Marriage First, True Love Later

Mo Fei walked toward her and looked into the face that had haunted him for six years and appeared in his dreams every night for two thousand days. At the moment, his feelings inside were nowhere as calm as he appeared on the outside. He wanted to run toward her wildly and passionately embrace her, but he didn’t dare, because he couldn’t.

Anran had calmed down and turned away from him. At that moment, she only hoped that Su Yicheng could appear sooner, but it seemed that the odds were not in her favor; Su Yicheng was running late.

“Anran.” Mo Fei stood before her and called out her name, which had been on his mind for the past six years. Standing in front of her again, he even regretted his original decision. Perhaps she should have stayed.

“What a coincidence.” Anran tried to behave as unperturbed as possible, yet her tightly clenched hands exposed the anxiety she was feeling inside at the moment.

Mo Fei held her gaze and said steadily, “No, I’m specifically here for you.”

“For me?” Anran was amused by his reply, “What are you doing here looking for me?” Was there anything to talk about between the two of them?

“Anran, I—”

Mo Fei opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Xiao Xiao coming from behind Anran. “Anran!”

Anran turned her head and saw Xiao Xiao heading toward them in seven cm high heels with her lion’s mane of wavy hair. She looked Mo Fei up and down, then walked toward Anran and asked with a smile, “Anran, is this handsome guy your friend?”

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“Just a classmate,” Anran replied coldly.

“Hello, I’m Anran’s colleague. My name is Xiao Xiao.” Xiao Xiao extended her hands out to Mo Fei.

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Mofei ignored Xiao Xiao and simply stared straight ahead at Anran. There was a wounded expression on his face, and he seemed somewhat hurt by Anran’s words.

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Anran averted her gaze and avoided eye contact with him. She raised her hand to look at her watch and held her phone tightly in her hands. She pondered over whether or not to give Su Yicheng a call. If he was too busy at the moment to drive her back, then she would just drive back herself.

Mo Fei’s disregard and indifference toward her made Xiao Xiao feel embarrassed and indignant. She knew she was attractive, and many men desired her and attempted to get closer to her. She had never been treated like this! Such treatment made her feel flustered.

Although she was boiling with rage inside, due to her family’s situation, Xiao Xiao had entered society very early on. Therefore, she had already learned how to observe the reaction of others and react accordingly, while hiding her true feelings. So even if she was extremely displeased with Mo Fei at the moment, she still had a dazzling smile plastered on her face as she teased him, “A gentleman wouldn’t let a woman hold out her hand for this long without reciprocating.”

Only then did Mo Fei snap back to reality, and he shook her hand solemnly without emotion, while his eyes never left Anran.

Xiao Xiao froze and stood there a bit awkwardly, then her eyes slowly turned cold, and she slowly retracted her hands.

Anran knew that Mo Fei had been staring at her. The feeling of being stared at made her feel a little uncomfortable. She glanced at her watch and discovered that it was already 17:42. Su Yicheng still hadn’t arrived yet. She took a deep breath and turned around to head toward the parking lot. She was done with waiting.

Just as Anran turned around, a black Volkswagen Bora slowly pulled up the curb and parked in front of Mo Fei’s black Mercedes. The door to the backseat opened, and a man gracefully stepped out of the car and shouted toward Anran, who had turned around to leave. “Anran!”

Anran turned around and saw Su Yicheng holding the car door open and smiling at her. When he saw her turn her head around, he closed the door and headed toward her.

When Anran saw him coming, she hurriedly picked up her bag, ran down the stairs, and actually started jogging toward him anxiously. For some inexplicable reason, she didn’t want Su Yicheng to meet Mo Fei like this, and if someone had asked her the reason, even she wouldn’t be able to explain herself. She just simply didn’t want them to meet.

Mo Fei watched Anran run toward the man, and he clenched the fists hanging by his sides together tightly. When he had come back and heard that she was not yet married, for a moment, he had been secretly ecstatic over the news that she was still unmarried at such an age. He wondered if it was because she had not yet forgotten him, and like him, she hadn’t yet given up on their relationship.

But at this moment, he watched her run toward another man right in front of him—a man that had a striking appearance. He suddenly lost faith in his previous notions that she still had feelings for him.

Anran walked briskly in order to escape Mo Fei’s watchful eyes. Although she had said she wanted to move on, at the moment, she still found it difficult to face him like any other ordinary person. Since she was so anxious and distracted, she didn’t pay attention to the ground in front of her, and she lost her balance after tripping over something. Fortunately, Su Yicheng caught sight of this before she crashed to the ground. He strode forward to catch her and caught her in his arms in an embrace.

“Are you okay?” Su Yicheng asked with concern.

Anran shook her head, pulled away from his arms, and looked at her feet. There was no sprain, but she was a little bit worried.

“Don’t be in such a hurry next time—take your time. Or just stand there and wait for me. I’ll walk over to you.” Su Yicheng said while looking at her, but inside, he was secretly thinking that, although she looked like a 28-year-old, she lacked the maturity and steadiness of her age.

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Anran simply looked at him after hearing him speak before finally nodding.

Su Yicheng nodded as well and looked up to see Mo Fei and Xiao Xiao, who were both standing at the gate of the company. He asked Anran, “Are they your colleagues? Would you like me to say hello?”

Anran didn’t even turn her head around. She shook her head and replied, “No.” Her tone was urgent and anxious, and her refusal was terse.

Su Yicheng shot her a strange look.

Realizing that she had overreacted, Anran reflexively touched her hair and explained, “Uh, just now… just now, my mother called me to ask us when we will be returning, so w-we should head back home now.”

“All right, then.” Su Yicheng replied. Then, he looked up, nodded and smiled at Mo Fei and Xiao Xiao, who were standing in the distance. Then, he turned around and reached out to Anran.

Anran froze and put her hands into his palm albeit a little embarrassingly.

The corners of Su Yicheng’s mouth curled up with satisfaction. He held her hand and said, “Let’s go.”

Mo Fei’s fists hanging on his sides were clenched together tightly, so much so that his nails cut into his flesh, but he felt no pain. His eyes were fixated upon Anran and that man holding their hands together, and he watched as the man thoughtfully opened the door for Anran to enter the car, closed the door, went around the car again to get in from the other side, and then started the engine to leave. In the end, only the unseen hubbub remained in the air.

Xiao Xiao watched their car disappear into the rush hour traffic flow, then turned around to look at this extraordinarily attractive man in front of her. With the corners of her mouth tilted, she asked, “You’re more than simply an old classmate of hers, right?” From the expression on his face, he was likely an ex-boyfriend or something of the sort. However, Gu Anran has really been acting out lately. Despite the accident at the construction site, she had been arriving at work in flashy cars, and her chauffeurs are all such striking men. What did she ever do to deserve such good luck?

Mo Fei shot her a look without saying a word, then simply turned around and headed straight toward his parked black Mercedes.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Xiao Xiao quickly followed him. When he reached out to open the door, she slipped in between him and the car and blocked his way. She winked at him flirtatiously and said, “I’m heading to Xinhua Road. How about you give me a ride there?”

Mo Fei looked at her coldly. He had come into contact with all sorts of people over the years, and he could tell at a glance what this woman was up to.

Mo Fei said without any emotion, “I’m not passing there along the way.” After he said this, he opened the car door, got in, then started the car and drove away.

Xiao Xiao stood on the side of the road, and her face was flushed with anger. She muttered under her breath, “Hmph, who do you think you are?”

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