Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

Chapter 549 Heart-Stirring Light
Ye Yan said: "I cut out that sentence and put it in my phone case and kept it with me."

Hearing this, Xu Qingsong tried hard to dig into his memories but couldn't find any relevant fragments. He asked Liu Wangxue: "Are you sure that the person she is talking about is me? Why don't I have any impression of it at all?"

It was an unintentional act, Liu Wangxue thought, and felt that Xu Qingsong probably didn't even look at Ye Yan at that time, but Ye Yan's memory couldn't be wrong: "Ye Yan said that she secretly glanced at you several times before leaving and remembered you. After returning, she asked her classmates about you. You are the most handsome boy in the computer department~"

As Liu Wangxue spoke, she stretched out her finger and tickled Xu Qingsong's chin in a frivolous manner. Xu Qingsong grabbed her hand and put it to his lips and kissed her.

Liu Wangxue said: "From then on, she paid more attention to you, and then her attention turned into love. It wasn't until the middle of the first semester of her sophomore year that she finally mustered up the courage to confess her feelings to you, and then she heard that you had a girlfriend. Because of this, she was distraught for several days."

Xu Qingsong suddenly thought of what Shi Wenjun said, "She has liked you for so many years." He calculated in his mind and was shocked to find that it was really many years!
Liu Wangxue observed his expression and asked him, "Are you sad? There is someone who has been silently in love with you for several years, but you don't know about it, or even that such a person exists."

Xu Qingsong neither shook his head nor nodded, feeling very uncomfortable: "Baby, please don't stab me again."

Liu Wangxue smiled and hugged him, asking him if he wanted to continue listening.

Xu Qingsong said: "Go ahead."

Liu Wangxue then continued speaking.

Xu Qingsong already has a girlfriend, so Ye Yan naturally won't bother him anymore, but her secret love for him has never ended.

When she was in her senior year, she heard that Xu Qingsong had been admitted to the graduate school of the same university, so she also wanted to continue her studies. However, she was not able to secure a place in the same university, so she worked hard to prepare for the exam and was admitted.

When she graduated from college, Ye Yan was very happy to hear that Xu Qingsong had broken up with his girlfriend. She immediately made a decision that she would find a way to get close to Xu Qingsong during her graduate studies.

Xu Qingsong was shocked again: "So, those encounters I thought were all places she had planned in advance?"

Liu Wangxue nodded: "Yes, that's what she said."

Xu Qingsong had just broken up with his last relationship, so naturally he wouldn't start the next one so quickly. Ye Yan was friends with him for a year, until the second semester of his second year of graduate school, when Xu Qingsong confessed his love to her and they got together.

After only dating for a year and a half, they were about to graduate. Ye Yan couldn't accept a long-distance relationship. She also knew the reason why Xu Qingsong broke up with his last girlfriend. She felt that in an intimate relationship, one party always had to give, compromise or give in. She liked Xu Qingsong so much, so naturally she didn't want to see him embarrassed because of this. After thinking it through, she resolutely gave up the offer in Beijing and didn't tell anyone, even though the company in Beijing was better than the one in Hai City.

When Liu Wangxue heard Ye Yan say this in the coffee shop, she was quite confused. Since this relationship was so hard-earned, and Ye Yan couldn't accept living in a different place and chose to go to Hai City with Xu Qingsong, then why did she choose to go abroad a year later?
Liu Wangxue didn't even need to ask, Ye Yan said it herself. She didn't seem to need Liu Wangxue to communicate with her. She probably just wanted to talk.

Ye Yan said: "Maybe the one who has given more will be worried about gains and losses? Although I was with him at that time, I still felt a little inferior. After all, his previous girlfriend was very beautiful, and I couldn't compare to her. There were many beautiful girls in his company... I have a physique that is prone to obesity, and the work pressure is high, so I can't lose weight..."

Ye Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Although we were both in Hai City at that time, our companies were in different districts and were quite far apart. We were busy with work and working overtime was common. I didn't want him to be too tired, so in order to save commuting time, I suggested that we rent a house near our respective companies... Later I thought it was really stupid..."

Liu Wangxue also thought she was stupid. She knew she was worried about gains and losses, but she still made such a suggestion. Haishi was such a small place, how far could it be? She didn't feel so secure about this relationship in the first place, and she had to pretend to be generous. After breaking up like this, she would inevitably feel that love was going to disappear.

Sure enough, Ye Yan continued, "After we started living apart, I felt that the contact between us suddenly decreased. Sometimes I would send him a message, but he would reply after a long time. I would wonder if his feelings for me had faded..."

Liu Wangxue thought, if he didn't reply immediately, it meant he was busy! Sometimes she sent messages to Xu Qingsong, and Xu Qingsong would reply half a day later. On the contrary, when she was with the crew, or writing a script, or recording a show like the previous few times, she couldn't reply to Xu Qingsong's messages in time. But this did not prevent the two from communicating after they were done with their work.

Ye Yan said: "I know it's wrong to think this way, but I can't help it. I was stuck in that mood at the time and felt that he didn't really love me that much. So after receiving an order for garden design, I would ask him to accompany me to the nearby ancient towns every weekend. In name, it was to go on a field trip, but in fact, I wanted to date and consolidate our relationship. Although he had just entered the workplace for less than a year at that time, he was very capable and was highly appreciated by his superiors. He was asked to participate in projects of all sizes, so he was very busy. Nine times out of ten, he couldn't accompany me for the whole day. He had to go back to work overtime when I called..."

Liu Wangxue was convinced. She couldn't help but interrupt Ye Yan: "Are you very generous and considerate and tell him that it's okay, just go ahead, work is the most important thing?"

Ye Yan nodded: "What else? Should I ask him to put down his work and stay with me?"

Liu Wangxue was speechless. There were obviously other solutions, so how did Ye Yan manage to avoid the correct option again and again?
Liu Wangxue couldn't help but scold Xu Qingsong at this time: "And you, were you so busy at the time? Didn't you notice that there was something wrong with her mood?"

Xu Qingsong tried hard to recall again, and he said: "No, I remember that our conversation was normal. When we went to the ancient town, she also told me a lot of knowledge about architecture. Otherwise, how could I be so familiar with Zhouzhuang and be your tour guide?"

Well, Liu Wangxue thought, Xu Qingsong can't be blamed, but Ye Yan for covering it up so well. Liu Wangxue felt that Xu Qingsong was quite sensitive to the emotions of the people around him, and his time with her was the best example. She thought that if Ye Yan had revealed even a little bit of her anxiety at that time, Xu Qingsong would not have failed to notice it.

Liu Wangxue gave Xu Qingsong a shot of prevention: "Be prepared, I'm going to stab you again."

"What else?" Xu Qingsong felt a little tired and pinched his brows. "What knife? Stab me."

Liu Wangxue hugged him and said, "If you don't want to listen, I won't say anything. Let's go to your grandpa's house, shall we?"

"No, tell me, let me hear it all." Xu Qingsong also hugged her and sighed softly, "I thought we broke up peacefully and there was no hard feelings. It turns out that was just my personal perspective." Therefore, Ye Yan's behavior when they met upstairs was explained.

Liu Wangxue couldn't help but sigh and said, "She said that she chose to go abroad for her career, and it only accounted for a small part. She was testing you."

"Testing me?" Xu Qingsong was puzzled. "Testing me on what?"

Ye Yan was testing whether Xu Qingsong cared about her and whether he would try to keep her. She laughed at herself and said, "In the end, he didn't. He had a friend in Country M at the time, so he asked that friend to find out about the company that sent me the invitation letter. He combined the information he found with his own, and analyzed it for me very seriously and objectively. In the end, he concluded that it was worth going, and he was very happy to see that I could have a better future..."

Ye Yan's heart sank at that time, because this was not the result she wanted. She asked Xu Qingsong what to do if she really went and they would be in a long-distance relationship: "He didn't seem to worry about it at all. I can still clearly remember what he said at that time. He said that love is important, but compared with personal growth, it is no longer the protagonist. He hopes that I can have a more wonderful life, and said that he is confident in our relationship, and distance and time difference are not a problem. But I can't do it, I'm not as confident as him. It happened that his friend in Country M also invited me to develop there. I was very happy when I knew it, thinking that we could go there together..."

So Ye Yan asked Xu Qingsong, actually it was also a test. She knew that Xu Qingsong didn't want to work and live abroad, she just wanted to see if Xu Qingsong would give, compromise or give in for her.

Ye Yan thought, when she was choosing a job after graduation, she gave up the offer in Beijing for Xu Qingsong and accompanied him to Hai City. This time, could Xu Qingsong give up all these in China for her and accompany her to Country M? But she forgot that she had never told Xu Qingsong about this, so Xu Qingsong naturally didn't know, so the result was naturally contrary to her expectations.

Liu Wangxue wanted to ask Xu Qingsong, if he knew, would he choose to go with Ye Yan? But then she thought, this assumption is meaningless, she felt that even if Xu Qingsong knew, he would probably not go with Ye Yan. He should love her more out of guilt and indebtedness, but he would not change his life choices just because he loved her.

Later, Ye Yan went abroad alone, which was also out of spite. After going abroad, time and distance made it even harder for her to find evidence that Xu Qingsong loved her. Her confidence in this relationship declined again, and within half a year, she broke up with Xu Qingsong.

Because of the time difference, the communication between the two was delayed, but Xu Qingsong was not slow, so he naturally noticed the changes in Ye Yan's mood. He would call her on video at a specific time every day, before Ye Yan went to bed or when she got up early in the morning, hoping to cheer her up.

At first Xu Qingsong thought that Ye Yan had encountered some difficulties in work or life, but whenever he asked, Ye Yan said nothing and said that everything was fine.

After a while, Ye Yan rejected most of the video calls from Xu Qingsong, using the excuses that she was busy or tired.

Xu Qingsong recalled: "We were so far away from each other that I didn't know how to comfort her. It just so happened that the program development of the project team I was leading was approaching the final stage, so it didn't really matter whether I was there or not, so I applied for a visa to Country M."

After getting the visa, Xu Qingsong booked the nearest flight and told Ye Yan that he was going to visit her. Ye Yan didn't answer the first video call, so Xu Qingsong thought she was busy, so he sent her a message. Not long after, Ye Yan replied, but she said they broke up.

Xu Qingsong asked her why, and she said she was tired and didn't want to continue. Xu Qingsong told her not to be impulsive, he would take a flight the next morning, they would meet soon, and they could discuss anything in person.

Xu Qingsong said: "She told me not to go. She didn't want to see me."

Xu Qingsong called Ye Yan again, but she still didn't answer, and then she didn't even reply to his messages. That night, Xu Qingsong didn't sleep all night, and sent her many messages. It wasn't until the next morning that Ye Yan called him. He thought there was a turn for the better, but she still said break up.

Xu Qingsong relayed to Liu Wangxue: "She said she was very tired and had completely lost confidence in this relationship. If I still loved him, please don't force her. Breaking up would be a relief for her."

Ye Yan had said so much, so Xu Qingsong naturally failed to go on the trip to Country M, and the two broke up. After the breakup, Xu Qingsong felt empty for a long time. He couldn't even blame himself, because he didn't know what he had done wrong, and couldn't figure out why he and Ye Yan suddenly came to the point of breaking up. These emotions always had to find an outlet, so he put all his energy into work, and seemed to care less about everything in the outside world.

Liu Wangxue's thoughts jumped here: "So that's when you gained weight?" Xu Qingsong was stunned by her sudden turn of events. Seeing her sparkling eyes, a smile appeared on his face. He raised his hand and pinched her cheek gently: "Yeah, hahaha..."

Liu Wangxue was amazed: "I'm trapped by love~"

Xu Qingsong exhaled: "I didn't expect that after so many years, I would learn the truth in this way."

Liu Wangxue asked him: "What did Shi Wenjun tell you?"

Shi Wenjun told Xu Qingsong what happened to Ye Yan in Country M and her situation over the years.

Shi Wenjun and Ye Yan met in Country M. He was studying there at the time, and it was his last year. Once when he went to a convenience store to buy something, he met Ye Yan who was sick. Seeing that she was a little girl alone, he showed concern for her and that’s how they got to know each other.

After Ye Yan arrived in Country M, she had trouble acclimatizing to the climate there and couldn't get used to the food. She was often sick in the beginning. Fortunately, Wen Jun helped her, otherwise she wouldn't have known how hard it would have been.

After the two became friends, Shi Wenjun got to know Ye Yan better and learned that she had a boyfriend in China, and then watched her break up with her boyfriend.

In fact, before the breakup, Ye Yan had already had some bad mental problems, and Shi Wenjun only discovered them after a while. Ye Yan was usually optimistic and cheerful, and she had never made any mistakes at work. If Shi Wenjun hadn't suddenly come to her house one night to bring her food, he might not have discovered it in time.

Shi Wenjun took Ye Yan to see a psychiatrist despite her objections. The diagnosis said that her binge eating was caused by depression. Ye Yan also had another problem, which was vomiting after binge eating.

Shi Wenjun had already fallen in love with Ye Yan at that time, and he also knew that she was like this because of emotional trauma. After graduation, he chose to stay in the local area to work and accompany her in treatment. The process was quite difficult, because Ye Yan once went from bulimia to anorexia, and the treatment for depression did not improve, and she also developed stomach problems.

Shi Wenjun spent more than two years, and under his meticulous care, Ye Yan finally got out of the shadow of depression, and her diet returned to normal, but her stomach problem needed to be treated slowly. Just when everyone thought she was getting better, Ye Yan suddenly found out that there was something wrong with her vocal cords, so she had another operation and had to recuperate for a long time.

Over the years, Shi Wenjun has been with Ye Yan, but Ye Yan has not accepted his confession several times. He knows that Ye Yan has never let go of her relationship with Xu Qingsong, but it doesn't matter, he is willing to wait.

In the second half of last year, Ye Yan said she wanted to return to China, and she would carefully consider their relationship after returning. Today, Ye Yan took the initiative to ask Shi Wenjun out, and he had a hunch that he would see the moon after waiting for the clouds to clear. Unexpectedly, he met Xu Qingsong and his girlfriend, and Shi Wenjun felt very unlucky.

Liu Wangxue almost laughed when she heard this word: "He is unlucky?! I am unlucky too!" She said to Xu Qingsong: "Do you know why Ye Yan wants to chat with me alone?"

Xu Qingsong gently stroked her back to tell her not to be angry, and asked, "Why?"

"This is all her conspiracy!" said Liu Wangxue.

On New Year's Day, Shi Wenjun knew about the love show on Xu Qingsong's WB, so Ye Yan couldn't have been unaware of it. Ye Yan also saw the promotional video for Taojia Village. She felt envious and jealous, and felt very uncomfortable. After thinking about it for two days, she felt that Xu Qingsong had started a new life, so there was no need for her to be obsessed with the past. After all, she was the one who broke up first.

Ye Yan happened to be out meeting a client today and didn't have to go back to the company in the afternoon, so she asked Shi Wenjun out to confirm her relationship with him. However, to her surprise, she actually met Xu Qingsong and Liu Wangxue in this mall.

In fact, Ye Yan saw Xu Qingsong and Liu Wangxue first, when they decided to go downstairs to the cafe to sit down and have something to eat, and walked towards the escalator arm in arm.

At that time, Ye Yan and Shi Wenjun were walking towards them. Shi Wenjun was talking to Ye Yan with his head down and was not looking forward. When Ye Yan saw Xu Qingsong, she hurriedly pulled Shi Wenjun into a jewelry store nearby, and then said that she suddenly wanted to drink milk tea from the milk tea shop they had just passed, and asked Shi Wenjun to buy it for her.

When Shi Wenjun walked out of the jewelry store and was walking back, Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong happened to walk to the door of the store selling down jackets. Xu Qingsong's eyes were attracted by an item in the window and he stopped unconsciously. Liu Wangxue happened to notice that Shi Wenjun's back not far ahead was 70% similar to Xu Qingsong, so she pointed and asked Xu Qingsong to look.

After Shi Wenjun left, Ye Yan also came out of the jewelry store and saw Xu Qingsong pulling Liu Wangxue into the down jacket store. She leaned against the wall beside the door of the jewelry store, struggling over whether to go over for their "chance encounter" or wait here.

She didn't know how long she had been struggling. When she looked up again, she saw Xu Qingsong and Liu Wangxue coming out of the down jacket store and walking towards her. They stopped in front of her. She witnessed the whole process of their love affair. Memories flooded in, and she remembered all the good things about Xu Qingsong.

Ye Yan's heart was twisted for a moment. She thought, she had decided to let it go, why did God let her meet him again? The video will never be as impactful as the real person. She was so upset that her eyes were wet. What made her even more uncomfortable was what happened next. When Xu Qingsong turned around, his eyes passed by her, but he did not recognize her. She only saw the word "strange" in his eyes.

Then the background music in the jewelry store changed, and as soon as the lyrics came out, Ye Yan couldn't help crying. She thought of her past with Xu Qingsong, and thought of Shi Wenjun who had always been by her side, and the similar backs of Shi Wenjun and Xu Qingsong, and her heart was in turmoil.

Then Liu Wangxue came over and handed her a tissue, and then Xu Qingsong came back. But Xu Qingsong didn't notice her at all, he only cared about the insignificant red mark on Liu Wangxue's wrist.

Ye Yan thought that the reason she hadn't let go of it all these years was because she couldn't let it go. So she put aside the idea of ​​leaving and said hello to Xu Qingsong, hoping to upset Liu Wangxue.

In the coffee shop, Ye Yan wanted to talk to Liu Wangxue alone, also to make things difficult for her. She just wanted to talk about how loving she and Xu Qingsong were in the past, and then make some comments on private topics.

Xu Qingsong had just been caught up in suspicion and self-blame for being a complete scumbag, but when he heard this, all the suspicion and self-blame flew away in an instant: "How could she do this?!"

Liu Wangxue patted him and said, "No, she didn't do that in the end. She said that the moment she and I sat down next to each other, she suddenly felt that this was boring. So she told me about her own mental journey. Maybe she wanted to talk, or maybe she really let it go."

Ye Yan had observed Liu Wangxue and felt that she was not the kind of person who was thoughtful and would not have wild thoughts. Ye Yan also thought of another possibility, that is, after she finished talking to Liu Wangxue, if Liu Wangxue told Xu Qingsong everything, then the only image of her left in Xu Qingsong's impression might be completely destroyed.

So, Ye Yan thought, forget it, let’s talk about something else. After that conversation, she completely let it go.

"That's about right." Xu Qingsong said.

Liu Wangxue suddenly moved closer to him, observed him carefully, and deliberately said, "So it seems that there is something I don't know?"

Xu Qingsong immediately stated: "No, absolutely not! What else do you want to know? I will answer any questions you have."

Liu Wangxue laughed: "I am not interested in the details of your past relationship. Fortunately, she didn't say anything. I don't know if it will make things worse, but it will definitely make me upset."

Xu Qingsong pulled her over and kissed her, then asked expectantly, "Why did you tell me what she said to you? Aren't you afraid that I'll get entangled with her out of guilt after I find out?"

Liu Wangxue pretended to be shocked: "Oh my dear Mr. Xu, weren't you already in the mood of being a scumbag? What, are you planning to practice how to be a real scumbag now?"

"Why is it so difficult to see you getting jealous?" Xu Qingsong quickly hugged her, "I don't dare, I'm afraid you'll kick me before I even start practicing."

Liu Wangxue patted him with satisfaction: "Very good, you are very self-aware."

Xu Qingsong was just about to kiss her when the cell phone in his pocket rang. He took it out and saw it was his grandma calling, so he had to pick up the phone.

I pressed the button to play, but what came out was the old man's powerful voice: "Qingsong, where are you and Xuxu?"

Liu Wangxue glanced out of the car window guiltily. They were still in the underground parking lot of the mall.

Xu Qingsong was still holding Liu Wangxue's hand, and he said, "We're on the way. We're almost there. There's a bit of a traffic jam."

The old man happily said yes, and reminded him to drive safely, then hung up.

Liu Wangxue looked at the time and realized that they had been sitting in the car for nearly an hour, so she quickly fastened her seat belt and urged him, "Let's go quickly, it's getting late."

Xu Qingsong took his time and pulled Liu Wangxue's hand over to hold it. His expression and tone were very serious: "Xuxu, you must not hide anything from me in the future. You must tell me everything and let me know. Do you understand?"

Liu Wangxue unbuckled the seat belt, leaned over and kissed him: "Don't worry, I always play straight."

Xu Qingsong touched her face and smiled very gently. Liu Wangxue saw the tiny light in his eyes, which was so touching.