After She Fell for Me, I Lost My Memory (GL) - Chapter 20.2

The next morning, Cen Luo left her home and went to the airport as she had agreed with Qin Ran.

Xu Fengwan’s flight was scheduled to arrive in Yun City at 9:30 a.m.

Cen Luo and Qin Ran arrived at the airport at around 9 a.m.

The two of them waited for a while in front of the arrivals gate.

Qin Ran remembered that she had sent so many pictures of girls yesterday, and Cen Luo hadn’t replied to her. So she asked, “You don’t like the older sisters I found for you?”

Cen Luo frowned slightly when she heard this. “I’m not interested in that right now.”

Even if it was a normal breakup, there should be a transition period, right? They had to talk today to figure out her next step.

Although, she felt that if she were to say they should break up, Jian Mu would definitely agree.

Thinking of this, Cen Luo felt a little sad. This clear self-awareness was too hurtful.

Seeing that Cen Luo’s expression was off, Qin Ran quickly guessed that she was thinking about that person again.

She immediately pulled her to change the subject. “Do you think Xu Fengwan found someone she likes after being abroad for so long?”

“I don’t think so. I haven’t heard her mention it. But I remember she had a crush in high school, right?”

As expected, as soon as she heard this topic about Xu Fengwan, Cen Luo’s thoughts were immediately diverted.

However, Qin Ran suddenly became speechless when she heard this.

“You don’t know? At that time, she would post all those sad quotes and share all kinds of melancholic songs every day.”

“She would even ask us to share and like them. Wasn’t she trying to get someone to see them?”

Cen Luo thought she hadn’t guessed wrong. She didn’t understand why Qin Ran had a speechless expression.

Qin Ran was silent for a while after hearing Cen Luo’s words and then muttered, “She wasn’t asking us; she was asking you.”

“What did you say?” Just as the airport broadcast sounded, Cen Luo didn’t hear Qin Ran’s mumbling clearly.

“Nothing.” Qin Ran chose to shut up.

Qin Ran felt that if there was one person in the world who was the most miserable, it would have to be Xu Fengwan.

She had been pursuing someone for so long, but they didn’t even notice.

It was also possible that Xu Fengwan had created too much “bad karma.” Every day she would bring Cen Luo breakfast, and Cen Luo would even think that she was asking for a favor.

Qin Ran felt that Xu Fengwan was miserable at that time. Cen Luo was head-over-heels for Jian Mu, and Xu Fengwan was making all these strange little moves and always badmouthing Jian Mu.

The three of them had grown up together. Xu Fengwan had always liked to bully Cen Luo, copy her homework, which got Cen Luo in trouble, and during big inspections, she would steal her youth league badge, which got Cen Luo’s name on the list.

Cen Luo had always been wary of Xu Fengwan’s actions. When she was having the most fun pursuing Jian Mu, Xu Fengwan would pour cold water on her.

Anyone would think that Xu Fengwan had bad intentions.

But it was also not Cen Luo’s fault for being slow.

If it weren’t for the fact that Xu Fengwan had posted a strange, sad post asking for likes, Cen Luo would have asked her to help her like it, and then she would have casually created a group chat, which led to Xu Fengwan being talked to by the head of discipline.

The next day, Xu Fengwan found her and said she was meddling in her business. When they were arguing, Xu Fengwan blurted out the truth. That’s when Qin Ran found out.

It turned out that Xu Fengwan had those kinds of feelings for Cen Luo.

Later, she helped Xu Fengwan think of some ideas and also tested Cen Luo’s feelings.

She got an answer of, “Are you crazy or am I crazy? You want me to date Xu Fengwan?”

Xu Fengwan was quiet for a while. Later, when she was halfway through university, Xu Fengwan often started traveling to different places. After she heard that Cen Luo and Jian Mu were together, she didn’t even come back to Yun City very often.

This cursed love! It made Xu Fengwan not even want to come back to Yun City.

“But, Xiao Luo,” Qin Ran felt that she should still try to fight for Xu Fengwan. “You should actually look at the people around you. Maybe you’ll find that someone is waiting for you.”

Cen Luo said a long “Oh” and then joked, “Are you in love with me?”

“Dream on.” Qin Ran immediately hit Cen Luo.

Friendship is much more precious than love.

Just then, Cen Luo saw a familiar figure walking out.

“Hurry, hurry! Hold it up.”

With Cen Luo’s push, Qin Ran immediately held up the banner she had written Xu Fengwan’s name on.

Among the colorful crowd, a line of words was particularly eye-catching.

—Welcome back, superstar Xu Fengwan, to the country.

At the end, the two of them even shouted out the words on the banner.

Xu Fengwan took off her sunglasses, looked at the two of them, read the words, and her nose, eyes, and eyebrows scrunched up.

She then walked up to the two of them and snatched the banner.

“What the hell is this?”

There were quite a few people waiting for people at the airport. When they saw the banner, some people thought Xu Fengwan was really a celebrity.

Although they hadn’t heard her name before, they saw that she was pretty, and some people even came over for an autograph.

Xu Fengwan: “…”

Cen Luo and Qin Ran, on the other hand, were laughing happily on the side.

“I’m too lazy to argue with you two.”

Xu Fengwan threw her sunglasses to Cen Luo and her suitcase to Qin Ran.

She put her arms around their shoulders and asked, “Did you miss me?”

“Yeah, we missed you a lot.” Cen Luo dodged Xu Fengwan’s hand and gave her a light pat.

Her words sounded a little sarcastic.

They sounded like the opposite of what she meant.

And Qin Ran looked at the suitcase in her hand and then at the sunglasses in Cen Luo’s hand. She was speechless.

Ever since she found out that Xu Fengwan liked Cen Luo, she felt that Xu Fengwan’s bullying had been transferred to her.

It was her bad luck to have friends like this.

During this time, Qin Ran had sensed Cen Luo’s exhaustion, so she wanted to make Cen Luo happy on her birthday.

So she also called a lot of their friends who they used to hang out with.

They had friends from high school and university.

The three of them decided to go to Xu Fengwan’s house first, help her with her luggage, and then go to the Yunxiang Club where they had a reservation.

Qin Ran and Xu Fengwan had booked the place for the whole day. It was all theirs.

The three of them hailed a taxi outside the airport and headed toward Xu Fengwan’s house.

“Jian Mu isn’t coming, right?”

Qin Ran didn’t want to see her on this special day.

Xu Fengwan also looked at Cen Luo when she heard this.

Xu Fengwan didn’t really like Jian Mu either. Who would like their love rival?

In high school, Xu Fengwan would often target Jian Mu. She would intentionally participate in the same competitions as Jian Mu, thinking she could beat her, and she would also badmouth her in front of Cen Luo.

But after all these years, Xu Fengwan had also come to terms with it. Some things just weren’t meant to be.

On the other hand, Qin Ran, who wasn’t that annoyed with Jian Mu in high school, had grown to dislike her more and more over the years.

But Xu Fengwan could also understand. In Qin Ran’s heart, Cen Luo was her younger sister. Who would like someone who bullied their younger sister?

When she was younger, she was also one of the people Qin Ran disliked.

Because she liked to bully Cen Luo.

Later, when Qin Ran found out that she liked Cen Luo, she even gloated and laughed at her: Xu Fengwan, Xu Fengwan, you finally got what’s coming to you.

“I guess she’s not coming,” Cen Luo said, looking out the window.

“What do you mean ‘I guess’?” Qin Ran was confused. Shouldn’t she say ‘she’s definitely not coming’ at a time like this?

“Her company has a new product press conference today.”

Qin Ran: “…”

Xu Fengwan: “She picked a really good day. She doesn’t have your birthday in her heart, does she?”

Cen Luo didn’t reply.

Normally, she would rarely tell the two of them what Jian Mu did because she knew they would unconditionally side with her.

“Did she explain what happened yesterday?” Qin Ran asked, remembering the trending topic from yesterday.

“She gave a bit of an explanation,” Cen Luo said, remembering an unread message she had seen when she woke up this morning.

[The trending topic is a misunderstanding.]

It was 3 a.m.

Cen Luo didn’t know why Jian Mu was still awake at 3 a.m. She also didn’t know why it took her almost five hours to send such a vague message after their chat ended.

The only thing she should feel lucky about was that Jian Mu had finally put in the effort to guess what she was thinking.

Even now, Cen Luo hadn’t replied to the message. To be honest, her anger had pretty much subsided.

But what she said yesterday was serious.

She felt that she needed to calm down.

She wanted to figure out what was truly best for Jian Mu.

“What do you mean ‘a bit of an explanation’? Don’t believe her sweet talk. She’s a schemer,” Xu Fengwan suddenly said.

This made the other two frown.

Qin Ran even asked directly, “Do you know what happened?”

“I don’t know, but it’s not hard to guess. If she’s using a word like ‘explain,’ it’s definitely not a good thing. She was probably caught being ambiguous with someone else?”

Xu Fengwan wanted to use the word “cheating.”

Qin Ran thought Xu Fengwan had changed, but her dislike for Jian Mu was still so strong.

From high school, Xu Fengwan would often tell them that Jian Mu was a schemer.

Even at that time, Qin Ran thought it was just Xu Fengwan being jealous of Jian Mu.

After all, in her opinion, she believed that Jian Mu was a person without a heart.

Sigh, no wonder she couldn’t win against Jian Mu. Couldn’t she at least be a little bit more cunning?

Qin Ran felt disappointed.

Cen Luo didn’t want to continue this topic, so she started asking Xu Fengwan about her life abroad.

Xu Fengwan’s family had a large business that was involved in various industries, mainly entertainment and media. The entertainment company that artists in the entertainment industry aspired to, Chengtian Entertainment, was owned by her family.

She had asked Cen Luo before if she wanted to work at her company and be a vice president.

Cen Luo, of course, refused without hesitation. If she wanted to run a company, she would have gone home to manage her family’s company a long time ago.

Now, Xu Fengwan brought up the topic again.

The answer was still a rejection.

After staying at Xu Fengwan’s house for a while and eating a meal Qin Ran had cooked herself, they went directly to the Yunxiang Club.

They also called the friends they had invited earlier.

Compared to other entertainment venues, Yunxiang Club was the most luxurious and noble in Yun City, and it was also relatively cleaner.

Privacy was also well-protected here, so many famous celebrities liked to come here for secret dates.

In high school, the three of them liked to invite their friends here to have fun, so many people in high school liked to be friends with them.

When the three of them arrived at the Yunxiang Club, the others were already waiting for them outside.

The group went directly up to the second floor of the club.

Xu Fengwan dragged Cen Luo and Qin Ran to play some pool.

Compared to Qin Ran and Xu Fengwan, Cen Luo was a little rusty.

The two of them patiently stood to the side and waited for Cen Luo to practice for a while.

Just as they were about to start their official game, Cen Luo’s phone rang.

It was an unfamiliar number.

Today was Cen Luo’s birthday, so she would often receive calls from people wishing her a happy birthday. When she woke up this morning, she had already received calls from Jiang Ting and Liu Dan.

After all, Yun Jing was quite humane. Employees could take a day off with pay on their birthdays.

So she had originally wanted to invite some colleagues to come and play, but since they were at work, she told them they could come and have dinner together after work.

Cen Luo answered the phone.

The person on the other end didn’t say anything. Cen Luo said hello.

A light laugh came from the earpiece.

Cen Luo felt that the voice was a little familiar.

“Big sister, you blocked me. It made me so sad.”

Cen Luo: “…”

It was Zhao Zhao.

After their last chat on WeChat, Cen Luo hadn’t spoken to Zhao Zhao anymore.

Zhao Zhao also hadn’t taken the initiative to contact her again.

Cen Luo had originally thought that the two of them wouldn’t have any contact again.

Until this call came.

“Big sister, do you know how hard it was for me to wait for your call?”

“How could big sister be so irresponsible and just block me?”

Cen Luo: “…”

Right now, only the words “big sister” were constantly floating in Cen Luo’s mind.

“Is there something you need?” After a long time, Cen Luo finally asked.

“I heard that the Yunxiang Club was booked out today. It wouldn’t happen to be you, would it, big sister?”

Cen Luo didn’t know how Zhao Zhao had guessed.

“What about it?” Cen Luo’s words were basically a direct admission.

“Nothing. I just really want to eat at the Yunxiang Club today.” A while later, before Cen Luo could say anything, Zhao Zhao said again, “Big sister wouldn’t refuse me, right?”

Cen Luo: “…”

The volume on Cen Luo’s earpiece was not low. Qin Ran, who was standing beside her, vaguely heard Zhao Zhao’s words. Without a second thought, she snatched Cen Luo’s phone.

“Of course, we won’t refuse. At Yunxiang Club, just say my name, Qin Ran, and you can come right in.”

The other side paused for a moment and then said in a sweet voice, “Thank you, big sister Qin Ran.”

Qin Ran was overjoyed when she heard the word “big sister.” It had been so many years. Besides Cen Xi calling her big sister when she was a child, she hadn’t really heard anyone else call her big sister.

Qin Ran handed the phone back to Cen Luo and patted her shoulder, reminding her softly, “Xu Fengwan and I paid for this.”

The subtext was that anyone she wanted to invite could come.

Cen Luo: “…”

“Then I’m hanging up.”

“Wait.”

Cen Luo waited for a few seconds and then heard Zhao Zhao scoff and say, “Although I’m very angry that you blocked me without saying anything and haven’t contacted me, I still want to say, ‘Happy Birthday, big sister.'”

After that, without waiting for Cen Luo to say thank you, Zhao Zhao hung up.

Zhao Zhao actually knows her birthday.

Cen Luo didn’t think about it anymore and played some pool with Qin Ran and Xu Fengwan.

During the game, Qin Ran looked at her with a very strange expression and asked her when she had changed her taste.

“Didn’t you used to only like older sisters? Especially the gentle and beautiful ones?”

Cen Luo knew that Qin Ran had misunderstood and didn’t want to explain. She just said that it was someone she knew.

Later, Jian Mu sent her a “Happy Birthday” and another message asking her where she was celebrating her birthday.

Cen Luo hesitated for a moment but finally replied to Jian Mu’s message and told her that she could just say Qin Ran or Xu Fengwan’s name at the front desk.

She didn’t know if she would come, but Cen Luo still reminded Jian Mu that some of their high school and university friends were there.

For Cen Luo, some people were her friends, but for Jian Mu, they were just classmates.

After that, Cen Luo also told Qin Ran and Xu Fengwan that Jian Mu might be coming.

Qin Ran was silent for a while and then replied, “What? You want Xu Fengwan and me to open a bottle of wine and give her a warm welcome?”

Cen Luo: “…”

Not welcoming but also not rejecting—that was Qin Ran and Xu Fengwan’s attitude.

Not welcoming was their attitude, and not rejecting was for Cen Luo’s sake.

The pool game ended at around 5 p.m.

It was time for dinner.

Xu Fengwan and Qin Ran had prepared a birthday cake for Cen Luo.

Her high school and university friends were all sitting around in a circle.

“Xiao Luo, is that little sister not here yet?” Qin Ran was thinking about Zhao Zhao. She asked Cen Luo several times when she would arrive.

Cen Luo was a little helpless. She wasn’t a fly following Zhao Zhao around. How would she know when Zhao Zhao would arrive?

“She should be here in a while,” she said.

Just as she said that, Cen Luo received a call from Zhao Zhao.

“Big sister, can you come out and get me?”

Cen Luo was about to say that she could just tell the front desk her name, but then she heard Zhao Zhao’s slightly affected voice:

“The club is so big. I’m scared.”

Cen Luo was speechless. She then said to Qin Ran, “Your little sister is here. Can you go get her?”

“What do you mean ‘my little sister’? She definitely wants you to go get her, and you don’t want to, right?” Qin Ran had just eaten a piece of cake. When she heard Cen Luo’s words, she guessed the reason.

She then put down her cake and pulled Cen Luo out of the club. “We can’t be cold to our dear little sister.”

It was December, and it was indeed very cold.

In front of the club, there was a very spacious lawn, and a little further away was a high-end Western restaurant.

“Isn’t that Jian Mu?”

As Cen Luo’s eyes stopped at the Western restaurant, Qin Ran also saw Jian Mu standing outside the restaurant.

And the person next to her.

“Isn’t that the person who was on the trending topic yesterday?” Qin Ran squinted her eyes, making sure she hadn’t gotten the wrong person. She then pulled up her sleeve and couldn’t help but put her hands on her hips. “Did I see it wrong? They’re meeting again?”

“What did she explain to you about that? You can explain away the hospital and the hotel, but what about now? They were on the trending topic together, were discussed by tens of thousands of people, and they’re still meeting. What do you call that?”

“Okay, not bad. First the hospital, then the hotel, and now a Western restaurant. Perfect.”

As Qin Ran was saying this, she was about to walk toward the Western restaurant, but Cen Luo pulled her back as soon as she moved.

“Don’t go.” Cen Luo bit her lip. “Let’s just leave it at this. Let’s just pretend we don’t know.”

Leave it at this? What does that mean? What does “pretend we don’t know” mean?

Qin Ran didn’t ask anymore because Cen Luo’s expression was a little off. Her rationality finally returned.

Compared to her, Cen Luo was sadder at this moment.

“I just… suddenly feel that this is okay,” Cen Luo said, forcing a smile.

The two of them fell into silence.

Zhao Zhao saw Cen Luo standing outside the club from a distance and was secretly happy:

Good. Since you’re so obedient and came to get me, I’ll forgive you.

“Let’s go, big sister.” Zhao Zhao suddenly appeared behind Cen Luo and patted her right shoulder.

Qin Ran heard the voice and looked at the person who had arrived. She then realized it was someone she knew.

She knew her one-sidedly.

She had recently been obsessively watching You and Your Loveliness, and she was completely captivated by the character Zhao Zhao played.

“You’re big sister Qin Ran, right?” Zhao Zhao saw that Qin Ran was staring at her and thought that someone who could snatch a phone from Cen Luo must have a very good relationship with her.

“Yes, yes, yes.” Qin Ran uncontrollably nodded her head like crazy.

Oh my gosh, I love this little sister so much.

She’s not only a good actress, but she’s also pretty and so polite.

She had to give Cen Luo a good talking-to and make her realize that there was a cute person right next to her.

Cen Luo, who was standing on the side, was lost in thought. She suddenly remembered that Qin Ran had told her a while ago that she was watching You and Your Loveliness.

“…”

The few of them hadn’t even entered the club yet when Cen Luo saw Jian Mu walking over from the Western restaurant.

Cen Luo stopped and waited for a moment.

Jian Mu also hadn’t expected to run into Cen Luo at the entrance.

Qin Ran’s attitude was not very good. She pulled Zhao Zhao and walked toward the club.

Zhao Zhao was also not very friendly toward Jian Mu.

“Let’s go in.”

Cen Luo didn’t ask or say anything.

When a person makes up their mind, all explanations might not matter anymore.

Cen Luo and Jian Mu entered the club and took their seats.

Whether it was in high school or university, Jian Mu was a well-known figure at school.

And it was also well known that Cen Luo had been pursuing Jian Mu.

For a moment, everyone fell into silence.

Suddenly, someone asked:

“Luo Luo, did you finally win over the unattainable Jian Mu?”

Only a few people knew about their relationship.

When they heard this question, everyone looked at them.

After a while, Cen Luo didn’t answer. Instead, she said, “I’m going to the restroom.”

After Cen Luo left, the people around her started discussing their high school and university years.

Qin Ran listened on the side.

She tightened her grip on her knife and fork. She had the urge to stab Jian Mu.

Patience, patience.

Qin Ran let out a sigh in her heart, walked to Cen Luo’s seat, took out her phone, and said to Jian Mu as if she wasn’t trying to make a point, “There are so many people who are after our Xiao Luo. Would anyone really think that she can’t live without her?”

Jian Mu’s hand paused. She knew that Qin Ran’s words were directed at her.

After a while, Qin Ran scrolled to her chat history with Cen Luo and showed it to Jian Mu.

“Look, there are so many pictures of pretty older sisters. I sent all of them to Xiao Luo, and I told her to take a look. She said ‘okay.'”

As she was saying this, Qin Ran’s finger was also scrolling on the screen so that Jian Mu could clearly see the pictures on the screen.

“As everyone knows, our Xiao Luo likes gentle and pretty older sisters. You don’t seem to fit that description.”

Jian Mu glanced at the screen and saw pictures of many girls and Cen Luo’s “okay.”

She pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.

After a while, Cen Luo came out of the restroom. Everyone was still talking.

At this moment, Qin Ran called out to Cen Luo to cut the cake and make a wish.

A waiter also pushed a three-tiered cake out from the side.

Everyone stopped talking and stood up in a line to sing her a birthday song.

Qin Ran and Xu Fengwan urged Cen Luo to make a wish.

Cen Luo was silent for a long time. Finally, under everyone’s hopeful eyes, she looked at Jian Mu.

Qin Ran’s heart trembled. No way.

“I wish that I had never met Jian Mu.”

As soon as these words were said, everyone around them became silent. Their eyes shifted back and forth between the two of them.

They didn’t understand what had happened.

However, Qin Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Her Xiao Luo had finally stood her ground.

Zhao Zhao looked at the silent Jian Mu with a playful expression, anticipating her reaction.

Everyone else was also anticipating Jian Mu’s reaction.

After a long time, they heard Jian Mu’s cold voice:

“That’s good. I hope your wish comes true.”

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T/N: IDIOT! Jian Mu, be ready for your chasing arc.