"Go to the Xili Hotel. I've booked a room there," Jiang Yan finally spoke, wiping tears from her face. Her head was pounding.
The car arrived at the hotel. Ye Wan escorted her to the room. Jiang Yan said, "Ye Wan, you should go back. I want to be alone today."
"I'll stay with you. I can't leave you alone," Ye Wan was clearly worried about her.
"I'm fine. I booked this room a long time ago. I've been living here to avoid my family lately. Don't worry, I cherish my life," Jiang Yan insisted, not wanting Ye Wan to stay. She needed to contact Jin Lan and explain things clearly.
She would not give up on Senior Chu. He was the dream of her entire youth!
Ye Wan knew Jiang Yan's personality; she wasn't someone who would be easily defeated. So, after a few words of caution, she left and hailed a taxi back to the Gu residence.
After Ye Wan left, Jiang Yan immediately took out her phone, found Jin Lan's number, which she had blocked, and called him.
Jin Lan answered almost instantly. "Hello."
"I want to be with Chu Yu, and it has nothing to do with you," Jiang Yan had finished crying and was now surprisingly calm.
"You slept with me, and now you want to be with my nephew. Do you think I'll agree?" Jin Lan asked with a cold laugh.
"It's useless if you don't agree. I won't change my mind! I love him!" Jiang Yan's entire body trembled as she clutched her phone. She couldn't give up on Senior Chu, never!
"Then tell him about you and me. If he can still accept you, and his family can accept you, then you can continue," Jin Lan said and hung up the phone in anger.
Hearing this, tears welled up in Jiang Yan's eyes again. If Senior Chu really found out about her and his uncle, would he still want to be with her?
And her family, they probably wouldn't accept it at all.
But why should she listen to him? Why should she reveal it? In this world, let alone a one-night stand, how many couples who had lived together broke up? Why should she, because of one small mistake, be deprived of her lifelong happiness? She would not compromise with fate!
When Jiang Yan called Chu Yu again, her emotions had recovered, and her voice was much lighter. She explained to Chu Yu that it was her first time meeting his parents today and she was too nervous, and that there had been a small misunderstanding with his uncle earlier, which caused her to cry.
Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard she was okay and wanted to go see her. Jiang Yan said she was going to sleep and would see him tomorrow, asking him to go home early to see his parents.
Chu Yu thought that made sense and didn't insist, so he went home.
...
When Ye Wan returned to the Gu residence, Gu Yun Ting was reading a newspaper on the sofa. She walked over to greet him when she came in.
"Young Master, I'm back," Ye Wan said, looking down.
"Is your friend alright?" Gu Yun Ting asked, putting down his newspaper.
Ye Wan was surprised that Gu Yun Ting would ask about Jiang Yan. She immediately shook her head, "She should be fine."
"Did she tell you about her and Jin Lan?" Gu Yun Ting asked.
Ye Wan shook her head, "What could possibly be between her and Jin Lan? They don't even know each other."
Gu Yun Ting, who knew the truth, thought for a moment. Since she didn't know, it was better not to let her know. "Yes, there's nothing between them!"
Ye Wan, "...?"
Gu Yun Ting had already stood up and gone upstairs. Ye Wan's mind was full of question marks. What did he mean by that? Was there really something going on between Jiang Yan and Jin Lan?