Reborn As My Love Rival's Wife

Chapter 40: At That Time, He Met Su Jian

Then, without looking back, he returned to his car and went home.

.......

When he got home, she had already left.

She left a note on the table. It said: Xiao Ze, I'm sorry.

He looked at that note in his hands for a long time, then finally understood something.

She truly didn't love him.

In the past, he always thought that even though she didn't like him as much as he liked her, she at least held some affection for him.

Otherwise, why would she lay on his knees while laughing so happily? When they held hands and passed a village garden, why was she so obedient? And when he kissed her, why did she only lower her eyelashes instead of ever avoiding it?

But now, anxiety started to flood through him.

He thought, most likely, she really didn't like him.

Otherwise, how was she able to let him be so unhappy?

.......

When he saw her again, a month had passed.

She displayed an apologetic expression as she uneasily said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Ze, for leaving like that on that day. Because I really didn't know... how to face you."

His expression stayed normal. "It's nothing."

......

Then, he didn't see her for a long time.

He got calmer each day. He felt he could finally learn to let it go.

After that, he heard the news of her engagement with the man she'd always liked.

......

When he heard the news, he drank until he was dead drunk.

Then, it was Ji Mingfei who rushed over and sent him to the hospital.

"To actually get alcohol poisoning!" Ji Mingfei pointed at him resentfully, "Look at what you've become! Is it worth it to do this to yourself? What use is it to put yourself in a miserable state? That other person is about to marry another man! Yize, even now, have you not sobered up? Ji Yan simply treats you like a spare tire. No, you can't even be considered a spare tire.[1] At most, you're a trash can!"

He laid in the hospital bed, pale and quiet.

He thought he probably wouldn't do it again.

Once was enough to experience this kind of poisoning.

......

As his good friend, Ji Mingfei saw the entire course of his feelings for her.

Though he didn't think highly of it from the very beginning.

He said, "Yize, have you never heard these song lyrics? Those who cannot obtain affections are always in tumult; those who are favored are secure."

He said, "Yize, Ji Yan doesn't suit you. She is the ethereal moonlight and doesn't even match well with a mulish one-track minded person like you!"

.....

After he was discharged, Ji Mingfei uncharacteristically started to actively introduce him to girls.

He asked him, "Yize, what kind do you like? You better not say you like the Ji Yan type! You spent your life stupidly trailing after her and never met other women, right? I feel that you just haven't met enough girls. You'll discover after meeting more that there are a lot of good women out there!"

How could he not understand that? Only, sometimes, even being logical didn't mean one could control one's own heart.

But as matters stood, he finally realized that he was unable to stay obstinate.

......

People always said the best way to move on was nothing more than starting another relationship.

He thought that he might not have feelings, but he would always have time.

He searched, hoping to find a girl he was willing to spend a dull, uneventful life with.

......

When he met Ji Yan again, she personally told him the news of her impending marriage.

She said it nervously and kept peeking at his eyes as if she were afraid that he would suddenly explode.

But from beginning to end he stayed calm.

He even smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations."

She visibly relaxed and said with eyes full of sincerity, "Xiao Ze, no matter who I marry, you hold a special place in my heart. You'll always be one of my most important people. I can't bear losing you."

He smiled at her, but didn't say a word.

She asked, "Right! Xiao Ze, I thought I saw you walking with a girl the other day. Is it a girl you like?"

He said, "No."

She completely relaxed and said, "It's okay if it is. If it is, remember to bring her to my wedding!"

......

That night, he went to the bar by himself.

He rarely went to that type of place, but that day he didn't know where to go.

He didn't want to get wasted again, but ordered a wine cooler and sipped it slowly.

People checked him out from time to time. Quite a few tried to strike up a conversation, but he was taciturn and didn't give them any notice.

At that moment, he met Su Jian.

Footnotes:

[1]Spare tire is like someone's fallback guy that they use for running to when they are sad. Almost a friend-zoned guy but the girl will keep the guy hooked with ambiguous actions.