Chapter 1: Encounter at the Bar

  The restaurant was very quiet, but throughout the whole process, Ye Xuanmo and Situ Luotian just sat there quietly. He wasn't good with words, and Ye Xuanmo couldn't think of anything else to say.

  Just as they were about to eat, Situ Luotian still decided to ask what he wanted to ask.

  Foam?

  "Hmm?" Ye Xuan raised her head, but when her eyes met his gaze, she involuntarily shifted her line of sight away, only to feel that this wasn't right and then boldly turned her eyes back to him.

  Her expression changed, and Situ Luo Tian saw it all in his eyes. There were some things he didn't need to ask, and he already knew the outcome. She had already made up her mind not to start again with him.

  "Has work been keeping you busy lately?" Perhaps some words are better left unsaid, after all, he had hurt her before, what right did he have to ask her to turn back again?

  "It's okay," Ye Xiang smiled faintly, as if she could handle everything, "By the way, Luo Tian Gege, about that question you asked me that day, I..."

  "If your answer isn't what I want, then don't say it," Situ Luotian interrupted her, forcing a smile. "Between us, even if it's not love, not friendship, it can be kinship."

  “……” Ye Xuanmo swallowed her words, past events had already passed, regarding love, she didn't want to fall into the same pit twice. Even though it was still hard for her to face Sutu Luotian now, she would try to be brave.

  Seeing her silence, Situ Luo Tian concealed the pain in his heart and smiled half-jokingly, "You're not allowed to speak, so you really won't say anything? Six years haven't changed your straightforwardness."

  "Yexuan's tongue slipped out and she said, 'I'm afraid of hurting your heart again.'"

  "Am I so easily hurt?" Si Tu Luo Tian lightly smiled.

  Between them, being able to get along so easily is already good enough. These days, he has thought a lot and in his heart, the interests of the family have always been above everything else. If faced with another choice again, he himself is not sure if he would prioritize their love first, so it's better not to disturb her life again.

  "By the way, Father heard you're back and wants to see you."

  "...I... I've been quite busy with work lately, so..." That home held too many memories for her, and since she went to France six years ago, she hadn't initiated contact with anyone back home, nor had they with her.

  Is this kind of indifferent relationship what is called kinship?

  "It's okay," Si Tu Luo Tian didn't force him, "Then wait until you have time to talk again."

  Ye Xuanmo nodded slightly and continued eating with her head down. She had known all along that the person who adopted him must have had an ulterior motive, because he would often intentionally or unintentionally ask her about her family situation. So Ye Xuanmo was always on guard against everyone except for Situ Luotian. As for familial affection, it wasn't particularly strong either.

  "Luotian brother, I'm a bit tired, I'll go back first."

  "I'll send you off." Si Tu Luo Tian didn't force her.

  Ye Xuanmo wanted to refuse, but hesitated for a moment and nodded instead. She had to bravely face everything she didn't want to face before. Since she no longer loved him, then she also didn't want to escape anymore.

  Just as Ye Xuanmo had just stood up, the high heel of her shoe suddenly gave way, and at this moment, Situ Luotian immediately supported her body.

  "Are you okay?"

  The familiar warmth, the familiar concern, but it no longer stirred up any ripples in her heart. Ye Xuanmo raised her head and gave him a radiant smile, "I'm fine."

  "You still can't take good care of yourself." Si Tu Luo Tian saw that her foot was fine, so he naturally let go of her and maintained the distance he should have, not taking advantage of the situation to overstep even a little. "Let's go."

  If Ou Mu Xuan saw her sprain her foot, he would surely tyrannically order her not to wear high heels again in the future. This guy is really overbearing to the point of being deadly, not giving her any space to make choices.

  Realizing she had been thinking crookedly, Ye Xuanmo smiled wryly. Such a person, although overbearing and tyrannical, not understanding gentleness, was like a big tree, a very safe dependence. So Jiaxian would definitely be very happy with him?

  Ye Xuanmo smiled wryly to herself, trying her best to clear her mind and not think about anything. However, a certain someone's face kept popping into her head - the triumphant, sinister, cold, and wise expressions, one after another, making Ye Xuanmo so angry that she almost rushed to his side and slapped him twice, telling him to behave himself and stop wandering around in her mind.

  As I thought about it, when the car arrived at my own doorstep, that demonic face actually appeared in front of my own door, but was as cold as the Antarctic ice of ten thousand years.

  Gu Xin said, women need to be coaxed, as long as your heart is sincere enough, you will always move her. So he came, he came to find her and explain clearly, he came to tell her his true thoughts in his heart, he came to clarify the relationship between him and Gu Jiaxiang, but now...

  Seeing Ye Qianmo, seeing Si Tu Luo Tian in her car, Ou Mu Xuan who had been waiting for her at the door of her house for two hours was like a beast on the verge of losing control, and he couldn't wait to pounce over and tear them apart!

  They say he's a flirt, they say he likes Gu Jiaxi, but it was just an excuse, just an excuse for her to push him away and be with Si Tu Luotian instead!

  Yexuan, if you want to leave him, if you want to turn back, just say it directly. Why do you have to act as if he did something wrong to you? Why cry so pitifully? Why give him a false impression?

  Ou Muxuan gazed at them coldly, her amber eyes filled with a bloodthirsty anger, wanting to destroy everything without restraint, yet suppressing herself with great effort, trying to regain her rationality.

  Ye Xuan was quietly sitting in the car, she thought her heart had been numb enough when she left Si Tu Luo Tian at first, but unexpectedly, it still hurt so sharply.

  "Yue Muxi?" Situ Luotian had already guessed that perhaps Yue Muxi liked Ou Muxuan, but this silly girl stubbornly refused to admit it. Perhaps she wasn't refusing to admit it, but rather wanted to protect herself and reject all possible harm.

  Ye Xuan Mo snapped back to reality, gave Si Tu Luo a radiant smile that seemed intentionally directed at someone else, "Brother Luo Tian, thank you for sending me back. Would you like to come in and sit for a bit?"

  Si Tu Luo Tian shook his head in a very uncooperative manner, but stretched out his hand to rub her hair, "Silly girl, I don't want you to refuse all happiness because of one hurt."

  A faint pause in her smile, but soon it lit up again. "I know what I want."

  Such actions, such a smile, in Oumu Xuan's eyes, were simply intimate!

  Is she doing it on purpose for him to see? Is she telling him that her heart already belongs to someone else, so let him give up and not be infatuated with her anymore?

  His hands, clenched into fists at his sides, with bulging veins on the back of his hands, but in the end, he still chose to turn around and leave. Ye Xuanmo, if this is the happiness you want, then I'll let you have it!