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A night of drinking.

When Lu Haoran woke up, it was already noon of the second day. He shook his head that was as heavy as lead and was in a daze. He looked around, confused by the unfamiliar room.

Where is this?

He knocked his head as he thought back to how he got drunk at the Xuan Yue Restaurant yesterday. What followed was the chaotic memories of the day.

Lu Family is such a mess! Lu Haoran felt like he was a clown yesterday and became everyone's joke.

He did not know how he managed to reach the Xuan Yue Tower. All he knew was that he had already drunk a few bottles of wine by the time he found out.

Cousin Caiyun, ah!

Lu Haoran raised his head and sighed.

Our Lu Family treats you well, why are you treating me like this? If you have a heart, why didn't you tell me? Do you really think my cousin is so unreasonable in your eyes?

Yes! I really like you. Cousin has always wanted to marry you.

But because I like you, I won't force you …

You can tell me anything you want, and even if you did say it a day earlier, it wouldn't have ended up like yesterday.

Caiyun, oh Caiyun! Do you know that if you leave like this, the reputation of running away with others will follow you forever, you won't be able to wash it away …

Lu Haoran leaned on the bed for a long time before he finally sorted out his thoughts. He put on his shoes and looked around, realizing that this was the guest room of the inn.

Strange … How did he get here?

Lu Haoran only had the memory of drinking alcohol in his head, but he couldn't remember how he got there.

The only thing he could remember, he thought as he walked, was what seemed to have been a dream the night before, but the dream was a pale one. Dream... There seemed to be someone else, that person seemed to have whispered something into his ear …

"Manager!" Lu Haoran walked down to the counter and asked, "Who brought me here yesterday?"

Lu Haoran was a celebrity in the city, so the innkeeper naturally recognized him. He smiled and said: "Yo, Second Master Lu, you're awake? Did you sleep well last night? "

Lu Haoran smiled sadly and replied, "Not bad." Actually, it wasn't good at all. His whole body was sore, his body was heavy, and after a hangover he felt a headache. This feeling was really unpleasant.

"I just asked you, how did I get into your store yesterday?"

"This grandpa doesn't remember?" Yesterday you were drunk and you fell at the door of our store. I was afraid that if you lay down like this, the waiter would bring you in. "

"Is that so?" "So it was the waiter who brought him in!" "Oh yeah, I'll give you the room money." Lu Haoran thought of not being able to stay the night for nothing, so he reached for the money. However, after searching his entire body, he couldn't find a single copper coin. Immediately, an awkward expression appeared on his face. "Ugh …" Can you keep an account? I'll ask the servants to send them over later. "

The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "What did Second Master Lu say? We decided to let Second Master live here on our own, how could we accept your money! Just go back. "

"I'll definitely get someone to deliver it when I get back."

The shopkeeper saw his insistence and did not refuse. He smiled as he sent him out, "Second Elder, have a good day!"

After they left, Quan Er, who had been hiding in the corner, ran over and gave the shopkeeper some silver coins, "Well done! This is something our master gave you. "

"Thank you, Master!"

Lu Haoran staggered home. When he passed by the corner of the street, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. He turned around and stopped a girl, "Girl, wait!"

The girl was shocked and asked, "Wh-what's going on …"

Only then did Lu Haoran realize that he had acted rashly. He hurriedly apologized, "Sorry, I scared the girl. I just wanted to ask the girl... "Ugh …" "That …" He felt a little embarrassed at what he was about to ask.

"What exactly do you want to ask?"

"Ugh …" I wanted to ask the girl what powder she was wearing. "Why is it so fragrant …"

A man blocking a girl's house in broad daylight just to ask her what powder he was wiping. This was really …

Seeing Lu Haoran's embarrassed face and red ears, the girl couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't put any powder on, Young Master probably smelled the flowers on my head."

Flower?

Lu Haoran raised his head and saw that the girl's hair was tied with a fine light yellow string of dried flowers. Upon a careful sniff, a fragrant aroma wafted in the air.

"May I ask what flower this is?"

"Does young master not even know about the jasmine flowers?"

Jasmine Flower? Is this a jasmine flower?

Lu Haoran had never seen a real jasmine flower before, but he found it embarrassing to admit that he didn't even know a jasmine flower. He could only smile and ask: "Where is this flower?"

"There's a little girl selling it over there. I just bought it on my head."

"Thank you, Miss."

Lu Haoran headed in the direction the girl pointed, and sure enough, he saw a girl carrying a flower basket. He went up to stop the girl and asked, "Are there any more jasmine flowers?"

The little girl shook her head and said, "All of them were sold out today."

When Lu Haoran heard it was gone, he felt a burst of regret. He didn't know why he cared so much about the jasmine, or perhaps he was actually only concerned about the flower's fragrance …

There seemed to be nothing by his side that would have this flower fragrance, but when he brushed shoulders with the girl just now, he felt a sense of familiarity that made Lu Haoran's heart clench.

His intuition told him that he remembered this fragrance, but not only that, it was also very familiar.

It was as if they would often smell it …

However, he could not find any traces of Jasmine in his memory.

Had he forgotten when he lost his memory?

Lu Haoran rubbed his head. He remembered that there were a lot of things he couldn't remember clearly after waking up from his severe injury, especially the last time he left home. Almost a year's worth of memories were completely blank. He did not know what had happened in the past year, but he always felt that the memory he had missed seemed important to him.

That jasmine fragrance might have been part of that memory as well, or it might have been a rather important part.

When had he ever smelled such a scent?

What important things had he forgotten in less than a year?

Lu Haoran smiled bitterly as he faced his parents' and elder brother's worries. The more he smiled, the more he worried his family. In the end, they even became cautious in talking, afraid of hurting him.

Seeing this, Lu Haoran felt powerless and could only say, "Dad, if you see Cousin Cousin Caiyun in the future, don't make things difficult for her, okay?"

Lu’s father flew into a rage when he heard that. He slammed the table and said, "I don't have such a shameless niece, don't mention her to me in the future!"

Lu Haoran wanted to help him defend himself, but he was stopped by his big brother: "Dad, don't be angry. It was because of the excitement that second brother said such nonsense. Why did you compare yourself with him?"

"Nonsense or not! Don't mention her to me in the future! "

Lu Haoran knew that his father was angry, so he could only shut his mouth. He was well aware of his father's temper. In order to prevent his father from hating his cousin too much, he could only pretend that there was no one in the family.

Pity that he only felt sorry for his cousin. He didn't know if she was living out there by herself or if that man would take good care of her. If he couldn't live on in the future, would she be able to come back …

Thinking about this, Lu Haoran couldn't help but call himself an idiot. He was clearly the most wronged one, but he just couldn't get mad at his cousin.

He liked her so much, yet he felt that this was the best way to go about it.

Why do you think that? The girl he liked had gone away with another man, and he still thought this was good? Had he gone mad or had he gone stupid? Was it really like what Big Brother said, that he was just bragging because he had gone too far?

But what kind of comfort was there in the waves of pain that surged through his heart? Why did he care so much about his cousin's betrayal?

The marriage with his cousin had become a taboo in the family, but Lu Haoran's life was a big issue for the two Lu Family elders.

They wanted to find a good opportunity for Lu Haoran, but Lu Haoran made an excuse and stopped them.

How could he be in the mood to get married when his new wife had just left?

Thinking about it, the two Lu Family Elders made sense, especially after seeing their son's sad and disappointed expression, they couldn't bear to set off the injuries in his heart.

In any case, Lu Haoran was a genius. Even if he was a few years late, he could still find a good girl.

Thinking this way, this matter came to an end. Lu Haoran also stayed at home until the New Year.

— — The content is from [Mick Read]