Zhou Yu stared at her relieved smile and was momentarily stunned.
After a while, he finally said with a smile, "Sure enough, you're my junior. No wonder I've liked you for so long."
Now that they had cleared the air, Zhou Yu could express his feelings more openly.
After all, it was all over.
Nan Yu didn't say anything more. She just sat with him for a while.
"What about the matter of registering Xiaobanli?"
"Solutions are always more than problems, aren't they?" Nan Yu smiled faintly, took off the last ring, and placed it back in Zhou Yu's palm.
"Thank you for giving me such a wedding." Nan Yu forced a light - hearted smile. "I've been a bride. It was a great experience. I'll give you a five - star review."
Before leaving, Nan Yu gave Zhou Yu a hug.
"To friendship."
Zhou Yu tightened his arms a bit and whispered, "It should be to my dead love."
Nan Yu couldn't help laughing. "I hope you can write a song to commemorate your love."
"Wait and listen. I definitely will." Zhou Yu said with a smile too.
It was really inconvenient to change out of the wedding dress in the hotel, and she didn't bring suitable clothes. So she took a private car and planned to go home to change.
The train of the wedding dress was too long. When Nan Yu got out of the car, she had to hold it in her arms.
In front of the small Western - style building, there was still the festive bright red. The set - off firecrackers were scattered on the ground, making a creaking sound when stepped on.
Nan Yu thought the wedding dress was extremely cumbersome and just wanted to go back to her room and change out of it quickly.
Just as she stepped into the yard in front of the door, she suddenly realized something and looked up sharply.
In the middle of the yard, there stood a lonely figure.
The man was wearing a well - tailored suit and had his back to her. The afternoon sun was not as glaring as in the morning, making everything look a bit softer.
Nan Yu's hand that was holding the wedding dress loosened, and the train fell to the ground.
At this moment, Nan Yu thought she was seeing things.
She thought it must be because she hadn't had breakfast and was having a hallucination.
It wasn't until the man slowly turned around.
The two of them stared at each other from a distance.
The astonishment and shock in Nan Yu's eyes were fully revealed.
She had absolutely no idea what to do or say to express her current mood.
She never thought Tan Linyuan would come here.
Tan Linyuan looked at her, his eyes flickering slightly.
For a long time, neither of them said a word.
"... Happy wedding." He finally spoke, breaking the silent atmosphere between them.
Nan Yu opened her mouth almost mechanically. "... Thank you."
The two were only a few meters apart, but it felt like they were separated by an entire galaxy.
"How have you been recently?" Tan Linyuan's voice was calm, but there was a hoarseness underlying his tone. "I'm on a business trip here, so I dropped by."
Under normal circumstances, Nan Yu would have directly mocked him: If you want to see me, just say so. Why come up with such a lame excuse?
But now, such words were no longer appropriate.
Nan Yu lowered her eyes slightly. When she looked up again, she had regained her composure.
"If you've seen enough, please leave." Nan Yu said in a cold tone, issuing an undeniable order to leave.
"Aren't you going to invite me in for a cup of tea?"
"My family doesn't have the habit of drinking tea." Nan Yu refused simply.
Tan Linyuan's voice was deep. "This is our house. Aren't you going to invite me in and sit for a while?"
Nan Yu was stunned. It took her a while to say in her own voice, "This is my house."
Not ours.
Tan Linyuan's eyes darkened again and again. Finally, he gave up trying. "Okay, then I'll leave."
He knew he shouldn't have come.
Suddenly, a baby's cry came from the second floor.
Nan Yu reacted faster than Tan Linyuan. Almost at the same time, she opened her mouth and said angrily, "This has nothing to do with you. Don't come here again."
Tan Linyuan stopped in his tracks.
He was only silent for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, I won't come again."
After making sure Tan Linyuan had walked out of the gate, Nan Yu rushed up to the second floor in a hurry.
Aunt Li was holding the baby and feeding it. When she saw Nan Yu running up in a hurry, she was greatly surprised. "Miss Nan, why did you come back so early?"
"Is Xiaobanli hungry?" Nan Yu's eyes were only on the baby. "I heard him crying downstairs."
"He just woke up and was crying for his mother." Aunt Li said with a smile as she put the baby back into Nan Yu's arms. "Hurry up and hold him. The baby is very attached to you."
Nan Yu felt relieved. She reached out and picked up the baby.
The heavy feeling in her arms finally made her fluttering heart settle down.
She showed a smile and gently rocked the baby in her arms until Xiaobanli stopped crying and fell asleep on her chest. Then she let out a sigh of relief and put the baby back on the bed.
When she turned around, a tall man was looking at her.
Nan Yu was so scared that her legs went weak.
"I told you to leave, didn't I?" But remembering there was a baby in the room, she suddenly lowered her voice.
Tan Linyuan was expressionless.
He had just witnessed the whole process of Nan Yu lulling the baby to sleep.
"Whose child is it?" His tone was as calm as possible.
Originally, he was going to leave.
But when he turned around, he saw her hurrying figure.
His first reaction was that something had happened at home, so he turned back to check.
He never expected to see this scene.
The look in her eyes when she looked at the child was just too tender.
Nan Yu was very vigilant. "It has nothing to do with you."
"Oh?" Tan Linyuan calmly retorted. "If it has nothing to do with me, why are you so nervous?"
Nan Yu held her breath and didn't try to find another explanation.
Because she actually didn't know how to explain it casually.
In a hurry, she made up a lie. "It's Qu Jiaran's daughter. I'm taking care of her for a few days."
Tan Linyuan clearly didn't believe it. "Just now the nanny said you were the baby's mother."
Nan Yu was extremely annoyed. "Can we talk outside?"
"Let me take a look at the baby." Tan Linyuan's tone was firm.
Nan Yu was stunned, and a look of panic flashed across her eyes. "... No."
"It's not Qu Jiaran's child? It won't hurt for me to take a look."
"I said no is no." Nan Yu gritted her teeth. "Tan Linyuan, if you take one more step closer, I'll call the police."
Her threat had no effect.
Tan Linyuan's eyes were deep. Ignoring her obstruction, he quickly walked to the bedside -
He saw the baby's face.
But in just one glance, Nan Yu quickly covered it with a small quilt.
"Please leave!" Nan Yu was so angry that her voice trembled. Before he had time to carefully examine the baby's appearance, Nan Yu raised her hand and slapped him.
This slap was so long overdue.
But it was also supposed to be.
Tan Linyuan didn't move at all, as if the slap hadn't landed on his face.
But soon, a mark gradually appeared on his cold face.
The crisp sound of the slap was so loud that it woke up the baby in the bed, and the crying instantly rang out.
Nan Yu took a deep breath. She couldn't stand the baby's crying. "Aunt Li, take Xiaobanli back to your room."
Aunt Li quickly went over, picked up the baby, and even closed the door for them.
The sound was blocked outside.
"Whose child is it?" Tan Linyuan's voice was calm. It was still these four words.
Nan Yu pursed her lips. "It has nothing to do with you."
Tan Linyuan looked down at her. After a moment, he finally spoke, his voice extremely hoarse. "... Did you adopt it?"
Judging from the timeline, this couldn't be Nan Yu's biological child.
Their child had died in the womb.
So adoption was the only possibility.
As soon as he said this, Nan Yu almost froze for a second.
He... didn't recognize it?