Chapter 1350: Chapter 701: Men and Women Are the Same (2)

Before noon, the two women got off work and returned home, just in time for lunch.

At the dining table, the two women 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 fermenting 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 domestic 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 somewhat biased.

Wu Mengting 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 payment 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 domestic dramas is generally disappointing; it’s not like they’re any worse than the others.

Besides, compared to most other domestic dramas, their show’s quality is several steps ahead for sure.

After finishing lunch with the two women, Chen Feng said goodbye to them and went out.

Even Wu Mengting didn’t ask him where he was going, which is a good thing.

At least Wu Mengting hasn’t used her status as his girlfriend to control him.

But Chen Feng knows that the reason Mengting didn’t ask is probably because she already knows what he’s about to do. After all, he mentioned 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 meal, 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 me 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 some tea and eat some fruit first."

Chen Feng said as he took a few longans from the fruit plate, prompting Li Liqin to follow suit and peel some longans.

After they had some fruit and Chen Feng took a few sips of tea, Li Liqin urged him again, "Come on, tell me already, stop keeping me in suspense."

Chen Feng knew she might have misunderstood, maybe thinking he was going to confess to her or something, 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 meeting; a message on WeChat would suffice.

Nevertheless, given the situation, there’s no point in hesitating, so he straightforwardly said, "The truth is, I’ve officially become Mengting’s boyfriend. From now on, I plan to settle down and not mess 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, somewhat 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 me here just to tell me 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 message or a phone call would suffice, don’t you think?"

"I’d rather you send me a message or call me about this. Now you’re breaking up with me face-to-face, which makes me 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 mean by being shattered by me?"

Li Liqin said with some 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 me with messages. 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 Mengting 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 Mengting as his girlfriend, he still has other women, but she just isn’t one of them.

Instead, Chen Feng followed her commentary with a sigh, saying, "Stupid or not, sometimes 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 slammed the cup down, coldly laughing at Chen Feng, "Was it her who forced you to come find me, or did you come on your own?"

"It’s a bit of both," said Chen Feng candidly. "She’s now my girlfriend, so naturally she’d want me to only be with her. And as her boyfriend, I should gradually cut ties with other women, 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 slammed 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 memorable farewell."

Seeing her insist, Chen Feng didn’t overthink and nodded in agreement, after all, it’s not the first time.

"Then let’s go now."

Li Liqin immediately stood up, seemingly eager, leaving Chen Feng speechless again.