Meeting you in autumn

Chapter 120 Past

"Ha~ Arlene, even now, you still won't forgive me?"

Chen Chen suddenly stepped forward, pulled Ling Lin into his arms, and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.

He lowered his head slightly, gazing closely at Ling Lin's exquisite and beautiful face, his eyes filled with pleading and humility, with tears even glistening in his eyes.

Ling Lin felt the warmth emanating from Chen Chen's body and his deep, affectionate gaze so close to her, and her heart trembled involuntarily.

When she caught a glimpse of the glistening tears in Chen Chen's eyes, her previously resolute heart softened instantly, and an indescribable feeling of heartache welled up inside her.

However, reason ultimately prevailed over emotion. She took a deep breath and slowly said, "Chen Chen, stop making things difficult. Our relationship ended a long time ago."

"Arlene, I admit that I was using you back then, and that it was just a fling, but later I fell in love with you, Arlene."

Tears streamed down Chen Chen's face as he spoke humbly.

"What's the point of saying all this now?" Ling Lin tried to break free from Chen Chen's embrace. "We can't go back to the past."

Chen Chen held Ling Lin tightly, preventing her from escaping. "I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance to make amends."

"Let go!" Ling Lin shoved Chen Chen forcefully. "Don't make me hate you even more!"

Chen Chen felt as if his heart was being torn apart, and slowly released his grip.

Seeing him like this, how could she not want to forgive him? She loved him too. In the end, she forced back her tears and said to him calmly, "You know, Ye Yan's departure has already destined us to never be together."

After saying that, she turned and left without looking back, her high heels clicking on the floor.

Chen Chen smiled bitterly, feeling that it was all a joke.

However, this scene was witnessed by Shen Jia, Chen Feng, and Chen Fang, who were just about to go upstairs. Before he could notice, the three of them quickly fled the scene.

The group then left the hotel and got into Chen Feng's car, which was parked outside.

Chen Feng sat in the driver's seat first. Shen Jia twisted her ankle because she was wearing high heels. When Chen Fang saw this, he quickly turned around and hugged her.

She couldn't resist adding a sarcastic remark: "Did he learn his lesson this time by making him wear high heels?"

Startled by the sudden hug, Shen Jia instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck in fear.

Chen Fang then put Shen Jia in the back, got in himself, and closed the car door. Seeing this, Chen Feng drove away from the hotel.

In the car, Shen Jia, recalling what had just happened, turned to Chen Fang and asked, "Tell me, Chen Chen has been pursuing Ling Lin for so many years, why aren't they together yet?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Fang sighed, instantly becoming melancholic, and said, "You don't understand."

Before Shen Jia could press for more details, Chen Feng, who was in front, said, "If it weren't for that incident, perhaps they would have ended up together!"

Shen Jia looked at Chen Feng with a puzzled expression, "That matter? What matter?"

"Hey, let Chen Fang tell you about this!" After saying that, he focused on driving.

Shen Jia turned to look at Chen Fang with a puzzled expression and shook her head helplessly, seemingly filled with entanglement and contradiction.

Finally, he slowly began to speak, explaining the whole story.

"Sister Linglin has liked my brother since she was a child, but my brother has no romantic feelings for her."

Later, due to a crisis in the family business, my brother had no choice but to date Sister Linglin in order to consolidate the foundation of the group.

He actually wanted to use the Ling family's powerful influence to salvage the group's decline.

With the support of Sister Linglin, the group gradually emerged from its predicament and began to develop better and faster.

But the truth eventually came out. When Sister Linglin discovered that my brother had been deceiving her all along, she felt her world completely collapse.

At this point, Chen Fang couldn't help but sigh heavily, as if he could feel the despair and pain that Sister Ling Lin felt at that time.

After a brief pause, Chen Fang took a deep breath and continued, "Later, for some unknown reason, Sister Ling Lin was kidnapped! Ye Yan, who had grown up with her since childhood, risked his life to save her."

Later, Ye Yan finally fell to the assailant's blade.

When my brother rushed to the scene, he only saw Sister Linglin tightly holding Ye Yan's cold body, crying her heart out.

At this point, Chen Fang sighed again, a trace of sadness in his eyes: "Ever since that nightmare, Sister Ling Lin seems to have completely changed."

The lively and cheerful girl she used to be has disappeared. She has become taciturn and sometimes doesn't even want to say a word.

Finally, after much difficulty, we caught the kidnappers and, after some interrogation, learned that they kidnapped Sister Linglin purely to get revenge on my brother.

Who would have thought that this act of revenge would lead to the death of the innocent Ye Yan? Perhaps it is for this reason that this matter has become a knot in Sister Ling Lin's heart that she can never untie.

From then on, she harbored a deep resentment towards my brother…

After speaking, Chen Fang turned his gaze to the window, seemingly deep in thought.

Shen Jia was also shocked after hearing this, and then she sighed, "I never imagined they had such a past..."

"However, actually, Sister Linglin has feelings for Brother Chen Chen. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come tonight. When I talked to her about it, she agreed without hesitation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Fang looked at Shen Jia in disbelief and said with a resentful expression, "Well, Shen Jia, you've gotten away with it again."

"Tch, we've got a deal, okay? You have to do whatever I tell you to do, no cheating allowed!"

Chen Fang looked utterly dejected, slumped limply in the back seat, muttering to himself, "Oh, it's just a small matter!"

Even if it's just one thing, it's still a thing!

Chen Fang opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to argue a bit more, but just then, the car slowly stopped outside the luxurious villa where Chen Jia and Shen Jia lived.

Chen Feng, in the driver's seat, turned his head and looked gently at the two people behind him, saying softly, "We've arrived."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fang quickly opened the car door and jumped out. He then rushed to the other side and grabbed Shen Jia, pulling her into his arms around the waist.

Then he grinned at Chen Feng and said, "Thanks, bro!"

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Feng's response, he hugged Shen Jia tightly and strode towards Shen Jia's villa.

When Chen Fang suddenly hugged her like that, Shen Jia blushed instantly and cried out in a mix of embarrassment and anxiety, "Chen Fang, put me down right now!"

However, Chen Fang remained unmoved and jokingly remarked, "What, do you want to sprain your ankle again?"

Upon hearing his words, Shen Jia subconsciously thought of her sprained ankle, and for some reason, it actually started to ache faintly.

So, she, who had been struggling, immediately quieted down and stopped making a sound, silently letting Chen Fang carry her into the villa.