I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 74: Could it be that they haven't registered their marriage yet, but have already held

Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran stopped and turned to look at Tong Yining behind them.

Zhou Heng still looked as impatient as ever, just like Tong Yining had looked at him when he confessed his feelings.

Yin Mengran, on the other hand, had a calm and expressionless face, giving the impression that she was completely unfamiliar with Tong Yining.

"You...you really live together? I...I heard it from someone else."

Tong Yining asked in disbelief,

She couldn't wait to know the truth and hear it from the person in question.

Perhaps she won't be able to handle knowing the truth.

One of them is a guy who pursued her for two years, but now he's stopped. Instead, she's developed feelings for him and wants to win him back, but it's too late.

The other is her best friend, her confidante, with whom she has had a two-year friendship. She has always believed that they will be best friends for life.

These two people... were practically the two people I was closest to during my high school years.

But now... it feels like I've been abandoned. The two of them are together, and my once close relationship with them seems to have suddenly ended...

She couldn't accept this reality. She wouldn't be this upset if Zhou Heng were with anyone else, and she could accept Yin Mengran being with other people as well.

But what she couldn't accept the most was the relationship between Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran...

It felt as if I had been betrayed and abandoned.

Zhou Heng glanced up at Kong Yue behind him, but Kong Yue quickly turned his head away, pretending to be oblivious and looking at the scenery with an innocent expression, though his body was trembling slightly.

I told Tong Yining about this. Will Zhou Heng question me about it then...?

What if Zhou Heng gets angry with him? How should he explain it?

Yin Mengran looked at Zhou Heng; without his permission, she dared not speak recklessly.

Zhou Heng gave her a look, as if agreeing that she could speak out.

Yin Mengran understood immediately and turned to look at Tong Yining.

Even before she spoke, Tong Yining felt a pang of heartache just from the exchange of glances between the two.

They seemed to have a great understanding of each other, able to read each other's minds with just a glance...

"Yes, it's true. I live at Zhou Heng's house."

Yin Mengran nodded, acknowledging the matter.

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Tong Yining felt as if a thunderclap had exploded in her mind.

Such an outrageous and absurd thing is actually true!

How could she accept this?

No wonder they were both drifting further and further away from me; it turns out they were actually growing closer...

but why?

What exactly brought them together?

"So... what's the relationship between you two now?"

Tong Yining spoke slowly, asking weakly,

She felt that asking this question now was like asking a pointless question.

The two of them are already living together, so isn't this relationship a natural progression?

"Ok?"

Zhou Heng frowned slightly. He had originally intended to answer that the two of them were friends, or rather, classmates, or perhaps roommates...

But then he suddenly realized that their relationship was now a bit complicated.

Beyond these superficial relationships, on a deeper level, the two of them are also considered family.

The next second, Zhou Heng answered:

"She calls my mom 'Mom' too. You can figure out what kind of relationship you have. Goodbye."

After saying that, he reached out, grabbed Yin Mengran's wrist, and led her away from there.

Yin Mengran was stunned for a moment, then let Zhou Heng pull her along. She looked at Zhou Heng's profile and a gentle smile appeared on her lips.

Zhou Heng figured the two of them were on their way to Tang Zhi's house and didn't have time to waste here. As for why he answered that way...

Because he didn't know how to explain his relationship with Yin Mengran, he simply threw the question out to her and let her figure it out herself.

Anyway, I'm telling the truth, so you can guess whatever you want.

"what..."

Tong Yining and Kong Yue were frozen in place, utterly astonished, their mouths slightly agape, their minds seemingly blank.

They initially assumed the two were just boyfriend and girlfriend at most! What else could their relationship be?

But after Zhou Heng said that, it seems that their relationship is not so simple!

If Guan Zhouheng calls his mother "Mom," what kind of relationship could they be?

Siblings are definitely out of the question, so what else...?

The most likely candidate is the daughter-in-law!

Kong Yue pointed at the two figures' backs, his mouth agape in shock, his lips trembling:

"Holy crap! They...are they married? No way? Zhou Heng isn't even of legal marriage age yet, so could it be that they haven't registered their marriage but have already held a wedding ceremony?"

Kong Yue glanced at Tong Yining beside him and noticed that her face was extremely pale, and her lips seemed to have lost all color in an instant.

"how so..."

She murmured softly, her voice low and a little hoarse, as if something was stuck in her throat.

"Hmm?" Kong Yue looked at Tong Yining with some puzzlement in his eyes. He didn't understand why Tong Yining would react this way.

Knowing this news, classmates would at most be shocked, but Tong Yining's behavior makes it seem like she's been cheated on.

"Um...are you okay?"

Kong Yue tentatively asked a question, but received no response from Tong Yining.

She stood there watching their figures grow smaller and smaller as they walked away, let out a heavy sigh, and then started walking forward, as if she had completely ignored Kong Yue.

Kong Yue looked bewildered. He reached out as if to say something, but dared not call out to her. He could only watch her leave.

Even though it was a difficult task for him to call Tong Yining, seeing her current state, Kong Yue really didn't dare to say anything more.

Soon, only Kong Yue remained standing there, looking utterly desolate.

He began to recall what had just happened, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.

After a while, he muttered to himself in surprise:

"Hiss... Could it be... that Tong Yining has a crush on Zhou Heng?"

After Kong Yue figured it out, his expression became very painful. He really didn't understand why all the few pretty girls in the class had a relationship with Zhou Heng.

First it was Tang Zhi, then Yin Mengran, and now even Tong Yining, whom Zhou Heng pursued for two years without success, has started to like him.

He didn't understand what it was about Zhou Heng that made him so appealing. Was he inferior to him? If so, in what way?

Although he was very unwilling, he knew that given the current situation, he had little chance of winning over Tong Yining and that it would probably end in failure again.

"Maybe... I should just pursue girls from other classes instead."