"It's not that I broke my promise, it's that you don't want to be with me, so our six-month promise is invalid." Gu Nianzhi replied coolly.
The December morning wind in Washington was bone-chilling, and Gu Nianzhi tightened her coat.
A Hermès flamenco silk cashmere scarf hung around her neck, adding a touch of color to her iron-gray military-style cashmere coat. It was especially alluring on a winter morning.
Familiar congressional staff and congressmen greeted her one after another.
"Good morning!"
"Gu, I like your outfit today!"
"Gu, do you want me to bring you breakfast?"
Gu Nianzhi waved at everyone with a smile, then pointed to her phone. Everyone looked at each other and smiled, indicating that they understood.
She turned around and didn't stand by the steps. Instead, she went to a barren tree on the street and put her hands in her coat pockets as she sat on a bench by the street.
Mei Xiawen obviously didn't accept her explanation, and sneered, "You're still saying you didn't break your promise? When did I say I don't want to be with you?! I just said you'll be my girlfriend soon, and you've already forgotten? Can't our straight-A student be so forgetful? "
"Mei Xiawen, you really want to be with me?" Gu Nianzhi was very calm. When she spoke, her red lips, which were like water chestnuts, turned into frost. Her manga-like face was shrouded in white mist, and she had the hazy beauty of a soft mirror.
"How many times have I said that I want to be with you, I want you to be my girlfriend, I even want to marry you! Why don't you believe me?! "Mei Xiawen stood on his balcony and looked at the lights of the city. He was furious.
Why was this girl so stubborn?
Gu Nianzhi sighed, and said hoarsely, "Mei Xiawen, your words and actions are completely different. Who do you think I should believe? Do you believe in empty words, or do you believe in what you have done? "
Mei Xiawen clearly didn't expect Gu Nianzhi to say this.
He was silent for a moment, "Nianzhi, what do you mean?"
"My meaning is very clear. Since neither of us has the heart, we don't have to force ourselves to be together. "Her hands and feet were starting to feel cold after being outside for a long time.
Gu Nianzhi got up and walked to the Capitol Building.
She didn't expect that such a simple phone call would drag on for so long.
Mei Xiawen paced back and forth on the balcony, "How am I careless? I've been longing for your return with all my heart, and you treat me like this? Have you had a change of heart? Was it you?! "
"I haven't had a change of heart." Gu Nianzhi's voice was very calm. There had always been only one person in her heart, and that had never changed.
"Since you haven't changed your mind, why did you say that?! I like you, and you like me. What else do you want? Nianzhi, stop fooling around and come back. I'll treat you better when you come back. I'll make you the envy of all the girls. "Mei Xiawen took a deep breath and began to persuade Gu Nianzhi.
Little girls could not stand this kind of words of love with the nature of promises.
Gu Nianzhi knew she had to be harsh. She walked up the steps and said quietly, "No, you don't like me, and I don't like you, so I don't understand why you want me to be your girlfriend."
Mei Xiawen was very uncomfortable when he heard this.
He liked Nianzhi, although not that much. It was still difficult for him to accept that Gu Nianzhi clearly said she didn't like him.
He had been the Prince Charming of all girls since he was a child. Even a proud goddess like Jiang Hongcha had to bow her head to him in the end.
He didn't believe that he couldn't handle a little orphan girl …
"Nianzhi, you like me." Mei Xiawen was full of confidence, "Maybe you don't even know it yourself, but you really like me."
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
She opened the door to her small office and threw her backpack on the sofa. She took off her coat and wore only a thin cashmere cardigan and a silk scarf. She put her phone in her trouser pocket and put on her earphones. She continued to talk to Mei Xiawen as she made herself coffee and bought breakfast.
"Mei Xiawen, let's not waste any more time. You and I already know this, and it's very awkward to say it out loud. " Gu Nianzhi didn't want to tell him about Jiang Hongcha. In her opinion, that was the evidence that would only be revealed when they fell out.
For now, she wanted to end things with Mei Xiawen politely.
"You're determined to break up, aren't you?" Mei Xiawen couldn't help being sarcastic when he saw that she wouldn't listen to him no matter what he said. "Why don't you just say that you had a change of heart, that you cheated on me, and that you had an affair? Why do you have to put the blame on me and say that I don't want to be with you? Don't you think you're distorting the truth? "
Gu Nianzhi walked back to her small office with coffee and a plate of muffins. She laughed when she heard this. "Mei Xiawen, you and I are both law students, and we need evidence for everything we say and do. Subjective assumptions will always be subjective assumptions; they don't represent objective facts. First of all, we've never been together, so how can we break up? I'm warning you, if you dare distort the truth and exaggerate in public, I won't laugh it off. You know that I'm a very serious person. Don't blame me for being ruthless when you're embarrassed. Besides, do I need to remind you who broke our six-month promise? "
"Of course not! Because you're the one who broke your promise! You don't want to be with me! "Mei Xiawen's guilty conscience made him appear even more fierce." I'm telling you, I don't agree! "
"Mei Xiawen, actions speak louder than words. When it comes to sentencing, the consequences of actions are the basis for sentencing. The legal consequences of words must be judged by the consequences of actions they lead to. You keep saying that you want to be with me, but in the past six months, you've been in a de facto relationship with someone else. Your actions have proven that you don't want to be with me, so our six-month promise is no longer valid. " Gu Nianzhi put down her coffee and muffin, and sat down to turn on her computer. She began wrapping up her internship and writing her internship report.
Mei Xiawen was speechless by Gu Nianzhi's words, which sounded like a courtroom argument.
He froze for a long time before asking incredulously, "Nianzhi, what do you mean? What do you mean by de facto relationship? I'm telling you, I'm not! "
"No? You're saying that you've been clean for the past six months, and haven't had anything more than a friendship with another woman? " Gu Nianzhi frowned. Mei Xiawen was really difficult to deal with. Perhaps she should say Jiang Hongcha's name?
But saying Jiang Hongcha's name would make it seem like she was jealous and trying to catch her cheating boyfriend. She didn't want to give Mei Xiawen that impression at all.
Mei Xiawen wasn't her boyfriend, so she didn't really care who he slept with. But Mei Xiawen kept saying that he wanted to be with her, while he slept with another woman. This was challenging Gu Nianzhi's bottom line.
As Jiang Hongcha had said, Gu Nianzhi really couldn't adapt to the unwritten rules of their circle.
Mei Xiawen understood what Gu Nianzhi was trying to say, but he didn't want to admit his relationship with Jiang Hongcha. He was sure that no one else knew about their special relationship, so he kept insisting that Gu Nianzhi had a change of heart.
Gu Nianzhi was annoyed and busy writing her internship report. She said to Mei Xiawen, "Alright, Class Rep, I've never liked you, so there's no such thing as a change of heart. I tried my best to like you, but I couldn't do it. It's a mistake to continue doing things that I can't do, and it's irresponsible to others and myself. "
Mei Xiawen's face paled at Gu Nianzhi's words. He slumped on the sofa, his lips trembling. He wanted to lash out, but when he remembered the legal consequences Gu Nianzhi had mentioned, he regained his rationality.
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