When Lu Wanwan returned to the apartment, she hadn’t said anything the whole way.
She didn’t know what Gu Annan was thinking—maybe it was what she had said today, or perhaps that post could bring negative consequences.
Or could it be that even though the photo was old, it still bothered him?
Just as she entered, she received a call from Xu Yuan.
"Wanwan, what’s going on? Since when have you and Lin Chong... been involved?"
Lu Wanwan glanced at Gu Annan going to the bathroom, "I haven’t, I don’t know who took that photo."
"Nonsense, if you knew about the photo, it would have never shown up. You may not know who took it, but someone still managed to capture it, didn’t they? Could they have taken that photo if you hadn’t been in Lin Chong’s arms? Which occasion was this, and how come I wasn’t there?"
"If only you were there," Lu Wanwan said calmly, "But it doesn’t matter, this kind of thing doesn’t affect me anymore now that it’s out."
Xu Yuan was annoyed by her defeated attitude, "How can you have no fighting spirit? To think that from that group of people back then, there are still some who would follow suit and slander you now, isn’t that scary? It’s just too much; what kind of person is so disgusting? I’m telling you, I actually have a long list of suspects to check. What was Gu Annan’s reaction? Didn’t he want to drag Lin Chong out and chop him up? I thought that guy was decent back then."
"He didn’t react much."
"What? How could he not react? I’m about to explode just from looking, and the word ’friend’ is just so dangerous. You better be careful, for all you know Gu Annan could be fuming mad and just not letting you see it."
"Xu Yuan, he really didn’t react, perhaps because... the timing of this post is bad." She held the phone in one hand and placed the other in her pocket, "Just now, I was bringing up the past with him."
Xu Yuan paused for a moment, "Didn’t we agree not to talk about it? Teenage grudges should just be left in the past."
"I didn’t want to bring it up, but back then he wasn’t my husband. Don’t I have the right to know why my husband disliked me?"
"You’re in your twenties, be mature about it. Is he holding a grudge because you said you didn’t like him back then?"
"If he was holding a grudge over that, he wouldn’t have said he didn’t want to see me." Lu Wanwan’s mood was downcast, "He said it first, that I should never appear before him again. Maybe because he disliked me back then, he doesn’t care about this photo."
Xu Yuan muttered to herself, "That doesn’t seem right..."
"Wait a second, call me back later, there’s another call coming in."
Lu Wanwan hung up and answered the other call.
The other call was from the boy in the photo, who, as the person involved, didn’t understand why he was suddenly being showcased to the public.
"Lin Chong, do you remember who took that photo?"
"No one took it, Wanwan—don’t you think the angle looks like it was taken in secret? Considering the layout of the private room that day, to capture this scene, the person must have been by the entrance."
Lu Wanwan froze, "Layout? How would I remember the layout of that private room? It’s been four years."
There was a bitter laugh at the other end of the line, "Anyway, the photo was taken secretly from the entrance. Also, you had too much to drink that day, and when someone accidentally pushed you, you fell towards me. I didn’t do anything to you; I’m not the kind to take advantage of someone. Besides... besides, you liked that person."
Lu Wanwan was about to respond when Gu Annan’s voice calling her came from the bathroom.
"I have something to do, I’ll talk to you next time, goodbye."
The person on the other end of the line was still pondering—that voice just now, it sounded familiar.