If love can be booked

Chapter 2 A chance encounter

The streets of T City are always so prosperous and bustling, with crowds of people. It is only March now, and the weather is still a little cold, but major stores have already launched spring clothes, releasing the breath of spring. This cool and fresh feeling seems to foreshadow the upcoming vitality and energy.

It was not the weekend, but there were still many people on the street. Couples holding hands, friends walking together, old men and women walking side by side, children walking casually, passers-by walking independently, looking up, looking around, unfamiliar faces.

I walked in this vast crowd, watching people of all kinds passing by, as if I was traveling through another world.

Faced with the dilemma of unemployment, I started a new job search. The process of job hunting made me tired and confused. Coming here, in order to follow in his footsteps, facing the pressure of survival, sometimes, I would ask myself if it is worth it? I am always used to forgiving and forgetting the hurt he gave me.

When I get hurt, I especially want to go home. I doubt the meaning of coming to this city. What kind of power brought me here? My past persistence and yearning remind me that I can’t find the original reason for coming here.

Walking along the street, I am used to walking aimlessly like this. The noisy streets numb my restless heart. I feel sad and want to cry, but I can't shed tears, for fear that I will miss you and hate myself. Looking up, the 100-inch digital display is playing a festive picture, a couple is about to enter the wedding hall.

"One is a business tycoon, the other is a chaebol daughter, this time the marriage is..." The host introduced enthusiastically, the atmosphere was lively, and the cheerful wedding march was playing. Marriage? Why is there no extra expression on his face? Instead, it is so cold... a little sad. Is he not happy? Shouldn't marriage be happy?

"What a talented man and beautiful woman, a match made in heaven." Words of blessing were everywhere, but this scene seemed so far away to me. Marriage? It should be very far away, right? Is it Chu Haoyang? Why can't I feel his presence more and more recently?

For him, I came to such a completely unfamiliar city, just to find an impossible love? Chu Haoyang, I see you less and less, is my love a burden to you? Five years...

Watching them walk hand in hand towards the auditorium, Shen Wanning turned around and left, only to find that her face was already wet with tears. She didn't know why, perhaps it was the confusion and fear of the future, or perhaps it was the nostalgia and reluctance to let go of the past. She watched their backs gradually go away, and an inexplicable feeling surged in her heart. All of this was too complicated and deep.

His back, his eyes, his turning movements, the smile on his lips, all felt so familiar. My head hurts a little. Okay, I don't want to think about it anymore. I don't want to think about it anymore. Maybe I've been exhausted from looking for a job recently, otherwise why would I think he's so familiar? Shen Wanning thought in a confused manner that she didn't know him.

She should have nothing in common with him, right? Different life trajectories, different social occasions, different love paths.

In the office, looking at them on the screen, Lu Jinchuan loosened his tie. He was tired of this kind of occasion, but this kind of thing should be over soon.

"Brother, why are you doing this? I can see that you don't like her at all." Lu Wan ran to him with a hint of confusion. Although he was usually taciturn, she could feel that his heart was not as calm as his appearance, especially today, his expression was even more gloomy, as if shrouded in a thick haze.

Lu Jinchuan rarely returned to China after he went to the United States at the age of 14. However, after graduation, he resolutely chose to establish Lu's Comprehensive Chemical Group in China, which mainly involves real estate and chemical industries, and also involves the clothing industry. After several years of unremitting efforts, the company's scale has expanded rapidly, and the number of employees has increased from dozens of people at the beginning to hundreds of people.

His success is not accidental, but stems from his persistent pursuit of goals and firm belief in his dreams. She has always been on his mind, and he has never given up. At the age of 18, he completed his undergraduate studies and minored in finance and architecture. Not only did he obtain a double degree, he also became a graduate student in the Department of Architecture. His success was forged by his desire for success.

Business is like a battlefield. In the early days of his business, he faced difficulties several times and almost gave up. However, he always adhered to his beliefs and continued to fight, and finally achieved today's achievements. His shrewdness, his indifference, and his tenacity all come from the tempering of this society. Some people call it maturity and stability.

Some people call him a golden bachelor, passionate, infatuated, and ruthless.

However, only he himself knows that there has always been an impossible person in his heart. It is this person who has supported him through one difficult moment after another and given him the motivation to move forward. He believes that one day, he will find her, because his success cannot be without her, and his life cannot be without her.

Facing Lu Wan's question, Lu Jinchuan did not answer immediately, but just waved his hand gently, motioning her to sit next to him. Lu Wan, as his sister, although the age difference is six years, but the relationship between the two is very deep.

"Brother, I know you don't like her." Lu Wan said softly.

"I don't like her either. Sometimes she can be very fierce. Although she is very nice to me, I just don't like her." Lu Wan, Lu Jinchuan's sister, has a big age gap. Lu Jinchuan is 26 and she is only 20. Moreover, she is petite and looks even younger. She studies in the United States, but she is just playful and often comes back to pester her brother.

"Mom said that my brother has someone in his heart, that's why he didn't get married. Mom also said that my brother didn't come home for so many years because he hated my father, but if you do this, my sister-in-law will be sad." Lu Wan analyzed the situation clearly like a mature little wise man. Although she had never seen the woman in person, her intuition told her that the woman must be a kind and beautiful person. However, where did her sister-in-law go? Why hasn't she come back yet?

She? Lu Jinchuan fell into deep thought. Is she still there? Does she still remember their agreement? Does she know that he is waiting for her? No, she is gone. She left. Otherwise, how could she leave him for so many years? Over the years, there is always a figure in Lu Jinchuan's heart that cannot be shaken off. That is her, the woman who always sweetly calls him "Brother Jinchuan". He regretted not leaving with her. He should have firmly guarded his beloved girl, but he did not do it. Now, this regret and longing have been deeply imprinted in his heart, becoming an indelible mark in his life.

"Wan'er, you are still young, and there are some things you don't understand." Lu Jinchuan touched her hair. Isn't it a little too early for a 20-year-old girl to mature?

"How can I be young? Brother always treats me like a child." Lu Wan disagreed with what Lu Jinchuan said. Why did she feel like she had never grown up in her brother's eyes?

"Well, not small, not small, our little girl has grown up." Lu Jinchuan stroked Lu Wan's hair, his eyes full of emotion. The little girl who once nestled in his arms has now grown into such a beautiful and charming girl.

"Brother." Lu Wan looked up at him, a shy light flashing in her eyes, and her body unconsciously shrank into his arms.

"Believe me, brother." It was just an engagement ceremony. She would not be his bride yet. His bride would only be her. But where was she? He didn't know.

"Yeah." Lu Wan nodded firmly and ran away.

Wan Ning, are you still there? Lu Jinchuan looked out the window, thinking quietly, trying to hold on to the past pain, but he could only let his longing spread and burn his heart. He hated her for leaving him like this, hated her for making him so painful and tormented. However, he also knew that these emotions could not change anything. He had to let go of everything in the past and start his life again. He was already 28 years old, no longer the young and energetic boy.

"Wan Ning, will you blame me if I give up?" Lu Jinchuan whispered to himself, his heart full of helplessness and confusion.

Do you still remember our promise? I said I would marry you as the most beautiful bride, but where have you been for so many years? Why didn't you come to see me? I tried my best to appear on TV and in magazines, hoping that one day you would discover me. But there is no news from you, and I can't find any information about you.

It’s still the same sea that I go to every year. I feel that every figure is yours, but you have never appeared.

The sky is as blue as the sea.

Time has passed so long that even your face has gradually become blurred. When I see a figure in the crowd, I think it is yours, but you have already left. Where have you gone?

"Jinchuan, why?" Zhu Yaolin pushed the door open abruptly, her face full of astonishment and confusion. Her heart seemed to be caught in a storm and could not calm down. She stared at Lu Jinchuan, with countless questions surging in her heart.

Zhu Yaolin and Lu Jinchuan, childhood sweethearts and neighbors, grew up together in the United States and experienced countless ups and downs together. He was fourteen and she was twelve. However, she was concerned about him, and he didn't understand. For many years, Zhu Yaolin has been helping her father run a company in the United States. Following in his footsteps, she also came to this city. She thought that the passage of time could dilute everything. She thought that at some point, he would look back and see her, discover her existence, and cherish her feelings.

If I could choose, I would love you less, less, so that I wouldn't be sad because of you, so that I wouldn't be upset. Lu Jinchuan, can't you really see me in your eyes? I thought waiting foolishly was not my style.

"You know this is a farce, why do you continue?" Zhu Yaolin's voice was trembling, her eyes were full of tears. She knew Lu Jinchuan, and it could even be said that she was the person who knew him best in the world. Since when did knowing him become a part of her life, and all he ever gave her was perfunctory and his back. His world seemed to never have room for her.

Lu Jinchuan was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "Yes, it was a farce." His voice was calm and indifferent, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. He turned and looked out the window, and continued: "I just want her to pay the price for this farce." The business was snatched from him, Lu Jinchuan, and no one dared to threaten him like this. He just wanted him to pay the price for it. He thought he could control everything with his daughter? It was a foolish dream.

Zhu Yaolin, he met her in the United States. At that time, he and Shen Wanning separated, and she has been by his side since then, just like Wanning, but she can't replace her, let alone become her. Later, they gradually became friends, at least Lu Jinchuan thought so, but sometimes, the two of them would attend some important evening parties together, and people thought they were a couple, but in fact, they were just friends, because his heart couldn't accommodate another person, even though she was not there.

"Then why do you still..." Hearing him say this, Zhu Yaolin suddenly felt that he was so strange and distant. Was it because she didn't know him well enough or was it something else?

"I just want her to pay the price for this farce." Lu Jinchuan looked out the window. No one had ever dared to force him so blatantly to do something he didn't like. Some things were enough once, just like her leaving was due to his coercion.

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Yaolin felt that there was some conspiracy. It couldn't be as simple as it seemed on the surface, because he wouldn't be so stupid as to sacrifice his marriage, because he said that his wife would only be Shen Wanning.

"Just tit for tat." Lu Jinchuan turned around, looked at her, and said after a long time that he would not sacrifice his marriage. At least now there was no one who could make him willingly enter into marriage, not even her, let alone a woman like that.

"Is it really that simple?" There was a hint of surprise in Zhu Yaolin's voice. This was not her first time meeting Lu Jinchuan, so she naturally would not easily believe that things would be so simple.