My Clingy Fiancée Is Forcing Me to Marry Her Again - Chapter 38.2

At a nearby marine-themed restaurant for a late lunch,

During the wait for their meal, Guan Xiaoyu made a call to Chen Beizhe out of politeness.

The delicate flower Li Fangge had painstakingly soothed was utterly crushed by this less-than-a-minute-long call. She personally witnessed Guan Xiaoyu’s small face instantly change from sunny spring to overcast gloom.

When she hung up, though there was no need to exert force, she viciously jabbed the phone screen.

Guan Xiaoyu’s face flushed red, her hands clenched into fists. She ground her teeth: “Chen Beizhe, I hate you!!”

“What’s wrong?” Li Fangge couldn’t imagine what Chen Beizhe could have said in such a short time to anger her this much.

“Hmph!” Guan Xiaoyu turned her face towards the colorful tropical fish swimming leisurely in the wall tank. “It’s nothing new—it’s all Sister Li’s fault.”

This must be the unreasonable demandingness of someone in love, Li Fangge thought, smiling helplessly without getting angry. “So, why did you go and worry about Chen Beizhe?”

She felt that turning the tables might be more effective than comforting or reasoning.

“I—” Guan Xiaoyu was so angry her tongue was tied. “I wasn’t worrying about him!”

“You just asked, ‘Is Mr. Chen doing alright?’ If that’s not worrying, Sister doesn’t know what is.”

“That was—” Guan Xiaoyu suddenly didn’t know who she was angrier at.

All in all, she was angry at herself for not controlling her emotions; she was angry at Chen Beizhe for saying such blatant words; and she was angry at Li Fangge for playing innocent when it was all because of her. “That was just courtesy.”

“Then, could Sister also politely ask how he is doing now?”

“He’s fine. But he shouldn’t have said, ‘How is Ms. Li doing’ and ‘don’t let Ms. Li worry’!”

Guan Xiaoyu snapped bitterly.

Li Fangge finally understood why she had lost control and loudly yelled at the other party, “Don’t even think about it, don’t dream!”

“Every mistake is Sister’s mistake. Sister shouldn’t have come to join in the excitement today.”

“I won’t allow Sister to criticize herself like that!”

Li Fangge was also yelled at by Guan Xiaoyu.

“…Can we talk about this after you calm down?”

Although Li Fangge wanted to quickly clarify what the pale-faced Chen Beizhe was up to,

Guan Xiaoyu was now at a stage where merely hearing his name would make her angry, and she didn’t want to stimulate her further.

“I regret calling him now, very much.”

Li Fangge suppressed all the questions building up in her heart; Guan Xiaoyu was on the verge of collapse.

She reached out her long arm, leaned forward, and gently held Guan Xiaoyu’s left hand resting on the table. “If you trust Sister, you don’t need to be like this.”

She wasn’t sure if those words counted as comfort.

As soon as she spoke, Guan Xiaoyu finally calmed down a little.

It was past the lunch hour, and there were few people in the restaurant.

The warmth from Li Fangge’s palm slowly transferred to the back of Guan Xiaoyu’s hand.

Her trembling, angry body felt as if it had been injected with a powerful soothing agent. “Of course I trust Sister Li, it’s just—”

Only then did she realize that she had overreacted today.

“Since we trust each other, what does it matter what others do?”

“Sister Li, you noticed it too, didn’t you?”

Li Fangge knew what Guan Xiaoyu was referring to.

Although she didn’t want to admit it, saying she hadn’t noticed would seem hypocritical at this point.

Finally, she looked into Guan Xiaoyu’s eyes and gently nodded.

“I know many people are infatuated with Sister Li. Adding a Chen Beizhe is probably nothing, but—”

Guan Xiaoyu was almost calm now.

The things that made her lose control basically only concerned Li Fangge. “But he shouldn’t have said that, shouldn’t have asked me when Sister Li and I are getting out of the engagement. That’s why I yelled at him on the phone. I told him in the restaurant, and he saw that Sister Li and I are very close, but he’s still talking nonsense on his own.

“If Sister Li hadn’t gone with me today, I wouldn’t have known that Chen Beizhe has liked Sister for a long time.”

“………Impossible!”

Li Fangge was genuinely shocked.

Like was obvious, but liking for a long time was going too far.

If it were true, as Guan Xiaoyu said, wouldn’t Chen Beizhe have been watching the Scumbag Alpha for a long time?

If he liked her, then watching her sink into—no, more than that, he might have been an indirect catalyst for the Scumbag Alpha’s deep involvement in gambling. That couldn’t be called liking!

“Didn’t Sister Li see it just now? The way Chen Beizhe looked at you—he didn’t try to hide anything.”

“Guan Xiaoyu, do you think watching Sister sink into a quagmire—no, even pushing Sister into the quagmire—can be called liking?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know his true intentions, but it’s certain that he likes Sister Li.”

“What Chen Beizhe thinks doesn’t really matter. Once I settle my debts, he and I, and you and he, will have no more connection.”

“If only that were true.”

Guan Xiaoyu’s voice was hollow, and her expression was full of confusion.

Whenever Li Fangge was involved, she became unconfident and easily stimulated.

Li Fangge looked at her dimmed expression, and her chest ached dully. “I’m sorry.”

All sorts of emotions, including heartache, guilt, powerlessness, and not knowing what to do, were blended into that short phrase.

“Sister Li doesn’t need to apologize. You haven’t done anything wrong. On the contrary, I’m the one who should apologize for being unable to control my emotions, being moody, acting unreasonably, having random temper tantrums, and being overly jealous.”

“My heart is a mess right now. If I have to blame someone, let’s blame Chen Beizhe.”

Guan Xiaoyu managed a forced, apologetic smile.

“Yes, let’s blame Chen Beizhe.” Li Fangge tightened her grip. The small hand wrapped in her palm was a little cold, but fortunately, the initial trembling had gradually subsided.

“Chen Beizhe must have been paying attention to Sister Li for a long time; the fact that his money house lent you so much money is proof.”

Li Fangge countered, “He did that with you as his target. He dug a hole for Sister to drive a wedge between us.”

Guan Xiaoyu shook her head. “My intuition won’t be wrong. The way he looked at Sister Li—”

Her voice suddenly softened, as if she couldn’t finish her sentence while looking into Li Fangge’s eyes. A school of tropical fish swam by, and she looked towards the beautiful fish. “It was filled with joy and obsession. I know that look well.”

“Is that so?”

Li Fangge’s voice also softened.

Chen Beizhe was truly a contradictory and complicated person. If it were simple liking, why all these twists and turns?

Or was it that her sudden appearance today caught him off guard and disrupted his rhythm? So much so that he couldn’t hide his—liking?

Guan Xiaoyu said, “I suspect, is he an Omega pretending to be an Alpha?”

“AA romance is quite common.” Li Fangge gave a tired smile. Such unwanted attention really ruined her mood.

“It’s truly ironic.” Guan Xiaoyu seemed to have thought of something, and a jarring smile appeared on her frustrated face.

“Ironic?”

“I really pity my dad now. Look at how he meticulously manipulated my marriage, only to end up with people like Zheng Lier and Chen Beizhe—”

“And Sister—”

Guan Xiaoyu quickly hooked her hand around Li Fangge’s. “No, I am completely satisfied with Sister Li. It was already perfect the first time, but my dad went back on his word. Maybe this is retribution. I can’t wait to tell him the outcome of meeting Chen Beizhe today.”

“You’re quite wicked.” This kind of wickedness is endearing. Li Fangge let go of Guan Xiaoyu’s hand.

“Thinking that way, I feel much lighter.” Guan Xiaoyu seemed to remember something else and added, “In the restaurant, Sister Li must have smelled Chen Beizhe’s pheromones, right?”

“I suppose.”

“Didn’t Sister feel uncomfortable at all?”

“Before we left, didn’t you watch me take the suppressor?”

The Scumbag Alpha was very bothered by her differentiation into a low-grade Alpha. To avoid being affected by other Omegas and to prevent being suppressed by higher-grade Alphas—

Even though the probability was very small, just in case, she always took the strongest suppressors.

“That’s true. Thankfully, Chen Beizhe found out early.”

“What about you?” Li Fangge countered. “With such a big emotional fluctuation, could you have been influenced by Chen Beizhe’s pheromones?”