Jingxia Rose

Chapter 190 [Shi Yi 040] Taught by my ex-boyfriend?

While eating cookies, Shi Wan stared at the comments on her phone, smacked her lips, and said, "What have I done to deserve this? I can make it to the trending topics just by talking about dating. This has never happened before."

"Isn't it all thanks to me?" Yi Xu said half-jokingly.

Shi Wan rolled her eyes. "Do you want a response?"

Yi Xu took the phone. "I'll do it."

How do you plan to respond?

Yi Xu raised an eyebrow, said nothing, opened Weibo a second time, and edited the post a second time: I finally managed to catch up with him, so don't mess with me!
While he was typing, Shi Wan had already come over. When she saw the sentence, she frowned and asked with a sincere look, "When did you pursue me? How come I didn't know?"

Yi Xu clicked 'send', put away his phone, and casually put his arm around her waist, looking at her, "Shi Wanwan, you're being honest."

"What did I say that was unethical? I just never pursued her!"

"So how did we get together?"

"Hmm..." Shi Wan leaned against him, thinking seriously for a moment, "Actually... I've never verbally agreed to it, so let's call it a day now..."

Yi Xu narrowed his eyes, smiling 'kindly', "What's that?"

Shi Wan chewed on the biscuit, naturally shifting her gaze away. "It's nothing."

"Tell me, let me hear it."

"nothing……"

"Are you thinking of saying those two words again?" Yi Xu leaned in and pressed down on him. "I think you're itching for a beating again."

"Ah, stop, stop, stop!"

Shi Wan was repeatedly defeated by his tickling offensive.

Yi Xu stopped, kissed her hard, and asked through gritted teeth, "Still want to talk?"

"I didn't say that."

"Are you talking back?"

"Did not say."

"You're not allowed to say that again!"

"Okay, I won't say it again!" Shi Wan was able to be both flexible and assertive.

"Ding--"

After the two joked around for a while, Yi Xu's phone suddenly beeped. He then got up from Shi Wan and picked up his phone to take a look.

Shi Wan leaned closer, rested her chin on his shoulder, and looked at his phone screen. "Who is it?"

The person who messaged him had a girl's profile picture and no nickname.

Content: Are you really not coming to Chen Dong's birthday party tomorrow?

Yi Xu was very frank, "My ex-girlfriend."

Which ex-girlfriend?

"The one I met at the pet store last time."

"Oh, his name is Shao something?"

"Ah."

"And who is Chen Dong?"

"Her friend?"

"Your ex-girlfriend's friend?"

Yi Xu nodded.

Are you going tomorrow?

"Go to hell! I wasn't close to his friend at all, and I haven't been in contact with her since we broke up."

Shi Wan suddenly realized, "Since you're not familiar with each other, why did she still ask you to go? It couldn't be that she's thinking of..."

Yi Xu nodded again, "This is most likely just an excuse for her to reconnect with me."

"Wow, you know a lot!"

"Just average."

Shi Wanbai glanced at him, "What are you going to say?"

Yi Xu snorted, "Back to the Mao."

Simply add the person to your blacklist and then delete them as a friend.

All in one go.

Shi Wan looked at him in surprise, "You just deleted it like that?"

Yi Xu tossed his phone aside. "Otherwise what? If she were just quietly lying in my contact list, I wouldn't bother looking for her among more than two thousand people. But she insists on causing trouble, so why would I keep her around for the New Year?"

"You haven't deleted any of your previous girlfriends?"

"None of them were labeled, so I have no idea which one is which."

"..."

Do you also have your ex-boyfriend in your WeChat contacts?

“Yes,” Shi Wan said. “Those are all connections. Why delete them? We’re not necessarily enemies after a breakup.”

Yi Xu chuckled but did not offer any comment.

He just registered his Weibo account this year. He never used Weibo before and didn't like reading gossip. As for his own scandals, plenty of people would keep track of them for him.

He registered on Weibo this year, but didn't even change his name or create a profile picture.

There were only two posts, but both were related to Shi Wan.

The first post was in February when he was rumored to be dating Shi Wan; he posted a clarification message that subtly criticized marketing accounts. The second post is today's official announcement.

Neither of them checked Weibo anymore, nor did they care about the comments there.

But Yu Xuan still showed the screenshot to Shi Wan. Of course, some people questioned it, some supported them, and some calculated the timeline.

Shi Wan didn't care. She was the kind of person who didn't care about other people's opinions and just wanted to live her own life well.

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By the end of August, Wen Song had finished filming and returned to Beijing. He immediately contacted Yi Xu and Chu Feng and arranged a place for a get-together.

Of the three who have families, only Lu Xuming didn't bring Yin Qianran.

Upon arriving at the scene, Yi Xu asked Lu Xuming, who replied, "Her belly is heavy, and she doesn't want to move. Now that she's in her late pregnancy, she's also very irritable. I don't drink alcohol, so I have to go back around nine o'clock."

Yi Xu laughed and said, "Your 'good family man' label is getting more and more firmly attached to you now."

Lu Xuming raised his eyebrows. "Of course."

This wasn't the first time Shi Wan had met them; after exchanging greetings, they took their seats.

Chu Feng curiously leaned over and asked, "Sis, what do you like about him? Why are you with him?"

Shi Wan pondered for a moment, then replied seriously, "I guess... I'm blind!"

Chu Feng looked shocked. "Then... this is an illness, it needs treatment."

"Do you know any doctors specializing in this? Could you introduce me to one?"

Before Shi Wan could finish speaking, Chu Feng was kicked.

Yi Xu pulled his leg back and hugged Shi Wan's neck. "Then let's just stay blind! What's the point of treatment!"

The people around burst into laughter. Wen Qihuan looked around and asked, "Isn't Huaichuan coming?"

“I called him before I arrived to confirm, and he said he would come,” Yi Xu said.

Wensong arrived in just a few minutes.

Besides Yi Xu, she hadn't seen Lu Xuming, Chu Feng, and Wen Qi for several years. After exchanging greetings, she introduced Shi Wan and Ji Xuan to her.

Wen Song also noticed that someone was missing, but she guessed he wouldn't come, so she wasn't surprised.

Once the dinner party started, Yi Xu sent Jiang Huaichuan a message under the table: Where are you?
Jiang Huaichuan replied five minutes later: You guys eat first. It will take me another twenty to thirty minutes to get there.

Yi Xu: Where did you come from?

Jianghuaichuan: Jiangdong.

Yi Xu: Shouldn't you have been back yesterday?

Jianghuaichuan: There's been a temporary problem at the construction site. Jiangdong is about a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Beijing.

Half an hour later, Jiang Huaichuan, dressed in a suit and tie, arrived, and everyone at the table looked at him.

Including Wen Song.

Yi Xu poured him a glass of wine and handed it to him, saying, "I've been waiting for you for ages, we've already had two rounds of drinks. You're late, so punish yourself with a drink."

Jiang Huaichuan smiled, took the wine glass, and sat down next to Chu Feng. "Okay."

He downed the wine in his glass in one gulp. When Qi asked him about the progress of the land project in Jiangdong District, he said helplessly, "There's been a problem with the documents. I was just thinking of talking to you about it tomorrow. Are you familiar with the CEO of Tan's Group?"

"It's alright. Do you need me to put in a good word for you?"

"Okay, let's arrange a dinner in the next couple of days."

Wen Song listened to their conversation silently, occasionally exchanging a few jokes with Shi Wanji. Throughout the entire conversation, neither of them spoke, nor did they make eye contact.

Another ten minutes or so passed, and she got up to go to the restroom. While washing her hands, she stared blankly at herself in the mirror for a while, but then felt a warm sensation in her nose.

The bright red blood flowed down and dripped into the washbasin, where it was diluted by the water.

Wen Song paused for two seconds, then panicked and quickly grabbed two tissues to cover her nose.

But the nosebleed kept flowing, so Wen Song gritted her teeth, grabbed two more tissues, made a call to her assistant, and quickly ran out of the restaurant.

When the assistant saw how much blood she was bleeding, she almost cried. "Sister Song, take your medicine, take your medicine quickly!"

Wen Song stared at the bottle of white medicine without moving, her face showing deep weariness. "It's no use. Let's go to the hospital and call Sister Lan over."

She started the car and called Yi Xu, "Sorry, I suddenly have something urgent to attend to, I have to go now."

Yi Xu asked in surprise, "Gone?"

Wen Song covered her nose, her gentle voice slightly nasal, "Let's have dinner together again sometime. I'm so sorry, could you please tell them for me that I spoiled your fun?"

"What do you mean by spoilsport? When have you ever been so polite to us?" Yi Xu looked at Jiang Huaichuan, and seeing that Jiang Huaichuan was also looking at him, he asked, "Where are you now? I came to find you; I have a few words I want to say to you."

"Then tell me now, I've already gotten in the car and left."

The blood stained the two tissues in her hand. She threw them into the small trash can, then took out two more and covered her nose. Her heart sank lower and lower.

Yi Xu sighed helplessly, "Alright then, we'll talk about it next time. Have you been in Beijing lately?"

"I'm going out of town for a gig tomorrow. You have no idea how hard female celebrities work. I'm a very busy person with a full schedule... I have to participate in variety shows, shoot commercials, and join film crews."

"Shoot commercials? You've been in the industry for so many years, haven't you never accepted endorsements?"

Wow, you know me so well?

"Come on! I don't know anything about this. Anyone with eyes can see that."

Wen Song's voice was even more muffled than before, with a slight lisp at the end, "Oh, really?"

What's wrong with your voice?

"No!" Wen Song's heart tightened. "I have to go now, I have a call coming in, I'll hang up. Have fun."

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

Yi Xu glanced at his phone and frowned slightly.

Lu Xuming asked, "What's going on?"

Wen Song said he had to leave first.

"They're gone?" Chu Feng asked in surprise. "Didn't we just agree to go to the snooker club together?"

Jiang Huaichuan's eyes darkened, and he picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Yi Xu touched his chin. "I always felt... there was something off about Wen Song's voice just now, like..."

Chu Feng, "You cried?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuming subconsciously looked at Jiang Huaichuan.

Yi Xu shook his head. "It wasn't crying, it sounded more like he was saying it while covering his mouth."

Chu Feng had a wild idea: "Holy crap, could she have been kidnapped?"

Lu Xuming: "If it's a kidnapping, they won't call to tell you."

"What if she just doesn't want us to suspect anything? She's only been gone a few minutes. It's easy for us to catch up with her and call the police."

This idea was bold, and it brought a moment of silence to the dinner table.

Yi Xu rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, "Stop creating panic here, are you sick?"

The atmosphere at the dinner table instantly relaxed.

After dinner, the group went to the snooker club.

It was Shi Wan's first time there too. Seeing that Yi Xu had something to say to Jiang Huaichuan, she considerately went to the car first and asked the driver to wait.

Lu Xuming didn't plan to go with them, after all, he had a pregnant woman at home to take care of.

But seeing the two of them talking, I paused for a while longer.

Yi Xu asked, "What are you thinking?"

Jiang Huaichuan didn't say anything, but took out a cigarette case from his pocket, shook out one, and held it out to him.

Yi Xu took it, but Lu Xuming waved his hand, "I've given it up."

"I also want to know what you're thinking. You haven't let go, so why don't you just back down and give in? Maybe then you two can make up..."

Jiang Huaichuan lit a cigarette and shook his head. "It's not like we can make up just by giving in and backing down."

"What do you mean?"

Lu Xuming was also completely confused, "What exactly caused you two to break up?"

Jiang Huaichuan leaned against the car door without saying a word. Lu Xuming, with his impatient nature, couldn't stand it and punched him on the back, "Hurry up and say it, I'm in a hurry to get back!"

Jiang Huaichuan said, "You can go back now. I'm fine, so don't ask me anything."

Yi Xu asked, "Impossible?"

Jiang Huaichuan hesitated for more than ten seconds, then slowly nodded, "Yes, it's impossible. She's doing quite well now, and I have no reason to bother her."

Yi Xu and Lu Xuming exchanged a glance, and after hearing this, they decided not to interfere too much.

"Think it through yourself." Lu Xuming patted his shoulder. "I'm leaving."

After they left, Jiang Huaichuan stood alone, smoking two cigarettes, and looked up at the blue curtain of a bright waning moon hanging in the sky.

But in her mind were images of Wen Song eating and drinking at the dinner table, and chatting and laughing with Shi Wanji.

how many years?

Eight years, or nine years?

Oh, it's been so long.

The image in his mind was still her saying to him, "Jiang Huaichuan, I'm going abroad to study for two or three years, or even longer. I'm not sure if I'll stay abroad in the future, and I can't accept a long-distance relationship. Let's break up."

She spoke so calmly and naturally, as if she were issuing a notice.

Jiang Huaichuan couldn't understand why they had to break up.

Even if she wants to study abroad, he can go with her.

That sounded more like an excuse.

On the third day after the breakup, he went to see her. At that time, Wen Song was preparing for her departure from the country. He pressed her for the reason, and Wen Song later said that she was annoyed, tired, and weary, and did not want to talk to him anymore.

She also hoped he wouldn't come looking for her again, and she didn't want to see him anymore. That was it.

Nine years passed like this.

We met again at the dinner table today, but we didn't exchange a single word; we were less than strangers.

At least, strangers would greet her, just like she and Ji Xianshi would greet each other warmly.

In the first few years, he couldn't understand how Wen Song could let go and forget so quickly, dumping him without any lingering feelings.

He chuckled self-deprecatingly, tossed away his cigarette butt, turned and got into the car, told the driver the destination, and closed his eyes to pretend to doze off.

This wasn't Shi Wan's first time playing snooker; in fact, she was quite skilled at it. She even easily won 500 yuan from Chu Feng, that idiot.

"Heh heh, I don't believe it, let's play one more round!" Chu Feng refused to believe it.

"Come on!" Shi Wan raised her eyebrows. "Let's raise the stakes to two thousand this time!"

Chu Feng scoffed lightly, "Two thousand is nothing! Twenty thousand is fine too! Come on!"