Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 118 Meeting Parents

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Li Wu turned her head to look at the night view outside, her eyes filled with a quiet expression.

"Are you a little tired after just getting back?"

While waiting at the red light, Yan Xuting glanced at Li Wu.

The flickering light and shadows swept across the car window, illuminating for a moment her fair, delicate, and flawless profile.

Beautiful and dreamlike, like the most breathtakingly beautiful frame in a movie.

"……fine."

Li Wu paused for a moment, her somewhat dazed gaze slowly focusing before she came to her senses and responded softly.

Yan Xuting tightened his grip on the steering wheel slightly.

He discovered it the day they landed in Beijing.

Li Wu gazed at the scene outside, her mind wandering from time to time.

Sometimes I have to repeat a sentence to her a second time before she realizes it and snaps out of her reverie. But when she looks outside, her eyes are completely blank, without any focus.

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The two returned to Li Wu's residence.

The house was the one Li Wu bought with her acting fees when she was still in Beijing.

It's a simple three-bedroom apartment, not very big.

However, it is a high-end residential area with a good surrounding environment and convenient transportation.

Before returning to China, Li Wu had the house thoroughly cleaned. The items inside were also chosen and purchased together with Yan Xuting after their return.

Entered the house.

Yan Xuting skillfully took out a pair of pinkish-purple velvet slippers from the shoe cabinet, squatted down and helped Li Wu change her shoes. "You rest in the living room for a while, I'll go cook."

Since moving in, Li Wu hasn't even stepped into the kitchen yet. Yan Xuting, on the other hand, is already quite adept at it.

During the years abroad, Yan Xuting cooked for Li Wu quite a few times.

soon.

Yan Xuting prepared four dishes and a soup, all made according to Li Wu's preferred tastes.

Li Wu eats slowly, taking small bites at a time, in an extremely refined and elegant manner, yet with an indescribable seriousness.

When Li Wu was almost finished eating, Yan Xuting called her gently, "Li Li".

"Ok?"

Li Wu looked up at him.

Are you able to free up some time recently?

Yan Xuting spoke gently, in a tone of negotiation, "I'd like to introduce you to my parents."

The last note fades.

Li Wu tightened her grip on the chopsticks, and subconsciously said, "Isn't this too fast?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Xuting reached out and gently grasped Li Wu's wrist. His voice was clear and gentle, a tone that was very soothing. "We've known each other for seven years and been together for half a year. We understand each other quite well."

"Besides, my parents are very easy to get along with. They will definitely like the people I like."

For some reason, Li Wu's hand trembled slightly when she heard those words.

She even subconsciously looked away, avoiding eye contact with Yan Xuting.

But before Li Wu could speak, Yan Xuting added, "However, everything depends on your wishes. If you don't want to now, I'll wait a bit longer, it's okay."

The banquet hall is always like this.

He will be infinitely tolerant of everything about Li Wu.

Abroad, Li Wu had no shortage of suitors, but she always politely declined them.

After a while, even the way they refused became a fixed template. Among them were some patient young men who would send flowers and gifts for two or three months without stopping.

But only Yan Xuting was the one who pursued Li Wu the longest and with the most dedication.

Li Wu first met Yan Xuting when she was performing CPR on an elderly man who suddenly collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest on the streets of Boston.

In the brief moment of looking up, Li Wu saw Yan Xuting. Because he was Chinese, she instinctively called out to him in Chinese and asked him to help call an ambulance.

It happened to be snowing in Boston that day.

After making the emergency call, Yan Xuting did not leave immediately.

He looked at Li Wu, who was kneeling on the ground saving lives, wearing an expensive pure white coat, and held the black umbrella over her head, waiting with her for the ambulance to arrive.

That was just a brief meeting; the two didn't even exchange names.

Li Wu saw Yan Xuting again one night when she was being bullied by several homeless men on the street.

Yan Xuting happened to be passing by and offered to help her.

When he was fighting with those people, one of the homeless men ambushed him from behind and hit him on the head with a brick, which caused Yan Xuting to be hospitalized for a period of time.

Out of gratitude, Li Wu visited him in the hospital twice.

After a while, the two became acquainted.

Especially after learning that Li Wu was on the same campus as him at Harvard, it became even easier for Yan Xuting to see Li Wu.

Upon hearing Yan Xuting's words, Li Wu met his gentle and tolerant gaze. After a moment of silence, Li Wu subtly relented, "Let me think about it."

"it is good."

Yan Xuting smiled, because Li Wu was willing to consider this matter instead of resisting it without even thinking about it. "You can think about it for as long as you want."

After clearing away the dishes for the two of them, Yan Xuting looked at Li Wu, who was sitting on the sofa looking at documents again, and placed a glass of warm water in front of her.

"I'm leaving now. Don't stay up too late looking at the documents. Get some rest."

Yan Xuting gave his instructions in a gentle voice, as always.

Upon hearing this, Li Wu replied without looking up, "Okay, be careful on the road."

But after he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.

Li Wu belatedly realized that the figure standing in front of her had not left.

Li Wu subconsciously looked up, "You..."

Before he could finish speaking, a shadow suddenly loomed over him...