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

Chapter 134 So, you did nothing wrong. Remember this one point.

When asked this question, Liao Haomiao and Zhu Tao exchanged a glance and lowered their heads awkwardly.

They'd love to! But who would willingly sit there? Who would have the nerve to do it?

Yin Mengran was a little helpless, so she simply poked Zhou Heng under the table, winked at him, and gave him a look.

Zhou Heng immediately understood, turned to look at Liao Haomiao, and frowned deeply.

"Ahem! You! Get over here!"

He opened his mouth and uttered a few words in a low, authoritative voice, startling Liao Haomiao, who froze for a few seconds.

Then he quickly got up and sat down next to Zhu Tao...

His expression was somewhat blank; he was clearly taken aback by Zhou Heng's tone.

Zhu Tao sat there somewhat awkwardly, looking a little nervous, while Yin Mengran was secretly laughing.

Since reasoning with him won't work, we'll have to be firm and that should get him to take action.

"Holy crap... what are you doing? You scared me!"

Liao Haomiao recovered his senses, frowned slightly, and looked at Zhou Heng with some dissatisfaction.

He thought to himself, "At least we're in front of Zhu Tao, can't we at least save some face for ourselves?"

Zhou Heng has already demonstrated his tough stance; the rest is no longer his concern.

That's Yin Mengran's job.

After all, if there's someone to play the bad cop, there has to be someone to play the good cop.

Yin Mengran smiled slightly, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Do you two want to say something to each other?"

"Uh?"

The two looked up at Yin Mengran, blinked, and seemed somewhat at a loss.

Yin Mengran's words seemed to directly express what they were thinking.

At that moment, they both wanted to explain their guilt to each other and hoped to receive the other's forgiveness.

If they can't forgive, then they won't dare to do anything, they'll never be able to overcome that mental hurdle, and they won't be able to take the next step.

"this..."

Zhu Tao opened her mouth, not knowing where to begin. She felt she should explain things to Liao Haomiao, but she was afraid that her explanation would be inadequate and have the opposite effect.

Yin Mengran pursed her lips and glanced at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng immediately understood what he meant, nodded, and then looked at Liao Haomiao, saying:

"You go first, I can tell you're already itching to speak."

Liao Haomiao's eyes were filled with disbelief as he pointed at himself and muttered, "Huh? I...did I?"

Zhou Heng said with a serious expression:

“You have it, I can tell.”

"I...cough cough..."

Liao Haomiao hesitated for a moment, then cleared his throat.

He didn't want things to continue like this, after all, he had already decided to get closer to Zhu Tao.

He turned to look at Zhu Tao, and took a deep breath.

Although Zhu Tao didn't know what he was going to say, she still looked directly at him, wanting to hear his words clearly.

"Zhu Tao... I... First of all, I want to apologize to you... I didn't expect you to still remember me. I thought... after we broke up that time, there was no chance of us getting back together..."

Upon hearing Liao Haomiao's words, Zhu Tao gently shook her head and whispered in response, "You don't need to apologize. You haven't done anything wrong."

"No, please listen to me. I... I always thought there was no future for us, that I might never see you again. So... during this time, instead of holding onto these feelings like you did, I... fell for someone else and even confessed to her..."

"..."

Even though Zhu Tao had mentally prepared herself, every time she came here, she would think that Liao Haomiao probably already had a girlfriend, or rather, that he already had someone else he liked.

But when Liao Haomiao said it aloud, she couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart...

"Oh...I see. Then why aren't you with her? Who is she? Is she your classmate?"

"Bang!" Zhou Heng suddenly slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "That's not important!"

Yin Mengran echoed, "Yes! It's not important!"

Zhu Tao was startled by their actions and didn't understand why they were reacting so strongly.

Liao Haomiao also looked embarrassed, thinking that he was really stupid back then. Maybe it was because he had been studying for too long and had never been in a relationship, so he was a little anxious.

"So, I want to apologize to you. You've always had expectations of me, but I... I'm sorry."

Liao Haomiao's words were very profound, causing Zhu Tao to remain silent for a long time before she slowly spoke, softly saying:

"It's...it's okay, because we really have broken up, and I was the one who dumped you...So why do you care about my feelings? It's normal for you to have liked many people and had many relationships during this time, there's no need to apologize..."

She didn't blame Liao Haomiao at all; in fact, she took all the blame upon herself.

After all, if I had insisted on not breaking up with him back then, none of this would have happened, right?

Although this will lead to changes in the future, and the outcome will not be the same then,

But at least, she didn't let Liao Haomiao down, and that's enough...

"But I..."

Liao Haomiao was about to say something when Yin Mengran suddenly interrupted him:

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more. The way you're trying so hard to explain, doesn't that say anything? There's no need to explain anymore, is there?"

Liao Haomiao and Zhu Tao both looked at Yin Mengran, and after thinking for a while,

Thinking that what she said made sense, he realized that his desperate efforts to explain were simply to prevent Zhu Tao from misunderstanding him, which already spoke volumes.

If I had truly forgotten everything and had no feelings for the other person at all, I wouldn't want to explain it this way.

Zhu Tao, realizing what was happening, also revealed a barely perceptible smile.

Since Liao Haomiao is so eager to explain, it proves that he still has his own reasons...

In an instant, Zhu Tao felt much relieved. Now that Liao Haomiao had confessed honestly, she could finally express her guilt without worry.

"Liao Haomiao...actually, I also wanted to tell you, back then I..."

"I understand, you don't need to say it..."

Liao Haomiao raised his hand, stopping Zhu Tao from continuing.

He knew exactly what Zhu Tao wanted to say, but those things meant nothing to him, and he never cared about them at all.

“I know you want to apologize for dumping me, but I know that’s not what you meant. We were both young back then, and it was important to listen to our parents. It wasn’t the right age to be dating either. So, you did nothing wrong. Remember that.”