Chapter 382: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 382: Not a Simple Relationship

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"What a coincidence, running into you again."

Seeing Du Xiaojuan, Wang Dashan smiled.

Especially when he saw Chen Qiang not by Du Xiaojuan's side, a surge of joy rose unbidden in his heart.

"Coincidence, you're staying at this hotel too?" Du Xiaojuan greeted him politely.

"Yeah, speaking of which, where's your partner?" Wang Dashan asked cautiously.

"He had business and returned to Guangzhou first. I plan to tour the nearby sights tomorrow, so I didn't go back with him. It's rare to come here once." Du Xiaojuan said so.

Wang Dashan then took the initiative to say:

"I'm not in a hurry to return to Guangzhou tomorrow either. How about we go together?"

He thought this was a great opportunity.

As long as Du Xiaojuan agreed, he could make up for his past mistakes and regain what he had lost.

However, after Du Xiaojuan gave an embarrassed smile, she declined him:

"I'm sorry, I just want to go alone."

Wang Dashan's heart trembled inwardly, and he felt struck.

If it were the past, he reckoned he would already have started sulking and putting on a sour face.

But now he had matured and knew how to control his emotions.

He merely laughed it off:

"Fine, then I won't disturb you. Wishing you a pleasant trip tomorrow."

After Wang Dashan finished check-in procedures and got his room card, he went upstairs with Wang Erhai.

Du Xiaojuan handled check-in alone at the front desk.

Her mood was actually quite complicated too.

She had originally thought she had completely let go, but now seeing Wang Dashan, she couldn't help but feel her emotions stirred.

After all, she had truly deeply loved him once.

To truly let go—how easy could that be?

But she still declined Wang Dashan's offered kindness, because she had been hurt by Wang Dashan, she feared repeating past mistakes. Wang Dashan now seemed to have changed greatly, but who could be sure this wasn't a disguise?

How does that saying go?

It's easy to change the landscape, hard to change one's nature.

Du Xiaojuan, as a female business powerhouse who had achieved a certain success in business, was not like ordinary women who valued emotions so much. She had always been more rational than emotional, more restrained than impulsive.

Back then she had been able to break up with Wang Dashan very cleanly and swiftly, which was enough to show her strength.

A good horse doesn't eat the grass behind it. Since they had missed each other, it meant fate without affinity.

Du Xiaojuan admonished herself so in her heart.

She absolutely must not soften her heart because of a bit of old affection, nor spend too much energy on emotions, affecting her career.

On the other side.

"Big Brother, I think you still have a good chance."

Just after checking into the hotel room, Wang Erhai suddenly said this to Wang Dashan.

"What good chance?" Wang Dashan asked doubtfully.

"You and Du Xiaojuan—I can tell, you still have old feelings for her, and she still has old feelings for you. She's staying at our hotel tonight. This is simply heaven's arrangement! Predestined in the unseen, you two must reconcile!"

Wang Erhai had an excited smile on his face.

Thinking of his big brother reconciling with Du Xiaojuan, Shanhai Real Estate backed by Du Xiaojuan would rapidly soar, and he felt good days were ahead!

Wang Dashan was utterly speechless:

"You think this is a TV drama, saying reconcile and it's reconciled?"

Just now during check-in, he and Du Xiaojuan proposed traveling together, and Du Xiaojuan refused him. Wasn't that an obvious hint?

So now Wang Dashan was actually quite depressed inside.

Wang Erhai didn't care about this, and he went on to say:

"I think you just care too much about face and dare not take the initiative, hemming and hawing, it makes me miserable. How about this: I'll go find Du Xiaojuan now and say to her those words you dare not say!"

Saying this, Wang Erhai was about to go out. For his big brother's happiness and big matter, he was willing to sacrifice everything.

"No!" Wang Dashan hurriedly grabbed him, his scalp going somewhat numb: "You can't just act recklessly, okay? Do you know which room Xiao Juan is staying in?"

"Don't know."

"Acting recklessly without knowing anything—you're not using your brain!"

"I don't know which room she's in, but I can ask the front desk. If that fails, I'll just call her directly. Anyway, I still have her contact information!" Wang Erhai said righteously and confidently, and after speaking, he turned to go out, impossible to hold back.

"Little brother, come back to me!" Wang Dashan hurriedly held him.

Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Interrupting the two brothers' quarrel.

"Could it be Du Xiaojuan?"

Wang Erhai showed a hehehe smile.

Wang Dashan's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and also a little expectant.

Wang Erhai hurried to open the room door.

But he found that the person who came was not Du Xiaojuan, but Zhang Zhihao.

"Hao Ge, you're here, come in and sit!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly welcomed Zhang Zhihao inside; as soon as he had completed the check-in procedures and received the room card, he had messaged Zhang Zhihao on WeChat about the hotel room he was staying in, counting it as reporting his safety to Zhang Zhihao, never expecting that Zhang Zhihao would actually take the initiative to visit him.

He had thought it was Du Xiaojuan!

But upon careful thought, he felt this idea was truly absurd.

Du Xiaojuan didn't even know his room number, so how could she possibly come to find him?

"Dashan, at the banquet tonight, I saw you sitting at the same table as Du Xiaojuan; did you say anything to her?"

Zhang Zhihao had a smile on his face, and as soon as he entered the door, he was gossiping with concern.

"What else can I say, just some polite words." Wang Dashan showed an embarrassed smile on his face.

"My big brother is too embarrassed; I said I would go find Du Xiaojuan to explain things clearly for him, but he is unwilling!" Wang Erhai complained with concern.

Wang Dashan then asked Zhang Zhihao:

"Hao Ge, what exactly is the relationship between Xiao Juan and Chen Qiang? Is it really just a partnership?"

Intuition told Wang Dashan that the relationship between Chen Qiang and Du Xiaojuan was probably not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

As expected, at this moment, Zhang Zhihao truthfully said:

"Of course it's not a simple partnership; let me put it this way, Chen Qiang is your biggest rival. Although he hasn't officially established a relationship with Du Xiaojuan, he has always been currying favor with her. He invested in Du Xiaojuan and became her partner, all for the purpose of pursuing Du Xiaojuan."

Saying this, Zhang Zhihao patted Wang Dashan's shoulder:

"Brother, if you want to win Du Xiaojuan back, you must hurry up and show some sincerity. Take advantage of the fact that Du Xiaojuan still has some old feelings for you now, take the initiative to strike. The longer you drag it out, the worse it will be for you. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because Chen Qiang is young and promising; people in their early thirties already hold assets worth tens of millions, he's handsome and wealthy, and has a great personality, high emotional intelligence, and knows how to take care of people. He's simply the perfect partner in the hearts of ten thousand women! To be honest, if I were Du Xiaojuan, I estimate I would have long ago agreed to be with Chen Qiang. Du Xiaojuan probably hasn't completely let go of you in her heart; she is hesitating now, and struggling, which is why she hasn't easily agreed to Chen Qiang's pursuit."

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