The night became darker, the stars in the sky became clearer, the lights in the Forbidden City became brighter, and the flames of burning candles on the table were beating higher.

Time was infinitely stretched while waiting, and Lu Jinnian's throbbing and tension began to be gradually wiped out, replaced by nervousness and anxiety.

Lu Jinnian, who was dressed in a noble dress, looked noble and despicable, but the expression on his face began to become a little heavy.

A hint of anxiety appeared in the assistant's heart, and he kept raising his wrist to look at the time. At 8:20, he finally couldn't help but speak, breaking the stagnant atmosphere: "Mr. Lu, do you want to call Miss Qiao? Maybe something happened to her and it was delayed."

Lu Jin nodded lightly in young age, then took out his cell phone and dialed Qiao An's good phone number.

The beeping call sounded over and over again in my ears until the official words of the customer service lady came from inside: "I'm sorry, no one answered the call you made."

"Why, did Miss Qiao not answer the phone?" As the assistant asked, he saw Lu Jinnian's eyebrows and eyes become a little cold, so he quickly changed his words: "Maybe Miss Qiao didn't hear it."

Lu Jinnian pursed her lips vigorously, dialed Qiao An's phone number again, and repeated it countless times. In the end, the customer service lady always came from the reply.

The atmosphere on the terrace became more and more oppressive.

With the flashing colorful lights, the assistant saw that Lu Jinnian had no expression on his face, and even a hint of hair appeared in his heart. He stood aside, and didn't dare to breathe and watched Lu Jinnian keep dialing out the phone.

At nine o'clock, a knock suddenly came from the door of "Li Jingxuan".

The assistant then breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Lu Jinnian with a little surprise, "Ms. Qiao is here", and then replied yellingly: "Please come in."

As the door was pushed open, Lu Jinnian suddenly stood up from his seat and stared at the inner room. However, when he saw only Manager Li Jingxuan came in alone, his hands subconsciously held the back of the chair.

"Mr. Lu, it's already nine o'clock now. Can you start cooking the Western food you want?" the manager asked politely.

Lu Jinnian lowered his eyes, turned his head away, staring at the bright lights of the Forbidden City not far away, without saying a word.

The assistant was afraid that the manager would ask about dinner again, so he touched Lu Jinnian's bad intentions, so he waved his hand at him.

The manager seemed to notice that the atmosphere was not right, so he bent over and left the door.

As the manager closed the door, the assistant clearly felt that the atmosphere on the terrace was more suffocating and depressing than before. He even looked at Lu Jinnian standing alone in the romantic and dazzling scene. He didn't dare to take a second look at Lu Jinnian at the huge dining table.

Lu Jinnian stared at the lights in the distance, unable to tell what his heart felt.

From the moment he fell in love with Joan, he waited for one day to be worthy of loving her.

Later, he finally tried hard to be worthy of loving her, but he knew that she and Xu Jiamu had an engagement. Then he continued to wait, waiting for her and Xu Jiamu to end and he could love her.

He has been waiting for so many years, but what he has waited has become a habit and will not feel sad.

But what he had waited tonight made him taste the pain he had ever seen.
Chapter completed!