Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 395 - 393 Pain Just Once_1

Chapter 395: Chapter 393 Pain Just Once_1

The flickering lights in the private room illuminated a mixed group of men and women lounging on sofas, but the man sitting in the seat of honor, dressed in a white shirt, stood out with his distinctly cold and noble aura.

The colorful spotlights scattered across his handsome face, twinkling mysteriously and charmingly--

Yet on his lap at this very moment sat a sexy woman in a red miniskirt!

Her movements were provocative, astride his lap overtly displaying her snow-white, slender legs...

Jian Manhui couldn’t see her face, not knowing what the woman looked like, but just from her silhouette, she could guess how seductive the woman must be...

Ha---so, these were the types of women he liked!

She felt ridiculous, stupid, clumsy, and naive...

For a woman approaching thirty, to be called naive was to highlight how much more foolish and stupid she was!

She had actually believed his words, trusted what a man she knew nothing about had said! How laughable... Even she couldn’t help but scorn her own foolishness...

Others in the private room were stunned for a few moments too, not expecting anyone would dare to trespass into their territory... and such a beautiful... woman at that!

Initially, Su Ran merely sat in his spot, smoking, while Poison Snake had summoned a host of beauties for him to choose from, but he waved them away--

In the past, he might have gone through the motions...

But now, he already had a woman he was committed to; thus, other women meant nothing to him...

The woman had been sitting quietly by his side at first, silent, occasionally refilling his glass without being rejected...

However, as he was talking to Poison Snake, she suddenly daringly seated herself on his lap--

He frowned, ready to push her away, when the door to the private room was abruptly pushed open...

He glanced over casually, not expecting to see the woman he fancied there!

His eyes narrowed involuntarily. What was she doing here?

He wanted to stand, but there was still a woman on his lap...

A jolt went through his heart, and without a trace of expression, he looked at Manhui’s face, and then silently cursed, Damn!

She had clearly misunderstood!

In one swift move, he threw the woman aside and stood up from the sofa, intending to go after Jian Manhui...

The others watched in surprise! Could it be that Brother Ran had taken an interest in this beautiful intruder?

Jian Manhui saw Su Ran standing up abruptly and instantly retracted her thoughts, without a word tightened her fists, turned around, and left!

Su Ran, taken aback, quickened his pace.

"Manman..."

"Manman... Listen to me..."

Jian Manhui clenched her fists tightly, kept her head down, and continued to walk forward, utterly ignoring the voice calling her from behind.

Su Ran strode forward and caught one of her hands in his.

"Manman... It’s not what you think!" Su Ran wanted to curse inside, damn it! What a mess this was! Of all times, she had to witness this!

"Let go!" Jian Manhui said coldly, her voice resolute as she uttered two words.

"Can you give me a minute to explain to you..." Su Ran grasped her hand and wouldn’t let go.

"You don’t need to explain, I just accidentally walked into the wrong room, just do whatever you need to do..." Jian Manhui felt her heart was in so much pain that it became numb. She had no idea her feelings for Su Ran ran so deep!

Just seeing him holding another woman caused her heart to ache so much that she couldn’t breathe! Why was that? When had it all started?

This man! She shouldn’t love him! She didn’t understand him! Truly didn’t understand!

Besides the shameless time he spent sticking around at her place every day, she knew nothing else about him, had no idea what he did for a living, where he lived, what his temperament or preferences were, let alone his private life!

All she knew was that his name was Su Ran, he was Wanxia’s grandfather’s adopted son, and everyone else called him Brother Ran...

Such knowledge, to her, was barely even equivalent to that of a casual friend, not even a friend really, yet she had fallen for him unwittingly! How ridiculous!

What was even more ridiculous was that he had never taken her seriously. She was nothing more than his amusement on a whim...

Listening to her indifferent words, Su Ran couldn’t help but lift his other hand and rub his brow...

"Manman... it’s really not what you saw. Can you trust me?"

"Su Ran!" Jian Manhui suddenly shouted out loud.

"I’ll say it again! You are not mine, and I am not yours, so—whatever you do has nothing to do with me, and you don’t owe me any explanations..."

Her hand clenched tightly, her heart beating furiously, and her nerves stretched to their limits. She felt that saying these words had taken all her strength. She didn’t want to hear his explanations, let alone continue to be entangled with him...

Isn’t there a saying that goes, ’An explanation is nothing but a cover-up’?

After all, she wasn’t blind—she didn’t want to see anything like that again; once was enough! She didn’t want a second time, so let it be...

"Do you really think so?" Su Ran pulled her hand tight and asked heavily.

"Yes, that’s exactly what I think... Am I wrong, Mr. Su? Please have some respect for yourself!" After the words "have some respect" fell, Jian Manhui gathered all her strength and wrenched her hand out of his.

Then she decisively walked away without looking back—

Only she knew that the moment she turned to leave, the heart-wrenching pain seemed to tear her entire body apart!

A tear silently slid down from the corner of her eye...

It turned out that love really was like what she said, a poison that wracks the guts, untouchable, unlovable!

This love that was doomed from the start was after all not something Jian Manhui could bear!

If she couldn’t bear it, then it was time to completely walk away!

Su Ran stood still, staring blankly at the figure disappearing from his view, his hand still in the position where he’d held hers, but now the warmth was gone from his palm, leaving it empty...

He felt that the moment she turned and walked away, his own heart also became empty, as if something was missing...

His rigid fingers twitched, then slowly clenched, seizing only the transparent air...

He also felt that his explanations were superfluous and so pale and powerless. What she had seen with her own eyes, no matter what he said, she wouldn’t believe...

Because she had never believed in him...

Time flowed by like a rushing river—

The century wedding which had garnered worldwide attention, finally arrived!

July 7th—the day, according to legend, when the cowherd and the weaver girl met, also regarded in modern times as the most romantic festival—Qixi Valentine’s Day!