Endless Fall

   Chapter 217 He Repented He Accepted

  South Elm Hotel is hosting an engagement banquet.

  Invited guests arrive at the banquet hall one after another in the evening, and find their respective seats with the seat cards standing at the door.

   "Yi Lan." Lin Jiao glanced at the seat sign and reminded Pei Yilan, who was sending WeChat: "Qu Wenhao is at our table."

   "Which hào?"

   "Hao Tian's Hao."

  Lin Da has two Qu Wen hào.

   One of them, Hao, is a senior in the Department of Finance, and the other, Hao, is Pei Yilan's ex-boyfriend.

   She tried to search for the memory in her mind, but was wiped out by time: "I don't remember what he looks like."

   "It fits your aesthetic anyway."

   "Is he as handsome as Jiang Ye?"

   "I don't remember." Lin Jiao can remember her name because she helped write a letter.

   "The row of seats is really interesting." Pei Yilan no longer bothered with the past: "Gu Quan and the others are also at table nine."

  Lin Jiao's reaction was flat: "I expected it." She and Pei Yilan entered the hall side by side and found table number nine.

  The waiters who pushed the dining car served the dishes one after another. It was nearly seven o'clock sharp, the food was filling the round table, and the chairs and stools around were also pulled away.

  Gu Quan and Song Zhen, who came together, exchanged a few words with some old classmates, and took the two vacant seats to the right of Lin Jiao.

  He Qi, who was one step behind them, looked at the familiar face in front of him, without saying hello, he decided to sit at the other end.

   Next to him, Qu Wenhao broke the short silence and chatted with Pei Yilan: "Yilan, where are you working now?"

   He is dressed in suits and leather shoes, and his appearance is clear and handsome.

   Pei Yilan looked back: "Sheng Heng."

   “Is the income substantial?”

   "I can barely get by." She pushed aside the rose petals around the porcelain plate: "How are you?"

   "It's okay." Qu Wenhao smiled modestly.

   He stared at the face that was more beautiful than he remembered, and was about to ask her if she was in love, but was interrupted by the voice on the stage.

   Zhu Xing and Qian Yongjun came to power hand in hand.

   They described the process of acquaintance and love, and then kissed in public with red eyes, and the sweet atmosphere spread to every corner.

  The applause with congratulations stopped, and the melodious and romantic music accompanied the guests to dine.

  The old friends who haven’t seen each other for a long time kept talking, and the liveliness continued to the rest area, where three couples of men and women gathered around to chat and have a good time.

  Lin Jiao and Pei Yilan thought the surroundings were too noisy, so they moved to the open-air garden to enjoy the stars and the bright moon.

  The light and shadow were like a layer of misty tulle, falling on the black sofa, wrapping them in soft and hazy broken shadows.

   "Sister 姣, Yilan." A shadow flashed over his head, briefly obscuring the bright moonlight.

  Song Zhen took out the prepared invitation cards and handed them to them in turn, smiling slightly: "I'm getting engaged next month."

   "Who do you order from?"

   "The daughter of the Yuan family."

   Pei Yilan heard about the deeds of the Yuan family daughter, her expression was indescribable, but she had no sympathy.

   She opened the simple invitation card, and the time fell on the date without the week: "What day is the 20th?"

   "Saturday." Song Zhen drank half a glass of wine and sat opposite Qu Wenhao and Gu Quan: "Come on, let's play two dice."

  The dice cup on the table then made a collision sound.

  Three rounds of games are over, and several old classmates who went to the garden to ventilate joined them, making the two sofas more crowded.

  Gu Quan withdrew his hand: "Beautiful." He raised his chin towards the table and chair on the right: "Let's talk?"

   "Okay." Lin Jiao held up the champagne glass.

The    amber wine swayed in a shallow arc with her steps, and returned to calm.

   She leaned against the back of the chair with the balloons hanging, listening to the sound of them being blown by the wind, waiting for him to speak.

  Gu Quan took out the cigarette case: "I ran into He Qi and Su Tian outside some time ago. Do you know what they are doing?"

"what?"

   "He Qi put his arms around her waist." He lit the cigarette between his lips, and his anger was smoothed out by time: "Feed her steak."

  Lin Jiao did not expect the situation to develop like this.

   She rubbed the cup noodles with her fingers, and the mist condensed by the cold air was pushed away by her fingertips: "Did they admit it?"

   "That's it?" Gu Quan let out a breath of smoke: "He Qi told me that he likes Su Tian, ​​and asked me to give Su Tian to him."

"how do you say?"

   "I broke up with her."

  Lin Jiao's eyes fell on his eyebrows, her mood was slightly complicated: "I remember, you and He Qi have known each other for more than ten years?"

   "Thirteen years." He met her gaze through the permeable smoke: "I never thought he would do this."

   Compared with Su Tian's betrayal, He Qi, who has been with him for several years and has experienced a lot together, has brought him greater impact and harm.

  A long silence spreads between them.

   Lin Jiao, who didn't know what to say or what to say, took two sips of champagne and suddenly sighed.

   That sigh had no pity, no ridicule, and no escape from Gu Quan’s ears.

"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry." He raised his eyes, and his voice was hoarse with the wind: "I've told you I'm sorry many times before, but those apologies were all based on situations where I couldn't empathize, so I wasn't sincere and understanding. "

   Now he feels it.

   He repented, he received retribution.

   (end of this chapter)