A secret tryst? Her brotherly love triangle backfired.

Chapter 37 Few things are more important than this.
Tang Wanwan was very indignant at being called a "scumbag" for the first time. She had words of defense on the tip of her tongue, but she felt powerless to do so.

She pursed her lips. "If you'd feel happier if you cursed me, then go ahead and curse me. I'll let you say whatever you want."

Her expression, as if to say "If that's how you think, there's nothing I can do," left Shen Xianyu feeling both helpless and annoyed.

There's really no other way to deal with her.

After a long pause, he changed the subject, and with difficulty began to speak: "Last night, you really..."

"We really didn't do anything!"

Tang Wanwan quickly interrupted, "His guest room wasn't ready, and he wouldn't let me stay in a hotel, so in the end he slept on the sofa, and I slept on the bed."

They've already broken up; she has no reason to lie to him.

Shen Xianyu believed it.

"What happens next?"

His eyes darkened slightly as he said, "Do you remember what reasons you gave me when you broke up with me yesterday?"

Tang Wanwan was taken aback.

Those words, one by one, appeared in my mind.

—Are you really planning to stay with this broken body of mine and remain a virgin for the rest of your life?
—I believe you are speaking from the heart at this moment.

The future is too long, and you are too outstanding; I dare not gamble on it.

"You remember now?" Shen Xianyu smiled, leaned down, and looked deeply into her eyes. "You don't believe I can do it, but you believe him?"

Outside the door, Gu Yunyi was puzzled, wondering what kind of riddle was being played out inside. He turned his head to look at Jiang Yanzhi and found that the man had returned to his usual calm and expressionless demeanor, with no emotion whatsoever.

Inside the room, Tang Wanwan was speechless for a moment, unsure how to respond.

Even if she didn't know that Jiang Yanzhi was outside the door, she couldn't tell Shen Xianyu that she never intended to date Jiang Yanzhi for the rest of her life, but only planned to play with him a few times and then leave with a healthier body.

A prolonged silence, in Shen Xianyu's eyes, was tantamount to acquiescence.

His expression gradually darkened. "Tang Wanwan, are you bewitched?"

"I didn't!" Tang Wanwan retorted instinctively. "I know what I'm doing!"

"What's the big deal?" Shen Xianyu suppressed his anger. "I'm so careful when I touch you, even with just a finger. I feel bad if I kiss you too much, and you can't even breathe properly. You don't believe I can protect you for the rest of my life, but you believe him?"

Tang Wanwan had a splitting headache. "Why do we always have to bring up the topic of a lifetime!"

She pushed away his increasingly close body, saying, "I'm only eighteen years old. I just got together with him yesterday. Why should I be thinking about a lifetime?"

Shen Xianyu was taken aback, "...Don't you like him?"

"If you like someone, does that mean you have to consider it for a lifetime? Dating you would be exhausting enough."

Tang Wanwan looked at him, her tone more serious than ever before, "I like Jiang Yanzhi, and I simply want to be with him. I have no other motives. A lifetime together? That's too far ahead. I can't think about that."

“In the future, we will meet many people and experience many things. I have just come of age. I am just dating, not engaged or married. Why should I worry about whether he can remain chaste for me for the rest of his life? Isn’t that worrying too much?”

If it weren't for Grandpa Shen's sudden proposal of engagement, she wouldn't have brought it up at all yesterday.

Shen Xianyu rarely saw her emotions fluctuate so much, and was momentarily stunned.

He slowly processed the meaning behind her words, "So, you never intended to go too far with him?"

At least for now, I haven't considered getting married to Jiang Yanzhi.

Tang Wanwan was even more troubled. She felt that this person did not seem like a twenty-year-old playboy who should be indulging in debauchery and pleasure, but rather an older unmarried young man from some wealthy family.

All he talks about is marriage, marriage, marriage.

She waved her hand weakly, "Think whatever you want."

Shen Xianyu frowned, "So he knew your body couldn't..."

Tang Wanwan looked at him and asked, "Is that important?"

The air was deathly still, and an eerie silence fell both inside and outside the house.

Shen Xianyu fell silent at the question. After a long while, he pinched his brow bone, composed himself, and said, "Perhaps my behavior has caused you to misunderstand something, but I must tell you now that for a man, few things are more important than this."

His tone was somewhat stiff.

Tang Wanwan blinked in disbelief, “...What?”

“What I mean is…” Shen Xianyu pondered for a while, thinking about how to explain to her how important this matter is between normal boyfriends and girlfriends, when there was a sudden knock on the door.

Shen Xianyu stopped talking, glanced at the girl beside him, and then opened the door behind him.

Outside the door, Jiang Yanzhi and Gu Yunyi had different expressions.

Shen Xianyu said calmly, "You heard everything?"

...You heard that?!

Tang Wanwan glared, "You've been outside the whole time?"

Jiang Yanzhi looked down at her, his expression unreadable.

Tang Wanwan felt her whole body stiffen under his gaze.

Could it be that they got together yesterday and are breaking up today?

So fast... can this be counted as one time?

Wait a minute, wasn't the first breakup in the dream supposed to happen after the start of the semester...?

Also, she should be the one to say "break up," otherwise it would be considered playing with someone or toying with them.

Her thoughts raced, and Tang Wanwan stammered, "Um... I didn't mean to hide it from you. You know, we just got together yesterday..."

She felt a little embarrassed to talk about this kind of topic in front of three men, so her voice grew softer and softer.

Finally, her shoulders were grabbed, and she was pulled into an embrace.

A faint scent of cedar enveloped her, both gentle and aloof.

Jiang Yanzhi held her, turned his head to look at the person standing stiffly inside the door, and said in a light tone: "She made it very clear that your relationship is over. I hope you can accept the fact that you broke up and wish each other well. Don't take advantage of her soft heart and make things difficult for her again."

Shen Xianyu's gaze fell on Tang Wanwan's slender back.

This was the first time he had ever seen her embraced by another man, and anger and pain overwhelmed him.

He wanted to go crazy and get angry, but he had no right to.

Because she seemed genuinely willing.

He stood motionless, listening to his own stubborn, almost pitiful voice.

"Her health isn't good, could you..."

“I can!” Jiang Yanzhi interrupted him without hesitation.

He looked at Gu Yunyi, "Take him out."

"Ah,...okay, okay..." Gu Yunyi, who had been watching the whole thing and was a little stunned, came back to his senses and pulled Shen Xianyu, who was still standing there, away.

“Let’s go,” he said, pulling her along as he urged. “They’ve made themselves quite clear. Although what they did wasn’t exactly ethical, they seem to genuinely…”

He glanced at the girl who had her face buried in her boyfriend's arms and mentally added two words.

...True love.

Good heavens, is there really such a thing as love at first sight?

He even ran into his brother.

Those words touched him deeply.

There was no ulterior motive; it was simply because I liked them and wanted to be with them.

And they immediately took action.

...What emotion could be more genuine than this?
(End of this chapter)