Falling into the rain

Shen Sihe blushed: "...We didn't mean to not tell you, we just didn't know how to tell you."

The three of them grew up together and did everything together. But one day, two of them did something ambiguous. The feeling was indescribable, and she really didn't know how to tell Yu Tingyu.

But no one expected that the first person to discover their relationship would be Wen Huaixu.

Yu Tingyu still looked incredulous: "...You two are already together?"

"No!" Shen Sihe said firmly, raising two fingers in a gesture of protest: "It's just a kissing relationship, a lip-to-lip friendship!"

With a "pfft," Yu Tingyu couldn't help but laugh.

Taking the opportunity, Shen Sihe hugged her arm and gently shook it a few times, then said to her in a coquettish tone, "Tingyu, don't be angry with me. I didn't mean to not tell you."

Yu Tingyu deliberately put on a stern face: "If my brother hadn't found out, would you have kept quiet about it?"

"Of course not!" Shen Sihe vowed again, saying confidently, "Even if Brother Huaixu doesn't know, I plan to tell you in the next couple of days. I even want you to give me some advice."

"What idea?" Yu Tingyu asked.

"Should we be together or not?" Shen Sihe was extremely conflicted, her face scrunched up. "The main problem is that we're too familiar with each other. It feels like we just hit it off without really knowing what to do next."

Yu Tingyu smiled gently, her gaze towards Shen Sihe filled with envy.

"Just follow your heart. If you like someone, be together; if you don't love them anymore, break up."

"Besides, your family backgrounds are similar, so no one will object if you start dating."

Unlike her, who even hides her feelings, afraid of being discovered.

Shen Sihe sensed the desolation in her tone, but didn't know how to comfort her.

"How is Zhao Xiao?" Yu Tingyu changed the subject again. "My brother was too impulsive. How could he just take action like that?"

"It's nothing serious. Brother Huaixu had the doctor check on him last night, and he went to visit him this morning." Shen Sihe sighed softly. "Brother Huaixu is just too worried."

She narrowed her eyes and whispered in Yu Tingyu's ear, "And I think Huaixu cares about you more than I imagined. You didn't see how he acted last night; it was like he was about to kill someone."

Even now, thinking about it makes Shen Sihe's heart tremble.

But Yu Tingyu didn't react much. She curved her lips into a smile, but there was a hint of bitterness in it.

No matter how much she cared, it was only within the general scope, completely different from how she cared for him.

However, after listening to Shen Sihe's explanation, she also realized something. It turned out that Wen Huaixu suddenly agreed to let her move out last night because he knew that she was not in a relationship, not the kind she had in mind.

But what's the difference?

Sooner or later, there will be a new mistress of the house.

See? The Chen family has already moved into the inner circle. Wen Yun and Liang Kaizhou like this daughter-in-law very much. This morning, she even heard them saying that they wanted Chen Xuning to go back to Beijing with Wen Huaixu.

"I don't want to think about it anymore, love is so torturous." Shen Sihe wailed, and said goodbye to Yu Tingyu, "I'm going back to check on Zhao Xiao, otherwise he'll cause trouble again."

"I'll go with you," Yu Tingyu said, and started to follow.

"No need, he didn't have anything to do anyway." Shen Sihe advised her, "I saw Chen Xuning's family talking to Aunt Liang just now, why don't you go and listen to what they were talking about?"

"I'm not going."

Yu Tingyu refused, thinking that she was just making herself miserable.

Shen Sihe calmly shook her finger: "No, no."

She knew Yu Tingyu too well. "If you don't go, you'll definitely be overthinking things, won't that make you feel even worse?"

Yu Tingyu remained silent, but her thoughts were indeed accurately guessed.

That's just the kind of person she is. She's even wondering now if the two families have already discussed the engagement date and location, and if they're already talking about the dowry.

She couldn't help but wonder if Wen Huaixu was better off not coming to Beidaihe. Was he here because of his grandfather's matter, or because Chen Xuning was here?

The more I think about it, the more suffocated I feel.

This is infuriating!

Shen Sihe could tell what Yu Tingyu meant just by looking at her expression. She waved her hand and said, "I'm going back now. Call me if you need anything."

Yu Tingyu watched her walk away, but still couldn't resist getting into the elevator and heading straight downstairs.

The hotel elevator is transparent, from which you can see the sea engulfed in a gloomy rain, with waves surging.

After stepping out of the elevator, the sound of the waves became much clearer.

Before she even got close, Yu Tingyu saw both families sitting in the lobby on the first floor, looking very happy together.

She glanced over and happened to see Wen Huaixu handing a tissue to Chen Xuning.

Yu Tingyu stopped abruptly, as if she had been nailed to the spot.

She knew herself that she was petty and narrow-minded. This was already almost unbearable; what if she saw Wen Huaixu holding hands, hugging, or kissing other women again…

Just thinking about it makes me furious.

Yu Tingyu suddenly didn't want to go in anymore. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly heard a gentle female voice from inside call out to her.

"Tingyu, come here quickly."

Wen Yun saw her first, and stood up with a smile, inviting her to sit down.

Yu Tingyu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go inside, without glancing at Wen Huaixu once.

Wen Yun put her arm around Yu Tingyu's shoulder and introduced her to Chen Xuning's mother: "Tingyu, this is your Aunt Chen."

Yu Tingyu had no choice but to greet them.

Mrs. Chen looked at her with a smile and said in a warm tone, "I saw you when you were little, you've grown so much."

Wen Yun smiled sheepishly, "I haven't done much these past few years; Huai Xu has been the one taking care of things most of the time."

"Oh?" Madam Chen's face immediately lit up with a smile, and her gaze toward Wen Huaixu held a hint of approval and satisfaction: "Huaixu is so thoughtful."

Wen Huaixu didn't reply, his fingertips casually stroking the rim of the cup. In fact, all his attention had shifted to Yu Tingyu after she came in.

But she kept her eyelashes down the whole time, not giving him a single glance.

"Absolutely." Wen Yun smiled. "He's just like his older brother; he's cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

Madam Chen echoed her sentiments with a few words, all expressing her praise and satisfaction with Wen Huaixu.

Chen Xuning, who was standing to the side, also smiled and said softly, "I really didn't realize that Huai Xu had this side to him."

When these words reached Yu Tingyu's ears, the corners of her mouth curled up almost imperceptibly, her smile hiding a hint of sarcasm.

But the next second, she completely suppressed all her emotions, looked up at Wen Huaixu, and said in a calm but grateful tone, "Second brother, you've worked so hard all these years. You don't need to take care of me anymore."

Everyone assumed that Yu Tingyu was expressing gratitude, but Wen Huaixu frowned upon hearing this.

He looked up at her, his dark eyes filled with a hint of melancholy.

What do you mean by "you don't have to take care of her anymore"?