What A Messy Circle

My words dampened Fu Hansheng's spirits. Finally, he restrained his carnal desires and turned his back to me, returning to normal.

However, he didn't explain his sexual orientation, so I took it as he was bisexual.

Bored, I scrolled through WeChat. Suddenly, a friend request popped up. I clicked on the profile picture and my heart sank.

…

I woke up at seven the next day.

After receiving the notice from the school, I packed my textbooks and placed the documents in my folder. Then, I headed to the University from the old mansion.

After parking the car, I couldn't free my hands with the stack of documents in my arms. The moment I closed the door, several pieces of paper fell to the ground.

Before I could complain about my bad luck, a slender hand had already reached out to pick up the things on the ground.

"Thank…" I looked up. I couldn't finish the rest of my sentence after realizing who the person in front of me was, as if the words were stuck in my throat.

"We need to talk." He Zhizhou stuffed the things he picked up into my hands. His eyes were bright, and his handsome face seemed sincere.

"I just want to resolve the misunderstanding between us."

Looking at his gentle face, my thoughts drifted back to a few years ago when that rising young man had promised me that his love for me was as deep as the sea.

I furrowed my eyebrows as I came back to my senses. "I'm married. Based on this, we already have nothing to talk about. He Zhizhou, it's good for us to part ways."

"He doesn't love you."

He Zhizhou wore a black coat, and his figure looked frail. He called out to me softly, "Jiang Ran, it's useless to lie to yourself."

There was a hint of struggle in my voice. "None of your business."

He looked a little down and out as he smiled bitterly. "Don't you want to know why I suddenly left and why Fu Hansheng suddenly came to find you?"

I caught an important piece of information from He Zhizhou's words. It was that Fu Hansheng had known him since a few years ago.

Before I could ask him anything, He Zhizhou suddenly hugged me. Many students were passing by around us, and most of them turned to look at us.

I forced my voice out through gritted teeth. "Let go of me! I've already said that we don't have a future together. We'll be strangers for the rest of our lives. He Zhizhou, I know you don't love me. I've always been the chess piece that you will abandon immediately after weighing the pros and cons!"

I froze in his arms. As I couldn't resist his brute force, I stopped struggling and just spouted some harsh words.

He slowly let go of me. I saw guilt and pain in his eyes. That expression made me feel like I was the one who had betrayed him mercilessly.

However, back then, he was clearly the one who let go of me first.

My good mood was ruined. I was in a poor state. My mind felt like it was filled with mush, so much so that my students' reminders interrupted me several times in class.

When work finally ended, I called my best friend, Qiaoqiao.

"Come out for a drink," I said succinctly.

"I'm going to suffer and vomit all over just because of you downing one shot."

"Qiaoqiao, I'm serious. I'm a little depressed today. Comfort me, or I'll vomit blood and die." I sighed deeply, as if I had lost my parents.

"Oh?" Qiaoqiao finally became serious. I could hear her throw down her pen furiously. "Could it be that the mistress of Fu Hansheng did something earth-shattering again?"

"Cut the crap. I'll find a better bar and send you the location."

I waited for Qiao Qiao for an hour before she finally arrived late. We walked towards the seats after receiving the alcohol from the bartender. Her eyes were wandering around all this while.

"Teacher Jiang, I couldn't tell that you like this kind of place too. Why are there so many handsome guys here? You're so thirsty that even Handsome Fu couldn't satisfy you!"

Every man who passed us was handsome and irresistible.

However, those men weren't interested in us. As soon as we reached the seats, Qiaoqiao started criticizing the couple in front of us.

"The world is getting worse by the day. Instead of flirting with pretty girls like us, they insist on fooling around with men. The market is only so big, and the cake will soon be distributed. What should we do?!"

I was very calm and jokingly said, "Then I'll let Fu Hansheng introduce you to some people. I believe the quality of the people around him won't be bad."

Qiaoqiao looked like she had just eaten sh*t and rejected profusely. "No, no, no! Jiang Ran, don't get me into trouble. I still want to live for a few more years! Speaking of which, what's going on between you and Fu Hansheng? Could it be that you can't fulfill your …"

Qiaoqiao abruptly stopped speaking. Her gaze fixed at a point before she turned to look at me in shock.

Before I could figure out what was wrong with her, I saw her lips trembling. She swallowed her saliva. "Fu… why is Fu Hansheng here?"

"Fu Hansheng?"

I followed her gaze and saw that familiar figure in just one glance.

What a messy circle!