Gu Song and Shen Su sat on the sofa together. Gu Song sipped his coffee and casually shared, "Guess who I ran into at the airport yesterday?"
Shen Su looked uninterested. "Another one of your ex-girlfriends?"
Gu Song: "Not my ex-girlfriend, guess again."
Shen Su: "I'm too tired from work to rack my brain on these unimportant matters."
"Alright, then I'll just tell you." Gu Song stopped playing coy. "I saw Feng Feng and Wen Zhouyuan. Can you believe it? Wen Zhouyuan's ex-wife brought their daughter, and Feng Feng actually went to pick them up and even acted as their driver."
Gu Song genuinely found it bizarre and became somewhat indignant as he spoke.
Shen Su didn't react as strongly. He rubbed his coffee cup, his face unreadable. After a moment of silence, he said three words: "Not bizarre."
No matter what Feng Feng did for Wen Zhouyuan, it wasn't bizarre. He had seen this clearly when he decided to let go.
Feng Feng's so-called principles and bottom lines didn't apply to Wen Zhouyuan.
Gu Song: "Do you think Wen Zhouyuan put a spell on her?"
Shen Su said indifferently, "It has nothing to do with me."
Gu Song: "We're just discussing it casually. I can't understand it. How much must she like him to be so amicable with his ex-wife and daughter?"
Shen Su chuckled. Yes, how much did she like him?
He didn't know the answer to that question, but he knew that in Feng Feng's world, no one could compare to Wen Zhouyuan.
Gu Song grumbled a few more complaints before sighing, "Thank goodness you listened to me and stopped torturing yourself with Feng Feng."
Shen Su remained noncommittal.
Gu Song asked, "Is Ji Tong doing well? How does it feel dating the girl who likes you?"
Mentioning Ji Tong, Shen Su's face couldn't help but show a few more smiles. "It feels quite good."
Gu Song was relieved. "That's good. People shouldn't make things difficult for themselves. Why insist on a melodramatic romance when you can happily date someone? What's the point?"
Shen Su wouldn't have listened to this before, but now he felt Gu Song made a lot of sense.
His obsession with Feng Feng back then was precisely making things difficult for himself.
Gu Song had a good impression of Ji Tong and couldn't help but ask a few more questions. "Your parents have been urging you to get married, haven't they? When do you plan to make a move?"
Shen Su: "She's still young. Let's wait another year or two."
Shen Su had mentioned marriage to Ji Tong. After hearing it, Ji Tong was very surprised, as if he had startled her.
Gu Song thought about it and felt it made sense. Ji Tong was only twenty-four. Getting married right after graduation was indeed a bit early.
Bai Zhi had to rush back for her research project. After sending Wen Mu Bai over, she left less than two days later.
Feng Feng and Wen Mu Bai got along well. On weekends, she would go to Wen Zhouyuan's apartment to spend time with them, father and daughter.
One Saturday, Feng Feng and Wen Zhouyuan took Wen Mu Bai out shopping for new clothes. The three of them encountered Shen Su and Ji Tong at the mall.
The last time Feng Feng saw Shen Su and Ji Tong was at Lin Mei's place.
At that moment, Shen Su and Ji Tong were holding hands, looking very intimate.
Wen Zhouyuan had roughly guessed that Shen Su had someone new in his life, but he hadn't expected them to be so affectionate.
This woman looked very young, likely having graduated from university not long ago. She wasn't the same type as Feng Feng.
Shen Su's taste had quite a range.
Wen Zhouyuan instinctively looked at Feng Feng. Although her expression seemed unchanged, he noticed her tightly pursed lips.
She only made such a small gesture when she was flustered.
"Hello, Ms. Feng!" Ji Tong, being warm and outgoing, walked over to greet Feng Feng upon seeing her.
Ji Tong's voice brought Feng Feng back to her senses. She smiled at her. "Are you out shopping?"
Ji Tong: "Yes, coming to relax on the weekend."
Feng Feng: "I hope you have a good time."
Ji Tong: "You too."
They weren't very familiar with each other, so after the greeting, Ji Tong moved on.
Holding Shen Su's hand, she said with some emotion, "I didn't expect Ms. Feng's child to be so old. I thought she was single."
Clearly, Ji Tong had misunderstood Feng Feng's relationship with the child, but Shen Su didn't explain.
He ruffled Ji Tong's hair. "Worry less about other people's business and more about me."
Ji Tong was persuaded and immediately changed the subject.
Ever since encountering Shen Su and Ji Tong, Feng Feng's spirits had been low. While shopping for clothes with Wen Mu Bai, she barely spoke a few words.
Wen Mu Bai, however, was very happy. After shopping for the morning, she was hungry and ate her lunch with great concentration.
But Feng Feng barely touched her food.
Wen Zhouyuan glanced at his daughter beside them and, while she wasn't paying attention, asked Feng Feng, "Are you alright?"
Feng Feng: "I'm fine."
Wen Zhouyuan: "Was that his new girlfriend just now?"
Feng Feng: "Yes."
Wen Zhouyuan: "She doesn't seem like his usual type."
Feng Feng: "He's always liked that type."
She was the anomaly.
Wen Zhouyuan: "Are you just going to keep bottling it up like this?"
Feng Feng hadn't figured this out and couldn't provide an answer.
Wen Zhouyuan got his answer from her silence. "Go tell him."
Feng Feng: "I don't want to hurt innocent people."
Ji Tong was truly a simple person and genuinely liked Shen Su. She couldn't bring herself to do it.
Wen Zhouyuan: "If you don't do it, you'll regret it until the day you die."
On this matter, he should be the one with the most experience.
Wen Zhouyuan said, "Say what you want to say. Even if you're rejected, it's okay. Carrying a secret to your grave, you'll feel unwilling the moment you close your eyes."
It was with this thought that he had come to find her.
Although Feng Feng had later clearly told him that she no longer had feelings for him, he had never regretted his decision.
Only on the verge of death do people know what they truly want to do. He didn't want her life to be filled with regret.
Wen Zhouyuan's words made Feng Feng fall silent for a long time. She seemed to be seriously contemplating something.
Seeing her waver, Wen Zhouyuan continued, "Don't live the rest of your life in regret."
She had a personality that preferred to be shattered jade rather than intact tile. Now that she had fallen for Shen Su, it was difficult for her to develop feelings for anyone else. Human nature was such that the more unattainable something was, the deeper one would fall.
"I will consider it," Feng Feng said after a long pause.
Wen Zhouyuan asked her, "Have you ever thought that he might not truly like this girlfriend, and is just using her to distract himself?"
Feng Feng shook her head. "No."
If it were just a distraction, he would have had many other ways; he wouldn't need to invest so seriously in starting a relationship. Moreover, from his attitude towards Ji Tong, it was clear he was absolutely serious.
Shen Su had always been a perceptive and mature person. After some childish actions, he would never allow himself to remain immersed in them.
Wen Mu Bai: "What are you guys talking about?"
"Nothing," Feng Feng replied quickly. "Let's focus on eating."