After Breaking Up, I Shared an Apartment With My Best Friend and Her Boyfriend (H) - 55
Chapter 55: Is There Something Hidden at Home?
She held onto him while still trying to prove herself to him, her mouth chattering on. “You see, it’s not just in the car when you talk to Chen Qiao without any boundaries. Also, before, you never let me come into the house and just rushed me out. I definitely would suspect if there was something hidden at home. Is it a secret lover tucked away? Is that person Chen Qiao…”
Wen Sui had not finished speaking when Xu Yanqi’s eyes shifted, and he answered her decisively. “Yes!”
Wen Sui froze, and then she heard him say, “Yes, okay?”
This time, his eyes stayed quiet and calm, without the slightest ripple.
After he said that, he shook off the hand she had grabbed onto his clothes with, picked up his phone from the table, and walked straight out the door.
Xu Yanqi just left like that, leaving Wen Sui alone in the room. At that moment, she felt like that kite whose string he had cut and abandoned on the ground.
Not only could she not drift away with the wind, but she also had nowhere to go.
While Xu Yanqi rode the elevator down, his mind kept flashing back to the frequent arguments he and Wen Sui had over the past two years…
“Wen Sui, don’t you just want to hear me say that I have no relationship with any woman besides you?”
“Wen Sui, I’ve always not had the habit of changing my profile picture or posting on Moments, but that doesn’t mean I’m hiding anything. Which of my friends or family doesn’t know about you?”
“Wen Sui, once trust collapses, it’s hard to recover like spilled water. I don’t want to keep explaining the same thing to you over and over. I’ve said it several times already.”
At that time, those helpless scenes were like a mirror, increasingly reflecting the world inside him that had already changed.
*
At ten in the evening, the small bar near Jiang University.
Xu Jiaming wore a well-tailored suit with a gray shirt and black vest, which suited him very well. When he saw the man who had called to meet him, he hurried over to greet him.
“It’s been a long time since you came.”
Xu Yanqi nodded at him.
Xu Jiaming smiled as he talked with him, recalling that time. “You came here when you were chasing Wen Sui, right?”
Xu Yanqi made a sound of agreement and said simply, “Busy.”
Actually, it was not just busy.
“I know you care about face too.”
Xu Yanqi followed Xu Jiaming inside and deliberately let that sentence slip from his mouth.
Actually, Xu Jiaming’s real name was not Xu Jiaming but Xu Jiaming. He was Xu Yanqi’s cousin.
This Xu Jiaming name was just his stage name to the outside world.
After Xu Jiaming heard that, he did not argue with Xu Yanqi but just smiled silently.
Of course, he knew what Xu Yanqi meant by that. Now that his reputation was in ruins, he did care about face. He did not want to see many people and just stayed in this corner of the bar.
When he saw a partner come over to call him, he gestured for Xu Yanqi to go to a private booth and told him.
“I’m going on stage. Wait for me a bit; I’ll come down after singing one song.”
Xu Yanqi nodded. He called over the waiter and ordered a bottle of foreign liquor. Along with the intoxicating voice as Xu Jiaming started singing, he immersed himself in the musical world with violin sounds, tasting how the intensity and richness of that foreign liquor intertwined in his mouth. Until he gradually drank it all down, that charming aftertaste made him think for a moment that his eyes were playing tricks on him.
A figure suddenly appeared behind Xu Jiaming. The lights went out, leaving only one lamp shining on Xu Jiaming. Through the scattered dim light that fell near that figure, Xu Yanqi saw a pair of familiar high-heeled shoes.
Looking up further, he could vaguely make out a slender and familiar woman’s waist, perfectly outlining her petite figure.
Was not that Chen Qiao?
She played the violin in Xu Jiaming’s bar?
After one song perfectly expressed its meaning, Xu Jiaming slowly came down from the stage. He found the booth where Xu Yanqi sat and got a bottle of vintage wine from the bar counter. After opening it with a corkscrew, he brought it over.
“Who is the one helping you play the violin?”
As soon as he walked over, Xu Yanqi asked him.
Xu Jiaming directly said Chen Qiao’s name. “She’s also from Jiang University, same year as your girlfriend. Maybe they even know each other.”
Suddenly remembering a funny thing from before, he added one more bit. “Right, she even got complained about by you here before. You might not remember.”