, but I didn't tell her where you were. Fortunately, Fang Nian blocked her well. Otherwise, she would have waited here.”
"Did Jiaojiao misunderstand something?”
"Fang Nian said that she thought you were going to marry her.”
What? "It can't be, right? I haven't said more than 30 words to her since we were young. How could she think that I wanted to marry her?”
"Let her be. Little girls like to think too much. The more you treat it as a serious matter, the more she will go into a dead end." Tang Shaowen spoke clearly and logically, just like a psychoanalyst.
"If she calls again, just tell her that I've gone to have fun with the woman I love.”He wanted to break her thoughts.
"Alright, there's also a Miss Gu Cishu who called to look for you. Zu Ao, could she be the person you're looking for?”
The quick-witted Young Master Tang was able to guess something from the slightest clue. Fang Zu 'ao did not hide it from him,""That's right. Gu Cishu is the person I'm looking for. She's the daughter of my enemy.”
Tang Shaowen saw Fang Zu Ao's serious expression and had a bad feeling. He asked him directly,""Are you planning to take revenge?"
"Since I found her, I naturally won't let her off easily. Her father's crime caused my father's death. This time, I really went through a lot of trouble to find her, but it was easy for me to find her.”
Fang Zu Ao had never deliberately searched for his enemy because he had not thought of how to take revenge. If he wanted revenge, he had to have a detailed plan first. Only when the enemy appeared could he directly give a fatal blow.
Now that Gu Cishu's father, Gu Zhen, had passed away, Gu Cishu was also a great lawyer like her father.
Capable and beautiful women were often the loneliest. If he wanted to attack her when she was unprepared, it would be as easy as flipping his hand. However, he later changed his mind and wanted to slowly torture her.
He didn't really want her to die, but he wanted to ruin her career and make her wish she was dead.
"What do you plan to do?" Tang Shaowen asked.
"I'll see what I can do. I still have other things on my mind right now, so I can't take revenge with all my might.”He knew his limits. His career came first, and revenge came second.
No! Ruan Dongyang was also very important.
"That Tan Jiaojiao has been calling to look for her time and time again. Our company's receptionist is already unable to take it anymore.”
"What do you think?" Fang Zu Ao asked.
"If I were to compare Tan Jiaojiao to Fang Nian, I would rather vote for Fang Nian.”
Fang Nian was cuter and wouldn't be unreasonable.
Fang Nian, who had always been calm and capable, would not be unreasonable. She would always play the role of a smoother. When there was any conflict between the decision-makers, she would jump out and smooth things over. Usually, she could get a satisfactory result. Her performance was admirable.
However, this situation had changed recently. Fang Nian could no longer suppress the jealousy that he had been suppressing for a long time.
She found Ruan Dongyang. The plan that was supposed to be carried out a month ago was being carried out today.
"Miss Ruan." She called out to Ruan Dongyang.
Ruan Dongyang was stunned. She remembered Fang Nian. More than a month ago, at the elevator of Love Hotel, he had come to pick her up on behalf of Fang Zu 'ao and had become an accomplice to that ridiculous night.
"What's the matter?" She had to be careful.
"I have no ill intentions. I just want to chat with you for a while. How about treating you to a meal?”
Ruan Dongyang brushed his hair behind his ear and said naturally,""Let me treat you! I'm getting my salary today."
"How can I do that?"
Ruan Dongyang shook his head." I won't. How much can you eat? Don't worry! One meal won't break me." She had no intention of becoming enemies with Fang Nian.
"My name is Fang Nian. I'm definitely older than you. If I say too much about taking advantage of my seniority later, you must ask me to shut up.”
Ruan Dongyang nodded. No matter what Fang Nian wanted to say to her, she believed that it must have something to do with Fang Zu 'ao.
She was very glad that she had rejected him with a backbone. Otherwise, who knew how many people would come to fight and humiliate her today.#
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