Li Manman sat down on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at a corner of the room. Suddenly, the phone under her pillow buzzed. She picked it up and read Feng Yi’s message on the screen, a mist forming in her clear eyes.
[I don’t want to break up with you. I’ve gotten used to you clinging to me every day. You were the one who approached me first, you made me fall in love with you slowly. Can you forgive me?]
"Okay, I forgive you," Li Manman murmured to herself, feeling particularly uncomfortable.
.......
At noon, Chu Ci invited Manman and Han Xi out for lunch. He mainly wanted to ask why that girl broke up with Feng Yi.
The three of them sat by the window in the restaurant. After ordering, Chu Ci looked at Li Manman: "Really broke up? Because of that Yu Shiyuan?"
"Yeah, because Yu Shiyuan has already left me in the lurch countless times. That day, I was supposed to meet him at the cinema, but just as I arrived, he got a call from Yu Shiyuan and left."
Han Xi put down her juice and turned to look at that girl: "Yu Shiyuan probably called Feng Yi intentionally at that time, didn’t she? She was there when you guys mentioned going to the movies."
"I’m not stupid; of course I can see it was intentional. But Feng Yi doesn’t see it that way."
Chu Ci frowned angrily: "That little girl has a really deep scheme. If I see her next time, she won’t get away with it. Breaking up with Feng Yi like this only lets her have her way."
"If Feng Yi didn’t care about her, no matter how scheming Yu Shiyuan was, it wouldn’t work. Her audacity is built on Feng Yi’s favoritism towards her, so I don’t want to fight anymore."
Li Manman leaned against Han Xi’s shoulder: "Actually, I’m really upset. I don’t want to break up at all, but I also don’t want to wrong myself."
"Did Feng Yi agree to break up?" Han Xi gently patted the girl’s back.
"No, he said he doesn’t want to separate from me."
As she spoke, the waiter had already brought the steak. Chu Ci picked up his knife and fork, cut a small piece, and put it in his mouth: "Then think about it some more. I believe Feng Yi loves you. As for that Yu Shiyuan, leave it to Feng Yi and let him handle it himself."
Li Manman straightened up, took a deep breath: "Let’s stop talking about these unhappy things for now. Tong Ze mentioned a class reunion tonight. Do you guys want to go?"
"Of course, we haven’t seen our college buddies for so long. We have to have fun tonight."
Han Xi took a sip of her juice from the right-hand side; she’d already switched shifts with her colleagues.
"Alright, then let’s go together tonight."
After lunch, Li Manman drove Han Xi to the hospital before leaving with Chu Ci. Just as Han Xi entered the hospital lobby, she saw Han Yaxin and Zhang Min walk out of the elevator together.
Zhang Min’s face was wrapped in bandages, and the two of them were no longer dressed as glamorously as before, looking somewhat disheveled.
When Han Yaxin looked up, she also saw Han Xi. She stormed over to Han Xi: "Seeing us in such a miserable state now, you must be quite pleased. Your cousin even had someone slash my mother’s face. You will get your retribution for doing this."
"If you hadn’t driven my mother to death, if Zhang Min hadn’t crazily tried to kill my grandmother, would you be in this situation now? If you want to talk about retribution, this is what you truly deserve."
Han Xi’s gaze was as cool as water as she looked at Han Yaxin, not feeling the least bit sorry for them.