Chapter 178 - 114 Midnight Singing
In the past, when Ran Yan worked as a forensic doctor, she sometimes had to rush her work so much that she would eat breakfast while observing corpses, and managing to eat after completing the autopsies was a luxury.
Ran Yan was so starved that after washing her hands and face, she sat back down and quietly began eating, doing so quickly but without losing manners.
Liu Pinrang and Xiao Song watched her with surprise on their faces. While Ran Yan ate, she noticed everyone’s gaze, felt she was behaving too out of the ordinary, and silently put down her chopsticks. With a rushed manner, as though she were about to vomit, she said, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll return to Yingmei Temple first, excuse me."
Having said this, she bowed slightly and hurriedly left with Wan Lu and Ge Lan.
Xiao Song’s hearty laughter could be heard from the courtyard, causing Ran Yan’s face to burn with embarrassment, and she quickened her pace.
During her return, Ran Yan deliberately avoided the library. Although she felt no affection for Sang Chen and believed rejecting him was not wrong, she somehow felt shaky inside, guilty as if she had harmed a sincere heart, and felt too ashamed to meet him again. Yet, even so, if given another chance, she would reject him again, following her true feelings.
The truth was that Ran Yan had no special someone in her heart. She could marry Sang Chen out of obligation, yet she believed that someone like him deserved a woman who truly cared for him, someone who would share his life through thick and thin, a woman who was attentive and capable, not someone impassive like herself. More importantly, she didn’t understand him, and in turn, Sang Chen likely didn’t grasp her thoughts either.
"Seventeen Niang still can’t disguise herself well." Xiao Song, leaning on the back doorway, watched her with a smile, appearing unexpectedly.
Ran Yan looked around, thinking, how did he get here so quickly, as if he’d flown?
Sensing her confusion, Xiao Song said, "The shortest path is from the library. I guessed you wouldn’t take that way."
He observed her guarded expression, produced a piece of paper from his sleeve, held it up to her, and said, "This is a vow of oath, signed by Inspector Liu."