Gu Qingqiu was a little annoyed. She just wanted to attend class properly, but no matter what class she was in, Yan Yanan would always show up in the same classroom with her on time.
They're not even in the same major! When did Yan Yanan become so studious? She even came to audit classes in their major?
Gu Qingqiu originally liked to sit in the last row and slack off, but she would always see Yan Yanan turning around to look at her. Over time, even the teacher noticed her and would often glare at the last row, making Gu Qingqiu feel uncomfortable and making her slacking off no longer enjoyable.
Later, Gu Qingqiu tried moving to the first row, but the situation didn't improve much. Yan Yanan's gaze made her spine tingle.
Gu Qingqiu was utterly baffled, wondering what Yan Yanan was up to. She was already married to Yan Shengxiao, so what was Yan Yanan up to now? Weren't he and Bai Yuxia in love? Shouldn't they be together now?
Finally, after class that day, Gu Qingqiu could no longer contain herself and walked up to Yan Yanan's desk, knocking on it. "What exactly do you want? Just say it!"
Yan Yanan was stunned for a moment, and her tone was actually a little sad, "You've finally taken the initiative to talk to me."
Gu Qingqiu almost laughed in anger. If Yan Yanan's current behavior hadn't been harassing her, she wouldn't have bothered to say another word to him.
Perhaps it was the intense sarcasm in Gu Qingqiu's expression that made Yan Yanan turn away, feeling somewhat embarrassed. "I... I just wanted to apologize to you."
"Apologize?" Gu Qingqiu raised an eyebrow, not expecting Yan Yanan to say that.
“…Hmm.” Yan Yanan took a deep breath and said, “I’ve thought a lot about this lately and decided to formally apologize to you. First of all, I’ve thought a lot about this lately and I regret it very much… Actually, I wasn’t really sincere about being with you from the beginning, I’m sorry… I, when I told you before that you should marry my older brother first and that I would marry you later, that was… a lie.”
"Oh." Gu Qingqiu already knew this, and asked somewhat listlessly, "Anything else?"
“And…” Yan Yanan’s expression turned somewhat awkward, and she gritted her teeth, “Actually, every time I lied to you about wanting to go to your house before, it was just to find Bai Yuxia, I…I…”
"Alright," Gu Qingqiu interrupted listlessly, "I already know all of this. If this is all the nonsense you wanted to say to me, then I understand, and you don't need to say it again."
Gu Qingqiu's expression was too calm, which made Yan Yanan look somewhat ridiculous. He asked incredulously, "You knew all along?"
"Yes," Gu Qingqiu stated calmly, "I know you only got together with me to get close to Bai Yuxia. I also know that you and your father colluded with my family to use me in order to seize control of your elder brother in the Yan Group. However, you didn't expect me to be uncooperative, and Yan Shengxiao had left a backup plan in the company, so now you have nowhere to start. And you feel that you shouldn't have been so decisive with me in the first place, right?"
Having such ugly thoughts pointed out so bluntly, anyone would feel ashamed.
Yan Yanan lowered her head, feeling overwhelmed, and said with some regret, "I'm sorry... I was really wrong... Actually, when I think about it later, I didn't like Bai Yuxia that much, and... I didn't really want to compete with my older brother for anything. I know I'm inferior to my older brother in every way, and I can't compete with him. If it weren't for my older brother's sudden accident and my father fanning the flames, I would never have had these crooked thoughts."
“If you never had this thought, no matter how Yan Anjian tried to persuade you, you wouldn’t have agreed.” Gu Qingqiu found it somewhat amusing. “So you and Bai Yuxia feel like you’re the protagonists of a tragic drama, forced to separate? You have to put on a show of unrequited love, and then the sparks between you disappear once I let go?”
"No..." Yan Yanan denied it subconsciously, but didn't know how to explain it to Gu Qingqiu.
Strangely enough, the first time he saw Bai Yuxia, he felt that he had fallen in love with her at first sight.
In every subsequent interaction, he felt that Bai Yuxia was a well-behaved and lovely girl, which made him feel pity for her and gradually fall in love with her. He wished he could go to the Gu family to see her every few days.
But one day, he suddenly realized that his love for Bai Yuxia came out of nowhere, and his devotion to Bai Yuxia was like that of a humble lapdog.
After Gu Qingqiu got married, he went to the Gu family again, but didn't see Bai Yuxia. He asked Zhang Lili about it and learned that Bai Yuxia had been fired and sent away.
Yan Yanan thought he would be anxious and sad, but he wasn't. He was actually calmer than he had imagined, especially after listening to Zhang Lili's somewhat embellished account.
It turns out that Bai Yuxia's mother had been kind to Zhang Lili, so after Bai Yuxia's mother passed away, the Gu family partially adopted Bai Yuxia, who was only 11 years old at the time, and supported her through high school. However, Bai Yuxia's college entrance examination results were not ideal, so she naturally became a maid in the Gu family after graduating from high school.
Zhang Lili had already repaid Bai Yuxia's kindness by letting her finish her studies and providing her with a stable job. However, Bai Yuxia knew that the young lady's boyfriend had inappropriate feelings for her, yet she accepted it without stopping him. Isn't that a bit ungrateful?
Zhang Lili naturally couldn't stand it; Bai Yuxia hadn't placed herself in the right position.
Yan Yanan recalled that Bai Yuxia often cried and complained to her that Gu Qingqiu bullied her, making her clean tall storage cabinets, helping to carry packages weighing more than ten kilograms home, or telling her not to wear cheap perfume around the house.
Bai Yuxia's expression was so aggrieved that Yan Yanan really thought Gu Qingqiu was some kind of heinous villain, and actually felt a bit disgusted with Gu Qingqiu. But upon reflection, weren't these things what Bai Yuxia, as a servant, should have done? Did she take advantage of her mother's kindness to Zhang Lili and not know her place?
Complaining about your employer to your employer's boyfriend doesn't seem like a reasonable thing to do.
The last time Yan Yanan made up her mind to agree to her father's request was when she saw Bai Yuxia's slightly swollen profile after being slapped.
Yan Yanan was heartbroken and determined to help Bai Yuxia get revenge, but she never investigated the reason why Bai Yuxia had a conflict with Gu Qingqiu.
He suddenly felt a little scared, but he also wanted to know the truth, so he spoke up, "I...can I ask you a question?"
"Speak." Gu Qingqiu glanced at the classroom clock, her expression showing some impatience.
Yan Yanan asked with difficulty, "That day...did you slap Bai Yuxia? Can I know why?"
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