"Yaoyao, I'm sorry."
Su Yao smelled the blood on Pei Yan's body and tried to break free. But Pei Yan hugged her even tighter.
"I've been blaming myself ever since you left. But I didn't know it was Miao Yue's trick, and I even married her. It's all my fault. I hurt you. I'm sorry." Pei Yan's voice was already tinged with sobs.
Su Yao was caught off guard. She had never seen Pei Yan so agitated. Since childhood, Pei Yan had always been cold and taciturn.
"Jing-ge told me what happened to you later. I know everything." Pei Yan buried his face in Su Yao's shoulder. "It's been tough on you all these years."
... Pei Yan's sincere apology sounded so harsh to Su Yao. She felt that her proud self - esteem was a bit hurt. She didn't know how to face the memories of these years. It was as if suddenly someone wanted to take responsibility for those memories, and she just wouldn't allow it.
Su Yao hailed a taxi for Pei Yan. Pei Yan didn't say anything else later. The atmosphere in the taxi was extremely cold.
Su Yao never wanted to hand over the memories of these years to Pei Yan to take responsibility. Pei Yan's words had awakened many bad memories in her. After seeing Pei Yan off, Su Yao went alone to the bar street.
In a bar, Su Yao ordered one drink after another. Finally, the bartender helplessly gave her a cocktail. Su Yao was about to scold the bartender when a hand grabbed hers. Su Yao looked down and saw a hand with distinct knuckles. The cat - head ring on it made her sneer.
"Blue Cat, what are you doing here?" Su Yao was a bit tipsy, and the unhappiness just now had been forgotten.
"Sister Yao, I came here with my friends. I saw you drinking alone, so I came to check on you." Chu Dianlan's cat - like eyes sparkled in the neon lights of the bar.
"I'm leaving." Su Yao's mood had been interrupted by Chu Dianlan, and she planned to go back and rest.
"Sister Yao, you're really heartbroken, aren't you? I can see you're even getting drunk by yourself. How about I keep you company?" This Chu Dianlan didn't remember much about his own affairs, but he was very concerned about Su Yao.
"You'd better think about where your home is first." Su Yao shook off Chu Dianlan's hand and walked out of the bar.
Chu Dianlan followed Su Yao out of the bar. They walked one in front of the other. Su Yao remembered that the place where she met Chu Dianlan was nearby, so she walked in that direction.
Chu Dianlan caught up from behind. Su Yao originally wanted to shake him off, but unexpectedly, after drinking, she couldn't control her strength well and actually pushed Chu Dianlan to the ground.
Su Yao thought Chu Dianlan would get up quickly, but unexpectedly he just lay there motionless. Seeing this, Su Yao sobered up a great deal and immediately went to check on him.
"Are you Sister Yao?" Chu Dianlan looked at her while lying on the ground.
"Blue Cat, are you okay? Don't tell me you've been knocked silly." Su Yao was worried.
"I'm fine. I remember. I remember everything." Chu Dianlan slowly got up from the ground. "So that's how it is. Humph."
Su Yao only knew that he had regained his memory, but didn't know what kind of memories he had. Chu Dianlan suddenly said he was going home.
So that night, Su Yao escorted two men home. When they arrived at Chu Dianlan's house, Su Yao was stunned. This was Chu Dianlan's home? Su Yao looked at the gate of the manor in awe. It was even bigger than her own home. The house in the middle of the manor was as luxurious as a castle. Chu Dianlan staggered out of the car. An old servant came out to greet him. Seeing Chu Dianlan, the servant immediately shouted excitedly, "Young Master."
Su Yao never expected that Chu Dianlan had such a family background. That castle - like house was like a palace inside. It was resplendent, and the ornaments in the rooms were all priceless. Su Yao was really amazed.
Soon, a couple rushed downstairs and ran to Chu Dianlan. They hugged him and cried. They were basically asking questions like how Chu Dianlan had been during his long disappearance and how he had come back.
Su Yao suddenly felt very embarrassed as an outsider in this situation, so she got up to say goodbye.
Su Yao looked at the bright moon in the sky and counted the steps under her feet. When she counted to the 704th step, she finally walked from the manor of Chu Dianlan's house to the road. Su Yao looked at the closed small shops on the street and felt depressed.
A heartbroken night...
The next day, Chu Dianlan, looking radiant, came to the film crew. He first found Su Yao and told her the whole story. He also thanked Su Yao for saving him when he lost his memory and leading him into the show - business.
It turned out that Chu Dianlan was the heir of the largest underworld family in City C. But in a fight, he was drugged and injured by someone, and then lost his memory. Coincidentally, he met the frustrated Su Yao who was taking a walk at that time and was saved by her.
When he said this, Chu Dianlan gritted his teeth and said that he must find the bastard who drugged him and teach him a good lesson.
Su Yao thought it was good that he had come back.
So, everything moved forward as usual. Su Yao also got into the swing of things. With Chu Dianlan's help, this drama was approaching its end.
One day, when Su Yao was shooting a scene, Song Xiuxiu came over to touch up her makeup and told her that the man who had fought with Su Jin the other day was looking for her.
Su Yao asked Song Xiuxiu to finish touching up her makeup, then quickly left the set to meet Pei Yan.
There was still a bruise on Pei Yan's forehead, but there were no other signs of the fight.
"Yaoyao, it's been a long time since I last saw you. I saw you filming just now, so I waited here."
"The scene I just shot was the one where the red - dressed woman bids farewell to the general," Su Yao said. "A woman in the jianghu is destined to roam the world. She has no fate with the general."
"Yes, isn't it good to let her be free?" Pei Yan said with emotion. "From now on, we'll go our separate ways and owe each other nothing."
"I really didn't know that Lawyer Pei, the great lawyer, could use such fancy words," Su Yao regained her usual cheerfulness and started to tease Pei Yan. "Does Lawyer Pei have any new cases recently? My drama is almost finished. I'll go and be your assistant."
"Yes, of course I do." Pei Yan found that Su Yao was just like nothing had happened. She neither accepted his apology nor resented him for it.
He felt a bit relieved in his heart. This was his Yaoyao.
"What big case is it?" Su Yao asked curiously.
"A drug - trafficking case. I can't say much about it for now. I'll give you the case files after I've sorted them out in a few days." Pei Yan also didn't want to mention the past anymore. "This case is even more complicated than the last one. I'm sure it will satisfy you, Detective Su."
"By the way, Yaoyao, I'm going home for the Mid - Autumn Festival. Do you want to come with me?" Pei Yan was looking forward to Su Yao's answer.
"Sure. I haven't seen Uncle and Aunt for a long time." Su Yao readily agreed.
The two ended Pei Yan's visit to the set in a pleasant atmosphere. It was as if nothing had happened, and yet as if everything had happened.
That's how adults interact. Everything is understood without words, vague and hard to grasp.