Chapter 19 Falling out

"He and I are fine, you don't have to worry." I interrupted Meng Zicheng.

He cautiously probed, "Really? I'm afraid you'll be angry, and Brother Xiao will be depressed again."

Being with Shen Yixiao was a decision I made willingly, but after all, I was young and had never been in a formal relationship before, so I would feel a little emotional from time to time.

In the eyes of Meng Zicheng and Liang Feng, I am the treasure held in the palm of Shen Yixiao’s hand.

I smiled, calmly, "Really, you know the relationship between him and me. We've been through so much, so there must be basic trust."

Meng Zicheng was strangely silent for a few seconds on the other end. I couldn't tell whether he was sympathizing with me or laughing at me.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a grin, "That's good, I'll leave first then!"

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, I took my medicine and sat on the sofa, not wanting to go upstairs.

I hardly slept last night because I was staring at Shen Yixiao. I was so sleepy that I soon couldn't open my eyes. I didn't even know when Shen Yixiao came downstairs and when he carried me to bed.

I slept very deeply, as if I had taken sleeping pills, and had some strange dreams. On the day Shen Yixiao and I got married, Xu Zhengnan turned into a wizard, appeared in front of us, and cursed us.

"Madam, madam, Miss Su is here." I didn't wake up from my dream until the servant woke me up.

I haven't contacted Su Ying in the past two days. She has no use to me. I originally planned to distance myself from her as long as she doesn't affect my leaving Shen Yixiao.

Unexpectedly, the incidents with the dress and the art exhibition did not make her self-aware.

Shen Yixiao had gone to the company a long time ago, and the huge bedroom was empty, with only a few rays of sunlight shining in from the window, making it look a little brighter.

I got up, opened the curtains, stood on the balcony and basked in the sunshine. I was not in any hurry to go downstairs to see Su Ying.

Then I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and changed my clothes slowly, taking every step very slowly. Su Ying couldn't wait any longer, so she went upstairs and knocked on my door.

"Xiaoyue, you haven't gotten up yet?" Her voice was slightly unhappy. "I've been waiting for you for more than half an hour."

I opened the door and met Su Ying's unhappy face. She frowned and asked, "Why did you come to my house so early in the morning? Is there something wrong?"

"Are we still best friends? Can't I come and play with you if I have nothing to do?" Su Ying skillfully took my arm and dragged me downstairs. "Being a rich wife is good. You don't have to go to work, so I think half past ten is still early. Come down quickly. I want to eat at your place!"

Su Ying works as a cartoonist on a website, but her income is average. Whenever she wants to eat something expensive, she comes directly to my place. I don’t mind anyway.

But that was in the previous life.

After Su Ying got downstairs, she sat on the sofa as if she was at home, poured herself a glass of orange juice, and started eating fruit, just like she was at home.

Then she told the servant, "I want to eat fish for lunch today. Make that steamed yellow croaker. It's very fresh and delicious. Remember to put less salt. I like to eat light food."

The servant nodded, "Yes."

I called the servant, "Wait a moment."

Su Ying turned her head to look at me, but didn't notice anything unusual about me. She thought I had something else to tell her, so she took a quick look and continued eating.

"Just some stir-fried vegetables and an egg drop soup for lunch today. I'm not very hungry, so I can't eat much." I instructed the servant.

The servants looked at me in surprise, because Su Ying would often ask them to cook some dishes before, and I never had any objections. I would even ask them to make more and pack them up for Su Ying to take home.

Today was the first time I rejected Su Ying's request.

Su Ying finally reacted. She stood up and glared at me, "What are you doing? Can't I even have a meal at your house? Is it because of your tattered dress?"

Torn dress? I walked over to the sofa and sat down, and replied calmly, "The tattered dress you mentioned was custom-made. It's the only one of its kind in the world, and it probably cost more than a million dollars."

Su Ying's face flushed, and she said to me angrily, "But I said, I didn't damage it. A skirt worth more than one million yuan is of this quality. You should settle the account with the brand instead of doubting me. Besides, Shen Yixiao is so rich and willing to spend so much on you. He doesn't care if you bought it with his money. Why are you so fussy?"

There was not only impatience and shame in her words, but also jealousy emanating from her bones.

I don't have many friends, and she is one of my best friends.

So I never cared about material gains and losses with her. In my previous life, I even bought her a house and a car because she said she didn't want to get married and not even have a home of her own.

What she did in return was stabbing me in the back and spreading rumors about me to the outside world.

Many of the secrets between Shen Yixiao, Lu Xiaoyun and I were secretly told by Su Ying. I caught her once or twice, but her explanation was that she felt it was unfair for me and she was too excited and accidentally let it slip. I believed it.

At that time, my love was already in danger, and I didn't want to doubt this only friendship anymore.

"Every penny Chen Yixiao earns, I have half of it. Su Ying, I really consider you a friend. Are you sure you are sincere to me too?" I looked at Su Ying solemnly, with strong suspicion in my eyes, which made her avoid my gaze.

She is definitely not.

Maybe at the beginning, but as Shen Yixiao and I got together, jealousy had consumed our friendship.

"Li Yue, I know I'm not as successful as you are now, and I don't have any money, but you don't have to humiliate me like this. If I didn't consider you a friend, would I be so servile and cling to you? When you and Shen Yixiao had no money to eat, I used the money from the sale of my first painting to lend you money to get through that time. I'm afraid you have forgotten all that?" Su Ying accused excitedly.

It's because she really helped me and Shen Yixiao that I was so nice to her.

Su Ying's eyes were red, "And about the art exhibition, you said you wouldn't go, but you went anyway, and you were with Xu Zhengnan, aren't you just afraid that I'll tell Shen Yixiao, so you want to avoid me?"

"Xu Zhengnan and I just met by chance. You told Shen Yixiao before you figured it out, causing him to misunderstand and creating conflicts and estrangements between us. Do you think you are not wrong?" I also became annoyed. People who put the blame on others simply have no logic at all.

Su Ying's eyes flashed with guilt, and she muttered, "Who told you not to ask me to go with you?"

Just because I didn't call her, she saw Xu Zhengnan and I on the live broadcast, and the first thing she did was to complain to Shen Yixiao.

“Actually, Shen Yixiao also prepared one for you, but I didn’t want to go with you, so I didn’t give it to you.” I stood up and told Su Ying about it calmly.