Chapter 22: The Unknown Past
After Nuan Nuan put her family on the plane, she resumed her study-based life.
During the Qingming Dynasty, she was called back by the old lady of the Ouyang family and went to Ouyang's hometown to sweep the ancestral grave. After returning to school, she was assigned a bunch of homework by Professor He Zhangming, and by the time she was done, it was almost May.
Ning Suyou had also been away for a while, and she didn't feel anything busy before, but after she was idle, she felt that the house where she lived alone was empty, so she was not used to it. The lid of the automatic kitchen machine had fallen a thin layer of dust, and the kitchen counter was not as bright as before.
After class, Nuan Nuan was about to go to the library to borrow a few professional books, and met Jin Ming on the way.
"Ouyang, do you know what the situation of Lu Dao Zhuang Yan is now?" Jin Ming asked with a hesitant expression.
Nuan Nuan looked at Jin Ming, felt strange, and said, "I remember that you are a family, right?" Didn't she tell you about her recent situation? โ
"Zhuang Yan recently didn't know what Lu Dao had taken a long leave for Lu Dao, and changed her number, and her aunt was very worried about her." Jin Ming said.
"She didn't give you the new number?" Nuan Nuan looked at Jin Ming suspiciously, she knew about Zhuang Yan's change of number, but Zhuang Yan changed her number and even notified her, it was impossible not to contact her family, there must be some unknown reason here.
Understanding the doubts in Nuan Nuan's eyes, Jin Ming explained: "After Zhuang Yan's father had a car accident, Zhuang Yan was passed on to her uncle, and since then her relationship with her aunt has not been close, and now that my aunt is married to my father, she and my aunt are even less close, but this time even her uncle can't contact her, and we are all worried about her." โ
"She's fine now, I'll talk to her when I get back and let her contact you."
Jin Ming wanted to speak again and again, and finally changed what he was going to say to "Are you going home on May Day?" โ
"Probably not."
"Oh, that's it......"
"Is there something wrong with you?" Nuan Nuan saw Jin Ming's disappointed face, so she asked.
"Nothing, just if you want to go back. We're just in the right company. Jin Ming shook his head and said.
"There should be some fellows in our school, you can go and invite others."
After ending the topic with Jin Ming, Nuan Nuan went to the library, picked up three thick professional books, and walked to the campus platform with heavy books, ready to take the school bus out of the school, and then a free driver sent it to the door.
"Whew-" The tires rubbed against the ground, and the car braked sharply and stopped in front of Nuan Nuan.
Jiang Mulan came out of the driver's seat, took the book in Nuan Nuan's hand very naturally, and put it in the back seat. opened the passenger door, turned to Nuan Nuan and smiled softly: "Send you." โ
Nuan Nuan staggered her gaze and bent over to sit in the car.
Driving on the road on the school at an unfast speed, Jiang Mulan's eyes would look at Nuan Nuan sitting next to him through the rearview mirror from time to time, and when he finally left the school, he said, "Do you remember the 10 million you once gave me?" โ
Hearing this, Nuan Nuan turned her head to look at Jiang Mulan in surprise, and when it came to the 10 million, she almost forgot it, but. Didn't he snatch that check?
"It's dinner time, Nuan Nuan won't refuse to give me a little time to have dinner with me, a lonely and lonely person, right?" Jiang Mulan smiled with her eyebrows, but she said this extremely cunningly. The 10 million that was thrown out before, and now it is in a low posture. Nuan Nuan didn't want to agree, so she had to agree for the 10 million.
For Nuan Nuan, who was once poor, 10 million is not a small amount, even if she is not short of this money now, she does not dislike the money at all. And the 10 million originally belonged to her, and when she was taken away by Jiang Mulan, she had a long pain in her flesh. Now that Jiang Mulan mentioned the money, she must have the intention to return the money to her. Being able to get her money back, she doesn't mind taking a little time to see what Jiang Mulan wants to do.
Jiang Mulan drove the car to a place that Nuan Nuan was more familiar with, which was the private restaurant where they met for the first time in their lives.
"Eating and eating, the food here is still the most authentic." Jiang Mulan entered the private restaurant with Nuan Nuan.
When Jiang Mulan ordered, Nuan Nuan couldn't help asking, "You asked me before if I remember what that 10 million mean?" โ
"Shh," Jiang Mulan raised a finger to her mouth, "We don't talk about money during dinner, in case you can't eat properly, it will be my sin." โ
Nuan Nuan's eyebrows moved slightly, she didn't say anything more, she suppressed the impatience in her heart, and wanted to see what tricks Jiang Mulan played.
After eating a dinner, Nuan Nuan was quite satisfied with the taste of the dishes in the private restaurant, which was the most satisfying meal she had eaten out in her life.
"Now that you're running out of dinner, you should say the same, right?" Nuan Nuan looked at Jiang Mulan and asked directly.
"I want you to accompany me to see a place first, and then I will tell you the whereabouts of this ten million." Jiang Mulan said with a smile.
Nuan Nuan pouted, "Jiang Shao, when did you need to use such means to do things?" โ
"It's useful, let's go!" Jiang Mulan opened the door and made an inviting gesture towards Nuan Nuan.
Nuan Nuan glanced at Jiang Mulan and walked out of the room.
Jiang Mulan's car was parked in front of a bar, and the car was parked by a security guard. Nuan Nuan looked up at the bar sign, and then looked at Jiang Mulan in surprise, this bar was the place where she had been stationed in her previous life, because she wanted to support herself on her own, she found some part-time jobs, and the opportunity to stay in this bar was given to her by Zhuang Yan in the past.
As soon as she entered, Nuan Nuan was almost startled by the surging atmosphere inside, she hadn't been in such a place in three years, and she almost forgot what it was like to walk in here.
Her right hand was suddenly wrapped in a warm palm, and before she could pull it out, the man was led through the crowd to the innermost part.
Jiang Mulan took Nuan Nuan's hand and brought Nuan Nuan to the position where he often sits, this position is dark, so no one usually sits, he pointed to the stage in front of him obliquely, and said: "The first time I saw you, I sat in this position, and you sat in that position with your guitar." โ
Nuan Nuan looked at the stage, from this angle you can see the things on the stage at a glance, not far away, if someone is standing on the stage, you can see that person's expression clearly from this position. She never expected that the first meeting between her and Jiang Mulan would be here.
"You're wearing a peaked cap on your head, a ponytail, a white T-shirt, jeans, and canvas shoes. looks like a junior high school student, the funniest thing is that he has a small face and a pair of big black-framed glasses. It seemed to be the first time on stage, looking at the colorful people below, and his lips were pursed nervously. At that time, I was thinking, this boss has the courage to even dare to accept child labor, just accept it, and don't accept a bold one, can he sing well with this weak chicken. I don't think it's a children's rhyme! As a result, as soon as you opened your voice, you calmed down, but I was shocked, I heard someone sing a song with only guitar accompaniment in the noisy bar for the first time, the song you chose at that time would not be strange if I heard it in the quiet bar, but in a place where young people are dancing around, the feeling is very strange, as if I suddenly found the feeling I wanted to come to this place. Later, I met you here a few more times, and I have witnessed your nervousness at the beginning to your calmness later. โ
"Then you got pestered by an alcoholic. The drunkard wants you to drink a glass of wine from him before he lets you go, and you drink that glass of wine in desperation, and then you go to the bathroom, and I am just about to go to the convenience. After you, I saw you rush into the ...... Men's restroom. Speaking of this, Jiang Mulan chuckled, as if remembering the funny scene and the inexplicable amused mood he felt at that time.
Nuan Nuan turned her head to look at Jiang Mulan and saw the tenderness on his face that couldn't be hidden. She was slightly stunned, she remembered that time, it was the last time she sang in a bar. Shamefully drunk because she was forced by a drunkard to drink a glass of wine, when she woke up, she found herself lying on the sofa in a private room in the bar, glad that nothing had happened to her, but she had no memory of the night she was drunk. It was also that time that reminded her that singing in a bar is not a good job, even if the salary is much higher than ordinary part-time jobs, but it is quite a dangerous job for her, a person who drinks to the point of being miserable, if something like that happens again, who can guarantee that she will be lucky enough to meet a good Samaritan? So, she hasn't been to the bar to sing since.
"Originally, I just wanted to remind you to go to the wrong place, but you pounced directly on me, aggrievedly accusing the bar owner of building your way home into a toilet and other 'crimes', and the next moment you changed as a person, put your broken glasses on my head, and treated me as a bad person and said that you would shackle me and put me in prison to be tortured. I've never seen anyone get drunk so - cute. Jiang Mulan's eyes were full of smiles, but when she heard her warm expression of drunkenness and embarrassment, she was completely shocked by her own behavior.
With such a bizarre drunken pattern, it's no wonder that her college roommate is so taboo about her drinking, as if she's afraid she'll get drunk again.
"So, you got me to that private room and locked the door?" Nuan Nuan looked at Jiang Mulan strangely.
Jiang Mulan admitted without hesitation, "It's me, although I thought about sending you to the hotel for a temporary stay for one night, but I was afraid that you would misunderstand, so I put you in the private room I chartered, and I was worried that others would enter after I left, so I locked the door of the private room." โ
It turned out that the person who helped her was Jiang Mulan. It's a little complicated to warm my heart. Jiang Mulan's liking for her has always made her feel inexplicable, it turns out that there is such a past between the two of them that she doesn't know.
"When I wanted to chase you, you were gone," Jiang Mulan looked at Nuan Nuan, and the smile on her face all converged, "When I saw you again, you became my brother's woman." (To be continued......)
PS: The baby who missed the best confession time is so sadistic!
Come, the last paragraph of the small theater is happy -
Nuan Nuan hadn't seen Ning Xiaoyou in the Warm Yang Hall for a long time, so she came to ask where a certain handsome classmate had gone.
Residue (casual): Oh, Ning Xiaoyou was angry that I was promoted to Jiang Xiaomu's concubine position, and he didn't want to give me a bed, so I sent him to the black room for reflection.
Warm:...... When will Xiaoyu come back?
Residue: It depends on my loved ones, if the loved ones feel that Ning Xiaoyou is pampered and arrogant, and they are unwilling to intercede, then give him a red hand.
Warm: o(โฏโกโฐ)oBedroom...... Trough!