A BITTER LIFE

PART 2

The wedding anniversary of Yibo's parents has arrived.

"Are you nervous?" Lay asked the man beside him, as they were on their way to Yibo's parents' mansion. "Yes, but I'm okay" he said without even looking at Lay. "Have I told you that I don't like the night?" he asked Lay still looking out the window. "Not yet" Lay replied. "Hehe Now I told you that I don't like the night"

"What's the reason why you don't like it?" Lay asked, but the man didn't respond.

Meanwhile. Yibo and Liying, along with their two children, were also heading to his parents' mansion. "Did your mom mention who they invited?" Liying asked Yibo who was driving. "No, but my cousin and his fiance will be there" He replied keeping his eyes on the road.

"Have you met his fiance?"

"Not yet."

Liying was about to hold Yibo's hand, but he immediately pulled away. "I'm driving" He said still focused on the road.

After Lay and the man arrived at Yibo's parents' mansion, they stayed in the car for a few minutes "Let's go inside" Lay urged his companion. "You can go first, I'll just have a quick smoke" the man replied.

"But—" Lay's words were cut off when the man spoke again. "I just want to calm down, I promise I won't smell like cigarettes" The man assured him. Despite his reluctance, Lay agreed.

A minute passed, but the man is still outside and he has already consumed two sticks of cigarettes. He was about to light a third stick of cigarettes, but stopped when he saw four people getting out of a car. He didn't move from where he was standing as he watched them. Suddenly, he clutched his chest as if in pain.He turned away from them before his evening could be ruined.

For some unknown reason, Yibo glanced at the man leaning against the car, but he couldn't see the man's face because he turned his back on them. Yibo stared at the man's back for a few seconds, he just took his eyes off the man when Liying held his hand.

"We can walk without holding hands" Yibo said coldly, starting to walk without waiting for Liying. But before he walked further, he glanced back at the man, which is now in sideview. Yibo suddenly stopped, causing Liying, who was following behind him, to bump into him. "What are you looking at?" Liying asked disappointed, looking in the same direction, but all she saw was the back of the man getting into the car.

"Nothing," Yibo said, and went inside. Liying stopped causing A-Yuan and Andro who were with them to stop as well. Yes, the two boy with them were A-Yuan and Andro.

"A-Yuan, remember what I told you? I don't want to see you inside the party." Liying reminded him

"But Mom—" A-Yuan started to say, but Liying interrupted her. "If you don't listen to me, I'll punish you again." Hearing this, A-Yuan became scared. "Okay Mom." Liying ignored him and took Andro's hand, leading him inside. "Let's go, baby."

Inside the mansion, there were already many people; Yibo's parents had invited their business partners. Yibo's parents, Liying's parents, and Lay's mother were also inside.

Lay approached them and greeted Yibo's parents, who smiled and thanked him. "By the way, didn't you say you were with your fiance?" asked Katrina Lay was about to speak, but Yibo suddenly approached them. "Oh, you're here" Yibo said to Lay and shakehands him.

They used to be very close, but when Lay found out that Yibo had married Liying, he distanced himself, and Yibo couldn't blame him for wanting to avoid them, given that he, Zhan, and Lay were close friends.

Lay: "Yes, we just arrived."

"We? Where is your companion?"

"Oh, he just taking a short rest. He'll come in soon."

After a few minutes, Liying approached them, but Lay didn't even glance at her. Instead, he approached Sebastian and Lara to talk for a while. "How are you, uncle and aunty?" Sebastian and Lara smiled at him. "We're okay. You've changed a lot" they said. "Hehe, I'm getting older, aunty."

Moments later, they all stopped when they saw the man entering. None of them blinked. As the man approached, you can see the satisfaction on the man's face at their reaction.

Lay walked towards the man and held his hand. As they get closer, their eyes almost popped out as they stared at the man, especially Yibo, while Liying looked like she had seen a ghost and suddenly turned pale.

"Xiao Zhan" They said in a low voice. And the man heard this but he didn't pay attention to what they said, instead he whispered to Lay. "Guys, come on, it's like you've seen a ghost. He's not comfortable with the way you look at him" Lay said, but
neither of them moved from where they were standing. "The person in front of them has been dead for 16 years,.." They don't know what to say.

"GUYS!" Lay shouted, and only then did they recover from their shock.

"Are you okay?" Lay asked them, then he spoke again. "He's my fiance, Gu Wei."

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