On the way back, Xu Chen was silent.
He was still thinking about his mother's advice.
He didn't open his mouth, and Kai Yuan certainly wouldn't take the initiative to talk to him.
She is happy with the silence between them, even though she has a good impression of the warm and talkative mother Xu, but she does not love the house and its crow.
The car was parked in the parking lot of the building, Kai Yuan turned off the engine, returned the key to Xu Chen, picked up her bag and was about to open the door and get out of the car when Xu Chen suddenly clasped her wrist.
She was startled and pulled her hand back immediately.
Fortunately, he didn't grasp it hard, and she could easily withdraw it.
"I have something to tell you!"
Xu Chen hurriedly said, lest she "run away".
"What?"
Kai Yuan frowned, almost leaning against the door, full of alertness.
The grab he had just made frightened her.
Xu Chen was annoyed.
He opened his mouth to take a breath, moved his thin lips, hesitated for a while, and said, "I've been thinking about how I can change your mind. I've thought about many ways, and I actually did it, but it was all in vain."
The melancholy, the loneliness in the corners of his brows and eyes, and the haggard and sick face made people feel distressed.
Kai Yuan tightened the hand holding her bag.
"You can choose not to."
"I don't want to." He raised his eyes, staring at her hotly.
That kind of sight is enough to make one's heart disintegrate...
Kai Yuan held the bag tighter.
"Listen, Xu Chen, you are mistaken, it's not me that you like..."
"I do!"
"What you like is your first love, Liang Qiao Ting, you noticed me because I am like Qiao Ting. You subconsciously overlapped me with her, that's why you have that illusion. You knew it well before you lost your memory, but you never admited it..."
"I never lost my memory."
Kai Yuan seemed to have not heard clearly and asked, "What?"
"I don't have amnesia."
Kai Yuan was startled.
Although shee had suspected it for a long time, him admitting it to her face surprised her.
"You sure don't have amnesia!" Kai Yuan gritted her teeth and said angrily, "How many times are you going to mess with me?"
Kai Yuan angrily opened the door and got out of the car, the sound of the door slamming loudly reverberated on the quiet place.
Xu Chen chased after her and held her hand.
"Let go of me."
She tried her best, but she couldn't shake his hand off.
"I didn't want to play tricks on you. Back then, this proposal was made by Xue Zhi without my agreement..."
"You want to put the blame on Xue Zhi now?" Why is this man so despicable?
"No!" Xu Chen growled. "I'm admitting it because I don't know how to get close to you now."
"You..."
"You listen to me, just this time, I'll let you go after I say it."
Kai Yuan stared at him, keeping him silent.
"Kai Yuan!" Xu Chen begged.
"Let me go when you're done."
Xu Chen nodded his head quickly and lightly.
"It's true that I noticed you at first because you looked like Qiao Ting. She was my first love, so I really did want to see her in you, I admit it..."
Kai Yuan's face tightened slightly, she clenched her teeth, not wanting yo let Xu Chen see the hint of heartache in her eyes.
"But the two of you have completely different personalities. The attraction on your face is temporary, but it depends on your personality that my attention will be helf for a long time. If I don't like you, why should I bother with you?"
"You're just unwilling. "
"I'm not."
"You are!"
"Then how long do you think a person's unwillingness can last?" Xu Chen asked back.
Kai Yuan did not answer.
"To be realistic, you have also seen the situation of my family today. My family is good and my career is successful. Without you, I still could have anyone. Why should I try my best to chase you, even at the cost of earing a moldy pizza to get myself food poisoned, just to see if I can get a little sympathy and care from you?"
Kai Yuan was dumbfounded, "Even the food poisoning is fake?"
"Of course the food poisoning is real, I never would try to buy a doctor? And the hospital was not ordered by me."
Kai Yuan thought about it and it seemed reasonable.
But...getting food poisoning in order to get her care?
"Hey, Kai Yuan," Xu Chen took a step closer to her, "I won't ask you to forgive me, but can you give me a fair chance?"
"What chance?"
"A chance to pursue you. Don't avoid me anymore like a snake. Don't hate me so much and guard against me?"
She didn't know what to think.
She felt like her heart was messed up.
There were several voices echoing in her head—suspicion, rejection, sympathetic, delighted, annoyed...
"Are you done? I want to go home."
She needed time and a quiet space to rationally think.
Her tone was cold, and she turned her face away and didn't want to look at him, which made Xu Chen feel hopeless.
"I'm done."
He let go.
Kai Yuan ran towards the safety stairs without looking back.
Xu Chen, who was standing still, sighed heavily, rubbed his wet eyes, and went home sadly.
T/N: I translated this while at work so I apologize if there are wrong spellings or grammatical errors.
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