“Do you like men?”
In the face of such a query, Eduard Xiang just smiled and said nothing. He neither admitted nor denied it.
Yayoi thought he had acquiesced. She was stunned at first, and then she laughed. Afterward, she said in a self-deprecating tone, “It turns out that I lost the battle to a man.”
…
Although he really wanted to explain that he was not into men, perhaps it would better to be misunderstood than for her to keep questioning him. It was too complicated to explain anyway.
Thinking that he was actually into men, Yayoi really did not know how to describe how she felt right now. She felt bitterness mixed with relief.
Nevertheless, she had resolved a mystery that had puzzled her for years, and she was pretty relieved.
“Yayoi,” Xiang Long called her softly.
She looked up at him.
“Are you dating Morphy?” he asked.
Yayoi blinked slightly and her eyes held a hint of mockery. “Do I need to answer this question?”
Eduard Xiang’s heart stopped for a second. He forced a smile and said, “No, you don’t have to.”
Yayoi sneered. “Yes, it’s not necessary. After all, you broke up with me for no reason back in the day. Don’t you agree, Mr. Xiang?”
It turned out that she was still upset about it.
Eduard Xiang chuckled and raised his hand to pat her head like he used to, but she avoided him.
The smile on his face froze, just like his hand also froze in the air. He looked at her, only to see that she had turned her face away to avoid his gaze.
A trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he slowly withdrew his hand. He said with a self-deprecating smile, “Yayoi, if you wish, you can call me brother Qingyu again.”
Brother Qingyu?
“Mr. Xiang, you ignored me completely when I did call you by that name, and now you are asking me to call you “Brother Qingyu again? Don’t you find that ridiculous?”
She looked at him with ridicule, and Eduard Xiang frowned. “Yayoi, I said I had my reasons…”
“Reasons?” Yayoi interrupted him and said with a sneer, “Then you can keep your reasons. I shall leave you alone!”
Yayoi turned around and walked quickly over to her car. She opened the door, got in, and shut the door all in one smooth motion, without a single pause, showing how angry she actually was.
Eduard Xiang stood in the same place and watched her car drive away like a rocket, quickly disappearing from his sight.
This time, she really left.
Eduard Xiang smiled wryly. It was natural for her to be upset.
When they finally reunited after they had no contact for such a long time, he had chosen to pretend that he did not know her. He stayed tough and refused to acknowledge her, even after she had cried about it.
She had no idea that when he heard her call him “Brother Qingyu”, he felt a terrible agony in his heart.
He wanted so much to embrace her tightly and tell her that he was Luo Qingyu, and that he had always had her in mind all these years.
Thinking of this, he let out a low chuckle, but his eyes showed a hint of sorrow.
He never would have showed up if she had not been with Morphy.
Morphy, the young master of the Shen family.
His gaze suddenly turned cold. The Shen family had been established for over 100 years, and they were blessed with extraordinary power in both the military and in politics.
But so what? It was dirty and disgusting.
He turned around and walked to the car with a firm, steady pace.
Some things just simply could not be rushed. They must take their time.
…
Yayoi had parked the car in the open-air parking lot, and after she had locked her car up, a shadow had suddenly flashed right in front of her. She was so startled that she took a step back.
As soon as she came back to herself, a bouquet of vivid pink roses appeared in front of her eyes.
She frowned and wondered who could be so lame. Then, she saw a familiar face appear from behind the bouquet.