bookcurios Chapter 715 Reconciliation
Chapter 715 Reconciliation
Niu Niu was unaware of what had happened between Yang Tao and Lan Weiwei, and still immersed in reminiscing about happy times, she didn't notice the subtle emotions between the two. After chatting aimlessly for a while, Niu Niu suddenly changed the subject:
"Hey, Weiwei, Taozi's settled down... What about you? What about your mysterious boyfriend? He's so secretive, what's the situation? When are you going to bring him out to meet us?"
Lan Weiwei felt too embarrassed to mention Li Wei in front of Yang Tao, so she quickly replied casually, "We broke up."
However, Niu Niu wouldn't give up easily: "Broken up? When did that happen? Why did you break up? Weren't you doing fine before?"
Lan Weiwei forced a smile and said, "We just... broke up, no reason why."
"What do you mean 'no reason'?" Niu Niu persisted, leaning closer and whispering, "Let me guess... is it because you're materialistic and climbed up to someone better, dumping them?" She knew Lan Weiwei well and knew she was proud, so this possibility wasn't out of the question.
Lan Weiwei immediately shook her head, her tone tinged with helplessness: "No."
"Then..." Niu Niu's eyes darted around, then she thought of another possibility, lowering her voice even further, with a hint of probing: "Then... the mistress took over and offended you?"
Lan Weiwei stiffened almost imperceptibly. She didn't deny it immediately, but irritably pulled the blanket up: "Oh, my dear girl, can you stop making wild guesses?"
Seeing Lan Weiwei's reaction, Niu Niu immediately understood seven or eight parts of the situation. She sat up abruptly, pointed at Lan Weiwei, and said with certainty and a hint of indignation, "I guessed right! Right? Look at your expression, I'm sure I guessed right! My God... what kind of fate do the three of us have? Each one of us is more tragic than the last, how did we all fall for a third party?"
She grew angrier as she spoke, her fists clenching as she recalled her unpleasant past experiences: "Just thinking about that third party makes me grit my teeth with hatred! I wish I could tear him apart, skin him alive, and drink his blood! Alas, it's a society governed by law, and the national law doesn't allow it! If the law allowed it, I'd definitely take sulfuric acid... Never mind, that's too extreme, but at least I'd make them lose all their reputation and taste the bitterness of pain! Let them know that destroying someone else's family comes at a price! I'm so angry! Ugh..."
Niu Niu spoke with righteous indignation, her chest heaving violently, but she didn't notice Lan Weiwei's embarrassed expression and Yang Tao's strange look beside her!
After venting her frustrations, Niu Niu suddenly realized that her two friends weren't on her side, and she immediately became unhappy.
"Peach, do you think what I said is right? Aren't you angry at all?"
Yang Tao glanced at Lan Weiwei, who had her head down, and sighed softly: "What's the use of hatred? Hatred can't solve anything. It only makes you feel worse."
"You!" Niu Niu tapped Yang Tao's forehead with exasperation. "It's all because of your personality, you're too soft! You always give in to everything! You need to stand up for yourself! Fight for what you should fight for, grab what you should grab! Why should those shameless people get away with it?"
After scolding Yang Tao, Niu Niu turned to Lan Weiwei, her tone filled with curiosity and confusion: "And what about you, Weiwei? Knowing you as I do, you're not the kind of person who can just swallow your anger, are you? You just let it go so easily? Didn't you do anything?"
Hearing this, Lan Weiwei felt even more embarrassed, but under Niu Niu's intense gaze, she couldn't remain silent and could only continue to respond, "It's not worth it for that kind of man."
Seeing Lan Weiwei in the same state, Niu Niu's indignation turned into helplessness. She lay back down and sighed deeply, "That's true... It's really not worth it for that kind of scumbag!"
Not long after things calmed down, Niu Niu seemed to suddenly remember something, abruptly sitting up and grabbing Yang Tao's hand. Her tone became unusually serious and urgent: "By the way, Taozi! Speaking of this, I have to remind you! Your Lin Bufan is young, handsome, and most importantly, so...so extraordinary!" She pointed out the window, referring to the flying sports car: "He's practically the ultimate eligible bachelor! There are so many girls eyeing him, no, maybe even older women, young wives, and pretty widows...it must be overflowing! You really have to keep a close eye on him, be careful, and don't be silly and let some clueless mistress steal him away!"
Niu Niu felt the situation was getting more and more serious as she talked, and shook Yang Tao's hand hard: "If you ask me, your relationship is stable and your feelings are good, so hurry up and strike while the iron is hot, get the marriage certificate, have the wedding, and have the baby! That's the right thing to do! You have to keep him tied down, you know? These days, good men are a scarce resource. If you don't hurry, someone else might snatch him away, and you won't even have time to cry!"
Yang Tao's cheeks flushed from Niu Niu's barrage of words. She felt a mix of amusement, helplessness, and embarrassment at having her secret exposed. She pulled her hand away, deliberately putting on a stern face, her tone slightly arrogant: "Oh, what are you saying... Who... who wants to tie him down? He can do whatever he wants, I don't care!"
She turned her head away, avoiding Niu Niu's burning gaze, her voice unconsciously lowering, carrying a lack of confidence she herself didn't realize: "Besides... getting married and having children... those are matters for two people, how can I decide for myself... and, isn't this all too fast..."
"Oh my, you're shy now!" Niu Niu laughed and tickled Yang Tao. "What's there to be embarrassed about? Let me tell you, while you're young and recover quickly, have as many children as possible. You need to hurry up!"
Yang Tao, tickled by Niu Niu, dodged and laughed, then retorted, embarrassed and annoyed, "Hey, don't just talk about me! What about you? You've already achieved your goal, shouldn't you hurry up and have a baby? Then I can be your godmother!"
Niu Niu's smile faded slightly. She sighed softly, rolled over and lay back down, gazing at the ceiling as she said wistfully, "Do you think I don't want to? I've been trying to get pregnant for months now, taking Chinese medicine for months. But... I don't know why, I just haven't been able to conceive."
The room fell silent for a moment. Yang Tao and Lan Weiwei both suppressed their smiles and looked at Niu Niu.
"Have you been to the hospital for a check-up?" Lan Weiwei asked with concern.
"We both got checked. The doctor said that there's nothing seriously wrong with us, maybe it's just... we're under a lot of stress, or maybe our time just wasn't right." Niu Niu's voice was a little muffled. "The doctor said that there's nothing seriously wrong with us, maybe it's just that... we're under a lot of pressure, or maybe our time together just hasn't come yet."
Yang Tao gently patted Niu Niu's arm and comforted her, "Don't worry, these things can't be rushed. Relax, maybe it will happen soon."
“Yes,” Lan Weiwei echoed softly, “You are still young, you have plenty of time.”
The gloom on Niu Niu's face came and went quickly. She took a deep breath, patted her cheeks, and instantly regained her energetic self. She sat up abruptly: "Oh, let's not talk about this! Things will work themselves out! We've finally managed to get together, let's talk about something happy!"
As she spoke, she reached out and tickled Yang Tao: "But you, Taozi, hurry up and tell the truth! How far have things progressed with Lin Bufan? Have you... um?" She winked and made suggestive faces.
Yang Tao blushed bright red as she dodged and retorted, "Oh, Niu Niu, you're so annoying!"
Lan Weiwei looked at the two laughing and joking, her eyes softened for a moment, then a complex emotion flashed across them.
After laughing and joking around for a while, the two lay back down, slightly out of breath. The room fell silent for a moment, with only the faint chirping of insects outside the window and their soft breathing.
Just then, Yang Tao's phone screen, which was on the bedside table, suddenly lit up and vibrated slightly.
Yang Tao picked it up casually, unlocked the screen, and a new message from Lan Weiwei popped up.
The message was simple, just three words—"I'm sorry!"
Yang Tao, separated from Niu Niu, glanced at Lan Weiwei's slightly uneasy profile. The light from the phone screen reflected in her eyes, and the three words—"I'm sorry"—were like a small pebble thrown into the lake of her heart, which had been gradually calming down.
When she first learned that Lan Weiwei and Li Wei were having an affair, the anger and disgust from the betrayal were real, burning her heart with pain. She felt that the two people she trusted most in the world had joined forces to deliver the cruelest blow. But so much had happened since then. Duan Xifeng's infidelity, Su Qing's decisiveness, changes in her work… each and every one of these events seemed to have pushed her to grow up a lot all at once. Looking back at Li Wei's mess now, it suddenly didn't seem so terrible anymore.
Especially... with Lin Bufan by her side.
The thought popped into Yang Tao's head, and she was startled for a moment. That unreliable guy who always made her furious had, without her noticing, taken root in her heart like a stubborn tree. His appearance, his antics, his… all the good things about him, gradually squeezed out the shadows of the past troubles. Now, when she thought of Li Wei, besides feeling that she had been blind back then, she couldn't feel much hatred anymore. She even vaguely felt that if that bastard Li Wei hadn't run away with the money, causing her to fall to rock bottom, she might… not have met Lin Bufan, this even more despicable guy, yet one she just couldn't bring herself to hate.
Thinking about it this way, Li Wei's matter wasn't all bad after all.
She took a deep breath, tapped her finger on the screen, and sent a simple smiley face emoji.
send.
Almost the instant the message was sent, she saw Lan Weiwei on the opposite bed tremble slightly and quickly pick up her phone. The screen illuminated Lan Weiwei's face, which first showed surprise, then a relieved expression, almost on the verge of tears. Lan Weiwei looked up, past Niu Niu, at Yang Tao, her eyes glistening with tears, her lips moving as she silently uttered, "Thank you."
Yang Tao understood the gratitude and guilt in Lan Weiwei's eyes. She didn't say anything more, but she also gave Lan Weiwei a slight, almost imperceptible smile.
This matter is now closed!
……
The next morning, sunlight streamed into the guest room through the gaps in the curtains, waking the three who were still asleep in each other's arms. Yang Tao and Lan Weiwei opened their eyes almost simultaneously, exchanging awkward smiles. Niu Niu was still fast asleep, a contented smile on her lips.
At exactly eight o'clock, the familiar sound of an engine came from outside the villa, deep and pleasant. Yang Tao walked to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain, and sure enough, she saw Lin Bufan had already driven into the yard. However, this time he was not driving the sports car from yesterday, but had switched back to his previous car. He was leaning lazily against the car door, looking down at his phone.
After a quick wash, Yang Tao hurried downstairs. Lin Bufan was leaning against the car door when he saw her come out and straightened up: "All ready? Let's go then, I'll take you to the workshop."
"Wait a moment," Yang Tao looked back at the villa entrance, "Weiwei is coming too, let's give her a ride, otherwise it'll be hard to get a taxi at this hour."
Upon hearing this, Lin Bufan's eyes widened in surprise!
What's going on? They made up after only a few days?
However, Lin Bufan quickly came to terms with it!
This is the Chinese server after all, so it's normal for people to act quickly!
In the original drama, the two reconciled through Niu Niu's wedding, and later when Yang Tao went on a blind date, she brought Wei Wei along, and then Yang Tao's blind date was "snatched" away again!
Although things are different from the original drama now, Yang Tao won't go on blind dates anymore, but Lan Weiwei is still hooking up with her again, oops... it should be said that they've gotten involved by chance, which in some ways is still in line with the original drama's direction!
Indeed, all of this is being controlled by some great force, something that cannot be changed by human power!
I wonder if Yang Tao will believe this story once she finds out about Lan Weiwei.
Seeing Lin Bufan standing there blankly without saying a word, Yang Tao waved her hand in front of his eyes: "Hey, what are you thinking about? Did you hear me talking to you?"
Lin Bufan snapped out of his daze, his face instantly displaying an exaggerated expression of disbelief: "No... I'm just a little taken aback. You and Weiwei, you've made up already? Weren't you two like you were sworn enemies just a couple of days ago, practically wanting to strangle each other? Isn't this turn of events a bit too sudden? My little heart can't take it."
Yang Tao's face flushed slightly, and she glared at Lin Bufan somewhat embarrassedly, her tone tinged with reproach and arrogance: "Who...who wanted to strangle the other? Stop talking nonsense and exaggerating! We just...just had a misunderstanding before, but now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, we've naturally made up. What do you, a grown man, know about matters between girls?"
"Misunderstanding?" Lin Bufan raised an eyebrow, drawing out his words as his gaze swept across Yang Tao's face, clearly reserved about this dismissive statement.
Yang Tao felt a little uncomfortable under Lin Bufan's gaze and emphasized, "Yes, it's a misunderstanding!"
Yang Tao didn't want to dwell on the matter any longer and was about to change the subject when she saw Lan Weiwei coming out of the villa. She immediately waved and called out, "Weiwei! Over here, come over quickly!"
Lan Weiwei, carrying an elegant handbag, walked gracefully out of the villa. The morning sunlight shone on her, outlining her graceful curves. A perfectly measured smile graced her face. As she approached, her gaze first met Yang Tao's, and she nodded slightly before turning to Lin Bufan, greeting him naturally and politely, "Good morning, Lin Bufan, thank you for your help."
Lin Bufan's face instantly switched to an impeccable polite smile: "Good morning, Coach Lan, no trouble at all, it's on my way."
Their eyes met briefly in the air. Lin Bufan's eyes held a hint of questioning and a teasing "You're something else" in them, while Lan Weiwei responded with a quick wink that carried a warning and a "keep quiet" message. They then looked away from each other. Everything happened in the blink of an eye, without arousing any suspicion from Yang Tao standing nearby.
"Alright, alright, stop chatting here and get in the car. I still have to go to the workshop." Yang Tao opened the back door and got in first.
Lan Weiwei smiled politely at Lin Bufan, then walked around to the other side and sat in the back row.
Lin Bufan looked at the two women sitting side by side in the back seat, as close as one person, and couldn't help but let his imagination run wild!
It's better to be a little better!
A better one would be easier to accept!