Chapter 320: The Cause

Chapter 320

Li Man tried hard to recall the time she had spent with Chen Shi in the past.

Back then, she was still young and didn't understand much about love and romance. She only saw Chen Shi as a companion, as a friend.

She really had no romantic feelings towards Chen Shi.

Li Man apologized, "I'm sorry, I really didn't know. I've always treated you as a friend, and I never thought that you would have feelings for me."

If it weren't for what happened just now, Chen Shi wouldn't have known when he would have the courage to confess to Li Man.

Now that the words were out, Chen Shi calmly said, "I've liked you for a long time, but I never dared to tell you. I was afraid of being rejected and losing our friendship."

Li Man didn't know how to describe her current feelings. She didn't feel the joy of being confessed to at all. Thinking about that woman's hysterics just now, and her painful expression, Li Man couldn't help but furrow her brows. "What's the deal with you and your ex-wife? If you don't like her, why did you marry her?"

Chen Shi sighed heavily and said with some annoyance, "I didn't want to get married either, but my mom forced me to the point of threatening to die. Could I not listen to her?"

The two sat there in silence, neither saying a word.

Li Man suddenly remembered that Chen Shi's ex-wife seemed to know her, so she asked, "Your ex-wife seems to know me?"

Chen Shi lowered his head even further and said, "She secretly read my letters, and there was a photo of you in them."

Li Man thought for a long time before remembering. When she was in high school, she had sent him a photo during their correspondence.

It was taken during a school spring outing.

When she wrote back to him, she had told him about her spring outing and attached a photo of herself from the trip.

Li Man had been keeping those letters all along, locking them away in his study. He just never expected that Li Ting would stumble upon them.

Seizing the opportunity while Chen Shi was at work, Li Ting pried open the lock that had always kept them hidden. It was then that she discovered the reason why Chen Shi had been unwilling to be with her all this time: he had someone else in his heart.

If it hadn't been for that one occasion with Chen Shi, Li Ting would have thought that he wasn't capable of love. But he clearly was, he just didn't want her for himself.