rose ashes

"My dear, you are so beautiful!"

Luo Yang was already dizzy inside, and looking at the intersections on all sides, she realized that she had lost her way again.

The voice suddenly appeared with a hint of surprise. Luo Yang turned around and saw a man she had never met behind her.

The man was also stunned, looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, but she was not his wife.

A hint of awkwardness spread in the air, and the man clenched his fists and looked at Luo Yang with an apologetic look in his eyes.
"Sorry, sorry, I got the wrong person. I'm so sorry."

Luo Yang was not a person who made trouble for no reason. After all, no one wanted such a mistake to happen. The man seemed to see her trouble and asked tentatively, "Did you go to the wrong place?"

Although Luo Yang was too embarrassed to say it out loud, it was a proven fact that her sense of direction was still flawed.

I followed the man out of that unfamiliar place and suddenly saw Ye Gu standing opposite a woman, with an expressionless face and his hands in his pockets.

When she saw Luo Yang appear, her eyes focused instantly, and then when she saw the man, she seemed to wake up.
"If you can still get lost like this, all these years have been wasted."

He never concealed his ridicule of her. The man took his wife's hand and said with good intentions, "It's nothing. My wife also has a poor sense of direction. If you take her with you, nothing will happen."

Ye Gu's heart sank slightly and he turned his head calmly. Luo Yang smiled bitterly, thanked the man, and then his eyes fell on the sofa next to Ye Gu.

After a while, she spoke purposefully: as if jokingly, she said to herself: "It seems that God saw that we are not destined to be together, and made a fuss for us."

The space between the two of them seemed particularly cramped. Luo Yang didn't know how to get along with Ye Gu now. He just tried like a headless fly to find some topics to make the situation less awkward.

Behind the seemingly joking tone, Luo Yang's guilty conscience was revealed. This marriage was originally obtained through her selfishness, and was forced through means of transaction.
She was not like this before. She had never wanted anything. But for some reason, she became blinded by greed in this matter.

So when facing Ye Gu, she was terrified, even afraid that if he knew the truth of the matter one day, all her shameful selfishness would be revealed, and they would probably even lose their friendship completely.

"Tsk, what are you doing in a daze? You don't even answer my question."

Luo Yang was startled and realized that Ye Gu was asking her a question.

She stood up with a bit of apology, and tucked the locks of hair on her forehead behind her ears. "Let's take this one. I like it very much. Of course, if you think it's not suitable, I can also -" You can change it.

Before he finished speaking, Ye Gu called the store manager over, "Just this one, change the size according to hers."
Watching Ye Gu hand over the card, Luo Yang hesitated and asked, "Is this really okay?"
In fact, she did have her concerns. Few people would choose to wear such a beautiful wedding dress on such a happy day, especially the Ye family and the Luo family. She was afraid that Luo Jiancheng would be the first to object when he saw it.

Ye Gu's eyes were tired, and it seemed that he didn't get enough rest last night. His eyes were fixed on her, without blinking.

Luo Yang is undoubtedly beautiful, impeccable and unique. Although she is not a typical Jiangnan beauty, nor does she have a small V-face as defined by today's popular aesthetic, every inch of her facial features has its own highlights. Although her face is angular, it is as square and round as her nature, and she can be smooth and never give up her bottom line because of this.

After a long time, he calmly withdrew his gaze, as if the tsunami in his heart just now had not been set off.
"You have the final say on your wedding dress. I still have the right to guarantee this."

Ye Gu needed to go back to the company in the afternoon, and Liu Min was originally arranged to take her home, but Luo Yang temporarily changed the destination. She needed to go back to the psychological counseling center, so she politely declined Ye Gu's kindness to take her back to the Luo family.

Ye Gu looked at the lonely figure outside the window for a long time, until she got into the car, then he rubbed his brows, squinted his eyes as if exhausted, leaned on the backrest, and said lazily: "Liu Min, ask Manager Zhang to find a dress that matches the wedding dress just now, and tell her my size."

Liu Min wrote it down, "Okay, Mr. Ye, I'll go right away."

The car door opened, a gust of wind blew in, but was quickly swallowed up by the car, and everything returned to calm.

An old sigh came from the front seat. Ye Gu opened his eyes slightly and heard the driver Liu Yuan sighing, "Why didn't the young master explain it clearly to the wife? He just watched her leave. In fact, he could have sent her there in time to rush back to the company."

Liu Yuan has worked in the Ye family for decades, and treats Ye Gu like a junior in the family. He has watched Ye Gu grow up, and his personality and temper are completely different from the unkind person he shows to others now.

Ye Gu was helpless and explained to Liu Yuan with a smile: "Uncle Liu, you know, I don't like to force others to do things they don't want to do. Her refusal means that she doesn't want me to know about her affairs yet. When she is willing to tell me herself and let me intervene in her life, I will naturally go."

Liu Yuan suddenly realized that Ye Gu seemed to see things clearly, but it was he, the old man, who was short-sighted.
He laughed, "It seems that the young master has already made a plan. It's me, the old man, who is worrying about nothing."

Ye Gu waved his hand, "No, Uncle Liu."
He has always respected Liu Yuan, treating him as his own family member. Ye Gu would never deliberately hide anything from his elders.

From the hesitation on Luo Yang's face just now, he could tell at a glance that she was silently resisting his approach.
He knows how to advance and retreat in moderation.

He is not in a hurry for this moment. As the saying goes, impatient people can't eat hot tofu. If he can't wait for this little time, he will definitely not achieve great things.

/ / /
The construction of the psychological counselor is nearing completion. We just need to take a few days to deal with some renovation waste and the placement of documents and then we can prepare for the opening promotion.

Looking at the description in the business plan that she had imagined a few years ago, she didn't expect that it would soon come true.
At this moment, she seemed to be still dreaming. Along the way, she had no one to support her. She was just groping on a narrow road without direction or signposts. She was obviously very uncertain, but she never thought of giving up.

Maybe it was for himself, or maybe Yang Yue was involved.

When Yang Yue left, Luo Yang always had doubts. The doctor said that it was because of the root cause of the disease left over from childbirth and improper rest that eventually led to her unfortunate death.
But Luo Yang was sharp-minded. She always felt that Yang Yue had certain psychological problems at that time, which accelerated her departure.

However, Luo Jiancheng insisted that it was because of his weak body, and strictly forbade Luo Yang to interfere in her mother's affairs again. He even brought up the reason that the deceased needed to rest in peace, asking Luo Yang to stop.

At that time, she did not have any ability. Luo Yang knew the current situation and did not confront Luo Jiancheng when he was still a minor.

She was very smart, so Luo Jiancheng didn't pay much attention to her. Later, when she went abroad, she chose the field of psychology and really began to come into contact with the knowledge in this field.
By the time Luo Jiancheng found out, she had already grown up, had a certain degree of fame abroad, and had accumulated her own circle of contacts that had no intersection with Luo Jiancheng.

In this regard, there is no doubt that Luo Yang inherited Luo Jiancheng's shrewd mind and well-organized management skills.

"Ms. Luo, these are the documents in your office. Do you need to sort them out now?"

"Okay, just put them in the office at the end of the second floor, and I will deal with them myself later." Tian Tian was depressed all day because Luo Yang was busy preparing for the engagement banquet. Li Huai didn't know how to comfort her when he saw her like this.

Looking at the chat records on her phone from a few days ago, and thinking about the current scene of Luo Yang and Ye Gu together, Tian Tian became angry and drank a small glass of wine.

Li Huai sighed and shook his head helplessly: "People have to get married eventually. You're making it seem like someone is stealing your marriage."

Tian Tian said confidently, "Yes! If it weren't for Ye Gu, would Ah He have ignored me for so many days? Look, for so many days, whenever I asked her what she was doing, she would only say two words - busy! It's all thanks to your good brother Ye Gu!"

In addition, Sang Huaiyu seemed to be busy with marriage preparations, which made Tian Tian even more depressed. It seemed that overnight all her friends around her were getting married one after another.
As if it was planned, she is now alone.

She would feel uncomfortable if she didn't vent her anger.

Li Huai was also helpless. He was worst at dealing with women who were stuck in their emotions, and immature women were even worse.

Tian Tian was in a state of confusion. She had met someone she hated at a meeting with Sang Huaiyu and Mo Chen’s friends before, and that person was a friend of Sang Huaiyu’s boyfriend, which made her even angrier.
As bad luck would have it, Mercury retrograde has hit me.

Just as he was getting angry, his cell phone suddenly vibrated violently. The caller turned out to be Ye Gu.

"Hey, Master Ye, what are you doing so late at night?"
Tian Tian was already angry that he had monopolized Luo Yang's time, so she was naturally angry and spoke in a bad tone.

Ye Gu seemed not to hear anything and sounded a little anxious, but his face remained calm as usual.
"Is Luo Yang with you?"

Tian Tian seemed to have heard a big joke, "She is with you all day now, you ask me, isn't it funny?"

There was no conversation on the other end of the phone for a long time, and Tian Tian slowly realized that Luo Yang was really not with Ye Gu.
Her expression gradually became serious, and her tone became serious, "Didn't you call her?"

Ye Gu: "Her phone must have run out of battery and turned off. Besides, I'm at Luo's house now. Liu Min has been in. Apart from Luo Ke and Zhang Peilan, Luo Jiancheng is not at home either."

Tian Tian was silent. The last time she lost contact for such a long time was when she was abroad.

/ / /
Luo Yang had been busy all day and his back and waist were sore. He dragged his tired body and listened to music with headphones on on the way home accompanied by the moonlight.

The world she likes is in her MP3 earphones, as if she is listening to someone else telling her story about the journey of life.

During the years I spent abroad, I would always listen to this song when I felt down and confused.

Later it became a habit. As night fell, Luo Yang made some plans and planned to officially start the consulting office after the engagement party.
After so much preparation, everything is ready.

Before I knew it, I arrived at the door of my house, but I saw that the whole villa was almost dark, as if it had fallen into silence for a long time.

Luo Yang rang the doorbell several times, but no one came to open the door. She looked down at her watch. At this time, Uncle Wu must have gone to bed long ago due to his age, so it was normal that he could not wake up.

Luo Yang suddenly had an idea and instantly understood what was going on.
Looking at the lighted window of Rocco's room, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. She was really impatient. If he wanted to kick her out of the house so much, then she couldn't let Rocco down. She had to have some fun with her, otherwise it would be a waste of her efforts.

Luo Yang is the kind of person who will fight back when in trouble. The more people want to target her, the more she will not leave the Luo family. She has to stay for a while longer.

But it was late now, and she didn't want to disturb the rest of the family, so she had to find another place to stay tonight.

His cell phone was out of battery again, and Luo Yang had nowhere to go for the moment, so he sat down on a bench in a small park near his home, planning to rest for a while before staying in a nearby hotel for the night.

"Ah He? Why are you sitting in the park at this time? Are you out for a night run in the middle of the night?"
Xi Jinzhou had just got off work. The hospital had been very busy recently. He had performed four operations from morning to night. Finally, he had some time to rest.

Luo Yang shrugged and smiled, "It's because someone doesn't want me to go home. Doctor Xi, you've worked hard."

Xi Jinzhou did not comment and sat down next to her.
"Locco did it?"

Luo Yang conceded that her little trick could be seen through at a glance, it was clumsy and childish.

Xi Jinzhou was holding his phone, sending messages and chatting with Luo Yang.

"How about you stay at my house for a night?"

Luo Yang was horrified. "That's not the case. I plan to stay in a hotel for one night. It's not appropriate to stay at your house."

Xi Jinzhou saw through her thoughts and sneered, "You're overthinking it. I have an empty apartment right across from my house. It hasn't been rented out yet. You can stay there for one night. It's okay."
"Since we are friends, I will waive your housing fee. Do you want to go?"

To be honest, Luo Yang is very tired now, and he can probably fall asleep as soon as his head touches the pillow.

She was very conflicted, but finally accepted Xi Jinzhou's suggestion, "Thank you for today, I'll treat you to a meal another day."

Xi Jinzhou smiled and threw the key to her. The key drew a smooth parabola in the air and landed accurately in Luo Yang's palm.
"This is Ye Gu's fault. I'm going to make him pay."

Luo Yang paused for a moment, then smiled.

The apartment really looked like no one had ever lived in it. Apart from being fully equipped, it had no trace of worldly affairs.
It seems not very popular.

Xi Jinzhou watched Luo Yang close the door before returning to the apartment opposite.

"Okay, stop blocking her. The door is closed and she can't see you." Xi Jinzhou sneered at the guy on the sofa who was holding a newspaper to cover his ears and steal the bell.

(End of this chapter)