Chapter 297: Chapter 294: Don’t Be Blinded by Kindness.
"Have you really handled everything to ensure Ji Wei won’t bother you again?" Walking back slowly, Wen Nuan was still uneasy. She stopped, withdrew her hand from his grip, and clenched it into a fist: "Leng Yan, my tolerance has reached its limit. If I find that you and she are still like before when we return, I will absolutely not forgive you."
"No, the current movie will wrap up soon. The next one, she will be filming out of town. And then, she said she would go abroad to study. In any case, Nuannuan, she will soon disappear from our lives." He pried open her clenched fist and tightly enveloped her small hand with his large palm: "I guarantee there won’t be any issues, and I will not have the slightest relationship with her again."
"I hope you’re telling the truth." Wen Nuan sighed softly. The cloud hovering in her heart finally allowed a ray of sunshine through.
"Get some rest, Nuannuan, I’m leaving now."
Leng Yan took Wen Nuan to the hotel entrance, reluctantly speaking, yet unwilling to leave.
Wen Nuan seemed to have forgiven him but refused to let him stay there, insisting he return to the hotel he was staying at.
He had an early transfer flight back to N tomorrow, where a pile of work awaited him. However, since he couldn’t get Wen Nuan’s room number from Tong Xi, his heart was unsettled. Not seeing her left him feeling aimless. He even lost his phone at the airport without realizing it in his urgency to find her.
At the hotel, he used a landline to call her, but her phone was still off. After just a sip of water, he started searching each hotel nearby.
He felt a bit crazy. In such a vast Milan, only knowing a few phrases of Italian made him realize he had no choice but to inflict this self-imposed punishment, given how he had hurt Wen Nuan.
"Go back, rest early! Now that you know the room number, there’s nothing to worry about, right?" Wen Nuan whispered, biting her lip and quickly slipping into the elevator.
Regarding the intimacy between them, she couldn’t accept it for now. Her thoughts were still in chaos and needed time to sort out.
If Leng Yan and Ji Wei had done something like that while being conscious, she would have kicked Leng Yan out without hesitation, even if it would hurt, she would never hesitate. But that wasn’t the case. Leng Yan, not wanting to divorce, wouldn’t be foolish enough to "cheat" and then appear at Tong Xi’s building. However, regarding Leng Yan’s entanglement with Ji Wei, she would never be able to ignore it.
Maybe to outsiders, this seems pretentious. But when facing a love that is essentially pretentious, who wouldn’t be so? Loving a man for three years without even knowing his name, her love was destined to be more tangled than others from the start. Even she wasn’t sure if her current choice was right or wrong. She didn’t want Leng Yan to leave but also wasn’t sure if she could truly accept this version of him. Deep in her heart, Ji Wei’s involvement with Leng Yan felt like a thorn deeply embedded.
Leng Yan stared at the closed elevator door for a long time, with a bittersweet yet sweet smile on his lips.
The calm after the storm, this must be the current state of mind.
Resolutely, he decided to handle Ji Wei differently now. Not caring for her personally lightened his mood significantly.
"Tan Qing, thank you." He turned back and sincerely thanked the man behind him, "Thank you for not taking advantage of the situation. Wen Nuan is truly fortunate to have a friend like you."
He had sensed someone watching him all along. His instincts told him it was Tan Qing.
Tan Qing sneered, a self-mocking smile tugging at his lips: "Don’t think I’m noble. I just don’t want to see her upset. But..."
He suddenly changed his tone, the playful expression quickly turning harsh: "Don’t hurt her again! Don’t think that just because she forgives you now, she’ll indulge you in the future!"
"I know." Leng Yan nodded, not angered by Tan Qing’s words. His eyes shone with determination: "I won’t hurt her again!"
"Leng Yan, don’t make me look down on you!"
Tan Qing gave a cold smile, brushed past him, and walked towards the elevator, fingers touching the elevator button as he shot a warning glance: "Don’t let your kindness blind you, and don’t assume because of Nuannuan’s kindness that she’ll always be by your side! Her forgiving you this time doesn’t mean she always will!"
"The matter with Ji Wei won’t happen again!"
Leng Yan took a deep breath and continued speaking softly to Tan Qing’s back: "Really, thank you."
Wen Nuan was right, Tan Qing was a gentleman. He liked Wen Nuan but wouldn’t use improper means to win her over.
If it were Leng Ye instead... he would only fan the flames and accelerate the breakdown of their relationship.
Thank him? As Tan Qing walked out of the elevator, the mockery on his lips deepened.
Who would know that he now found his own goodwill tiresome, and seeing the two of them together earlier had even made him regretful.
But the next day, seeing the gloom surrounding Wen Nuan finally lift, his mood inexplicably improved. His greatest wish was simply for Wen Nuan to be happy.
"Tan Qing, thank you." When Wen Nuan headed to the restaurant, she saw Tan Qing at the door and smiled sincerely at him.
Another thank you...
A touch of bitterness shone in Tan Qing’s beautiful eyes, leaving him momentarily at a loss for words. His phone rang, and upon glancing at the number, his attractive brows furrowed slightly.
Qu Min!
This ghostly persistent childhood friend truly rendered him speechless now.
He pressed to decline the call, but the other side was relentless. Tan Qing put it on silent and let it ring.
"See? He just won’t answer my call."
In the Tan Family’s large villa, Qu Min was sitting on the sofa, tears streaming continuously down her cheeks.
"Auntie, what should I do? They say it’s easy for a woman to pursue a man, but it’s like there’s a Himalayan mountain between us."
Mrs. Tan handed Qu Min a tissue, gently wiping her tears: "Minmin, don’t cry. He’s just not settled yet. Sigh—"
She sighed deeply. Tan Qing had been mischievous and disobedient since he was young, and now even his romantic life was worrisome.
"He once said he had a girl he liked." Upon thinking of this, Qu Min cried even harder: "Auntie, who do you think it could be, someone who attracts him so much?"
Mom paused, shaking her head: "Don’t listen to his nonsense. He’s just used to his freedom, doesn’t want anyone tying him down. But at his age, not having a steady girlfriend is truly worrisome. Minmin, he’s not answering your phone, but call him through the landline at home. I refuse to believe he won’t answer."
Qu Min nodded, dialing Tan Qing’s mobile number from the landline. Finally, the other side picked up without a moment’s hesitation, softly answering.
"Qing, it’s me."
Upon hearing his gentle voice, tears streamed down Qu Min’s face like a string of pearls, her voice trembling: "Why aren’t you answering my calls?"