CHAPTER 689: CHAPTER 648: AO CHEN VS HUO QI 14_2

Huo Qi shook his hand off, "Loosen up a bit, I’m quite uncomfortable being pulled by you like this."

Ao Chen didn’t budge, but instead clung to his wrist, "Who, who wants to kidnap you?"

"It’s not a kidnapping," Bo Yan said after pondering for a moment.

"What do you mean by that?"

An idea had formed in Ao Chen’s mind, but this possibility made him very angry.

Bo Yan looked at him and told the truth, "You already have the answer in your heart, don’t you?"

Ao Chen, "Who is this person?"

Huo Qi broke free from his grasp, "It’s none of your business."

"How can it be none of my business, Huo Qi, you know that I..."

He was about to speak when he suddenly stopped himself; Huo Qi chuckled, "If you have something to say, just say it. I don’t actually want to hear too much from you, but then I thought, maybe giving you a chance wouldn’t hurt. After spending some time with you, though, I’ve found you rather disappointing."

The veins on Ao Chen’s forehead throbbed, "You know full well that you have always been in my heart; we only broke up because I wanted you to back down a bit, but you wouldn’t even coax me once. I, Ao Chen, have nothing to be ashamed of, but in front of you, Huo Qi, I was frustrated time and again. It was just an impulse at that moment, and I instantly regretted it. If you had only said to me, ’stop playing,’ I would’ve immediately admitted my mistake and returned to your side."

But Huo Qi, you didn’t give me that chance. You turned and walked away, decisively cutting off all my ways to contact you. I may have been at fault in my actions, and there were aspects of my attitude towards life you couldn’t accept, but you shouldn’t have sentenced me to death so hastily; it’s unfair to me."

Having said so much in an instant, Ao Chen’s mood actually calmed down quite a lot as he looked at Huo Qi, who was expressionless and unmoved.

He too had thrown in the towel.

"I took any opportunity I could find to get close to you, just in the hope of having an honest conversation with you. If, in the end, you still feel I’m not the right person for you..."

"Then what?"

Seeing that he only spoke halfway and didn’t intend to continue, Huo Qi pursed his lips and asked unhappily.

Despite the reluctance in his heart, Ao Chen looked at Huo Qi calmly and said, "I’ll do nothing but pester you tirelessly until you change your mind."

Everyone: "..."

Yuran didn’t ask any more questions. After they parted ways that day, she noticed a clear change in both Huo Qi and Ao Chen.

Huo Qi did not let Ao Chen chase him closely; on the contrary, Huo Qi ruthlessly rejected all of Ao Chen’s attempts to get close.

After chasing each other for half a month, Yuran also returned to work, back to the film crew. Taking the opportunity, she chatted with Huo Qi and naturally brought up Ao Chen during the conversation.

Huo Qi leaned lazily back in his chair, smiling carelessly.

Yuran couldn’t understand his thoughts and therefore asked, "Huo Qi, about you and my master, the two of you, is it that things haven’t been clearly discussed, or that previous misunderstandings haven’t been properly addressed?"

Huo Qi stared at Yuran for a long while before he slowly and somewhat uncertainly told her, "I think I’ve been asking for too much."

Yuran didn’t understand and looked at him confusedly, "What do you mean, ’you’ve been asking for too much’?"

Huo Qi started laughing, "Yuran, I told you before that I haven’t given up on Ao Chen and that I still want to be with him. But what he said that day made me uncertain whether I am as important to him as he is to me. He said he had already lowered himself, let go of the things he hadn’t let go before, and asked me what more I wanted."

"It made me feel that those words wouldn’t embarrass me, but just felt off."

"You can make a comparison. Before meeting you, Bo Yan was proud and conceited, never taking advice from anyone."

"But after meeting you? Bo Yan’s change, you’ve experienced it firsthand, you know it better than anyone."

Yuran was at a loss for words, because it was true.

The changes in Bo Yan were clear to her eyes; he prioritized her over everything else and didn’t pressure her in any way. Obviously, here with Huo Qi, Ao Chen had not let him feel any genuine change or a real commitment to change for him, Huo Qi.

Huo Qi’s heart cooled, "So, Yuran, I think it’s best for Ao Chen and me to just leave each other alone; there’s no need for any contact in the future."

"Did you tell Ao Chen?" Yuran asked uncertainly.