"What did you want to talk to me about today?" Dai Qiang asked knowingly.
"Dai Qiang, can we talk this out? What did I do wrong? Why is it like this between us?"
Dai Qiang began to think about the problem from last night again. He needed to make a choice at this crossroads, while Meng Ya sat opposite him, waiting anxiously.
“Meng Ya, you didn’t do anything wrong. I’m the one who’s wrong, and I’ve been wrong ever since I met you!”
Meng Ya didn't understand what Dai Qiang was talking about. She stared blankly at Dai Qiang, waiting for his further explanation.
"Meng Ya, let's break up!" Dai Qiang finally made his decision.
"Why is this?" Meng Ya asked, tears already streaming down her face.
"Because I want to make up for a mistake I made, I want to go back to the person I love!"
"The person you love?" Meng Ya asked, sobbing. "Who is the person you love? Am I not someone you love?"
“Meng Ya, I’ve never told you this, but Ye Xun is actually my ex-girlfriend. We’ve known each other for twelve years!” Dai Qiang said. “I’ve only just realized that I still love her, and I want to go back to her! I’m sorry!”
Dai Qiang left, and Meng Ya stared blankly at the empty seat in front of her. She seemed unable to believe it; had her relationship with Dai Qiang really been severed just like that? The past two months had passed in the blink of an eye, faster than a dream…
Yang Ke and Ye Xun went downstairs together, their faces beaming with smiles. The fatigue of the previous night was swept away by their excitement.
"Aren't we going to call Tong Tong?" Yang Ke asked. "She hasn't eaten breakfast or lunch yet, and we'll have to call her again when she wakes up!"
"I tried calling her, but I couldn't wake her up!" Ye Xun said. "Let's just bring her some food after we finish eating!"
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Chapter 025 Escaping the Promise of Love
Updated: 2008-06-14 18:07:29 Words: 0
"She, who does nothing, is actually more tired than us!" Yang Ke said with a smile.
"Of course she'll get tired!" Ye Xun said slyly. "The two of us are just looking at some paper and pens, but she has to keep an eye on two living people!"
The two arrived at "Weixiangyuan" and before they could even go inside, Meng Ya appeared in front of them.
"Meng Ya, you're here too!" Ye Xun greeted her politely.
"Ye Xun, if you're Dai Qiang's girlfriend, why did you lie to me?" Meng Ya asked, crying. "Why did you pretend to comfort me and ask me to plead for you? It was all a lie!"
"Meng Ya, what are you talking about? I don't understand at all!" Ye Xun said, confused. "I broke up with Dai Qiang a long time ago!"
"Don't lie to me!" Meng Ya said excitedly, "Dai Qiang said our breakup was all because of you, because of your involvement!"
Ye Xun was stunned by Meng Ya's words and didn't know how to explain this sudden misunderstanding.
"Meng Ya, you've misunderstood!" Yang Ke, who was standing to the side, saw everything clearly and decided to step in to help Ye Xun clear up this embarrassing misunderstanding.
"Ye Xun is my girlfriend now. She has nothing to do with Dai Qiang anymore. I think you have some misunderstanding!"
Yang Ke stretched out his arms and pulled Ye Xun into a tight embrace. Ye Xun was stunned by Yang Ke's words and let him hold her, completely forgetting to resist. Meng Ya was stunned, but still looked at the two of them in disbelief.
“We were together all summer!” Yang Ke hugged Ye Xun tightly, their heads almost touching. “Ye Xun has agreed to be my girlfriend, right?”
Ye Xun stared blankly at Yang Ke, nodded woodenly, her face burning hot.
"I'm sorry!" Meng Ya had no choice but to believe it. "Maybe I was wrong!"
Meng Ya left, and Tong Tong was rushing over from a distance. She clearly saw Yang Ke and Ye Xun standing close together, smiling at each other. Tong Tong immediately stopped in her tracks. She watched Yang Ke and Ye Xun enter the restaurant, then turned away helplessly and silently walked back.
"What you just said was all true?" Ye Xun gently stirred the food in the plate with her spoon, pretending to be absent-minded.
“Of course it was real just now!” Yang Ke said. “Otherwise, how could Meng Ya believe it?”
"Was that true just now? What about now?" Ye Xun asked again.
"Of course it's fake now, I haven't said anything!" Yang Ke said. "Otherwise, who would believe it now?"
"That's more like it, otherwise I'd be in big trouble!" Ye Xun said.
"Really? Then I'll have to think of a way to make it happen!" Yang Ke said.
"What method?"
"Maybe, like in Sleeping Beauty, a kiss is enough!"
"Yang Ke, how dare you say such insolent things to me!" Ye Xun said angrily. "When I first met you, you seemed like a gentleman, but now you seem more and more like a villain!"
"I was just joking, don't take it seriously!" Yang Ke said with a smile. "Besides, a gentleman is open and honest, while a petty person is always anxious and worried. I'm just saying what I mean, unlike some people who are two-faced!"
"Yang Ke, if you keep using such flowery language to insult people, I'll kill you!" Ye Xun's anger flared up even more.
"Okay!" Yang Ke admitted defeat. "I'll never swear again, and if I do swear, I won't use any more literary language!"
"Yang Ke, what if Meng Ya tells everyone what she just said?" Ye Xun asked worriedly.
"It's okay, I don't care!"
"But I care!"
"Do you care a lot?" Yang Ke thought for a while and finally gave Ye Xun an unexpected answer: "If you really care, then that's your own business!"
Dai Qiang knocked on Yang Ke's door and went inside.
"Dai Qiang, is there something you need?" Yang Ke asked, putting down the book in his hand.
"Yang Ke, there's something I've been thinking about for a long time, and I wanted to ask you about it today!"
"What is it? Tell me, maybe I can really help!" Yang Ke said, but he seemed to have already sensed what questions Dai Qiang would ask him.
Dai Qiang hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: "I heard from Meng Ya that you and Ye Xun are dating, is that right?"
Yang Ke was taken aback. He dreaded this question from Dai Qiang, yet Dai Qiang had asked it anyway. Yang Ke himself hadn't found the answer to it yet.
"Don't mind me telling you this!" Yang Ke said, "I was so excited to see Meng Ya that Ye Xun and I lied together. Actually, I had no ill intentions at all; I was just afraid something unforeseen might happen! Ye Xun and I are just ordinary friends; there's nothing to suspect!"
"I understand!" Dai Qiang breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you!"
Dai Qiang turned to leave, but Yang Ke stopped him. He turned around and looked at Yang Ke with a puzzled expression.
"Actually, I..." Yang Ke wanted to tell Dai Qiang that he liked Ye Xun, but he stopped himself when he got to the point. He hesitated for a long time and finally gave up.
"I just want to remind you to think carefully about whatever you choose, and not to be too impulsive!" Yang Ke said. "Consider this advice from a good friend!"
"Thank you! I will!" Dai Qiang said and left.
Yang Ke sat quietly for a while, then took out the "family portrait" frame from the back of the drawer and stared at it intently.
Standing on the rooftop, Ye Xun carefully savored everything that had happened that afternoon. Yang Ke's lie had been swirling in her mind all afternoon. Ye Xun knew that she had never seriously considered a single sentence before, but everything seemed so absurd, so absurd that it was laughable.
Tong Tong went up to the rooftop and gently asked Ye Xun, "Ye Xun, do you think Yang Ke is a suitable boyfriend?"
Although Ye Xun was lost in thought, she was very clear-headed when answering Tong Tong's question.
"Who knows? We'll probably only know by trying!"
"Where did you go this afternoon?" Tong Tong asked. "I woke up and found you were gone, and I couldn't find you anywhere!"
Ye Xun laughed and said, "The world is so big, how could you find it so easily? We went to eat, and we brought you some back, but you had already left by then!"
Tong Tong nodded, feeling a little disappointed. She had thought Ye Xun would tell her everything that had happened in front of "Wei Xiang Yuan" and why they had hugged, but Ye Xun hadn't done so.
"Tong Tong, what would you do if I took Yang Ke away from you one day?" Ye Xun asked jokingly.
"How could that be? That's impossible!" Tong Tong shook her head heavily.
"What if it really is?" Ye Xun pressed.
"Then I'll snatch Yang Ke back!" Tong Tong said with a smile, but tears welled up in her eyes.
"Tong Tong, if you hear any rumors about me and Yang Ke, please don't believe them, okay?" Ye Xun said softly. "There's nothing between us!"
"I hope so!" Tong Tong said.
"That must be the case!" Ye Xun smiled, but her smile was somewhat bitter.
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Chapter 26 Walking on the Edge of Love
Updated: 2008-06-15 18:55:07 Words: 0
The Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived, and on this day, there are dozens of parties of all sizes throughout the school. Although all the parties use "Mid-Autumn Festival" as a starting point, their forms and specific contents are all different. As night falls, songs and laughter boil over in every corner of the school. Even a passerby will be stirred up by the merriment and can't help but sway a few times to the beat of the music.
Yang Ke had originally planned to spend his last Mid-Autumn Festival in college alone, but this small wish still couldn't be fulfilled, as Tong Tong pulled him out of his room early on.
"I don't have time to play anymore, I have exams in three months!" Yang Ke declined.
"Three months won't make a difference if I take one more day!" Tong Tong said. "Besides, studying should be a balance between work and rest!"
"What work-life balance?!" Yang Ke said in distress. "From summer vacation until now, I haven't had a single day of peace!"
"Then it doesn't matter at all!" Tong Tong said. "So many days have been wasted, why do you still value this one day so much?"
Tong Tong completely blocked Yang Ke's path of advancement and retreat, leaving him speechless for a moment. Tong Tong didn't care whether he opened his mouth or closed it, and dragged Yang Ke to the downstairs of Tianyi Pavilion in no time.
"Let's go somewhere else!" Yang Ke said, frowning. "It's too noisy here!"
"That's why we came—because it's noisy!" Tong Tong said. "Otherwise, how could it be lively!"
Helpless, Yang Ke had no choice but to follow Tong Tong upstairs. A deafening cacophony of singing assaulted their ears, and colorful lights swept across the crowd, making smiling faces appear like grotesque grimaces. Yang Ke and Tong Tong found seats. Yang Ke calmed himself and tried to decipher the host's words through the cacophony, but it was all in vain; all he heard was a jumble of noise.
Suddenly, Yang Ke spotted a familiar figure in the crowd. He walked through the crowd, went up to her, and gently patted her on the shoulder.
"Yang Ke!" Ye Xun turned around and exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't expect you to find me in this noisy crowd!"
“We were caught in a sandstorm, even if there were more people around, they would eventually see us!” Yang Ke said. “Are you alone?”
"I was dragged here by my classmates!" Ye Xun sighed. "What about you?"
"I was dragged here too!" Yang Ke said with a wry smile.
"I know who it is!" Ye Xun said with a smile.
Just then, Tong Tong walked over, and the two could hear her voice even before they saw her.
"It's her!" the two said in unison, then burst into laughter.