"Xiaoyi, you had agreed to do this for . Because we're childhood friends, rember? Why are you retracting that statent now?" ng Renshu asked with a stiff face.
"As I said, it's not like I plan this to happen. Mother is the one who decided that."
"Then, it should be okay if I convinced Auntie to let you co with , right?"
"Yeah, but I don't think she will like that."
"Are you truly don't mind with this at all?" ng Renshu asked in frustration.
Li Caiyi tilted her head in confusion. "It's not like it would make any difference if I show up as your partner or regular attendee, so wouldn't it be weirder if I mind?"
ng Renshu gritted his teeth, clearly losing his composure. "Don't shift the subject. I'm asking if you don't mind being switched like that because Auntie thought Xiaohua was more suitable for becoming my partner. Don't you feel wronged at all?"
Li Caiyi looked at ng Renshu with a strange expression. Why does he care if she felt unjust or not? Why say this now after he treats her like a plus one all this ti?
"I don't know what you want to say, but I was not concerned even for a bit."
ng Renshu was very disappointed when he heard that. The rift between him and Li Caiyi kept getting wider as ti went by.
He always seed to make a mistake in front of her, which did not help reduce the gap between them. He had never expected that the distance between him and Li Caiyi was so far away, as she was actively trying to create so distance away from him.
It made him lonely, but want to know even more about her simultaneously.
"I stand by my statent. I will go to the party with you and only with you." ng Renshu said while gazing at Li Caiyi deeply, making her feel uncomfortable.
The current ng Renshu was too different from what she rembered. If it were the previous him, he would put away everything he was doing once he got a call from Li Chunhua and ran to her side. No matter if they were in the middle of a date or an important family eting.
Because of this, Li Caiyi always had to endure people's humiliation and looks of pity. Her mother-in-law was dissatisfied with her because Li Caiyi made the ng family lose face. No one recognized her as Madam ng, and people only treated her as ng Renshu's childhood friend, not his wife.
Li Caiyi dared not to raise her head under people's scrutiny and criticism, but there was nothing she could do when ng Renshu's heart was not with her. What was more upsetting about the whole situation was that she knew clearly that she was the third wheel between ng Renshu and Li Chunhua's relationship, so she could not even consult with ng Renshu about this lest she put him in a difficult position.
Suppose he said that in her previous life, Li Caiyi would probably beco the happiest woman on earth. However, his words felt unpleasant to hear now.
The feeling she had for ng Renshu was profound and complicated, sothing she did not dare to re-open and look at it twice. She was scared she would return to her pathetic self by doing that.
Li Caiyi just wanted to hide whenever she was with him. The only thing that prevented her from doing so was her remaining pride.
"Xiaohua and I looked the sa, anyway. There shouldn't be any problem whoever accompanies you, right?"
ng Renshu was stunned at first, but later, his face darkened, and with a tone as sharp as a knife, he asked her, "Are you serious about what you just said? Do you think I'm okay with any of you just because you are twins? So for you, I was that kind of person all this ti?"
The danger lurking beneath his voice was so palpable it created the tension in the air. Li Caiyi had successfully made him mad now. However, this might be good too. That way, he would feel disappointed and never co closer to her again.
Li Chunhua, who sensed an incoming storm coming their way, jokingly intervened to ease the tension. "G-guys? Maybe we should talk about this civilly without fighting. In the first place, I have not said anything about agreeing yet, so don't fight."
"No, this is not about you, Xiaohua. It seems that your sister hates now. That's the problem." ng Renshu sneered.
Li Caiyi clenched her skirt under the table. Her feelings towards him now could not be described with a simple term like hate, but faced with his eyes, who had a trace of hurt in it, she could neither agree nor deny it.
ng Renshu saw how Li Caiyi kept her silent, and his heart squeezed. He did not want to lose his cool in front of his childhood friends, so he rose from his seat with a forced smile on his face. "I'd better go now."
"Wait. You have not finished your lunch yet," Li Junjie said to him while looking down at the food on his plate, which was left untouched.
"No, I'm not hungry anymore." ng Renshu shifted his gaze to Li Caiyi, "I will contact Auntie and talk to her again. Don't worry, I will settle this problem for you, so just give it a rest already, okay? Your rejection hurts ." He smiled sadly before he walked away with dropped shoulders.
Li Caiyi pressed her lips in a hard line, feeling the whole situation was ridiculous and funny. Why did he make it sound like she was in the wrong here? Even though it was because of him, she acted like this!
'This is so unfair,' Li Caiyi thought.
Li Junjie watched ng Renshu's diminishing figure and nailed his gaze on Li Caiyi. "That one was your fault. Make sure you apologize to him later."
Li Caiyi could not stand her brother's gaze, which was full of accusation, and abruptly stood up too. "I have finished my business here, so I'll go too."
After both of them left, Li Chunhua sighed helplessly. "Brother, why do you have to say that to Xiaoyi? You make the situation worse. She would never apologize now that you accused her like that."
"I only said what needed to be said. I warned her she should be careful, but she did not seem to understand."
"You are smart, Brother, but Xiaoyi is not stupid, either. You don't even try to understand why she did that. Father and Mother also kept pressuring her to do sothing she did not want to do. Everyone forced their idea onto her; wouldn't it be natural for her to be upset?"
Li Junjie fell into a deep silence as he thought about it once again, while Li Chunhua took one more bite and left her seat as well. "Sure enough, only I understand Xiaoyi the best. I'll talk to her later, so don't say anything to her anymore, Brother. You will only make everything worse. Let take care of this."
Although she appeared to scold him, she looked like she was in a good mood because she went away while humming.
In the end, Li Junjie was left alone in his seat. He thought about the exchange between Li Caiyi and ng Renshu earlier and felt that there was a deeper problem than just a re accompanying ng Renshu to the party.
It was only a coming-of-age party, and ng Renshu was not the type to make a fuss about such a thing. Li Caiyi also acted unreasonably cold towards ng Renshu over a trivial thing. It did not make sense at all.
Sothing definitely happened between those two.
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