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    Chapter 34

    When we walked out of Maple Leaf Garden, it was in the evening, and the sunset on the horizon was dazzling, attracting tourists to stop.

    In such a world, there are still opportunities to feast your eyes, and everyone feels lucky.

    Lan Yuan also felt that she had to stick to the mold, like those tacky people in the book. The person she most wanted to stand next to such a beautiful scenery was Shen Xian.

    The last autumn we spent together was enough to watch such a beautiful sunset together.

    “Let’s go have dinner together!” Shen Xian invited Lan Yuan.

    “No, Chen Xian.” Lan Yuan refused, and the beauty of today stopped here.

    People can’t sink too deep, otherwise they will never be able to get out of the shadow of beauty.

    “I promised my cousin to go back early!” Lan Yuan added.

    “Okay, let’s take you there. It will be more convenient if your uncle drives.” Shen Xian suggested.

    Chen Xian still remembered that Lan Yuan was brought here in the Feng family’s car in the morning, but after getting off the car, Lan Yuan sent him away.

    “I can take a rickshaw, no more trouble.”

    On the way here today, Lan Yuan knew that Shen Xian sent her home yesterday in completely opposite directions. She was grateful for Shen Xian’s thoughtfulness and care, but also felt sorry for Shen Xian’s hard work and fatigue.

    “Then… okay, I’ll stop the car for you.” Shen Xian’s eyes flashed with disappointment.

    Shen Xian’s face drooped until Lan Yuan got into the rickshaw and left.

    When they arrived at home, only my cousin was sitting in the dining room eating. Her uncle and aunt had to go out to socialize. Lan Yuan didn’t ask the nanny to make another meal, so she directly served a bowl of rice to eat with her cousin.

    “How was your game today?” Feng Jia asked Lan Yuan.

    “It’s not bad. I went to the mountain to see the maple leaves.” Lan Yuan said after swallowing the food in her mouth.

    “With that friend of yours?” Feng Jia was curious.

    Lan Yuan nodded in recognition.

    “Girlfriend?” Feng Jia’s eyes sparkled.

    In Feng Jia’s impression, Lan Yuan had no interest in boys since he was a child. Lan Yuan, a handsome boy in the crowd, didn’t even bother to raise his eyes.

    Lan Yuan nodded again to acknowledge.

    She did regard Shen Xian as her girlfriend, but not just in the sense that Feng Jia meant a female friend.

    “It can’t be your piano teacher, right? My aunt came to see my dad a few months ago and told me that you have a good relationship with your piano teacher.” Feng Jia kept talking.

    Lan Yuan nodded again to acknowledge that she thought Feng Jia talked too much.

    “I also want to learn piano, why don’t I let her teach me too?” Feng Jia has been envious since he was a child that his neighbor’s children could take piano lessons, but he could only be forced to draw.

    “This…” Lan Yuan couldn’t make the decision for Shen Xian, and she didn’t want Shen Xian to teach Feng Jia at all.

    Feng Jia also realized that it was too abrupt and continued: “It doesn’t matter if you don’t teach me. I like to learn art. It’s not bad if you let your teacher come to our house as a guest.”

    There were so many people going up and down Feng Jia. Lan Yuan knew that Shen Xian didn’t like this kind of occasion and was in a dilemma.

    Feng Jia added, “Don’t worry, my parents won’t find out. They have been socializing these days. The foreigners seem to be celebrating a festival, and my dad can’t let it go.”

    “I’ll call and ask later. She should be free tomorrow.” As Feng Jia’s peers, Lan Yuan figured that Shen Xian wouldn’t be embarrassed to come, so she relaxed.

    And out of selfishness, Lan Yuan herself wanted to see Shen Xian every day.

    After taking a few quick bites of rice, Lan Yuan quickly called Shen Xian and asked her to meet tomorrow.

    Chen Xian was lying on the sofa on the second floor feeling sad. Lan Yuan did not agree to have dinner together, which made her feel frustrated.

    In order to comfort her sadness at being rejected by her prospective girlfriend, Hunter specially cooked steak for her in the kitchen.

    In the lonely and empty night, the phone rang downstairs. Shen Xian was not as excited as he was in the morning, but felt harsh.

    After five rings in a row, Hunter had no choice but to put out the fire in the kitchen and came out to answer the phone wearing an apron, for fear of missing a big customer.

    But he didn’t expect it was Lan Yuan calling, so he quickly shouted to the people upstairs——

    “Miss Lan called you, come and pick it up.”

    Three, two, one, Hunter counted down silently in his mind.

    He bet that Shen Xian would be able to run to the phone within three seconds, put the receiver aside, and go back to the kitchen to continue frying the steak.

    As expected by Hunter, the sound of hurried footsteps came from the stairs, and three seconds later, Shen Xian’s laughter and voices came from downstairs——

    “Of course there is time!”

    “I’m very convenient!”

    “Okay, okay, see you tomorrow, good night!”

    It seems that there is no need to give this steak to Shen Xian, Hunter is going to have it all to himself.

    However, Shen Xian happily returned to the kitchen and immediately grabbed a piece of chopped meat.

    “I’m going out tomorrow, so I don’t have to cook my food!”

    “Who cares about cooking for you? Get out of here.” Hunter slapped Shen Xian’s hand that was grabbing the meat.

    After talking on the phone, Lan Yuan was very excited after confirming that Shen Xian would come tomorrow.

    When she returned to the bedroom in the evening, she took out the book that was usually used to relieve mirror grinding, and carefully sandwiched the maple leaves she picked up from the ground in the afternoon between the pages of the book.

    The next day, Shen Xian arrived at Uncle Lan Yuan’s house at nine o’clock on time as agreed.

    The nanny opened the door and led Shen Xian in. Lan Yuan and her cousin were sitting in the living room waiting for her.

    “Teacher Shen, hello, I’m Feng Jia. It’s our first time meeting you. Please take care of me!” Feng Jia was as enthusiastic as ever.

    Chen Xian handed the meeting gift to the nanny, shook hands with Feng Jia politely, “Hello, just call me Chen Xian.” Then he sat next to Lan Yuan.

    Feng Jia took the opportunity to look at Shen Xian carefully. He was fair-skinned and beautiful, with a slim figure and a face that even a popular actress could put to shame.

    And although Shen Xian can’t dress up very well and wears simple clothes, the artistic atmosphere emanating from the inside out is so pure, natural and fascinating.

    No wonder Lan Yuan treasured her so much that Feng Jia couldn’t wait to keep him by her side. She was happy just looking at him every day.

    “I heard that Teacher Shen likes music. I also have a lot of records in my collection. All of them are composed of music by world masters.” Feng Jia deliberately walked next to Shen Xian and spoke.

    Chen Xian’s eyes shone, showing great interest.

    The sofa was so big that the three of us seemed to be stuck together.

    “Do you want me to play it to you now?” Feng Jia suggested.

    Chen Xian glanced at Lan Yuan and saw that she didn’t speak much, so he took the initiative to talk to her, “Lan Yuan, do you want to hear it?”

    Lan Yuan lowered her eyes and said in a lukewarm tone, “Anything is fine.”

    Seeing that Lan Yuan was not very interested, Shen Xian also lost interest and said, “Let’s do it another day.”

    “Does Teacher Shen have other hobbies besides piano?” Feng Jia continued to ask.

    “Let’s take pictures.” Shen Xian said casually.

    The low pressure emitted by Lan Yuan made people dare not speak loudly, but Feng Jia couldn’t notice it and kept talking.

    “I heard that you and your cousin went to Maple Leaf Forest yesterday. Why don’t you come with me tomorrow? It must be so beautiful to take pictures there.” Feng Jia hugged Shen Xian’s arm.

    Shen Xian didn’t have the nerve to push away. This was Lan Yuan’s cousin. She didn’t want to be too rude, “The maple leaves over there are so red that they’re not worth seeing. Miss Feng, there’s no need to waste your time looking.”

    Shen Xian didn’t want to travel with outsiders, so he directly slandered the beautiful maple forest.

    Lan Yuan saw that Shen Xian was open to contact with other people, and felt that the scene was even more dazzling.

    It happened that the nanny went out to buy groceries, and Lan Yuan left the villa on the pretext that she wanted to buy something.

    Feng Jia asked politely if he wanted to go together.

    Lan Yuan refused directly, and Feng Jia didn’t ask any more questions. She was now focused on Shen Xian.

    Just a hundred meters out, Lan Yuan noticed the familiar footsteps behind her, but she refrained from looking back.

    It still has some wink and conscience, Lan Yuan thought to herself.

    “Why don’t you let me go with you?” Shen Xian blocked Lan Yuan’s path forward.

    Lan Yuan ignored Chen Xian’s obstruction and continued to walk forward in silence.

    Shen Xian simply grabbed Lan Yuan’s arm to prevent her from moving forward, “Did I make you angry?” His eyes were full of grievance and pity.

    “Who said I was angry?” Lan Yuan said this in an angry tone, revealing her temper in front of Shen Xian for the first time.

    “You are cruel to me.” Chen Xian continued to hold Lan Yuan’s arm without letting go.

    “Teacher Shen is very popular. He is surrounded by people wherever he goes. You can continue chatting with your cousin. Leave me alone. It’s fine for me to be alone.” Lan Yuan continued to be weird.

    In the past, Lan Yuan felt that love meant restraint and forbearance, especially this kind of unrequited love, which should not be exposed.

    But now Lan Yuan feels that love must include possessiveness. He wants to keep that person by his side completely and does not want her to be shared.

    Lan Yuan regretted bringing Shen Xian out to meet Feng Jia today, especially when she saw that they had a common topic and she couldn’t get in the conversation.

    In the future, Shen Xian will definitely meet thousands of like-minded people. Lan Yuan has already foreseen her fate of being completely forgotten by Shen Xian.

    She didn’t want to be completely forgotten by Shen Xian. She wanted to have a place in Shen Xian’s heart, even if it wasn’t the role of lover, but it seemed that she was completely shattered from now on.

    “It’s Miss Feng who has to talk to me. I swear I just want to talk to you. Please, don’t be angry.” Shen Xian made a pleading gesture, his eyes were wet, and he was about to cry.

    Shen Xian doesn’t have too many concerns. She believes everything Lan Yuan says. She is very afraid that Lan Yuan will be angry and alienated from her, so she is willing to bend down to coax others.

    Lan Yuan pursed her lips and let out a long sigh. As soon as Shen Xian surrendered, she completely lost her temper. She simply couldn’t bear to be cruel to the person in front of her.

    Especially Shen Xian’s wet eyes, as if they were hiding a clear lake, making it too late for people to pity him.

    Moreover, Shen Xian’s lips were pink, his face was fair, and his nose was straight. This beautiful face was so close and too tempting.

    The creation of heaven and earth only allowed Shen Xian to be perfect. His skin and bones were both outstanding. As both women, Lan Yuan was a little jealous.

    Sometimes Lan Yuan feels that it is not unreasonable for Su Wan to call Chen Xian a vixen. If Chen Xian can really seduce her, it will be worth it.

    “I don’t have to be angry, but Teacher Shen, you have to agree to one condition!” Lan Yuan boldly pinched Shen Xian’s face, which felt particularly good.

    “What conditions?” Shen Xian blinked.

    “Close your eyes!” Lan Yuan ordered.

    Shen Xian closed his eyes obediently, waiting for the judgment of fate——

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