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I guess she once came here for coffee with a guy who drank latte and sat in that seat and talked about our school while they drank coffee.

That person was most likely a student of our school … At least, that was how it was a few years ago.

Maybe the boy hadn't been with her after that, and she loved him so much that she came here alone every week to drink lattes and miss him.

Recently, she had been here more frequently. She did not have time to eat, and her nutrition could not keep up with her.

For the sake of making people haggard...

I was a little sad for Tao Zi. From his words, I could tell that he really loved Xue Lu, but in Xue Lu's heart, Tao Zi was just a substitute for that person, just like the milk tea Tao Zi bought, just a substitute for the iron coffee.

Xue Lu has been drinking coffee here for two to three years. Three years ago, when I dropped out of school, I was in my third year of university. In other words, Xue Lu was probably in her third or fourth year of university when she started to come to drink coffee here to reminisce about that boy.

She kept her eyes on the opposite side of our school. Did she feel that the boy would come out of the school again? Or had she been sitting there waiting for the boy when they first met, seeing him walk in through the school gate?

Xue Lu didn't like Tao Zi, at least not like him who loved her. At least Tao Zi's position in her heart couldn't be compared to that boy.

Tao Zi was not stupid. He could feel that there was someone else in Xue Lu's heart. But now it seemed that Xue Lu was not cheating, at least not physically. She was just mentally cheating.

Or rather, it should be said that, from a psychological perspective, the person whom Xue Lu loved was never Tao Zi, but the one who accompanied her by the window while she drank latte.

However, Xue Lu had already accepted Tao Zi and became his wife. And she deeply loved another person, did that mean that she understood that it was impossible for her to be with that person in order to be together with Tao Zi?

It was impossible to be together, so why?

That boy already has a family? Or didn't love her at all? Or had he died several years ago?

"Boss, did this woman do anything abnormal?"

The boss: "It should be considered unusual for her to come by herself to drink a fixed amount of coffee at a fixed time, right?"

"Other than that?"

"No, there's only one thing. I don't feel very happy about her. How can I say this? I have a lot of emotional experience, so I can feel it. You guys might not understand …"

I really don't understand much about love between a man and a woman, and my emotional experience is relatively shallow. In the past, when I was studying, I always felt that it was a very boring thing to fall in love with someone, maybe it was because of that person's influence. He repeatedly emphasized that for extraordinary people like us, we should focus our energy on doing more meaningful things.

He came out of the cafe and conversed with Li Fengyun, "Boss, Xue Lu doesn't like Tao Zi, or rather, she doesn't really love him. She is here drinking coffee and not waiting for someone, because the person she is waiting for won't come."

Li Fengyun nodded, "Yes, it seems so. She drinks a fixed cup of coffee here to remember that man."

What could that man from before have that she would never forget?

Rich and handsome? High EQ? Or what?

Xue Lu is our classmate and also the goddess of many boys' hearts. I really can't remember which boy she was close to.

According to the owner of the café, Xue Lu had been here drinking coffee for several years. We only graduated two years ago.

"Boss, I seem to remember, when you were in school, did you ever pursue Xue Lu?" Suddenly, he thought of something. Li Fengyun bullying Taozi seemed to have something to do with Xue Lu.

Li Fengyun scratched his head, "That can't be considered as a pursuit. When I first entered the academy, Tao Zi went early and sat with Xue Lu in class. I chased him away, but he didn't leave, and when I went back to clean up, you interfered, so I let the matter go. Later on, I was too engrossed in the game and never pursued Xue Lu. Why do you ask this?"

"Nothing, I thought you knew her better."

"What do you know? I haven't talked to her for three years."

It seems that I need to find Tao Zi to understand the situation. Perhaps after you disappeared from this world and I left school, Xue Lu talked to a certain male student at school, and then for some reason, they broke up. But Xue Lu was always obsessed with him, so she came here regularly to catch up with me.

That's how it should be.

Li Fengyun agreed with me, but said it was inconvenient for him to have contact with Tao Zi.

"Why?"

"Isn't this related to Xue Lu? I'm afraid Tao Zi will still be thinking about that matter from back then. That would be awkward. If he suspects that Xue Lu is having an affair with me, what should I do?"

"It can't be?"

"You've never been in a relationship before, you know how to be a b * stard. Men are always very, very petty in this regard."

Alright, it is another blind spot for my knowledge …

Since Li Fengyun didn't want to get involved, then I would have to tell this sad truth to Taozi.

"I'm sorry brother, but your wife, Xue Lu, does not love you the most …" He was afraid that he couldn't say this out loud.

Returning to the dormitory with Li Fengyun, half a day passed in peace. Xu Haoqing's side did not have any movement, the 'org' did not seem to have done anything, the mysterious black clothed man also did not appear. We only simply investigated the matter of Xue Lu cheating.

"Shu Jing, tell us. How should we explain this to Tao Zi?" Li Fengyun extinguished his cigarette and said.

I was also mulling over how to tell him the sad truth.

However, at this moment, Taozi made a call …

Looking at his cell phone, he hesitated on how to explain his findings to Taozi.

"Uh, Tao Zi, what's wrong?" I felt a little guilty and didn't know how to begin.

"Shu Jing, where are you?"

"I, I'm outside …"

"Come to that small restaurant on that day, the one next to your restaurant, is that alright?" Tao Zi's voice sounded like he was crying, and even I could feel his despair from the other side of the phone …

"Mm, alright, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, he explained the situation to Li Fengyun, "After you go there, try your best to comfort Tao Zi. According to what you said, he seems to already know something. Ai, maybe he's the boy we guessed earlier …"

Tao Zi is Xue Lu's husband, so his understanding of Xue Lu is definitely better than ours. Li Fengyun and I haven't been to school since our third year, so I'm not sure what happened in school afterwards.

Because I told Taozi I was outside, I stayed in the dorm for a while before I hurried to the bistro, which was too close to my dorm and was only there for a few minutes.

When they arrived at the small restaurant, aside from the waiter, there was only Tao Zi.

There was a table full of dishes and two bottles of Erguotou on the table, but only one bottle was opened and less than half of it had been drunk.

Taozi sat there looking worried.

I leaned over and saw that Tao Zi had an average alcohol capacity and was already feeling a little drunk.

"Tao Zi, what's wrong? You're drinking alone here. Where are your glasses?" I asked casually.

Tao Zi shook his head. "Shu Jing, there are some things I don't dare to tell others. I can only tell you that you're the one who's been protecting me since I enrolled in university. In this city, the only person I can rely on right now is you."

After pouring me a glass of wine, Taozi picked up a glass and clinked it with mine.

"Tao Zi, if you have something to say, just say it." I said quietly, thinking about how to comfort the wounded man.

Tao Zi drank quite a bit of the wine this time. He had an average capacity for alcohol, so this method of drinking was clearly asking to be drunk.

"Shu Jing, do you still remember Sister Hua?"

Of course I do.

Sister Hua, your real name is Pan Yunhua. You are a popular girl in our university.

She was average in looks, but she was cute and outgoing, and she had a good relationship with the boys in the class. She seemed to be a year or two older than us, so everyone called her Sister Hua and she was happy to accept that name.

"What happened to Sister Hua?"

Tao Zi: "Sister Hua and Xue Lu share a dormitory together. The two of them have a good relationship and know each other quite well."

I have a vague feeling, Tao Zi got some information about Xue Lu from the flower sister, and the information about Xue Lu and that boy.

"I've contacted Sister Hua before. Because she lives in the same dormitory as Xue Lu, I wanted to ask her about Xue Lu's love life experience." Tao Zi continued.

"Oh, what did you get?"

"Sister Hua said that when Xue Lu was still in university, she was in love with someone."

"With whom?"

"I don't know, Sister Hua isn't sure either. Xue Lu never told Sister Hua or the others that she had a relationship with that person's name, but the girls' minds are meticulous. Everyone lives in the same dorm, so no one else knows about some things."

Tao Zi's meaning was that even though Sister Hua knew that Xue Lu had dated someone else, she didn't know the identity of the other party.

He seemed to be the boy that Xue Lu had reminisced about in the coffee shop.

"When was that?" I asked.

"It should be my third year. Three years ago." Tao Zi took another sip of his wine.

"Sister Hua does not know the other party's name, nor did she confirm from Xue Lu that she is dating. Then why are you so worried? Are you thinking too much? " I tried to comfort him.

Tao Zi shook his head. "Sister Hua's memory is not bad. Although she doesn't know the identity of that boy, she clearly remembers Xue Lu's condition at that time."

"What state?"

"She said that during that time, Xue Lu would go out every day during lunch break and would occasionally bring cups of coffee to the flower sisters. Moreover, when she came back, she would sometimes feel high and sometimes low. The flower sisters can clearly feel the change in Xue Lu's mood."

Well, I understand.

When he was in high spirits, he must have met his beloved for a meal or a cup of coffee, and it was in the café across the street from our school.

When they were in low spirits, the two of them might have quarreled, or it could be said that Xue Lu did not see the boy.

That person should be a student or teacher of our school.

But just a few years ago, he had been in a relationship that no one knew of, and it definitely wouldn't have made him so depressed.

There would definitely be even more explosive news.