School Hunk or Childhood Sweetheart?-Chapter 477 - 478: Deep Affection but Hard to Get Along With
"You approached me on purpose because of him?" Shen Tan was not foolish and quickly understood the cause and effect.
"Yes."
Jiang Yu, while organizing the deceased’s belongings, saw Shen Tan’s name in his notebook.
A notebook that recorded all the young man’s innermost feelings.
The joy and love of the young man were all hidden within the pages of the notebook.
From infatuation to heartache, the young man had paid with his life.
By making inquiries, Jiang Yu quickly learned about Shen Tan. He knew she was a master of love, changing boyfriends more frequently than clothes.
Jiang Yu was convinced that it was Shen Tan who had toyed with his friend’s emotions, leading him to despair, refusing treatment, and ultimately dying from the illness.
"So you think it was me who caused his death, and you approached me on purpose? You wanted revenge?" Shen Tan guessed the truth in an instant.
And the truth always hurts.
A pained expression appeared on Jiang Yu’s face: "At first, I just wanted you to experience what it feels like to have your sincerity trampled upon." But unexpectedly, he also fell into the trap, developed feelings, and found it difficult to extricate himself.
He had fallen in love with her, yet he felt guilty toward his friend, suffering daily.
"Jiang Yu, you bastard."
Setting aside the fact that he had approached her and been with her for the sake of revenge, what right did he have to blame her for the other’s death?
She admitted that she had not been entirely sincere and serious in her previous relationships, but to blame her for the death of a person she barely knew was utterly far-fetched.
Even if her attitude toward relationships had misled him, he had never bothered to ask her about it and simply concluded that it was her fault.
If it wasn’t for her finding that photo and questioning him, was he planning to never tell her?
Was he planning to marry her with resentment and misunderstandings in his heart?
She said, "Jiang Yu, we are done."
A relationship that began with impure intentions, she disdained and did not want.
After sobering up, Jiang Yu was filled with regret.
He wanted to see her, yet he didn’t dare to.
Jiang Yu knew her temperament; when she loved or hated, it was decisive. Once she left, she would never look back...
Especially after he had deceived her.
Even though he initially approached her indeed for revenge, wanting her to taste the bitterness of loving someone only to find out they’ve been cheated and played with,
As time passed and they spent days together, he had long forgotten his initial intention.
He had unknowingly fallen in love with her.
Love was deep, yet he was at a loss.
When he finally made up his mind to find her, he discovered she had closed her studio and left City C.
Later, when she eventually returned to City C, he apologized and sought reconciliation, but a relationship with cracks was difficult to mend.
The two of them clung to each other desperately for one night, he thought it was a reconciliation, but she treated it as a farewell.
Shen Tan did feel quite sorry about the young man’s passing.
After all, "I did not cause his death, yet he died because of me."
But she would not blame herself entirely for it; she was no saint and not so noble.
The point she couldn’t forgive Jiang Yu for was not because he approached her with an ulterior motive at the beginning. It was the human life that stood between them, besides the deception, that was the real reason she chose to let go.
Some knots, once tied, are never to be undone.
She didn’t know whether he thought of his deceased friend while with her, whether he felt guilty, or whether he felt unable to face it. That was the reason she could not reconcile with him.
