My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 432 - 021: Sweet Sweet

Yun Xi, upon hearing this, felt even more disheartened, hanging her head low and glaring at her: "What you’re saying is really hurtful, way too excessive. What do you mean when did I ever fall in love?"

Ye Lingran was taken aback: "Uh... that’s not what I meant. I meant... when did you start dating? With whom?"

Yun Xi silently sighed and shook her head: "It’s just unrequited love. I’m puzzled myself; I don’t even know why or when I started liking him." As she spoke, her eyes welled up with tears, looking like she was about to cry.

Seeing this, Ye Lingran quickly comforted: "Don’t... don’t cry. We’ve talked so much about it, but you haven’t said who it is yet. Do I know them?"

"Lu Xize."

Ye Lingran, hearing this, widened her eyes in surprise, almost choking on her own saliva, her mind buzzing, unable to process for a moment: "You... and Lu... Lu Xize? When did this happen? I used to see you two... didn’t you always bicker when you met? How could... you be dating?"

"I told you, it’s not dating, it’s just unrequited love." Yun Xi sighed heavily, picked up her beer, and took a sip: "I’m also curious! I even wonder if my brain got slammed by a toilet lid. I used to look down on him so much, hated his carefree attitude, but recently, I don’t know why, it’s like I’m possessed, his image fills my mind. Every time I see him, I still can’t help but provoke him, but deep down, it feels strange. I have hardly any friends in Nancheng. Cen Jin is pregnant and resting at home; Feici is on a business trip abroad; Shi Shu is busy with her latest art exhibition. I have no one to talk to, so I can only confide in you, or else I would suffocate."

"It’s okay, say what you want. I’m here to listen anytime." Ye Lingran smiled gently at her and asked, "So... did you confess to him? And he rejected you?"

"It’s not exactly a confession. How should I put it? I just tentatively said to him, what if I really did like you?"

"And then? What did he say?"

"He was really surprised, then he laughed and asked if something was wrong with my brain. He said he wouldn’t dare want someone like me, said I had a bad temper and personality, who would want someone like me as a girlfriend! He isn’t blind." As Yun Xi spoke, her voice was tinged with a sob, and there was a glisten of tears in her eyes.

"He actually said that?" Ye Lingran glared her eyes in anger: "Lu Xize is too much! How could he say that to you!"

"So... I’ve decided, from now on, to never have any contact with him ever again. On the way here today, I blocked all his contact information, just pretending I never knew him. Lu Xize is not worthy." Yun Xi finished angrily, but her expression drooped again, as she raised her hand to touch her heart: "But... even though I’m outwardly so determined and clean-cut, inside it still hurts so much, so painful, I still want to cry. Lingran, tell me... is it always this suffocating to fall for someone you’re not supposed to? Tell me... if I unknowingly fell for him, can I unknowingly forget him too?"

Ye Lingran listened; that line ’is it always this suffocating to fall for someone you’re not supposed to?’ hit her heart hard, as if mirroring her current reality. Since she ’got together’ with Yun Qi, that on-again, off-again feeling lingered constantly. She would feel dazed, melancholic, puzzled, not knowing if Yun Qi truly liked her or not. But the only thing she knew for sure is that she had really fallen for him, and it reached the point she couldn’t extricate herself. But whose heart does he truly belong to, she doesn’t really know.

Lately, they’ve just been checking in on each other on WeChat, asking if they’re doing well, if they’ve eaten, and not much more. She always feels empty, hardly having any sense of security, as if the more she tries to hold onto something, the quicker it slips away, making her anxious and uncertain. It always feels like it’s right in front of her, within reach, but every time she reaches out, she finds it far away, out of reach.

"Yes! If it truly ends, then how do you forget? How do you heal the wounds in your heart?" Ye Lingran laughed lightly, almost as if mocking herself, muttering to herself, her eyes obviously filled with melancholy and sadness.