At that moment, Song Yunlan who was eating with Shen Zhiyan at a state-run restaurant suddenly sneezed several times.
“Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!”
Seeing this, Shen Zhiyan immediately took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her.
“What’s wrong? Did you catch a cold? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? How about we go to the hospital after eating?”
Song Yunlan waved her hand.
“It’s nothing, my nose just suddenly felt itchy.”
After speaking, she looked at the handkerchief she had dirtied.
“I’ll wash it and return it to you when we get back.”
Seeing that she was indeed fine, Shen Zhiyan finally relaxed and casually put the handkerchief back into his pocket.
“No need for you to wash it, I’ll do it myself. Hurry and try this braised pork see if it suits your taste!”
As he spoke, he picked up a piece of braised pork and placed it in her bowl.
Song Yunlan nodded and picked up her chopsticks.
“You eat too, don’t just focus on me.”
That whole morning, the two of them had bought quite a lot of things, and Song Yunlan had also specially made a phone call to her mother’s workplace.
She briefly explained the reason for breaking off her engagement with Liang Bo,
as well as her plan to marry Shen Zhiyan.
For the details, she had written a letter to send back to the capital, since many things weren’t convenient to say over the phone.
Knowing that her parents were busy with work and wouldn’t have time to come attend her wedding, Song Yunlan didn’t expect much.
But what she didn’t know was that after she hung up, the entire Song family was thrown into an uproar.
As a mother, Zhang Yiran understood her daughter well.
Her daughter was stubborn once she set her heart on a man, she wouldn’t easily turn back.
That was why they had agreed to her engagement with Liang Bo in the first place, believing that with the Song family’s influence, they could keep him in check and prevent their daughter from being wronged.
They never expected that after she followed Liang Bo to the countryside, so many things would happen.
Now, hearing that her daughter suddenly wanted to marry a rural man even if he had a job Zhang Yiran was still deeply worried.
So right after the call, she immediately took leave from work and returned to the military compound.
She even called her two sons back home.
“Time to eat!”
With a loud call, Liang Bo and Bai Ruolian, who had been whispering in the backyard, hurried back to the front yard.
After a whole morning of work, everyone was starving.
With something weighing on his mind, Liang Bo ignored Bai Ruolian’s attempts to get close to him.
Even after finishing the meal, he remained distracted.
Seeing this, Bai Ruolian felt increasingly uncomfortable.
Clearly, she was now his partner, yet Liang Bo was still thinking about Song Yunlan.
Before, Liang Bo had disliked Song Yunlan and their engagement otherwise she wouldn’t have succeeded in her schemes.
But now? Just hearing that Song Yunlan was going to marry Shen Zhiyan, he became so absent-minded.
Bai Ruolian clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms until they turned red. She had already gambled everything she couldn’t afford to lose.
As for Song Yunlan, she would never let her off.
In the afternoon at work, Liang Bo looked around but couldn’t find Song Yunlan anywhere, his frown deepening.
As time passed, his irritation grew stronger.
He tried to endure it, but in the end, he couldn’t.
Before even finishing his work, he went to ask the scorekeeper for leave.
After leaving the fields, he headed straight toward Song Yunlan’s courtyard.
But just as he reached the village entrance, he saw her from afar
sitting on Shen Zhiyan’s bicycle, approaching him.
Liang Bo clenched his fists, his eyes filled with anger.
“Song Yunlan! You shameless woman! How dare you fool around with someone else behind my back!”
Seeing Liang Bo suddenly rush out, Shen Zhiyan immediately squeezed the brakes.
If he had been even a second slower, the bicycle might have crashed into him.
With a sharp screech, the bicycle stopped steadily in front of Liang Bo.
Song Yunlan jumped off the bike. Seeing Liang Bo standing there, furious like a puffed-up toad, she frowned in disgust.
“Are you sick in the head? Who I’m with has nothing to do with you. We’ve already broken off our engagement!
Just mind your own business. What right do you have to question me? Have you forgotten your own shady dealings with Bai Ruolian?”
Hearing this, Liang Bo choked for a moment, but then seemed to think of something and looked at her smugly.
“So that’s why you suddenly got involved with that hooligan Shen Zhiyan you’re just jealous and trying to make me angry, aren’t you?
Yunlan, don’t worry. Although I can’t marry you, after all we’ve been through, I can still keep a place for you by my side.
But I don’t want something like this happening again. A girl should know how to behave properly.”
Hearing this, Shen Zhiyan’s fists clenched tightly, but with Song Yunlan beside him, he didn’t dare act rashly.
He knew how much she had liked Liang Bo before.
Although she had said she wouldn’t have anything to do with him again, Shen Zhiyan was still afraid.
Afraid that if he acted, she might soften toward Liang Bo, might resent him if Liang Bo got hurt.
Because of that fear, he didn’t dare take the risk.
Perhaps sensing his unease, Song Yunlan turned back and gave him a reassuring smile. Then she stepped forward and raised her hand.
“Smack! Smack!”
With two crisp slaps, her hand landed squarely on Liang Bo’s face.
“Tsk… your skin is really thick. My hand actually hurts from hitting you! Liang Bo, I really don’t understand
where do you get the confidence to say such shameless things?
Keep a place for me? This is a new society do you think you can have multiple women at once and enjoy them all?
Tsk tsk… that kind of thinking is dangerous. And Shen Zhiyan is not some hooligan.
In my eyes, he’s a thousand no, ten thousand times better than you! We’re getting married soon.
So keep your arrogance to yourself and stop showing up in front of us!”
Liang Bo covered his face, still seeming unable to process what had happened. He stared at Song Yunlan in disbelief,
as if he were the one who had been wronged.
Song Yunlan rolled her eyes in disgust.
“Don’t give me that look. As the saying goes, if you don’t want others to know, don’t do it in the first place.
Have you forgotten what you and Bai Ruolian have done?”
Hearing this, Liang Bo’s body stiffened.
‘What does Song Yunlan know? Is it about me and Bai Ruolian being close… or about the drugging?’
Meeting her cold gaze, Liang Bo couldn’t help but shiver.
At this moment, he finally realized
Song Yunlan truly no longer loved him.
Before, her eyes had always been filled with affection when she looked at him, sparkling every time she saw him.
But now…
all he could feel was endless coldness and hatred.
For the first time, Liang Bo felt a sense of panic.