After being dumped, I turned around and married my ex-boyfriend's younger brother.

Chapter 5 He is also here

As soon as Su Yiran returned to her room, she casually tossed her bag onto the bed and went into the bathroom.

The sound of rushing water drowned out the ringing of the phone in the bag.

Half an hour later, Su Yiran came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe. Her phone rang again. She answered it, placed it on the sink, and glanced at the time.

It was exactly 1 a.m.

"Beautiful Meng, you're not getting your beauty sleep tonight?"

Not many people confide in Su Yiran, but Meng Ran is one of them.

The two are about the same age. Normally, girls of this age are carefree and staying up late to have fun is the norm. However, Meng Ran has already started to focus on health and wellness, going to bed early and waking up early, and eating a light diet. It's rare to see someone still not asleep at this hour.

Meng Ran's voice came through the phone, "Yi Ran, I saw Uncle Zhong, under the cover of night!"

"..."

Su Yiran's pupils dilated, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I'll be there right away."

She hung up the phone, went to the closet to find a dress in a light or dark color, changed into it, and hurriedly left the room.

"Hey, who's this, out looking for a man in the middle of the night?"

As Su Yiran passed through the living room, she heard a dog barking. She stopped, glanced coldly at Liu Jiaojiao, and chuckled, "Yes, how did my sister know I was going to see Chengjing? She's really a prophet."

You know what? While I was taking a shower, Chengjing called me over a dozen times. Every time I answered, he apologized profusely, even threatening suicide. After all, so many years of relationship—how ​​can you just let it go like that? Auntie's right, what man doesn't cheat? Just turn a blind eye, right, Jiaojiao?"

Liu Jiaojiao's face changed, and she raised her hand to slap Su Yiran, "Su Yiran, you shameless..."

Su Yiran grabbed the hand coming towards her, twisted it back, and pressed closer, saying, "When it comes to shamelessness, no one can compare to my dear sister. No man is immune to cheating, and a cheating man is unwanted even by dogs."

Liu Jiaojiao, who had been pampered since childhood, was in excruciating pain in her hand, as if it were about to break. "My hand hurts... let go..."

"Oh...sorry, I almost forgot, you're not even as good as a dog!"

Su Yiran suddenly let go and shook her hand dismissively.

Liu Jiaojiao fell heavily to the ground, screaming in pain, "Su Yiran, how dare you hurt me! I'm going to tell Mom! I'm going to..."

"Okay, I'm waiting!"

Su Yiran glanced at the time, not having time to wait for her to finish speaking, rolled her eyes at the person on the ground, and turned to leave the Liu family.

"My precious daughter, why are you sitting on the floor? What happened to you...?"

The moment the door closed, the familiar voice of concern rang out.

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Night.

Kyoto's most luxurious club, a gathering place for the sons of the wealthy.

Su Yiran stood in front of the tall building, looking at the brightly lit scene before her.

Twelve years ago, her father died in a car accident when she was only ten years old. She vaguely remembers that on the day of the funeral, her mother was arguing fiercely with a middle-aged man in the study, seemingly because of her father.

After the funeral, her mother took her to marry into the Liu family. From then on, her mother became a different person. Whenever her father was mentioned, she would become angry, impatient, or even disgusted, even though they had loved each other very much before.

Living under someone else's roof, with her mother's favoritism and Liu Jiaojiao's刁难 (difficulties/challenges), only Uncle Zhong truly treated her well, and he was the man who argued with her mother in the study.

"Indeed..."

A shout interrupted Su Yiran's thoughts. She looked up and saw a woman waving at her from the entrance of the club. "Ranran."

She took a step forward, a dull ache emanating from her ankle.

Meng Ran noticed her unusual behavior and looked at her feet. "What's wrong with your feet? Is it because of Madam Gu's birthday banquet? Did that Liu Jiaojiao make things difficult for you again?"

"You know it all?"

Su Yiran didn't intend to hide it. She pouted and said, "Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. We'll talk about this later. Where's Uncle Zhong?"

"In the lounge."

Meng Ran knew that Uncle Zhong was very important to Su Yiran, so she didn't ask any more questions. She took Su Yiran's hand and went inside together. "I left him here for you, but he has lost a lot of weight. I don't know what he has been through these past few months... Where is he?"

Pushing open the door to the lounge, it was empty; there wasn't a single person there.

Meng Ran searched around, "This shouldn't be happening. He was just here a moment ago, how could he be here..."

"never mind."

Su Yiran spoke up, "Uncle Zhong is still angry and doesn't want to see me."

She always felt that her father's car accident was an accident, and there must be something hidden behind it, but Uncle Zhong didn't want her to investigate further, so they had a fight. Since then, Su Yiran has never seen him again.

"Don't think about it. Uncle Zhong must have had something come up and left."

As Meng Ran spoke, she pushed Su Yiran out of the lounge and led her to the door of a private room. "My brother just got back. We haven't seen each other in a long time. Shall we chat?"

"what?"

Before Su Yiran could react, the door to the private room was opened.

The private room was bustling with activity, but the discussion abruptly stopped the moment the door opened, and everyone's eyes fell on Su Yiran.

"Yiyi, you're here."

Meng Jinxing stepped out from the crowd and led Su Yiran to sit down.

"Jinxing, aren't you going to introduce him?"

A familiar and deep voice rang out. Su Yiran looked in the direction of the voice and saw Gu Yanli sitting in the main seat. In the dim light, the man's gaze casually fell on Su Yiran. His eyes were deep and mysterious, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, but there was no trace of a smile.

Su Yiran's heart skipped a beat.

Gu Yanli was here too.

"Yes, excuse me, let me introduce you all. This is my friend, Su Yiran."

"Su Yiran, that name sounds familiar..."

A voice rang out, and the man slapped his forehead, "Isn't this someone from the Gu family..."

The words were about to be spoken when they were interrupted by someone with good judgment.

All eyes seemed to be on Gu Yanli. The scandals of that branch of the Gu family were spreading like wildfire, and Gu Yanli was the head of the Gu family. No matter how curious people were, they dared not bring it up.

The man remained calm, his gaze sweeping over Su Yiran as he spoke casually, "Miss Su has been wronged by Chengjing's matter."

The two were so unfamiliar with each other that it was as if they were meeting for the first time.

"Alright, alright, today is my welcome dinner. Let's not talk about unhappy things. Sit down and have something to eat."

Meng Jinxing came to her rescue in time, beckoning to the waiter. Soon after, the waiter brought over a bowl of noodles from outside and placed it in front of her.

Happy birthday, Yi Yi!

As the instructions were given, the lights in the private room came on. Su Yiran looked at everyone, her gaze falling on the longevity noodles on the table. After a moment, she sincerely thanked them, "Thank you."

It was a welcome banquet for Meng Jinxing, and also a birthday banquet for her.

Gu Yanli sat on the sofa, seemingly detached, silently watching the cheers before him.

The banquet lasted for three hours.

A figure flashed through Su Yiran's mind, but when she looked around, she realized that someone was missing.

Gu Yanli left.