The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Yun Xi felt completely bewildered; she never expected things between her and Tang Rao would come to this.

Tang Rao's goodbye made her feel despair and helplessness...

"But... I've been responding..." Yun Xi muttered to herself, slightly ajar. She didn't understand why this was happening. In Yun Xi's view, although she hadn't agreed to Tang Rao, she had been gradually opening up, slowly trying to accept him.

Why couldn't he have just a little more patience?

You've persevered for so long, why can't you just keep it up!

Discontent towards Tang Rao gradually grew in Yun Xi's heart, yes, a strange sort of logic spread through her mind.

She didn't stop to think about what problems she might have. At this moment, Yun Xi's mind was filled with nothing but Tang Rao's shortcomings, how could he just give up, how could he just walk away!

"Wait, Tang Rao." Outside, Luo Lili came out and immediately chased after Tang Rao, who was walking away.

"What is it?" Tang Rao turned around, a slight smile on his face.

It was an issue between him and Yun Xi, unrelated to anyone else. Therefore, facing others, Tang Rao still smiled.

"Yun Xi just hasn't come around yet, why don't you try again?" Luo Lili ultimately couldn't stand to watch Tang Rao and Yun Xi simply go their separate ways.

"No need, I've said everything that needs to be said. If she loves me too, if she tells me, I would still give everything for her. Unfortunately, even now, she hasn't said a word, she hasn't even asked me why. Maybe she likes me, has feelings for me, but that's just it, feelings, not love." Tang Rao took a deep breath and slowly shook his head.

Honestly, Tang Rao's mood at this moment was not good.

He felt oppressively uneasy.

In fact, he could have continued like this with Yun Xi, perhaps one day she might agree, might even marry him.

But Tang Rao knew clearly the reason she always hesitated, why she kept delaying, was because she wasn't sure if she truly loved him.

And truly, that meant she didn't love him.

If that's the case, why force her to accept me?

"This..." Luo Lili was speechless; she had always thought Yun Xi was deliberately stringing Tang Rao along, but they had overlooked one issue all along: whether Yun Xi truly loved Tang Rao or not.

Liking someone and having feelings for them is one thing; love is another.

She, Luo Lili, also liked Tang Rao because he was excellent and gave an immense sense of trust. But love? She has always loved Yan Wei.

"Let's go." Tang Rao didn't elaborate further, shook his head, and walked away.

It wasn't until Tang Rao had gone far that Luo Lili came back to herself.

Suddenly, Luo Lili turned around and returned to the restaurant.

Inside the restaurant, Yun Xi was still there, sitting quietly, her facial expressions and the sparkling light in her eyes changing endlessly.

Luo Lili didn't know what Yun Xi was thinking; sitting across from her, Yun Xi didn't even realize.

"Yun Xi." Luo Lili looked deeply into Yun Xi's eyes and then called out.

It was only when Luo Lili spoke that Yun Xi seemed to react.

"Let it end with Tang Rao, just like that," Luo Lili said, you remain you, he remains he, as if you never hurt him.

Hearing Luo Lili's words, Yun Xi's gaze suddenly sharpened.

"I hurt him? Lili, what are you talking about? If anyone was hurt, it was me!"

Luo Lili looked at Yun Xi in surprise. Tang Rao hurt you? What are you even thinking?

"I just want to ask you one thing, do you love him?" Luo Lili asked opening her mouth.

"I..." Yun Xi subconsciously wanted to say she did, but when the words reached her lips, she couldn't utter them.

"You merely have a fondness for Tang Rao; you just think he's a good person because he is the finest among those you know. You've never loved him, there's no need to hurry to deny, when it comes to feelings, I have more right to speak than you." Luo Lili spoke softly, this time not with temper or shouting, for it wasn't Yun Xi's fault.

One could only say that Yun Xi had confused fondness with love.

Yun Xi's mouth slowly opened as Luo Lili's words buzzed in her mind.

She had never loved Tang Rao, she just thought he was a good person, was that it? But... she definitely felt something, she definitely didn't reject Tang Rao.

Even, she had taken the initiative to kiss him.

"Love has never been as controlled as you imagine," Luo Lili shook her head, she had always thought that Yun Xi had her own concerns, which is why she kept dragging it out.

As it turns out, the reason was that she simply did not love Tang Rao, and that's why she could keep dragging it.

If you truly loved someone, sometimes, you just can't restrain that impulse.

Yun Xi's eyes became blank; she had always said something was missing between herself and Tang Rao, in the end, what was lacking was her love for him.

It's simply laughable… She really acted like a green tea bitch…

"Is he, doing okay?" after a long while, Yun Xi looked at Luo Lili and asked.

"What do you think?"

Yun Xi fell silent; to Tang Rao, this must be a significant hurt. He must have realized it long before, and the reason he kept persisting was perhaps hoping that one day she would genuinely fall in love with him, sadly, she had always confused fondness with love.

It was a persistent critical hit.

"Nevermind, in this matter, neither of you is wrong, yet both are at fault. One does not speak, and one does not understand, it can only be said that this is fate, meant to be," Luo Lili sighed.

Yun Xi leaned back in the sofa, curling up slightly, her mind once again in chaos.

…

Tang Rao suddenly felt like a piece of shit, and the constipated kind at that, very uncomfortable.

Perhaps, this is what heartbreak feels like.

He didn't want to admit it, but this was indeed heartbreak.

"Damn!" On the street, Tang Rao punched a bollard, and the poor bollard cracked.

The passersby were all startled by the sound, all looking toward Tang Rao.

Then, two people dressed in black and white, fully armed with a sword-shield badge on their arms, approached.

A man and a woman, the man was average-looking, the woman seemed quite pretty.

"Please show your Monk Certificate, and also, for damaging public facilities, please come with us," the average-looking man said.

Tang Rao: "..."

These people were members of an institution newly established in Blue Star.

This institution is called the Cultivator Defense Bureau, aimed at controlling inappropriate behaviors of cultivators, a global entity.

But Tang Rao had no Monk Certificate, and also, he was in a very bad mood, well, to be precise, he was irritable.

"I'm Tang Rao, leave me alone..." Tang Rao threw out a Chief Instructor card of Special Ninth Department.

The man was stunned at first, then directly tore Tang Rao's card.

"You people, can you keep up with the news? Special Ninth Department has been dissolved, and you're still playing this game with me…" The man sneered.