Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

When it was 8:30 pm, Xu Baohan looked at the time and stood up. “It’s getting late. We have a long drive home. We’ve got to go now. An Lan’s case will depend on you, sir.”

“Alright, I’ve never lost in decades.” Song Ruixue waved his hand.

Song Yitong walked them out.

Xu Baohan opened the car door for An Lan. After she got into the passenger seat, Xu Baohan walked towards the driver’s side. Song Yitong suddenly lowered her voice and asked. “Will you marry Ms. An?”

Xu Baohan glanced at her and nodded.

Now that she was with him, he’d never let her go.

“Tianyao and Xue Zheng broke up at the beginning of the year,” Song Yitong said with a complicated expression. “She’s single now.”

Xu Baohan frowned in displeasure. “There’s no need to tell me these things.”

“Back then, Tianyao broke up with you to be with Xue Zheng mainly because Xue Zheng helped her family. If it wasn’t for Xue Zheng’s help, her father might have gone to jail.”

Song Yitong shrugged, “Perhaps Ms. An is very good, but you must follow your own heart. You said that you would find a suitable woman to marry sooner or later, but it’s better if you can marry someone you love. However, if you insist on doing this, I won’t try to dissuade you. If it wasn’t for me, you and Tianyao wouldn’t have gotten together. I’m truly sorry that you two broke up.”

“As you said, it is all in the past. And people change.” Xu Baohan glanced at An Lan in the car, his expression serious. “I’ve already changed, she’s the one who made me change. I hope that you won’t bring up this topic again. I’m very satisfied with the present situation. Goodbye.”

He got into the car and drove away.

Song Yitong looked at the car as it drove away and couldn’t help sighing.

“You didn’t say anything in front of An Lan, did you?” Song Ruixue’s voice came from behind her.

“How could I? Dad, do you think I’m an idiot?” Song Yitong smiled. “No matter what, I’m quite happy for him to have a girlfriend. After all, I’ve always felt bad about what happened back then. If I hadn’t introduced Tianyao to him, he wouldn’t have been hurt so badly in the end.”

“Don’t mention Zhuang Tianyao in front of him in the future,” Song Ruixue warned sternly. “The Zhuang family is too selfish.”

“Dad, don’t say that,” Song Yitong said helplessly. “From the Zhuang family’s point of view, they did what they had to do. After all, they were in a really difficult situation back then.”

“Even if it was difficult for them, they should have tried to understand from Xu Baohan’s point of view,” Song Ruixue said in disapproval, “They wanted Xu Baohan to help them, but did they ever think about what would happen to him if he was found out? If his future was ruined, would the Zhuang family allow their daughter to be with him? They valued him only because of his background. If you ask me, Zhuang Tianyao is also selfish. She got together with another man right after breaking up with Xu Baohan. It was an insult to Xu Baohan.”

Song Yitong fell into an awkward silence.

“Also, I can tell that Xu Baohan is serious with his girlfriend. Don’t think that he’s looking for a woman just to get married,” Song Ruixue said. “You came back late and there are some things that you don’t know.”

Song Yitong scratched the back of her head. It seemed like she had done something unnecessary today.

…

In the car, music was playing on the radio.

An Lan turned her head and asked, “What did you and Ms. Song talk about? You looked weird when you got into the car.”