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The sun at dusk still brings some warmth in this cold autumn day, slanting across the luxurious and unique house, dividing dark and bright color blocks on the green lawn.

Liu Zhixi stood by the fountain, looking up at Jin Tan who was silently standing by the window.

Jin Tan just looked at her like this, with an indescribable emotion in his eyes.

"Liu Allie, why did you stop?" Liu Rachel held a small black lace bag in her hand, and walked up slowly in a light pink satin dress with a smooth cut, holding Esther Li's hand.

Liu Zhixi withdrew her gaze, with a smile on her face all the time, "It's nothing, I'm just waiting for my mother and sister." After she finished speaking, she walked to Esther Lee's right, and held Esther Lee's hand towards President Kim. Go to the living room at home.

Jin Tan turned around when he saw that they had entered the living room, and Cha Eunshang had already left when he saw Liu Rachel.

He walked into his dressing room, opened the glass door and walked into a dressing room that was as big as a room. He quickly unbuttoned his shirt, took it off and threw it aside, revealing a strong and muscular figure. .

He reached out and took a black shirt and a long dark brown suit from the closet, and quickly dressed them up before he opened the glass door and walked out of his room.

"The guests are already in the dining room. President, please hurry over." An aunt at home said respectfully.

"Understood." He said lightly, looking towards the direction of the dining room from the second floor, paused for a while, and then walked down the stairs quickly.

Just as he was about to push open the door of the dining room, the doorknob turned. Rachel Liu opened the door. When she saw Jin Tan at the door, she didn't show any surprise on her face. She just grabbed Jin Tan's arm and walked out. He took a step and closed the door.

"Ah Tan, until I explain something to you, you'd better not go in recently." She looked at Jin Tan calmly.

"Why," he looked at Liu Rachel in the pocket of his coat with his hand j□j, "Is it to make me understand that you are my fiancée and I am your fiancée, or something."

Liu Rachel sneered, raised her chin slightly and said, "Even if I don't mention our relationship, hundreds of people and countless media will come to remind you."

"Ah, that's why I said it was troublesome. If you want to forget, someone will keep reminding you." He chuckled and looked at Liu Rachel who was a little embarrassed.

"Ah, Jin Tan, do you think I'm willing to take care of you?" She raised her voice a little, looked in the direction of the dining room, then lowered her voice and said, "Today my mother and your father are inside, so don't Do something embarrassing to me."

Jin Tan smiled and brushed her hand away, ignoring her words and was about to push open the door of the dining room, but when he heard Liu Rachel's next words, his tall and straight body immediately froze in place.

"Liu Allie really forgot about you. She developed a high fever not long after her foot recovered for more than a year, and almost died. After waking up, she couldn't remember many things clearly," she looked at Jin Tan closely. The stiff back suddenly felt a burst of pleasure in his heart, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up and said, "So, don't pretend to be familiar with Liu Allie, she doesn't remember you at all."

"What did you say?" Jin Tan turned his head and looked straight at Liu Rachel, the light in his eyes trembling.

Liu Rachel raised the corners of her mouth, but there was no smile in her eyes. She glanced at Jin Tan, and pushed the dining room door open without answering his words.

Seeing Rachel Liu walking in with a smile, Esther Li jokingly said, "It seems that Rachel Liu went out to wait for Ah Tan."

Rachel Liu sat in her seat, and when she heard Esther Li say this, she said angrily, "Mother, I just happened to meet Ah Tan outside."

Jin Tan resisted the urge to look at Liu Zhixi, forced a smile on his face and said to Esther Lee, "Hello, I'm really sorry that I haven't been able to visit you after returning to Korea for so long." After finishing speaking He was sitting opposite Liu Rachel, but under the seemingly calm surface, there was constant turmoil because of Liu Rachel's last words.

Esther Li also laughed and said, "Ah Tan hasn't come to see me all this time, I'm really a little sad, how about it, let's come and have a meal together next time."

"...Yes." He glanced at Liu Zhixi who was sipping steak, and then answered in a low voice.

"By the way," President Jin, who hadn't said much, suddenly looked up at Liu Zhixi, who was eating steak, with a kind smile on his face, "Didn't Ah Tan do something he shouldn't have done in school today?" Did Zhixi get involved in this matter?"

"Actually, it's nothing. Later it was confirmed that it wasn't...Senior Jin Tan's fault." Zhixi put the fork next to the plate, glanced at Jin Tan whose expression had turned a little pale, and then smiled and said to President Jin .

"Even so, it still caused you some trouble for Zhixi, Ah Tan," President Jin looked at Jin Tan who was silent, "you can apologize to Zhixi here."

Liu Rachel held the fork tightly in her hand, looking at Jin Tan with complicated eyes.

Jin Tan took a deep breath, picked up the red wine glass, and the servant standing beside him immediately came up and poured half a glass of red wine for him.

He picked up the wine glass and stood up and looked condescendingly at Liu Zhixi who was sitting next to Liu Rachel, the light in his eyes moved before he said slowly, "I'm sorry, Liu Zhixi..."

I'm sorry that I couldn't be by your side when you were working so hard...

Sorry for being angry all the time...you forgot him...

He swirled the red wine in the glass, then raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass.

The atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became quiet at this moment, and Esther Lee glanced at Zhixi, whose expression hadn't changed much, with a complicated expression, and just took a sip of the red wine in front of him.

"Senior Jin Tan doesn't need to apologize." Liu Zhixi took in all the different expressions of everyone present, and then smiled, raised the wine glass to Jin Tan's direction, and drank all the red wine in the glass exhausted.

"Liu Allie, you haven't had a lot of alcohol, you'll get drunk if you drink like this." Esther Li said flatly, wiping the corners of his mouth lightly with a napkin.

"Mother is right," she put her elbows on the table, rubbed her temples with her fingers and said, "I seemed to be brave just now, I drank in a hurry, and now I have a headache, I want to go out to get some air first," she said Putting the napkin on her lap aside, she stood up, nodded to President Jin and said politely, "I'm really sorry." After speaking, she gently pulled away the chair and walked out of the dining room.

"It's such a boring dinner party." The smile on her face faded away when she walked out of the gate of the villa, and there was a trace of unknown emotion in her clear and bright eyes.

The last ray of light at dusk was completely swallowed up, and the most prosperous city in South Korea began to light up the brightest and most dazzling lights at night.

The music in the bar with countless luxury cars parked at the entrance is crazy, flashing lights of various colors surround the entire dance floor, and stylishly dressed boys and girls dance crazily with the beat with eyes blurred by alcohol.

"Ah, Yingdao, aren't you unhappy today, let's play here for a while!" Because the music in the bar was deafening, Zhao Mingxiu could only shout at Cui Yingdao who was sitting at the bar drinking wine.

"Go away." Cui Yingdao, who had obvious scars on his right cheek, pushed Zhao Mingxiu's head away indifferently, drank the last glass of wine and stood up, pushing away the people in front of him with a gloomy expression.

When he opened the door and walked out of the well-heated bar, he still couldn't help shivering. With a curse in his heart, he put the motorcycle helmet on his head, stepped on the motorcycle and drove out quickly.

The light in his eyes under the windshield of his helmet was extraordinarily cold, and the violence in his heart was surging wildly, and the right cheek that had been punched so hard was also damn painful.

There was a sneer in the corner of his mouth, thinking about the scene where his father had punched him hard when he opened the door.

He said that he couldn't solve even a little thing, so he... didn't he get angry on himself because he couldn't solve that little problem in front of that woman.

"Ha, what's so great about you..." With sarcasm in his eyes, he accelerated his speed when he saw a corner, and stopped directly at the door of the convenience store he often went to.

He took off the helmet and threw it on the motorcycle casually, then walked into the convenience store with his neck shrunk because of the thin clothes, and went to the shelf with instant noodles familiarly, and took the most commonly eaten flavor, I bought another band-aid to stick on my face, and after paying the bill, I took the soaked noodles and walked to the table outside the convenience store.

"Ah, how do I eat like this!" When he wanted to eat noodles, he opened his mouth and got involved in the scars on his face, so he could only throw the fork away in frustration, and pressed his hands on his stomach that was shaking with alcohol and felt a little uncomfortable. He leaned his head back on the chair.

"It's so cold... so tired..." He looked at the stars shining faintly in the night sky, which was rare... feeling sad.

"Ah-"

At this time, there was also a sneezing sound not far from him. Cui Yingdao heard the sound familiar and sat up straight and looked over, but saw Liu Zhixi sitting in a thin skirt with her arms around her. On a bench not far away.

"Ah, what kind of fate is this that allows me to see you at this time, Liu Zhixi..." His eyes gradually became deep, and he stood up with his hands in his trouser pockets and walked towards the room where Liu Zhixi was. place to go.

Liu Zhixi was looking at her knees that were gradually turning red due to the cold, but at this time the light in front of her eyes was blocked by a tall figure. She looked up strangely and saw Cui Yingdao with a bad look on her face. A bad smile was standing in front of her.

"Cui Yingdao, why are you here?" She stood up and rubbed her arms that were still covered in goosebumps from the cold even though she was wearing long sleeves, and said in surprise when she saw the injury on Cui Yingdao's right face, " What happened to your face?"

The corners of Cui Yingdao's mouth were slanted, and he said lazily, "Ah, Liu Zhixi, don't you think there is something that makes me more angry than this? I didn't have time to ask in person at school today. You," his eyes gradually became serious, "why did you help Jin Tan today."

"Is this very relevant?" She said lightly.

"Yes, I'm very angry, Liu Zhixi," he tightly grasped Liu Zhixi's hand with a cold hand, pulled her towards him, and pressed her with the other hand. Shoulders, the two are so close that they can even feel each other's warm breath.Cui Yingdao turned his face and said slowly in her ear, "Why do you always make me angry? I, Cui Yingdao, was slapped by a woman for the first time. It was the first time that I was humiliated because of a woman. Wipe the school windows."

Liu Zhixi took a deep breath, and pretended to walk away from him inadvertently, "But... how can you calm down? Are you going to slap me?"

Cui Yingdao chuckled, and sprayed some scorching breath on her neck, "That's a good idea," he let go of his hand, took a step back, and put on a nasty smile on his lips , "Then I...you're welcome."

As soon as he finished speaking, his face darkened, and he raised his hand to wave Zhixi's face. Zhixi didn't expect that he would really do it, so she turned her head and closed her eyes subconsciously.

In the next moment, his somewhat cold hands touched her face lightly, before she could react, Cui Yingdao's thin and cold lips kissed hers.

"Oh, our Liu Zhixi has also learned to drink." Cui Yingdao slowly left her lips, and when he smelled the smell of alcohol at the corner of her mouth, he couldn't help but teased. There was a flash of success, and then he clasped the back of her head and kissed her deeply...

Jin Tan stood under the streetlight and watched this scene without saying a word.

He didn't move until the light from the rear lights hurt his eyes.

Director Yin, who sent Esther Li and the others' car away, turned around and saw Jin Tan standing at the door in a daze. He sighed softly, walked to his side and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Esther Li and the others You have already left, and you look a little tired, go back to your room and have a good rest."

Jin Tan glanced at the car that was driving away, then turned around and walked into the house with Mr. Yin, who had something to discuss with his father.

He closed the door of his room, walked to the bed and lay down on it, closing his eyes tiredly.After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, opened the side drawer, and took out the photo in the drawer.

He gently rubbed the photo with his fingertips, and his deep and incomprehensible eyes were entangled in his eyes.

"Everything...start again, Liu Zhixi..." l3l4