Jiang Tian was a little surprised and turned to look at him: "What's wrong? Of course we're friends. We've been friends for many years. Have you forgotten?"
Her answer was impeccable, and her expression was perfectly natural.
Zhou Yuncheng recalled the moment of despair in Jiang Tian's eyes when he was entangled with Tao Xinrou.
How long has it been since she came out?
"Ignore him, he's a lunatic."
When Duan Muqing saw Zhou Yuncheng standing still, she knew what he was thinking.
This guy is really funny. He just put a test in front of him, and he didn't pass the test. How dare he come back and bother his girlfriend?
Zhou Yuncheng shifted his gaze to Duan Muqing, then asked Jiang Tian another question: "Are you serious about being with Duan Muqing?"
The smile on Duan Muqing's face vanished abruptly.
Zhou Yuncheng's question offended them.
Jiang Tian appeared calm and composed. She said frankly, "Yes, we are dating, and if it's a good match, we might get married."
She spoke so calmly.
A storm was brewing in Zhou Yuncheng's heart.
For a fleeting moment, Zhou Yuncheng even had the impulse to ask her, "Didn't you like me? How could you fall in love with another man so quickly?"
But he knew that once he asked that question, the two of them would completely sever their friendship.
"...Yes, it's fine."
Zhou Yuncheng said this, but his actions showed otherwise.
Jiang Tian remained calm throughout, simply watching him quietly and responding to every question with perfect rationality, unlike him.
Even though Zhou Yuncheng was the one who betrayed her in a certain sense, Jiang Tian had already regarded herself as an outsider.
"Excuse me, I have to go now."
Zhou Yuncheng walked hurriedly, looking somewhat disheveled.
"Yuncheng, didn't we agree to eat here?"
Tao Xinrou's tone was already tinged with exasperation.
She didn't care who Zhou Yuncheng still liked or didn't like, since he had kept her by his side, so she wanted to get as much as possible out of him.
But even though they finally managed to go out for a meal today, he couldn't satisfy her. Tao Xinrou was speechless. She even had a caption ready for her WeChat Moments post!
The two left in a very hurried manner.
Duan Muqing's expression still wasn't very good.
"Alright, they've already left. Let's hurry up and eat, I'm starving."
Jiang Tian maintained her usual elegance. She called over a waiter, ordered several dishes, and seeing that Duan Muqing was distracted, she ordered his dishes as well.
After the waiter left, for some reason, Duan Muqing suddenly returned to normal.
He even asked Jiang Tian with interest, "Why are you being so cold to Zhou Yuncheng? I thought you still had feelings for him."
“After he stopped rejecting another woman’s advances, I could no longer get close to him. He was no longer a good person in my heart.”
Upon hearing the words "unclean," Duan Muqing suddenly wanted to laugh: "What do you mean? Do you actually care about these things?"
Jiang Tian readily admitted, "Yes, I care about that very much."
The smile on Duan Muqing's face vanished: "Then in your heart, am I pure?"
He didn't know why he asked the question, but he did anyway.
"That's alright. At least during our conversations, you didn't mess around with anyone else. You didn't cheat on me, either emotionally or physically. So you're still clean for now."
Duan Muqing raised an eyebrow: "But according to your logic, I used to like Shen Qingshu, so in that case, I would also have had someone else in my heart."
"Didn't you give up?" Jiang Tian asked him.
Duan Muqing was taken aback. He thought about it and realized that he hadn't been paying attention to Shen Qingshu's activities for a long time.
His smile became more genuine: "Yes, I gave up."
"I can barely accept that, but if you still want to have contact with that person in the future, let's break up. My germaphobia can't stand it."
Duan Muqing was slightly startled.
He laughed at himself for being so startled; how long had Shen Qingshu been married?
How could he possibly still have contact with that person?
He's not like Zhou Yuncheng, who would waver just because he saw someone similar.
"According to your theory, Zhou Yuncheng has been corrupt for a long time."
Jiang Tian suddenly asked him a question: "Do you know when I gradually started to show him how close I was to him?"
Duan Muqing was unaware that, "In my memory, it seems like the two of you have been friends for many years."
“Yes, we were indeed friends for many years, but in the first few years, our communication was not even as good as that of ordinary friends. It wasn’t until Shen Qingshu left this place and revealed at some point that he had let go that I began to want to get closer to him.”
Duan Muqing was somewhat surprised. He thought Jiang Tian was a love-obsessed person, but he didn't expect her to be a scheming love-obsessed person.
"It seems you've gone to great lengths."
"Because I wanted to marry him. But now I realize I was so naive. His letting go was not the same as what I thought letting go meant."
“He’s no longer clean. I plan to distance myself from him. I won’t get close to someone like that; it would be a defilement of myself.”
Duan Muqing looked at Jiang Tian. Her argument was strange, but upon closer inspection, it wasn't so strange after all. He actually found it somewhat acceptable.
"So, after liking someone for so many years, you just let it go like that?"
Jiang Tian appeared quite calm: "Ill-gotten people won't stay in my heart for long. Besides him, there will be others. Right now, I'm trying to fall in love with you."
Duan Muqing's heart skipped a beat.
He thought this woman was really interesting; as they talked, she suddenly started saying sweet nothings to him.
"Then I have to work hard. If I'm not clean anymore, you probably won't want me anymore."
Duan Muqing seemed to be joking.
There was not a trace of joking in Jiang Tian's tone: "You said you would be sincere with me, that's why I started dating you. If your promise is broken, then my promise will also be broken."
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