Lan Xiuli felt happy and said quickly: "Wait a moment, I'll call you."
After he finished speaking, he walked aside with his cell phone and pretended to be on the phone.
It took a while before he came to the table.
Fu Ziyi had already asked the waiter to add an extra chair and ordered another meal for Lan Xiuli.
Lan Xiuli sat down directly next to Xichen.
After a while, three steaks were served on the table. Fu Ziyi still greeted with a smile: "Xichen, come and try it. The steaks in this restaurant are pretty good."
"Yes." Xichen nodded, used a knife and fork in his hand, and began to eat.
After Lan Xiuli came over, Xichen obviously talked a lot less. On the other hand, Fu Ziyi and Lan Xiuli seemed to be chatting happily.
The two of them seemed to not care about Xichen at all, chatting among themselves. Fu Ziyi would sometimes take care of Xichen and say a few words to him.
But soon, he started chatting with Lan Xiuli again.
Seeing this scene, Xichen somewhat believed that this encounter was indeed a coincidence.
If they hadn't seen each other for a long time, how could the two of them have such a good conversation? And from the conversation between the two, it was not difficult to tell that they had indeed not seen each other for a long time.
In particular, Lan Xiuli didn't even know who Fu Ziyi's current girlfriend was. This further proved Xichen's conjecture.
After all, although Fu Ziyi often changed girlfriends, Lan Xiuli usually knew about it. This time he knew nothing about it, and it was obvious that the two had not seen each other for a long time.
The doubts in Xichen's heart gradually dissipated under this situation.
However, she still didn't talk much at the dinner table, and mostly just listened to the conversation between the two of them quietly.
During the lunch, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, and soon the three of them finished their meal.
After Fu Ziyi paid the bill, the three of them came to the door together. Fu Ziyi said with an apologetic look: "Xichen, I have an appointment in the afternoon, so I'll leave first. Just ask Xiu Li to take you back."
"No, I'll just take a taxi back." Xichen said with a calm expression on his face.
"Hey, I don't like hearing what you are saying. It's not like we don't have a car. How can we let you call a car back alone? Xiu Li, you can take Xichen back later."
"Okay, of course I'm very happy." Lan Xiuli quickly continued, but he felt bitter in his heart because of Xichen's rejection.
Seeing this, Xichen couldn't refuse anymore. But he didn't agree either.
"Let's go to the parking lot together."
Only then did Fu Ziyi smile with satisfaction, and the three of them walked towards the parking lot together.
The two people's cars were parked not too far apart. Fu Ziyi watched Xichen get into Lan Xiuli's car before he got on with confidence.
With the sound of the engine sound, the black Cadillac had already left the parking lot first.
The dark blue Ferrari also entered and then drove out.
Sitting in the car, Xichen couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Even though it had been more than three years since they broke up, she still felt very uncomfortable when facing Lan Xiuli again.
"Xichen, how are you these past three years?"
Lan Xiuli asked as if chatting while driving the car.
"It's okay." Xichen's tone of voice was very calm, but also mixed with alienation and indifference.
Such a tone made Lan Xiuli feel even more depressed. However, there was no way, Xichen didn't know the reason for what happened back then.
"Lan Xiuli, please drive to the intersection ahead and let me down. I'll take a taxi back."
As soon as he said this, the tearing pain in Lan Xiuli's heart spread even more.
At this time, the car was driving on a tree-lined road with very few pedestrians.
I saw the faint blue sports car suddenly brake suddenly and stop on the side of the road.
"What are you doing?"
Xichen was suddenly startled and turned to look at Lan Xiuli, only to see his handsome face turned towards her with a look of pain.
"What are you doing? Xichen, what do you think I want to do? Are you so unwilling to see me? You don't even want to sit down and listen to what I have to say, or even send you home?"
"I……"
Xichen had never seen Lan Xiuli's expression like this before, and suddenly he didn't know how to answer.
"Lan Xiuli, since you didn't choose me at the beginning, why do you show me such an expression now?"
Xichen forced himself to harden his heart and spoke.
Yes, it was clear that he dumped her first and got together with his fiancée, but now, why is he making it sound like she was the one who betrayed his heart? What's all this?
Xichen felt a sense of confusion in her heart.
"Xichen, of course you don't know that the person I choose has always been you, just you."
Lan Xiuli's mood gradually became excited. Originally, he also wanted to show his most unrestrained side in front of her, but now, he found that he couldn't do it, really couldn't do it.
Whenever he faced Xichen, his heart would feel endless pain. Such pain made it impossible for him to maintain his usual indifference and calmness.
As soon as Lan Xiuli said the words, Xichen felt that her brain went blank with a "boom".
She didn't understand what he meant? Why was he talking to her like this with such a painful look on his face now?
"Xichen, you actually don't know many things. I had no choice but to be with that woman. You also know that as the heir of the Lan family, my father has always been very strict with me. At the beginning, my father
After learning that I was with you, he asked me to break up with you immediately. He said that he had already chosen a fiancée for me, and if I didn't break up with you, he would find a way to ruin your future. But
, if I agree to be with the woman he chooses, he will send you to study abroad. The future is also bright. Xichen, I really had no choice at the time. I tried to resist, but it was of no use. Father
With just one sentence, the school can find ways to make you drop out of school for various reasons. Even father has worse ways to ruin your life. I can't take this risk, so I can only use that method to talk to you.
Break up and force you to go abroad."
With a face full of pain, Lan Xiuli told Xichen everything that had happened.
But after Xichen heard these words, his mind became even more confused.
What did he say? Was he forced by his father to be with that woman in the first place? Everything he did was for her?
"So, I will be the one recommended by the school to go abroad..."
Xichen said with a confused look.
"It was also arranged by my father." Lan Xiuli directly told the truth without waiting for Xichen to finish.
