Chapter 199: 110, Maybe from the beginning, it was the wrong love (2 more, 2)
Another day of marriage counseling.
For some reason, Shi Nian was eager to see Xiang Yuan today. Unlike the last time when she kept delaying, this time she arrived at Huo Danru’s office building half an hour early.
There was still time, so Shi Nian went to buy a cup of coffee. Just after she paid, someone grabbed her elbow.
Shi Nian thought she was being robbed, and instinctively reached for the pepper spray in her bag.
The last time with Mark, she actually had a pepper spray disguised as lipstick in her bag, along with several other small self-defense tools. Since choosing to be a journalist, she had encountered several unexpected incidents, such as being threatened on the road or having eggs thrown at her car, so she prepared some small gadgets.
Unfortunately, last time Mark tore her entire handbag away, and all those little weapons rolled on the ground, unable to help her at the critical moment. She hoped they could be useful this time.
But when she turned around suddenly, she was surprised to find it was actually Rosa.
Shi Nian sighed and threw the spray back into her handbag, glaring coldly at her: "What do you want?"
They walked out of the coffee shop, and resentment spread over Rosa’s face: "Ha, you still bring A Yuan to marriage counseling? Do you really think that after marriage counseling, you can go back to how things were?"
Since Rosa dared to come today, she was prepared to go all out.
"By the way, Shi Nian, I have to compliment you: the wallpaper you chose for your study is really good. When I leaned my back against it, it didn’t feel cold at all, and the texture is so intricate, it’s particularly ’stimulating’... You don’t even know A Yuan, at that moment he just..."
Shi Nian’s fingertips went cold: "You’ve been to my house, and it was after we separated?"
As for the study’s wallpaper, she knew Rosa was referring to those brought by Tang Yanqing.
"That’s right!" Rosa laughed triumphantly: "And we were in that room..."
"Enough." Shi Nian turned her head away: "I understand what you mean, you don’t need to explain further."
Enough, A Yuan. Really enough.
Why not amicably separate, why still keep talking about love, why insist on not getting divorced?
Rosa sneered: "Your relationship with A Yuan has been dead in name for two years, why can’t you just let go? Since you’re separated, why still attend marriage counseling? Shi Nian, marriage counseling is expensive, you just started being a journalist, you’d be better off saving that money for your mother’s treatment."
Shi Nian chuckled wryly: "You wouldn’t think that coming to marriage counseling was my idea, would you?"
"Isn’t it?" Rosa taunted: "Look at you coming so early, A Yuan hasn’t even come. Clearly, you’re the one who’s more eager, more enthusiastic."
"Wrong."
Faced with Rosa now, the past anger and awkwardness were gone. Shi Nian calmly smiled and handed the coffee to Rosa.
"Before, when facing you, I would have splashed this cup of coffee right on your face. But now... it’s for you to drink. Don’t be so anxious, have a sip of coffee and relax."
Rosa was taken aback: "You, what do you mean?"
Shi Nian smiled relaxedly like never before: "If I said I’ve let go of A Yuan. Could that help you relax a bit?" Shi Nian thought and smiled: "Rosa, it seems we’ve never had the experience of calmly talking to each other."
"You say you’ve let go of A Yuan, truly?" Rosa was still skeptical.
"It’s true."
Shi Nian smiled peacefully: "I once thought I couldn’t, but once I decided to, I realized it wasn’t as difficult as I imagined."
"Why?" Rosa pressed.
Yes, why?
Shi Nian lowered her head and searched her heart, then slowly looked up: "Because, I don’t love him anymore."
Shi Nian raised her gaze to Rosa: "I should also thank you for giving me that answer just now. Since that’s the case, I will not hold any more illusions about Xiang Yuan."
When conversing in English, choosing the right words was still a challenge for her. But Rosa and Xiang Yuan both had the same habit: for some reason, as if deliberately mocking her, they always insisted on speaking English with her during crucial issues.
Thinking about Tang Yanqing again... from start to finish, whenever the two of them were alone, he would always speak Chinese.
Thinking of these things, she couldn’t help but smile softly: "Rosa, perhaps if I think carefully, I may have never loved him."
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Everything happened too quickly in the past, Dad entrusted her to Xiang Yuan before passing away. From getting to know each other to getting married, their relationship wasn’t even like that of lovers, it didn’t even match that of classmates or ordinary friends, how could there be time to fall in love?