Before noon, the two won got off work and returned ho, just in ti for lunch.
At the dining table, the two won started chatting about the ratings and reputation of "Green Jade Case," which surprisingly broke 2 last night, giving everyone a pleasant surprise.
Its reputation is rapidly fernting among the audience, especially online where many netizens are discussing this TV drama, calling it one of the best quality historical dramas in recent years.
On the relatively unbiased film rating site Douban, the show’s current score is 7.8, a pretty decent score among dostic dramas.
Moreover, this score is based on ratings from over twenty thousand users, which further proves its solid quality and good reputation.
Of course, since "Green Jade Case" has only just begun airing, any critiques now—whether positive or negative—are sowhat biased.
Wu ngting and Sun Xiaorui are full of confidence in this drama, eagerly anticipating a reputation explosion as the episodes continue.
Chen Feng isn’t too concerned about this; after all, the TV drama has already been sold, and the company has received paynt long ago.
As for the reputation, a good one is obviously great, but even if it’s bad, it doesn’t matter much since the overall quality of dostic dramas is generally disappointing; it’s not like they’re any worse than the others.
Besides, compared to most other dostic dramas, their show’s quality is several steps ahead for sure.
After finishing lunch with the two won, Chen Feng said goodbye to them and went out.
Even Wu ngting didn’t ask him where he was going, which is a good thing.
At least Wu ngting hasn’t used her status as his girlfriend to control him.
But Chen Feng knows that the reason ngting didn’t ask is probably because she already knows what he’s about to do. After all, he ntioned last night about wanting to "break up" with Li Liqin.
Chayun Tea House.
When Chen Feng arrived, Li Liqin had already reached there first.
They sat down in a private room, ordered a set al, chatted casually for a bit, and then the food arrived. After the server left, Li Liqin looked at him and asked, "What’s the real reason you asked here?"
Looking at Li Liqin’s eyes shining behind her glasses, Chen Feng felt reluctant to tell her the truth so quickly.
"Let’s talk about that later. Let’s have so tea and eat so fruit first."
Chen Feng said as he took a few longans from the fruit plate, prompting Li Liqin to follow suit and peel so longans.
After they had so fruit and Chen Feng took a few sips of tea, Li Liqin urged him again, "Co on, tell already, stop keeping in suspense."
Chen Feng knew she might have misunderstood, maybe thinking he was going to confess to her or sothing, otherwise, she wouldn’t be so anxious and expectant.
This really left Chen Feng speechless.
If he’d known she was so overly confident and misunderstood the intent of inviting her for tea, he would have just told her directly on WeChat first.
In truth, their prior relationship was purely a simple running buddies thing. If she wasn’t Li Shengping’s niece, Chen Feng wouldn’t bother with her; breaking up with her wouldn’t require a special face-to-face eting; a ssage on WeChat would suffice.
Nevertheless, given the situation, there’s no point in hesitating, so he straightforwardly said, "The truth is, I’ve officially beco ngting’s boyfriend. From now on, I plan to settle down and not ss around anymore. So, I’m sorry, but I can’t keep things as they were with you."
Li Liqin’s entire face froze; she indeed misunderstood, sowhat unrealistically fantasizing that Chen Feng might confess to her or prepare her a surprise.
Even though she knew the chances of that were low, she couldn’t help but fantasize and feel hopeful.
But instead, this is what she gets.
"You actually asked here just to tell this?" Li Liqin’s face fell.
She felt insulted; Chen Feng could have just told her over the phone or WeChat. She wasn’t the kind who’d cling on stubbornly. If Chen Feng really didn’t want to maintain a romantic relationship, she wouldn’t insist.
But now, telling her face-to-face like this, what does it imply?
"I’m doing this to show respect. Otherwise, a WeChat ssage or a phone call would suffice, don’t you think?"
"I’d rather you send a ssage or call about this. Now you’re breaking up with face-to-face, which makes uncomfortable, like being dumped in person."
"Alright, if I made you uncomfortable, I apologize."
"What good is an apology? My heart’s been shattered by you, it’s full of holes."
Chen Feng glanced at her and said, "Alright, there wasn’t really much between us; we’re both adults. From the start, it was purely about mutual benefits, not involving feelings. What do you an by being shattered by ?"
Li Liqin said with so grievance, "I did have feelings for you."
Chen Feng didn’t buy into her words and continued, "I’ve already explained, I hope from now on we can just be normal friends. Please stop frequently bothering with ssages. Now that I have a girlfriend, I don’t want her to misunderstand."
Li Liqin scoffed, "That young woman must have tricked you, huh? Wu ngting may be young and pretty, but giving up an entire forest for her is truly stupid."
Chen Feng certainly wouldn’t tell her the truth—that even with Wu ngting as his girlfriend, he still has other won, but she just isn’t one of them.
Instead, Chen Feng followed her comntary with a sigh, saying, "Stupid or not, sotis it’s better for a man to be a bit foolish."
Li Liqin took aggressive sips from her teacup, took several big gulps, and then slamd the cup down, coldly laughing at Chen Feng, "Was it her who forced you to co find , or did you co on your own?"
"It’s a bit of both," said Chen Feng candidly. "She’s now my girlfriend, so naturally she’d want to only be with her. And as her boyfriend, I should gradually cut ties with other won, distance myself slowly."
Li Liqin sneered at him, "You’re quite the good boyfriend!"
Chen Feng chuckled slightly, without getting angry.
Li Liqin once again picked up her teacup, took several heavy sips, then slamd it down, staring at Chen Feng to say, "I hope for a breakup hug; you have no objections, right?"
Chen Feng smiled wryly, "Is that really necessary?"
"It certainly is necessary," Li Liqin said with a piercing gaze, "I hope for the ending to our intimate relationship to be perfect, a morable farewell."
Seeing her insist, Chen Feng didn’t overthink and nodded in agreent, after all, it’s not the first ti.
"Then let’s go now."
Li Liqin imdiately stood up, seemingly eager, leaving Chen Feng speechless again.
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