Room 408.
Zhang Yang was very happy today.
His online girlfriend, who had been away for a long time, had finally returned from out of town.
She had just called and asked him to go out and have fun.
He finally didn't have to stay bored in the dormitory.
Just as he was about to leave the dormitory, Su Yu walked in from outside.
"Are you going out?" Su Yu was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhang Yang, whose hair was styled like an adult's again.
"That's right, Meng Ting asked me to go to Happy Valley to play." Zhang Yang patted Su Yu's shoulder and was about to go out.
Su Yu frowned and stopped him, "Wait a moment."
"What's wrong?"
"Did you tell her my identity?"
"Yes, Meng Ting is your future sister-in-law. You should take good care of her. I don't need to write songs, you can write a couple for her." Zhang Yang grinned at Su Yu.
"I'm afraid I can't."
Su Yu shook his head.
"You kid can't be that stingy, can you?" Zhang Yang gave him a sideways glance.
"Zhang Yang, we are brothers. I won't beat around the bush with you. You can't handle this woman, Zhou Mengting."
After hearing what Lin Yan Yu said, Su Yu asked her about the situation at the time and then called Jiang Xiao E to confirm. Only then did he believe that Zhou Mengting was indeed a "green tea" girl.
"A few days ago, Lin Yan Yu and others saw Zhou Mengting with Liang Feng from our school. They were very intimate."
He didn't want Zhang Yang to get too deeply involved, so he said it directly.
With their relationship, there was no need to be so secretive.
Zhang Yang was stunned on the spot, his face full of disbelief.
"Su Yu, are you sure?" After a long while, he regained his senses.
"I didn't see it myself, but Lin Yan Yu and Jiang Xiao E shouldn't lie to me." Su Yu felt that no one would spread such rumors.
"So, Brother Yang is being cuckolded?" Zhang Yang's eyes twitched involuntarily.
He never expected things to turn out this way.
He was serious about Zhou Mengting.
Due to his family background, he deeply resented his father, Zhang Li, and had been determined to be a good man since he was a child. He never expected that his first relationship would end up like this.
"It's not certain. You should go and find out." Su Yu felt that it was best to clarify such matters, as there might be a misunderstanding.
If he caused Zhang Yang's relationship to go wrong due to his own issues, he would have no face to face Zhang Yang.
"Okay, I'll go and ask. This is Brother Yang's first love..."
Zhang Yang nodded, then turned and ran out of the dormitory.
...
At the entrance of Happy Valley.
Zhou Mengting held a cup of milk tea in her hands, looking around.
Because she was dressed rather revealingly, many passing boys would glance at her.
She didn't care about this and felt a little proud.
"Zhang Yang, over here!"
Seeing Zhang Yang walking towards her from not far away, Zhou Mengting waved her small hand at him.
"Have you been waiting long?" Zhang Yang smiled after walking closer.
"No, I just arrived. Here, your milk tea." Zhou Mengting handed him the milk tea she was holding.
Zhang Yang took it and smiled at her, "Meng Ting, let's find a place to have a good talk."
Zhou Mengting was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."
Because it was midsummer.
The sun was scorching, making it very hot.
There weren't many people at Happy Valley.
Zhou Mengting and Zhang Yang walked side-by-side. Zhang Yang held a sun umbrella in one hand and a milk tea in the other.
The sunlight slanted and shone on Zhou Mengting. Zhang Yang tilted the sun umbrella in his hand towards her, blocking the light.
However, his back was soaked with sweat from the sun, but he didn't pay it any mind.
The two walked along and soon arrived at a pavilion to sit down.
"Zhang Yang, what's wrong?" Zhou Mengting could tell his mood was off.
When he met Zhang Yang before, he always talked a lot. Why was he so silent today?
"You didn't go out of town a few days ago, did you? You were with Liang Feng?" Zhang Yang took a deep breath.
He had thought a lot on the way.
He thought he would be furious and question her harshly when he saw Zhou Mengting.
But Zhang Yang didn't expect that when he actually saw her, he would calm down.
"You know already." Zhou Mengting did not deny it.
When she saw Lin Yan Yu at the company entrance, she knew it was only a matter of time before she was exposed.
She just didn't expect it to be so soon.
It seemed that Su Yu and Zhang Yang's relationship was truly good.
After all, someone who could tell him about such a matter immediately was either an enemy or a very good brother.
And Su Yu and Zhang Yang were naturally the latter.
"You're quite direct." Zhang Yang said with a wry smile.
He thought she would make excuses, but he didn't expect her to admit it directly.
"Aren't you also very calm? I thought you would beat me up."
Zhou Mengting no longer used her high-pitched voice, but spoke in a normal tone.
Her original voice was surprisingly pleasant.
"I don't hit women." Zhang Yang frowned.
Zhou Mengting's words seemed to touch a nerve in Zhang Yang's heart. A scene flashed in his mind from his childhood, when his parents were arguing and his father slapped his mother.
Even though many years had passed, these images would still appear in his mind from time to time.
"Then can we still be together?" Zhou Mengting's heart skipped a beat for no reason when she saw Zhang Yang's pained expression.
She and Zhang Yang were originally just playing around when they were together, but when it actually came to this point, she suddenly felt a pang of reluctance.
Zhang Yang did not answer. He raised his head and looked deeply at the woman in front of him.
This was his first love, the woman he had once wanted to spend his life with.
"Will you leave him?"
Zhang Yang's voice was a little hoarse.
Zhou Mengting was stunned by his words, her expression changed, and she finally gave a wry smile, "No."
Now, she no longer intended to deceive Zhang Yang.
"Okay, you can go. I wish you happiness." Zhang Yang said with a smile.
Zhou Mengting grabbed Zhang Yang's hand and gently explained, "Zhang Yang, I know you are sincere towards me, but there's nothing I can do. I'm tired of being poor..."
"I don't blame you. You can go." Zhang Yang broke free from her hand and smiled at her.
He was telling the truth; he really didn't blame her and didn't want to hear her reasons.
Zhou Mengting was interrupted mid-sentence. She took a deep look at Zhang Yang, then sighed, turned, and left.
After taking only two steps, she suddenly turned back, "Zhang Yang, I know you are a good person, and I'm sorry I didn't cherish you. Actually, you can think of it from another perspective: consider me Liang Feng's girlfriend, and you won't lose out. After all, I was already his girlfriend before I started dating you."
After saying that, she sighed and disappeared into the crowd after a while.
If Zhang Yang were richer than Liang Feng, perhaps she would have chosen Zhang Yang.
But the reality was that Liang Feng was countless times richer than Zhang Yang, and there was no comparison between them.
"This way of thinking is indeed unconventional..."
Zhang Yang stared blankly ahead, a smile lingering on his face.
"I didn't lose out? But I gave my true feelings."
After Zhou Mengting disappeared, Zhang Yang's eyes instantly turned red.
Although there was a smile on his face, two lines of tears streamed down from his eyes.
They dripped onto the ground, which was scorching hot from the fierce sun, and evaporated instantly.