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Therefore, Ye Wenyu looked at Lin Tingfeng's WeChat message, composed herself, and then mustered up the courage to send him the location of the teahouse, arranging to meet him in half an hour.

Seeing that the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops were falling on her clothes, forming a layer of moss-like water droplets, she lowered her head and went into the teahouse. She asked for a secluded seat by the window and sat down to wait for Lin Tingfeng.

In this life, she never dared to face Lin Tingfeng and tried every means to escape him. But now, her thoughts have changed. If she keeps running away, she will always be afraid of him. If she bravely faces him, perhaps the knot in her heart will be untied, and one day, the fear and pain will disappear.

The wind and rain intensified, the gale began to howl, leaves fluttered in the air, the curtains of the teahouse made a rustling sound, and raindrops pounded on the floor-to-ceiling windows, sounding like scattered beans inside the teahouse.

Ye Wenyu glanced at her phone; the screen showed it was Wednesday, 3 PM. This meant Lin Tingfeng should be working in his CEO office at this time. He was a workaholic, and yet, because of her, he had come out of his office, braving the wind and rain, just to see her and talk to her. She wondered what he was thinking, and what his employees thought of him.

Ye Wenyu recalled many things that happened in her past life, and then she remembered the private WeChat message Yuanyuan had just sent her. Yuanyuan said, "Uncle Lin really loves you—"

Yuan Yuan said that Lin Tingfeng really loves her?

Love? Love is an extremely mysterious thing.

Ye Wenyu shook his head and told himself that if he truly loved her, then whether in the past life or this life, he should divorce his wife before pursuing her. If he was not free and she was entangled with him, then she would be a morally corrupt woman!

She is definitely not that kind of person, so I have to distance myself from him. Today is the last time I'll see him.

Rainy days are truly melancholic. She recalled that, whether in her past life or this one, her meetings with Lin Tingfeng always took place on rainy days.

It was as if all their stories unfolded during the misty rainy season. Sometimes, even when they looked at each other, their gazes were like the endless drizzle.

Lin Tingfeng was very punctual. Ye Wenyu had been lost in thought for half an hour, and it felt like she hadn't waited long when Lin Tingfeng walked in wearing a dark coat, his shoulders and trouser legs wet with rain. He was carrying a large black umbrella, which he had politely left at the entrance of the teahouse without bringing in.

As he entered the teahouse, he began to look up for her. Tall and strong, with an impressive aura, he walked over, creating a gust of wind even without any attendants behind him. She thought to herself, "That must be the legendary imposing presence."

People of his status and position, over time, always develop an imposing presence without needing to be angry.

Ye Wenyu, afraid he couldn't see her, stood up and nodded to him. Lin Tingfeng smiled, and in this gloomy weather, his smile was like the sun behind the clouds, so bright that it could make any woman's heart flutter.

Lin Tingfeng is such a handsome man! Arriving at the teahouse, the gloomy weather made it feel like dusk, the light dim. But his arrival seemed to brighten the teahouse; as he walked towards her, several female customers at the nearby seats couldn't help but look up at him.

Seeing this, Ye Wenyu blushed and her heart pounded. She had always known that he was a very handsome and charming man, but the past often made her ignore this fact.

She had no choice but to sit back down in her seat, then turn to the side, twist her head, and pretend to admire the rain outside the window.

If I invite him out for tea in this weather, will he overthink it and think she has changed her mind?

But it's okay, she'll lay everything out in a bit, and things will be as clear as the midday sun in summer, so he definitely won't misunderstand.

Lin Tingfeng sat down opposite her and said with a smile, "You're so young, yet you like drinking tea—" He seemed to be in a very good mood, and when he looked at her, his long phoenix eyes shone with an obsidian-like brilliance.

Ye Wenyu turned around, gave him a disgruntled look, and said, "Do you really have to drink coffee? Sorry, I prefer tea."

At this point, she deliberately picked up her teacup and, like an old man, said in a condescending tone, "Green tea clears heat, brightens the eyes, fights cancer, and prevents aging; black tea warms the stomach and body, and beautifies the skin." Most importantly, tea is cheap; a few hundred yuan's worth of tea can last a year, unlike coffee. A cup of coffee at Starbucks probably costs twenty or thirty yuan, which she can't afford. Besides, drinking coffee causes blemishes on the face, which is bad for her beauty, so she eliminated it long ago.

Drinking tea is a very leisurely and wonderful thing.

Lin Tingfeng was amused by her, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up. He nodded and said very happily, "Very good, I also like drinking tea the most."

What? Ye Wenyu blushed. This conversation sounded like two men who had just met and were attracted to each other, desperately trying to find common ground, and then becoming incredibly excited because they found it.

His happiness and relief were as if the two of them had a lot in common.

Seeing her delicate face flushed like an apple, Lin Tingfeng couldn't help but smile again, and said to her in a velvety gentle tone, "What brings you here on a rainy day? Want to watch the rain together?" He was in an extremely good mood, and his whole body and mind were relaxed, so all the troubles in the business world disappeared.

He turned sideways to look at the rain scene outside, slowly took a sip of Longjing tea, and said with great enjoyment, "Hmm, it's been a long time since I've really appreciated this rain scene. 'With just a pot of Longjing tea, half an autumn can pass by, listening to the wind rising from the water and watching the moon emerge from the clouds.'"

He's actually so bookish?

Ye Wenyu blushed, her neck turning red, and immediately said, "You misunderstood. I called you out because I know that you helped me find the translation job and the bookstore job."

What? Lin Tingfeng was somewhat surprised. He composed himself, glanced at her, and realized that she had discovered the job he had arranged for her.

He was waiting for her to continue, but he didn't expect that he hadn't kept it a secret well enough, and that this clever girl had found out about him in just six months.

He gazed at her silently, his eyes filled with tenderness.

Ye Wenyu understood what he meant, and her face flushed even more, like a fiery sunset. She nodded to him gratefully and said, "Mr. Lin, thank you, but I really don't need your help. I can find a job on my own. You didn't help me before, and since my freshman year, I've been working on my own. Now I'm a junior, fully capable of supporting myself, and I don't need your help. So starting tomorrow, I won't be going to the translation job at the foreign trade company or the job at the bookstore—"

Lin Tingfeng opened his mouth, wanting to persuade her.

Ye Wenyu immediately stretched out a hand to stop him.