Chapter 2023: Soft-hearted
Tang Wu walked to the window and glanced downstairs.
She bit her lip and saw that the figure by the flower bed was drenched.
She did not speak and neither did he, as if he was still stubbornly waiting for her to say good night.
She closed her eyes and hung up.
The figure downstairs glanced upstairs.
That apartment was dark and there was no light, just like his eyes.
After Tang Wu hung up, she walked toward the living room.
She opened the door and went down the stairs.
Her apartment was not on a high floor, so she arrived downstairs very quickly.
That tall figure was still standing by the flower bed like a statue.
Tang Wu walked over quickly.
She did not take an umbrella.
Seeing her coming over, he seemed to be stunned for a moment.
When he regained his senses, he hurriedly raised his hands to cover her head.
Tang Wu grabbed his wrist and pulled him over under a shelter.
Tang Wu was still wearing a nightgown. It was wet and clung to her body, but she did not notice it at all.
She opened the gate and walked in.
Lan Yue followed her in and did not move when even she went up the stairs.
Tang Wu turned back to glance at him. She had not asked him to follow her, but walked in front of him.
“Did you see that person send me back?”
He pursed his pink lips and hummed with his dark eyes.
“If I didn’t call you, how long were you going to stand there?”
His long eyelashes were lowered, blocking the emotions in his eyes. “If you didn’t call, I’ll would have left immediately.”
Tang Wu smiled. It was obvious that he was not telling the truth.
There was a mocking smile on her face.
Lan Yue glanced at her nightgown. It was wet and clung tightly to her body. He said, “Go up and change. I’m leaving.”
Tang Wu looked at his turning back and said with an unreadable expression, “You don’t have anything to say even when you saw someone hugging me?”
He did not turn back, only saying, “It’s your freedom.”
Her freedom?
The smile on her lips deepened and the eyes staring at his back seemed to be spitting fire. She said aggressively, “My freedom? Do you think you’re just a pet I played with because I was bored? Or do you not care about this relations.h.i.+p at all and think that it’s better if I leave soon?”
His thin body froze and he turned to look at her.
He furrowed his eyebrows slightly, his dark eyes staring at her. “I never thought about it that way.”
He walked toward her, approaching her step by step. “The second time we met, you were walking on the street in a daze. You followed me home and who did you treat me as when you kissed me?”
Tang Wu knew him and had never heard him say such a long sentence.
She froze and raised her eyebrows. “Does it matter?”
He was silent for a few seconds, pursing his lips. “Maybe it’s not important.” To you.
Tang Wu’s temples hurt a little. She smirked mockingly. “Alright, I was the one who forced you from the beginning. If you say it’s not important, then it’s not important!”
She never liked to argue with people and it was meaningless to waste time.
She closed her eyes and opened them again, her expression cold. “It’s late. Go back!”
With that said, she stopped looking at him and went upstairs quickly.
She did not know how long he stared at the place where she had disappeared before he left with a slightly pale face.
…
Tang Wu returned to the apartment and took a bath.
The warm water landed on her cold skin and she felt like her blood was flowing again.
Her breathing also went smoother.
Recalling her argument with Brother Lan just now, she suddenly felt a little annoyed.
Why did she anger him?
Was it because Qi Chen had appeared today?
She refused to admit that Qi Chen could mess with her heart!
However, she had indeed vented her anger on Lan Yue.
She clearly knew that he was at a disadvantage in this relations.h.i.+p.
He had taken the initiative to come and find her, standing in the middle of the night just to wait for her to say good night.
Hadn’t he started to care about her?
What was she arguing about?
Tang Wu wiped the water off her face and walked to her room to call him.
But his phone was switched off.
…
The next morning, Tang Wu woke up.
She went to the hotel to buy breakfast and drove to the swimming team’s training center.
The swimming team’s dormitory and training center were not in the same place. Some time ago, the training center was closed for the team members to live in the training center directly, so outsiders could not enter at all.
But Lan Yue had gone back so late last night. He must have stayed in the dormitory outside.
Tang Wu waited for more than ten minutes before she saw several tall people in sportswear heading to the training center.
After waiting for a few more minutes, Tang Wu saw Lan Yue and two runners walking over.
He was wearing a blue exercise outfit, his hair covering his forehead in a slightly messy manner. He had both hands in his pants pocket, looking extremely lazy.
Tang Wu pushed open the door and stood at the entrance of the training center with breakfast.
Tang Wu was wearing a red s.h.i.+rt and black pants. Her s.h.i.+rt was tucked into the waist of her pants and she was wearing high heels. Her long hair fell over her shoulders. She only had light makeup on, but she was still so beautiful.
She was like a rose blooming on the branch.
The two teammates beside Lan Yue pushed him and Tang Wu greeted them with a smile before they left.
Tang Wu walked up to Lan Yue. Seeing that he was pursing his pink lips tightly and not looking at her awkwardly, she smiled and poked his shoulder. “Have you had breakfast?”
He said nothing.
“I took the initiative to apologize to you. Do you really want to ignore me? I was indeed a little angry last night. You were still standing below when it rained and didn’t call me. If I didn’t see you, wouldn’t you have stood there for nothing?”
“You really don’t want to talk to me? Alright, I’ll throw my breakfast in the bin and go back to work.”
She was about to walk toward the rubbish bin when he took the breakfast away.
They sat by the flower bed outside the training center and he opened the thermos flask. Seeing the sumptuous breakfast inside, he looked at her with his dark eyes. “Have you eaten?”
“Not yet. I want to eat soup dumplings.”
He handed it to her.
She put her face in front of him. “Feed me.”
He froze for a second before he fed her.
They were close and she saw the redness in his eyes. “You didn’t sleep well last night?”
Lan Yue hummed.
She smiled. “Why?”
She was asking the obvious.
He suddenly reached out and pulled her into his arms, his handsome face pressed against her exquisite face. “Because of you.”
When Tang Wu heard these words, her heart suddenly softened.
She hugged him back. “Yesterday, it was a big brother I knew when I was young who sent me back. We haven’t seen each other for many years. Yesterday, our two families had a meal together.”
She had never bothered explaining in the past, but at this moment, she felt that she would be letting him down if she did not explain herself.