After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 72

Chapter 72: The Person Who Kissed Me Was Her.

The barbecue restaurant provided disposable paper cups, which were not very good at retaining heat. The temperature of the water could be transmitted to Chu Wantang’s palm without any hindrance.

She looked at Huai Xing’s face, which was so close, and her long lashes forgot to tremble.

Under the inky night, Huai Xing’s tone and expression were not gentle, but they made the tip of Chu Wantang’s nose feel a little sore.

If she had deliberately stepped on a seashell fragment last month to attract Huai Xing’s attention so that she could have some contact with her, then deliberately drinking iced coffee before her period was to arouse Huai Xing’s pity and sympathy.

She knew that Huai Xing was very good.

She despicably coveted this bit of kindness that Huai Xing had for her.

Now she was like an exile in a prison, able to survive only by breathing in fresh oxygen from the only small window day and night.

“Is it that obvious?” Chu Wantang looked back at her, her tone deliberately light, but her voice had a nasal tone that was hard to ignore.

Huai Xing’s answer was only one word longer. “Isn’t it very obvious?”

She didn’t want to argue with Chu Wantang about such things. She slowly stood up, lowered her eyes to look at the woman’s face, which was impeccable no matter when, and asked, “Do you have any medicine?”

Chu Wantang drank a mouthful of warm water and shook her head. “I didn’t bring any.”

“That was also on purpose,” she said with certainty.

“…Mm.”

“There’s a pharmacy nearby,” Huai Xing said, pushing her hair back. She said no more and turned to go over.

But her wrist was gently held in the next moment. She looked down and saw the surface of the water in the paper cup rippling in the light, and the patient who was holding her wrist had a hint of moisture in her eyes.

Chu Wantang once again felt Huai Xing’s pulse and did not let go immediately. She looked up at Huai Xing, whose features were much more mature than before, and said softly, “I’ll go with you.” Afraid that Huai Xing would not agree, she quickly added, “This way, I can take the medicine directly at the pharmacy.”

Her flight back to Jingcheng was tomorrow morning, and her time alone with Huai Xing was not abundant, only this moment.

Huai Xing’s attitude was nonchalant. “As you wish.”

Hearing these two words, the dimples on Chu Wantang’s lips appeared uncontrollably. Now, the weakness of her body was real, and the joy in her heart was not fake.

She slowly stood up and walked side by side with Huai Xing. After thinking for a moment, she tactfully withdrew her hand.

The restraint on her wrist was removed, and the somewhat dry air once again covered it.

Huai Xing glanced at her sideways, said no more, and walked towards the pharmacy. Considering that the person beside her was still having cramps, her speed was not fast.

Chu Wantang at the side was looking for a topic. “How did you know there was a pharmacy here?”

“When I came to eat barbecue before, a customer got burned, and the owner said there was a pharmacy here.”

“Oh.”

“I just searched for it.”

“Just in case.”

“Then…?” Huai Xing turned to look at her. A few strands of her clipped hair were not so obedient and swayed gently with the owner’s walk.

“What are you emphasizing?” she couldn’t help but ask.

Chu Wantang met her scrutinizing gaze and was just short of raising a white flag. She replied, “I’m not emphasizing. I’m just agreeing.”

Huai Xing looked ahead again, her eyes straight.

The clear fragrance of gardenias floated in the air, riding the night’s tailwind and casually entering the nostrils of the passing pedestrians. A “so fragrant” from a passerby occasionally brushed past their ears.

The two of them were of the same height, and their shadows were slanted under the streetlights, leaning against each other.

Chu Wantang glanced at their constantly changing shadows, the corners of her lips curling up. She just felt that what she was stepping on was not a hard road, but soft clouds.

She couldn’t help but ask herself in her heart, what should she do after she returned to Jingcheng?

Before she had reunited with Huai Xing, she had already endured five years of loneliness. Now that she had met Huai Xing again, how would she spend the next period of time?

Being in different places had never been her first choice. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have persuaded Huai Xing to come to Jingcheng for university back then, although this matter was not within her consideration at the moment.

Suddenly, she thought of Lu Zhenyue.

Lu Zhenyue also often lived in Jingcheng, but as a theater actress, she was more free and relaxed than her. Especially in the past period of time, she had searched for Lu Zhenyue’s play schedule online and could see the number of times Lu Zhenyue had come to Haicheng in the past few years, and she would stay for a long time.

“…” She couldn’t laugh anymore. The pain in her lower abdomen intensified at this moment.

At this time, there were many shops on the side, and they were all still open. The lights of the shops were bright, illuminating her face, which was like a withered leaf that had been hit by frost.

Just as they were about to reach the pharmacy, Huai Xing turned her head to look at her.

She saw that the empty paper cup had been crumpled a lot by Chu Wantang at some point, and Chu Wantang’s forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. Her usually clear eyes were also covered with a layer of mist, and her gaze was a little scattered.

The pharmacy had obvious air conditioning, and it was easy to feel it when passing by.

Huai Xing stared at her grayish-blue cheeks and parted her lips. “You can wait for me outside.” She paused. “It’s a bit cold inside.”

Chu Wantang insisted, “I don’t want to.”

“You’ll be in more pain if you’re exposed to the cold air now.”

“No matter how much it hurts, it’s not as much as you did that night,” Chu Wantang said, crumpling the paper cup even more, her eyes filled with deep heartache.

Although the two of them were talking relatively peacefully, it was as if a string was being pulled tightly.

After a few seconds of looking at each other, Huai Xing lifted her leg and entered the shop, ignoring her. She neatly asked the pharmacy staff, asked for ibuprofen and hot water, and then came out of the shop.

And during this period, Chu Wantang had always been behind her, keeping a not-so-far, not-so-close distance.

The lights and shadows were flickering, and the leaves were rustling.

The scent of gardenias in the air had not dissipated. Huai Xing said nothing, her face slightly cold, and she watched the person in front of her take the medicine.

Without hesitation, she turned around and walked back, but her speed did not increase.

The medicine had not yet taken effect. Chu Wantang held the medicine bag and followed her step by step.

When they were halfway there, she finally couldn’t stand the suffocating atmosphere. She took a quick step forward and blocked Huai Xing’s way. “Wasn’t I telling the truth, Huai Xing?” she said with great difficulty. “How much of what I’m feeling now compares to what you felt then?”

Huai Xing’s brow did not show a trace of a storm, but she asked lightly, “Do I need you to feel it?”

“…”

“What are you doing all this for?” Huai Xing pointed out her intention unceremoniously. “To move yourself? To increase contact with me, and then when the time is right, to let me go back to being your little, pet? No, that’s not right. Last time, you clearly proposed a bed partner relationship, but it came to nothing. Have you not given up yet?”

The cow cat at the entrance of the alley was licking its paws, silently watching the two humans confront each other not far away.

Hearing Huai Xing’s question, Chu Wantang squeezed the medicine box this time.

She looked at the person in front of her and once again felt the strangeness that the current Huai Xing brought her. It was one thing for the medicine not to take effect for the time being, but the degree of abdominal pain could actually be deepened.

Not just the abdominal pain, but her heart also felt as if it were being cut by these sharp, blade-like words.

The evening breeze was gentle, and the passersby from all over the world were laughing and playing on this street, as if they were in two different worlds.

Wasn’t it already the beginning of summer? Why did it feel like she was in the cold winter of Jingcheng at this moment?

“It’s none of those,” Chu Wantang’s throat was sore again, and tears were once again on the verge of falling from the edge of her long lashes. “I’ve already said, I like you.”

“You can’t tell which of my words are from the bottom of my heart. Then what do I have to do for you to believe me, Xingxing?”

Huai Xing’s answer came quickly, and she said with a blank expression, “Why should I distinguish? What does it have to do with me whether you’re being sincere or not?” She reminded, “We’re only in contact now because of our company’s cooperation, President Chu. I don’t want to say any more. Please do as you wish.”

The last word smashed into the air, and Huai Xing walked around Chu Wantang and went back.

All the wind at this moment seemed to have turned into a nail, nailing Chu Wantang from all directions, making her unable to move.

Her tears fell, attracting the attention of a few passersby.

A girl came up to ask her if she was okay. She waved her hand with a smile and said that she was fine, just having some cramps and waiting for the medicine to take effect.

But could this lie deceive a stranger, and could it deceive herself?

The pain that she had deliberately ignored on the night she had come to Haicheng had belatedly fallen on her.

She shouldn’t have been so self-righteous back then. She should have taken the words that Huai Xing had said about not being able to tell if she was being sincere seriously. Or, five years ago, she should have taken Huai Xing’s sincerity seriously, and she should also have taken the affection she had deliberately hidden seriously.

One teardrop after another rolled down and splashed on the ground, as if a brilliant firework were blooming.

The light and shadow in front of her blurred, and she couldn’t see anything clearly.

And Huai Xing had composed her expression and had already returned to the restaurant.

She looked no different from when she had gone out. After sitting down, she began to eat the dishes that Lu Xianyue had put on her plate during this period.

Lu Xianyue at the side asked, “Is President Chu feeling better?”

“She’s taken her medicine. She might have to wait a while longer.”

Hearing this, the employees all lamented, “Cramps should be banished from the earth.”

Huai Xing swallowed the food in her mouth, her eyes curving. “I support that.”

Lu Xianyue looked at her appearance and always felt that something was a little off, but she couldn’t say what it was, so she could only hide all her confusion.

After a while, after the customers at the next table had changed, Chu Wantang returned to her seat.

There were still obvious traces of crying on her face, and there were still tears on her long lashes. Her eyes were still a little pink, but her affectionate eyes looked even clearer and more translucent, and she looked like a rose that had been moistened by the morning dew.

The employees were startled.

Seeing this, Xiao Li quickly asked with concern, “President Chu, does it hurt that much when you have cramps? Are you feeling better now?”

“I’m fine. The medicine has already taken effect,” Chu Wantang said, sitting opposite Huai Xing, but her gaze did not fall on Huai Xing. The dimples on her lips were revealed again in the light.

Huai Xing lifted her eyelids and her gaze lingered on her profile for half a second before she nonchalantly continued to put lotus root slices in her bowl.

Lu Xianyue had already eaten her fill during this period. At this moment, she propped her chin on her hand and also asked Chu Wantang with concern, “Was it because you drank iced coffee, President Chu?”

She smiled. “I also had severe cramps before. Later, Little President Huai took care of me and didn’t let me eat cold things. I slowly recovered, and now the degree of my cramps is a little lighter.”

Chu Wantang still did not look at Huai Xing and nodded gently at Lu Xianyue. “Maybe?”

“The weather is relatively hot now, so it’s inevitable to drink iced coffee.”

“Control it.”

“I will.”

Huai Xing’s eyelids were lowered, and her expression was still calm, as if the person Lu Xianyue had just mentioned was not her.

As if… the person who had taken care of her and not let her eat cold things back then was not Chu Wantang.

The barbecue gathering ended before long. Xiao Li had not drunk and was preparing to drive the four “Lan Ling” people back to the hotel. Everyone said goodbye, their mouths full of polite words.

Chu Wantang’s face had returned to normal, and no one could tell that she had cried tonight.

She reached out her hand and said to Lu Xianyue, “Then Little President Lu, President Huai, we’ll discuss the detailed content of the contract and the cooperation model in detail later.”

“Okay,” Lu Xianyue said, shaking her hand and letting go. “Xiao Li will take you to the airport tomorrow.”

Xiao Li at the side said with a grin, “Don’t worry. I guarantee I’ll complete the mission.”

With that, she opened the car door. “Please get in, everyone. I’ll take you back to the hotel safely.”

“Goodbye,” Chu Wantang said, still to Lu Xianyue, not looking at Huai Xing.

The three subordinates also said goodbye to the “Silk Season” people with her.

Only then did Huai Xing speak. “Safe travels.”

Hearing these four words, Chu Wantang did not turn around and got into the car.

Five years ago, on the day she had separated from Huai Xing in Nancheng, she had also said these four words to Huai Xing, and had also said to wait for her to come back.

Later, it was she who was waiting for Huai Xing to come back. But how could she wait?

Now, Huai Xing did not believe or care about a single word she said.

After seeing off the “Lan Ling” people, the few people from “Silk Season” also went their separate ways.

No one wanted to stay in the same space as their own leader, even if the two leaders looked so beautiful. So they all said goodbye, saying that they would take the subway home, or hail a taxi online on the spot.

A moment later, Huai Xing was sitting in the passenger seat, and Lu Xianyue was at the side as the driver.

If it were a normal day, Lu Xianyue would definitely be playing music. It was obvious that Huai Xing’s mood today was not very good, just like the night she had come out of the hotel. This thought was suppressed.

The atmosphere was so silent that it felt heavy.

“Um, Xiao Xing…” Lu Xianyue said, holding the steering wheel and slowly parting her lips, but she didn’t know how to ask.

Huai Xing was propping her head on her hand, her eyes lowered, and she was idly scrolling through the message bar, her gaze lingering on the withered flower profile picture for two seconds.

Hearing her friend’s voice, she “hmm”-ed. “What’s wrong?”

“Did you and President Chu only have a superior-subordinate relationship before?” Lu Xianyue said, feeling that every word she asked was so difficult, especially when asking the person involved.

Huai Xing’s scrolling fingertips paused, and she answered, “More than that.”

“Then what else was your relationship?”

“The person who kissed me was her, and the person who had sex with me was also her.” In the past, it was all her.

“?”

Lu Xianyue’s heart rate soared, and a curse was on the tip of her tongue. She almost slammed on the brakes.