The girl called Xiao Ling paused. "So you don't like me anymore?"
The young man shook his head.
"I think I do, otherwise I wouldn't have had a crush on you for ten whole years. But I..."
"I don't feel as happy now as I imagined I would."
"I can't seem to figure out my own feelings anymore."
By then, all the customers in the restaurant had been served and were eating.
The four working out front had also quieted down and could stand off to the side for a short rest.
Xie Mi stood by the serving hatch, having just finished chatting with Liu Woxing in the kitchen. Hearing the conversation between the young man and woman at the next table, she froze for a moment.
Her gaze drifted toward them of its own accord.
"Logic tells me I should like you, but I can't make sense of how I feel."
The young man held his head in anguish and confusion. "Even I don't understand what's wrong with me."
At this, Xie Mi's eyes flickered, and she instinctively pushed back her sleeve to look at the bracelet on her wrist.
She lit up the screen. On the affection page, her affection for Shen Yeqing remained at 82.
"..."
"What's wrong?"
Noticing her distraction, Liu Woxing poked her head out of the serving hatch and spotted the couple at the next table. "Are they arguing?"
The young woman looked at the young man across from her with equal anguish, the radiant smile she had worn earlier completely gone.
"You're saying that you like me, but after getting together with me, you regretted it. Is that right?"
Guilt and reluctance showed on the young man's face. His lips moved for a long time, but in the end, he could offer no