Ruan Tianxin suddenly remembered that her swimsuit was only half changed. She thought Yu He had returned and opened the door in a hurry.
She immediately covered her chest with both hands, "What are you looking at! It's not to seduce you anyway!"
"Tch, it's not like I haven't seen it before. I'm tired of seeing it." Shao Chen suppressed the slight flutter in his heart, put on a disdainful expression, and continued to drag his suitcase into the house.
His dismissive tone infuriated Ruan Tianxin, "You're just putting on a brave face! Don't forget, it was I who dumped you!"
She yelled, blocking Shao Chen with her leg, not wanting him to enter. Shao Chen, pulling his suitcase, was caught off guard. He didn't control the strength in his hands well. Ruan Tianxin tripped over the wheels of his suitcase and almost fell. Shao Chen, with quick reflexes, pulled her up, and the two instantly collided.
When Yu He and Qin Beiting returned with the two children, they happened to see the two embracing.
"Rekindling old flames?" Yu He asked.
"Wow, godmother, what are you doing in broad daylight?" Duoduo asked curiously, blinking her eyes.
Qin Beiting covered Duoduo's eyes, "Children shouldn't see such impure things."
Hearing this, Ruan Tianxin immediately pushed Shao Chen away, "Who is rekindling old flames with him? Even if all the men in the world were dead, I wouldn't go back to this piece of rotten grass!"
Shao Chen's brows furrowed. He, the crown prince of a powerful warlord family, rich, influential, handsome, and well-built, could have any woman he wanted with a snap of his fingers.
He was always the one who got tired of women and dumped them. But this woman, not only had she unceremoniously dumped him in front of his brothers back then, but she was now saying such things in front of his brothers and sister-in-law. Did she really think he, Shao Chen, didn't care about his dignity?
"Tsk, as if I'm so infatuated with you. If you hadn't seduced me back then, would I have slept with a hussy like you?" Shao Chen, angered, also started to speak without restraint.
Hearing this, Ruan Tianxin's eyes widened. She never expected him to say such a thing. Before they were together, they had both been quite flirtatious and playful. When they were together, they didn't care about each other's past. Now that they had broken up, he would say such things?
She was so angry she could explode, "You're the hussy! Your whole family are hussies!"
Since their breakup, she had noticed that this man's words were incredibly harsh. He wasn't like this when they were together before!
Shao Chen: "I suggest you learn Chinese properly before arguing, as 'hussy' describes something specific."
Ruan Tianxin: "You bastard..."
"Alright, don't be angry, don't be angry. Aren't you going swimming? Let's go, I'll accompany you." Yu He, fearing they would start fighting if they weren't separated, stepped forward to pull Ruan Tianxin away and tried to placate her.
Ruan Tianxin was furious. Pulled aside by Yu He, she took a while to calm down.
Seeing Yu He was going swimming, Qin Beiting offered, "I'll watch the children, you two go. Don't wear such short swimsuits."
"Did you hear that? Wearing so little, is that proper conduct?" Shao Chen glanced at Ruan Tianxin dismissively again, feeling a little displeased that she was dressed like this to be seen by other men.
"Are you living by the Pacific Ocean? Why are you so nosy!" Ruan Tianxin retorted.
Shao Chen was speechless. They had broken up long ago, and he indeed had no right. He could only watch her leave with Yu He.
"Xiao He Miao, look at him! What kind of man is he! When we were together, he wouldn't even say a harsh word to me. And now? Hypocritical!"
As soon as they left the villa, Ruan Tianxin couldn't help but complain to Yu He.
Yu He thought of the time Qin Beiting had forgotten her and had also said unpleasant things to her, treating her like a woman who had climbed into his bed. "This is part of his true personality. It's just that he favored you before, so he was biased."
Ruan Tianxin didn't like hearing this, "Wuwu, why are you still speaking up for him? Does that mean it's my fault?"
"No, it's just stating the facts. Weren't you also very gentle with him before? You were reluctant to say harsh words, not so fierce like this?" Yu He said.
"That's because this young lady doesn't love him anymore!" Ruan Tianxin said indignantly.
Yu He: "Exactly. He feels the same."
"..."
Ruan Tianxin was suddenly choked up. For some reason, realizing this reality, she felt a pang of sadness.
She had dated many boyfriends. Although she would be quite sad after each breakup, she would quickly forget her old lovers once she found new ones. Only Shao Chen, she couldn't forget him.
Now that she realized he truly no longer loved her, she felt an indescribable discomfort.
"Actually, if he had just softened his stance a little, I wouldn't be so angry, and maybe..."
Yu He listened to her incessant rambling and raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Maybe what?"
Ruan Tianxin realized she had even considered getting back together with him and was startled by herself.
She didn't deny that Shao Chen was the one she liked and loved the most among all her boyfriends. But if she were to go back to him, it was impossible!
She had already made the move once, and the harsh words had been spoken.
There would be no possibility between them anymore.
"I mean, maybe we could still be friends!" Ruan Tianxin forced an explanation.
"Really?" Yu He raised an eyebrow, as if seeing through something.
"Of course, I'm so magnanimous!" Ruan Tianxin nodded. "If he apologizes, I can forgive him, and being friends is fine. But getting back together is impossible. He already has a 'Diamond Gentleman' now. Once I meet the 'Diamond Gentleman' and start dating, Shao Chen will be irrelevant~"
Seeing that she was taking it so well, Yu He didn't say anything more. The two walked to the beach, found a less crowded spot, and slowly waded into the sea, testing the water temperature with their feet.
"By the way, Xiao He Miao, speaking of which, has your Brother Ting mentioned changing the children's surnames back to Qin? And I remember that the Qin family has generation names. Will the two children have to change their names then?" Ruan Tianxin asked, kicking the seawater.
She thought of Qin Beiting's romantic proposal to Yu He last night, and this morning, he had arranged for people from the Civil Affairs Bureau to come to their home on the first day of the Lunar New Year to get them registered, as if he were afraid Yu He would change her mind. But this domineering yet romantic gesture, she really liked.
Yu He wasn't too concerned about the children's surnames. "No, my family doesn't have a throne to inherit. The children can take whichever surname they want."
"Then if you don't want Seventh Master Qin to change the children's surname, and the two children take your surname and inherit his throne, would he be willing?" Ruan Tianxin asked.
Yu He: "He wouldn't have any objections. This morning, he even threatened me, saying that if I didn't agree to get registered, he would bring the entire XS Group to the Ye family as a live-in son-in-law."
Hearing this, Ruan Tianxin couldn't help but exclaim, "Aow, I'm so envious! That's why I say, there's only one Seventh Master Qin in the world! If Shao Chen had had this kind of spirit back then, this young lady would have been married long ago, and I would have children older than Yueyue and Duoduo.
"But it doesn't matter. As long as my relationship with the 'Diamond Gentleman' goes smoothly, I can have a baby next year, and we can still be in-laws."
"You haven't even settled your own lifelong matters, so don't worry about the children's affairs. As long as you don't get scammed, I'll support you dating anyone," Yu He said.
As they chatted, after adjusting to the water temperature, they swam a few laps in the shallow water.