Three years after our breakup, you came back to China, and I'm just giving up. Why are you cryi

As night deepened, neon lights began to flicker.

The entrance to the Dreamer Bar.

Lu Hao parked the car in the parking space and got out. Xiao Xiyue also got out of the passenger seat at the same time.

She wasn't dressed particularly stunningly today, just a simple white short-sleeved shirt, skinny jeans, and high heels, which made her already incredibly long legs look even longer.

Lu Hao turned his gaze back to the entrance of the bar.

He hadn't forgotten that the conflict had started in this very bar, leading to him being taken to the police station and later caught by Xiao Xiyue, thus breaking his promise.

Thinking of this, Lu Hao turned to look at the smiling woman beside him and couldn't help but ask, "I've always been curious, how did you know I was here that night?"

Xiao Xiyue's red lips curled into a smile, her eyes sparkling with a hint of cunning: "I have informants in all the bars around here."

"..."

Lu Hao pursed his lips, speechless.

He should have realized it. This woman's skills were far more formidable than he had imagined.

Back then, in order to find him, a reward was offered at Mochou Bar. The scale of that operation must have involved sending the reward to every bar in the entire Jiangcheng.

However, that's all in the past.

The two entered the bar, which had a completely different style from the one they had seen before.

The walls are adorned with ink paintings, a celadon vase filled with peach blossoms sits in the corner, and even the lanterns hanging from the ceiling exude a strong sense of antiquity.

The lights were also dimmed, and a faint sandalwood scent filled the air.

Even the waiters had changed into Hanfu (traditional Han clothing), making it seem like you had entered a small tavern in ancient times.

He took Xiao Xiyue's hand and led her through the crowd to the booth that Li Xu had reserved in advance.

As soon as he got closer, Lu Hao's eye twitched.

Li Xu, that kid, actually put on a whole outfit: a blue robe and a small hat, dressed like an ancient pageboy.

Looking at their own and Xiao Xiyue's modern outfits, they seemed out of place in this "tavern" full of ancient scholars and gentlemen.

"Brother Lu, sister-in-law! Please sit down!" Li Xu immediately stood up when he saw the two of them. "I'm going to go play with Wang Jile and the others. I won't disturb your time together!"

After saying that, he winked at Lu Hao and ran off in a flash.

Lu Hao nodded with satisfaction and sat down next to Xiao Xiyue.

On stage, a band was playing. The lead singer's voice was husky and magnetic. He was singing an ancient-style song that Lu Hao had never heard before. The melody was melodious and poignant, and the lyrics conveyed a sense of sorrowful love amidst the devastation of a broken country.

"This song is called 'Giving My All to the World,' and the lyrics are quite good," Xiao Xiyue said softly beside her.

Lu Hao turned his head in surprise: "You like traditional Chinese style?"

"I wouldn't say I particularly like them, but good songs don't discriminate by style." Xiao Xiyue said, picking up a bottle of beer from the table, opening it, pouring half a glass for Lu Hao, and then filling her own glass.

She raised her glass: "Inspiration needs a little buzz to catalyze it."

"Well said!" Lu Hao laughed loudly, raised his wine glass to clink with hers, and drank it all in one gulp.

He put down his wine glass, took out his cigarette case, flicked out a cigarette, lit it, casually tossed the cigarette case onto the table, and put the lighter back in his pocket.

As the smoke rose and swirled, his eyes became somewhat unfocused.

Lu Hao seemed to see the scene of his first encounter with Xiao Xiyue in the bar.

That day, she wore a simple black dress and sat quietly in a corner booth. She stood out from the noise of the bar, yet somehow attracted everyone's attention.

At the time, emboldened by a bit of alcohol, I shamelessly went over to them.

Only after being splashed with three glasses of wine did she earn the "qualification" to sit at the same table with her.

That night, neither of them was slightly tipsy; instead, they drank until they were almost blacking out.

In the end, Xiao Xiyue "half-pushed" him into the hotel.

That very night marked the beginning of their entanglement, which continues to this day.

Lu Hao snapped out of his thoughts, downed another glass of wine, and looked at Xiao Xiyue, who was quietly sipping her drink beside him. His curiosity was piqued again: "Xiyue, I remember you said that day was your first time at a bar?"

"Hmm." Xiao Xiyue nodded gently, her eyes sparkling. "Want to know why?"

"certainly."

Xiao Xiyue smiled, downed the wine in her glass in one gulp, then leaned back on the sofa, arms crossed over her chest: "I made a bet with Fang Ruoyun."

"You lost?"

"I won."

Lu Hao was stunned: "The punishment for winning... is coming to a bar?"

"It's not about winning or losing, it's about whether you dare to." Xiao Xiyue shook her head slightly. "There was a banquet at the time, and some people were saying how fun bars were. Fang Ruoyun then provoked me by saying that I wouldn't dare to come to a place like that alone."

"Uh...that's really childish." Lu Hao was speechless.

Fang Ruoyun, to gamble on something like this, is truly an oddball among oddballs.

"So what did you get out of winning?"

"The advantage is that Xiyue Apparel's new summer products are launched and promoted a month earlier than Yunlan Apparel's."

Lu Hao was completely convinced.

He finally understood why Yunlan Clothing was a step behind and why Xiyue Clothing had seized the market opportunity – it was all because of this naive gamble.

"You two are really bored." Lu Hao shook his head, both amused and exasperated.

"I just happened to run into a scoundrel like you." Xiao Xiyue glanced at him with a half-smile.

Lu Hao awkwardly touched his nose and retorted defiantly, "You need to get this straight. I'm not mistaken. You were the one who took me to the hotel."

"I've had too much to drink." Xiao Xiyue's ears flushed slightly, and she quickly changed the subject. "I just didn't expect that Fang Ruoyun would run into you when she came to the bar by herself."

"That was purely accidental." Lu Hao shrugged, finding it quite dramatic.

He got to know Fang Ruoyun through that young woman whom Li Xu had met.

Thinking of this young woman, Lu Hao's mind was also filled with the image of the girl with pigtails.

The two of them came with Fang Ruoyun. Fang Ruoyun gave off a rather innocent and pure feeling, which was quite different from the other two.

The second time was a little perverted.

According to Xiao Xiyue, Fang Ruoyun might have been visiting this kind of bar for the first time.

He shook his head, dismissing these unimportant thoughts, and continued chatting idly with Xiao Xiyue while sipping his wine.

At this moment, the band on stage changed, and Wang Jile came on stage with a guitar, performing an original ancient-style song.

The music is bold and chivalrous, making listeners feel excited and as if they are about to gallop on horseback and experience the joy of the martial arts world.

When the song ended, thunderous applause erupted.

Lu Hao was in a great mood and picked up his wine glass to toast Xiao Xiyue again, but he noticed that she stopped and stared at a direction not far away, her eyes looking a little cold.

A thought struck him, and he followed her gaze.

Not far away, a group of men and women dressed in Hanfu were sitting in a booth, creating a lively atmosphere.

Li Xu was among them, chatting animatedly with a girl with pigtails.

Lu Hao felt that the girl with pigtails looked familiar, but he couldn't remember her for a moment.

His gaze shifted from the girl to the others at the table, then suddenly fixed on a woman, his pupils contracting.

The woman, dressed in an exquisite ruqun (a traditional Chinese dress), with a face as beautiful as a peach blossom and a dreamy look in her eyes, was sitting on the lap of a strange man.

Qin Shou's wife, Jiang Yun.