In response to Nan Yu's request, Tan Linyuan readily agreed, saying that he would bring it for her next time.
Nan Yu thanked him. After wrapping up the CD, she placed it on the coffee table and prepared to go out.
"Where are you going?" Tan Linyuan asked casually.
Nan Yu replied off - handedly, "The record store recommended by Miss Licia last time. The boss hired me."
There was little expression on Tan Linyuan's face. He just nodded. "Send me the address."
Nan Yu thought he was just curiously asking. She sent him a location on her phone, then waved. "I'm leaving."
Zhou Yu gave Nan Yu a very flexible working schedule. She only needed to go to work three times a week.
The work was also quite leisurely. She just needed to clean the place, help him tune the musical instruments, and fiddle with the recording equipment.
It was later that Nan Yu learned that all the musical instruments in the record store were antiques. Zhou Yu had spent a fortune to collect them from all over the world.
Apparently, Zhou Yu was a free - spirited young master who was passionate about music.
Although she had systematically studied the piano, she also knew a bit about other musical instruments. Occasionally, she would pick them up and play a few notes.
In Zhou Yu's words, Nan Yu could play with anything in the record store as long as she didn't break it.
Both of them were talented musicians, so they naturally had a lot in common.
They could pick up the musical instruments beside them at any time for an impromptu duet, then look at each other and burst out laughing.
Nan Yu had rarely experienced such happy days.
She enjoyed this kind of pleasure and failed to notice the increasingly special feelings Zhou Yu had for her.
Once, Zhou Yu joked that he wanted to find someone to fall in love with. Nan Yu also laughed and said, "Then senior, you've got to put in more effort. I'll be waiting to drink your wedding wine."
Zhou Yu smiled. "It still depends on fate. Sometimes, fate might be right across the way."
Hearing this, Nan Yu immediately put down the musical instrument in her hand, walked to the window, and looked at the technology building across the street. She pretended to be profound and said, "So you want to find a programmer girlfriend."
Zhou Yu laughed so hard that he bent forward.
...
One evening, the two of them were upstairs recording a new song.
Since they were both so absorbed, they didn't notice that the door of the record store downstairs was gently pushed open.
As usual, the sign "Closed" was hanging at the door. Tan Linyuan frowned and double - checked the address.
Walking into the record store, he heard the cheerful laughter and the man's conversation coming from the second - floor stairs. The look in his eyes deepened.
Inevitably, his eyebrows twitched.
It was obvious that Nan Yu was very happy now.
Zhou Yu was the first to hear the commotion downstairs. For a moment, the conversation paused. He said to Nan Yu, "Someone's here. I'll go down and check."
It was eight o'clock in the evening. There were unlikely to be any customers at this time.
Nan Yu was curious and followed him downstairs.
Tan Linyuan was standing at the door. Out of courtesy, he didn't step further inside. Moreover, there really wasn't much room to stand anyway—
Since Nan Yu came to the record store, it hadn't become tidier. Instead, it had become even more cluttered.
Tan Linyuan was wearing a dark - green overcoat. The black sweater inside was showing at the collar, making his temperament look even more elegant and cold.
Nan Yu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Tan Linyuan to come. She felt quite surprised.
Tan Linyuan's gaze only stayed on Zhou Yu's face for a second, then he stared only at Nan Yu, looking extremely calm.
Although there seemed to be no other emotions in his eyes, Nan Yu felt a bit uncomfortable under his gaze.
Zhou Yu looked at the strange man who suddenly appeared. He snorted. "Can't you see the sign outside? We're closed!"
For at least twenty - five days a month, that sign was hanging there. Nan Yu learned this after she came to the record store.
"I'm here to pick someone up." Tan Linyuan's gaze remained fixed on Nan Yu. "It's getting late. I'm here to pick you up."
"Oh?" Zhou Yu suddenly turned to look at Nan Yu. "Who is this?"
Nan Yu's breath caught for a moment. Her mind was working fast. "He's an elder in my family."
She subconsciously didn't want to tell Zhou Yu too much about her private affairs, especially about her relationship with Tan Linyuan.
An elder? That's good.
Hearing her introduce him like this, Tan Linyuan let out a faint laugh. There was a scrutinizing look in his eyes when he looked at her.
It was hard to tell whether the laugh was mocking or teasing. Nan Yu's heart skipped a beat in fear. She lowered her head and avoided his gaze.
Zhou Yu persisted. "Which elder in your family? He looks quite young."
Nan Yu replied vaguely. "He's an uncle from the previous generation."
The more she explained, the more meaningful Tan Linyuan's look became. There was a faint coldness on his lips, as if he was about to expose her lie at any moment.
In fact, he did just that.
"Actually, I'm..."
Seeing that he was about to speak, Nan Yu was so scared that she quickly walked over, grabbed Tan Linyuan's sleeve, and dragged him outside. "Zhou Yu, I'm going back. Bye."
Zhou Yu noticed something strange, but he didn't expose it. He just waved lazily and shouted, "Bye, my dear little princess."
As Tan Linyuan stepped out of the door, his face instantly turned cold when he heard this address.
After dragging Tan Linyuan into the car, Nan Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.
Tan Linyuan didn't say anything else. He started the engine.
After the car drove out of the park, Nan Yu asked in a chatty tone, "Why did you come here?"
"To take a look at your working environment." Tan Linyuan said coldly. "You get along well with your boss."
There was no hint of emotion in his words. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Nan Yu said, "Zhou Yu is my university senior. He opened this record store himself. We do have a lot in common."
When she said this, she didn't notice at all that the man in the driver's seat was getting more and more gloomy.
"Go on." He didn't interrupt. He just drove the car faster and faster.
It would take some time to drive back to the villa. Nan Yu thought it was just a way to pass the time in the car, so she continued to talk to Tan Linyuan about Zhou Yu.
She said that Zhou Yu was very talented in music and that he was passionate about it. He didn't open the store for money.
She also said that Zhou Yu's life revolved around eating and music. He didn't live in his luxurious villa but preferred to stay in the small record store every day.
She also said that since she started working at Zhou Yu's place, her mood had improved a lot. She had recorded several songs and would play them for him next time.
Just as she was still excitedly chattering away, Tan Linyuan suddenly slammed on the brakes.
Nan Yu thought they had arrived home, and her voice stopped abruptly.
She turned to look out of the window and found that the car was parked at a corner of a strange alley. It was a dead - end.
"Being with him makes you this happy?"
At this moment, Tan Linyuan slowly turned his head and stared at her coldly.
Now, his gaze was no longer calm.
He stared at her, with a suppressed wild beast roaring in his eyes. His look was fierce and sinister.
He asked again, "Nan Yu, being alone with other men makes you this excited?"