Chapter 358: Chapter 345: She is Just a Joke
Wen Nuan bit her lip slightly, an overwhelming sense of humiliation surrounding her. Looking at Mrs Tan, she tried to steady her tone, "Auntie, I’ll take my leave first."
There was no need to stay any longer. Seeing Mrs Tan’s expression, she knew what the outcome would be.
The Tan Family wouldn’t accept her!
"Miss Wen, please wait a moment."
She was just about to open the door to the private room when Mrs Tan suddenly called her back. When Wen Nuan turned around, she saw that her face had regained its previous composure and elegance.
She looked at Wen Nuan, "Miss Wen, since you’re from City E, you should know the status of the Tan Family and the Leng Family in City E. Our Tan Family cannot accept a divorced woman. Moreover, you are Leng Yan’s ex-wife. Have you considered how much gossip Tan Qing would invite if he married you? Both the Leng Family and the Tan Family would become the joke of City T."
Wen Nuan’s lips curled into a faint smile, tinged with irony, yet she didn’t know whom exactly she wanted to mock.
A joke, huh!
She was indeed a joke; she couldn’t drag others down to become another joke.
"Miss Wen." Mrs Tan looked at her, gave a bitter smile, and said sincerely, "I don’t mean to say you’re bad. In fact, I really like you. You’re beautiful and well-behaved. In an ordinary family, they might not care that you were once married to Leng Yan, but we can’t. The Tan Family and the Leng Family often meet in important occasions; how can you expect our Tan Family to face others’ perceptions? Moreover, how would Tan Qing introduce you in the future? After he says it, surely some busybodies would quietly add, ’the ex-wife of the Leng Family’s Second Young Master.’ I don’t want my son to be pointed at and gossiped about."
"I know, I understand." Wen Nuan smiled faintly, suppressing all her bitterness.
She should have understood this long ago, yet she still thought too little of it. She didn’t want to blame Mrs Tan. If she put herself in her shoes, another noble family lady might also find it difficult to accept a divorced woman.
Mrs Tan had already handled it well; someone else might have doused her with orange juice and harshly warned her to stay away from their son.
If there was anyone to blame, it was herself. She thought it was too easy. Actually, leaving was for the best; she hadn’t truly fallen in love with Tan Qing. She wasn’t worth Tan Qing sacrificing so much, nor could she allow him to become a laughingstock.
It’s just...
Tan Qing, I’m sorry. Despite my efforts, I still have to back down in the end...
Silently speaking in her heart, she stubbornly refused to let others see her vulnerability. When tears threatened to fall, she’d look up at the pitch-black sky, forcing them back.
Walking out of the hotel, standing in the empty doorway, waves of coldness swept over her; she wanted to hail a taxi but held back.
Thinking over and over, in this vast world, she unexpectedly found no place to call home.
The lingering sound of Mrs Tan’s last sentence echoed in her ears, hoping she could leave MT for Tan Qing to give up completely...
The chilly autumn wind blew against her clothes, the cold striking her heart. Standing on the bustling, neon-lit street, Wen Nuan couldn’t feel any warmth; all she felt was bleakness in her heart.
Leng Yan didn’t want her, and she couldn’t afford Tan Qing love...
Bitterly smiling, she thought of moving forward, always feeling as if someone was following her. With a bitter smile, Wen Nuan thought: Great, even hallucinations have appeared.
When she reached the end of the street, just as she was about to cross the road, a large hand tightly gripped her wrist from behind. The familiar scent made her tears fall suddenly.
Why was it him again! The person she least wanted to see, the one she dared not face!
After celebrating Old Master Zhan’s birthday, wasn’t he supposed to have gone back?