Chapter 100: Interview with an Old Love
Huo Zhou looked at Li Xiaoran quietly and finally came to a conclusion. “Li Xiaoran, don’t tell me you still love Qiao An?”
Li Xiaoran frowned and said insincerely, “How would I fall in love with a money-grubbing woman like her?”
“Why does it sound like you’re lying?” Chen Xiao teased.
Huo Zhou persuaded, “No matter if you’re pretending or if you still have feelings for her, Xiaoran, you and Qiao An have already broken up. You should love Lu Mo well in the future.”
Li Xiaoran nodded silently.
His entanglement with Qiao An was over.
After Li Zecheng moved out of Star Palace, he did not return for many days.
The private detective reported Li Zecheng’s whereabouts to her every day. Other than going to the company every day, he spent most of his time with Wei Xin.
They went out together, shopped at the mall, bought groceries, and returned to the riverside mansion.
Li Zecheng seemed to have forgotten that he had a family.
When Qiao An saw these photos, she subconsciously clenched her fists. Although she didn’t love Li Zecheng, it didn’t mean that he could be so disrespectful to her, his first wife.
After being angry, Qiao An unclenched her fists.
Wasn’t Li Zecheng and Wei Xin living together what she wanted? The more disrespectful they were to her, the more advantageous it would be when she sued for divorce in court.
When Qiao An thought it through, she was no longer so angry.
As time passed, Qiao An realized that she seemed to be less concerned about Li Zecheng. When she heard that Li Zecheng was fooling around outside, her heart stopped beating.
Qiao An knew that she had completely let go of her feelings for Li Zecheng. There seemed to be no other feelings between her and Li Zecheng except hatred.
Qiao An also began to learn to clean up her rubbish emotions and even actively found a job. She worked as an editor at a self-help media website that focused on emotional problems.
As she got busy every day, she temporarily forgot about the bad emotions she had accumulated.
On this day, when Qiao An went to work, the supervisor gave her a task.
“The theme of our episode is pure love from school to the wedding. The company has recruited a few couples. Your team is in charge of going out to interview these couples about their love. Then, we will choose the happiest and sweetest couple to write a column.”
Qiao An looked at the photo on the table. When she saw the photo of Li Xiaoran and Lu Mo interlocking fingers, she couldn’t help but sigh at how small this world was.
She avoided them like the plague, but the supervisor handed this mission to her team. “Qiao An, you’ve just arrived at the company. This is the best chance for you to show your strength. Perform well and strive to become a full-time employee as soon as possible.”
Qiao Anhao’s thoughts were interrupted for a moment. She imagined herself interviewing Li Xiaoran and Lu Mo. Should she ask how they fell in love with each other, or how Li Xiaoran fell in love with the new and hated the old?
She scratched her head in pain. This mission was especially challenging for her.
Qiao An wanted to refuse the mission, but she stood up in a fit of anger and rejected the supervisor. “Supervisor, can I change the interview target?”
“Newbies have no right to bargain,” the supervisor refused unhappily.
Qiao An could only brace herself and take it.
After the meeting ended, Qiao An and the other three people in the group set off for Jing Hang Hospital to interview Li Xiaoran and Lu Mo.
After Qiao An and the others arrived at the Hospital, Qiao An lowered her head and followed her colleague into Li Xiaoran’s consultation room.
Li Xiaoran’s consulting room was not big. In order to accomodate this interview, the miscellaneous items in the consulting room had been emptied in advance. The consulting room looked spacious and bright.
However, after Qiao An and her colleague entered the small consultation room, it immediately became congested.
Lu Mo and Li Xiaoran sat side by side at the long table. Qiao An’s colleagues, Ah Cui and Li Ping, were busy filming. The remaining inexperienced Wan Hui looked at Qiao An guiltily.
Qiao An was dumbfounded. She thought that she could do nothing with the four of them in the team. She didn’t expect them to do their own things at the critical moment while she had to take over.
Ah Cui pushed Qiao An in front of Li Xiaoran and Lu Mo and said to Li Xiaoran with a smile, “Doctor Li, the person interviewing you today is our company’s new gold medal writer.”
Li Xiaoran had been paying attention to Qiao An ever since she entered the room. They had not contacted each other for more than ten days. God knew how hard he had endured for the past ten days. He had clearly tried his best to convince himself to accept Lu Mo and forget Qiao An. Why did he feel that his feelings would still pour into Qiao An the moment he saw her?
After work, Qiao An was probably especially focused on her appearance. She had light makeup on, her long eyelashes were like dense fans, her lips were tender like jelly, her skin was cold and fair, and her cheeks were exquisite without any flaws. Coupled with her dark curly hair, she looked as cute as a porcelain doll.
Such a Qiao An made Li Xiaoran’s heart race.
“Qiao An, so you are the one who is interviewing us?” Lu Mo’s tone was filled with disappointment.
Qiao An was distant and cold, as if she was facing two strangers she had never met. “Miss Lu, Mr. Li, my question won’t be tricky, so please relax.”
Li Xiaoran could feel the estrangement between her and him from the way she addressed him, and his heart ached inexplicably.
He had imagined a thousand endings for him and Qiao An, but none of them were like this—they were strangers.
“Let’s begin.” Li Xiaoran’s voice was a little hoarse.
Qiao An asked, “May I ask what was the situation when the two of you first met?”
Lu Mo said excitedly, “When I first met Senior, he was saving someone. I thought that this guy was so good-looking. If only he could become my boyfriend.”
Qiao An saw the starlight in Lu Mo’s eyes. It was the infatuation and longing for love.
Just like how she had loved the Thunderbolt Blade back then.
“Congratulations on getting your wish,” QIao An gave her blessings.
Her tone was as calm as water, and no one could sense her emotions.
Li Xiaoran was very unhappy because of Qiao An’s congratulations.
“Qiao An, my time is limited. Cut the crap.”
Qiao An made a long story short. “May I ask how the two of you got together?”
An unnatural expression flashed across Lu Mo’s eyes. She looked at Li Xiaoran nervously. Fortunately, Li Xiaoran asked for her opinion in a gentlemanly way, “Can you tell me?”
Lu Mo refused. “Senior, I don’t wish to say it.”
She looked shy as she held her burning face in her hands.
Li Xiaoran thought that she was shy and smiled without saying anything.
Qiao An caught Lu Mo’s unnatural expression and wondered, “What’s there to hide?”
“When are you two planning to get married?”
Lu Mo said, “We’ve already met the parents of both parties. The parents of both parties have given their blessings for our marriage. I think our wedding date should be close.”