Mu Jin Huan reached out to gently tidy the stray hair by her ear, a tenderness he had never shown before.
That day in her apartnt, when she said she was willing to give it a try, he hadn’t felt anything different.
But now, he was certain.
A slight smile curved at his lips, his deep features softened, his voice low and gentle, "Wanwan, you truly are willing to try this with , aren’t you?"
"Try what?" Nan Wan looked down nonchalantly and started eating noodles, "I don’t know."
It went without saying.
Mu Jin Huan didn’t mind her playing dumb, his deep eyes fixed on her small face. After a mont, he started using his chopsticks.
The room fell silent, with only the simplest of two bowls of noodles on the table, but a warmth and coziness never before experienced.
It seed as if a wondrous atmosphere enveloped the two of them.
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Due to ti and season constraints, they couldn’t fly overseas, so the wedding photos had to be taken in a studio.
After changing into the wedding dress, Nan Wan sat by the vanity as the staff helped with her makeup and hair.
Two knocks on the door were followed by a soft, clear voice, "Sister-in-law, may I co in?"
It was Ji Wanxia.
Nan Wan responded, "I’m done changing, co in."
Seeing Nan Wan in her white wedding dress, Ji Wanxia’s first impression was stunning, the second was that such beauty was only natural.
The vanity table was crowded with costics, so she handed the water cup she held to Nan Wan, her voice soft, "The air is dry, have so water."
Nan Wan took it, sipped, and the temperature was just right, "Have I kept you waiting long?"
Ji Wanxia idly counted the flowers in the vase, "No, this place is quite unique. I’ve walked around several tis."
Once her makeup and hair were done, the staff left the dressing room, leaving only the two of them.
Nan Wan remained seated, looking at Ji Wanxia’s reflection in the mirror, and smiled, "Do you have sothing to tell ?"
There was a slight smile in Ji Wanxia’s ink-like eyes and brows, "I did yesterday, but not today."
Taking a nearby veil, she walked behind Nan Wan and helped place it in her hair.
Nan Wan, sipping her tea, seed quite interested, "...Oh?"
Ji Wanxia adjusted the veil and spoke slowly, "When I saw you at the airport, I thought my brother was lying to , trying to reassure to live my life, but this morning, I no longer held such immature thoughts."
Her first instinct was that there was no real affection between her brother and this Miss Nan.
Why did she feel this way?
It wasn’t so extraordinary intuition, just that her own marriage had started in the sa way, making her familiar with superficial intimacy.
Yesterday, they spent the entire afternoon together, and whenever his sister-in-law looked at her brother, she smiled gently, but the smiles were distant.
She didn’t know why they left early last night, nor what happened in that short night, but she felt that sothing had indeed changed between them.
Holding the tea cup, Nan Wan traced the rim repeatedly with her fingertip. After listening to Ji Wanxia, her expression remained unchanged, the curve at her lips unchanged, "What did he lie to you about?"
Ji Wanxia smiled lightly, "When my brother ca back to An City to see , he said... soone in Qing City was waiting for him, and he couldn’t stay long."
Nan Wan recalled the scene she saw on the news that day, and it seed so long ago, "There’s no problem, Huo Yihan has always been waiting for him to co back for a drink."
Ji Wanxia shook her index finger, "It’s not the sa."
"During that ti, no matter how many tis I went, the prison guards told my brother wouldn’t see ," Ji Wanxia said these words now with equanimity, "After waiting for so long to see him, he had to leave again, so I angrily asked who was more important than . Sister-in-law, can you guess what my brother said?"
Ji Wanxia lowered her head, her last words delivered with a mysterious air.
Her long hair brushed the skin of her shoulder, tickling, and Nan Wan couldn’t help but chuckle, "I can’t guess."
"Back then, my brother earnestly said, there is a little wildcat waiting for him in Qing City, and he was worried if he didn’t go back for too long, the little wildcat would forget him."
Hearing those three words, despite assuming she had a high level of restraint, Nan Wan still choked on her tea.
Ji Wanxia laughed and handed her a tissue.
When Mu Jin Huan pushed the door open and entered, Nan Wan hadn’t recovered from her coughing fit, her eyes teary and throat sore. Instinctively, she looked toward the door.
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