Campus Ace Girl

Chapter 1037 - 1036: Not Inviting Me In to Sit for a While?

Chu Yan turned her head, biting her fist: "Anxi, it’s not that I can’t let go, it’s just—"It’s just that all her pride was trampled underfoot, and her sincere heart was discarded so easily.

Gu Anxi held her tightly, murmuring: "Yan Yan, I know, I understand."

Chu Yan held back her tears, chin slightly raised: "It’s okay, I’ve forgotten it all."

Gu Anxi wrapped her arm around Chu Yan’s shoulder, "Yes, let’s find a young, strong, handsome guy in the future, definitely can’t be outdone."

She paused and said: "Do you want to come back to Si Garden with me?"

Chu Yan shook her head: "No, I have a flight at noon tomorrow."

Gu Anxi felt a bit sad, resting her head against Chu Yan’s: "Yan Yan, don’t make me wait too long. When I return from Jiangcheng, you come back, okay? We’ll start a company together, do great things, I’ll take you racing and to see the aurora, okay?"

Chu Yan’s nose felt a bit sour, she agreed.

Two girls were pouring their hearts out in the back, while in the front, Bo Xichen listened calmly, sometimes finding it amusing.

Anxi, who is usually always composed, only seemed like a typical 21-year-old girl when she’s with a few other young girls.

He rubbed his head, mainly because she was normally so troublesome.

The car smoothly drove to the hotel, Gu Anxi was about to get out and send her off, but Chu Yan held her hand: "No need, you guys should head back early."

She glanced at her watch: "It’s getting late."

Gu Anxi nodded: "Alright, then we’ll leave first."

Chu Yan got out of the car, stood in the brightly lit entrance hall, waved goodbye to them, Gu Anxi watched her through the rear-view mirror, quietly said: "Uncle, is she and Chu Ci just leaving it like this?"

She muttered dissatisfiedly: "I heard from Sister Lin Hua that the Chu Family is now helping Chu Ci with matchmaking every day, and Chu Ci has even moved back to live in the main house."

She paused: "I used to think he would never marry again, apparently not."

Bo Xichen chuckled lightly, "Not necessarily, perhaps after getting married it’s not to someone he likes."

Gu Anxi snorted: "I thought he would be sad for a long time! Should he comply with unreasonable demands from elders?"

Actually, she knew, it wasn’t as simple as she said.

Chu Yan’s adoption was definitely not the main reason, it was because of the enmity between Chu Yan’s mother and Madam Chu. Chu Ci couldn’t disregard his own mother’s feelings.

The little troublemaker spoke a lot, sighed, then flattered him: "Uncle, if Bo’s father and mother are against us, I will definitely not give up."

He went "mmm" for a long time, then said: "Sure, and then they throw me out of the house, and you treat me as your own."

She giggled awkwardly.

*

On the other side, Chu Yan stood at the hotel entrance watching the car disappear before slowly entering the lobby and heading towards the elevator.

She had been drinking, her head a bit dizzy, but still relatively clear-headed.

In the elevator, she leaned weakly against the wall, holding her forehead as she listened to the elevator’s gentle ascent, until it dinged at the top floor.

She had booked the presidential suite.

Although she left the Chu Family, Chu Yan herself was quite wealthy, so she always used the finest in food, clothing, and living.

When the elevator door opened, she walked out wearily, looking down as she rummaged in her bag for the room key.

Suddenly, she lifted her eyes, her gaze slightly blurry towards the person in the corridor.

Chu Ci was leaning against her room door, silently smoking, as he heard movement he looked up to see her.

Chu Yan’s body trembled, her bag dropped to the ground.

Chu Ci turned his body and extinguished the cigarette, his good looks making even the act of extinguishing a cigarette very pleasing to the eye.

Chu Yan quietly watched, even her breathing was soft.

If they hadn’t started, if everything were as before, he would still be the most perfect brother.

Chu Yan sniffed slightly—

But sadly, that’s no longer the case.

Chu Ci slowly walked over, picked up the bag she had dropped on the ground, and handed it to her when he stood up.

"Thank you." Chu Yan’s voice was low and hoarse, then she went to open the door.

However, after a few steps, her slender wrist was caught, Chu Ci called her name: "Yan Yan."

Chu Yan turned her head, still somewhat dazed, she shook her head after a moment: "What is it?"

Chu Ci’s fingers loosened, tightened again, but eventually released her, his tone more relaxed: "Won’t you invite me in to sit?"

Chu Yan suddenly looked up, stared at him for a few seconds before lowering her eyes: "There’s no need, if you have something to say, say it here, it’s the same."

At this moment, another couple walked out of the elevator, presumably drinking too much, their behavior quite flirtatious.

Chu Yan’s gaze was somewhat fixed, Chu Ci gently took the bag from her hand, "Better to talk inside."

He found the room key card in no time, as her habit of storing things remained the same as before, he easily swiped the card and stood at the door watching her.

Chu Yan finally snapped out of her daze, she looked up at him, her lips moved slightly but ultimately said nothing, turning and walking inside. She turned on the lights, all of them, as if that could dispel the loneliness.

Chu Ci just looked at her.

"Sit down, I’ll get you a glass of water." Her voice was somewhat distant.

Chu Ci didn’t respond, Chu Yan put down her things and walked to the small kitchen to pour water for him, accidentally scalding her hand in the process.

After five seconds she came to her senses, Chu Ci was already there, he grabbed her hand and looked down at her, his expression somewhat stern.

Chu Yan wanted to break free, but after trying several times, she didn’t succeed.

Chu Ci stared at her: "Go sit in the living room, I’ll get the medicine."

"No need." She tried to pull her hand away again, with an air of stubbornness.

Chu Ci finally couldn’t hold back: "Yan Yan, be good."

After he said that, the air seemed to freeze.

Chu Yan just looked up at him, staring disbelievingly, for a while, she laughed softly: "Brother, I’m not the Yan Yan I used to be."

Chu Ci’s expression became somewhat rigid.

She called him brother.

How long had it been since she last called him brother?

The sound of brother, it was so distant.

He stared at her for a few seconds, forcibly dragging her to the living room sofa to sit, then went to find the medicine and applied it to her hand, during which Chu Yan did not struggle, she was just quiet, obedient like when she was young.

After a long time, Chu Ci spoke hoarsely: "It’s done."

At this moment, he sat beside her, together on the sofa. The light of the living room was very bright, so bright it was somewhat dazzling.

"Thank you." Chu Yan quietly handed the glass of water to him, saying calmly: "If you have something to say, just say it."

Chu Ci leaned back, his slender body sinking into the sofa, after a moment, he asked her: "Why don’t you go home to visit? Don’t say you don’t have time, you didn’t even tell the family you were coming back."

Chu Yan smiled a little, suddenly turned sideways to pick up a nearby bag, and fished out a pack of cigarettes.

She took out one cigarette, placed it on her lips, lit it, slowly took a puff and exhaled a smoke ring: "Isn’t it better that I don’t go back? My existence is fundamentally a disruption."

Chu Ci stared at her smoking, there was disbelief in his eyes.

Chu Yan was only 21 years old, previously had no bad habits, yet within a few months she had learned to smoke, and she looked like she wasn’t a beginner.

His incredulous gaze made Chu Yan laugh lightly, after tapping some ash off the cigarette, she slightly raised her chin: "What’s wrong, can’t accept your sister learning to smoke too?"

She lifted her head, enjoying herself as she exhaled a mouthful of smoke: "Going out was quite freeing, no one controlled me, no one wanted me away from their son, Chu Ci, don’t look at me with sympathy or discipline, I’m living fine without you, yes, maybe a bit injured but it’s not your fault, of course, if you keep pestering me it’s being cheap, after all, she doesn’t allow you to see me, right? Then why did you come in here now? Because she doesn’t know, so you want to indulge a bit? Or feel like you want to savor the heartbroken melancholy again?"

Chu Ci’s expression looked unpleasant: "Who told you those things."

Chu Yan gently encircled his neck, in that instant, Chu Ci’s body froze.

She looked at him provocatively: "Isn’t it true that you want me to go back? Don’t leave tonight, we can go back early tomorrow morning to see her, do you think she’ll be happy?"

Chu Ci’s eyes squinted tightly, somewhat dangerous, his voice was hoarse beyond measure: "Yan Yan!"

"Don’t recognize me? Think I’m a bad woman, don’t you?" Chu Yan laughed lightly, her laughter swayed like flowers, yet it made people feel she was a fragile doll.

She had a baby face, once carefree, now it was tinted with gloom.

Chu Yan laughed happily: "Don’t want to, huh, then don’t provoke me? Chu Ci, do you think I have multiple hearts, can I be endlessly hurt, I don’t hate her, if I were her I wouldn’t agree either."

Chu Ci clenched his hands: "You hate me, is that it?"

Chu Yan released his neck, her body shifted slightly backward, falling back into the sofa.

After quite a while, she smiled: "I don’t hate, just need time to forget."

After speaking, there were no hints of laughter on her face or in her eyes, as serious as can be.

Chu Ci looked fixedly at the small face in front of him, suddenly feeling somewhat ridiculous tonight.

She was already almost out, yet he was still trying to get close to her, yes, Chu Yan was very right, he just felt that this kind of opportunity wouldn’t be known, so he might want to see her, to revisit the past feelings.

Even if it was a hug, even if she called him Chu Ci once, even if she cried in his arms, even if she did nothing, but all these were no longer needed by his Yan Yan.

She was just learning to forget him.

Chu Ci smiled faintly, reaching out his hand suspended in the air, but after a while he let it down again.

Then, he softly said: "When you have time, go see them, at least dad really misses you."

Chu Yan half lay on the back of the sofa, without speaking.

Chu Ci got up, his body paused for a moment, then said: "I’m dating, might get married in the future! Yan Yan, you, don’t hold yourself back either."

After he said this, he left.

The door was gently closed, they didn’t even say goodbye.

After he left, Chu Yan still lay there, quietly.

After a while, she turned her face to look at the night outside the floor-to-ceiling window, shedding quiet tears.

She didn’t want to cry, but couldn’t help it.

Not because he said he was going to date, but because she realized their past memories were gradually fading away, leaving only the unpleasant ones, while those pure and beautiful ones were no longer there.