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Chapter 1553 Dying Instructions
The taxi soon arrived at a restaurant in Xidan. Xu Hongdou got out of the car wearing high heels. Although she was wearing a rather simple outfit, it still couldn't hide Xu Hongdou's temperament.

Although Suning felt extremely excited in his heart, he remained calm on the surface, trying to give people the impression of being an "open-minded gentleman".

Seeing her best friend Xu Hongdou arriving late, Chen Nanxing pointed at Su Ning with a smile on her face and introduced him, "Hongdou, let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Su Ning."

Su Ning also stood up and shook hands with Xu Hongdou. "Hello, Xu Hongdou! My name is Su Ning."

"Hello! Suning, have we met somewhere before? Why do you give me a sense of déjà vu?" However, Xu Hongdou looked at Suning in front of her with a strange expression and asked.

"No! I'm sure this is the first time we've met."

"Maybe I'm mistaken! I wonder what industry you're in, Suning?"

"unemployed."

"Huh? Suning, are you kidding me?"

"Really! I just achieved financial freedom recently, so I wanted to be alone and calm down. I didn't expect to meet Chen Nanxing by coincidence."

"Oh? Is that like the situation with Qin Fen, the male lead of If You Are the One?"

"almost."

Then Xu Hongdou did not ask Suning any more questions. After all, Suning had already given an impeccable answer, and asking further questions might seem like overstepping one's authority.

Just then, the restaurant waiter came over and brought their menus, and the three of them ordered their favorite dishes.

However, Xu Hongdou has been secretly observing Su Ning, and she always feels a sense of déjà vu, but she just can't remember where she has seen him.

This kind of strangeness can be said to be extremely mysterious, as if the two people knew each other in their previous life. They were so dazed that they could not tell whether it was reality or a dream.

As soon as Xu Hongdou saw Suning, many images appeared in her mind, but she was unable to capture them. However, she didn't know that these were all Suning's tricks.

After all, for people like Suning, fish is what I want; bear's paw is also what I want, and I must have both at the same time.

Then Chen Nanxing looked at Xu Hongdou again and said, "Hongdou, I haven't had time to congratulate you on your upcoming promotion."

"Nanxing, you know the nature of the senior management. Promises are simply not counted. After all, some things cannot be signed by contract." Xu Hongdou said, shaking her head with a helpless smile.

"Don't worry! I have confidence in you. You will definitely become the deputy director of the housekeeping department."

"Haha, then I'll count on your good wishes."

"Then let's drink."

"cheers."

After the three of them clinked glasses, Xu Hongdou looked at Chen Nanxing again with confusion and asked, "Nanxing, Suning, where is the house you bought?"

"Right in Haidian! And it's a classic four-bedroom, two-living-room apartment."

"So big?"

"Hongdou, it's a good opportunity for you to give up your apartment and move in with us."

"No! I don't want to disturb your world of two."

At this time, Su Ning on the side took over and explained, "It's okay! I'm not often in Beijing, and it's good to have you and Nanxing as company."

"Oh? Suning, don't you have a job?" Xu Hongdou looked at Suning in front of her with a puzzled look and asked.

"I love traveling! I'm ready to explore the world on foot."

"Feat! But why didn't you take Nanxing with you?"

"You should ask Nanxing yourself this question."

Sure enough, Chen Nanxing, who was standing by, explained with a troubled look on his face, "Hongdou, I rejected it myself. I'm in the rising stage of my career now and don't want to waste my good time in vain."

"Oh! That's true! We are really pitiful." Xu Hongdou thought about it and nodded helplessly.

Suning, standing by, raised his glass in a teasing tone, "Cheers to the pity of both of you!"

"Haha, cheers."

In fact, Xu Hongdou's first impression of Suning was quite good. The look in Suning's eyes when he looked at her was amazing, but absolutely not lustful. All his actions were so natural and generous. It was obvious that Suning was a good man with a lot of experience and connotation.

Moreover, his table manners and conversation showed that Suning was well-educated and definitely a person with a higher education. Xu Hongdou was also happy for her best friend's luck.

After returning home, Chen Nanxing proudly sent a WeChat message to Xu Hongdou, "Hongdou, how is it? My boyfriend is pretty good, right?"

"It's perfect! I'm afraid you can't handle it, and I don't believe he doesn't have friends of the opposite sex." Xu Hongdou reminded him with some concern at this time.

"There was one before! Now I am the only woman." However, Chen Nanxing seemed to have special trust in Suning.

"Is this true? Do you believe this?"

"If it were someone else, I would have scoffed at him! But our interactions over this period of time have made me a complete believer in him."

"Nanxing, but I still feel like I've seen him somewhere."

"Hehe, Xu Hongdou, are you trying to steal my boyfriend?"

"Don't joke! I'm serious! I believe you know I'm not that kind of person."

"Hongdou, have you seen him in any magazine or newspaper?"

"I don't know! I'm sure I've seen him somewhere, but I just can't remember where. We haven't had any previous contact."

"Oh... could it be a bad fate from a previous life?"

"Nonsense! I won't talk to you anymore."

After finishing the WeChat chat with Chen Nanxing, Xu Hongdou stopped thinking about it and instead packed up and went to take a shower.

The tedious work had long made Xu Hongdou develop the good habit of going to bed early and getting up early, so after lying on the bed and playing with her mobile phone for a while, she couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.

It’s just that Xu Hongdou had a strange dream while she was sleeping. In the dream, she and a man could do anything, and the two of them were deeply in love.

After seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Xu Hongdou was suddenly surprised to find that it was Suning. She couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise.

Xu Hongdou, who was awakened by the shock, had no idea that this was also a deliberate arrangement by Suning. You know, Suning has countless fancy operations.

And Su Ning was talking to Chen Nanxing intently, "Su Ning, isn't Xu Hongdou very beautiful?"

"You're not bad! Otherwise I wouldn't have chosen you."

"After seeing Xu Hongdou, did you regret choosing me?"

"No! Don't let your imagination run wild. Thinking too much will only lead to nothing."

"..."

"Nanxing, close your eyes. I want to give you a gift."

"what?"

Then Suning took out a high-end diamond necklace and put it around Chen Nanxing's neck.

Sure enough, Chen Nanxing opened her eyes in surprise and looked at Su Ning, "Su Ning, this necklace is so beautiful."

"As long as you like it."

"Suning, thank you."

"Then let's continue..." "Yeah..."

……

The next morning, Xu Hongdou woke up feeling weak all over. She thought it was just an accident of dreaming about what she thought about during the day, but she found that Su Ning's figure had been imprinted in her mind.

Then Xu Hongdou washed her face with cold water, feeling both amused and helpless, just to make herself a little more sober. After all, the man was already her best friend's boyfriend.

In addition, Beijing is known as a "traffic-congested city". In order to avoid the morning rush hour, Xu Hongdou always chooses to go out early and go straight to the five-star hotel where she works.

She greeted her colleagues with a smile along the way. No one could tell that she didn't sleep well last night. Xu Hongdou was as energetic as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

After working in an orderly manner for the whole morning and reviewing everything again, Xu Hongdou found no mistakes and went to the staff cafeteria for lunch.

It just so happened that a colleague came over to introduce his friend's sister to Xu Hongdou, and asked her to help and take care of her, and not forget to improve their relationship with her.

You have to know that Xu Hongdou is the most beautiful employee in this hotel. How could her colleagues in the hotel not have thought of it? Even the guests couldn't help but have wild thoughts. Unfortunately, Xu Hongdou has always been quite sober and rational.

So this male colleague still wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to Xu Hongdou and make a date with her, but unfortunately Xu Hongdou already had another man in her mind.

In addition, Xu Hongdou is now fully focused on work and does not want to develop any inexplicable feelings. Seeing that the situation is not right, she finds an excuse to leave the restaurant.

After work, Xu Hongdou went to her best friend Chen Nanxing's new home, but was shocked by this luxurious house with four bedrooms and two living rooms. It was a hundred times better than her own small apartment.

"Nanxing, your house is amazing."

"Then let's move back."

"No! I don't want to be a light bulb."

"Hongdou, instead of paying the rent to a wicked landlord, why not give it to me? Besides, Suning isn't here all the time, and I'd be bored by myself. I can even give you a discount on the rent."

"This……"

"Stop that this and that! It's a happy decision."

"Nanxing, is your name on the property deed for this house?"

"Yeah! It's my name alone."

"I don't need you to pay the mortgage?"

“Buy a house in full.”

"Then it seems that Suning is still sincere to you."

"Of course! I can naturally feel whether he likes me or not."

"..."

Then, Xu Hongdou moved in under Chen Nanxing's constant persuasion. In fact, she mainly wanted to know more about Suning. She couldn't let go of that strange dream, and now she dreams about Suning almost every night.

You have to know that this is the first time that Xu Hongdou has fallen in love with a man. This strange feeling is very depressing, and she is powerless to dispel these distracting thoughts.

However, every time Suning came back, Xu Hongdou would deliberately work overtime or change shifts to leave space for Suning and Chen Nanxing.

However, during this period of interaction, Xu Hongdou's feelings towards Su Ning became increasingly strange, and it seemed that they were slowly developing into feelings for each other.

……

Time flies like water, and half a year has passed quickly. Xu Hongdou has also become accustomed to Suning's presence.

One day, Chen Nanxing suddenly felt unwell. The next day, he rushed to the hospital for a physical examination and was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.

The diagnosis report was like a bolt from the blue, completely shattering Chen Nanxing's vision for the future. Xu Hongdou couldn't eat when she returned home, and she broke down and cried at the table.

Suning, who was wandering outside, also learned the news and naturally rushed back as soon as possible. However, he was speechless looking at the depressed Chen Nanxing, and was thinking about when to choose to rescue Chen Nanxing.

In the following days, Xu Hongdou was still like a gear in a pendulum clock, going from home to the hotel and then to the hospital, from a two-point straight line to a three-point straight line. For the first time, she experienced the impermanence of life and death up close.

Although Chen Nanxing always pretended to be relaxed in front of Xu Hongdou, she knew that she was afraid of making her sad. The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't control the spread of sadness.

Finally, one day, Chen Nanxing looked at Xu Hongdou with a determined look, "Hongdou, can I ask you for a favor?"

"You say." Xu Hongdou looked at Chen Nanxing in front of her with a sad face.

"There are only two people I can't let go of now. One is you, and the other is Suning."

"This...what could you possibly be worried about me?"

"Actually, the main reason is that I'm unwilling to let go of a good man like Suning. It would be a pity if I died of illness like this, so I ask you to be with him."

Xu Hongdou's eyes widened in shock as she asked, "What? Nanxing, are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy! I'm speaking from the heart! I'm in the late stages of pancreatic cancer, and even a great immortal can't save me. I just want to see you two together in my last moments. After all, good things shouldn't be shared with outsiders."

"Nanxing, I don't know what to say to you anymore."

"Anko, promise me, okay?"

"..."

However, Chen Nanxing dragged his sick body to his feet with difficulty, then put Su Ning and Xu Hongdou's hands together, "Hongdou, promise me! Love Su Ning well for me, okay?"

"Okay! I promise you."

"Suning, you have to promise me too! There are only two women in this world, Xu Hongdou and I. Also, don't ever forget me, okay?"

"Okay! I promise you too."

That night, naturally, Chen Nanxing's parents stayed to take care of Chen Nanxing, while Su Ning and Xu Hongdou were sent back to rest. After all, they had been taking turns to stay up for several days.

Xu Hongdou clicked on the voice message Chen Nanxing left for her. It was a series of simple and sincere last words. Even when she was suffering the most from the illness, she still took Xu Hongdou's emotions into consideration.

Chen Nanxing particularly regretted not enjoying life in time, and also regretted not meeting Su Ning earlier. It was precisely because she felt that she was at a disadvantage in life that she persuaded Xu Hongdou to see more of the beautiful world for her and to love this good man Su Ning more on her behalf.

Whether it is every landscape or every delicacy, Chen Nanxing hopes that Xu Hongdou can help him experience it, so that he will have no regrets.

That night, Xu Hongdou thought a lot and felt that if the pendulum clock was tired, at least the gears could be replaced. Xu Hongdou did not have any extra gears to replace, so she began to consider stopping and perhaps changing her lifestyle.

Su Ning on the side looked at Xu Hongdou helplessly and said, "Hongdou, don't think too much. Nanxing is her last obsession."

"Suning, as Chen Nanxing's best friend, should I satisfy her obsession?" However, Xu Hongdou, who had made up her mind, suddenly looked up at Su Ning.

"Huh? What do you want to do?" At this moment, Suning couldn't help but get a little excited.

"I want to take her on a trip, to places we wanted to go but never did, and to eat delicacies we wanted to eat but never did."

"That's fine! I can find a way to get an RV so we can travel and have fun while she receives treatment."

"Suning, thank you."

"Nanxing is my girlfriend, so what's the point of you thanking me?"

"Suning, I'll leave the door open for you tonight..."

"what……"

……

(End of this chapter)