Ye Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
From Shen Wanqing’s words and attitude, it was obvious that she had no interest whatsoever in this excellent man who had suddenly appeared.
Huo Sicheng was both shocked and surprised.
In all his life, no one had ever said such nonsense as not knowing him after he called out their name.
Moreover, he and Shen Wanqing had once been boyfriend and girlfriend for a month, and they had both been each other’s first love.
Although he was only twenty-three, and although he had dated more girlfriends than he could count, he had treated all the others as nothing more than decorations. Shen Wanqing was the only one he had ever held hands with or hugged.
His other girlfriends could all remember him. He didn’t believe that Shen Wanqing had really forgotten him.
The only possibility was that she still loved him and still resented what had happened back then. She was deliberately saying such cruel things.
Huo Sicheng didn’t even glance at the annoying Ye Yu beside him. He stared directly at Shen Wanqing.
“Shen Wanqing, I know you still remember me, and I also know that you still hate me. But I know I was wrong. I came here today to apologize to you. Don’t be angry anymore. Let’s get back together!”
Ye Yu had just breathed a sigh of relief, but after hearing these words, he became nervous again.
He looked at Shen Wanqing.
“Wanqing, is this your ex-boyfriend?”
Shen Wanqing was somewhat lost in thought.
The memory of Huo Sicheng suddenly appearing in front of her and asking whether she was willing to be his girlfriend surfaced again.
Back then, he had suddenly said that he wanted to be with her.
He had also suddenly asked to break up.
Now, he had suddenly appeared again and was saying these things. It was exactly the same as back then.
But she was no longer the foolish young girl she had been five years ago.
She would never forgive him again, and she would never accept him again.
Her heart ached faintly, reminding her of the hurt she had once suffered and preventing her from forgetting those painful days.
Shen Wanqing’s expression was extremely unpleasant as she looked at Ye Yu.
“I don’t know him. Let’s leave first. This person might be crazy.”
Ye Yu could clearly see her rejection and hatred toward Huo Sicheng. Without having time to think much about it, he hurriedly nodded.
“Okay. Let’s leave first.”
Ye Yu hurriedly paid the bill.
Shen Wanqing picked up her bag and walked over to Ye Yu. Treating Huo Sicheng as if he were invisible, she walked out alongside Ye Yu.
Huo Sicheng’s body and expression froze.
He didn’t try to stop Shen Wanqing.
He couldn’t quite understand it.
This was the first time in his life that he had lowered himself and apologized to someone, yet he hadn’t been forgiven!
He had already apologized, but Shen Wanqing still refused to forgive him. She had even left with another man!
Was it because Shen Wanqing no longer loved him, or was his charm no longer enough?
Huo Sicheng immediately turned around and ran into the café’s lounge.
Lin Xi and Zhang Fengyan followed him worriedly.
“Ah Cheng, are you okay?”
“Brother Cheng, there’s nothing wrong with being rejected. I get rejected all the time, and I’m still doing perfectly fine.”
Inside the lounge, Huo Sicheng stared narcissistically at his reflection in the mirror.
“It’s just that I have slightly darker circles under my eyes. I’m even more handsome than I was in high school. How could she react like that?”
He couldn’t figure it out at all.
In his expectations, after he had said those words, Shen Wanqing should have pushed away the man she was on a blind date with, then thrown herself into his arms while crying and agreed to get back together with him.
That way, he could easily have her, and his sleep disorder should be cured.
But Shen Wanqing had actually rejected him and even treated him with obvious disgust and resentment.
He truly couldn’t understand what had happened.
Lin Xi and Zhang Fengyan entered the lounge and saw this scene. They had also heard what Huo Sicheng said.
The two exchanged helpless glances.
Lin Xi said, “Ah Cheng, I think Shen Wanqing definitely hates you to death. There’s no way she’ll forgive you so easily.”
Zhang Fengyan added, “After all, what you did back then was no different from the sky falling for a good girl like her.”
Huo Sicheng’s expression in the mirror became serious.
He turned around and looked at his two friends.
“Then what should I do?”
Lin Xi was especially curious.
“You really want to get back together with her? Have you realized that you still love her?”
Zhang Fengyan also stared at him eagerly.
Huo Sicheng became somewhat impatient.
“If you two don’t have any way to help me get her back, then I’m leaving.”
Lin Xi spread his hands.
“I’ve never been in a relationship before. I honestly don’t know what to do either.”
Zhang Fengyan gave an awkward smile.
“I’ve chased a lot of people, but most of them rejected me. The ones who agreed to be my girlfriends weren’t sincere either. I still don’t understand relationships well enough.”
Huo Sicheng said coldly, “Having you two useless idiots when it comes to relationships as my brothers is certainly a blessing.”
After saying that coldly, he turned around and left.
However, as soon as he left the lounge, he sat down on the reclining chair behind the counter, took out his phone, and began searching online for how to get his ex-girlfriend to forgive him.
After Shen Wanqing and Ye Yu left Lin Xi’s café, they walked into a nearby shopping mall.
The mall was enormous, and the air conditioning was turned up high, making it especially cool.
However, Ye Yu could tell that Shen Wanqing was clearly not in the right state of mind for shopping, so he took her to a dessert shop.
The two ordered some desserts and sat down to rest.
Ye Yu had some questions he wanted to ask, but seeing that Shen Wanqing’s face was still pale, he didn’t disturb her.
Shen Wanqing was immersed in her memories and felt extremely uncomfortable.
She hadn’t expected to see Huo Sicheng again after five years, nor had she expected him to suddenly appear and apologize to her.
He had even brought up getting back together.
Shen Wanqing sneered inwardly.
Get back together?
Back then, he had agreed to be with her in the first place just to toy with her.
Now he had suddenly appeared again and was saying these things. Who knew whether he wanted to toy with her again?
Those rich young masters loved playing with people’s feelings. She had already seen through his true nature. There was absolutely no way she would foolishly agree to be with him again like she had back then.
So no matter what he said, she wouldn’t take him seriously.
And to prevent him from bothering her again, she had to think of a way.
Shen Wanqing suddenly looked seriously at Ye Yu.
“Ye Yu, you know that we came here today for a blind date. Let me tell you how I feel about you. I like you quite a lot. What about you? What do you think of me?”
Ye Yu froze for a moment. He hadn’t expected that after remaining silent for so long, she would suddenly throw such an important question at him.
Shen Wanqing said seriously, “If you think I’m pretty good, then let’s start by being boyfriend and girlfriend and see how it goes. If you don’t have feelings for me, please tell me as soon as possible.”
She thought that if Ye Yu was willing to be with her, she would have a boyfriend. Then that lying, unfaithful scumbag Huo Sicheng wouldn’t come and pester her anymore.
If Ye Yu didn’t have feelings for her, she could ask her mother to introduce her to a few more men, or have some coworkers introduce people to her.
In any case, she had to change her relationship status from single to not single.
Ye Yu didn’t have time to think much. His expression was filled with delight.
“Wanqing, I… I actually fell in love with you at first sight just now. I really like you. If you’re willing, will you let me be your boyfriend?”
After saying that, he excitedly stood up.
“I… I’ll go buy us matching couple rings right now.”
He turned around and ran out of the dessert shop, as excited as a child.
Shen Wanqing hadn’t expected that he had fallen in love with her at first sight and even wanted to buy them matching couple rings. At the same time that she felt relieved, she also felt a little sweetness in her heart.
She could tell that Ye Yu was not the same kind of person as Huo Sicheng.
If she could be with Ye Yu properly in the future, she would definitely be happy.
That evening, after Shen Wanqing and Ye Yu had dinner together, Ye Yu took her back to her rented apartment.
Ye Yu only stayed in her apartment long enough to have a cup of tea before leaving. He didn’t deliberately linger, which made Shen Wanqing even more satisfied with him.
After Ye Yu left, Shen Wanqing finished washing up and lay down on her bed while scrolling through her phone.
Suddenly, she noticed that an unfamiliar account wanted to add her as a friend.
She opened it and saw that the other person’s name consisted of only three letters: [hsc].
She wondered if she was being overly sensitive because she suspected that it might be Huo Sicheng. After all, he had appeared in front of her like a ghost earlier that day. She immediately rejected the request.
Although she didn’t know why he was bothering her again, it definitely couldn’t be for anything good. There was absolutely no way she would get involved with him again.
She hoped that she would never see him or anything related to him again for the rest of her life.
Annoyed, she turned off her phone, lay back down, and fell asleep.
“Shen Wanqing, why do you always blush so easily?”
“Shen Wanqing, come here. I’ll take you out to have some fun.”
“Shen Wanqing, Shen Wanqing…”
“Shen Wanqing, let’s break up!”
Shen Wanqing woke with a start, gasping for breath.
She had dreamed about what had happened during her senior year of high school again.
She was so angry that she was about to explode.
She really didn’t want to dream about those things anymore. Could they please stop making her dream about them?
Annoyed, she got out of bed. After washing up, her phone rang.
She glanced at it. It was Ye Yu calling.
She and Ye Yu had agreed the day before that she would visit his workplace today.
Ye Yu worked at a private art gallery, where he specialized in restoring damaged paintings. He usually didn’t work on weekends, but the gallery where he worked had quite a lot of visitors on weekends. He had also told her that there were many paintings worth admiring in the gallery and asked whether she was interested in taking a look.
Shen Wanqing was quite interested, so she agreed.
She answered the call, and Ye Yu’s gentle voice came through.
“Wanqing, are you up?”
Shen Wanqing hummed in response.
“I’m already up. I’ll be ready soon.”
Ye Yu said, “Then I’ll wait for you downstairs.”
Shen Wanqing was surprised.
“You came so early? You’re downstairs already?”
She hurried to the balcony in the living room and looked outside. Sure enough, she saw his car parked in one of the parking spaces in the residential community.
It was an old residential community without an underground parking lot, but there were quite a lot of parking spaces above ground.
She had already noticed yesterday that Ye Yu had a car. She hadn’t expected that despite being so young, he not only had a good job but also owned a car. She felt that she was somewhat out of his league.
However, both she and Ye Yu were satisfied with each other. Although she felt that she might not be good enough for him, she still wanted to give their relationship a try.
Half an hour later, Shen Wanqing hurried downstairs and met Ye Yu. The two then prepared to have breakfast.
They had the same taste in breakfast and both liked rice noodles, so at Shen Wanqing’s suggestion, they went to a nearby rice noodle shop that was especially well known for its delicious food.
After finishing breakfast, it was almost time. Shen Wanqing and Ye Yu got into the car together and headed to the art gallery where he usually worked.
Not long after, they arrived at their destination. Shen Wanqing was about to buy tickets, but Ye Yu stopped her.
He smiled gently.
“We don’t need to buy tickets. The owner here is my aunt. I’m her employee, and all the employees here have special benefits. We can bring our family members in for free.”
And so, Shen Wanqing was pulled along by Ye Yu in a daze. He swiped his employee card at the entrance, and the two entered through the staff entrance.
As soon as she entered the gallery, Shen Wanqing was immediately stunned and captivated by the many paintings inside. There were so many that her eyes were dazzled.
Suddenly, a staff member who had been sweating profusely saw Ye Yu and excitedly ran over.
“Old Ye, there’s a huge problem. Come quickly. Come help me deal with it.”
Ye Yu had no choice but to say to Shen Wanqing, “Wanqing, I’ll go over for a moment. I’ll be back soon.”
Shen Wanqing was a little worried about him, but she was afraid that going over would only cause trouble, so she nodded.
“Okay, I’ll wait for you here.”
Ye Yu looked at her apologetically before hurrying away.
After Ye Yu left, Shen Wanqing continued walking around the gallery.
A few minutes later, three people suddenly blocked her path.
“Shen Wanqing?”