Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

He was still as attractive as before, just like the first time she saw him, the moment she fell in love at first sight.

But he already had a girlfriend, which was normal. After all, he wasn’t someone who didn’t want to get married, but it was rare for someone like him to have a woman enter his heart.

…

Xu Baohan stood at the counter and stared at the fresh beef inside, his mood was indescribably annoyed. He was originally in a good mood, but now he was in a terrible state.

His mind was filled with thoughts about An Lan and Xuan Yuanlang, and he was also thinking about how he met Zhuang Tianya. He no longer had any feelings for this woman, but his self-esteem was still hurt.

His mind was elsewhere, and the woman selling meat across from him handed him a large, wrapped steak.

He was stunned. “Why are you giving me this?”

The woman was also stunned. “I asked you if you wanted to buy steak, and you nodded. I asked if you wanted this large piece, and you nodded. You’re buying it, right? I’ve already cut it for you.”

“…”

Xu Baohan could only take it silently, but his mind was gloomy. He didn’t know how to cook steak, but An Lan did. He can’t possible wait for her to come back and ask her to cook steak, right? She wanted him to prepare the dishes at home.., but she lied to him and was having a good meal with another man, and she was so close to him.

That’s right. He will not cook. He could be mad at her too. He would express his anger by not cooking.

After buying the steak, he bought some fresh prawns and vegetables. When he queued up to pay the bill, Zhuang Tianya happened to be there too. However, she didn’t know what had happened. She was at a loss and her fair face was red from anxiety, there was a group of people standing in line behind her.

When she saw Xu Baohan walking over, she looked as though she had seen her savior. “Ah Han, can you help me? Can you lend me some money? I left my phone at home and I don’t have any cash on me. I’ll return it to you when the time comes.”

Xu Baohan understood. He also knew that with wechat and Alipay, very few people brought cash nowadays.

He wasn’t a stingy and mean person. He didn’t really hate Zhuang Tianya and it didn’t matter even if he helped her out because they were acquaintances.

“How much is it?”

“Five hundred.”

Xu Baohan handed her five bills and reminded her, “Remember to return it to me.”

He had a girlfriend now, there was no reason for him to spend money on his ex-girlfriend.

“Okay,” Zhuang Tianya quickly went to pay the bill.

After paying, Xu Baohan saw that Zhuang Tianya was standing outside. There were four bags of things beside her, rice, oil, toilet paper, some vegetables and fruit snacks. There were quite a lot of things.

“Baohan, is your wechat still the same number as before? I’ll transfer the money to you when the time comes,” Zhuang Tianya said.

“Okay.”

Xu Baohan frowned at the mention of wechat. He remembered that she was the one who deleted him from her contact in the past.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to delete your number in the past,” Zhuang Tianya said bitterly. “It was my mother who took my phone and secretly deleted you.”

“It’s all in the past,” Xu Baohan said as he took his things and left.

It was the same path to the parking lot. Zhuang Tianya struggled to carry some things as she walked behind them. After walking for a while, she took a breather.

He frowned and looked at her. He hesitated whether he should help her or not, but after thinking about it, it was all in the past. He did not want to be misunderstood, and he really did not want to have anything to do with her, so he walked away without looking back.

Zhuang Tianya watched him drive away from her, and she was stunned for a long time.

In the past, when the two of them went shopping, he would never let her carry things, but now… seeing her like this, he did not even care.

Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.