Although she didn't buy what she wanted, Tonghua was still very happy and cooked a table full of dishes.
He also posted a circle of friends with the caption: Today’s feast, does anyone want to eat it?
After finishing all this, she started to eat with relish.
When she finished her meal and went back to her room to rest, she saw that her best friend Tang Shiyao had sent her many messages and countless missed calls.
【It’s so late now, why haven’t you gone home yet? 】
Have you moved out?
【What's with the man's hand in the photo? 】
......
Seeing this, Tonghua thought to himself, it’s over, it’s all over now.
She hasn't told her about her marriage yet.
As expected, when she called back the video call, Tang Shiyao said excitedly, "What the hell is going on with that circle of friends post you just posted? Tell me the truth!"
After hearing this, Tonghua felt very guilty. She wanted to tell her about this, but she didn't know where to start, so she kept putting it off until now.
"You must have seen it wrong." She retorted subconsciously.
But Tang Shiyao is not so easy to fool. They have known each other for so many years. Even if you don’t look at her face, you can tell that she is guilty as soon as you hear her fairy-tale voice.
Tang Shiyao analyzed the situation bit by bit, like Sherlock Holmes. "The environment in the photo doesn't look like your home at all. In other words, you cooked such a large table of food at someone else's house. If you were eating alone, you definitely wouldn't be able to finish it."
"Tell me the truth, you are not living with a man."
Knowing that the fairy tale could not be hidden from her, he had to tell her one by one.
"Didn't I tell you before that Tong Zhengyuan was getting engaged to his girlfriend and was clamoring for a betrothal gift of over 200,000 yuan?"
"Your good-for-nothing brother? Yeah, I heard you mention him before. What happened? Did he do something to you?"
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Tang Shiyao couldn't help but get furious. She wished she could roll up her sleeves and beat the other person up for her best friend.
"He doesn't have the guts. My stepmother wants to marry me off to a man in his forties in order to raise the bride price, but I don't want to..."
"This actually happened? And then you moved out?"
"No, I'm getting married."
"What?! Are you kidding me?"
Tang Shiyao was so shocked that the mask on her face almost fell off.
"Keep your voice down."
Tonghua closed all the windows on the balcony, put her ear close to the wall, and found that there was no movement on the other side. She thought that no one heard what she said, so she continued talking.
"I'm not kidding. I'm living in my...husband's house now..."
Tonghua told Tang Shiyao what had happened to her over the past half month, but she omitted the fact that she was driven away by her stepmother. She only said that she had moved on her own initiative. Tonghua didn't want her to worry about her.
"So that's how it is. You're really brave. What if you meet a bad person? If you have no place to stay, you can come to my place." Tang Shiyao really wanted to run to Tonghua and knock her on the head.
Tonghua had mentioned to her before that Tong Zhengyuan was going to get engaged, but she didn't expect Zhang Guiying to really plot against her own best friend. She knew her stepmother was not someone to be trifled with, but she didn't expect that she would do anything to achieve her goal.
"Forget it. Your place already has one bedroom and one living room, and a certain man comes over from time to time. It's not really suitable for me to live there."
Tonghua looked at her with a teasing expression.
"What's inappropriate about this? No one, including myself, can drive you out of my place." Tang Shiyao spoke with great momentum.
Then he paused for a few seconds, frowned, and said in a weaker tone: "As for other people and things, I don't want to discuss it now."
After hearing what she said, Tonghua understood that the two must have had another fight.
Tonghua feels powerless about her best friend's love-hate relationship with a man that has been going on since high school. They have been on and off for so many years, and there is still no certainty. No one knows what the final outcome will be for the two of them. Even she, an outsider, feels tired watching them.
"What does your husband look like? Just by looking at his hand in the photo, I know he must be a handsome guy. Let's meet up for dinner when we have time." Changing the subject, Tang Shiyao's expression returned to normal. No one could tell that her charming face had just shown a look of loneliness.
"Actually, my marriage to him is a bit special."
"It's quite special. How can normal people get married the first time they meet?" Tang Shiyao nodded jokingly.
"Oh, stop being so funny. Listen to me. He and I are now in a marriage agreement, and we'll go our separate ways after six months."
"You'll be at a huge disadvantage. A girl from a good family will be labeled a second-marriage."
"He also said that he would compensate me with a house in half a year, but I don't plan to take it." She never wanted other people's houses, but she didn't tell Qin Zun. After all, she was angry at the time. After she calmed down, she still knew her limits.
"You are so silly. That's a house. Houses are not cheap nowadays. Don't you always want a house of your own?" Tang Shiyao said with a look of disappointment on her face. She wished she could go back to that time and shake Tonghua's shoulders wildly and tell her to wake up.
"That's someone else's house. I can't take advantage of them for nothing."
Tonghua knew that she was poor, but she would feel guilty if she took other people's things for free, just like now that she lives in a new home, she would do housework in exchange for the rent she saved.
"Oh, you're such a silly girl. It's because you're so silly that you were bullied by them in high school. And it's only because I'm so nice that I chose to be friends with you."
"Yes, thank you, my beautiful Tang."
When Tonghua was in high school, because she was good-looking and studied hard, she received scholarships several times in a row. Some people became jealous of her because of this. When they saw that Tonghua was dressed simply, they mocked her and said that she was dressed poorly and must have never seen the world.
Tang Shiyao has a straightforward personality. Seeing her roommate treating a girl like that, she couldn't stand it anymore, so she stood up to speak up for Tonghua and retorted a few words to those people. Unexpectedly, this caused others to unite and isolate the two of them.
But Tang Shiyao didn't care about it at all. If she was isolated, she would be isolated. How could she lose a piece of meat?
However, Tonghua was very grateful, and after a few interactions, the two gradually became best friends.
After the college entrance examination, both of them applied to local universities. Although they were not studying in the same major, their daily interactions were no different from those in high school.
I still remember that one time when the two of them made an appointment to go out and play together, they were seen by their college classmates. They said enviously that beautiful women should play with beautiful women.
But they didn't know what they had experienced together.
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