518 Their Final Route of Retreat in This World (1/2)

Song Yao laughed softly, then whispered in Lin Nuan's ear, in a volume that only the two of them could hear, ”I've chosen a path that we used to loathe in the past. Although I have love now, I… can never become Mrs. Cen! I clearly know this is wrong, but I relish this. Am I very cheap?”

Lin Nuan could clearly feel a moist and warm patch on her neck.

There was a thin layer of mist upon her eyelashes and hair; her heart… also seemed to have turned moist from the drizzle.

Lin Nuan looked up at Cen Mo. Bai Xiaonian had said many words of congratulations to Song Yao tonight—things like hoping she could live in bliss, but Lin Nuan didn't say anything throughout.

Lin Nuan's mouth was slightly open, speaking in a volume neither too soft nor too loud, ”I hope for you to be happy, but I don't wish for your happiness to be built upon others' pain. It's not that I'm a person with perfect morals or a sense of justice, but I've seen too many such cases… in the end, the woman will be the one bearing the consequences! Yao Yao, Xiaonian and I only want to see you live in happiness, not see a matured you after having to suffer through all that pain!”

Bai Xiaonian didn't know what happened between Song Yao and Cen Mo, so she didn't quite get what Lin Nuan said, but Song Yao understood Lin Nuan's words, Cen Mo too!

Song Yao hugged Lin Nuan even tighter, lightly laughing, her tears drenching her black mask. ”Nuan, it'd be wonderful if you were a man. I'd just marry you and let you raise me! If it were you, you surely wouldn't let me… let me…”

”I can raise you even if I'm not a man!” Lin Nuan solemnly cut Song Yao's words off. It wasn't to provoke Cen Mo. Lin Nuan spoke in an unprecedentedly serious tone, ”I'll raise you!”

Lin Nuan, Bai Xiaonian, and Song Yao had gotten this far together, and their relationship far exceeded friendship—they were more like a family that each of them could depend on, their final route of retreat in this world.

Having heard Lin Nuan's words, Song Yao's heart ached terribly. Lin Nuan had never been one to make promises easily; if it was something she promised, she would give it her all to live up to it!

She knew… even if she were to lose everything one day, she would still have Lin Nuan and Bai Xiaonian.

Song Yao, in her drunken state, sobbed quietly, hugging Lin Nuan tightly.

Even if Bai Xiaonian wasn't clear about what was going on, based on her understanding of Song Yao and Lin Nuan, she could sense something. She looked askance at Cen Mo.

”I shall not trouble Mrs. Fu to hold the future Mrs. Cen!” Cen Mo smiled as he walked to Song Yao, his large hand supporting Song Yao's back, his eyes meeting Lin Nuan's clean and resolute-looking ones. ”Else, won't I appear too incapable?”

Cen Mo's words caused Song Yao's body to visibly tighten, as if his words caught her by surprise.

Lin Nuan was willing to regard this as a form of promise by Cen Mo. Song Yao let go of Lin Nuan and turned her head around to gaze at Cen Mo. The bright intersecting colors of the traffic light in the drizzle seemed to have converged in Cen Mo's eyes that were dark like ink…

”Cen Mo!” Bai Xiaonian, who was seated in the wheelchair, called out to him. She was no fool; she just had to use her brain a little and could guess what was going on.

Bai Xiaonian acted high-and-mighty like she usually did and smiled at Cen Mo as she spoke, ”Song Yao is my and Lin Nuan's best friend in this world. Since Song Yao brought you here to introduce you to us today, I'll regard you as one of us! But if you let her down one day or do something to make her sad, I, Bai Xiaonian, have no other capabilities, but I am world-class at making trouble for someone!”

Bai Xiaonian was a seductive beauty to begin with. Now, with her left elbow leaning on the armrest of her wheelchair and leaning her body, the corners of her lips turned up… her vibrant and provocative facial features had a coldness to them in the drizzle.

Cen Mo took Song Yao from Lin Nuan's arms. Song Yao's head was already spinning, the feeling of drunkenness even stronger now.

”I have long known these two friends of Song Yao's are quite something, if only because of you two… I won't dare to let Song Yao feel aggrieved.”