Yu Hao's voice was so loud that all of the busy workers in the cafeteria immediately put aside their work and looked at the source of the voice in unison. An Qi really did not want to make a scene at the moment, so as a last resort, she could only stop walking and slowly turn around and face Yu Hao.
She then frowned as she asked, "What on earth do you want?"
"Did you know that I'm getting married?" Yu Hao seized this last chance to drop this bomb on An Qi.
"Oh, Gu Xiaonan already notified me, but then she tore up the invitation. So... I don't think that I can attend the wedding ceremony. Sorry about that." An Qi tilted her head and winked at Yu Hao cheekily.
The mixture of innocence and sweetness stunned Yu Hao. In fact, compared with Gu Xiaonan, An Qi's natural beauty was exponentially better.
But, she had always disdained dressing up too flagrantly. At the moment, her simple white shirt and jeans were wrapped around her delicate figure, and her hair had been pulled up into a simple yet elegant bun. Simple as it was, her appearance was still quite eye-catching.
"You said... Xiaonan notified you?" Yu Hao asked softly.
"Well, yes... At the hospital. When I was still running a high fever, your fiancee, Gu Xiaonan, handed me the invitation herself." An Qi was afraid that he could not hear clearly, so she spoke slowly, as if she was explaining a lesson to a young student.
She was not the little fool who, a few years ago, had tried to tolerate everything and suffered all things in silence. Moreover, since Yu Hao was no longer in her heart, she didn't care about his feelings at all.
So, An Qi pointed did not hesitate to point out Gu Xiaonan's rudeness unscrupulously. She wanted to let Yu Hao see what kind of person he'd linked his life with.
"There must be some misunderstanding..." Yu Hao frowned. He was clearly skeptical of An Qi's words.
Based on his facial expression, An Qi understood everything. Compared with Gu Xiaonan's eloquence, which had allowed her to weasel her way into Yu Hao's affections, An Qi had never entered Yu Hao's heart. Hence, she never really knew what he'd wanted.
Knowing this, she was somewhat relieved, and her tone became sharper as she spoke to Yu Hao, "Haha! I can only guarantee that I have not lied! As for what your Gu Xiaonan thinks, I am sorry, but I am not her and do not have such a strong desire to perform theatrics that would make it appear that I am all-knowing!"
Yu Hao savored her words for a long time. In his memory, An Qi was a well-behaved white little rabbit, always at his beck and call, believing everything he said.
But, looking at her now, the An Qi that he knew when they'd just started dating had completely vanished. Now, not only was she obsessed with eating greasy and fatty foods, but her attitude toward him had degraded astoundingly. It was almost as if he owed her a ton of money and wasn't paying her back!
After some careful calculations, Yu Hao actually did recall that he did owe An Qi some money! In fact, the only reason why he had been able to accomplish his present achievements was because An Qi had worked so hard and saved so frugally when she was studying abroad.
Yu Hao looked up and glanced around him, while wondering... Could An Qi's bad mood be because we are standing in a bad environment, which is filled with bad energy?
Their favorite place to go on a date was Strolling Through Tokyo. So, he thought that if they went back there, An Qi might recall the good things about their past, then not be so cynical towards him anymore.
Thinking of this, Yu Hao asked, "An Qi, can we go some other place to talk? The environment here is not suitable for an intimate talk."
Yu Hao voice was merry as he spoke. After all, An Qi had once said that she liked Yu Hao's smile the most of anyone that she knew. He'd never thought that he would start to deliberately smile in order to please An Qi, but he was doing so now. Humans are strange indeed...
At that moment, An Qi recalled that Yu Hao and Gu Xiaonan had to have hooked up when she was studying abroad. At that time, she was shouldering a heavy load of schoolwork, while also going out and working several jobs to make money for Yu Hao.
But, all that time, he'd been holding Gu Xiaonan in his arms, while sharing a warm bed with her! It was enough to make An Qi crazy just thinking about it!
Moreover, every time An Qi returned home from work and called Yu Hao for comfort, Yu Hao would always hang up, citing the reasons of jet lag or busyness at work for having to cut the call short.
He had neglected her for so long! But, the minute that she was sure that she no longer loved him, he now went to great lengths to invite her to lunch. It was ridiculous!
"No. I have work this afternoon," An Qi refused his invitation immediately.
Yu Hao's face turned ugly in an instant. After all, he had put down his pride and status in order to invite her, but she had dared to refuse him! He shook his head and wondered… Do I have to beg her to go out with me?
In fact, An Qi could not be blamed for her abhorrence of him at the time. After all, other than all the hurt that he had caused her in the past, Yu Hao was also the main planner behind Wu Linzhi's bullying incident.
No matter whether it was in the past or now, Yu Hao was clearly good at controlling other people's hearts. This was especially true in regards to An Qi, as when she liked someone, she allowed him to control her like a puppet.
But, once she didn't love the person anymore, forget being controlled, she'd even feel tired just by glancing at the person. This is exactly how she felt about Yu Hao now.
At this moment, onlookers had gathered in the cafeteria and were watching them. They kept pointing at Yu Hao, commenting that the man was so weak that he couldn't even handle a small woman. They especially snickered when he had tried to blame this on the environment.
Yu Hao involuntarily clenched his fist when he heard the vicious comments. He then made one final effort as he called out to An Qi, "Qiqi, I really have a lot to say to you. If you don't want to go with me to Strolling Through Tokyo, you can name any other place, as long as it's in this city. I can take you to wherever you want to go..."
Even though he had made this huge grand gesture, An Qi ignored his request entirely, while shaking her head in an emphatic no gesture. In fact, at this very moment, she wanted to rush across the street in order to get a bowl of the pig's trotter soup from a shop opposite Leng Group.
As she imagined taking a sip of the thick soup, she thought… Wow, how satisfying that would be! An Qi's mouth watered with excitement just thinking about it.
"An Qi! Don't get too arrogant just because I'm being so nice to you!" Yu Hao could not hold back his emotions at last, and he scolded An Qi.
"Huh?" An Qi knitted her eyebrows and felt uncomfortable after hearing Yu Hao's harsh words. "Be nice to me? Yu Hao, what on earth are you thinking? Is there a problem with your brain?"
Keeping up appearances in front of the public was the most important thing to Yu Hao. So, An Qi's words just now had undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, forcing him to erupt in an emotional tantrum of sorts.
"What's wrong with my brain? An Qi, why don't you think about yourself as a single mom? Do that… Then see if you still have the guts to pose that question to me!"
Buzz...
An Qi's brain was almost bursting, and she felt like she was about to blow up in anger. She felt livid.
An Qi hadn't wanted to humor him at all, but now… He'd brought up her identity as a single mom! His tone implied that her beautiful little Yufei was an embarrassment! An Qi simply could not tolerate this!