A secret tryst? Her brotherly love triangle backfired.

Chapter 36 "What about me? What am I supposed to do?"

Gu Yunyi was about to intervene when he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the girl beside him was unsteady, so he instinctively reached out to steady her.

The cool, smooth touch made him feel as if he'd been burned, and he quickly let go, exclaiming, "I managed to stand on my own!"

Tang Wanwan: "..."

She was a little stunned after being inexplicably scolded.

Gu Yunyi didn't even glance at her, rushing forward to separate his two good brothers, shouting, "Stop fighting! What good does fighting do!"

He said to Jiang Yanzhi, "Make them both explain themselves clearly. Let those who should give up give up, and those who should end things decisively end things."

Jiang Yanzhi turned to look at Tang Wanwan with a questioning look in his eyes. After seeing her nod, he remained silent for a while before slowly lowering his arm from around Shen Xianyu's neck.

“That’s more like it,” Gu Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief. “If we talk things out, there’s nothing that can’t be resolved. There’s no reason to resort to violence.”

Shen Xianyu leaned against the wall cabinet, still wearing the same clothes as last night, and reeked of cigarettes and alcohol. He looked utterly颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being listless, decadent, or dispirited) and hadn't slept all night.

He had just taken a punch to the face from Jiang Yanzhi, leaving a large bruise that made his already haggard appearance even more miserable.

Tang Wanwan felt a pang of sadness. "Did you drink all night?"

Shen Xianyu glanced down at her wrinkled clothes, as if she had finally noticed her appearance, and hesitated whether to take them off.

Jiang Yanzhi saw through his plan and laughed mercilessly, "If you dare to take your clothes off, then get lost!"

Whether Shen Xianyu admits it or not, Tang Wanwan is now his girlfriend.

If he hadn't felt some guilt towards Shen Xianyu, anyone else who dared to rush up and forcibly hug his girlfriend would have received far more than just a punch.

He walked up to Tang Wanwan in a few steps, reached out and straightened her slightly disheveled collar, "Were you scared just now?"

Tang Wanwan shook her head, looked past him at Shen Xianyu, and said softly, "You don't need to worry about my health, I know my condition."

Shen Xianyu remained noncommittal, slowly straightening up. "Let's talk alone for a while."

"..." Tang Wanwan nodded in agreement without much hesitation.

Jiang Yanzhi frowned, about to say something, when his wrist was tugged by the person next to him.

"Can I talk to him alone? We need to make things clear."

Those beautiful almond-shaped eyes were full of seriousness.

She has a point.

Even if we're going to break up, it shouldn't be in the same state as yesterday.

The end of a relationship should be explained separately.

But Jiang Yanzhi was very resistant.

He didn't want the girl to be alone with her 'ex-boyfriend' at all.

After a long silence, he slowly nodded: "Just this once."

Tang Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to walk towards the living room when Shen Xianyu called out to her, his tone indifferent, "Go to the gym."

"..."

Tang Wanwan paused, then turned a corner.

Gu Yunyi vaguely guessed that something must have happened at the 'gym'. After the two left, he looked at Jiang Yanzhi with a complicated expression, "You two..."

Jiang Yanzhi glanced at him, said nothing, thought for a moment, and then walked towards the gym.

Promising to talk to them privately is one thing, but it doesn't mean he's really at ease.

This means they're going to eavesdrop.

Behind him, Gu Yunyi stared in disbelief, but quickly recovered and followed.

…………

Inside the gym, the door slowly closed.

Shen Xianyu's gaze swept around the room, finally settling on the incongruous desk.

Tang Wanwan felt a little awkward. "I'm sorry."

I'm sorry again.

This was the last thing Shen Xianyu wanted to hear.

"I just can't understand how our relationship could lose to Jiang Yanzhi, whom I've only known for a day."

He took a deep breath, unable to hide his bitter smile. "You really like him?" "...Yes, I do."

Tang Wanwan pursed her lips and said, "Feelings have nothing to do with time. The moment I saw him, I knew I was going to be entangled with him for a very long time."

a long time…

As if all his strength had been drained, Shen Xianyu leaned against the doorway, head bowed, unable to speak.

His clothes were disheveled, he reeked of alcohol, and had a bluish stubble on his chin; he looked disheveled and miserable.

"Don't do this..."

Tang Wanwan was feeling terrible. "The last person I want to hurt is you, Shen Xianyu. Please, just be okay?"

"Then don't break up. If you don't want to hurt me, don't break up with me!"

Shen Xianyu grasped her wrist and buried his face in the crook of her neck. "Let's not break up. Come back with me, okay? Forget about what happened these past two days. We'll move. We won't live here anymore. It's only been a day. How much affection could you possibly have? You won't see each other again. Sooner or later, you'll forget..."

He went on and on, saying a lot.

It all boils down to the same thing, over and over again.

We won't break up.

Even though she went so far last night.

She even slept in Jiang Yanzhi's bed for one night.

Before leaving yesterday, he said he wouldn't act like a fool.

So, what are we doing now?

The voice beside her was low and hoarse, each word making Tang Wanwan's heart ache. "Stop talking," she said.

She reached out and pushed him on the shoulder, saying, "Don't say anything more. The breakup is a done deal. Even if I go back with you, we can never go back to how things were."

"Who says things can't go back to normal? I really don't mind, you're just temporarily in a slump..."

"I mind!"

Tang Wanwan quickly interrupted, "I'm not confused for a moment. I know very well what I'm doing. I just like Jiang Yanzhi and I want to be with him. I've never thought about turning back or getting back together with you."

The room fell silent for a moment.

Outside the door, Jiang Yanzhi and Gu Yunyi exchanged a glance.

Tang Wanwan lowered her long eyelashes, not daring to look up at the person in front of her. After a pause, she forced herself to add, "If there's anything I regret, it's that I shouldn't have broken up with you in this way. As for the breakup itself, I will never regret it."

The method used is incorrect.

But the result was what she wanted.

There could be no simpler or more direct way to put it.

Shen Xianyu's voice trembled, "Then what about me? What am I supposed to do?"

"...You're just having trouble accepting it right now. We've known each other for too long, so long that you've gotten used to thinking we should be bound together... But that's not true, Shen Xianyu. You can try letting me go."

Tang Wanwan sniffed, "Perhaps it won't be long before you meet a girl you truly like, and when you look back on our relationship, it will seem like children playing house."

She said their relationship was like children playing house.

Shen Xianyu laughed in extreme anger, "So you've completely rejected your old love just because you have a new one?"

He even wondered, "What makes you think I'd be like you, so easily falling for someone else?"

Tang Wanwan was speechless.

She couldn't say that she had a dream on the plane to Beijing and woke up to a storyline.

According to the dream.

After school starts, the female lead will appear in the story.

You will fall in love with the other person through repeated interactions.

When the time comes, you will understand what it feels like to truly like someone.

All she did was break up with him first.

"Judging others by yourself?" Shen Xianyu sneered. "Just because you're a scumbag doesn't mean I should be too?"

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