Chapter 224: The One She Pursued in Her Past Life
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Seeing that they were all very satisfied, Han Xuan said to them, “Our shop has a room where you can rest. If you’re tired at noon, you can eat there.”
As he spoke, he was about to lead the two of them inside when a voice suddenly came from outside the shop.
“Brother Chen, look, the shop here is open. Didn’t they say they wouldn’t rent it out when you came?”
Xia Wan and Han Xuan stopped in their tracks and looked out the door.
The girl at the door had two ponytails and was wearing new clothes. It was obvious that she came from a well-to-do family. When she saw Xia Wan, the girl blurted out, “Xia Wan, why are you here?”
The smile in Xia Wan’s eyes immediately disappeared.
The person in front of her was called Song Zhi, and the tall and thin boy standing beside her was the school hunk, Zhou Chen.
In her previous life, she liked the handsome and gentle Zhou Chen. He was fair and clean and always flashed a smile when he spoke. Xia Wan was addicted to him. She felt that he was the best man in the world, so she leaned on him whenever she had the chance, pretending to ask him questions or bring him some food.
Every time, Zhou Chen said little and patiently answered her questions. Xia Wan thought that he was a good person, but she did not expect him to tell his brother behind her back about how annoying she was. He mocked her for being a country bumkin and said that the food she offered was unpresentable.
Because she was close to Zhou Chen, Xia Wan was often troubled by the girls in her class and her reputation was tarnished. However, she was still willing to get close to him. One day, after graduating from high school, Zhou Chen asked her out to drink with his friends.
She still remembered Zhou Chen’s mocking words.
“Did vou see that? She’s such a bootlicker. As lonz as I call her, she’ll definitelv come.”
“Xia Wan, do you know how much I hate you? I’ve tolerated you for three years. Why can’t you recognize your status? I’m better at studying than you, and my family background is better than yours. Many girls who are way better than you are pursuing me.”
“Don’t you feel inferior standing beside me?”
“It’s good enough of an honor to let you accompany us, brothers, to drink today. You’re only worthy of accompanying us to drink.”
That day, she did not know how much alcohol she had drunk. It was only when the people in the other private rooms saw her faint at the door did they call the police to send her home.
However, since then, Xia Wan’s reputation only worsened. Her departure from her hometown couldn’t be separated from her vicious relatives, and her life of being bullied at school was inseparable from Zhou Chen.
If Zhou Chen did not like her, he could tell her clearly that she was not shameless and would leave.
However, Zhou Chen enjoyed her flattery while slandering her behind her back. Such a person had an extremely low character and was not worthy of her deep love back then.
In the past, she wasn’t the best judge of character, but now, she only felt disgust when she saw him.
Before Xia Wan could say anything, Song Zhi continued, “Xia Wan, I know you like Zhou Chen, but you don’t have to chase after him to this extent. You followed him just because you knew that Zhou Chen’s family wanted to lease out this shop? Why? Are you perhaps trying to help his family rent this shop?”
Song Zhi covered her mouth and laughed. “Xia Wan, if you can really help Zhou Chen’s family, then he’ll have to thank you.”
Zhou Chen frowned slightly, thinking that Xia Wan had followed him here.
“Alright, don’t tell her this.” After he finished speaking to Song Zhi, he looked at Han Xuan. “Are you here to rent this shop too?”
Han Xuan’s clothes were not bad, which made Zhou Chen take him seriously.
He thought that he was also a potential tenant. However, when Xia Wan and Han Xuan stood together, Zhou Chen looked down on Han Xuan. He subconsciously thought that anyone who could get close to Xia Wan couldn’t be from a powerful family.
Han Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a teasing tone, “Are you the son of the man who came to rent the shop?”
He remembered that his mother had mentioned that the person who came to rent the shop was a middle-aged man in his thirties. Obviously, his age did not match the young man.
Zhou Chen was a little surprised. “You’ve met my father?”
Han Xuan shrugged. “I haven’t seen it before. I just heard that someone wanted to rent this shop, but he didn’t get it.”
Zhou Chen hesitated and said, “The rent for this shop is very expensive. It’s not that easy to rent it. If you don’t need it that much, you can give it to our family. Our family has already decided to raise the rent. As long as the lady boss is not stupid, she will definitely rent it to our family..”