Lin Qianru quietly opened the door of the apartnt she had unlocked after filling up the password. She sighed in relief when she saw that the lights in the living room were off. She thought that either Mo Roulan was already inside her room sleeping or she was still at He Mansion but she thought that chances of the latter being true were more.
The living room was dimly lit so she easily found her way ahead.
However, she was proven wrong when she saw a figure sitting on the sofa inside the living room.
Lin Qianru froze amidst her steps and called out unconsciously.
"Roulan..."
Mo Roulan who was sitting on the sofa silently turned her head around to look at her mother.
"You are back, Mom"
She whispered in a daze.
"Y..yes."
Lin Qianru whispered stiffly as if she was afraid that Mo Roulan would find out sothing.
"Were you waiting for ?"
She asked her daughter softly when she saw that she had not even changed her dress from the party.
"Yes"
Mo Roulwn whispered.
If it had been ordinary circumstances then Mo Roulan would surely have noticed how pale Lin Qianru’s face was at this mont.
However, she had a very ssed up min at this mont.
"Did you have dinner?"
She asked her mother as she started to walk towards the kitchen. However, Lin Qianru held her hand. She suddenly forgot her fear because she could see that sothing was not right with her daughter.
Holding Mo Roulan’s wrist, she turned her around and asked in a concern-filled voice.
"Roulan, are you alright?"
"Huh?"
Mo Roulan whispered in confusion and then nodded her head.
"Yes, I am alright, Mom. Did you have dinner?"
Mo Roulan didn’t look at her mother’s face all the while but when she didn’t hear any answer from her mother’s side, she thought that her mother was still worried so she said
"I am just tired, Mom."
Lin Qianru believed her and said imdiately.
"Then go and have rest."
However, Mo Roulan spoke again
"But your dinner..."
"I already have it."
Lin Qianru said firmly. She held her hand and walked Mo Roulan to her room’s door.
She felt weird that Mo Roulan was not looking at her but then she thought that it was also good. She had seen her face that was so pale in Chi Rong’s car’s mirror.
She could cook up so excuse and avoid Chi Ring’s questions but she couldn’t do the sa with her daughter.
After Mo Roulan had gone inside her room, Lin Qianru also went to her room.
Inside her room, she sat in front of the mirror and looked at her pale face.
Her eyes were blank.
A mont later, she suddenly stood up and walked to her cupboard.
She took out a purse and counted the money. Then she took out her bank passbook and saw just how much money she had in total.
However, her face was grim after she had counted all the money.
Would it be enough for Roulan and Chenchen after her?
She needed to collect more before she ...
Lin Qianru swallowed and blinked as she put everything back inside the cupboard.
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On the other hand, Mo Roulan was still standing at the sa spot she had been standing on since her mother had left and she had locked the door of her room.
Her eyes were filled with confusion as she slowly walked towards her bed and then sat on it with her hands around both of her legs.
Folding her legs to her chest, she put her chin on her knees as she stared at nothing in particular.
Cheng Yang’s eyes flashed in front of her eyes as he had said to her
’We will take it slow. We will do it the way you want.’
He had said the sa words even when she had stepped out of his car when he had left her below the building.
Mo Roulan’s lips quivered as she suddenly felt very helpless wondering what she should do with this matter.
Should she continue with Cheng Yang? But would she not be giving hope to Cheng Yang by doing this? At this mont, she could take a step back as they had been trying it out.
But the more ti she would take to step back, the more she would be giving him hope.
However, her heart was full of pain and fear when she thought of the way she would be hurting him by refusing to go ahead with this relationship.
She had been there once.
She now knew that Cheng Yang liked her very much. But she ...
Mo Roulan suddenly wondered if this was the sa feeling He Jian had in her past life when she had told him about her feelings.
She suddenly couldn’t find him at fault. He didn’t have any feelings for her. It was not his fault.
But the rembrance of He Jian also brought the mory of whatever happened at He Mansion today.
Why did he refuse to get engaged with Shen Yiling!
And the words he had said to her before announcing all that...
Mo Roulan suddenly clutched her head as she released a heavy sigh.
She was not able to understand what was going on at all.
So she did what she could do to escape. She laid down on the bed without even changing her clothes and closed her eyes to sleep.
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.
.
Mo Roulan found her escape but not for a long ti.
Around midnight, she woke up again.
Her forehead was covered with thin beads of sweat and her eyes were filled with pain and nothing else. When she looked around, she frowned in confusion and when it registered to her that she had just been dreaming, she sighed but not in relief.
She knew that she would not be able to sleep again ...at least not right now.
Feeling that her body was covered with sweat, she got up and walked to her almirah to take out her clothes.
A few monts later, Mo Rulan stepped out of the bathroom after changing her clothes.
She looked towards the bed for a mont and then suddenly walked to the balcony.
The cool breeze was blowing at night.
Mo Roulan breathed deeply as she put her hand on the railing and looked at the sky. Her mind again started to fill with the thoughts of Cheng Yang and then the engagent party.
"Can’t sleep?"
Mo Roulan froze completely when she heard the deep and familiar voice. She suddenly regretted coming to the balcony.
Was it too late to run inside her room without saying anything to him?
Just when she was thinking this, she heard He Jian chuckling behind her. However, this chuckle didn’t contain any humor but self-deprecation.
"Do you now dislike so much that you didn’t even want to look at ?"
Mo Roulan didn’t know why but these words sohow stabbed her heart like knives.
Why was he speaking like this!
She turned around to look at him slowly and nodded her head as she spoke politely.
"Mr. He"
He Jian, however, looked at her face calmly seeing how she didn’t even raise her head to look at him, his eyes went cold.
There was a small wall between them and he stepped forward until his legs were touching the wall while Mo Roulan who was already standing near her side of the wall took a step back unconsciously. However, before she could do so, He Jian held her hand, and then his other hand went around her waist to drag her forward.
He left her hand after securing his hand around her waist and raised her chin with his fingers.
Mo Roulan could feel her heartbeat quickening inside her chest. She tried to turn her face away as she whispered
"Mr. He, what are you doing? Leave ."
However, He Jian didn’t listen to her this ti and whispered still holding her.
"So that you can run away again, huh?"
Mo Roulan didn’t answer that as that was what she had wanted to do. She only increased her struggle, however, it did nothing to lose He Jian’s hold around her waist.
"Relax...I just want to ask one question from you. Then I will let go..."
He said gently as he saw her struggling with pain-filled eyes. He felt his heart aching at the sight. Could she not stand closer to him even for a few monts and hence she was struggling like this?
Mo Roulan indeed stopped struggling when she heard his words. Just one question then he would leave her...
She thought it would be better if she would hear him out then...
However, when had she thought that that one question would be so difficult to answer for her.
"Lanlan, tell ...did you start dating Cheng Yang because you ca to know of this engagent thing? Is that why you had refused ?"
And the air suddenly went still inside the balcony.
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