The party ended a while after two in the morning.
Before that, the groom-to-be had already grabbed everyone’s hands, enthusiastically recounting his love story. He was then quickly pushed under the table to convey their resentment.
By the end of the party, Liang Muqiu was the most sober in the room and assumed the responsibility of taking care of the aftermath. He called for a taxi or chauffeur to take the group of drunks back home one by one.
But when it was his turn, it was as if the European fortune had vanished into thin air. Even after waiting for almost half an hour, no one took up his order on the app.
The early April wind was still quite chilly. He was dressed thinly and couldn’t help but shiver.
Just as he was about to give up and check into a hotel nearby, a black Maserati pulled up in front of him.
With a puzzled look, the window rolled down to reveal a face he had seen just two hours earlier.
Cen Nan.
His scum-filled handsome ex-boyfriend sat in the driver’s seat looking at him. “Are you going back home? Can’t get a taxi?”
Liang Muqiu thought to himself, “What rubbish, do I look like I’m meditating on the side of the road?”
He shot Cen Nan an unpleasant look and nodded perfunctorily so he didn’t have to reply.
Cen Nan didn’t care and asked again, “Where do you live? I’ll give you a ride.”
Liang Muqiu was stunned. He looked at Cen Nan, “Didn’t you drink just now? It’s illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol, I won’t be fooled.”
“I didn’t drink nor did I come to let loose at the club today,” Cen Nan said. “The bar owner is my friend, I came to see him just now for something.”
Liang Muqiu didn’t want to get into the car.
Climbing into his ex-boyfriend’s car after drinking sounded a lot like the beginning of a shitty novel. And following that, he would do stupid things because of the alcohol.
He refused and said, “Forget it, I’ll take a taxi myself. Don’t worry about me.”
“Why, are you still afraid I’ll do something to you?” Cen Nan turned his head to look at him.
The sentence directly stabbed his heart, making Liang Muqiu a little self-conscious.
Cen Nan didn’t mind but instead said, “I promise I’ll only send you home. Even if we broke up, we’re still old classmates.”
“It’s hard to get a cab here and you’re drunk. It’s not safe to be outside, so just come in.”
He said it so casually that it seemed like Liang Muqiu was overthinking it.
Liang Muqiu bit his lower lip. He didn’t really like hotels either.
Right at that moment, a cold wind blew past him and he shivered slightly. He thought about it and gave in.
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“Thank you.” He pulled open the car door and sat inside, “Just take me to Yuhe Garden.”
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Liang Muqiu took a look and found that it was a WeChat from his best friend, Song Wei.
“Are you asleep?”
“Faster reply, it’s urgent!”
The message was accompanied by a crying emoji below.
Liang Muqiu raised his eyebrows, not knowing what he was up to in the middle of the night and replied, “Awake.”
As soon as he returned the message, his phone rang as if death was chasing him.
He picked it up and before he could ask Song Wei what he wanted, Song Wei’s deliberate coy voice entered his ears.
“Hey honey, you haven’t slept yet. Did I leave the USB disk at your house last time? Can you pass it to me tomorrow?”
What the hell?
Liang Muqiu was disgusted. He hadn’t heard such a disgusting tone from Song Wei for years.
However, the years of tacit understanding between fox friends allowed him to instantly comprehend Song Wei’s intention. He silently swallowed back his spit and cooperated by saying perfunctorily, “There seems to be one, is it urgent? I’ll find it for you tomorrow.”
“It’s not that urgent, just send it before tomorrow night, you go to bed early. Muah!”
Liang Muqiu really couldn’t return a ‘muah’ and hummed slightly before he hung up. In his heart, he decided to make hotpot for himself as spiritual compensation.
While he was answering the phone, Cen Nan was very quiet, not even taking his eyes off the road. However, the hand on the steering wheel tightened.
When he hung up, Cen Nan asked, “The person who called you is your boyfriend?”
Liang Muqiu was silent for a while, knowing that Cen Nan didn’t recognise Song Wei’s voice.
When they were dating back then, Song Wei also ate and drank with him. He shouldn’t have forgotten that such a person existed.
But he didn’t explain and instead let out an “En”.
He even joked, “You’ve broken up with me for so long, I can’t keep the window empty all the time, that’s too miserable.”
Cen Nan’s expression didn’t change, “Yes, you’ve always been popular.”
When they were in school, Liang Muqiu was the grass of the theatre department and Cen Nan was the flower of the law department. When the two of them got together, no one knew how many girls’ hearts were broken, but everyone thought that they were quite compatible.
But no matter how compatible they were, it was all a thing of the past.
Liang Muqiu didn’t want to recall these old things anymore.
His eyes swept across Cen Nan’s hand on the steering wheel and asked as if in jest, “Let’s not talk about me, how about you and Ruan Zhuxian? Married already? How are you guys doing?”
When he said this, there was still a subtle pain in his heart. A dull ache at the scabbed wound that had once been punctured with a knife.
He hadn’t forgotten why Cen Nan left him back then. It was because Cen Nan decided to settle there after studying abroad and also because he abandoned him and chose to get engaged to his childhood sweetheart Ruan Zhuxian.
He knew about this matter from his senior brother. That senior brother didn’t know about his relationship with Cen Nan and was lamenting enviously, “Cen Nan is so lucky to get married to Ruan Zhuxian, she’s so beautiful and gentle. No wonder they went abroad together at that time. It feels like an unmarried couple building their love nest together.”
Being childhood sweethearts and tying the knot was indeed a great blessing.
His face had paled as he listened to the senior brother next to him. The tip of the pen he was holding accidentally pricked his flesh but he didn’t feel it.
But recalling it now, the memories of that day seemed to have blurred and there was only a lingering pain left. He glanced sideways at Cen Nan.
When he first broke up, he would never have imagined that one day, he would be so calm.
But now, he could look at Cen Nan’s face and even laugh casually.
Cen Nan was indeed as attractive as before, exuding charm and being the man of every girl’s dream. But unfortunately, this person was a scumbag.
So he didn’t want to have anything to do with Cen Nan.
He was ready to hear Cen Nan talk about how happy he was now, his loving and harmonious marriage, and his cute children.
But Cen Nan didn’t fulfil his wish.
After Cen Nan heard his question, he frowned deeply and glanced at him almost in surprise.
“Ruan Zhuxian?” His voice contained hints of puzzlement, “Why would I marry her?”
Liang Muqiu was caught off guard and froze.
“No, you two…” He was a little incoherent as he said, “Didn’t you guys go abroad together on purpose? And when Ruan Zhuxian was of age, didn’t you guys get engaged?”
Cen Nan stopped the car and it just so happened that there was another traffic light there.
The streets were empty at this time of the night.
The neon lights were glowing coldly and the music fountain in the nearby square was quiet. A still silence enveloped them.
Cen Nan turned his head, his eyes solemn, “Who told you that?”
Liang Muqiu, who was stared at by Cen Nan, instantly lost his courage and confidence.
“The people in the school, and my senior…” His voice weakened. “Ruan Zhuxian’s roommate said the same.”
He didn’t know if it was his illusion but after he said this, he felt like Cen Nan wanted to curse.
The car was quiet for half a minute.
The displeasure in Cen Nan’s eyes gradually eased and with a sigh, he said seriously, “I don’t know what’s been going around the school but you’ve misunderstood something.”
“Ruan Zhuxian and I are just childhood friends. She knows that I like men, there’s no way I can marry her. We went abroad together only because she happened to apply to a foreign university as well. We have never been together since the beginning.”
Liang Muqiu was completely stunned.
His gaze subconsciously returned to Cen Nan’s hand again and he noticed that both of Cen Nan’s hands were bare with no trace of a ring.
He thought it was because Cen Nan didn’t like wearing it. But now, Cen Nan denied his conjecture.
It’s not that he didn’t like it, it was that he didn’t have one at all.
For a moment, he didn’t know what expression to put on or if he should even believe it.
He subconsciously wanted to ask, “If you’re not with Ruan Zhuxian, then why did you break up with me in the first place?”
But just as he was about to let it slip, the green light flashed.
Cen Nan turned his head and looked forward again.
Liang Muqiu didn’t ask anything.
He relaxed and fell back onto the seat.
There didn’t seem to be much point dwelling on it after the breakup, it was nothing more than him holding on to the past.
The relationship between Ruan Zhuxian and Cen Nan might be fake, but it would always be a fact that Cen Nan broke up with him.
He heard Cen Nan speak again, “I’ve been single ever since I was abroad.”
That’s a good thing to say, but it’s just a little too late. He closed his eyes and put on an indifferent smile, “Who are you kidding?”
He seemed to be back in high school again when he had not yet become lovers with Cen Nan. He was just a playful, normal classmate who could joke around casually.
“Even if you’re not with Ruan Zhuxian, with your body and appearance, several girls and boys in foreign countries are waiting to jump on you. Even if you change one every month, there would never be a repeat, so how can you be a monk?”
Cen Nan didn’t refute his words but replied faintly, “There were many, but I didn’t like any of them.”
Cen Nan: There are 10,000 swear words I want to say but I can’t scare my wife. (Although I haven’t caught up yet.)
That sentence “Climbing into his ex-boyfriend’s car after drinking sounded a lot like the beginning of a shitty novel.” LOL
Also, this was supposed to be uploaded yesterday but I had to work on a project outside soooo
I’ll upload chapter 3 tmrw and then it will be updated every Saturday onwards. Usually I upload twice a week but the next 2.5 years is gonna be hectic for me and I’m swamped with school work and other commitments #pain #IWantToCry But things should settle down for a bit aft this semester is over and I might be able to push out two chapters a week yuh
It’s indeed beginning of a novel but a brilliant one!! Misunderstanding starting from first chapter ✓
thanks for the chapter.
I don’t usually read about couples converging back, but this novel looks very cute
Thank you very much for the chapter
Good things this doesnt start like a shitty novel!! What a misunderstanding tho!! Looking forward on how LM would react!! thanks for the chapter!!
Thanks for the translation.
Haha, did this novel dissing itself? 😂 But I finding it very interesting and can’t wait for more~ Let’s see how many check from cliche we will get 😆
Thank You for the new chapter (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡
Ahh so angsty! I love it! This is the only type of angst that i like lmao xD
Ty for the chapter💜💜💜
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