"This might hurt your feelings, but I still have to say it... After comforting you, I had already forgotten your face."
Jiang Yue only remembered that he had comforted someone, but he couldn't remember who he had comforted.
It sounds absurd, but it's true.
There were too many similar faces, and he couldn't match the names together after only a short time together.
"... What did you say?" Su Yuan's pupils trembled, as if he had suffered a major blow, but only for a moment before he regained his composure. "... It seems my story didn't give you courage either; you're still that coward."
Jiang Yue: "."
He wasn't swearing; he genuinely wanted Su Yuan to go to the hospital to have her brain checked.
"But it's okay, I'm used to your timidity." Su Yuan smiled, her eyes full of doting affection. "I'll bear everything alone."
He seems completely absorbed in his own world... Oh my god.
[Laughing and crying emoji] He thinks he's the male lead in an idol drama.
[Sigh, he's actually quite pitiful.]
I actually think Jiang Yue is more pitiful.
Jiang Yue never imagined that a simple act of kindness would cause him so much trouble.
"Pfft..." Chi Li covered her mouth and let out a soft but very obvious laugh.
The moment Su Yuan caught the sound, she instinctively looked over.
Upon seeing that the person who ruined the atmosphere was Chi Li, his face contorted for a moment before returning to normal. "Why are you laughing?"
"Because you're ridiculous." Chi Li told the truth with a smile.
Upon hearing Chi Li speak, Jiang Lele immediately sat up straight, perked up her ears, and entered a serious state of study.
"... Am I ridiculous?"
Most people around him praised Su Yuan his devotion, and this was the first time he had heard someone call him ridiculous.
What makes Chi Li think he's ridiculous?
"Isn't it ridiculous?" Chi Li retorted innocently. "Whether I look at it horizontally or vertically, you are the biggest joke I've ever seen."
[My wife has a sweet tongue, let me have a taste.]
[Before you're poisoned to death by my wife's words, you'll have to take Shen Xunye's iron fist first.]
[This is a wake-up call for Su Yuan; my wife is still too kind-hearted. [Sigh]]
[The way the fans secretly stacked their nail polish was so cute. [Laughing while covering mouth]]
"How did I make a joke?" Su Yuan's eyes began to redden, and her emotions became noticeably more agitated.
His remaining rationality told him not to take Chi Li seriously. But his almost frantic emotions made him uncontrollably ask questions.
"You're obsessed with the tragic narrative of 'my deep affection will eventually move heaven and earth.'" Chi Li had long seen through the essence of Su Yuan's 'story.' "But the reality is, the other party didn't sign a contract to become another protagonist in your story; he's just a passerby who made it clear from the beginning that he wouldn't participate."
All your running around and jumping around won't change the fact that you're just putting on a one-man show. To outsiders, won't you just be making a laughing stock?
Su Yuan was suddenly stung by the truth and subconsciously raised her hand to cover her ears, clearly refusing to listen any further.
However, this did not stop Chi Li from continuing, since he was not speaking only to Su Yuan.
"Have you ever considered that what captivates you might not be the love you imagine, but rather the 'perfect' protagonist in the story you write yourself?"
Xie Weishui subtly adjusted her posture.
"You're not loving a specific person; you're indulging in self-pity."
Chi Li had already realized this from Su Yuan very first meeting.
To extract emotional value from someone who has never given positive feedback, you can only add your own imagination.
When you're sober, you can still tell it's wishful thinking, but when you break down, your body will subconsciously choose to numb itself.
"Having invested too much, being unable to accept sunk costs, and subconsciously feeling that a little more effort could turn things around..." Fang Jin had been listening attentively, also shared her opinion, "Perhaps that's part of the mentality?"
"No matter what, being rejected is being rejected," Jiang Lele couldn't help but say. "Who cares about the reason for the rejection? Rejection is rejection!"
[ Jiang Lele, what benefit do you get from confusing me?]
[Haha, it's actually quite easy to understand. A refusal is a refusal—whether there's a reason or not, it doesn't change the meaning of the refusal itself.]
Seeing how that clumsy little green tea girl has evolved into this, I suddenly feel inexplicably moved. [wiping away tears]
My wife did a great job teaching me! [Proud]
"That's right." Chi Li nodded to Jiang Lele, then turned to Su Yuan and said, " Jiang Yue's clear rejection didn't waste your time or give you false hope. He's a good person, and this is the right thing he could do for you."
If he were truly a coward, he would have said nothing, and someone would have naturally removed you from his side.
Chi Li didn't know what they talked about privately, but as long as Jiang Yue took the action of 'solving the problem,' it meant that he wasn't irresponsible.
Jiang Yue opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.
Su Yuan listened to the words that slipped through her fingers—words that didn't sound hurtful but were incredibly painful—her once-firm heart began to waver.
"That's not it..." He slowly lowered his hand, gently shaking his head, and murmured, "That's not it..."
"... I'm sorry for causing you to misunderstand." Jiang Yue knew that he alone had to decide the final outcome. "But I still don't want to say nice things to comfort you. I just want to tell you again that I don't like you, not in the past, not now, and not in the future. I will not be moved by your long-standing affection for me, nor will I be with you."
[What a heartless rejection. [laughing and crying emoji]]
It's clear that Jiang Yue is also angry.
[He probably said something similar in their private chat just now, no wonder Su Yuan broke down.]
[So what if you break down? We're all adults, no one has an obligation to comfort anyone else. [Disdain]]
[Anyway, we've said everything, good and bad, and if Su Yuan still doesn't wake up, then it's none of anyone else's business.]
"Then who do you like?" Surprisingly, Su Yuan didn't break down; his tone was icy. " Chi Li?"
Su Yuan, who was monitoring Jiang Yue's every move through various channels, knew very well that Jiang Yue's feelings for Chi Li were absolutely different from his feelings for others.
Jiang Yue may not have realized it yet, but it's only a matter of time before he does.
Especially after getting to know Chi Li better.
That's why he was anxious. That's why he rushed to make a final attempt to stop Jiang Yue and Chi Li before they spent every day together.
"What's wrong with liking Chi Li?" Jiang Lele didn't want the controversy to inexplicably involve Chi Li, so she immediately stepped forward. "I like Chi Li too. Isn't liking Chi Li a perfectly normal thing?"