Chapter 370
An Ruo gave him a faint smile, while Lan Keren slightly lowered her eyes, concealing the dimness within.
Once, he had also picked out bones from fish for her, and she thought he would only do that for her.
Unfortunately, she was wrong. Now he had someone else by his side. Had she and he truly become a thing of the past, beyond reconciliation?
After eating for a while, An Ruo got up to go to the restroom.
As soon as she left, the atmosphere in the private room immediately solidified.
Tang Yuchen’s face darkened, and Liang Xiao hurried to explain, “Don’t misunderstand, I arranged this meeting to give you a chance to talk things over and leave no regrets. Besides, we all know each other well, so you can speak openly. There’s no need to hide or hold back.”
Lan Keren looked at Tang Yuchen and revealed a hint of a smile, “It was I who asked Liang Xiao to ask you out. Ah Chen, can you tell me why you have been avoiding me?”
“Have I been avoiding you?” Tang Yuchen asked indifferently.
Lan Keren smiled wryly, knowing that he was still angry with her.
As long as he still cared about her, there was a chance for everything to be mended.
“Ah Chen, I’m back now. Don’t you have anything to say to me, anything to ask me?” she asked again.
“Congratulations on your safe return.”
That was all he said, and his tone was very cold. That was his attitude toward her.
Lan Keren’s expression stiffened slightly, and she asked him despondently, “Do you still hate me for not leaving with you, for not choosing you?”
Tang Yuchen remained silent, offering no answer.
At that moment, An Ruo pushed the door and entered; the man looked towards her. Her expression was natural; she probably hadn’t heard their conversation.
The previous topic was interrupted, and Lan Keren didn’t get the answer she wanted.
Everyone continued to eat as if nothing had happened, and after a while, Tang Yuchen’s phone beeped with a message.
He opened it; it was a quiet message from Lan Keren.
She wrote: “Let’s talk alone later.”
Tang Yuchen’s eyes flickered slightly; he too wanted to talk with her. Always avoiding it wasn’t a solution.
After a few more minutes of eating, he said to An Ruo, “After you finish eating, just head back by yourself. I’ve got some things to deal with, so I won’t be going back for now.”
An Ruo put down her chopsticks and nodded calmly, “How long until you return?”
The man’s dark eyes met hers, “I’ll definitely return before tonight.”
With his promise, An Ruo’s lips curved into a slight smile. She understood he wanted to talk privately with Lan Keren, but his returning tonight indicated that his heart was leaning toward her.
An Ruo stopped eating and stood up to bid them farewell.
Watching her leave quietly, Tang Yuchen felt somewhat guilty.
She must have known his relationship with Lan Keren was unusual, yet she hadn’t shown any signs of it, making him feel even more uneasy about himself.
“You can tell she is a very nice woman,” Lan Keren suddenly said.
Tang Yuchen returned his gaze, asking her flatly, “Are we talking here or somewhere else?”
“Right here is fine.”
“You two talk; I’ll leave first.” Liang Xiao tactfully departed, leaving just the two of them in the room, the atmosphere growing even heavier.
“Speak, what do you want to talk about?” Tang Yuchen asked languidly.
Lan Keren gazed at his handsome face, her eyes filled with sadness and affection. This man, whom she had yearned for over seven years, would never know how much she loved him.
He would also never know how much she had sacrificed for him.
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