Chapter 350: Breakup 9_1
She was reluctant to leave school, bid goodbye to He Teng, and also bid farewell to her good friends such as Jiang Biyun.
He Teng remained noncommittal and his actions did not pause until the medicine he gave He Zhilan took effect and she gradually fell asleep, only then did he stop.
Even when He Zhilan fell asleep, her brows were still slightly furrowed. He Teng lifted his hand, gently rubbed her brows, and when he withdrew his hand her eyebrows had already smoothed out.
He Teng sighed, "He Zhilan, I’ve told you before, if you’re going to pretend, then continue pretending. If you’ve genuinely become well-behaved, then never change back to the original He Zhilan. Why don’t you listen? Why do you have to go and make yourself like this?"
The deeply asleep He Zhilan could not respond to He Teng, but what he had in his mind were two contrasting versions of He Zhilan.
One was the unruly and unreasonable He Zhilan, and the other was the obedient and sweet He Zhilan he met in the military, who would act like a spoiled child in his arms.
The difference between the two was almost like night and day.
That time in the military, He Teng never really got drunk. His alcohol tolerance was always superior and that evening was not different, he was merely pretending to be drunk. He knew, given the capabilities of those people, if he didn’t pretend to be drunk, they would certainly not let him go easily.
However, He Teng never anticipated that by pretending to be drunk, he would overhear the conversation between Lan Li and He Zhilan. The warning Lan Li gave to He Zhilan, He Teng would rather believe there was a misunderstanding between Lan Li and He Zhilan, rather than Lan Li having seen through He Zhilan from the very start.
Yet, last night, much to his hesitance to accept, He Zhilan’s actions confirmed Lan Li’s words. Indeed, she was struggling to fit into a world not belonging to her, stepping higher and higher.