Chapter 73 Chapter 73 "You have never been happy...
When there were no more customers, Bai Guan took Shen Xiyu to introduce him to Zhu Fan.
Zhu Fan greeted her indifferently. She casually put her hair on one shoulder, revealing the smooth and graceful curves of her neck and shoulders.
Shen Xiyu couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
If she were a man, she would definitely like a girl with the temperament of Zhu Fan, who is neither humble nor arrogant, with just the right sense of alienation and mystery. There is a kind of seductiveness in her every move, which is so attractive.
Noticing Zhu Fan looking up at her, Shen Xiyu gave him a sweet smile. This was her old specialty, and she liked to use it whenever she did something bad.
But those who really know her will know that she sometimes just habitually releases kindness, especially to people she is interested in. There is far less sincerity in it than she shows.
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"She's just like that, rather cold." The two sat back in the corner. Uncle Guan was afraid that Shen Xiyu would misunderstand, so he added, "It's not that I don't like you."
"It's okay." Chen Xiyu smiled at him. "Have you noticed? With her here, there are more people in your store than usual."
Guan Shu also laughed and said, "Maybe people don't like mature male leads like me anymore."
"By the way, where is your boyfriend? The guy from last time." Bai Guan asked casually.
"Separated."
"Separated?"
Shen Xiyu was a little surprised to see Guan Shu's shocked expression.
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Nothing." Bai Guan just remembered what he said to Liang Qi last time in winter. That boy seemed to be devoted to him, but not long after that, they parted ways. He was more or less sighing.
"Come, let's celebrate your first breakup." Bai Guan raised his glass and clinked it with hers.
Shen Xiyu was drinking a glass of low-alcohol sweet wine that he had just mixed himself.
The girl knew he would tease her, but she inexplicably felt in a good mood. Ever since Liang Qi left, everyone around her had been very cautious about this topic. In fact, after that incident, Shen Xiyu herself was no longer so sensitive about it.
But the attitudes of the people around her sometimes made it difficult for her to open her mouth and talk to someone.
After all the intense emotions faded away, the strongest feeling left for Chen Xiyu was gratitude that was equal to the feeling of blaming someone for the injustice.
To be fair, she was grateful to Liang Qi, who had taught her so much and accompanied her for so long. That warmth was something Shen Xiyu had never experienced before.
It turns out that there is someone in the world who puts her first.
Although not anymore.
Shen Xiyu picked up the wine glass and said, "It's all in the past. Everyone has their own difficulties. I don't blame him."
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Shen Xiyu spent the tail end of the holiday at "Rachel".
Although Zhu Fan has a cold personality, she is nice to Shen Xiyu. Sometimes after the waiters get off work and there are not many people in the store, she will go to the kitchen to cook some food for the two of them.
Her cooking skills are much better than Shen Xiyu's own.
"Sister Zhu Fan, when will you return to school?"
"I just graduated from my senior year and I'm not going back." Zhu Fan's hand holding the chopsticks paused.
Shen Xiyu noticed this slight anomaly and tactfully did not continue the topic.
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On the day he was about to leave, Zhang Weifang broke his appointment. One of his clients made a scene in court, disrupting all the previous plans of their legal team. As the main person in charge of the case, he was extremely busy.
However, Shen Xiyu did not feel disappointed. Zhang Weifang had been busy for a long time.
Finally, Dai Meng, Chen Ningzhou and Chen Ningning went to the airport to see her off.
They are local and the school starts later.
But there was one thing that was quite unexpected to Shen Xiyu.
Liu Jiaoyi was actually in the same university as her.
During the second semester of their senior year, Liu Jiaoyi went out for training for a long time, and the two of them had little contact. At first, Shen Xiyu didn't even know she was in the same school as him, and it was Liu Jiaoyi who heard about it from somewhere else and contacted her.
Liu Jiaoyi was a dancer. Her academic performance was only in the upper-middle range for her class. However, she had been learning Chinese dance since she was a child and was one of the top performers in this field. She performed exceptionally well on the Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination), barely getting into the University of Los Angeles.
So at this moment on the plane, Liu Jiaoyi was sleeping soundly next to Chen Xiyu.
Liu Jiaoyi wanted Chen Xiyu to accompany her to Luocheng for a few days in advance so that she could familiarize herself with the surrounding environment and find fun places.
Shen Xiyu was used to being alone, so it didn't matter where she went. She had nothing else important to do in Jiangcheng, so she agreed without hesitation.
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When I first set foot on the land of Luocheng, it was very dry and cold. I even had a nosebleed in the middle of the night, which scared Liang Qi so much that he insisted on calling a doctor. In the end, it was Shen Xiyu's strong persuasion that calmed him down. If you didn't know, you would think he was just having a nosebleed.
The second time he arrived in Luocheng, the scorching heat made Shen Xiyu feel as if he had entered a steamer.
While sitting in the taxi, she stared blankly at the street scenes that flashed by.
The past is the past, and Chen Xiyu's new world begins on this sultry day.
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In the first two years, Shen Xiyu resumed writing and began to work on some long novels. Although she was not as lucky as before and her results did not meet Sister Du's expectations, she was always calm and composed whatever came to her mind and wherever she went.
During her freshman year, she attended classes diligently and lived a perfectly normal college life. Shen Xiyu wasn't as social as before. Apart from hanging out with Liu Jiaoyi and having a good relationship with her roommate, he had no other social activities.
She began to like being alone.
Many seniors who inquired about her were politely declined by her. Her friends teased her that she was the kind of person who would stab others with a knife while smiling, but Shen Xiyu just took it as a joke.
It wasn't that she really didn't want to date. It was just that she wasn't ready to open up to others right now. Dating wasn't like making friends; it was an activity that intruded heavily on her personal space. She couldn't bear to let anyone intrude on her completely self-sufficient state.
She somewhat returned to the time when she was arguing with herself. Shen Xiyu knew it but had no intention of changing. Maybe that was the real her, and the period when she met someone was the unreal her.
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During her sophomore year, Shen Xiyu began to travel frequently again. She did not return to Jiangcheng for the entire year and skipped every unimportant elective course she could.
During the Lunar New Year, Qin Yiyan and the others had a video call. At the time, Shen Xiyu was in eastern Kazakhstan and couldn't connect to their video call due to the time difference. Later, I heard from Chen Ningzhou that Liang Qi was with Qin Yiyan at the time.
Shen Xiyu thought it was quite normal. When he rushed to the United States without stopping after the college entrance examination, she could guess why.
"This is his little wife." Shen Xiyu took his cell phone and went to draw the curtains. It was getting dark here.
Chen Ningzhou was quite surprised to see her making this joke again, "It seems like you've really let it go."
"There's no such thing as letting go. At the time, you guys were treating it like a taboo word. If someone didn't know, they would have thought we were gone forever."
Chen Ningzhou didn't expect her to be in this mood.
"You looked terrible during that time, and you were always distracted. Who would dare to mention it in front of you?"
Now it was Shen Xiyu's turn to be surprised.
"No, I think I've adjusted myself well enough."
Chen Ningzhou laughed at her, "That's what you think."
After chatting about some random things for a while, Shen Xiyu quickly stopped reminiscing about the past.
“People only reminisce about the past when they are old. I am still young and don’t look back.”
"When are you coming back? Brother Wei Fang even called me, asking if something happened to you over there and why you haven't been back for a year."
Shen Xiyu greeted the landlady who was passing by in English. This was the B&B where she stayed when she came last time.
"He just likes to worry." Shen Xiyu ran his hands through his hair.
"No, it's been a year. Don't you miss home?"
Shen Xiyu really thought about this question carefully. "There's no such thing as a home. It's just a place to live. When I go back, I'll be alone."
Chen Ningzhou was speechless for a moment.
The girl also realized that what she said was too negative. She really didn't mean it that way. She just felt that it was the same everywhere and it would be nice to travel around the world while she was still young.
"I don't mean anything else. It's nice to be alone. No one cares about me. Don't worry about me."
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When he was a junior in college, Shen Xiyu moved out of the dormitory and brought the hot pot restaurant to Los Angeles.
It was Zhu Fan who introduced her to the house, but she is now abroad.
This year, Shen Xiyu rarely thought of Liang Qi. Her life was filled with new people and new things.
She had a boyfriend, a junior from the same class as her, and Shen Xiyu didn't have any feelings for him. But she hadn't been running around much that year, as if she needed someone to stir up some stagnant waters in her life.
The junior was very nice to her, but Hotpot just didn't like him and acted aggressively every time she saw him.
After dating for less than two months, Shen Xiyu broke up with him. The reason was almighty - we were not suitable.
But she felt that she hadn't been perfunctory with her junior. He was a good person, but there was always something missing when they were together.
It's that inexplicable feeling.
He would indulge Shen Xiyu in everything she did, but he wouldn't ask why. If she cried during a comedy, he would comfort her, but he never understood why she cried at a comedy. Shen Xiyu couldn't even bring herself to argue with him. Over time, they felt like they were torturing each other.
On the day of the breakup, the junior student didn't make a fuss with her, he just asked her.
"You never liked me, did you?"
Shen Xiyu didn't understand why he asked this, because he treated him well when they were together.
"You always have that ring hanging around your neck." The junior accused her with red eyes.
The girl subconsciously looked down and saw that it was the ring that Liang Qi had left behind. It was very beautiful, but considering their status as "ex", it was always inappropriate to wear this on her hand.
So Shen Xiyu went to a jewelry store and asked the staff to string it together to make a necklace. Over the years, she wore it and forgot about it, so she rarely took it off.
"No." She tried to defend herself, "It's just a necklace. It doesn't mean anything."
"Then tell me who sent it."
Although she knew in her heart that it was over, telling him the origin of the ring at this time would only fuel his anger.
"You've never had me in your heart."
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