“When we found out, his dad and I thought it was a joke, and we even said we wanted him to bring you over to meet us.”
"However, that kid went around in circles and told us a lot of random things."
“Ah Zhao is a quiet boy, and he rarely talks to us about these things like he did back then.”
"Although I don't know what happened between you, now that I think about it, I can understand a little of what he was thinking at the time."
"Ah Zhao, I like a girl, I like her a lot, but I like her a little cautiously."
"After all, our Ayan is indeed a bit thin-skinned."
They're easily scared away.
Xing Mingming smiled, but she still kept that last sentence in her heart.
However, the knowing look on her face quickly faded as her words fell to the ground, causing Li Tangyan's heart, which had been slow to catch up, to start beating faster again.
It felt as if something was growing wildly inside my chest, quickly filling it completely.
After a while, she withdrew her hand from the air and placed it on her knee.
Her curled eyelashes fluttered as her eyelids moved, quickly concealing the emotions in Li Tangyan's eyes.
His fingers curled slightly, sinking into his subordinate's clothes.
When she spoke again, her soft voice carried a strange tinge of unease: "I don't know..."
Prior to this, Li Tangyan had never heard even a single detail about this matter from Wen Zhaonian.
Ultimately, until she went to City S, she never fully trusted Wen Zhaonian or herself.
I believe that Wen Zhaonian's affection for me was not a temporary concession made under my relentless pursuit.
I believe their future won't be like Wu Chang and Li Dahai's, where they'll have the courage to build a family together.
Others, and even she herself, thought that Li Tangyan was the one in control of their relationship.
But that's not actually the case.
The one who remained steadfast was Wen Zhaonian.
Li Tangyan, however, is actually a coward who chews on something but dares not swallow it.
When Wen Zhaonian returned to the private room, Xing Mingming was no longer there; only Li Tangyan remained.
He saw Li Tangyan staring blankly at the bowl, poking at it with her chopsticks, and quickly walked over and pulled up the seat next to her.
As he pulled the chopsticks from her hand, he bent the fingertips of his other free hand and gently touched the center of Li Tangyan's slightly furrowed brow.
His dark eyes lingered on her face, as if trying to find something: "What are you thinking about?"
Li Tangyan shook her head and pulled his hand down, following the fingertip that he had placed on her brow.
With their hands clasped together, neither of them immediately pulled away.
As if afraid that Wen Zhaonian would continue to ask questions, Li Tangyan quickly changed the subject when she met his gaze.
"Oh, right, the teacher just received a phone call and said she had something to do, so she had to leave."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Tangyan felt her knuckles being gently pressed twice.
Wen Zhaonian raised an eyebrow and suddenly asked, "You've already met the parents, why are you still calling me 'teacher'?"
With a hint of teasing in her tone, Li Tangyan's face quickly turned red.
She tried to pull her hand back, but as he tightened his grip, she found herself even more unable to break free.
Wen Zhaonian looked at Li Tangyan's ears, which had turned slightly red, and chuckled softly in a low voice.
Only after she blushed and growled her own name did he touch Li Tangyan's hair.
He became serious: "I know, she ran into her when she went out just now."
After saying that, he asked, "Where would you like to go next?"
"Anywhere is fine?" Li Tangyan blinked, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes upon hearing this.
Upon hearing this, Wen Zhaonian lowered his eyes to look at her, only to see his own reflection in her clear black and white eyes.
Her fair cheeks still had a faint pink tinge, and her grinning face was quickly etched into my heart.
He looked at Li Tangyan, his Adam's apple bobbing slowly.
His voice was calm, yet indulgent: "Yes, either way is fine."
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