Tian Linlin was not showing off on purpose. She really just thought that buying clothes for Zhou Mo was not a big deal.
However, two people with very different consumption habits and lifestyles are destined to overthink each other's reactions.
The childish grudges of the past are easy to resolve, but the inexplicable sense of distance between adults will probably never be erased.
The two of them went to another store, and Zhou Mo took a fancy to another item.
Tian Linlin took a casual look around and felt that there were too many things to carry, so she didn't want to look at them carefully. She just sat on a lounge chair nearby and waited for Zhou Mo to try them on.
Before entering the store, Han Chen sent a message saying that he had arrived downstairs in the mall and asked where Zhou Mo was exactly.
Zhou Mo reported the location of the store.
When Han Chen entered the store, Tian Linlin was chatting with the salesperson.
The two discovered each other at the same time.
Han Chen: "Where's Zhou Mo?"
Tian Linlin smiled and stood up to greet him, saying, "I'm changing in the fitting room."
Han Chen: "How did you meet Zhou Mo?"
Tian Linlin: "We met in a bridal shop. I happened to want to open a shop here, so I went there to learn from them."
The two didn't communicate much afterwards.
A bit embarrassing.
They were not very familiar with each other to begin with.
After a moment, Han Chen asked, "Did you come back alone?"
Tian Linlin: "Well, he——"
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Mo pushed the door open and walked out of the fitting room.
Seeing Han Chen, she was stunned for a moment, "You're here."
Han Chen looked at her with a smile, "Yeah."
Zhou Mo wore a dark grey sweatshirt-style dress. The division and cutting of the upper and lower parts at the waist were well done, which was very design-conscious.
"How is it?" she asked.
"It looks good." Han Chen said.
"This dress is great for work, as I don't have to worry about my sitting posture," Zhou Mo doesn't really like those fancy dresses. If you bend your waist even a little, you'll look really tacky, so you have to maintain your posture at all times.
"As long as you like it," Han Chen said.
Zhou Mo smiled and said, "Let's take this one."
Han Chen said naturally, "I'll go and check out."
He walked to the cashier.
Tian Linlin looked at the interaction between the two of them like an old couple and felt a little envious for some reason.
Zhou Mo turned around and went to the fitting room to change clothes.
Tian Linlin walked over to Han Chen and asked curiously, "Isn't it said that doctors earn a pretty good salary?"
Han Chen frowned and looked at her, "It's okay, what's wrong?"
Tian Linlin: "Then why doesn't Zhou Mo dare to buy what she likes? Just now she saw a skirt in the store next door. If it were me, I would buy it."
Han Chen: "She has her own considerations. I respect her spending habits."
Tian Linlin: "OK. I don't mean anything else. I just want to tell you that since you've snatched her away, cherish her. Don't be so stingy as to not even buy her a piece of clothing."
Han Chen smiled. "What position do you hold to tell me this? Her good friend?"
Tian Linlin's face froze. She didn't expect Han Chen to speak so harshly.
Han Chen: "We both know what we did back then. You got what you wanted, and I got what I wanted. Without Zhou Mo, we'd be no different than strangers. You have no right to tell me this. You know why you and Zhou Mo fell out. Even after ten years, the things you did to hurt her will still haunt her."
Tian Linlin smiled, bitter and sad, "Do you want to laugh at me?"
Han Chen: "No. I have no right to laugh at you. After all, we are the same kind of people. Whether your purpose in approaching Zhou Mo is to apologize to her and reconcile, or for some other purpose, I don't think you can continue to be as close to her as before."
Tian Linlin: "I know. I didn't have any particular purpose. I just happened to meet an old classmate and wanted to say hello."
Han Chen: "She probably doesn't want to say hello to you."
Tian Linlin smiled, a wry smile, "Why are you so confident?"
Han Chen: "She is my wife, I understand her."
Tian Linlin nodded silently. "Your feelings are so strong. Ten years apart, you're still able to win Zhou Mo over again. I really admire you."
Han Chen warned Tian Linlin coldly, "Don't get close to Zhou Mo again. Leaving is your best choice."
Tian Linlin laughed at herself, "This is the second time you've advised me to stay away from Zhou Mo."
Han Chen: "Anyone who would hurt her is not worthy of being her friend."
Tian Linlin: "Is the man who would hurt her worthy of being her husband?"
Han Chen's face immediately turned gloomy.
The door of the fitting room opened again.
Zhou Mo came out with a smile and handed the clothes in his hand to the salesperson to pack.
"Let's go, let's go eat," Zhou Mo said, "Linlin is back. It's rare for old classmates to meet. Han Chen, let's treat her to a meal."
Han Chen was about to say something when Tian Linlin spoke first, "I just remembered that I have something else to do. You two should go eat."
"?" Zhou Mo looked at Han Chen in confusion.
Han Chen smiled and said, "Let people do what they need to do."
Zhou Mo asked Tian Linlin: "What's so urgent? Do you need help..."
Tian Linlin immediately waved her hands. "No, it's about renting a house. There's a house I really like, but the agent said if I don't go, it'll be rented out."
Zhou Mo: "Then go quickly."
Tian Linlin greeted Zhou Mo with a smile, then hurried away.
As Tian Linlin walked out of the mall carrying a pile of shopping bags, her cell phone suddenly rang.
I saw the word "husband".
Her heart skipped a beat.
"Hello--"
However, after just one word, the other side started to speak rudely and blame.
Tian Linlin was so heartbroken after hearing the scolding on the phone that she was speechless.
Only after she knew that he had finished venting his anger did she say with tears in her eyes, "Why did I come to Dongjiang? Tell me why I came to Dongjiang? For you, I didn't want anything. And then? What did I get? I'm telling you, give up, I won't divorce you. And—" She let out a long sigh, "Zhou Mo and Han Chen are married, and they are living happily now."
There was a sudden silence on the other end of the line.
Tian Linlin said bitterly, "Who would have thought that it was the four of us back then, and it's still the four of us now. You'd better put away your thoughts. Han Chen loves Zhou Mo very much, and Zhou Mo also enjoys his care. You think it's the four of us who are suffering, but in fact, it's only the two of us who are suffering. No, it's only me. Go home more often to see the children when you have time. Erbao will call him daddy now."
I don’t know what was said on the other end of the phone.
Tian Linlin didn't want to listen and hung up the phone.
In front of the shopping mall, people are coming and going, and she, who is walking among them, is just an ordinary person among the countless people.
Although she seems to be glamorous on the outside and acts like a wealthy woman in front of others, Tian Linlin couldn't help but recall the scene when Han Chen took the initiative to pay Zhou Mo.
He would praise Zhou Mo's beauty, would take the initiative to pay, and would not hesitate to be the bad guy and turn against himself to protect Zhou Mo.
She knew before that Han Chen liked Zhou Mo, but she thought that Han Chen's liking for Zhou Mo was just a spur of the moment liking her or the kind of liking that a rich kid and academic master might have when he was bored at school and wanted to have a relationship.
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