Marriage First, True Love Later

After putting down the phone, an ran sighed and leaned back in her swivel chair.

She had just spoken on the phone with the store owner. She sounded like she was in a good mood and was smiling when she spoke. The wedding was three days later on April 28th of the lunar calendar, June 5th of the National calendar. The Lin family’s parents had already arrived and were arranged to stay at the hotel for the next two days. Lin Li made an excuse that she had to take care of her parents and said that the man and woman should not meet before the wedding, so she moved to the hotel.

In fact, Anran knew that she was avoiding Chengxiang. She had never been a person who cared about how the world looked at her. Even if she was asked to go to the church directly without the groom taking her to the wedding, she would do it.

Now, she was only doing this to give herself and Chengxiang some buffer time. As the saying goes, no matter how good a relationship is, it can’t withstand betrayal. Once a relationship has a crack, it’s difficult to return to the past. Even if Lin Li really wanted to and tried very hard to recover, it was difficult for her to be completely unruffled by Chengxiang’s betrayal.

Anran knew that she couldn’t do anything, because this was Lin Li’s choice, and the only thing she could do was wish her happiness.

Sighing, he picked up the half-finished design on the table and studied it. She had to come up with a plan for the manor in the next few days because she didn’t have much time to dawdle with the one-month plan and the time to set up the templet.

“Knock, knock, knock …”

Someone knocked on the office door at this time. Anran didn’t look up and directly said, ” “Come in.”

Ling Lin pushed the door open and came in with a serious expression. She pulled out the chair in front of Anran and sat down across from her.

Anran looked up at her and asked, ” “Is there something?” He lowered his head and continued to look at the design in his hands. The works of some foreign Masters were really good. The event Manor was specially made and it attracted not only the child but also the adults.

&Quot; Gu Anran, you’re the one who married brother Yicheng? ” Ling Lin’s tone was a little harsh, and she looked at an ran with resentment and dissatisfaction.

Anran raised her head and looked at her. She was surprised that she didn’t know. Ling LAN didn’t tell her? “Yes, what’s the problem?” he looked at her and nodded.

Ling Lin glared at her, her big eyes full of grievances and unwillingness. She had known su Yicheng since she was a child, and she had followed him and her sister since she was a child. When he and her sister were in love, he could only hide his love for him in his heart, because he knew that he was the one who would become her brother-in-law, and she would always be his little sister.

However, later on, his sister betrayed him and was caught in the act of adultery with Zhou han. The wedding that was supposed to be scheduled was canceled. His father and his sister even broke off their father-daughter relationship. In the end, his sister was taken abroad by Zhou han.

During that period of time, she went to look for him, but he seemed to have turned his sister’s betrayal into dissatisfaction with everyone in the Ling family, and refused to see her every time.

She knew that her identity was awkward. At that time, she even hated her sister to death. She hated her for making her brother Yicheng so sad, but at the same time, she was secretly happy. Because of her sister’s betrayal, he could no longer be her brother-in-law. That also meant that she had the chance to be his girlfriend instead of his little sister.

However, because of his sister’s matters, he never visited the Ling family again. Even when she went to look for him, he always used the excuse that he was busy and did not want to see her. She knew that it was her sister who had broken his heart, and he needed time to slowly recover, so she was willing to wait, wait for him to completely recover from the pain of that relationship.

But later, because of work, brother Yicheng got close to the Ling family again. However, he was always polite to her. She thought that he still cared about her identity as Ling Lan’s younger sister and that he wouldn’t care if she gave him more time. She also heard that he kept rejecting all the girls from prestigious families that Mama su introduced to him. So, she always felt that she still had enough time to wait for him to notice her.

However, one day, her father came back and said that he was married. There was no wedding, no banquet, but he had registered his marriage. That night, she cried for a long time. But last night, when she and her father went to celebrate Xiao Yingtian’s birthday, she looked for a long time, but she met them when they left. What she didn’t expect was that the person who registered his marriage was actually Gu Anran!

I hate you, Gu Anran! &Quot; Looking at her, Ling Lin enunciated each word clearly. That expression was simply as if she hated her to the core!

Anran frowned and felt a little baffled. She didn’t seem to have done anything, did she?

Ling Lin suddenly stood up, stared at Anran, and solemnly said, ” “I don’t want to follow you anymore in the future! I’ll ask the director to transfer me to Xiao Xiao’s group!”

Anran looked at her. She didn’t understand why she was suddenly so excited. However, she was quite happy to transfer her. &Quot; up to you. If the director agrees, I have no objections. &Quot;

If her guess was right, Ling Lin got in through connections. What top student from a famous school, what she had already won many important domestic awards when she was in school, it was just an excuse for bragging. How could a person who had won architectural awards in China not even know the most basic drawing proportions? If he really used her design to build a high-rise building, it would probably collapse before it was completed!

Ling Lin glared at her with resentment, then slammed the door and left.

Anran only felt a little depressed about this matter, but she didn’t have any more energy to care about it. She didn’t think that spending time figuring out other people’s thoughts was more important than drawing.

After spending the entire afternoon looking at the relatively successful designs of foreign manors, it was already getting dark when she came out of the company. A few minutes before she got off work, su Yicheng called to say that he had a meeting that night and couldn’t come to pick her up, so he asked her to take a taxi back.

She carried her briefcase out of the company. The sky was dark, and it seemed to be a sign of rain. A strong wind blew, blowing up the dust on the ground. Anran turned around, but the moment she turned around, she saw mo Fei standing behind her.

At this moment, he looked a little disheveled, and his neatly combed hair was a little messy from the wind. The tie around his neck was loosely tied, and he stared straight at Anran. He opened his mouth to say something, but then stopped. In the end, he only smiled dryly.

Anran looked at him for a long time before she finally nodded at him and turned around to leave.

Just as Anran was about ten steps away, mo Fei suddenly called out to her from behind. &Quot; Anran! &Quot;

She stopped in her tracks. There seemed to be nothing to say between them. She didn’t understand why he had this expression every time he saw her, as if she owed him a lot. But if she really wanted to talk about owing, it was he who owed her, wasn’t it?

Mo Fei stepped forward, stood behind her, and gently said, ” “I’m going back to school today.”

Anran didn’t move. She didn’t turn her head or speak. She watched the plastic bag being blown by the wind, spinning and floating toward the sky. The leaves of the trees planted on the Green Belt by the street also rustled.

The sky was getting darker, but it wasn’t dark. It was a sign of a thunderstorm.

“We walked the path we used to walk together.” Mo Fei continued to say slowly, ” the lake and the small forest in the school haven’t changed. The lake water is still so clean that you can see the bottom. The trees in the small forest are still the favorite places for couples. I still remember Yingluo. &Quot;

Before he could finish, Anran suddenly turned her head and looked at him. &Quot; “Didn’t you change? Or is it because you’ve been away for so long that you can’t see any changes?”

Mo Fei was stunned and didn’t know how to answer. He had indeed been away for a long time. It had been almost seven years. This afternoon was the first time he returned to school. It was so ridiculous that he could not even find the way back and had to use the GPS.

“Little Lin hasn’t changed? As early as three years ago, the forest’s land area has expanded by more than 100 square meters, and there are more than ten fir trees.” Anran looked straight at him and then laughed. &Quot; you said that the lake water hasn’t changed. Hehe, didn’t you notice that the lake is surrounded by fences? there’s even a small pavilion in the middle of the lake. Did we have these when we were in school? ”

Mo Fei was speechless. He looked at her, unable to say a word. He had been away for too long. He really had no idea about these things. He had stayed there for the entire afternoon, but most of it was reminiscing. Reminiscing about the time when they were together, that feeling was pure and beautiful, but it seemed that it could never go back. He could not do it, and neither could she.

Anran looked at him and smiled. She shook her head and said, ” “President mo, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.”

Seeing that she was about to leave, mo Fei anxiously grabbed her hand and held it tightly, afraid that she would turn around and leave.

Anran turned her head, looked at her hand, and then at him. She said helplessly, ” “Mo Fei, don’t play such childish and boring games anymore. Don’t make us lose our friendship in the future.” There were some things that were really boring to say, and even he himself felt bored.

Mo Fei grabbed her hand and refused to let go. He looked at her and said, ” “Have a cup of coffee with me, just a cup of coffee.”

Anran really didn’t want to be entangled with him like this anymore. Coffee wasn’t a problem between them at all. &Quot; no, Yicheng is still waiting for me. I’m going home. &Quot;

Mo Fei looked at her with a hurt expression, but he still didn’t let go. He smiled bitterly and said, ” “Can you not tell me that name today?”

An ran turned her head away and didn’t look at him.

The rumbling of Thunder came intermittently, and the wind grew stronger. The paper scraps and plastic bags on the road were swept up by the strong wind. The leaves in the Green Belt were also rustling in the wind. The sky was as dark as night, with dark clouds blocking all light.

The two of them stood like this for a while before mo Fei finally opened his mouth and said in a self-deprecating tone, ” &Quot; Anran, did you forget? today is my birthday. &Quot;

Anran suddenly remembered that today was mo Fei’s birthday. It was June 2nd, a date she had remembered for several years.

The rain began to fall. The rain in summer was always like this. It came quickly and fell rapidly. The bean-sized raindrops were falling. They were not as gentle as the spring rain, and the summer thunderstorms were more violent.

Looking up at the sky, mo Fei pulled her and said, ” “Get in the car.”

Anran wanted to refuse, but the rain seemed to be getting heavier. In the end, she nodded and had no choice but to get into the black off-road car parked not far away with him.

In the car, mo Fei handed an ran the towel he usually kept in the car and asked her to dry her slightly wet hair.

Anran pushed his hand away and refused his towel. She leaned forward and took the tissue placed in front of the car window to wipe the rain on her face and her arms.

Mo Fei looked at her in a daze. After a while, he smiled bitterly and self-deprecatingly. He looked at the towel in his hand and then raised his hand to dry his hair.

In the car, the two of them just sat there. An ran looked at the window, and Mo Fei looked at her. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, hitting the glass window in front of the car. The rain flowed down the glass, blurring the entire scenery outside.

After a long while, mo Fei finally looked away and started the car.

They did not realize that when they drove away, a black Volkswagen Volkswagen Bora was driving towards them.

Mo Fei drove the car back to a café near the University of Rivertown and stopped.

The thunderstorms in summer were like this. They came and went quickly. In less than 20 minutes, the torrential rain had stopped. The dark sky had also gradually receded, and the sky was bright again. The air was cool after the rain and the smell of dust on the street.

An ran looked at the café. It had been built when they were still in school. In fact, the environment was not good, and the decoration was only average. However, the price was affordable and suitable for students to consume. Therefore, business was not bad. After so many years, business was still as good as ever.

As she watched the couples walk into the coffee shop hand in hand with their textbooks in their arms, an ran felt as if time had returned to the past, back to the time when she was still a young student. At that time, they also liked to go on dates. Sometimes, they would review their textbooks, and sometimes, the two of them would just sit around when they were bored. In fact, it was westernized to come to the coffee shop at that time. At that time, coffee shops were not popular in Jiangcheng, unlike now where they were everywhere on the streets. At that time, it was a particularly petty thing to go to a coffee shop. The total number of students was not pretentious and liked petty romances. Therefore, even if she did not drink coffee, she liked to come here and order a cup of Royal Milk Tea to drink happily.

“Come in and have a drink with me.” Mo Fei looked at her, his tone like he was begging.

An ran was silent for a long time. In the end, she nodded, opened the door, and got out of the car.

When he entered again, the café was no longer the same café. It seemed that the boss had changed, and the waiters were all new. Many of them seemed to be students from the University of Rivertown, who were using their spare time to earn money. Some of them were for the tuition fees, while some were for their pocket money.

The painted walls had been replaced with wallpaper. It was a light color and looked a little warm. The original wooden tables and chairs had been replaced with a cloth sofa and a glass coffee table.

The only thing that hadn’t changed was that the arrangement was still the same.

In the past, she always liked to sit in the corner by the window. She could watch everyone in the coffee shop and the crowd outside the window. Even if she had nothing to do, she wouldn’t be too bored. Mo Fei always laughed at her, but every time he arrived early, he would reserve her specific seat for her.

It was just that things had changed with the passage of time. They had been separated for six years. All feelings and love had long disappeared with time. Even the special seat that they had been sitting in was now occupied by another couple who was chatting and laughing. The shadow of their past was still in them.

Anran looked at them silently and turned around to find another seat. Just as she was about to leave, mo Fei suddenly walked up to them and smiled at the couple. &Quot; “Hello, can you guys give this seat to me?”

The couple gave him a strange look and cursed in a low voice, ” crazy. &Quot; Then, she turned her head away from him.

Anran looked at him and said indifferently, ” sit somewhere else. It’s all the same anyway. &Quot; It was just like time. If the time was not right, they would stop and wait for you. However, this position would not be reserved for you forever. It’s such a simple logic, don’t you understand?”

Mo Fei looked at her and said firmly, ” “Some things won’t change, no matter how much time passes. If we work hard, we can definitely go back to the past.”

Anran looked at him and didn’t say anything. She didn’t have much eloquence to begin with, so if he insisted on fighting with her, she definitely wouldn’t be able to win.

Mo Fei turned around and looked at the couple again. He looked down at them and said, ” “I want this seat.”

The boy was probably a little angry at being disturbed. He was clearly on a date with his girlfriend, but suddenly, this person appeared out of nowhere and insisted on fighting for the seat with him. What the hell was going on!

“I say, what’s wrong with you? we arrived at this position first and we haven’t left yet. Why should we give up our position to you?” The boy stood up and confronted mo Fei.

Mo Fei looked at him, then slowly took out his wallet from his pocket. He took out a few large red bills from his wallet and placed them on the glass table. He said expressionlessly, ” “Is this enough?”

The boys and girls were dumbfounded. There were at least seven to eight hundred Yuan or a thousand Yuan on the table!

“You, what do you mean?” Looking at him, the boy no longer had the overbearing aura he had just now.

“Not enough?” Mo Fei frowned and took out a few more red bills from his wallet and stacked them on the glass coffee table. “Is this enough?”

The boy looked at mo Fei in a daze, and then at the money on the table. His jaw almost fell off in shock. It was the girl beside him who pulled him back to his senses. Then, he quickly put the money on the table into his pocket and laughed as he packed up the books and materials on the table. He said to mo Fei, &Quot; you can have this place. We’ll leave immediately. We’ll leave immediately. &Quot; Then, he urged his girlfriend to hurry up.

The two of them hurriedly packed up and left with their things.

Anran looked at him and suddenly felt that this mo Fei was too unfamiliar. After six years, he had completely changed to the point where she couldn’t recognize him at all. Mo Fei also looked at her, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. He said, ” &Quot; I’ve said it before. If you’re willing to work hard, you can definitely go back to the past. &Quot; He turned around and pointed to the seat behind him, saying, ” “Now, that position belongs to us again.”

An ran didn’t say anything, because she didn’t know what to say.

Could it be that he asked the waiter to clean up the table?

They sat in the same sitting position as before. An ran sat on one side against the wall, and Mo Fei sat opposite her.

The waiter brought the menu to them. It had really changed. The menu that originally only had drinks and coffee had become extremely rich. Not only did it have coffee or other drinks, but it also had steak, pasta, cake and desserts, and even Chinese seasonal stir-fried dishes. The content was rich and satisfied all the customers ‘requirements.

Mo Fei didn’t ask Anran and directly ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of Royal Milk Tea. He also ordered blueberry mousse for the cake and dessert.

They were all the things she had ordered the most when she had come here with him. Anran didn’t say anything. She placed the menu on the table and looked outside. The street was still wet after the rain, and the waterhole by the side of the road had accumulated a lot of water after the thunderstorm. A white sports car sped past, and the rapidly spinning wheels just happened to run over the waterhole. The water splashed onto the long-haired girl in a white dress who had just passed by the side of the road. She didn’t stop the car and just sped past. As for the girl who was splashed with dirty water, she could only look at the White car that sped past, leaving only the exhaust gas behind. There was nothing she could do.

Mo Fei followed her gaze but did not express any opinion.

The waiter was quite efficient. It didn’t take long for the coffee and milk tea to be served. The other blueberry mousse car was then served by another waiter.

Anran shook the milk tea with the plastic plate, then took a sip with the straw. It was so sweet. In fact, ever since he left, she had never touched milk tea again, no matter how much she liked sweet things. She changed it to Caramel Macchiato. When she drank milk tea again six years later, she didn’t like it as much as she did before. She only felt that it was too sweet.

Mo Fei gently sipped his coffee, then put the cup down again. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he looked at Anran and said, ” &Quot; this way, it seems like we’ve returned to that time, the same place, the same two people, and even the things have not changed. &Quot; As he spoke, mo Fei stared straight at Anran with an indescribable emotion in his eyes.

Anran turned her head and glanced at him. She pushed the milk tea in her hand to the side and was about to speak when the phone in her bag rang.

She took out her phone from her bag. It was a call from su Yicheng. Anran glanced at mo Fei, who was in front of her, turned sideways, and picked up the phone. &Quot; Hello. &Quot;

“Why did you take so long to answer the phone?” On the other end of the phone, su Yicheng asked angrily, his voice light and gentle.

“Put your phone in your bag, I almost didn’t hear you.” An ran said with a guilty conscience.

On the other end of the phone, su Yicheng let out a soft ‘Oh’ and asked, ” “Have you already gone back? It was raining heavily just now, did you get wet?”

His concern warmed Anran’s heart. She smiled faintly, nodded, and said, ” “No, how about you? where are you? Are you done with your work?”

&Quot; not yet. There’s a break in the middle of the meeting. It was raining so heavily just now, so I called to ask. &Quot; Su Yicheng said lightly. His voice was neither fast nor slow, neither salty nor light, and there was no emotion in it.

“Oh.” An ran responded. She couldn’t help but smile because of his concern.

“You’re home?” On the other end of the phone, su Yicheng asked again to confirm.

Anran nodded and responded. He didn’t tell him that he was still outside because he didn’t want him to think too much.

On the other end of the phone, su Yicheng suddenly fell silent for a long time.

“Yichen?” An ran was a little confused and tried to call him.

After a long while, su Yicheng’s voice came from the other end of the phone, saying, ” “I’m not done here. Let’s leave it at that. I’ll go back later.” After that, he hung up the phone.

Anran hung up with a faint smile and turned her head. She saw mo Fei staring at her with a strange and hurt expression.

An ran opened her eyes and looked down at the phone in her hand.

“Hehe.” Mo Fei suddenly laughed out loud. He looked at an ran and said in a daze, ” “Why did you wait for six years? can’t you wait a little longer?”

Hearing this, Anran raised her head to look at him. She looked straight into his eyes and asked, amused, ” “Why should I continue to wait? you’ve never promised me that I’d continue to be injured and not find medicine to bandage my wound. You’d let me continue to open this bloody wound. What right do you have to ask me to do this?”

“Hehe, was I too selfish or were you too heartless?” Mo Fei sneered and asked.

Anran looked at him and shook her head. ” You’re so strange. I don’t feel like I know you at all. ”

” I wrote to you in the first month after I went to the United States. I wrote one letter a month. In six years, I wrote a total of 84 letters. Even though you didn’t reply to any of them, I thought that it was at least your own feelings. ” Mo Fei said while looking at her.

An ran frowned and asked, ” “What letter? What do you mean by one letter a month? what do you mean by 84 letters?” She had not received anything at all, not to mention a letter, she had not even seen an envelope!

“You didn’t receive it?” Mo Fei looked at her with a slightly agitated expression. He thought that she did not reply on purpose, but he never thought that she did not receive any letters at all. However, he had clearly sent all of them out, and they had not been returned even once in the past six years. If she did not receive them, then who did?

“No, not a single letter.” An ran denied.

“It doesn’t make sense, I’m obviously running”

Anran interrupted him and said directly, ” it’s not a matter of trust. Just today, you thought you used it to buy this position, but so what? do you think that if you give me some Royal Milk Tea and blueberry mousse, we can really go back to six years ago? ” Don’t you realize that I don’t drink milk tea at all now? this taste is too sweet for me. ”

“That’s just because you haven’t drunk it for too long.” Mo Fei retorted.

Anran looked at him for a long time before she said, ” “Why did you still insist on turning around when you knew that this would be the result? Or are you just looking down on me and thinking that I’ll marry no one but you? Even if you betray me, as long as you turn back, I’ll definitely stay here and wait for you.”

Mo Fei didn’t say a word and just looked straight at her. His hands under the table were tightly clenched into fists.

“Don’t tell me you’re too full of yourself and think that my feelings for you are natural. Yes, I did love you back then and even thought that I would marry no one but you in this life, but you took my feelings for granted too much. You thought that no matter how far you went, as long as you looked back, you would still see me in the same place. You don’t know how to cherish the feelings I gave you, and you just squander them as if it was natural. You don’t know that love is a mutual thing. Because you’re good to me, I can love you without any regrets. However, when you betrayed me and broke my heart, I would take back my feelings and never open my heart to you again.” An ran said in one breath without any pause.

Mo Fei clenched his hands tightly and looked at her. He still didn’t believe her words and said, ” “Then why did you wait for me for six years?”

Anran closed her eyes in pain, shook her head weakly, and chuckled. &Quot; “I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. Before you came back, I also thought that I hadn’t gotten married for the past six years because I was waiting for you to come back.” Then, she nodded. &Quot; no, I’m waiting for you to come back. I’m just waiting for you to come back so that I’ll give up completely and let go of that dead relationship. But I’m not waiting for you to turn back. &Quot;

Mo Fei didn’t say anything. He pursed his lips tightly and looked at her.

Anran sighed, took her bag from the sofa, and said, ” &Quot; I’m sorry, my husband called me and asked me to go home. Perhaps you should have asked your wife to come instead of me to celebrate your birthday with you. &Quot;

Then, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Just as Anran walked past him, he suddenly grabbed her hand again. He said calmly, ” &Quot; if, if I give up everything I have now, can we still go back to the past? ”

Anran pulled his hand away and said expressionlessly, ” &Quot; no, because it’s impossible for you to give up everything you have now. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have turned around and left me back then because of these things. &Quot;

He hit the nail on the head. Mo Fei was speechless and let him take his hand away. He couldn’t say a word.

“Hehe.” Mo Fei chuckled at himself and turned to look at Anran in a daze. In the end, he said, ” “If, if I say that I regret it now, that I shouldn’t have left in the first place, would you believe me?”

Anran turned her head to look at him and shook her head with a faint smile. Without saying anything, she turned around and walked toward the entrance of the cafe. Mo Fei was left alone in his seat. He looked out of the window and watched her leave with the car in her hand. He had really missed the most beautiful woman that had ever appeared in his life.

When Anran returned home, su Yicheng was already home. He was sitting alone in the living room, without changing his shoes or suit. He just sat there, as if he was thinking about something.

An ran saw him and called out happily, ” “You’re back. Didn’t you say you had a meeting?”

Only then did su Yicheng turn around and look at her. For a long time, he was expressionless and just looked at her.

Anran felt a little creeped out by his gaze. She put down her bag and walked over to him. She asked worriedly, ” “What’s wrong?”

Su Yi snapped back to his senses and smiled at her. He shook his head and asked, ” &Quot; didn’t you say you’re home on the phone just now? why are you only back now? ”

Anran looked away guiltily and said with a smile, ” I went to the supermarket on my way back. I wanted to buy something, but I realized that there was nothing to buy. &Quot;

After looking at her for a long time, su Yicheng finally got up and nodded with a smile, saying, ” “Yeah, I’m a little tired today. I’ll go take a shower first.” With that, she took her bag and went straight into the room.

Anran watched his back disappear behind the door and felt that su Yicheng was acting strangely today.