Tall and slender, the lady was a blondie with flaming red lips. Her fingers were fair, delicate, and proportionate while her almond-shaped eyes with single eyelids were well accentuated.
She was Jiang Beiyuan's colleague, known as the beauty in the department of thoracic surgery.
She was carrying a takeout in her hand. As she placed it on the table in front of him, she tugged her loose fringe behind her ears.
"I packed this for you at the hospital's canteen. Hope it suits your appetite."
"That wool throw blanket over there, is that yours?"
"Yes, why?"
He frowned, and his tone became cold and detached as he said, "Thank you for your kindness, but this will not be necessary next time."
"Oh? I-I saw you sleeping just now and was worried that you might catch a cold…"
Her piteous voice would have melted any man's heart.
But he merely acknowledged it with an indifferent "Eh."
"I thank you once again, but I'm sorry to say that my wife doesn't like the smell of another woman on me."
W-Wife?
Her face turned pale with shock instantly.
She had been to the hospital for close to a year. Why was she never told that he was married!?
Unfortunately, the man in question had left the lounge by then.
…..
"Do you like your current husband?"
"No, I don't like him."
When Yan Nian spouted the truth, she did not expect that Jiang Beiyuan would be standing behind her.
He Huaiguang picked up the tab yesterday; hence, she decided to return the favor today. The two of them chit-chatted and came to this dialogue.
He saw a tall and good-looking man standing erect behind her, with glinting eyes and a grim expression on his face.
This was a high-end restaurant and it was not uncommon to bump into a few handsome men over here. Hence, he did not pay attention to the chap and continued his idle conversation with Yan Nian.
Before long, Xu Kuangjie arrived. By the time he'd taken his seat at the table, he saw that Jiang Beiyuan had already ordered a feast.
"Hey, why did you order so much food? Can we finish these?" he asked as he put his black wool coat beside him.
"…"
His friend did not answer him. Instead, he continued to sip at his bowl of soup with furrowed brows. The lights above him highlighted his well-chiseled profile and slender, clean fingers.
From his position, he could observe Beiyuan's long and curly eyelashes. He might even go to the extent of calling his friend an eyelash freak, given that his eyelashes were longer than a lady's. However, that could not mask the sadness contained in his eyes. The heaviness seemed to cross his shoulders and threatened to drown him through and through.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Why are you depressed?"
He took a bite of the sea cucumber as he sized up the glum-looking man in front of him.
Jiang Beiyuan put down the chopsticks. He lost his appetite and, after taking a few mouthfuls of soup, picked up a piece of serviette to wipe his mouth.
A familiar sound of crystalline laughter could be heard.
Xu Kuangjie's glance shifted toward the direction it came from and saw Yan Nian with her companion sitting not too far away from them. The man instantly understood why his buddy was upset with right now.
"Look at that, what a wanton woman! What's so good about her? Why don't you divorce her? Your buddy here will find you a better one!"
He shot his friend a glare.
Without another word, he stood up and turned to leave.
"Hey, aren't you going to finish all the food here?"
Pouting, the man continued to enjoy his meal without a d*mn.
I'm not going to waste a table of delicious delights because of a woman. No way will I let myself be another Jiang Beiyuan!
When it was time for him to settle the bill after a while, the waiter listed the items ordered, including a ridiculous order of 50 bowls of sea cucumber soup!
"I didn't order so many bowls of soup, right?!"
"Oh, it's like this. Just before your friend left, he ordered a bowl of sea cucumber soup for every occupied table here. Our kitchen has already executed the order and it would be too late to retract it now."
Xu Kuangjie: "…"
This d*mn miserable man!
...
It was 5 in the afternoon.
The sky outside was overcast, and it looked like it was about to rain.
Yan Nian did not leave an umbrella inside her shop. Just as she was about to lock the shop and leave, two loud thundering claps could be heard above her head!
Dark clouds had gathered and swirled above her by then!
Gosh!
It looked like she had to stay put in the shop again tonight.
The weather forecast warned of thundering showers in half an hour's time. Hence, she quickly went out to grab two grilled sweet potatoes to fill her tummy with before it was too late.
Munching on a hot grilled sweet potato on a rainy evening could be a form of enjoyment, too.
Suddenly, she heard loud knocks on the door. Bang bang bang!
She thought she was hallucinating at first.
As the knocking got louder, she wiped her hands and ran to open the door.
After she opened the door, she saw a man with a tall and broad frame, drenched and soaked through in the rain, standing outside. Before she could have a clear look at this person, the man lunged and pinned her against the wall.