"I really envy you. Your girlfriend is beautiful and rich. You are so lucky." Xu Miao unconsciously said his true thoughts. When he reacted, an embarrassed look appeared on his face.
Yan Zheng glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and said, "That's just superficial. When I first got together with my girlfriend, we often had small fights every three days and big fights every five days. Sometimes she even made me cry. I wanted to break up many times. If it weren't for her good looks, I would have given up and broken up a long time ago."
Xu Miao raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Why are you arguing?"
"Why else? It was just some trivial things in life, a difference of opinion. Anyway, we argued for a long time."
"If you feel you're not compatible, why are you still together?"
"Because I saw that she was trying hard to change herself and wanted to be with me." Yan Zheng couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the dozens of romance novels in Sang Tianen's study. "There aren't so many perfect matches in this world. It's not easy to meet someone who truly likes me and whom I truly like."
"Especially at my age, I naturally have to cherish this fate. I can't hold her to saintly standards and ask her to do everything according to my wishes. She has her own temper and ideas, and I have a lot of problems myself."
"I can see that you have a good relationship."
Yan Zheng heard the envy in Xu Miao's words. He also knew some of the situation in Xu Miao's family from their recent conversations. In short, they were not living a good life.
When someone is unhappy, the best way to comfort him is not to persuade him to be more open-minded or make changes, but to tell him that there are people who are worse off than him.
So Yan Zheng said, "It doesn't matter whether the relationship is good or not. We already have a child, and this is the only way we can live our lives."
Xu Miao glanced at his expression, his Adam's apple moving a few times, and suddenly asked tentatively: "Have you ever thought about getting back together with Xu Qingyue?"
Yan Zheng sneered as if he had heard a joke: "What nonsense are you talking about? She and I are already a thing of the past. There is absolutely no way we can be together again."
Then, as if he thought of something, the smile on his face froze: "She looked for you?"
Xu Miao clenched his hands, hesitated for a few seconds, and nodded. "We met unexpectedly that day, and I was so happy that I posted a message on WeChat Moments. I don't know who told her, and then Xu Qingyue added me and asked me to say good things about her in front of you."
"It's the same old routine that's been going on for ten years." Yan Zheng snorted coldly, "Don't pay any attention to her. Next time she comes to you, just tell her that I'm married and have a child."
"I did, but she said she doesn't mind you having a child, as long as you're willing to leave your current girlfriend."
Yan Zheng's face darkened: "Really? It seems I should thank her." The words were full of sarcasm, making Xu Miao unable to say anything.
The atmosphere fell silent for a moment.
After a moment, Xu Miao noticed that Yan Zheng's expression seemed to have improved, and continued, "Actually, I think Xu Qingyue is pretty good too. She's good-looking and a second-generation rich kid. There were so many boys chasing her at school back then, but she ignored them all and was only focused on you. If she hadn't gone abroad back then, you two might have gotten married a long time ago."
"Brake!" Yan Zheng stepped on the brakes. Because he didn't slow down beforehand, inertia caused Xu Miao to rush forward suddenly.
Yan Zheng turned his head and looked at him sharply, "Did Xu Qingyue send you here as a lobbyist?"
Xu Miao's face flashed with panic, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no."
"She used this trick so often back then, it's worn out." Yan Zheng obviously didn't believe Xu Miao's words. "Xu Miao, I treated you like an old classmate, so we went shopping together, but you kept urging me to get back together with my ex-girlfriend."
"Tell me, what benefits did Xu Qingyue give you that made you try so hard to persuade her for so long?"
Xu Miao's expression suddenly waned, and he said with a dumbfounded look on his face, "You, how did you know?"
Yan Zheng felt angry in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "I'm not a fool. What you just showed was too obvious. Combined with the methods Xu Qingyue used to pursue me, I can figure it out with a little brain."
Xu Miao's face flushed the color of liver. He lowered his head in shame and confessed, "Xu Qingyue said that if I took you to the restaurant, she would give me 50,000 yuan."
"So you sold me out?" Yan Zheng looked at Xu Miao disappointedly.
In Yan Zheng's impression, Xu Miao has always been an upright and kind young man, and the two had a good relationship in college. He couldn't believe that the other party would betray him for 50,000 yuan.
How did he become like this?
"Yan Zheng, I'm sorry. I don't want this to happen. I'm in the process of divorcing my wife and I really need this money. Can you please forgive me?" Xu Miao pleaded with red eyes.
Yan Zheng's anger intensified: "So your claim that my wife is pregnant was also fabricated?"
"No, she is really pregnant, but we don't plan to have this child anymore." Xu Miao explained quickly.
"You're actually getting a divorce, why did you let your wife get pregnant?"
The ice is three feet thick, and it didn't freeze overnight. Divorce is definitely not a decision that can be made overnight, not to mention that the two have a child. Yan Zheng felt extremely puzzled.
Xu Miao lowered his eyes and stopped talking.
Yan Zheng pursed his lips, looked at the people coming and going on the sidewalk, and finally said in a hoarse voice: "I'll take you home."
Xu Miao grabbed his arm and begged, "Yan Zheng, can you please come to the restaurant for the sake of our university? I'll beg you."
"I won't go!" Yan Zheng said coldly.
"Why are you so heartless? I just asked you to go to the restaurant, not to do anything else. Why are you unwilling?"
"Xu Miao, do you know that I'm about to get married? You asked me to go to your ex-girlfriend even though I knew she had bad intentions. If my girlfriend knew, what would she think?"
"If you don't tell me and I don't tell anyone, no one will know."
"I love my current girlfriend very much and I will not do anything to betray her."
Seeing Yan Zheng refused to give in, Xu Miao picked up his phone and sent a message. Yan Zheng saw it and immediately asked alertly, "What are you doing?"
"Send a message to Xu Qingyue, telling her I won't be going and ask her not to wait any longer." Xu Miao replied.
Yan Zheng didn't say anything else, but the next second Xu Miao's phone rang. Xu Miao stared at Yan Zheng and slowly answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Well, yes."
"He's getting married, so stop bothering him."
"Then I'll ask him."
Xu Miao turned to Yan Zheng, covered the receiver with his hand and said, "Xu Qingyue said she wanted to see you again. She's going abroad to settle down next month."
Yan Zheng said expressionlessly: "I won't see her again!"
Xu Miao pursed her lips and said into the microphone, "He said he won't see you again."
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