The Beloved and Pampered Girl

Chapter 1170: Chapter 1170: Longing Overflowing

“Jian Dan, what are you doing here?” Mu Yi appeared behind Jian Dan at some point.

“Mu Yi? How come you’re here?”

“A friend of mine invited me for a meal nearby, and I was just about to head home when I saw you standing here, lost in thought!”

“Oh! I see!” Jian Dan responded somewhat absentmindedly.

“You don’t look so good, are you feeling okay?”

“Oh~ it’s nothing, I’m just a bit tired!”

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“I know, you’ve been busy with wedding preparations lately!”

“How do you know about that?”

“Not just me, everyone at New E Media probably knows by now! After all, one of the brides is Director Qin!”

“Oh! Right! I completely forgot!” At that moment, all Jian Dan could think about was Chu Liyuan.

“Jian Dan, do you want to eat something?”

“Didn’t you just eat?”

“I did, but you haven’t, let me accompany you for a bite!”

“No need. It’s fine, I can go by myself!”

“How could I possibly let you go alone in your current state?”

“But~”

“Jian Dan, don’t decline just accept it.”

“Alright then!”

The two found a casual eatery nearby and ordered some food.

However, Jian Dan had hardly any appetite and barely touched her food after a few bites.

“Jian Dan, you’re eating so little! I remember your usual portions are not this small, right?”

“Oh! Maybe I’m just too tired, so I don’t have much of an appetite.”

“But that’s such a waste! Since you’re not eating, let me eat it then!”

Watching Mu Yi pick up his chopsticks and start eating, “You said you already ate!”

“I did say I ate, but I don’t want to waste food.”

Jian Dan could see that Mu Yi was clearly already full, but he kept putting food into his mouth, making her feel a bit guilty, “Alright, alright, stop eating. You’ll stretch your stomach, I’ll eat it!”

Mu Yi, seeing his tactic worked, secretly smiled to himself.

Jian Dan finally finished the food on the table, experiencing for the first time that eating could also be a painful task.

“I’ve finished eating, I’m going home now. You should head home soon, too!”

“Let me take you back!”

“There’s no need, I drove myself!”

“Alright then! Just text me when you get home!” Mu Yi didn’t insist.

“Goodbye!”

When Jian Dan got home, she had already forgotten Mu Yi’s words. After taking a bath, she collapsed into bed and was plagued by nightmares all night, barely getting any real sleep.

Jian Dan dreamed that her uncle fell off a cliff, and she desperately clung to his hand but couldn’t pull him up. Just as she was about to lose her grip, her phone rang, pulling Jian Dan out of the nightmare…

Jian Dan sat up in bed, her forehead covered in sweat, her chest heaving. Hearing the phone still ringing, she picked it up and answered, “Jian Dan, have you gotten home yet?”

“I’m home now. Sorry, Mu Yi, I forgot to tell you!” she said, holding her head with one hand.

“Did I disturb your rest?”

“No, thanks to your call.”

“Hm?”

“It’s nothing, you should rest early too!”

“Okay, you should rest early as well, goodnight!”

“Goodnight!”

After hanging up the phone, Jian Dan’s weariness disappeared and she went to the balcony alone. Gazing at the moon in the sky, the handsome face of her uncle appeared on its surface, and her eyes moistened…