Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 154 of 214
"You what? Why are you even holding me?" Chen Shutang shook her head and said flatly. "Before, you hid the matter with Lan Ling from me; this time, it's the same with this Lin Yanhe. If we hadn't run into her by coincidence today, how long were you planning to keep it from me?"
"Ah," Yang Jincong said with a smile, "Mengyan, it's not that I wanted to hide it from you, but with that hot temper of yours and your jealous streak, how would I dare tell you these things? Tell you too much, and we start fighting, then comes the cold war—"
"Am I really as petty as you make me out to be?" Chen Shutang said, displeased.
"Look at yourself—that business with Zhao Ying, weren't you just as impulsive?" Yang Yanzhou said. "You nearly broke up with me over it."
"Well, didn't I apologize afterward?" Chen Shutang said, a little embarrassed—after all, she had been in the wrong that time.
"Besides, about Lin Yanhe—didn't I tell you long ago?" Yang Ce explained. "I told you before, so it doesn't really count as hiding it from you."
"Yes, but what about afterward?" Chen Shutang complained. "How was I supposed to know you'd run into her again later? I thought you'd never see her again for the rest of your life."
Chen Shutang had indeed thought so at the time—that since Lin Yanhe had quietly left, she would never cross paths with Yang Ce again. That was why she had not made much of a fuss back then.
She had never expected that the mountains would not turn but the waters would—so soon, the two had met again. This left Chen Shutang deeply uncomfortable, and yet she could not bring herself to lose her temper.
For one thing, Yang Juehuan had indeed given her fair warning about this matter, and besides, the fault lay with Yang Ce. Since she had accepted Yang Ce, she would have to accept all of him.
Second, Chen Shutang had never met Lin Yanhe before and had no idea what kind of person she was. But today at the flower shop, seeing how sweet and lovely Lin Yanhe was, Chen Shutang simply could not bring herself to be angry with the girl.
Had she been some scheming girl, she could easily have used the situation to threaten Yang Ce. Even if she did not become his girlfriend, with Yang Ce's current wealth, demanding a sum of money would have been no problem at all.
But seeing Lin Yanhe's plain clothes and the diligent way she worked, Chen Shutang knew she was not that sort of person. So now Chen Shutang found herself deeply conflicted—which was why she had returned to the car without quarreling with Yan.
Over there, Lin Yanhe was at a loss; and here, Chen Shutang was just as bewildered, with no idea how to face things.
To be continued
682. Speaking Up for Zhou Yanning
"She's a student at our Songjiang Engineering University too. The odds of running into her should be pretty high," Yang Moyi explained with some embarrassment.
"So what do you plan to do?" Chen Shutang knew that Yang Ce's encounter with Lin Yanhe had already become an established fact—there was no changing it now.
Chen Shutang was not the sort to run away at the first sign of trouble; she would try to face things. Since it could not be changed, then she would think of a way to solve it.
"Mengyan, I know there are things I've done that I'm very sorry for, but now that they've happened, there's nothing I can do," Yang Ce said with deep remorse. "I... you..."
"Forget it." Chen Shutang gave a long sigh and leaned weakly back against the car seat. Then she said, "You and her—how far have you gotten?"
"About the same as you and me right now," Yang Ce said vaguely.
"You haven't... done that yet?" Chen Shutang asked, then caught herself—Yang Ce and Lin Yanhe had done that long ago. So she rephrased: "Since you two met again, have you... been together that way?"
"Yeah." Yang Yuting nodded.
"Then what does she think?" Chen Shutang pressed on.