Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 533 - 408: Fu Sheng, Like a Dream
Su Xiaomeng glared fiercely at Han Tan; indeed, Han Tan’s words stung her.
Come to think of it, if Yin Shixiu had really done something with someone else that night, the essence of "cheating" and "betrayal" would be about the same.
Han Tan leaned back against the chair, one hand casually resting on the back of the chair.
His long legs were crossed.
Xiao Meng often said he was a dangerous terrorist, and she wasn’t wrong. Han Tan appeared to be twenty-five or twenty-six, but Xiao Meng knew he was actually only a year older than her.
Hmm... His fierce features made him look older.
But while criticizing his fierceness, danger, and terror, she couldn’t deny that Han Tan was a very stylish man!
Like right now, sitting here casually, with the backdrop of the white snow behind him, any level of photographer could capture him as a model in the snow!
"Were you really cheated on?"
Seeing she hadn’t spoken for a while, Han Tan couldn’t help asking.
This question seemed rather pretentious, given that he knew of Su Xiaomeng’s identity from the beginning.
And as for Su Xiaomeng, although cautious of Han Tan, she never considered he might have an undisclosed background.
Nor could she know the extent of Han Tan’s understanding of her.
"Cheating is not quite it..."
Xiao Meng murmured softly.
She could pretend nothing had happened, but it was just... pretending.
The subject was a bit strange and unfamiliar, and Han Tan didn’t seem like someone to confide in.
Yet Xiao Meng felt she could speak truthfully...
Compared to anyone she knew well, she now preferred to unload her worries to a stranger.
Some questions that had always troubled her seemed ready to be asked.
"It’s just that my boyfriend lied to me..."
"Lied for money or for love?"
Han Tan’s words carried no humor.
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but glared at him again before speaking,
"I saw with my own eyes him going into a hotel with another woman. I waited outside the hotel all night, but he never came out... Later, when I asked where he was that night, he said he was at the office, busy with work."
"Oh, that’s pretty unfortunate for you."
"..."
Su Xiaomeng regretted speaking to Han Tan a bit.
She only wanted to vent without expecting consolation or advice from this man, but...
It was indeed unfortunate, but being directly pointed out made her feel even more pathetic!
"So what did you do then? Exposed him? Broke up?"
"...No."
"..."
Su Xiaomeng’s response made Han Tan pause and then suddenly realize.
Yin Shixiu is the type that would be difficult for any woman to easily let go of, especially for something common among men like cheating.
"I love him very much."
"..."
"Didn’t you say today marks the 200th day since you and your girlfriend separated?"
"Yes."
"Turning two hundred days into a commemorative date, I didn’t expect you to be quite sentimental!"
"..."
Some things are unnoticed by those involved but clear to outsiders.
Two hundred days... indeed, why did he view two hundred days as a memorial?
It was just morning when he glanced at the calendar on his phone, and subconsciously, the number popped into his mind.
"I feel that, except for him, I might never love someone else with all my heart again. Once this thought occurred, I became very afraid. I didn’t want to lose even the courage to love someone..."
Su Xiaomeng murmured, not knowing if Han Tan was listening, she continued,
"I know in my heart that I’m deceiving myself, pitiful and lamentable, but what can I do..."
"Yes, there’s no solution."
Han Tan replied, his gaze landing on the small forest before them, with remaining ice clinging to the bare branches, enduring and eroding in this harsh winter.
Su Xiaomeng smiled, looking at Han Tan,
"By the way, is it true that you men have no exceptions? Even if you have someone, you’re still thinking about others?"
Han Tan raised his eyebrows slightly, calmly looking at Su Xiaomeng,
"No."
Su Xiaomeng’s smile froze, the casual smile she tried to maintain dissolved!
She stammered,
"Wh..what not?"
"If a man desires everyone, what makes him different from an animal? Do you see men as animals?"
"..."
Su Xiaomeng swallowed, astonished into silence.
"Cheating isn’t related to gender."
"Then what is it related to?"
"What do you think?"
Han Tan remained indifferent.
She genuinely regretted confiding in Han Tan, the more she spoke, the heavier her heart felt!
Suddenly, Su Xiaomeng raised her hand to quickly smack Han Tan’s arm! Though she retracted quickly, pouting, breathing through her nose!
In frustration, she didn’t notice the reflex alertness and momentary anger in Han Tan’s eyes.
"I don’t want to talk to you anymore! You lack humanity!"
Despite her words, Su Xiaomeng still sat there, not moving an inch...
"I’m just telling the truth."
"I know you are... that’s why it’s exhausting."
Su Xiaomeng muttered... It was precisely because it was the truth that it weighed heavily on her.
Cheating isn’t related to gender; it’s related to people, to feelings...
Ahh! Su Xiaomeng suddenly shook her head wildly!
No, no, how could she act like she had concluded Yin Shixiu had already cheated!
It’s so negative!
Not at all like her! Not like...
"But I tell you, if you always speak the harsh truth, you’ll be destined to live alone!"
"’Destined to live alone’ what is that?"
"..."
Su Xiaomeng wasn’t sure if he pretended not to understand or truly didn’t; upon closer look, alright, he genuinely didn’t understand.
"It means destined to be lonely forever!"
Then, someone cheerfully explained it to him with "kind intentions"!
Unexpectedly, Han Tan wasn’t upset. Initially, doing their job destined them for a lonely life...
He chuckled lightly,
"Yes, maybe she left me because of me."
"Definitely because of you! A hundred percent! Sep—"
Su Xiaomeng spoke confidently, only to realize she was wrong and quickly asked, "The separation you mentioned... is it a breakup?"
"What else?"
"Uh, I thought you meant being separated by distance..."
"..."
Han Tan quietly gazed at her.
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly said, "Hmm, I didn’t mean that... When two people break up, both must have reasons, so don’t be too upset. What I said earlier was out of anger—"
"Her name is Fu Sheng."
Before Xiao Meng finished, Han Tan suddenly interjected.
He never thought he would mention this name to anyone, yet unexpectedly, in such a manner, at such a moment, he did.
"Fu Sheng, like a fleeting dream, my lost dream."
A past dream, a dream to pursue henceforth.
"Fu Sheng... That name sounds rather fateful!"
Su Xiaomeng mumbled, not realizing it struck Han Tan’s vulnerable side, his fierce eyes suddenly tightened!
A sharp gaze directed at the woman beside him.
Only Su Xiaomeng didn’t notice, and instead followed up,
"But hearing this name, you can tell she’s a great beauty!"
"..."
Han Tan’s expression softened, and when Su Xiaomeng glanced at him again, he had already concealed his severity, maintaining his usual cold demeanor.
Xiao Meng checked the time, stood up, and said, "I have class, I’m going back."
"Yes."
He responded, but Xiao Meng hadn’t left yet, "What is it?"
"I think... we should have this mutual understanding, right? What we talk about today stays a secret?"
"Did you say anything worth me gossiping about to others?"
"..."
Su Xiaomeng felt the hostility in Han Tan’s tone, as if she wasn’t pathetic enough!
"You... isn’t gossip a woman’s nature?"
"Don’t treat me like an ordinary woman! I have principles! I won’t tell anyone!"
"Yes."
He responded again, leaving Su Xiaomeng feeling as if she had punched a cotton ball.
With a sigh, she waved to him and left.
Han Tan watched the empty seat beside him where the milk was left behind, picked it up, still quite warm.
