One Thousand and Fifty-Nine The Truth From 5 Years Ago (Part 3)

The next day.

Shu Nian was in a good mood because she was about to meet an old friend. At around ten o'clock in the morning, she took a taxi to the hotel where Xiong Wanting was staying.

Room 1021.

Shu Nian recognized the room number and rang the doorbell. After a while, he heard a crisp answer from the door. Soon, the door was opened from the inside.

"Niannian!" Xiong Wanting rushed over and gave Shu Nian a bear hug.

After not seeing each other for five years, both of them have changed. Xiong Wanting had some baby fat before, but now she has none. She has become thinner and more beautiful.

The two looked at each other, and their eyes were red. Xiong Wanting wiped the corners of her wet eyes and pulled Shu Nian, "Come in first."

Shu Nian also hid his sentimentality, looked around the room, and couldn't help rolling his eyes and complaining: "Why are you still the same as before, so bad at cleaning?"

The suitcase was open, and clothes, cosmetics, etc. were scattered everywhere.

Xiong Wanting laughed, "It's not the first day you've known me."

As she spoke, she crossed her legs on the sofa, put on makeup, looked up at Shu Nian, and hesitated for a moment before asking, "How are you?"

Shu Nian sat down beside her, "Very good."

As she spoke, there was a faint smile on the corners of her lips. Xiong Wanting knew that she had not been doing well in the past few years. She originally thought that when she saw her again, she might no longer be the proud, young and smart Shu Nian of the past, so she was a little cautious when she asked about her recent situation just now. However, seeing her now, especially her current expression, Xiong Wanting felt that she seemed to have been wrong.

She seemed to be doing well. There was a sense of happiness between her eyebrows.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Xiong Wanting looked at her inquiringly and gossipingly. This kind of tender look is only for women in love!

Shu Nian didn't hide it. He said "hmm" and smiled, "He's on a business trip now. If he comes back at night, I'll bring him to meet you."

"Okay! You've always had high standards, and your boyfriend must be good."

Shu Nian smiled but said nothing. It's hard to imagine what kind of expression Tingting would have when she saw Ye Yan. It would definitely be a surprise! After all, at that time, she and Ye Yan were incompatible.

"What about you? How are you now?"

Xiong Wanting's face also showed layers of girlish blush, "In fact, I was just about to introduce my boyfriend to you when we have dinner later."

"Your boyfriend is here too?"

"Hmm." Xiong Wanting looked mysterious, "My boyfriend, you actually know him. He really wants to see you."

"Who is it?" Shu Nian was so curious.

Xiong Wanting kept it a secret, "I won't tell you. You'll know when you see him later."

...

When Xiong Wanting finished her makeup, changed her clothes and left the hotel, it was almost 12 o'clock. They had lunch at a restaurant not far from the hotel. When the two of them arrived together, Shu Nian saw a man sitting at the window waving at them from a distance.

"There! There!" Xiong Wanting dragged Shu Nian and said as she walked over there, "My boyfriend!"

From a distance, Shu Nian felt that he looked very familiar. When she got closer, she found that it was her former classmate, Hu Yang.

If it were before, she probably couldn't face all the old classmates except Xiong Wanting with a calm mood, just like the mood when she first met Ye Yan later. But now...

Her mood is no longer that gloomy.

"Is this your boyfriend?" Shu Nian looked at Xiong Wanting.

Xiong Wanting nodded. She walked around Hu Yang and took Hu Yang's hand.

"Shu Nian, long time no see." Hu Yang took the initiative to greet Shu Nian. His eyes fell on Shu Nian, with a complicated expression, as if he was looking at him, and there seemed to be a little regret. Shu Nian was a little confused by this look, and he pulled his lips and said, "Sit down first."

"What are you doing! Why are you staring at Nian Nian?" Xiong Wanting pretended to be angry and pinched Hu Yang's arm, "Could it be that you are secretly in love with our Nian Nian? No wonder you ask me about her all the time."

Shu Nian was embarrassed by what Xiong Wanting said.

Hu Yang looked wronged, "It's not what you think, don't get me wrong."

He sat down while explaining, and said, "I'm asking for Ye Yan."

Hearing these two words, Shu Nian raised his head, and without even noticing, a little light appeared in his eyes, "Are you still in touch with Ye Yan?"

"Why did Ye Yan ask about Shu Nian?" Xiong Wanting asked.

Hu Yang replied to Shu Nian first, "In fact, we haven't been in touch for a long time. However, when you just left, Ye Yan always asked me about your situation. But none of us could find you."

Xiong Wanting stared at Hu Yang for a while, "Why do I feel that you look weird? Why do you seem to be very uncomfortable in front of Shu Nian?"

After all, he is her boyfriend, and Xiong Wanting can tell at a glance if something is right or wrong.

Hu Yang smiled bitterly.

In the past few years, he has been carrying the shackles of sin, feeling guilty and blaming himself. Now the victim of that year is sitting in front of him, how can he be at ease?

"Let's order the dishes first and talk while eating." Hu Yang came here today, ready to be honest with Shu Nian. However, a truly complete explanation still requires courage.

Shu Nian naturally didn't know what was going on in Hu Yang's mind at the moment. He just ordered the food and chatted with Xiong Wanting. True friends are probably like this. Even if they have been apart for five years, when they get together again, they still have endless topics to talk about.

When the meal was almost finished, Xiong Wanting got up to go to the bathroom.

At the table, only Shu Nian and Hu Yang were left for a while.

Shu Nian's personality was not as cheerful as Xiong Wanting. She was not someone who could talk to everyone, not to mention that she was not familiar with Hu Yang before, and they even disliked each other. Therefore, the two of them sat opposite each other at this moment, and the scene was a little awkward.

Shu Nian had to lower his head and eat in silence.

"Shu Nian..." Just when she was uncomfortable because of this embarrassment, Hu Yang spoke first.

Shu Nian raised his head and looked at him. Hu Yang looked solemn, even serious. Shu Nian felt more and more puzzled, and did not say anything, just waiting for him to continue.

"Actually, I've always wanted to tell you something. No... I've always wanted to apologize to you."

Shu Nian was full of questions.

Hu Yang took a deep breath, as if he had finally mustered up the courage, "Back then... when you had a miscarriage and fell in a pool of blood, I shouldn't have stood by and watched. I... had never seen such a scene before, and I was completely scared at the time."

Shu Nian thought he didn't care about the dark past at all, but when he heard Hu Yang mention it, his hand holding the cutlery tightened a little.