Chapter 88

"You've had too much to drink, let's leave the bar first." Shu Xia set down the drink in Jiang Nannan's hand, helped her up, and prepared to leave.

Jiang Nannan shook her head forcefully, "I'm not leaving, I just want to drink."

Seeing that Jiang Nannan's attitude was firm, Shu Xia could only sit back down.

"Speak, what's going on? Shouldn't you be at home being a virtuous wife and mother at this hour?" Shu Xia asked directly.

Jiang Nannan's eyes were a bit red; she looked as if she had been crying.

"I don't want to be a virtuous wife and mother anymore, Shu Xia. It seems like Huo Jingyan and I have run into some problems. He doesn't like me as much as he used to. I don't know if I'm overthinking it, or if after knowing each other for so long, a married couple really just becomes respectful but distant?"

"I can only say these things to you. If I told my parents, they would think I'm being pretentious. They are all very satisfied with Huo Jingyan as a son-in-law and have always felt that I can be unreasonable at times. They all say that once you're married, it's impossible to be the same as when you were dating."

"Xia Xia, do you think Huo Jingyan doesn't like me anymore?"

Shu Xia had never seen Jiang Nannan so insecure before.

"A marriage needs to be nurtured. Have you two talked about it?" Shu Xia asked.

Jiang Nannan shook her head and gave a bitter smile, "No, I'm afraid he'll think I'm just letting my imagination run wild."

Shu Xia was not very close with Huo Jingyan; she had only met him a few times because of Jiang Nannan. Huo Jingyan seemed like a big brother or an elder, very doting toward Jiang Nannan.

As for how a married couple should get along after the wedding, or whether there would always be passion, she wasn't sure either. Her most extensive experience was probably just flipping through a few novels back in college.

But the male and female leads in novels were just fantasy characters created by the author, and the plots were all fictional; they couldn't be used as a reference.

"It's possible that because I love him too much, I've become insecure. Xia Xia, sometimes I even wonder, if one day he really doesn't like me anymore and has another woman in his heart, what would I do? Just thinking about it makes my heart ache so much that I can't bear to think any further. I've always said that one should be able to let go of what they can pick up, but when it comes to myself, it's damnably ineffective." Jiang Nannan's tone was full of self-contempt.

Shu Xia raised her hand to check her wristwatch; it was seven in the evening. If she kept drinking like this, Jiang Nannan would be dead drunk sooner or later.

"Don't overthink it for now. You've known each other since you were kids. If there's an issue, talk it out properly. Women are naturally inclined to fill in the blanks with their imagination—you're the one who said that, have you forgotten?" Shu Xia set Jiang Nannan's drink down again.

"Let's go, I'll take you out to see the rain."

"Rain? I don't want to see it. It's precisely because I saw it raining this afternoon that I'm in a bad mood. I don't want to see the rain, we're staying here to drink." Jiang Nannan threw a tantrum and simply refused to leave.

Just then, Jiang Nannan's phone rang.

Seeing that it was Huo Jingyan, Jiang Nannan stared blankly, lost in thought.

Perhaps seeing that no one answered, the call hung up.

Then it started ringing again.

It was still Huo Jingyan.

Shu Xia answered the phone, "Hello, Mr. Huo, this is Shu Xia."

"Shu Xia? Why is it you? Is Nannan there?" Huo Jingyan's tone was somewhat surprised.

"We are at Meise Bar," Shu Xia replied.

"Wait for me, I'm coming to pick her up."

"Okay."

After Shu Xia hung up the phone, she looked at the dazed Jiang Nannan, "He said he's coming over to pick you up."

Judging by Huo Jingyan's tone on the phone, he was very worried about Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan's eyes flickered, "He's back from Ha City? So that means when I called him this afternoon, he didn't answer because he was on the plane?"