Thick love of paper marriage The secret lover of the first chair Such bitter coffee with a mellow fragrance

  "Hmph..." An Lan burst out laughing: "Which coffee shop doesn't have Cappuccino? It's not that rare of a coffee, is it?"

  "Nowhere else has the flavor of this place," Du Xi said with a mysterious face: "After drinking it later, you will know that kind of sweet and bitter, bitter and fragrant flavor, guaranteed to make you unforgettable after one drink."

  An Lan couldn't help but laugh at her expression. It was just a cup of coffee, no matter how good it tasted, it shouldn't be unforgettable to that extent, right?

  Time is the most ruthless thing. Everything in this world, no matter how profound, will be gradually forgotten with the passage of time. What's more, it's just a cup of coffee?

  Because there were not many people, the meal was served very quickly. An Lan was really hungry and as soon as the food arrived, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating without paying attention to Liu Yunxi and Ling Yuwei sitting next to her.

  The dishes at the Honey Workshop were generally quite tasty, and the two-person set meal was also very well matched. She and Du Xi didn't say a word while eating, they just quietly ate.

  Just as she had eaten half of it, a loud "clunk" sound came from the next seat, and both she and Du Xi were stunned for a moment before slowly turning their heads.

  On the other side, Ling Yuwei's movement of pushing the coffee cup became bigger and bumped into Liu Yunxiang's dinner plate. She tossed the spoon in her hand onto the table and said irritably, "I remember that the cappuccino at Honey Workshop was fragrant, why is it so bitter today?"

  Liu Yunxi glanced at her and knew that she was uncomfortable because of Gu Anlan, but Gu Anlan was sitting next to them, so she could only echo her words: "Really? Then I guess the chef who made coffee today put a little less sugar."

  An Lan withdrew her gaze and continued eating, while Du Hai on the opposite side picked up his coffee and took a sip, sighing: "The cappuccino from Mifang is really good, one sip and it's unforgettable. An Lan, try some."

  An Lan smiled slightly, picked up the coffee cup and took a sip of the faintly fragrant liquid: "It's not as exaggerated as you said, it's indeed a bit bitter, but fortunately, the bitterness is accompanied by a rich aroma."

  Du Hai couldn't help but laugh after hearing An Lan's words: "I feel like your words are a bit like the saying 'Thank God for the thorns among the roses'."

  An Lan let out a loud laugh and wiped her mouth with her hand, saying: "I don't have such a high level of understanding? I'm just telling the truth. This coffee is indeed a bit bitter when you first drink it, but after finishing it, there's indeed the mellow flavor you mentioned."

  The person sitting next to Ling Yuwei suddenly stood up and walked towards the cashier, probably to pay the bill. Liu Yunxi pushed away the remaining one-third of her food and also stood up.

  "An Lan, I'll be passing by Xinghai Mingcheng on my way back, let's head back together!" Liu Yunxi called out to An Lan politely.

  "Thank you, no need, I won't go back to the Yi family's mansion," An Lan replied in an extremely polite tone.

  "Oh, are you going shopping later?" Liu Yunxi glanced at Du Hai opposite An Lan, with a good temperament on her face, guessing in her heart that she might be a colleague from her art school.

  "No, I'm not really interested in shopping, I went back after dinner," An Lan said truthfully, afraid that Liu Yunxi would invite her to go shopping together.

  Liu Yunxi smiled when she said that: "Since that's the case, just take my car back, why bother hailing a taxi? I'm going in the same direction anyway, no need to go out of your way for you. Why are you still being polite with me? From now on, we're all family."

  "I'm really not being polite," An Lan explained with a smile: "I... we don't live in the Yi family compound anymore, now we live at One Product Jiangnan."

  An Lan's words had just fallen when Ling Yuwei was already by her side, looking at Liu Yunxi and saying: "Let's go, the tickets have already been bought."

  Liu Yunxi nodded and said to An Lan, "Then we'll go first, you guys eat slowly." Then the two of them walked together towards the gate of the Honey Workshop.

  Du Hai saw those two people leave before saying to An Lan: "I had seen Ling Yuwei on the screen before, she was in an advertisement for Haimi phones, I thought she had a good temperament, but today when I saw her in real life, I think she's just... quite ordinary."

  "Hmph..." An Lan couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Alright, let's not discuss others anymore, hurry up and eat. Do you want to go for a stroll later?"

  "What are you doing wandering the streets alone?" Du Shaobai gave her a glance: "You're still an invalid, even if you're willing to sacrifice your life for a gentleman, I wouldn't have the heart to drag you along."

  "Let's sit for a while longer then," An Lan pressed the ordering bell, and in less than a minute, the waiter was already standing by the table with a smile.

  "Get me another glass of milk," An Lan looked at Du Hai and asked: "How about a cup of lychee juice for you?"

  "Good," Du Xi wiped his mouth with a paper towel.

  "Two minutes, please wait," said the waiter as he took the order and turned away.

  "An Lan, are you back from Canada?" Du Hai stirred the already cold cappuccino in his hand.

  "Have you seen Chinese musician Deng Jie's violin concert?"

  An Lan's hand holding the coffee spoon tightened instinctively, then she replied calmly: "Nothing, what's up?"

  "I heard he even held a concert in Toronto last year, didn't you go see it?" Du Xi looked at An Lan with a hint of puzzlement: "You also play the violin?"

  "That day he had a concert, I happened to have something on and didn't make it," An Lan replied lightly, then smiled and asked in return: "Were you also in Toronto at that time?"

  "I wish I could be in Toronto," Du Xi sighed, and then excitedly said: "But a while ago, I heard that he is going to hold a concert in China, and the first stop is Bincheng..."

  The spoon in An Lan's hand fell onto the coffee cup saucer, making a crisp sound.

  "Are you shocked?" Du Xiao didn't notice An Lan's expression, then continued with a hint of disappointment: "I heard that Deng Jia Cang's agent flew to Bin City a few days ago, but I don't know why he returned to Toronto overnight. It's probably because the negotiations with the local cooperation party didn't go well, and I estimate that the concert in Bin City won't happen."

  "Where did you get this news from?" An Lan frowned and looked at her: "How come I haven't heard of it?"

  "You've been busy with the Ye family's affairs lately," Du Xi couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Ever since you participated in the Ye family's marriage selection conference, apart from attending classes, what else have you paid attention to?"

  An Lan thought that was indeed the case, and just then the waiter brought over the milk and lychee juice they had just ordered, interrupting their conversation.

  "Ah, you say if Deng Jia Cang comes to Bin City for a concert, how great it would be," Du Hai sighed while drinking the lychee juice: "Then I can go see his concert in person and also catch a glimpse of his mysterious female disciple, aka his wife Anna's elegance."

  An Lan took a sip of milk and said lightly, "Maybe Anna is just Deng Qing's simple female apprentice, don't always think things are that complicated."

  Du Xia smiled and said: "It's not that we want to think complicated, it's just that this is the current social atmosphere. Look at the entertainment industry, where are the teacher-student relationships still like teacher-student? Look at those female celebrities who call people 'godfather' all the time, aren't they that kind of relationship?"

  "Ah, Deng Qing is in Canada, too far away from us," An Lan calmly changed the subject: "Let's not talk about him, let's talk about these domestic musicians instead. Didn't you hear that the piano prince who returned from America is going to hold a solo concert in Bin City?"

  "Yes, I heard he and Wang Likun from the entertainment industry are something," Du Xiao successfully shifted the topic: "But recently, these two people have also respectively shown off their girlfriends..."

  Du Xun then talked about domestic musicians and some entertainment circle things, letting An Lan secretly breathe a sigh of relief. So she chatted with her about the current audition show being held by a certain satellite TV station.

  "I heard that Ling Yuwei went to participate in the Universe Good Singer's sea election," Du Hai said, drinking lychee juice and gossiping with her: "Actually, Ling Yuwei became famous by relying on helping Haimi mobile phone advertise, she participated in a talent show two years ago, but only got fifth place, I heard that was still bought out by Yi Ershao's money, this year going to participate in Good Singer, I think it's enough..."

  An Lan didn't understand Ling Yuwei, although she had already married Yi Shuihan and Ling Yuwei had also become Yi Shuihan's publicly acknowledged mistress outside, but she still hadn't spared a thought to understand this person.

  When it was time to pay the bill, the waiter looked at her and asked, "Are you like Miss Ling, leaving Second Master's account?"

  She elegantly pulled out a card from her bag and handed it over: "No, I won't put it on the bill, I'll pay for it!"

  "Where else do you want to go?" Walking out of the honey workshop, An Lan saw that Du Xi didn't seem to want to go back and asked again.

  "An Lan, I want to go buy some undergarments," Du Hai's face slightly reddened: "My undergarments are a bit deformed, usually I have school classes and also interest class, today just happens to have time..."

  "Come on, I'll go with you," An Lan said without hesitation and pulled Du Xuan's hand: "Let's go, the rose beauty in the new world is not bad, let's take a look."

  "An Lan, that... were you nervous on your wedding night with Mr. Yi?" Du Xi asked and quickly added: "I mean, you weren't very familiar with him before, so with a strange man, would you..."

  "Am I not sick in the hospital?" An Lan directly evaded her question, thinking to herself, how could Yi Shuihan and I be strangers, we were once familiar with each other.

  "Oh, I forgot about this," Du Xi's face turned slightly red, and he immediately fell silent.

  The two of them arrived at the Rose Beauty lingerie store, Du Xi picked out a few pieces in her own size, then asked An Lan: "What size do you wear? Who's bustier between us?"

  An Lan's face turned slightly red as she glanced at Du Xi's chest and said, "It should be about right, I'm 34C."

  Du Hai said with a sigh: "It's really the same, but unfortunately, why are our fates not the same? You can marry into a wealthy family, while I find it difficult to even marry into a slightly better-off family like the Kangs."

  "What is Kamen?" An Lan couldn't help but ask, finding the term strange.

  "It's just an ordinary family," Du said with a glance at her: "Do you understand what it means to live a relatively comfortable life?"

  "An Lan, the lingerie here is quite good, why don't you buy two pieces?" Du Xi called out to An Lan as she sat there, holding up a nightgown.

  "Oh, I still have a lot at home," An Lan shook her head and smiled: "I bought a lot when I just returned to China, and there are still several pieces that haven't been worn yet, next time I'll buy again."

  Du Xuan nodded, consulting with the shopping guide on the side, An Lan sat on the chair next to her waiting for her, and took a look at the decoration and layout of the Rose Beauty exclusive store.

  Du Xiaoming bought a good single and came over, took out a pair of pajamas from a paper bag and compared them in front of him: "Look, how is it? Newly launched, do you think it looks good?"

  A plain silk suspender nightgown, with a moderate style, the only distinctive feature is that the two butterfly knots on the suspenders look particularly beautiful.

  An Lan nodded: "Mm, it's pretty good. Pajamas don't have to be stylish, as long as the material is good."

  Du Xuan nodded, put the pajamas into a paper bag, and handed another paper bag to An Lan: "I knew you'd like it too, so I bought two sets, one for each of us."

  An Lan smiled and took it over, looked at the paper bag, and indeed there was a pale pink nightgown in the light green packaging bag. So she smiled and said: "Thank you, I didn't even invite you to drink at my wedding, but you still gave me a gift."

  "Haha, what's the big deal?" Du Xi laughed and said: "Isn't this an investment? You married a rich guy, I have to use some small things to curry favor with you, wait until I get married one day and let you give me four or five-figure gifts, won't I make it back?"

  "Okay," An Lan readily agreed: "If I'm still the wife of a rich man when you get married, I'll give you a five-figure gift."

  "I'd better hurry up and get married then," Du Xi said with a look of deep fear that he wouldn't receive the big gift, which amused both An Lan and the waiter.

  Liu Yunxi had just parked the car when he saw Yi Yuyan walking over with a big bunch of carnations in her arms. He quickly got out to take the luggage from her hands and teased, "I came to pick you up without bringing flowers, but you're holding a bouquet instead. Who gave them to you? You've just arrived, right? Are there already admirers at the airport?"

  "Go. Where did so many pursuers come from? I bought this to give away." Yi Yu Yan Bai gave her a glance, opened the rear car door and put the big bunch of carnations on the back seat.

  "Do you still need to give people flowers?" Liu Yunxi stared at her with wide eyes, as if looking at a monster: "Aren't those flies that hover around you every day with fresh flowers and diamond rings annoying you to death? Which great god needs you, the young lady, to chase after him instead? And actually send him flowers?"

  "Hmph......" Yu Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and as she got on the car, she pushed Yun Xi in the driver's seat and said: "Go, where is there a Mr. Perfect worth me chasing? Nowadays men are all like cowhide fungus, can't even get rid of them by shaking, I'm not even able to dodge, yet they take the initiative to attack?"

  "Then what's with this bunch of flowers..." Liu Yunxi turned her head back to look at the flower in the back row, and looked at her with suspicion.

  "I'll give it to my second sister-in-law," Yi Yu Yan said, adding another sentence: "That is Gu Anlan. My mom said on the phone that she's sick and hospitalized, asking me to go back to Bin City to visit her. I couldn't possibly... go empty-handed, could I?"

  "Is she hospitalized?" Liu Yunxi was stunned for a moment and said: "No wonder her complexion is not good, so pale."

  "Have you gone to see her?" Yi Yu Yan took out the phone from her bag and put it back: "Then I don't need to call my second brother to ask for her room number, just take me there directly."

  "I met her at noon when I was having lunch with Yu Wei at the Honey Workshop, she was also having lunch with a woman at the Honey Workshop," Liu Yunxi thought for a moment and said: "I'm not sure if she's still in the hospital now, you'd better call your second brother to ask."

  "Did you meet her at noon with Yu Wei?" Yi Yuxuan suddenly became interested: "Tell me, did she and Miss Ling have a wonderful drama of competing with each other as the first wife and the third mistress, refusing to give in to each other?"

  "Sharp as a needle, but not sharp enough," Liu Yunxi smiled and started the car, saying: "However, Yu Wei said that the originally mellow cappuccino at Honey Workshop was so bitter because of her bad mood, while she said that even such a bitter coffee had a mellow flavor."

  "No wonder Second Brother wants to marry her," Yu Yan sighed and continued, "With just one sentence, she left Ling Yuwei in the dust."

  "Yes, I was her bridesmaid once. I didn't notice her before, but today... she really surprised me." Liu Yunxi smiled and took over the conversation: "It seems that in some aspects, I still need to learn from her..."