Chapter 438: VERY COWARD OF YOU
Chapter 438: VERY COWARD OF YOU
" I was wondering if that is the reason why you gave up on Gu Liya."
Hearing her, Yang Chen went completely quiet. More like, he was stunned.
"You.. how..." Yang Chen did not know how to express his emotion in words right now.
He he sighed and said, " Oh, yes. Liya must have said something to you. "
Ning Mei smirked mysteriously and said, " No. Liya did not tell me anything. "
This had him looking at her in shock again. What? Then how did she know anything at all!
Ning Mei shurgged and said, " Come brother. I was a physcology student. I must be the last person that you guys try to fool using your stupid acts. "
Yang Chen was speechless.
" Now come on. Tell me, what is the deal with the two of you. Gu Liya told me that she would tell me about it later. But thanks to my dearest elder brother, that we couldn’t get the opportunity. " Ning Mei said with slight annoyance in her voice.
Yang Chen smiled awkwardly and said, " Leave it, Xiao Mei. What would you do knowing it, after all. "
Ning Mei looked bewilderedly at him and said, " What do you mean my that? Do I not have to know what my dearest brother and sister in law were up to?! "
Yang Chen sighed. It seems he had no other option, then telling her the truth.
So then he continued his own story.
It was during his own University days. Gu Liya and Yang Chen were in the same University, pursuing their own courses.
They met because they had mutual friends. And they both two became very close friends with one another.
At that time both Gu Liya and Yang Chen were using alias of their names. Yang Chen was known as Chen Yang and Gu Liya used her English name.
They both soon started spending time with one another, and started getting closer. Slowly and steadily, the two developed feelings for one another.
Though there was no confession done, both were aware of each other’s feelings.
But one fine day, as Gu Liya and Yang Chen were sitting together and talking about each other, Gu Liya disclosed about her real identity to him.
Gu Liya had never bragged about her family background, nor did she like to do it anyway.
And when he came to know about it, Yang Chen was beyond shocked. She belonged to a family, whom her family dreaded.
Yang Chen knew that if he continued the relationship, it would not end well and would only create a lot of unnecessary troubles between the two families.
Not to mention, he could tell how much Gu Liya cherished her family and relationships.
So at that time, Yang Chen took a decision that he felt was right. He started maintaining as much distance as he could from Gu Liya. He thought that as they were still not in any relationship, and were not committed, it would be easier for the both of them to forget each other.
Also, Gu Liya was beautiful and smart, and had a lot of good men waiting for her one signal. She would probably live a better life than a chaos filled life with him.
So from them on, he started in a way ignoring her. The poor girl felt wrong on being ignored in the way, when she did not even know the reason for his ignorance.
Whenever their eyes would meet by chance, Yang Chen would just avert his eyes, but he couldn’t miss the saddened eyes of hers. And that look would always tear his heart into pieces.
At first, he felt that it would be easy to forget a girl, he knew only for a few months. But then Gu Liya proved him wrong. She wasn’t so easy to forget. And every thing he did reminded him of her.
And what made it even worse was the occasional glances he would get of hers.
So then he decided to change his course into a long distance one, and then he came to China to pursue his career in acting.
But he still kept in contact with his friends and would continue getting information about Gu Liya through one source or the other.
And then she finally returned back to china too, after completing her studies. And the more he tried to run away from her, the more he always got attracted to her. Yang Chen did not know what he should do of his own heart.
Ning Mei again listened to all this silently without interrupting him.
When he was done, both of them remained silent. Thinking of something in their heads.
Finally, Ning Mei asked, " Yang Chen? Do you love Liya?"
"..!."
Her question took Yang Chen completely aback as he stared at her stupidly. Not knowing what to say.
Did he love her? Yang Chen never thought about this particular question properly ever. Did he love her or not? He liked her and his heart was always drawn to her and noone else. So...
He replied absent mindedly, " Perhaps, I am in love. "
A small smile appeared on her face on hearing that. She then looked at him and said, " Good to know that. Because I can tell that Liya also has a very soft corner for you. "
" Really?" Yang Chen asked her.
Ning Mei nodded, but then looked at him with sharp gaze and said, " But it is utterly coward of you to love someone and just run away from that feeling!"
"..."
Ning Mei continued, " If you love Gu Liya, and you know that she likes you too, then why the hell are you not trying to go for it!
Are you also idiotic enough to stretch the stupid enemity of the previous generation?"
Ning Mei then took a deep breath and said, " Also I can vow on my very own life and say that father in law, could never reject Aunt Wan in such a harsh way, that would have led her to take her own life! "