Chapter 1395
Unrequited Love 49
Chapter 1395 Unrequited Love 49
Meng Qingtong asked somewhat nervously, "What's wrong? Why are you staring at me?"
Shi Cheng withdrew his gaze from her: "It's nothing. I'm fine now, thank you for coming to see me."
The implication is that you can leave now.
Meng Qingtong was a smart woman; she understood Shi Cheng's meaning. She stopped three steps away from Shi Cheng and said, "Shi Cheng, I've already given you a way out by coming to visit you."
Shi Cheng nodded: "I know, but I don't need it, Qing Tong. We've already broken up. I'm very grateful that you came to see me when I was injured and hospitalized, but we've already broken up. You were the one who initiated the breakup."
"Now that we've broken up, let's not keep entangled with each other; it's not good for either of us."
Meng Qingtong was also a proud and arrogant person. Since Shi Cheng had already said so much, she naturally wouldn't stay any longer. She picked up her handbag and glanced at Shi Cheng again: "Your awakening this time... is a bit strange."
Shi Cheng smirked and went to open the master bedroom door: "You should go back now."
Meng Qingtong sneered, "You're not a gentleman at all, you little bastard!"
Shi Cheng pretended not to hear. What nasty things hadn't he said when he argued with Meng Qingtong? Besides, his mind wasn't on Meng Qingtong right now; all his attention was occupied by Xu Yanzhen.
If it weren't for his exceptional willpower, the first thing he would have wanted to do upon waking up and seeing Xu Yanzhen was to hold her and cry his heart out. But now, Xu Yanzhen has a new boyfriend.
Shi Cheng suddenly froze. Things were going in a completely different direction from his previous life. Xu Yanzhen and Jin He no longer had any contact, Wen Che no longer studied in Xu Yanzhen's class, and Xu Yanzhen had a new boyfriend.
Does that prove that Xu Yanzhen glimpsed her past life earlier than him?
And she made a completely different choice from her previous life? She abandoned Kim Hyuk, and at the same time, she abandoned... him.
Not only that, she also abandoned her friend Meng Qingtong.
Substituting this conjecture into his mind, Shi Cheng felt that this was the most likely possibility; otherwise, how could it be explained?
For some reason, the thought that Xu Yanzhen had also abandoned him made Shi Cheng feel empty inside.
No matter how much Shi Cheng tried to explain, Xu Yanzhen remained completely unaware. Tan You did notice Shi Cheng's unusual behavior, but what could she do? Having shed her emotional ties, Xu Yanzhen was now terrifyingly lucid.
In her eyes, Shi Cheng was truly like a stranger.
Since that's the case, there's no need for Xu Yanzhen to know these things.
Xu Yanzhen slept for half a day at home, finally catching up on the sleep she had missed. As for the various upheavals in the outside world, they did not bother her.
Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Xu Yanzhen went to school as usual. That afternoon, just before she was about to leave work, a number that was both unfamiliar and familiar called. After looking at the number and hesitating for two seconds, Xu Yanzhen still pressed the answer button.
"Hey."
Song Shuyue's tone was very gentle, almost cold: "I heard you're in a relationship. Let's meet at the coffee shop outside your school."
Xu Yanzhen didn't want to see her: "No need, I'm already this old, I'm way past the point where I need my mother."
Song Shuyue: "I'm already at the coffee shop. You don't want me to go to your school to find you, do you?"
Xu Yanzhen straightened up: "Are you threatening me?" Song Shuyue: "You can think of it that way. You moved out in junior high because you didn't want others to know that your mother was involved in someone else's family. If I went to find you, would your life still be peaceful?"
Xu Yanzhen was held back, her breathing quickened, and she finally made up her mind: "I'll be there in twenty minutes."
Song Shuyue hung up the phone, but her hand holding the coffee cup was trembling uncontrollably.
Twenty minutes later, at the coffee shop, by the window.
Xu Yanzhen and Song Shuyue sat facing each other, each with a cup of coffee in front of them. The atmosphere in the booth was tense; the two didn't seem like mother and daughter, but rather like enemies.
Song Shuyue carefully examined Xu Yanzhen's face: "We... haven't seen each other for almost 20 years. After you went to university, we never met again."
"The capital city is only so big."
Xu Yanzhen stared at the coffee spoon, her lips pursed tightly: "You came to see me today just to say this?"
Song Shuyue was always calm and composed. No matter how much emotion she had, she still behaved very properly and generously. Upon hearing this, she shook her head and said, "No, I heard that you are dating Zhou Jinxu, the president of Shiyun."
"If you're sure, bring him to meet me. After all, I'm your mother."
“I won’t bring him to meet you,” Xu Yanzhen had guessed that she would say this, and now that her guess had been confirmed, she was not angry or disappointed, but just found it ridiculous: “I won’t bring him to meet you. You are not a respectable elder, and I don’t want my image in his eyes to be damaged.”
Even after hearing such harsh words, Song Shuyue remained unfazed. She curled her little finger slightly: "If you don't want to, then forget it."
She looked down and took out a file folder from her bag: "These are things your Uncle Li gave me over the years. Since you don't want to bring him to see me, I'll give these things to you now."
Xu Yanzhen didn't touch the file folder; she knew what was inside. After all, in her past life, Song Shuyue had pulled this stunt when she married Jin He and when she married Shi Cheng.
"I won't take your things," she said curtly, her voice devoid of its usual gentleness. She hadn't met Tan You in her past life, and she hadn't taken anything from Song Shuyue; it was even less likely she would in this life.
“I don’t want anything from the Li family. Take these back. I can earn money on my own.”
Rejected time and again, Song Shuyue grew angry. But she suppressed her anger, after all, a wealthy socialite wouldn't disregard her image in public. She placed her finger on the file folder: "You really don't want it?"
Xu Yanzhen said without hesitation, "No, you can keep the things the Li family gave you."
“After I graduated from university, I gradually transferred the money I had spent on raising the Li family over the years. I don’t owe the Li family anything.”
"Don't come looking for me again."
Song Shuyue stood up, supporting herself on the table: "Fine, I won't come looking for you again. Yanzhen, you truly are my daughter, just as...ruthless."
Xu Yanzhen accepted this assessment, and she did not deny that she could be quite ruthless at times.
As soon as Song Shuyue left, Xu Yanzhen couldn't hold on any longer. She rested her elbows on the table, buried her face in her hands, and only the occasional trembling of her shoulders revealed her near-collapse.
Shi Cheng sat down quietly opposite Xu Yanzhen. He just wanted to see Xu Yanzhen so much. After he fully recovered, he would come to this coffee shop whenever he had time.
This coffee shop was Xu Yanzhen's favorite; she especially loved their cappuccino. Shi Cheng also never expected to see Song Shuyue today.