Chapter 3 I Don’t Want to Marry You

She put on some makeup to cover the red mark on the left side of her face and went to the cafe early in the morning.

After graduation, she opened a rather hipster-style coffee shop, but she hasn't been to the shop at 7:30 for a long time.

Because we came early, we brought breakfast for the store staff.

Three days after she disappeared, she showed up at the cafe. The staff were very surprised and greeted her one after another.

"I brought breakfast for everyone. Share it among you." Wen Zhixian handed over two full bags of breakfast.

"Boss, where have you been these past two days? I sent you a message but you didn't reply."

Wen Zhixian joked to herself: "I broke up with my boyfriend."

The shop assistants were stunned for a moment, because the boss had said before that he would bring them wedding candy.

But no one said it out loud. One of the girls smiled at her and said, "Don't be sad, boss. Today on Wednesday, the 1.88-meter-tall handsome guy might come to our store. Let's see if he can prolong his life."

Wen Zhixian chuckled, "What a handsome guy, you're thinking about me so much."

Several other employees also started chattering, saying to her, "There's a handsome guy who's 6 feet 5 inches tall who comes to the store three times a week, and arrives on time at 8 o'clock. We've even checked on him, and he's never late."

"And we noticed that they have been coming here regularly on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in recent weeks."

This aroused Wen Zhixian's curiosity. What kind of handsome guy did they remember so clearly?

Although she was curious, she was not interested. She joked with them for a few words, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat down in a corner.

She rested her elbows on the table, turned her head to look at the passers-by outside the glass window, and suddenly saw a familiar-looking man, and was slightly stunned.

The waiter put her coffee on the table and looked out the window, a little excited: "Boss, look, look, it's him, handsome, isn't he? Every time I see him, it's a visual enjoyment."

It's him.

The man who gave her the keys downstairs in the community that day.

"I'll buy him a cup of coffee later." That day he only said, "We met by chance." Now that we met again, it was fate.

The clerk bent down with a sly smile and whispered in Wen Zhixian's ear, "Boss, you are so good at it~", then ran away happily with the plate in his arms.

Wen Zhihan smiled helplessly, and when she saw him coming in from the door, she immediately got up and followed him. After he placed the order and opened the payment code, she put the payment code into the cash register first and the payment was successful.

When the clerk saw that it was his boss, he suppressed his smile and pretended to know nothing, and just said, "Please wait a moment."

The man paused holding the phone and glanced sideways at the woman standing next to him.

It's her.

He couldn't help but look at the left side of her cheek.

"Nice to meet you again. Thank you for giving me the key that day." She smiled slightly and sat back in her original seat.

She stayed at the door of her house for at least fifteen minutes, and he might have been waiting for her downstairs during these fifteen minutes. She was very grateful to him for allowing her to feel the kindness of a stranger when she was in a very bad mood.

His eyes followed Wen Zhixian until he sat down, and he heard the waiter's voice: "Sir, please take your coffee."

The man took the coffee and walked to Wen Zhixian's table. Before he could say anything, he heard her say, "Don't say anything about paying me back."

He raised his lips. "Thank you for the coffee."

Wen Zhihan looked at his back as he left. This man wasn't always tough and wasn't that boring either.

She turned her head and touched her left ear. The sound of other people's voices was a little muffled, and there was occasionally a buzzing sound.

She rubbed her ears a few times and finally decided to go to the hospital for a check-up to reassure herself.

After a series of examinations, it was found that there was no hearing damage, just a slight tinnitus, which would heal after taking some medicine for a while.

After coming out of the hospital, she read the medical record several times. Now she really wanted to slap Gu Yuchen, but she didn't want to see him at all for the time being.

She has always held a grudge, and she will remember the slap in the face by Gu Yuchen for the rest of her life.

Wen Zhihan returned to the cafe. It was busy all afternoon as there were many people there.

The cafe closes at nine o'clock. In the last ten minutes, she saw that there were not many people there, so she asked the night shift staff to go home early. She prepared to turn off the lights and lock the door.

Just as she was sorting out the cups, a person came in through the door. She lowered her head and was busy with the things in her hands and didn't look at the person. "Sorry, our store is closing."

The man didn't say anything. Wen Zhixian then looked up and his whole body stiffened.

Gu Yuchen.

In his hand he held a small blue square box, which she had asked Song Kairui to bring back to him.

Gu Yuchen's face was cold and he stared at her intently.

Wen Zhihan pretended to be calm and slowly put the cup in his hand into the display case.

"Wen Zhixian, what do you mean by this?" He slammed the small square box directly on the bar, "What do you mean by returning the ring to me?"

When she heard Gu Yuchen's voice, her thoughts were drawn back to that day when a cup of his ex was more important than her and he slapped her in anger because of a cup.

"Don't you understand what I mean? I don't want to marry you anymore." When the word "marriage" was mentioned, her heart tightened and her voice trembled.

Gu Yuchen's face was filled with anger: "You are quarreling with me because of this? Wen Zhixian, when did you become so unreasonable?"

I don’t know if his true colors were revealed or if he was just talking nonsense out of anger, but Wen Zhixian couldn’t accept such words at all, let alone understand them in depth.

"This matter? Is this a small matter? You hit me, this is a small matter? Then let me ask you what is a big matter?"

The more she talked, the more she couldn't control her emotions. She felt like she was going crazy. Her love for him was worthless, and in the end he said it was just a trivial matter.

"Your broken cup is more important than me. If it breaks, it will be a big deal. Are you going to kill me and bury the broken cup with you?"

Seeing Gu Yuchen's face gloomy, she sneered, threw the small blue box on the table out of the door, stared at Gu Yuchen, pointed her finger at the door: "Get out, get out!"

The man who was about to enter the door suddenly paused and actually stopped at the door.

He had never been told to get out, and for a moment he was really angry. He gritted his teeth and sneered: "I came all the way here to see how badly you were hurt. I am a fucking jerk."

He left the café without looking back, picked up the small blue square box at the door and threw it into the trash can.

The man who was still standing at the door witnessed something about her again. The last time he saw her was when the left half of her face was swollen. This time she had a quarrel with her boyfriend. Hmm... maybe this can be considered an ex?

He walked in and asked, "Excuse me, any more..." coffee?

Before he could finish his words, he saw the woman in front of him shedding tears. Although she didn't make any loud noise, he still stopped talking.

He was just thinking about what to say when Wen Zhihan suddenly became firm in his eyes, took out some paper and wiped his tears, then asked him with a smile, "What would you like to drink?"