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He unceremoniously grabbed An Ning's wrist. "Hey, beauty, don't leave. Go and play with big brother for a while." An Ning tried to struggle free, but her strength was nothing but an itch to the man in front of her.

"If you don't let me go now, I'll call someone over."

The man on the other hand, was smiling. An Ning was trying to find Xu Qing, but Xu Qing was currently with Tang Yu at an unknown location.

Just as An Ning was struggling, a figure appeared in front of her. The man's hand was thrown aside as he was kicked far away. It was Jiang Jian Han. An Ning was finally able to let out a breath of relief.

She suppressed the excitement in her heart and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

Every time he was in a crisis, Jiang Jia would appear in a timely manner. Before, he had always been very happy about his appearance, but now, his mood was no longer the same as before. Since he didn't love her, why did he have to provoke her time and time again?

Thinking back to her unhappy past, An Ning's mood became extremely cold once again. 'Forget it, it's better to be a passerby in the future,' she thought.

"It's getting late, I'll go home first." As he watched An Ning get into the taxi, he didn't have the courage to say the words, "I'll drive you."

Xu Wang had almost peeled all three plates of the prawns, but he didn't see An Ning return. Thinking about how Jiang Jianhan hadn't come back after so long, Xu Wang guessed that it was probably because Jiang Jianhan had made things difficult for An Ning.

He got up to look for An Ning, but all he saw was Jiang Jia sitting alone in a corner, drinking wine.

"What about her?" Without An Ning here, Xu Wang naturally wouldn't be using that kind face of his from before.

Jiang Jia's cold eyebrows furrowed: "That's my wife, you better stay away from her."

Deceiving himself and not wanting to get involved in a dispute with him, Xu Wang continued to ask, "Where did she go?"

"Already gone home." Jiang Jia put another cup of strong liquor into his stomach. Xu Wang narrowed his eyes. It seemed that something bad had happened between the two just now.

Every time is Jiang Jianhan, An Ning used to be such a cheerful person, always because Jiang Jianhan sullen.

In the past, when he had heard the news of An Ning's marriage, he had chosen to withdraw and silently bless her. But now, he didn't want to remain silent.

He didn't have any special thoughts. As long as An Ning was happy, that was his biggest wish. Since Jiang Xian couldn't give it to him, then he should take his place.

After greeting Xu Qing, Xu Qing left as well. Seeing that it was getting late and everyone was almost done eating and drinking, she called everyone back.

Tang Yu was naturally tasked with escorting Xu Qing home. The two had just established a relationship, and now that they had gone from being friends to lovers, the two weren't used to it. Occasionally, they would look at each other with reddened faces.

After Tang Yu sent Xu Qing to the Xu Family estate, Xu Qing stood and confessed to Tang Yu.

"Hurry up and enter."

Xu Qing shook her head, "No, I saw you walk in before I went in."

"No, you should go in first. It's already so late so you should hurry back home and rest early."

Xu Qing still shook her head. She was determined to wait until Tang Yu left before she was willing to enter the house. Tang Yu finally couldn't help but open the car door and embrace Xu Qing.

This was the first time the two hugged. It was unavoidable that she felt a little awkward, but Xu Qing still felt very happy.

Xu Qing skipped home. An Ning had already fallen asleep. Normally, Xu Qing would be too happy to wake An Ning up, but today, she was too happy. She couldn't help but throw herself onto An Ning.

"Ning Ning — —" In her dreams, An Ning was frightened by Xu Qing's sudden enthusiasm. Wasn't this her birthday? Why was she so happy?

An Ning turned on the light beside her and rubbed her eyes. "What are you doing? I was just sleeping."

"I — am out!" Xu Qing directly ignored An Ning's anger from getting up and said happily.

Hearing this news, An Ning did not feel sleepy at all, she was as excited as Xu Qing: "Really!?" Xu Qing nodded furiously.

An Ning sized up Xu Qing, then asked with a mischievous smile, "Tang Yu?"

Tang Yu's liking for Xu Qing was something that everyone could see through. Now that he had finally gotten what he wanted, the two of them, who were immersed in joy, couldn't care about anything else as they embraced each other in the middle of the night.

That day, Xu Qing and An Ning slept in the same bed and chatted until three in the morning. The two chatted until they were too sleepy to open their eyes before they stopped talking.

Compared to An Ning's excitement, Jiang Jia Han was in a particularly bad mood. One of them was still in the bar, getting drunk.

He tried to get closer to An Ning, hoping that she would give him a chance to explain himself. Perhaps, it would be just like in the past where An Ning wouldn't bother with him anymore as she would obediently return to his side.

However, this time, no matter how hard he tried, An Ning was determined not to change her mind. Jiang Jianhan had never felt that the situation had reached such an irrevocable point that An Ning would only forgive herself for what she had to do.

Ai, now I can only wait slowly, step by step.

Three days later, Jiang Jia Han saw An Ning at the Di Hao Grand Hotel again. He was just in the middle of a discussion with her, but looking through the window, he saw her with Xu Qing on the second floor.

After seeing An Ning, how could Jiang Jian still have the mood to talk about work? She handed everything over to the assistant and left hurriedly after saying that she had urgent matters to attend to.

On the other side, Xu Qing and An Ning were also feasting on Di Hao's steamed abalone with garlic. They agreed to share the delicious food with him.

Jiang Jia stood on the second floor and watched the two of them talking and laughing from afar. Xu Qing had always been a straightforward person. Even from a distance, one could see how excited she was.

Most of the time, An Ning would listen patiently. Sometimes, she would smile merrily and say something. Sometimes, the two of them would talk and start fighting each other.

Jiang Jia could not help but think of An Ning who had been by his side for three years. In those three years, he had never seen her smile so carefree.

He thought about her cold attitude. It would be funny if An Ning could relax herself in that kind of environment, but even if Jiang mother and she didn't like her, she would still fulfill her duty as a wife.

On the other hand, the more he thought about it, the worse it became.

Originally, she was so innocent and romantic. However, she had unknowingly restrained her. She yearned for the freedom of the birds under the blue sky and white clouds. There would eventually be a day when she would burst.

What's more, he hurt her again and again, and he suddenly felt that he could understand An Ning's disappointment.

Since it had appeared in his world, there was no possibility of it ever leaving again. He would do his best to give An Ning a better future, but he would never let it go.

When he thought about it, Jiang Jianhan felt that he was no longer so lost. When he had been drinking in the bar the previous two days, he had been most conflicted about what he had just thought about.

Now that he had finally thought it through, his eyes were even more clear.