Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 450: The girl who once moved my heart, becomes unattainable

Chapter 450: Chapter 450: The girl who once moved my heart, becomes unattainable

Qin Ruan’s voice was teasing as she asked Lin Hao with a bit of jest, "How’s that ’sister’ we picked? Her eyesight isn’t worse than yours, is it?"

Lin Hao was in great distress and his voice was hoarse. "I was drunk, I don’t remember anything."

He didn’t dare tell Qin Ruan, that after that time, he didn’t dare touch a woman for a full month.

Lin Hao sighed deeply, "Why did you target me back then?"

Qin Ruan replied casually, "At that time, you were enjoying the spring breeze in front of Uncle Jiang. He pressured me and made me suffer several times. Failing to vent my anger was too much for me. We four decided to target you."

Lin Hao lifted his eyebrows slightly, "It must have been that Li Zilan who came up with this bad idea."

His tone was certain, carrying a knowing smile.

Qin Ruan nodded, "It was indeed Li Zilan who proposed, but we all agreed to it."

On hearing this, Lin Hao laughed and shook his head, "It’s useless to do things behind my back. Uncle Jiang always wins people over with his virtue. This kind of thing is meaningless to him."

Recalling their youthful impulsiveness, Qin Ruan casually said, "As long as we felt good about it."

Indeed, at that time, it was all about venting their anger. They couldn’t take action against Uncle Jiang, so they could only target his favorite person.

Lin Hao completely lowered his guard and spoke to Qin Ruan in a soft tone: "You really acted like children."

"You talk as if you’re much older than me."

"I’m old. I’m almost thirty."

"You’re only twenty-six, not much older than me."

Lin Hao felt that arguing about age was meaningless, so he abruptly asked, "Is Grandma Su Wang better now?"

"Grandma Su Wang?" Qin Ruan repeated subconsciously.

Lin Hao nodded and continued, "I don’t know how she’s been in the past three years, whether she has recovered or not. I remember you all collected the surgery fees together."

As soon as these words were out, Qin Ruan seemed to understand something, and her expression became strange.

She smiled, her lips curving upward, laughter full of deep implications.

Qin Ruan shook her head at Lin Hao, "Brother Hao, you still don’t trust me. Su Wang doesn’t have a grandma. He’s an orphan, with no relatives."

At this, Lin Hao slapped his forehead, "Look at my memory, I was talking about Granny Li who took good care of you guys and owns the wonton shop next to the orphanage."

"She was the kindest to you all. You four were really attached to her back then, but then Granny fell ill. I don’t know if she has recovered."

Qin Ruan just looked at him rambling.

As soon as Lin Hao finished talking, she immediately interjected, "Brother Hao, Granny Li passed away right before you left West City."

"It came on suddenly, she didn’t even make it to the hospital. That day, you, a grown man, was sitting in the wonton shop, eating dumplings while crying. All of us saw you."

Lin Hao was speechless, a rich array of expressions on his face.

Because everything Qin Ruan said was true.

Shen Ran, Li Zilan, and Su Wang were all friends that Qin Ruan had a good relationship with.

The four of them had their own little group, a small force among the young folks, on the lower end of the food chain in West City, insufficient when compared with the higher-ups, but more than enough when compared to the lower ones.

Su Wang didn’t have a grandma. He was born in West City, his father was a drug addict and his mom did skin and meat trade.

Both of them couldn’t raise Su Wang and so, they threw him into an orphanage.

When Su Wang was just a few years old, his father died due to a severe illness, spending his days in the company of drugs, his life was being consumed away.

And Su Wang’s mother was beaten to death for offending a client.

Just now, Lin Hao was indeed testing Qin Ruan.

Qin Ruan’s changes, made him unable to accept them by conventional understanding.

This is entirely like another person, he even doubted whether the Qin Xiaowu, who made his heart waver, who seemed proud but was actually inferior at heart, really existed in those days.

He couldn’t reconcile the elegant and stable woman in front of him with the little girl from those days.

Lin Hao’s brows were deeply furrowed, he watched Qin Ruan with an incredibly complex gaze, "Are you really Qin Xiaowu?"

Qin Ruan lowered her head, her eyes, crystal-clear as glass, glistened with a gloomy chill.

She didn’t expect Lin Hao would be the first one to notice her difference from her past self.

Their relationship wasn’t deep, and the formal contact happened that time at the underground boxing ring when he let her win.

Out of gratitude and to repay the cause and effect, she kept Lin Hao by her side.

She clearly knew Lin Hao wasn’t simple and also knew that he wasn’t as approachable as he seemed on the surface. This man had a thick wall around his heart.

But, Qin Ruan didn’t expect that Lin Hao would be straightforward so quickly, and all of this because of her.

Qin Ruan looked up at Lin Hao, her beautiful eyes turned, a flirtatious glint in their depths.

She said, "Qin Xiaowu of the past has been reborn from the ashes, I am now Qin Ruan, no longer the Qin Xiaowu of West City who was always afraid."

Her unique voice dropped a bit, sounding pleasing and delightful.

She could distinguish clearly between her past life and her current life.

Qin Xiaowu was her past life, in this life, she is Qin Ruan.

Lin Hao emitted an air of defeat, he sighed, "Your change was too drastic."

He didn’t know whether he was despondent because the girl he once had feelings for disappeared or because of Qin Ruan’s drastic change, becoming unreachable because of her soaring status.

It was as if a little girl whom he watched grow up, turned around and threw herself into another man’s arms.

And that man transformed her into someone he could no longer match up to. This feeling left him empty inside.

He couldn’t put his feelings into words, there was a trace of bitterness in his heart.

From the corner of her eye, Qin Ruan saw Huo Chuan standing at the doorway of the Liu Family’s bedroom. Seeing his cold expression, it seemed he’d been standing there for quite a while.

"Huo Chuan, where is Master Song?"

Huo Chuan gave Qin Ruan a slight nod, his tone respectful, "They are in the bedroom, Madam, would you like to see them?"

"Let them come out."

"Alright——"

Huo Chuan opened the door, and Song Banxian, whom he had pushed into the room while Madam was talking to Lin Hao, slowly came out.

As Song Banxian left the room and passed by Huo Chuan, he gave him a discreet glare.

Even old people love gossip. He was just about to hear some gossip about Qin Ruan, when this cold-faced young man pushed him into the room with brute force, completely disregarding the respect for the old and love for the young.

Huo Chuan kept his eyes straight ahead, disregarding Song Banxian’s annoyance.

When all the Liu family members were present, he led the four to Qin Ruan.

Over here, Qin Ruan went close to Lin Hao and patted his shoulder.

"Don’t think too much about it. Once we get some time, we’ll go back to West City to see Shen Ran, Li Zilan, and Su Wang. They’d be very happy to know you’re alive."

Lin Hao nodded, looking rather listless.

Liu Boyang followed behind Huo Chuan into the living room, his wide-eyed gaze constantly scanning the room, but there was no trace of the hideous puppet.

He asked Qin Ruan tentatively, "Master Qin, where did the puppet go?"

Qin Ruan pulled her hand from Lin Hao’s shoulder and walked towards the Liu family, offering a sarcastic comment, "It’s already been sent away. Why, Mr Liu, did you want to see it out personally?"

Liu Boyang quickly shook his hands, "No, no, no, I just wanted to ask."