Chapter 30 Continuing the previous relationship?

After the New Year's Day holiday, Gu Yunsu finally received a call from Xu Wenbin again.

As soon as he saw his name flashing on the screen, Xiao Gu felt uncontrollably panicked and short of breath. His nerves instantly tensed up and he couldn't help but wonder in frustration, how did he come down from such a high and mighty position?

Xu Wenbin's voice was as gentle and magnetic as ever, and his opening remarks were also very sincere: "I was too busy these days, so I just put in the effort."

Gu Yunsu didn't have high demands. As long as the other party was willing to explain, she would believe it. Even though she had been ignored for so many days, just hearing these words made her feel at ease.

She responded but didn't answer.

Xu Wenbin then asked, "How have you been these past two days?"

It was just a casual greeting, but to Gu Yunsu, it sounded like he was asking, "Have you reflected on your behavior?" She still felt very resentful in her heart, but because she wanted to know what the other person was thinking, she didn't rush to get angry and just perfunctorily said, "I'm fine."

Xu Wenbin could tell that she didn't want to talk, so he got straight to the point: "Are you free this weekend? Let's go out and talk?"

Since you have decided to meet, you must have made up your mind.

Gu Yunsu really wanted to think that the other party was ready to turn the page and embark on a new journey, but when she recalled the tone of Xu Wenbin's questions just now, she couldn't taste any intimacy or sweetness. The pessimist in her heart started to jump out and make trouble again, shouting in her mind with schadenfreude: "He doesn't want you anymore! He doesn't want you anymore!"

"Do you want it or not? I don't want it!" She yelled back at the bad boy, and all of a sudden she was gripped by grievance.

On the surface, you should pretend to be polite and distant, and ask: "What can I do for you? If it's convenient, you can tell me now."

Xu Wenbin was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone.

Gu Yunsu was extremely glad that she didn't confront him, otherwise she would have been seen through by someone who was so nervous that she couldn't even breathe. The longer Xu Wenbin was silent, the longer she held her breath in her chest. She was already short of breath, and now she was about to pass out.

The other party finally spoke again, but he seemed a little angry: "Gu Yunsu, you are really good at making people angry."

It was clearly a complaint, but Gu Yunsu was happy to hear it. As a noisy and victorious general, she knew without Luo Jingjing's explanation that as long as the person had emotions and was willing to express them, there was still hope. The worst thing was when the person was uninterested and unmoved, because that would be the real end of the story and there would be no chance of recovery.

But Gu Yunsu said this not just to irritate people, she just... dared not meet him. She was a person who had poor emotional control and could easily break down. She was not afraid of breaking up (not to mention that they could not even talk about breaking up), but she was afraid that her enthusiasm would be wasted and she would end up being a victim of deception, which was disgusting.

She didn't say anything, and Xu Wenbin also fell silent. The two of them were silent for several seconds. Xu Wenbin smiled and said, "Now am I bullying you, or are you bullying me?"

This time Gu Yunsu reacted quickly: "Then you must have bullied me."

She felt that she was not lying.

Before this, she had tried once before. It was because Xu Wenbin hadn't been in touch for a long time. She didn't know how many bad situations she had thought of in her mind, but she still tried to suppress all negative thoughts, put aside her self-esteem, mustered up her courage, and sent a WeChat message to the other party: "Are you busy?"

She expected the other party to reply and ask her something, and then she would act coquettishly and submissively and say, "Nothing, I just wanted to chat with you." Those who understand will understand that this is a subtle way of saying "I miss you", and to ignore someone as proud as Yun Su, that is already a huge concession.

But what is the result?

As a result, she waited until she thought her phone was broken, but the other party didn't send a single punctuation mark. It was not until she was about to go to bed that she received a text message: "Sorry, I was in a meeting all day and didn't see it."

9 hours have passed since Gu Yunsu sent the text message.

There are many reasons to explain this process: I was busy when I received the message, and then I forgot about it; I didn’t know how to reply when I received the message, and then I forgot about it; I really didn’t see it at the time, but then I had more important things to do, so I forgot about it...

Gu Yunsu could actually accept these reasons. Although they were cruel, they were true and credible.

But what kind of meeting can be held without even a break for lunch, lasting until 11pm, and having the invigilator confiscate cell phones like a closed-book exam?

Are there any modern workers who don't use their mobile phones during meetings? Can't see? Are they blind?

Even liars are not so perfunctory.

But Gu Yunsu thought to herself that her "busy" could get the other party a 13-word explanation, which was a good deal. There was nothing to worry about. If the conversation was no longer interesting, it was over. Chatting is always a matter between two people. If the other party was not interested, she didn't need to keep trying to please him.

Xu Wenbin laughed even more: "I can see that you are also very unreasonable."

Who said that? Gu Yunsu is the most reasonable one, but she calculates all the bad accounts in her mind. If you bully me, I will bully you back. We will settle the scores one by one, and there is never any confusion.

Finally, we made an appointment to meet on the weekend and chose a coffee shop with a fresh atmosphere in the afternoon.

Gu Yunsu came a little late on purpose. This time she was trying to take advantage of Qiao and wanted to use practical actions to show that "I don't care what decision you make."

In fact, the matter with Qin Yuxuan could be a big deal or a small one. Gu Yunsu later felt a little regretful, thinking that her attitude of taking it too seriously had influenced the other party, making both of them take the matter too seriously.

She had figured it out these days. She confessed so that they could start a relationship without any grudges or secrets. If Xu Wenbin really used this as a handle to blame her, then this man would either be asking for too much or be too possessive, which was unacceptable. So now was not the time for her to wait for how he would "deal with" her, but to observe his reaction and decide whether to keep him or not.

Xu Wenbin ordered coffee for her according to her timing, a vanilla latte with the bitter-sweet taste she liked. It was steaming hot but just the right amount to drink.

She greeted him with a grudge smile, took a sip of coffee, and asked in a pretended regret: "You didn't poison me in advance, did you?"

You see, she can even take a joke.

Xu Wenbin rolled his eyes in a flattering manner and said with a smile: "No matter how great the hatred or resentment is, I still have to sacrifice my life?"

"That's hard to say. Once a person becomes stubborn, he won't care about anything else." She said, observing the other person calmly.

Xu Wenbin was dressed neatly and had a tidy appearance. Apart from some dark circles under his eyes, he did not look tired at all.

Well, Gu Yunsu thought, this guy is either as pretentious as her, or he is totally unaffected by this relationship. Either way, she would be dissatisfied.

Xu Wenbin also looked at her, and with a hint of emotion in his voice, he asked her with a half-smile, "Am I so stingy in your heart?"

Gu Yunsu simply couldn't tell whether he wanted the other party to be stingy or not.

If the other party doesn't care at all, she thinks that he is casual about feelings and unreliable; if the other party cares too much, he is overly conservative and does not consider himself an outsider and interferes too much in his partner's affairs. He may be an invisible control freak, which is scary.

Of course, everything should be done in moderation. Doesn't Gu Yunsu know this simple truth? It's just that "care leads to confusion" and "those in power are confused". It's because she cares that she starts to hold on to some small details.

There were too many unclear things, and she hadn't figured out when she started to get stuck in this relationship and couldn't extricate herself.

Gu Yunsu said, "I don't know what you are like."

Xu Wenbin raised his eyebrows, but didn't comment. He asked, "If I'm really that stingy, what are you going to do?"

"What can I do?" Gu Yunsu shrugged. "Is this the stage where I can make the decision?"

"Isn't it always you who makes the decision?" Xu Wenbin also began to retreat and pretended to be pitiful, "I usually get angry with you with words, but now you bring up my ex-boyfriend to test me with your actions."

These words were a provocation, Gu Yunsu thought angrily, but he kept a low profile, making it impossible to speak.

"You're not stingy, so why do you keep talking about it endlessly?" She asked unhappily, hating herself for looking for trouble and shooting herself in the foot.

Xu Wenbin smiled, but there was also a hint of sarcasm in his smile, which made people feel uncomfortable: "Isn't that what I said before?" He looked at her again, "I can't even mention it?"

He was always calm and composed, as if he wouldn't mind even if the sky fell. Gu Yunsu usually thought this was good, reliable and down-to-earth. But when it came time to confront her, she got angry at his leisurely attitude and wanted to burn his eyebrows with fire to see if he would jump up in panic.

"Of course you can bring it up," Gu Yunsu said grimly, smiling instead of getting angry. "Now that I've said it, I'm not afraid of you bringing it up. We're here to talk about this anyway, so it's good that you bring it up on your own initiative."

"Oh?" Xu Wenbin pretended to be curious, but still looked like he was about to laugh. "Are you here to talk about this? But I'm not interested in talking about your ex-boyfriend."

Gu Yunsu was not a fool. Looking at the other party's attitude, he understood that he was not actually planning to make any plans. Instead, he overcame this small obstacle and continued to walk forward with her.

But even so, he was still so roundabout and deliberately teasing her that she felt uncomfortable.

It wasn't sadness, but she was worried about how she had been thinking about him day and night for the past few days, while he appeared in front of her in a safe and radiant manner, and he still wanted to tease her. It was even more likely that he didn't take this episode seriously at all, and was really too busy to tell her, and he dragged it on until now without telling her a word, causing her to worry for so long in vain.

When she thought of this possibility, she felt so wronged that her rationality could no longer be suppressed. She almost wanted to sit on the ground and throw a tantrum.

The coffee was still warm and she held it in her hand to keep herself warm, but she suddenly became malicious and wanted to be cruel and splash the coffee on the other person's face without caring about anything else.

She stared at the coffee cup, knowing that she couldn't really drink it, but she couldn't let go of this evil thought, so she was absent-minded. Xu Wenbin saw that she didn't say anything but stared at the coffee in a daze, so he couldn't help but ask, "Coffee...what's wrong?"

"Huh? No!" Gu Yunsu was startled and tried to cover up by raising the cup and putting it to his mouth.

But she was so nervous that her hands became clumsy. Her grip loosened slightly and the coffee cup slipped and fell on her.

Gu Yunsu stared blankly at the large coffee stain on her skirt which quickly merged with her, and was dumbfounded.