Chapter 444 Don’t you want to be with me?
These words made Li Wenyuan stunned for a moment.
He was used to the fawning or shy attitudes of the girls around him, but Wen Yan's neither humble nor overbearing indifference actually cleared his foggy mind a bit. He twitched his lips, wanting to smile but unable to. "I don't want to drink or look at paintings. I just want to find someone... to talk to."
"What?" Wen Yan took a sip of the ice water, dipped his fingertips in some water droplets, and tapped the bar lightly.
Li Wenyuan was silent.
He wanted to say that Lin Rushuang was going to marry his uncle, that he was such a jerk for losing her, and that his heart felt like it was on fire now that he saw her becoming his aunt. But these words were stuck in his throat, and when he looked into Wen Yan's clear eyes, he suddenly couldn't utter a word.
He couldn't pour out his confusing and embarrassing thoughts to a stranger.
Su Lingdong and the others watched from afar. Zhang Nan poked Shen Ci and said, "Look at A Yuan. Is he treating me like a substitute?"
Chen Ci put down his wine glass: "Substitute? I guess even he himself doesn't know whether he misses Lin Rushuang or the time when he was with Lin Rushuang."
Su Lingdong then raised his wine glass and clinked it lightly with Shen Ci.
"But none of this matters. It just helps him sort out his inner pain temporarily. A substitute is fine. This girl is a poor student herself, and she happens to be interested in pursuing an artistic career. We each get what we want."
At the booth, Li Wenyuan's voice was a little hoarse after drinking.
"Can I ask you a question? If the person you like is about to become your aunt, will you snatch her away or endure it silently?"
Wen Yan was silent for a moment before he spoke: "If it were me, I would probably choose to snatch her back. If I really loved that person, whether he liked me or not, I would be willing to give my all. Of course, this is not to impress others, I just want to avoid any regrets for myself."
Upon hearing this, Li Wenyuan was so shocked by Wen Yan's words that he was stunned on the spot. He had indeed thought so, but he was afraid that Lin Rushang would reject him.
He was not like this before. He would never let a woman affect his emotions.
With Lin Rushuang, they used to be running towards each other, so there was no other problem.
But now it’s different. Lin Rushang has fallen in love with someone else, and that person is his uncle!
Li Wenyuan suddenly lost interest in the girl in front of him, because she was not Lin Rushang after all. According to Lin Rushang's personality, if the other person didn't like her, she would leave quietly.
Instead of being persistent.
He picked up the bottle of wine on the table, tilted his head back and took another big gulp. The strong liquor burned his throat, but it couldn't suppress the depression in his heart.
"You go."
Wen Yan did not argue, but took Li Wenyuan's phone and entered his own phone number into it.
"Mr. Li, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean anything else. I just think that if you need someone to talk to you or have a drink with you in the future, or if you want to see my paintings, you can always find me."
"I can be your simple listener."
Li Wenyuan did not refuse after hearing this. Compared with other women, he did have a good impression of Wen Yan in front of him.
At least not excluded.
Su Lingdong and Zhang Nan, who were standing next to them, stared at the scene and suddenly didn't know what to say.
Shen Ci sighed: "It seems that the substitute trick is useless. He can only go and snatch Lin Rushuang back from He Tingchen. Of course, he has to consider whether he has the ability and whether Lin Rushuang is willing to go with him. Otherwise, he can give up completely."
"Stop torturing yourself in this self-deceiving way."
Li Wenyuan placed the wine bottle heavily on the table. The wine splashed out of the bottle and wet the back of his hand. He looked at his blurry reflection on the wall of the glass and suddenly smiled, but with a hint of sarcasm.
"Rob? How? She only has eyes for my uncle now. Even the old man has nodded. Who am I?"
Li Wenyuan had already made up his mind that if Lin Rushuang still planned to marry He Tingchen in the end, he would never want to come back.
What was he coming back for? He came back to see them being so affectionate and loving, and he had to call Lin Rushuang "little aunt".
It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized that he had thought that Lin Rushuang divorced him in order to make Jiang Yuyan be with him, but now he realized that it was the most precious thing he had lost in his life.
When Li Wenyuan thought of this, he felt like a ball of cotton was stuffed in his heart. He turned his head and asked Su Lingdong.
"Do you think I was a jerk before?"
Su Lingdong patted his shoulder and said, "It's quite an asshole, but it's not too late for you to know now. At least you won't do anything more asshole-like in the future."
Li Wenyuan didn't say anything, just drank one glass after another. The neon lights outside the window shone through the glass, casting flickering light and shadows on his face.
He knew that Zhang Nan and the others were right, but the resentment and regret in his heart grew like weeds and could not be suppressed.
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After Lin Rushuang and He Tingchen accompanied Master Li, they were about to go back. He Tingchen's cell phone rang, and he saw that it was a message from Duan Jiayi.
Li Wenyuan got drunk at the bar and kept muttering your girlfriend's name. Why don't you stop it?
He Tingchen's eyes dimmed a little here.
【Need not. 】
Because there is no way he will be able to be with Lin Rushuang again in this life.
He deserves all the pain he's suffering now.
Lin Rushuang got on the car first. When it was He Tingchen's turn, she suddenly heard He Tingchen groan.
Lin Rushang looked up at him anxiously and found that he was frowning.
"Did it touch the wound?"
"Yeah, I just bumped into it accidentally, it's no big deal."
Although He Tingchen said this, his hands subconsciously covered his knees. Lin Rushang could see that He Tingchen didn't want to make Master Li worry, so he tried his best to hide his injuries in front of Master Li.
Lin Rushuang was still a little worried, because she saw with her own eyes that beast Xie Hongzu hitting He Tingchen with a stick as thick as a baseball bat.
From that moment on, Xie Hongzu had no intention of letting him go.
She reached out and held He Tingchen's wrist: "I think you should go to the hospital with me. I'm worried."
He Tingchen held Lin Rushuang's hand with his backhand, rubbing his warm fingertips on her fair skin.
"You can go to the hospital, but I have one condition."
"What conditions?"
Lin Rushuang was puzzled. How could this man have the nerve to make conditions to her? This was for his health, not her own.
He also became arrogant.
Well, considering that he was injured, Lin Rushuang didn't bother with him.
"Then tell me, what are your conditions?"
He Tingchen’s main goal is to ask directly when there is something to ask, and he never hides anything.
"The old man was just talking about our affairs. Why did you hesitate? Could it be that Sister Lin, you want to change your mind and find someone else now?"
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