The stimulation of pain can always keep a person awake. After coming out of the restroom, Tang Yanqi felt much better. Relying on memory, she walked back for a while before gradually realizing something was wrong; she seemed to have taken the wrong path.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Tang Yanqi decided to turn back, but she suddenly heard a low angry shout: "What do you mean? She is Mrs. Sheng, rightfully so."
The words "Mrs. Sheng" stopped Tang Yanqi in her tracks. The voice seemed to belong to Zhou Chengze, and it seemed to be coming from the staircase area. Tang Yanqi stood lightly behind a pillar, which could block their view but allow her to hear their conversation.
She was not someone who liked eavesdropping on others’ conversations, but the words "Mrs. Sheng" pierced her heart.
"Brother Xu, she calls your wife Mrs. Xu, yet you call her Miss Tang. Is it necessary to be so pedantic about this? Regardless, she’s just a young girl, a college student who hasn’t even graduated yet. Is it really necessary to be so pointed? Are you happy now that she couldn’t even eat?"
Zhou Chengze’s words were full of complaints, and Tang Yanqi understood the meaning behind them. Zhou Chengze was mistaken in thinking her loss of appetite meant she minded how they addressed her.
Tang Yanqi faintly curled her lips. Whether Miss Tang or Mrs. Sheng, she honestly didn’t care because she knew better than anyone what her relationship with Sheng Jianan was. Get full chapters from novel•fire.net
Tang Yanqi hesitated about whether she should go out and explain that she didn’t mind this issue, but it seemed inappropriate for them to argue because of her.
However, before she could move, she heard the conversation continue from that side: "Ah Ze, you’re overthinking it. I didn’t think that much, just momentarily forgot to change how I addressed her. But Ah Ze, you’re being strange. This issue, if anyone should care, it would be Jianan’s concern. Why are you so agitated?"
"I should remind you, even if Jianan doesn’t like her, she is still at present rightfully Mrs. Sheng. Ah Ze, you... take care of yourself."
The thought of going out was shattered completely by the words "even if Jianan doesn’t like her." Yes, Sheng Jianan didn’t like her; she had always known that. Still, to have it so bluntly revealed now was a bitter pill to swallow.
Over there, Zhou Chengze’s face flushed red. His abnormality went unnoticed by someone like Sheng Jianan, who had no romantic experience, but the meticulous Xu Muyun noticed. Zhou Chengze fell into defeat and said no more, as the two left the staircase and returned to the private room.
Tang Yanqi listened to their sounds and only emerged after the noise faded. She followed the direction Zhou Chengze and Xu Muyun took back to the private room.
Sitting back down, she subconsciously glanced in the direction of Zhou Chengze and Xu Muyun, noticing nothing unusual.
Tang Yanqi picked up her chopsticks again and continued eating.
She had gone to the restroom, while their conversation happened in the opposite direction – in the stairwell. Tang Yanqi mentally mocked herself; she couldn’t tell if fate intended this, making something that should be unheard become unwittingly overheard.
Lost in her thoughts, Tang Yanqi didn’t notice that since she came back and sat down, Sheng Jianan’s eyes had never left her.
As Tang Yanqi moved her chopsticks to pick up a piece of green vegetable, Sheng Jianan’s brows unintentionally furrowed further.