The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 411 Prelude to the Lost (Part 4) Tears of Joy
When Wen Sheng returned to the Love Apartment, it was already quite late.

Pushing open the door to 3601, he saw Qin Yumo sitting on the sofa, silently drinking alone, with Hu Yifei and Tang Youyou by her side.

"Wen Sheng, why are you only just getting back?" Hu Yifei, who was the first to hear the noise, looked up and saw Wen Sheng push the door open and come in.

Wen Sheng was taken aback when he saw the scene before him, and then said, "Uh, it took some time to set up for the picnic, what happened?"

Hu Yifei shook her head, and Tang Youyou, who was sitting on the other side of Qin Yumo, shrugged and said, "I don't know. Half an hour ago, Yifei and I were about to go to sleep, and Yumo came back and sat here and started drinking."

“We asked her, but she wouldn’t say anything,” Hu Yifei added. “So we just had to drink with her.”

Even after we got to this point, Qin Yumo remained seated, drinking silently. She didn't even glance at Wen Sheng after he sat down on the sofa next to her.

So Wen Sheng nodded and didn't say much. He sat down, picked up a bottle of wine, clinked glasses with Qin Yumo, and started drinking.

Qin Yumo glanced at him this time, but didn't say anything. She raised the bottle and gulped down the liquor.

Hu Yifei and Tang Youyou exchanged a glance and then took a sip of their drink, feeling helpless.

"Richard will treat you to dinner tomorrow night."

Just then, Qin Yumo finally spoke up, and it was a bombshell announcement.

Hu Yifei's eyes widened in surprise: "Richard? Your fiancé is back?"

"When did this happen?" Tang Youyou asked in surprise. "Have you already met?"

"Isn't this a good thing? Yu Mo, you should be happy."

"..."

Watching Hu Yifei and Tang Youyou chatting back and forth between Qin Yumo, Wen Sheng didn't choose to speak. He was just a little surprised that Qin Yumo was only telling them now that Richard had returned.

When he answered the phone earlier, he thought Yu Mo had already told them about it.

Fortunately, he didn't mention it directly earlier.

Faced with the questions from the two people beside him, Qin Yumo finally spoke up after taking a sip of wine.

"I'm not unhappy. Will you come tomorrow?"

"Of course I'll come!"

"They'll definitely come!"

"..."

The living room fell silent as the three women all turned to look at Wen Sheng, who remained silent.

"Why wouldn't you come if someone's treating?" Wen Sheng said with a smile.

To be honest, although it was a big, exciting event, he was actually a little reluctant to go.

It's nothing more than watching another scumbag host a banquet, and watching another scumbag's ship sink.

If he doesn't go, he feels it would be a pity to miss this scene, and besides, they are friends, so he really has no reason not to go.

Go ahead... He's not stupid. He knows the ambiguous feelings between himself and Qin Yumo. If he goes there, he'll feel like some kind of adulterer trying to steal someone else's partner.

Especially what he said on the phone today, it felt really harsh.

You should know that, despite being a notorious scumbag for all his lifetimes, he has never actually tried to steal someone else's partner.

He's an upright scumbag!

As for his jealousy and rivalry over women? Sorry, such behavior will only ruin his career.

Of course, there was no need for him to fight for anything. Qin Yumo was going to break up with her fiancé after dinner tomorrow night, so what was there for him to fight for? And who was he going to fight for?
Should he offer comfort then, or not?
This is another question.

Try to comfort them. The relationship between the two of them wasn't exactly clean to begin with. What if things escalate... Taking advantage of a vulnerable situation is certainly good, but staying pure and chaste is always the best option!

It's not that he's particularly virtuous, it's just that there are so many people around, making him seem like both someone who's trying to steal someone else's partner and someone who's just taking over a leftover...

But if he doesn't offer comfort, he'll seem cold and heartless, even less so than his fiancé.

Sigh, it's hard to be a scumbag, but it's even harder to be a good man!
However, he still agreed at this moment, so Qin Yumo nodded, stood up and said calmly, "That's good. I'm sleepy, go to sleep."

After saying that, she went straight back to her room, leaving the three of them looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Is Yu Mo... happy or unhappy?" Tang Youyou asked.

"I don't understand either." Hu Yifei shook her head. "Your fiancé is back and you're still like this, Wen Sheng, do you know what's going on?"

“Mother hen, I got back even later than you guys.” Wen Sheng shook his head as well, then said, “Perhaps I was too excited?”

"..."

These words left the two women speechless.

"If Yu Mo cries, will you think it's tears of joy?"

"Hey, Yifei, could it be that what you said during the day came true? That Richard might have cheated on his wife and the plane crashed... Oh, crashing is probably impossible," Tang Youyou speculated at this moment.

"The other two are impossible too, okay?" Hu Yifei turned her head and rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see they're treating everyone to dinner tomorrow? Please use your brain."

She paused, then added, "And what do you mean by 'it was my word'? Was that what I first guessed?"

Then the two women looked at Wen Sheng.

Then Wen Sheng was speechless.

"Alright, alright, stop guessing and go to sleep." Hu Yifei waved her hand haphazardly, got up, and headed up the stairs. "We'll find out at dinner tomorrow night, won't we?"

"Too."

Tang Youyou sighed and stood up, saying, "Goodnight, Teacher Wen."

"Good night."

After the two women returned to their rooms, Wen Sheng glanced at Qin Yumo's room, shook his head, and went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.

"Ding dong."

Just as Wen Sheng closed the bathroom door, his phone rang.

Lawyer Zhuge: Uncle, I'll invite you over next time.

Upon seeing the message sent by Dali using her mother's phone, Wen Sheng smiled and replied: Welcome, I'm always available.

After replying to the message, Wen Sheng put away his phone and took off his clothes to take a shower.

"Dong dong!"

However, before he could finish showering, there was a knock on the bathroom door.

"Open the door."

When Qin Yumo's voice rang out, Wen Sheng was quite helpless.

"Wait a minute, it'll be right there."

Although awkward situations are inevitable when men and women share apartments, at least so far the people in the apartment are quite considerate in this regard.

For example, the bathroom drain hasn't been clogged with hair yet...

Oh, Zeng Xiaoxian is an exception. Several of the later tenants have also seen the video of him shirtless in the living room after taking a shower, brushing his teeth while listening to music and dancing, and even burping.

After a quick final rinse, Wen Sheng wrapped a towel around his lower body and opened the bathroom door.

As soon as the door opened, Qin Yumo rushed in and vomited over the toilet.

Wen Sheng was somewhat surprised to see this and asked, "Didn't you drink beer before? Why are you throwing up now?"

Qin Yumo didn't answer and continued to vomit into the toilet. Wen Sheng could only pat her back to help her catch her breath.

Fortunately, Qin Yumo hadn't eaten much that evening. After vomiting up what she had just drunk, she pressed the flush button, then turned around while leaning against the wall and said, "I drank some more vodka in the room just now."

"..."

Wen Sheng sighed, took out a towel, wet it, and handed it over, saying, "Wipe your face."

Qin Yumo put down the toilet seat and sat on it. After taking the towel, she immediately covered her face, indicating that she didn't plan to leave anytime soon.

So Wensheng carefully took a few steps back and turned on the nozzle.

As water droplets splashed against the bathroom floor tiles, Qin Yumo, who had covered her face with a towel, began to sob. Wen Sheng frowned, and after she had only sobbed a few times, he pulled the towel away from her face, wrung it out, and then unfolded it completely before covering her face again.

To avoid the other person suffocating from crying.

Qin Yumo remained unmoved by his actions, her crying stopping abruptly as well, soon reduced to only soft sobs.

Do you know why I'm crying?

Qin Yumo suddenly spoke up again.

After thinking carefully, Wen Sheng replied, "Tears of joy?"

"..."

Qin Yumo, who had covered her face with a towel, suddenly stopped sobbing.

After a long while, Qin Yumo spoke softly: "Richard came looking for me at the bar earlier."

After saying that, she stopped. Wen Sheng nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Then how did you..."

"You want to ask me why I went back to the apartment and didn't go with him, right?" Qin Yumo interrupted him, paused for a moment, and then sneered, "Do you think it's because of what you said this afternoon?"

'I won't allow your husband to touch you.'

These words truly revealed certain traits, but before Wen Sheng could reply, Qin Yumo sneered, "Don't overthink it. What do you take me for?"

"He had grown a beard and was wearing a blue wool sweater. I was both happy and flustered when I saw him, but I quickly found it funny. He was still wearing a wool sweater in June. Is there such a big temperature difference between South Africa and here?"

Qin Yumo's tone became lighter, and Wen Sheng listened to her quietly.

"Do you know what else I was thinking at that moment, besides thinking that he had finally come back and finally found me?"

Wen Sheng did not answer, and Qin Yumo did not need him to answer now.

"The things you said during the day suddenly popped into my head, and I quickly got angry again. I really wanted to see him, but I was also angry about what you said, so I picked up my bag and threw it at him, yelling at him for coming back so late, yelling at him for not contacting me, yelling at him for not even remembering me as his fiancée..."

"Men are so despicable. Whenever I get angry, he keeps apologizing and making amends, and then he wants to treat my friends to dinner to thank them for taking care of me."

"Women are also cheap. We hadn't met much before, and in these five times, I actually forgot to be angry. As soon as I saw him, I forgave him for the fact that he had disappeared for a long time."

"So I came back."

After Qin Yumo finished speaking, she paused and waited quietly for a few seconds before speaking again: "Don't you have anything to say?"

“Yes.” Wen Sheng nodded and said, “What I was actually going to ask was why you came back and were drinking alone, and now you’re crying? After all, you’ve already seen your fiancé.”

"..."

If she hadn't shed tears just now, she should have felt embarrassed, but because she had, Qin Yumo grabbed the towel and threw it at Wen Sheng: "You bastard, I cried tears of joy, okay?!"

Seeing the angry look in the other person's red eyes, Wen Sheng smiled and said, "Okay, of course."

"Is it funny?" Qin Yumo said coldly.

"Sorry." Wen Sheng had no choice but to put away his smile, then re-wetted and wrung out the towel before handing it to the other person.

After staring at the towel the other person handed her for a while, Qin Yumo took it and covered her face again. There were some things she couldn't say to the other person.

"Wen Sheng, there's a question I've wanted to ask you for a long time." Qin Yumo's tone became calm again. "I thought I could wait a long time before asking, or even not ask at all, but now... I don't have time to wait any longer."

Upon hearing this, Wen Sheng raised an eyebrow and looked at the woman in front of him, saying, "Ask away."

"Did you ever have feelings for me?"

Sure enough, when a woman uses this tone to ask a question, the only answer left is "I loved her."

Unfortunately, Wen Sheng wasn't Meng Yun. He smiled and said, "Your fiancé is here, and you're still asking me this kind of question. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

So, does it exist or not?

"To be honest, yes."

Qin Yumo fell silent. With her face covered by a towel, Wen Sheng couldn't see her expression. After a while, her voice finally came out softly: "When did you get it? Is it still there now?"

“You gave me a gift last time as a return gift,” Wen Sheng replied quickly this time. “As for now, does it matter whether I have it or not?”

Qin Yumo fell silent again. Indeed, did it still matter now?

Could she really have a brain fart and say that it's possible to have one now, and then elope like in the movies?
Whether it's mature or not is secondary; the main issue is that it's too late to know the answer now.

"I wish you had said so sooner." Qin Yumo's voice floated out from under the towel.

However, Wen Sheng laughed: "There's no point in telling you sooner. You have your engagement ring, and telling you sooner will only cause you more trouble."

"How is it not meaningful?!" Qin Yumo removed the towel again, her gaze stubborn and annoyed. "I wasn't wearing it then, and I was the one who was bothered. Why are you being so considerate of me?!"

“This…” Wen Sheng thought for a moment and then smiled, “This kind of thing…”

"What are you laughing at again? Is it that funny?"

“It’s funny, why isn’t it funny?” Wen Sheng laughed even more. “I can’t help but laugh when I think about how your fiancé apologized so sincerely after finding you, and now you’re thinking about why you didn’t cheat on him sooner.”

"you……"

"Did I say something wrong?" Wen Sheng's smile vanished, his expression turning calm. "What's the point of saying all this now? Are you trying to keep me hanging? To make me think that if I had told you I loved you sooner, you would have broken off the engagement and been with me? To make me feel guilty? To make me unable to let go? To make me remember you and love you forever?"

Qin Yumo's eyes widened, but it wasn't over yet. She saw the man in front of her sneer, "Qin Yumo, do you think you're being very affectionate by putting on this show tonight? To be honest, besides disgusting your fiancé, you've disgusted me too."

"Do you want to call off the engagement or cheat on me? Sorry, I won't react as you expect. We're different. I'm a good man," the scoundrel said shamelessly.

Sitting on the toilet seat, Qin Yumo's eyes widened in shock after being scolded by him, and the dazed look she had been wearing after drinking was completely gone.

Her hand holding the towel trembled slightly, and her breathing became rapid.

The only sound in the bathroom was the splashing of water, and the two of them just looked at each other.

After a long while, Qin Yumo closed her eyes and took a deep breath, seemingly having suppressed all her emotions when she opened them again.

She stood up, swaying slightly, but quickly steadied herself by holding onto the wall.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Have."

"What do you want to say?"

"Stop cursing. As a friend, I suggest you check up on your fiancé. What I said during the day wasn't just empty talk."

"..."

That's what makes that scoundrel so despicable. Qin Yumo, who had just managed to suppress her anger, suddenly couldn't hold it in any longer: "Are you sick in the head?! You've got to say everything—advising me, cursing me, blessing me—you've got to say it all yourself, haven't you? My business with my fiancé is none of your concern!"

After saying that, she threw the towel in her hand at Wen Sheng again, and then tried to open the bathroom door to leave.

But after placing her hand on the doorknob, Qin Yumo said in a low, cold voice, "You're coming back for dinner tomorrow, right?"

"Correct."

"You'll bless Richard and me, right?"

"Correct."

"Thank you." Qin Yumo opened the door, but as soon as she stepped out, she seemed to remember something and turned back to look at Wen Sheng, who was shirtless, and said softly, "Actually, I thought about breaking off the engagement, when I was drinking just now, but there was a condition."

Hearing this, Wen Sheng was somewhat surprised and asked in confusion, "What conditions?"

“It’s pointless.” Qin Yumo shook her head, but quickly sneered again. “However, I can still say something pointless now, even though I’m not a friend—I won’t allow your ex-wife to touch you!”

"..."

A badass life needs no explanation. After returning the boomerang, Qin Yumo turned around and went back to her room.

Wen Sheng was left standing in the bathroom, shirtless and in a daze.

"Meaningless, but awesome," the dog-man sighed softly.

……

So, after this night of almost open discussion, it was soon Sunday dinner time.

Everyone gathered at Lonely Corner Bar to celebrate the reunion of their good friend Qin Yumo and her fiancé Richard.

(End of this chapter)