Easily Set Aflame

Chapter 10 - The Ex and the Ex

"May I get out and have a few words with him?" Jia He asked uneasily.

Yi Wenze smiled. "Do you need me to get out of the car?"

"Um..." Jia He was hesitant.

She actually simply wanted to step outside and make things clear with Gu Yu so as to avoid any misunderstandings in the future.

"Do you want to hear what my thoughts are?"

"Go ahead." Jia He pricked up her ears.

"You wait for me here. One minute."

Reaching his hand to unfasten his seat belt, he turned his eyes on Jia He, as if seeking her consent. Jia He felt as if in a trance from his gaze, and her mind immediately went blank. Obliging the look in his eyes, she gave a tentative nod.

It was only after the door had banged shut that she heard her heart beating—furiously beating.

Back when she had been so heartbroken that even her insides had hurt, she had sworn that she would find someone better than Gu Yu. She had even fantasized countless times about how she would hold her new boyfriend's arm and walk right in front of Gu Yu, her head held high and chest out, provoking him so much he would vomit three litres of blood. Of course, that had just been her fantasy. But now, downstairs of her own home, that fantasy remarkably had come true, except the re-encounter she had planned out in her mind seemed to have become a showdown...

Jia He, stay calm, stay calm...

After taking several seconds to gather herself, Jia He hastily spun around and leaned herself through the space between the two front seats, trying hard to get a clear view of the situation behind the car. At this angle, she could see Yi Wenze's backside. Very soon, he had stepped up beside Gu Yu's vehicle, and bending down, he directed a sentence into the car. It was too dark; his expression could not be seen. Regret for agreeing to this hit Jia He, for she was afraid that Gu Yu would say something that would cause Yi Wenze to misunderstand and become angry.

Fortunately, he only spoke that one sentence before straightening back up and giving a casual pat to the roof of the car.

Jia He's heart at once flew into her throat, and she stared unblinkingly at him, waiting. In that instant, numerous scenes flashed across her mind. If Gu Yu got out of the car, she would definitely need to rush out, throw herself between her idol and Gu Yu, and then say something to make things absolutely clear. But what should she say?

This was a question... but it was not the most important question. Just rush out first, and then she'd take it from there.

At any rate, she definitely could not just sit around and wait.

This thought had only just been established before Gu Yu's vehicle all of a sudden shifted slightly and then... drove away?!

His hands in his pockets, Yi Wenze very composedly strode back over, sat into the car, and began driving. His expression and motions were utterly like he had just gotten off the car to pay for the gas that he had refueled, showing nothing even the least bit out of the ordinary. Jia He only felt that those eyes beneath the brim of his cap seemed even more unreal.

"What did he say to you?" she asked in trepidation.

"He didn't say anything." He was focused on driving.

Oh no. He must have said something that should not have been said.

Jia He looked tensely at him. "Anything he said, just don't take it seriously. Honest. There's been nothing at all between the two of us for a long time already."