give me years of peace

Chapter 75 Who Does He Love More
She thought they were lost, but now, they really reappeared in front of her eyes.

Du Anran stood motionless in front of the flowers, unwilling to move away for a long time.She wanted to wait until the banquet was over before asking Xin's mother for it. After all, it was something she cherished.

"Everyone get ready, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is about to begin!" A master of ceremonies shouted outside the shop.

Du Anran came back to his senses, and found that he was the only one left around.The Xin family has never seen her as a guest.That's right, not to mention the Xin family, who in City A still treats her as a daughter...

She stood behind the crowd, and followed all the sights in front of her.As the protagonist, Chi Xue stood beside Xin's mother, and cut the ribbon for the store together with several high-class ladies, wealthy businessmen, and officials.

Ribbons, flowers, and balloons filled the sky, and cheers came and went.Several young ladies brought the celebration cake and blew out the candles together to make a wish.

Chi Xue was very happy, with a smile on his face all the time.She is like a simple and elegant yellow peony, standing in the center of the crowd, generous and beautiful, overwhelming the audience.But there was still one more regret in her heart, Xin Zimo didn't come over after all.

Just as the hostess announced the end of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, a low, cold and charming voice sounded from the crowd: "Am I late?"

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the front, only to see Xin Zimo stepping down calmly in a black Mercedes-Benz, nodding slightly to everyone.

Chi Xue immediately walked over to hold Xin Zimo's arm, and he finally came: "I'm late, I'll be fined three cups later!"

"Three glasses are not enough, three bottles are almost the same!" The girl with a particularly strong drinker shouted immediately.

"Brother Zimo is not in good health recently, don't force him." Chi Xue stood beside Xin Zimo and smiled, the white pearls in her ears swaying back and forth with her body.

"Sister Chi, you've started to protect yourself before you drink it, so you still have to get drunk and go home later!"

"Xiaotong, don't make trouble, your sister Chi will feel bad later!"

"What are you talking about!" Chi Xue said angrily, her face flushed already.

Xin Zimo's lips curved into a smile: "Don't blame me for bullying the little girl then."

"Okay, I don't believe so many of us can't drink Mr. Xin!" Xiaotong laughed.

Du Anran watched everything in front of him silently, with a smile on his lips.It would be great if they had nothing to do with her, everything in this world is still so beautiful.

She stood at the end of the crowd and looked at Xin Zimo and Chi Xue, who were surrounded by the crowd. One was wearing a goose yellow shoulder-length dress with a bright smile, and the other was a gentleman in a black suit. They, just as Mama Xu said, matched so well... …

She smiled and blessed them, if possible, may they grow old together forever.

However, for some reason, there was a bit of bitterness in the place in the heart.

I wanted to leave after lunch, but she looked so abrupt and strange, and she was out of harmony with the whole crowd.Here, she has no friends and no one to come and talk to her.Everything has nothing to do with her.She made an excuse and wanted Mother Xu to tell Mother Xin that she was leaving first.

But before she walked out of the shop, a hostess lady came up to welcome her, saying that Mother Xin invited her to the restaurant together.

"Miss Du, you'd better not shirk it. Let's put it aside if there are any important things. Madam invited you here because of the blood transfusion you gave Miss Chi last time. She is very grateful to you." Mother Xu persuaded.

Mama Xu had actually made it very clear that Mama Xin invited her not because she thought highly of her, but because she didn't want to owe her a favor.

It was really hard for Du Anran to shirk, so she could only nod her head.But every time she mentioned the blood transfusion, her heart seemed to be blocked by a huge stone.

In the restaurant, she was placed at an unimportant table. She didn't care about it. In fact, the more unknown the better, it is best not to have anyone notice her.

The people at the same table were all people she didn't know, and she didn't know if they didn't know her either.But she kept her head down, or she would stay in a daze, or send text messages to the few friends she had.She's just killing time...

At the banquet, Chi Xue was still the protagonist. She toasted everyone one by one, talking and laughing happily.And Xin Zimo has been sitting beside Chi Xue, with a slight smile on his face, and sometimes goes to toast with Chi Xue side by side.

Du Anran remembered that in the past, Xin Zimo didn't like this kind of occasion. Several times she and her uncle went to see clients and asked him to accompany them, but he refused.Later, she thought it was because of his nature, and never bothered him again.Now it seems that it is not at all...

Du Anran drank the red wine in front of her, and stopped looking at Chi Xue and Xin Zimo. They had nothing to do with her, and she didn't need to care about what happened to them.

The phone vibrated, it was a text message from Liu Wanwan.Du Anran opened the phone: Sister Anran, remember to drink less, do you want me to pick you up.

Du Anran pressed two words: No need.

After a few seconds, Liu Wanwan replied again: "Sister An Ran, President Jin was sick and didn't come to work at the newspaper all day yesterday. Would you like to go and see him? You haven't seen him for almost a month."

Du Anran hesitated for a few minutes. Is he... sick?
After writing and deleting, after deleting and writing again, Du Anran finally replied with only one reply: I see.

Whether she should go to see him, in fact, she was very conflicted.She put away her phone and looked up, just in time to see Chi Xue walking past their table holding Xin Zimo's arm and carrying red wine.His love career is very successful, but she has nothing.

However, he still won't make her feel better...

During that meal, Du Anran didn't know how much she drank. She was already very poor at drinking, and when the meal was over, she forgot everything and was dragged back to the hotel room.

"I can't drink and I don't know how to drink less!" A wife frowned and said.

"I don't know if it's to drink away my worries."

"What's the matter with her? Didn't Shihe pay off all the huge debts she owed?" Someone said contemptuously, "I heard people say that Du Anran is probably the mistress of a rich man, or a lover. Otherwise, depending on her, how could she afford to pay back so many debts."

"When you said that, I remembered that Shihe paid off all the money owed to our family last month!"

"That's right, do the math, the debt owed to your family alone is a full 500 million!"

"Then, have you heard that he was taken care of by a wealthy businessman? Is he the mayor's son?" A group of women started gossiping again.

Everyone shook their heads: "I don't know, but looking at it like this, the family should have a lot of money."

"What are the sisters talking about?" After the banquet, Chi Xue still couldn't do without Xin Zimo, walking around holding his arm, with a smile on her face, which didn't change from the beginning to the end.

When everyone saw Chi Xue and Xin Zimo coming, they stopped talking about Du Anran and started laughing and gossiping about Chi Xue and Xin Zimo.

It wasn't until it was getting late that the crowd slowly dispersed, and one car after another started to leave the restaurant.Chi Xue kept sending everyone away with a smile on her face, so tired that her back ached.After seeing off the last group of people, she hid in Xin Zimo's arms and acted like a baby.

"Brother Zimo, I'm so tired today, are you tired?"

"Tired." This kind of human relationship was exhausting from body to heart, how could he not be tired.

"Today, I just drank and didn't eat enough. I'm so hungry now..." Chi Xue was also a little drunk, her face turned red.

"Go back and ask Mama Xu to make you some snacks." Xin Zimo supported her and wanted to send her back.

"Don't leave me..." Chi Xue hugged him tightly, unwilling to let go. She was afraid that once he let go, he would leave her, "Will you accompany me home..."

"Let the driver take you back, I still have things to deal with."

"No, you send me back..." Drunken, Chi Xue became more and more unable to extricate herself, she hid in Xin Zimo's chest, raised her head, and looked at his slightly frowning brows.

The night was like water, and the light shone on Xin Zimo's handsome face. Chi Xue stared into his eyes, and couldn't help standing on tiptoe, wanting to kiss him.

Xin Zimo refused almost instinctively, and he slightly pushed her away: "It's getting late, go back quickly, Sun Ping is still waiting for me to go there."

Chi Xue trembled, the wind blew, and she was half sober from the wine. Realizing her gaffe, she lowered her head and stopped talking.She thought that, as Xin's mother said, Zimo had already been moved by her, but now, he refused to even give her a kiss.

"I'm tired." Xin Zimo walked to his car, opened the door and walked in. Chi Xue didn't follow, so he smiled at her, and Chi Xue waved.

She thought that she understood many things too simply.And what is the real intention of this man in front of him...

Xin Zimo drove away, but he didn't go far.In a remote corner of the city, he called the hotel manager.

"Is Du Anran still there?"

"Yes, Miss Du is still here."

"Take good care of her, I will pass later."

"Yes, I see."

Xin Zimo parked the car in the dark, looked at the towering restaurant, his eyes stopped on a certain floor, in the city full of feasting and feasting, he silently lit a cigarette.

When Du Anran woke up an hour later, he had a splitting headache and a dull pain in his stomach.She regretted drinking so much, she didn't know how she dared to drink so much in such a strange place.

Today, her heart seemed to be blocked by a stone, and she was so dull that she couldn't breathe.

She ran into the bathroom to wash her face, and looked at her pale and bloodless self in the mirror, like a wax figure, lifeless.

Looking at the time, it was past eleven o'clock at night, and there were several calls from my mother and text messages from Liu Wanwan in the phone.

She didn't know if her mother was asleep, so she tried to call back, but fortunately, her mother answered.

"Mom, the company works overtime and has been busy until now. I'll go home right away." She lied, she can't even blink her eyes when she lies now, and she doesn't know when she became like this.

More than a month has passed, but she has not told her mother that she works in Xin's, she dare not say so.Only Jin Shaonan knew about it, but Jin Shaonan never interfered with her again, probably because he was desperate for her.

Now that she has become what she is today, with neither human nor ghost, she has been treated coldly, and she hates herself the most...

Bai Ruyun didn't become suspicious, Du Anran tidied up a bit and left the room.Before leaving, she remembered that the restaurant was not far from Chi Xue's shop, and she did not forget that her sapphire chrysanthemum and Rouge Dianxue were still in Chi Xue's shop.

It's just that she didn't expect that when she passed, Mother Xin hadn't left yet.

Mother Xin was obviously surprised, but following Du Anran's gaze to those two flowers, she understood everything.All the falsehoods during the day were done, and Mother Xin didn't have much good-looking expression on her face at the moment.

"It's so late, what's the matter?" Xin's mother came up, she was staying in the shop to help Chi Xue see off the guests, and tidy up the shop by the way, but she didn't expect Du Anran to come over.

"Auntie..." Du Anran's voice was not loud, she had no strength left, "I want to ask, are these two chrysanthemums from the Du family's villa?"

"You mean these two plants?" Mother Xin asked knowingly, pointing to Sapphire Chrysanthemum and Rouge Dianxue, "I just asked someone to bring them back from abroad a few days ago. Why, do you want it?"

(End of this chapter)