Chapter 960: I Don't Like You Anymore

Cai Xiaotang was startled by these words and finally came to her senses, almost subconsciously retorting, "Don't talk nonsense..."

"Am I talking nonsense?"

Li Xiao asked back with composure, taking the opportunity to grab Cai Xiaotang's wrist and raising an eyebrow.

"You two..."

Gu Han looked at the intimate and natural actions of the two people before him and seemed to understand something.

The next second—

Cai Xiaotang was flustered and violently shook off Li Xiao's hand.

His sudden appearance had instantly disrupted all of her reason.

She just wanted to disappear quickly.

Cai Xiaotang had no heart to plan how to act, so she could only rely on instinct as she looked at Gu Han again and said, "Gu Han, I don't want to argue with you about today's matter anymore. Using these kinds of methods is only shameful. There is no possibility of us being friends; you don't need to look for me again. Get lost!"

She dropped these words and, as she spoke, immediately turned and walked toward the outside of the alley.

But she had only just moved—

"Are you playing me?"

Gu Han's dissatisfied voice suddenly rang out.

Cai Xiaotang's footsteps paused, and she turned to look at him, somewhat surprised.

Yet she saw that the face which was always smiling was now replaced with a mocking, mean, and embarrassed-to-the-point-of-anger expression, and he said rapidly, "What about being divorced at thirty-five and having two children? Do you often use this face to seduce men younger than you, and then find a way to set up a honey trap with this guy... Ugh!"

He hadn't finished speaking—

When he suddenly took a heavy punch to the face!

Gu Han was sent stumbling away in a sorry state!

If not for the wall supporting him, he likely would have sat directly on the ground.

"A honey trap?"

Li Xiao shook his hand casually, his tone rising slightly at the end, as if he hadn't heard such a funny term in a long time.

The next second—

He lowered his eyes to glance at the box containing the antique vase at his feet and lifted his toe slightly.

Immediately following, there was another "Clang!"

The box slammed directly into Gu Han's lower leg!

"Ah!"

Gu Han let out another miserable scream, hearing the clear sound of the vase shattering inside the box.

Simultaneously ringing out was Li Xiao's cold warning.

"Don't let me see you again, otherwise... you won't be able to 'jump' ever again in this lifetime."

Gu Han was in such pain from that last hit that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his face full of unwillingness, yet he truly dared not say anything more.

Cai Xiaotang was also in a complex mood; seeing that Li Xiao had finished "handling" things and was walking toward her, she immediately turned and left without a word!

Her heart was already in chaos, and she didn't even know where she was going.

But as long as it wasn't here, anywhere was fine.

"Xiao Tang!"

As expected, Li Xiao's shout came from behind.

Her wrist was grabbed by someone again.

It was a familiar and reassuring touch.

Cai Xiaotang didn't stop her feet, and knowing she couldn't shake him off, she simply didn't respond and just kept walking forward with her head down.

But even if she spoke, she didn't know what to say.

Hi, what a coincidence?

Or... why did you come? Go back quickly...

It seemed none of those were necessary.

Until she heard Li Xiao sigh helplessly.

"Where are you trying to walk to?"

The two of them had already walked out of the ancient street and arrived at a quiet intersection.

Cai Xiaotang stopped abruptly, still not having regained her composure.

Li Xiao didn't urge her, just waiting quietly for her to answer.

After a long while—

"Let go."

Cai Xiaotang finally spat out two words, though her eyes didn't look at the person in front of her, only lowered to stare at his hand gripping her wrist.

"I won't."

Li Xiao naturally didn't agree; upon hearing this, not only did he not let go, he gripped even tighter, his eyes full of complexity.

He had imagined the whole way here what he would say after finding Cai Xiaotang.

But having truly met her, facing her like this, he was suddenly at a loss for words, not knowing what to say.

It seemed that an invisible high wall had been erected between them at some point.

It made him unable to see through what she was thinking.

The two of them inexplicably fell into silence again.

After a brief pause, Li Xiao finally sighed in his heart, put on the smiling face he always used when facing Cai Xiaotang, and pretended to be nonchalant, saying, "Scared out of your wits? Why the long face? I did save you just now, didn't I? You want to shake me off without even saying thank you? How about this, you accompany me to get something to eat first, and then we'll..."

"You... you go yourself."

Cai Xiaotang finally spoke another sentence, but it was a refusal without the slightest hesitation; her heart felt sour and astringent, but more than that, she was confused.

Why...

Why could he pretend as if nothing had happened?

Even if he had questioned her right away, or been angry with her, that would have been better.

Then she could have taken the opportunity to make things clear and part ways with him face-to-face.

But he just...

The atmosphere seemed to have stiffened again.

From beginning to end, Cai Xiaotang kept her head lowered, not daring to look directly into the eyes of Li Xiao.

Yet, she still hardened her heart and continued: "You should have seen the things I left for you, right? So... there is no point in coming here to find me; I will not change my mind."

She brought up the topic directly and decisively, forcing herself, and also forcing Li Xiao, to face it.

The smile on Li Xiao's face froze for an instant, and the suppressed emotions in his heart were ignited in that same moment.

Did she... really not want to see him that much?

Even after such a thing had just happened?

Finally—

He no longer hid it and asked straightforwardly: "Fine, then tell me, why go to such great lengths to leave without saying a word? Why, when everything was fine, did you suddenly want a divorce?"

"Of course, it's because I don't like you anymore."

Cai Xiaotang had been waiting for him to ask this, and she immediately gave her reason.

Her tone was calm, as if saying these words was the simplest thing in the world.

But the sourness coming from the depths of her heart was something only she knew.

It wasn't that she hadn't thought Li Xiao would come looking for her.

It was just that she hadn't expected it to be so soon.

So fast that it caught her off guard.

Saying it like this should be fine, right?

She didn't like Li Xiao anymore; it wasn't that she didn't like some specific point about him, but that she didn't like the person himself.

So there was no need to change anything; as long as they separated, that was enough.

He wasn't the type of person to shamelessly pester others either.

Thinking this, Cai Xiaotang wanted to break free from Li Xiao's hand.

But the next second—

"Don't like me anymore?"

Li Xiao's voice rang out abruptly, and a sudden force came from his hand!

Caught off guard, Cai Xiaotang was pulled over and forced against his body!

Immediately, her waist was wrapped by a strong hand, and her chin was hooked upward, forcing her to meet the eyes she had refused to face all along.

Then she saw that those eyes, which were always smiling, seemed to have been stained with a rare anger.

Li Xiao... was angry?

Cai Xiaotang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Then she heard him ask, word by word: "Since you don't like me anymore, then... regarding the night before you left, don't you have anything you want to explain to me?"