Huo Qi snorted, "Ao Chen, the big-time musician, if you have something to say, just say it. Holding it in , if I were you, I wouldn’t have made this call."
Ao Chen: "...These things I’m saying are truly what I’m feeling."
"Keep on bragging, I’ll keep listening."
It’s really tough for lovers who once understood each other so well to rekindle the old flame. Ao Chen suppressed the anger in his heart, took several deep breaths, and his voice immediately softened, "Huo Qi, I was quite the bastard before."
Huo Qi, "How rare, someone like you actually reflecting. That’s pretty rare."
Ao Chen: "...Huo Qi, do you think just because I’m in a good mood now, you can mock and scoff at me?"
"You don’t need to be , I won’t force you." Huo Qi let out a cold snort, and his voice suddenly turned cold.
Ao Chen: "...Actually, I was just speaking off the cuff."
Seeing Huo Qi with an attitude, he immediately caved and hurried to make amends, a strong urge to survive.
Huo Qi, "So, do you have anything else?"
Shouldn’t people avoid being so pragmatic? That doesn’t seem very nice.
But Huo Qi didn’t give him any chance to speak and hung up the call, listening to the beeping sound at the end of the line, Ao Chen felt terrible.
He had never begged anyone so humbly, and now what?
Not only did Huo Qi show no appreciation, but he also insulted him. If it were someone else, who would dare to treat him ?
It was only, only Huo Qi... unappreciative, unappreciative.
After getting angry, Ao Chen calmed down, cupped his face with both hands, his heart felt heavy and was throbbing with pain. He had never thought that there would be a day , when he’d be so pitifully seeking love, feeling as if the whole world had abandoned him.
But now, experiencing it firsthand, he felt all sorts of grievances he had never known before. He wanted to confront Huo Qi, why don’t you like me, what am I lacking?
But reason told him that Huo Qi could dislike him, and there could be a thousand reasons, not too many at all.
Lately, Ao Chen felt that each day was a struggle, not because of life itself, but because the days without Huo Qi’s company were a torment.
Huo Qi hung up Ao Chen’s call, raised his eyebrows, and focused on brewing tea because there were guests in the room. Bo Yan had gone out, Yuran had nothing to do, so she ran over to Huo Qi to chat with him.
Huo Qi was on the phone, and she heard the whole thing, not intentionally, but because Huo Qi’s phone had serious sound leak issues, it was hard not to hear.
So after Huo Qi hung up, Yuran’s expression was quite awkward, not for anything else, but out of pity for Ao Chen’s grievances she had overheard, which were somewhat unbearable to listen to. Yet, she was very clear that Huo Qi and Ao Chen’s issues were not for her to meddle in.
Huo Qi poured her a cup of tea, "Try this, it’s Da Hong Pao someone gave me. I don’t know much about tea culture, so you could perhaps offer some feedback."
Yuran looked at him in amazement, somewhat amused, "Why would you think that I have profound insights into tea culture? I’m not that familiar with it either. Atmosphere, conversation, brewing methods, I did talk to my dad about it when I was in the Bo Family, but it wasn’t so professional."
Huo Qi chuckled, "I think you’re living quite a good life now."
Yuran pondered what Huo Qi meant by that, whether it had some other significant implication, or if he was just making casual banter. After some thought, she felt that Huo Qi was just teasing her.
She remembered in her past life, she had won every possible acting award in China. When she first came to America, she struggled to adapt and was miserable for a week. During that week, she talked a lot with Bo Yan about her past life and the current one.
In her past life, she had won many Best Actress trophies within China, except for an Oscar.
This life, her focus was almost entirely on family. She married Bo Yan early, had children early, and it seemed quite fulfilling. If others knew she had two lives, they would think she was ridiculous; she had won acting awards before, so why was she so insignificant now, having only done a few films? Still an actress, but what kind of actress was that?
The question was raised by Bo Yan.
She had thought about it and said to Bo Yan.
"The glory, the flowers, the applause, I experienced all of it in my past life, but I never truly tried family, friendship, love. In this life, you are leading me to experience and feel them. I can distinguish what is most important to me. I don’t want to replicate the glory, flowers, and applause I have already been through;