A beautiful summer night

"Are you threatening me?" Yun Meilan paused, turned around incredulously, and stared blankly at Yun Li.

"Then what about you? Aren't you threatening me too?" Yun Li suddenly found it ridiculous, because she had been crying and her complexion was even worse than Yun Meilan's.

Feeling dizzy and lightheaded, Yunli leaned against the door frame to steady herself. She tried to calm her breathing and asked her mother, who had given her life, in the calmest tone, "When you threatened to kill yourself, did you ever think about how I felt? When you and Liang Jing conspired to deliberately run away from home to force me to reconcile with him, did you ever think about how anxious I was?"

“I’ve been looking for you from house to house, I’ve searched everywhere you might be. I haven’t eaten anything because I’m looking for you, I’m just worried that something really happened to you.”

"But what about you!" Yun Li could no longer hold back her emotions, her voice rising as tears welled up in her eyes, "You and Liang Jing together threatened me, forced me, and you ganged up on me!"

Yun Meilan instinctively retorted, "What are you talking about? When did I ever want to deal with you? I only did it because I wanted you to reconcile with Liang Jing..."

"But I've said so many times that I don't like Liang Jing!" Yun Li wiped away her tears, trying hard not to lose control of her emotions.

"What's wrong with Liang Jing?" Perhaps it was the first time she had seen her daughter so strongly resist her. Yun Meilan's gaze deepened, and her tough attitude softened a bit. She advised, "Liang Jing is ambitious and filial, and he's a civil servant. He's also honest. Why don't you understand your mother? I'm doing this for your own good."

Ultimately, Yun Meilan still felt sorry for her daughter. She came over and wiped away Yun Li's tears, then pulled her into the room to sit down. She softened her voice and said, "You can't go wrong by listening to your mother. Would I ever harm you? Back then, I ended up being abandoned by everyone because I didn't listen to your grandparents. Yun Li, I don't want you to repeat the same mistake."

Yunli had heard these words countless times.

Just because she had been caught in the rain and been injured, she denied everything related to that man.

That man was Yunli's father.

His name is Mingyuan.

Before Yunli was ten years old, her surname was Ming and her name was Mingli.

After she turned ten, she took Yun Meilan's surname and changed her name to Yun Li.

Mingyuan cheated on his wife and became someone else's gigolo, and Yunmei has hated all rich young masters and ladies ever since.

Mingyuan is a musician, and Yunli perfectly inherited his excellent genes, but Yun Meilan does not allow her to resemble Mingyuan in the slightest.

So when Li wanted to major in music, she forced Yun Li to change her major to education.

Under the guise of not wanting her to repeat the same mistakes, they manipulated and controlled her.

She never considered whether she was willing or not, or whether she liked it or not.

She didn't listen to her family and married a man working in the system through a blind date. Now, they're forcing her to marry Liang Jing.

He works within the system as a civil servant, and his parents are teachers.

Liang Jing's requirements were exactly the same as those of the blind date that his maternal grandparents had arranged for Yun Meilan.

Yun Meilan said in every sentence that she was doing it for Yun Li's good, but in reality, she was just using the guise of doing it for her own good to make up for the mistakes Yun Li made when she was young.

“But I am a person, I have my own thoughts.” Yunli pulled her hand away from his grasp. At this moment, she no longer wanted to play the obedient girl. Her voice was devoid of any emotion as she coldly uttered, “I have eyes, I have my own judgment, and I will not repeat your mistakes.”

"If you like this hotel, then stay here." Yunli felt utterly helpless and misunderstood. She stood up and walked out without looking back.

"Yunli!" Yun Meilan's scolding voice came from behind.

She was used to threats: "If you take one step out of here, I'll kill myself!"

Yunli paused as she turned the doorknob, and after a long while, she mechanically replied, "Okay, you go first, and I'll follow. We'll go to the underworld together to reunite with Dad."

The door slammed shut. Not wanting to hear any sound from Yun Meilan inside the room, Yun Li hurriedly ran to the elevator and pressed the button.

With a "ding," the elevator doors opened, and a familiar figure rushed straight into her eyes.

The people in the elevator were in a hurry.

The people outside the elevator looked disheveled.

The people inside the elevator didn't come out, and the people outside didn't go in either.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, the person inside stretched out a hand, blocking the closing doors, and simultaneously grabbed Yunli and slammed her against their chest.

The faint scent of wood brought a moment of peace to her chaotic emotions.

"Jiang Baichuan." With her head pressed firmly against his chest, Yunli could only call out his name once.

It wasn't that she gave up the struggle, but rather that this embrace made her feel at ease.

"Hmm." Jiang Baichuan's voice was slightly deep, his breathing slightly unsteady as he rushed over, covered in dust.

As the elevator descended to the first floor, Yunli glanced at his clothes, which were soaked with tears, as she left his embrace. After regaining her composure, she distanced herself from him.

She didn't ask him why he was there.

But he took the initiative to explain: "I went to the flower shop but couldn't find you, so I asked Wanzi where you were."

Xia Wanzhi was so worried about Yunli that she told Jiang Baichuan everything.

In summary, the reason Yunli started the war with Liang Jing was because of Jiang Baichuan.

Yunli didn't reply. After leaving the hotel, she raised her eyes to the wind and gazed into the distance.

She has been trapped in this little world for far too long.

It has been seventeen years since my parents divorced.

Over the years, she has lived in a daze, timid and hesitant.

Today, she has mustered 100% of her courage to face Yun Meilan and the unknown.

"Go home or back to the flower shop?" Jiang Baichuan glanced at her sideways.

Yunli shook her head: "Let's go get a room."

Jiang Baichuan fell into a brief silence and glanced at her sideways.

"The suite at that hotel last time was nice." Yun Li gave up thinking and, recognizing his car, proactively opened the passenger door and got in.

Jiang Baichuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly as too much information flooded his mind, making it impossible for him to determine whether what Yun Li said was what he understood.

She hadn't forgotten what happened that night.

She remembers.

"If you like it, I'll save it for you. You can go there to sleep whenever you want." Jiang Baichuan walked with a brisk pace, and a smile was clearly on his lips after he got into the car. "The hotel is under the Jiang Group. I'll tell people that you can just give them your name and number when you go there."

This is to put her name on that suite.

Yunli pinched her fingertips, trying to suppress the stinging in her eyes.

This day has been crazy enough.

What's wrong with being a little crazier?

This road leads to the hotel owned by the Jiang family, but the destination is not the hotel.

The place Jiang Baichuan brought her to was a restaurant.

A small restaurant with wine, meat, and a lively atmosphere.

As Yun Lizha blinked her red eyes at him, she cursed Xia Wanzhi in her heart.

Best friends are indeed used to provide intelligence to the enemy.

She was betrayed by Xia Wanzhi.

Receiving Yun Li's look, Jiang Baichuan smiled slightly and readily admitted, "I learned it from Xia Wanzhi."

This is her favorite little restaurant.

Just like the KTV she went to last week, it's a place she frequents.

Yunli is a very nostalgic person; once she gets used to something, it's hard for her to change it.

Just like how I've gotten used to being dominated by Yun Meilan over the years.

But when and under what circumstances did she develop a rebellious mentality?

She never believed in love and had never liked anyone all these years.

No matter how much she disliked Liang Jing, she could compromise and be with him for Yun Meilan's sake.

The so-called other half is nothing more than finding someone to spend the rest of your life with.

Her life had long since become stagnant; no matter how she lived it, it was all the same.

She was too lazy to resist anymore.

But during this time, there was always a voice in her heart guiding her to make changes and to find herself.

Yunli raised her eyelashes and met Jiang Baichuan's gaze.

She was in his eyes.