Chapter 35.1 – Chance Encounter

During the whole dance, Su Yan was blushing, and she felt a little dizzy, as if she were drunk.

Fearing she would lose control, Su Yan didn’t dare look at Bai Xingfan; she kept her head down all the time. She was actually like a puppet, as she let Bai Xingfan make dance movements.

The accompaniment was a melodious and soothing waltz, and every note ironed the heart like a trickle, but Su Yan’s heartbeat was not affected by this dance at all. Her heart was beating very fast, and she could almost hear her heartbeat.

At the end of the dance, all the guests gave applause without hesitation.

Su Yan hurriedly took a step back and got to her feet. “Is it over?”

“Yeah.” Bai Xingfan had to let go of her waist, but he didn’t forget the most important thing. “Have you thought about it, Miss Su?”

Su Yan couldn’t open her mouth. She remembered the words “early marriage” clearly.

Her mind was saying she should not be entangled with Bai Xingfan because she was worthy of him, while her heart was saying that she couldn’t reject him.

Reasons and feelings were tearing back and forth. Reasons were telling her that this man was unsafe and must not be held tall, but feelings were always beguiling her, tempting her, and inducing her to need to approach this man involuntarily, so she couldn’t make a choice.

Up until now, she didn’t know what to do, so she could only choose silence again.

Bai Xingfan also expected this to be the case, so instead of persecuting her, he said, “I will patiently wait for Miss Su’s reply.”

Su Yan’s breath choked, and after a while, she finally said, “I need time.”

She wanted to get close to him, but she didn’t dare to get close to him, so making a choice was a very difficult task for her.

If you cherish somebody enough, you will never lack the courage to be with him, but that was not the case with her. After that incident, Su Yan didn’t have enough courage to start a relationship, especially with someone like Bai Xingfan.

“It doesn’t matter.” Bai Xingfan looked at her with a gentle expression and said with a firm tone, “I will always wait for you.”

After they were seated again, the dinner officially started.

Su Yan could see at a glance that the dishes were very expensive. And not long ago, she learned that the person who lit the sky lantern must bear the cost of all the dinner parties held in Shan Yin Xuan tonight. Thinking of that, Su Yan felt a little distressed, but she was too embarrassed to ask how much Bai Xingfan spent. After all, this sky lantern was lit for her.

Yao Anan and Bai Xinglan didn’t come back until halfway through the dinner.

Later, when talking with the guests, Bai Xinglan learned that his brother had lit the sky lantern just now, but he actually missed it!

Bai Xinglan was heartbroken and then began to beg his brother if he could order another lantern for his own younger brother.

Bai Xingfan ignored him at all.

After the dinner, the guests left the venue one after another, but Yao Anan couldn’t leave because the task arranged by the master for her had not been completed, so Su Yan accompanied her to the Zhuyuan. Before they left, Bai Xingfan instructed Su Yan to wait outside the Zhuyuan Gate after finishing their task, and he would pick them up.

After the troops were divided into two groups, Su Yan and Yao Anan descended all the way from Wangmei Garden to Xiuzhu Garden. Along the way, Su Yan’s ears and mouth have never been idle because Yao An didn’t let her go. Her attitude was very serious, like that of a policeman who was interrogating a prisoner.

She couldn’t hide it anymore from her good sisters, so she could only answer questions.

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