According to the group notification, Lin Fan arrived at the designated location.
After parking his car, seeing that he was early, Lin Fan leisurely strolled in from the parking lot with a cigarette dangling from his lips. At that mont, he saw Li Huizhen getting out of a taxi and walking toward the restaurant.
Tonight, she was dressed in a black long gown that swayed gently, as if telling an elegant story, her slender waist so delicate it seed it could be encircled with one hand, soft like a willow branch caressed by the spring breeze. Her bosom rose gently, perfectly accentuating her feminine allure with an almost imperceptible seductiveness.
Her beautiful long legs were straight and slender, the lines of her calves graceful, and accentuated by high heels that made her even more enchanting. The sound of her high heels tapping, like the rhythm of her confidence, her delicate ankles like a piece of fine art adding ticulous beauty.
Her hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, glowing enchantingly, her face was also noticeably made up that evening, her brows like distant mountains, eyes like autumnal waters, with long eyelashes that fluttered gently as if they could stir hearts. Yet despite a romantic relationship of a year and three months, Lin Fan still caught a glimpse of sadness on her face.
"You actually ca."
Lin Fan’s voice made Li Huizhen startle; she had been lost in thought and hadn’t noticed Lin Fan.
"I thought you wouldn’t co."
Li Huizhen sized up Lin Fan in his crisp suit. In less than two months, he had completely transford, radiating a confidence and steadiness he never had before.
"I initially really didn’t want to co; who thought that I would bump into him at the mall this afternoon. So, I ca to see what was happening, but why did you co even though you know he previously slandered you in the group and even hard you?"
Lin Fan exhaled smoke, not understanding what could compel Li Huizhen to act this way.
"Because his father is a successful businessman, the TV station wants to do an interview, and I don’t know who spoke about this connection, so our leaders requested to personally invite him. Under soone else’s roof, you have to bow your head, which is why I had no choice but to co."
Li Huizhen sighed. Given the past hurt, she would rather not see Lucki for the rest of her life, but under soone else’s roof, you have to bow your head, she had to follow the leader’s command.
"So, these guys are ssing with you?"
Lin Fan understood the implication, clearly noticing Li Huizhen was truly struggling.
"Fortune turns like a wheel; however arrogant they were before, now they are equally wretched. It’s all my fault, I admit it."
Li Huizhen had many grievances, but at this mont, she just didn’t want to ntion them. After taking a deep breath, she stepped towards the restaurant but paused after a few steps and turned back towards Lin Fan.
"Thanks for your advice, but everyone has their own helplessness. It seems that everyone is free, but in reality, we have no choice. Right now, I just want to preserve my job, I’ll go in first... If you can avoid going in... I hope you don’t."
After Li Huizhen spoke, she clenched her teeth and stepped into the luxuriously decorated restaurant. Her words made Lin Fan furrow his brow, the cigarette still between his lips; at that mont, he suddenly felt heartache.
After all, during the year they were together, she was a very proud person. He could hardly believe that in just over two months, she had beco so humble, her forr pride all gone; perhaps this was just life.
"Lin Fan, don’t be stupid!"
With a deep inhale, Lin Fan knew that if he stepped through that door today, he didn’t know what trouble it might bring. Lucki’s father was a well-known big shot in the construction industry. With his position as deputy mayor, he couldn’t necessarily stand against him, and for a woman who had betrayed him, it certainly wasn’t worth the risk.
"Damn it, Lin Fan, don’t play the saint; she betrayed you, why do you still feel heartache!"
Hesitating back and forth, Lin Fan eventually threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out fiercely. He really didn’t understand, having already moved on, why he still harbored these lingering thoughts. But there was a hurdle in his heart he really couldn’t overco, especially when he thought of the scene of Lucki arrogantly insulting people in the group, his anger surged uncontrollably.
"Never mind, let’s call it acting for heaven then."
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Lin Fan eventually decided to go in, just to teach Lucki, who acted high and mighty, a lesson. But just at that mont, a voice suddenly ca from behind him.
"Mayor Lin... You’re here too!"
Lin Fan turned back to see Li Chuanchun smiling ingratiatingly at him.
"Oh, Mr. Li, you ca to the reunion too. Did you like my birthday gift last ti?"
Lin Fan looked disdainfully at Li Chuanchun; he despised this sniveling deanor, but he had to admit that this kind of flexibility was most needed in the bureaucratic arena, and his own straightforward nature would definitely cost him.
"I like it, really like it... Thanks for the birthday gift, Mayor Lin, I really liked it a lot!"
Li Chuanchun said these words while instinctively rubbing his head, still rembering the pain from that wine bottle.
"If you don’t want another special gift today, keep your mouth shut after you go in."
Having said this, Lin Fan stepped inside, his resolve set for today’s event.
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