Mo Yichen was leaning on the bench beside Chen Qian and folded his arms over his chest.
Chen Qian occasionally looked up at Mo Yichen who looked indifferent. The man had kept the same expression from the moment when she saw him. Looking at his expression, she felt like an idiot, but she still felt happy.
“Yichen, I want to talk to you. Would you please just sit and listen to me?”
Since she gained her father’s trust successfully, she believed she could convince Mo Yichen to believe her that she did not frame Gu Yan and ruin her studio. Once she made it, Mo Yichen would not hate her and she would get another chance.
From last night to this morning, Chen Qian had been thinking about it. Finally, she determined to talk to him in person. However, she didn’t expect that she could see him so smoothly.
In the past, Mo Yichen always ordered his assistant to send her away with various excuses. However, now he not only didn’t refuse her, but also offered to meet her in a garden.
“I know that he cares about me. Without Gu Yan, I am the only one that he loves and cares about.” Chen Qian thought. The more she thought about it, the shyer she got. Finally, she blushed.
She knew it was not simple, but she just wanted be a silly girl who believed what she wanted to believe. She preferred to believe that it was because he liked something unexpected. Therefore, he agreed to meet her.
Mo Yichen was shocked when he got the message. It was hard for him to imagine that she would come to him under this situation. A strong sense of curiosity drove him to know what she would do next.
He looked at Chen Qian who blushed with interest. Although he was unhappy, he didn’t show it directly. What he wanted to do was to make it clear to her that Gu Yan was his one and only love, and no one could take her place.
“What is it?” Mo Yichen sat on the bench beside Chen Qian. He narrowed his eyes and watched young couples holding hands and flirting in the distance, which made him think of Gu Yan and the time they spent together.
If it were not because of this woman sitting beside him, perhaps it would be Gu Yan and him who walked hand in hand and openly showed affection in this garden.
He tried hard to stop thinking and focused on the woman beside him.
“Yichen, where did you get the recording that you sent me the day before yesterday? Who sent you that?” She looked at him piteously, as if she had been grievously wronged.
He was really confused by her behavior. He had no idea what on earth she wanted to do, so he had to cooperate with her to finish the show.
“It was Jiang Jingcheng who told me that, but he didn’t know I made the recording. What? Didn’t you do that?”
He was expressionless and said in a calm tone. He did not even look at her, but at the beautiful flowers and trees which could make him feel good.
“Yichen, I didn’t do it. Please believe me. Jiang Jingcheng said that because he wanted to take revenge on me. You know that he has always loved me for a long time, so he framed me when he couldn’t get me. Please trust me!” She held his hands and said sincerely. Everyone would believe her when seeing her earnest eyes.
However, Mo Yichen was not the regular one. He was a perfect gentleman and would not be disturbed with a beauty in his lap, so how could he be deceived by Chen Qian’s little trick.
“Well, here are some questions. I need you to answer me after thinking carefully!”
Chen Qian pressed her lips together and stared at him with her bright eyes, nodding her head repeatedly.
“Why would Jiang Jingcheng frame you? Do you mean that he has planned to ruin Gu Yan’s studio on his own?”
She was shocked and her mind was blank. She had no idea why Mo Yichen asked her to think twice about these simple questions. “Well, Yichen, I have told you that I turned Jiang Jingcheng down when he said he loved me. Therefore, perhaps he was stimulated by that, so he took revenge on me. As for Gu Yan’s studio, I know nothing about it.”
“Why would he frame Gu Yan? Why would he take effort to be a spy in her studio to ruin her?”
Mo Yichen added, “If a man wanted to take revenge on a woman, he wouldn’t make it complicated!”
“Perhaps he just wants me to know the feeling of being rejected by someone I love. To be frank, he made it. I have known how it feels.”
Chen Qian’s eyes were red and swollen. She burst into tears. Tears rolled down her cheeks from time to time.
Mo Yichen really admired this woman’s courage. She could cope with everything methodically and flexibly no matter what happened.
He thought for a moment and then decided to leave. He couldn’t stay one second more with this woman who always lied. He didn’t even bother to debunk her.
“Yichen, where are you going?” Chen Qian suddenly held his hand and pulled him back.
Mo Yichen turned back and glanced at her coldly. He removed her hands from his hand hard and flicked them away with anger.
“Chen Qian, what’s done by night appears by day. Don’t be too self-righteous!” He glanced at her again in disgust.
She was irritated and stood up immediately. She yelled at his back, “Yichen, please make it clear. I won’t admit the things I didn’t do.”
“Can our friendship for many years not withstand Jiang Jingcheng’s provocation? Yes! I confess that I dislike Gu Yan, but do you think that I will do that kind of thing?”
“Have you dealt with those debtors?” He stopped and turned his head left slightly with his eyes staring at Chen Qian’s direction.
Chen Qian went rigid and did not stop stepping back until her feet touched the bench.
“Yichen, please don’t go. Could you just stay and listen to me?” She lowered her head and her voice was trailing off. Looking at his back, she knew the man who took care of her so much in the past disappeared.