Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 324 - 327 He’s Greeting the Guests?

Chapter 324: Chapter 327 He’s Greeting the Guests?

"Thank you for telling me all this."

A faint smile finally appeared on Xiao Yi’s face. He had known the answer to the question he had asked while Li Ling was speaking. Words can deceive, but certain expressions when someone speaks do not lie. Some things can only be shown through the outpouring of genuine emotion, something that not even an Oscar-winning actor can replicate.

"Did you say you’re not worthy of him because his parents approached you?"

After smiling, Xiao Yi remembered another purpose for his visit and continued to ask.

Beyond understanding Li Ling’s true thoughts, his most important reason for coming was to help Fatty Tang make connections and bring them together to help solve their problems.

"You could say that."

Li Ling fell silent for a moment, her eyes revealing a complex and painful look.

"If it’s just because of that, do you plan to reject Tang Feng? Don’t you think that’s too cruel to him? You said yourself that Tang Feng is truly sincere towards you, and you have felt his honesty. As far as I know, he completely disagrees with his parents on this matter. He had no idea they came to see you, and what’s more, he is trying hard to convince his parents."

Xiao Yi spoke slowly.

"Xiao Yi, thank you so much, thank you for caring about Tang Feng and for telling me all this. But, I’d like you to do me a favor. Please tell Tang Feng I truly appreciate everything he has done for me, but he and I are really not suitable for each other. I hope he focuses on his studies in the future. I believe, with his qualities, he will definitely find a better place where he belongs, where he can be happy."

As she listened to Xiao Yi’s words, Li Ling’s heart clenched painfully, and a tear threatened to fall from the corner of her eye. But at the moment it was about to drop, she controlled herself, took a deep breath, drew the air back in, and her face took on a resolute expression. She lifted her head and looked at Xiao Yi.

After saying all that and without waiting for Xiao Yi to say anything else, she stood up and said, "Excuse me, Xiao Yi, I’m feeling a bit unwell. I need to use the restroom, please excuse me for a moment."

Having said that, she turned and hurried towards the direction of the restroom in the shop.

Xiao Yi watched Li Ling’s retreating figure, opened his mouth as if to say something but ultimately did not speak. Instead, a look of surprised confusion appeared in his eyes. What happened to her?

Why did she have such a huge emotional reaction to what he had just said?

Even more intense than when he asked those much more provocative questions earlier?

He hadn’t said anything wrong just now, had he? And he was just trying to solve a problem, wanting her and Fatty Tang to be together.

"Sob sob..."

The moment she burst into the restroom, leaning against the door, the tears in Li Ling’s eyes could no longer be held back and streamed down unstoppably. Lifting her hand, she covered her mouth and began to sob softly.

When she had heard Xiao Yi’s words, she almost lost control.

Xiao Yi said that Tang Feng was truly sincere towards her—how could she not know that?

She also understood what Xiao Yi meant, and how could she not want to be with Tang Feng, to firmly grasp her own happiness?

But...

She knew she couldn’t, she had no right, she truly wasn’t worthy of Tang Feng...

Just as she said, it was his sincerity that moved her, he had been the most sincere towards her over the years, the best to her...

It was this sincerity, this attentiveness, that melted her long-sealed heart, even giving her the illusion that she might, just might, be able to try and reach for happiness again, thinking that after all the hardships, she was finally going to welcome her own happiness...

However, the appearance of Tang Feng’s parents shattered her beautiful fantasy completely...

It wasn’t because she was afraid of the sharp, insensible language of Tang Feng’s parents that didn’t care about her dignity at all, or their condescending demeanor, nor was it because of the huge economic disparity they spoke of...

Just like Xiao Yi said, she also believed that as long as she didn’t encounter rogues like before and was given a safe environment to grow, she was very confident in her ability, she believed that with her own hard work, even if she couldn’t achieve what they had, at least, she would have the ability to support herself!

This gap, she could still strive to overcome...

But their words hit her like a bolt from the blue, dragging her back to reality, reminding her of her troubled past, as if she had woken up suddenly from a beautiful dream to face the cruel reality...

She didn’t hate them, she was even somewhat grateful to Tang Feng’s parents...

Grateful that they woke her up from her dream in time, preventing her from falling deeper, and from hurting that kind, that genuinely sincere person towards her...

Heavens, why are you so cruel to me!

Why did you have to let me suffer such a tragedy?

I had already despaired of everything, so why did you let him appear!

Li Ling was sobbing quietly, accusing in her heart with every cry.

But in the washroom, aside from her sobbing, there was silence, no one to respond to her plight.

She didn’t know how long she cried, only feeling her eyes getting sore, Li Ling finally stopped her quiet sobbing, slowly raised her head, looking at the mirror at her face stained with tears and her somewhat swollen eyes, gently wiped the tears from her face, turned on the tap, splashed some water on her face, washed herself thoroughly, then looked in the mirror, tidied up the hair on her forehead, took a deep breath to regain her composure, before finally reopening the washroom door and walked out.

When she came out of the washroom and looked towards the spot where Xiao Yi had been sitting, her expression involuntarily froze for a moment, seeing that the spot where Xiao Yi had been sitting was now empty, no one in sight.

Had he really just left without saying goodbye?

A flicker of confusion crossed Li Ling’s mind.

Subconsciously heading towards the entrance, but just as she turned her head, her facial expression couldn’t help but freeze.

She saw Xiao Yi, who was earnestly and meticulously busying himself behind the place that was hers—the barbecue stand—and in front of the barbecue stand stood two girls wearing factory uniforms, obviously customers who had just arrived.

Was he now attending to customers for her?

A look of surprise appeared on Li Ling’s face. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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