Chapter 424

That night, it was the longest and most grueling night of Lu Jinnian’s life .

Nobody knew what kind of frame of mind he used to survive every second of every minute of that night .

Nor did anyone know, just how many glances he took at Xu Jiamu's mansion .

Furthermore, no one knew how many times the rim of his eyes had turned red .

That night, his heart was restless, it was bone-piercingly painful, hopelessly depressed . . . He'd sampled all sorts of emotions in one go .

If he could, he never wanted to relive the emotions he’d lived through that night .

It was only when the first ray of sunshine reached the horizon that he felt the exhaustion of that night . His footsteps staggered him back to his own mansion . Behind him, he left a ground full of cigarette butts .

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Even though Xu Jiamu was well and healthy, he hadn't completely recovered . It was easy for him to grow tired . That night, he had cooked a table full of food, and then chatted with his friends for a long time . In the end, he was sufficiently tired out . On top of it all, he had left the Xu family estate in a hurry, so he didn't bring his car keys and slept on the sofa of Mian Xiu Garden . He woke up at eight in the morning the next day, called a private car, and left straight away .

Qiao Anhao, who had finished shooting the commercial, was completely free . In the following week, she was staying in Mian Xiu garden, sleeping and watching movies .

Xu Jiamu’s and Lu Jinnian's mansions were divided by just a fence . In the courtyard of one mansion, you could clearly see the what was going on in the other .

Qiao Anhao and Lu Jinnian never bumped into each other again for a week after that day at Xu Jiamu's mansion when they’d seen each other for the first time after their split .

Occasionally, when Qiao Anhao would lay on the balcony reading, she would pay attention to the mansion next door . Every time she looked over, the big doors were shut tight . The courtyard had a floor full of tree leaves and flower petals, but no one tended to them .

She bumped into Lu Jinnian again on the first day of the next week .

Qiao Anhao was a signed artist under Huan Ying Entertainment . Usually, she didn't really need to go into the office, but when Monday came around, she had to go in .

She slept very late the day before, so the next day when she woke up, it was already afternoon . Zhao Meng was busy that day, so she couldn't pick her up, but she also had her car, and so Qiao Anhao had to call for a private one . She found a place to eat, and then went to Huan Ying Entertainment .

Qiao Anhao stayed alone in the office, bored, so she pulled out her phone and played a game . Half-way through it, she received a message on WeChat .

She exited the game, clicked on WeChat, and saw that the notifications had come from the group chat .

That WeChat group didn't have many people in it; just the few regular people who liked to get together . About half an hour ago, Qiao Anxia had sent a message about treating everyone tonight to karaoke at the Royal Palace .

Qiao Anhao immediately ignored the WeChat group . At first, she hadn’t seen the message and didn't respond, but now she saw it after Qiao Anxia just @'d her . She replied with, [I don't have a car today . It's not convenient for me to go . ]

Then Qiao Anxia @'d Xu Jiamu . Xu Jiamu immediately asked, [Qiao Qiao, where are you?]

[At the office . ]

After a while had passed, Xu Jiamu then said in the group, [Quickly get off work . I'll come pick you up . ]

Qiao Anhao didn't reply . She clicked back into her game and continued to play .

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Xu Jiamu stopped downstairs of Huan Ying Entertainment before he called Qiao Anhao to tell her that he had reached the office .