343 Sweep you off your feet
“Why is that?” An Xiulan asked.
“I don’t know, ” Liu Han said. “Wanwan said her mother is very good to her but ever since she graduated High School, her mom was obsessed with making her debut in the entertainment circle. My wife is a famous actress but she wanted to quit the entertainment industry. She said she feels suffocated there. She wants to pursue her dreams. That day, we went to her parent’s home to announce this. Her parents took the news well but the next day, Wanwan let me and a few days later I was served with divorce papers. I tried to bring my wife back but I was arrested and told that I was abusive to my wife.”
An Xiulan was noting down everything that Liu Han said. “Does Miss Mu have a history of getting therapy?”
“Yes, ” Liu Han nodded his head.
“Was she prescribed medicine by a psychologist?” An Xiulan questioned.
Liu Han said yes. She asked a couple of more questions before he left.
An Xiulan couldn’t help but think of a way to deal with this case. She was returning to her office when she met her father on the way.
“Xiulan, are you coming to Lu house? It’s the weekend tomorrow, ” Lu Zhaolin said.
An Xiulan smiled. It had been a whole week and Han Zixin had not bothered to call her. Was he so busy with his work that he didn’t even have time to talk to her? She didn’t even know why she was so pissed at him. Every time she would go to dial his number she didn’t know why she would stop. She wanted him to call her. She left him a couple of messages but he didn’t reply to her. He said he would be back in a couple of days but it had been an entire week already.
“Dad, I will come to see Xiaobao tomorrow, ” An Xiulan said.
“Don’t forget to visit home, ” Lu Zhaolin said. “Bring Lu Xuan and Gu Shangyan too.”
An Xiulan nodded her head.
When her office ended, instead of driving to her house, she drove straight to Han Zixin’s place. Unfortunately, nobody was at home and she had to leave for home.
On the way back home, she called Song Xueyun.
“Hey, bestie, ” An Xiulan said as soon as the phone was picked up. Instead of Song Xueyun, she heard a dog bark.
“Why does it sound like Leo?” An Xiulan asked herself. She shook her head. It couldn’t be Leo, right?
“Hello, ” She heard Song Xueyun say on the phone.
“Yunyun—”
“Song Xueyun! Are you with Han Nanxian?” An Xiulan quickly asked.
“Don’t be ridiculous, ” Song Xueyun said.
“No, I heard Leo and Han Nanxian, “An Xiulan said. “Spill or do you want me to come to Shanghai?”
“Don’t bother coming. I may be coming down to An City, ” Song Xueyun said, distracting An Xiulan from the Han Nanxian topic.
“Seriously?” An Xiulan screamed in excitement. “When? How? And do you want me to pick you up from the airport?”
“My flight will land at midnight. I don’t want to disturb you, ” Song Xueyun said.
“Nonsense! Send me your flight details. I will pick you up from the airport. I can’t wait to see you, Yunyun, ” An Xiulan said with a wide smile.
Instead of going to her father’s house early in the morning, An Xiulan was at home. She told nobody that Song Xueyun was coming to An City. The flight landed at three in the morning and she brought her friend to her place.
Song Xueyun’s parents were not home and An Xiulan convinced her to come with her. At five im the morning, the girls reached back. It was nine in the morning and nobody woke up An Xiulan as she and a busy week at the office and they let her sleep for a long.
Song Xueyun woke up first. She checked her phone first thing and saw that Han Nanxian had replied to her text that she had sent after landing here. Ah, wife’s priorities.
Han Nanxian was not happy with the news that she was suddenly leaving. To be honest, she was kind of hoping him to stop her instead of acting like a super supportive husband. But he didn’t stop her and she had no right to be pissed. She looked at An Xiulan who was fast asleep next to her and quietly left the bed to freshen up.
When she reached downstairs, she startled An Qinyan who was reading the newspaper in the living room.
“Xueyun? How are you, child? When did you come?” An Qinyan asked. She could see that Song Xueyun spent the night here as the girl was still in her night suit. This reminded her that Lu Xuan and Gu Shangyan returned home last night, drunk. Did Lu Xuan bring Song Xueyun home? No, the girl was not stupid to get together with a boy with such a bad reputation among ladies. Gu Shangyan was out of the question as the girls took those friendship codes too seriously. And Yoona and Gu Shangyan were still in a complicated relationship.
“Good morning, Auntie, “Song Xueyun greeted. “I’m doing good. I hope you are in good health. And my flight landed late at night. Xiulan picked me up and brought me here instead of sending me home.”
“It’s good that you came here. Your parents are not in town. It’s not right for you to live alone when you just arrived, ” An Qinyan said. “Tell Chef what will you like to eat. Don’t be shy. It’s very difficult for children to live in big cities all alone. Just feel at home.”
Song Xueyun felt very touched. An Xiulan’s mom had this magic of making everyone at ease with her dignified but soothing presence.
“Then, I won’t stand on ceremony, ” Song Xueyun smiled.
“Did you find a nice boy?” An Qinyan asked and Song Xueyun choked on air. “I can’t expect my baby to find a boyfriend. She is still a baby.”
“Well, she is a baby when it comes to romance, ” Song Xueyun shrugged. She added the next part in her mind, “But she won’t know when the Han guys will sweep you off your feet.”