Chapter 337: Big Brother-in-Law’s Unforgettable First Love—Is Blood Crow About to Run?!

Shenghao Hotel, lobby.

Room [443]?

After getting Tang Guoan’s location from the employee, Xu Shuyun’s group ignored the lobby manager and hurried into the elevator……..

“Ah…. this?!”

“Could this be… catching cheaters? A rich-family scandal? A shocking melon, huh?!”

The lobby manager’s eyes lit up as he sniffed hard, as if he could already smell the ‘melon.’

Unfortunately, he also knew that if he still wanted to keep his job, there were some rich-family melons he absolutely couldn’t snack on casually.

So, full of regret, he turned around and barked at the staff who were whispering excitedly (⊙x⊙;), telling them to shut up, stop gossiping, and get back to work……..

……….

Inside private room [443].

Tang Guoan, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, sat somewhat nervously on the soft sofa, glancing from time to time at the woman with twin ponytails sitting across from him.

But when she met his eyes with that gentle look from back then……..

Tang Guoan’s expression turned unnatural. His gaze instinctively dodged away, his manner shy and awkward.

Though he was already middle-aged, the way he acted right now was exactly like a bashful big boy.

The beautiful memories of that first-love era were still vivid as if yesterday……..

(????)。

“Qiao Shan, long time no see. These years… have you been doing well?”

“Brother Tang, you really have changed. Back when we were good, you called me ‘Little Sweetie.’ Now a new person replaces the old, and you just call me by name.”

Hearing the slightly distant, estranged tone in Tang Guoan’s voice, the woman’s eyes reddened. She sniffled, tears welling as if she might cry.

Seeing that.

Tang Guoan felt a little awful inside. He wanted to go over and comfort her—his butt had just lifted—then he hesitated and sat back down.

……….

“Qiao Shan, it’s not that I changed. It’s that our identities are different now.”

“I’m married. I have a wife and children at home. I need to uphold male virtue, and I have to mind the impact of certain things.”

“Sigh, sneaking out to see you tonight behind my family’s back—this behavior itself is already a bit out of line………”

“No matter what kind of relationship we had in the past, that’s all in the past. Let the old things be emptied out—empty, empty, like the ‘empty’ of emptiness.”

“Tell me—what exactly did you call me here for? I made an excuse to come out; I can’t delay for too long……..”

“………..”

As he spoke to this point, Tang Guoan’s expression gradually became calm, and in his clear eyes, there was no longer a trace of foolishness.

Of course, the reason he could break free from those beautiful memories so quickly was thanks to Lin Xuan’s ‘foresight.’

Thinking back to not long ago, when he had overheard his nephew’s inner thoughts at the hospital—saying that tonight his first love, Qiao Shan, would contact him…….

Tang Guoan had originally been half-believing, half-doubting.

After all, ever since graduating college, he and Qiao Shan had gone their separate ways, agreeing never to see each other again.

By all logic…….

After so many years, both sides already had their own lives. She shouldn’t be coming to disturb his life anymore, right?!

But the phone call half an hour ago completely shattered all his fantasies……..

Thinking of the ‘terrifying’ future in his nephew’s inner thoughts, Tang Guoan originally wanted to refuse the meeting.

But listening to the helpless sobbing on the other end of the line—crying and shouting threats like… if you won’t come see me, I’ll cut my wrists, jump off a building, I won’t live anymore—

Tang Guoan ultimately couldn’t harden his heart and agreed to meet.

Because he also wanted to draw a perfect ending for his youth.

And also take a look at that girl who had once been so beautiful in his memories………

Had she really become the kind of disgraceful person his nephew described in his heart?!!

Anyway, as the fated big uncle—now that he already knew the future—there was no way he could fall for any ‘dirty tricks’ again……..

On the other side.

Realizing Tang Guoan wasn’t that easy to fool, a trace of coldness flashed through Qiao Shan’s eyes.

Then she gritted her teeth and put on a pitiful, tear-bright posture.

She pointed at the student uniform she was wearing, then shook her twin ponytails, starting to play the nostalgia-and-feelings card.

…………

“Brother Tang, do you still remember? This student outfit is our school uniform from back then. Every time I put it on, I think back to the happy times we once had.”

“Look at my twin ponytails… back then you liked them the most. I specifically dressed up like my student-days self today, because I wanted to awaken your memories.”

“Let me tell you! I still love you—I really, really love you!”

“Brother Tang, these years have been so hard for me. After we split up, I kept thinking about you, and I’m still single to this day. No other man has ever touched me even once.”

“Because other than you, I simply can’t accept any other man’s touch. Brother Tang, I want to start over with you, rekindle our past love, ???.”

“I really regret choosing to break up with you after high school. But I had no choice—our schools were in different cities, long-distance love was so painful.”

“So, I thought, better short pain than long pain. But I never expected that after we separated….. I couldn’t forget you at all. The pain in my heart has lasted until now— it hurts so much!!!”

“Brother Tang, without you I really can’t live. I’d rather die, wuwuwu……….”

“You scumbag, you stole my heart, ruined my whole life, and now you won’t take responsibility! Scumbag, heartless man…….”

“……….”

Watching his first love crying sadly there, wiping tears nonstop,

Tang Guoan’s expression was complicated. If he hadn’t overheard his nephew’s thoughts, he would definitely be full of guilt and would have rushed forward to comfort her softly……..

(?”? ?)?”(???︿???)。

Ever since hearing his nephew’s inner thoughts, Tang Guoan felt like his mind had become much clearer.

Now, looking at the first love, he had once treated like a treasure, he felt more and more that something was off—there was no longer that beautiful feeling from before.

Maybe she really hadn’t lived well these past years……..

Even with a layer of foundation as thick as a city wall on her face, you could still see wrinkles and freckles at the corners of her eyes, making her look at least over ten years older than her peers.

This elderly auntie face, wearing a high-school uniform from her teen years, plus those deliberately cutesy, trying-to-look-young twin ponytails……..

Qiao Shan

For some reason, I actually think she’s pretty.

I hope everyone won’t be a lifelong bachelor, and at least gets the chance to go on a date with a girl like this. After all, looks aren’t important—we can’t judge by appearance (???

…………

The more Tang Guoan looked, the weirder it felt—like the filter had shattered, and the beautiful image had completely collapsed, filling him with despair.

If it was going to be like this, the two of them might as well not have met………

At least that way…….

The pure, innocent, youthful feelings would have stayed in his heart forever, instead of shattering like this right now……..

“Sigh, it’s all too late. The past is too painful to look back on!”

“If you really loved me that much, then why didn’t you come look for me all these years? Why wait until now instead?”

“……….”

Faced with Tang Guoan’s question, Qiao Shan cried even harder.

The foundation on her cheeks kept flaking downward as her face trembled, making Tang Guoan’s forehead fill with black lines.

“Because I learned you were already married, with a wife and children. I didn’t want to be a mistress, barge into your family, and destroy the hard-won happiness you had.”

“I originally planned to just bless you silently, grow old alone, and end my miserable life like that.”

“But as I got older, tortured by loneliness, I suffered unbearably, and in the end, I decided to bravely pursue love—so I chose to contact you again………”

“…………”

Qiao Shan sobbed, and her reasons sounded perfectly reasonable. It even made Tang Guoan unconsciously feel a hint of being moved, a hint of guilt.

Little did he know, inside, Qiao Shan had long been cursing like crazy……..

Back then, the reason she had proposed breaking up was mainly because she thought Tang Guoan was just a poor kid who would be useless to her future.

So.

Even though at that time she still had a trace of warmth for Tang Guoan, under the control of rationality, she still chose to break up decisively.

Who would’ve thought……..

This bastard was playing pig-to-eat-tiger. In three years of high school, he never showed anything, but behind the scenes he was actually a hidden rich second-generation?!

If she had known the Tang family background was that big, even if you beat her to death she wouldn’t have let this man go………..

Luckily, it wasn’t too late now. With the love-they-loved-to-death back then, Qiao Shan had a 95% absolute certainty!!!

In the end she would definitely squeeze out Xu Shuyun and rise to the top as the mistress!!!

But she never expected that before the smugness in her eyes even faded, Tang Guoan’s righteous refusal came from across the table.

“Qiao Shan, (＞人＜；) I’m sorry. I know I’m outstanding, and I made you so bewitched you lived and died for me.”

“But I already have a family. I love my wife and children very much now. I can’t betray them.”

“Sigh, what we had between us—let it drift away with the wind~~~~”

“From now on, you walk your single-plank bridge, I’ll ride my private jet. We owe each other nothing.”

“………..”

At this moment, Tang Guoan made up his mind to completely cut off contact with Qiao Shan.

Tonight, would be their last meeting……..

Ah…. this?!!

Σ(⊙▽⊙”a Qiao Shan was completely dumbfounded. She never imagined Tang Guoan would be so decisive, betraying the vows he had once sworn to her.

Sure enough, (??へ??╬) men really are like this?! Not a single good one!!!

Trying to dump me with just a few sentences……..

Hmph! Wishful thinking!!!

“Brother Tang, wuwuwu……..”

“I can’t lose you! Without you, I’m really so lonely! (?_?) “

“I’m a very traditional girl. If your wife doesn’t mind, I’m willing to be the ‘smaller one.’ As long as I can stay by your side, I’m willing to do anything!”

“You said back then you would marry me, take care of me for a lifetime, take me to the ends of the earth, stay with me until the seas dry and the rocks crumble.”

“All that… did you forget it? Back then we were so beautiful…”

“Back then we even considered marriage—we even fantasized about whether we’d have a boy or a girl, what we’d name the child……….”

“I still remember clearly—you said if it’s a boy, we’ll call him Tang Qiao; if it’s a girl, Tang Shan. Have you forgotten that too? o(╥﹏╥)o”

“………..”

Qiao Shan looked wronged, tears shimmering, endlessly playing the feelings card.

And hearing his first love recall those fragments of the past, Tang Guoan also blanked out for a moment, as if returning to those years.

Back then, he really had poured all his feelings in and treated his first love seriously…….

Seeing her “nostalgia killer move” working, Qiao Shan pressed the advantage—while reminiscing with heartfelt emotion, she also turned on the room’s sound system and played the newest duet uploaded by the song god [L]……..

“Today You’re Going to Marry Me.”

Qiao Shan had heard this song. It suited the current atmosphere perfectly, and could serve as a catalyst, helping Tang Guoan recall the happy times they once had……..

“With Song God [L] backing me, I don’t believe you won’t fall.”

…………

“Listening to the church bells~~”

“We witness before God and our friends and family~~”

“This man and woman~ are about to become husband and wife~~”

“Don’t forget how sacred all of this is~~”

“Are you willing, through life and death, joy and hardship~ to be with her forever~~”

“Cherish her~ respect her~~”

“Comfort her~ protect her~~”

“Together build a blissful family~~”

“Are you willing to do that~~”

“…………”

At this moment.

The melodious tune bloomed, the moving singing drifted—passing through the wall and floating into the neighboring Room [444].

Inside.

A black man wearing a baseball cap, with thick, powerful limbs, was making a displeased face as he contacted his organization through a special encrypted phone.

This man was the infamous assassin ranked tenth—Blood Crow.

“What? Abort the mission? Why? I’ve got a plan ready to go.”

“What? Cancel the mission? Why? I’ve already set up the plan. I can act at any time.”

“This is the decision of the top. It seems there is a special incident in Magic City tonight. Someone is indiscriminately hunting foreign groups that have entered Magic City. To be on the safe side, it had been decided that you should retreat and wait.

“This is the higher-ups’ decision. It seems something special happened in Magic City tonight. Someone is indiscriminately hunting overseas organizations that entered Magic City. For safety, the higher-ups have decided you should withdraw first and wait to see what happens.”