latelenovela Chapter 33 Do you think I'm blind?
Chapter 33 Do you think I'm blind?
"President Song, please don't say that. Maybe Brother Zhang is just having dinner with a regular friend."
Having not seen Yu Chengliang for a long time, the moment he opened his mouth with that sleazy, green tea-like tone, it made my stomach churn.
“Brother Zhang, President Song has been looking for you lately. Even if you're throwing a tantrum, you should at least let President Song know you're safe.”
"You have time to have dinner with beautiful women, but you can't find time to send a text message?"
Upon hearing this, Song Yafei's eyes suddenly sharpened, and with an intense aura of pressure, she pushed me against the wall, grabbed my collar, and said coldly, "Is it because I haven't given you enough money? Or are you just born a masochist who can only live by relying on women?"
Even a clay Buddha has a temper. After being humiliated and slandered by Song Yafei time and time again, I could no longer control my anger.
Her attitude of "allowing the magistrate to set fires while forbidding the common people to light lamps" in particular fueled my anger.
I immediately shouted, "Song Yafei, do you think everyone is like you?"
"Xie Wenyao and I are just ordinary friends, unlike you..."
Song Yafei suddenly tightened her grip on my collar, making it hard for me to breathe, but I still stubbornly stared back at her.
"Normal friendships? Zhang Tian, do you think I'm blind or deaf?"
"She personally serves you rice and even has someone prepare a healthy diet for you."
"Tell me, what ordinary friend could go to this lengths!"
Song Yafei's eyes were bloodshot, equally enraged.
She tightened her grip, and I was so choked that my face turned red and I couldn't breathe.
Seeing this, Xie Wenyao quickly came over and pulled us apart, saying, "Song Yafei, are you crazy? Zhang Tian's body can't be subjected to this!"
"Go away!"
Song Yafei roared.
"This is between the two of us, what's it to you!"
Snapped!
Song Yafei suddenly let go, turned around and slapped Xie Wenyao hard across the face.
The crisp applause seemed to pause the conversation in the private room.
I looked at Song Yafei in disbelief; she had actually hit her former best friend.
She is irritable, short-tempered, and violent.
This is a side of Song Yafei I've never seen before.
My eyes were filled with exhaustion. I helped Xie Wenyao up and said in a hoarse voice, "Song Yafei, let's get a divorce! I'm begging you."
"Let each other go, and let go of the people around you."
"Zhang Tian, you want to divorce me for her sake?"
Song Yafei's voice trembled slightly as she pointed at Xie Wenyao, her face filled with shock and astonishment.
"Xie Wenyao and I are just friends. She did this today..."
I wanted to explain that she was hosting a welcome dinner for my first day at work.
But as I was about to speak, seeing Yu Chengliang's gloating expression, I suddenly felt that nothing else mattered.
That's it. No matter what Song Yafei thinks, I know it in my own heart, and that's enough.
"I'm sorry, I've made you misunderstand."
Looking at Xie Wenyao's swollen cheeks, I felt extremely guilty and helped her walk out of the private room.
"It's nothing, it's just... Yafi wasn't like this before."
Xie Wenyao twisted her ankle and was limping as she walked, still reeling from the blow.
She probably never imagined that the friend she had once protected so much would treat her like this one day.
"Zhang Tian! Did I say you could leave?"
Song Yafei was radiating anger, a harbinger of an impending storm.
She is completely different from the person I remember.
Like a puppet that had been controlled for too long suddenly gaining a soul, I decided to stop listening to Song Yafei, helped Xie Wenyao out of the private room, and let the storm brew behind us.
Xie Wenyao injured her face and twisted her ankle because of me, so I had to drive her home.
On the bus, I apologized to her again.
Xie Wenyao waved her hand, "It's nothing."
"From what you and Yafei were saying just now, you want a divorce?"
I gave a wry smile.
This is just a relationship between Song Yafei and me, and I don't want to tell Xie Wenyao about it.
But she persisted, continuing the previous topic.
"Zhang Tian, if you really want a divorce, how about I help you?"
help me?
Xie Wenyao's repeated help has made me increasingly unable to understand her.
After all, there's no real affection between us.
I refused.
"Outsiders have no say in this kind of thing."
I emphasized the words "outsider" to remind her of our relationship.
But Xie Wenyao pretended not to understand and continued to press for details.
"Zhang Tian, have you thought this through?"
"Do you really want a divorce, or are you just using this as an excuse to get more attention from Yafei?"
My heart skipped a beat.
is it?
Do I really want Song Yafei to care about me more?
For a moment, I couldn't understand myself either.
Even though she has changed, I can't help but keep looking at her.
Maybe I really am just being a masochist.
I smiled wryly and didn't respond to Xie Wenyao's words.
Seeing that I didn't respond, Xie Wenyao turned to look at me, and after a long while, she said indifferently, "It seems I hit the nail on the head. You really can't bear to give up this marriage that exists in name only. Never mind, you can come to me again if you need anything."
After I finished speaking, the car suddenly fell silent, so quiet that you could only hear the two of us breathing.
The atmosphere was rather awkward, so I drove at top speed to take Xie Wenyao home.
It was very late when we got back to the orphanage.
I was just about to go in when I noticed a car parked on the side of the road.
It's Song Yafei's car.
She sat in the driver's seat, rolled down the window, a cigarette between her fingers, puffing out smoke, her eyes glazed over, her cheeks flushed.
She smoked again.
"Have you been drinking?" I asked instinctively.
Song Yafei turned to look at me, a faint smile appearing on her face, but it vanished in an instant.
Upon seeing me, she immediately threw away her cigarette, gripped the car window with both hands, rested her chin on the back of her hands, and looked at me with a warmth that seemed to have increased.
"You found out."
She drank alcohol and drove?
I looked around the car but didn't see the driver. Did she drive here by herself?
Song Yafei raised her hand and grabbed my collar through the car window.
"You're concerned about me?"
She wasn't as fierce as usual; her eyes were bright and she looked quite adorable.
For a fleeting moment, I was actually moved again...
But I've already decided to cut ties with her completely, and even if I'm attracted to her, I have to suppress it.
I took her hand in mine. "Let go of me."
She loosened her grip on my collar, her index finger sliding upwards along my fingertip, a smile playing on her lips.
"Zhang Tian, you're tempted."
"You miss me too, don't you?"
Having been married for so many years, I certainly know what Song Yafei means now.
Even though I was already distracted, I still managed to control Song Yafei's hand.
"Song Yafei, you're pregnant."
As I said those words, I felt a sudden pain in my chest.
I was reminding her, and I was also reminding myself.
She already has someone else in her heart, and she even has someone else's child. Even if I have a million reasons to want to get back together, this one reason is enough to defeat me.
We can't go back.
We must not make this mistake.