Chapter 357 - That Night (2) (1/2)

Han Zongying didn't agree to go to the banquet because Han Huizhong had suggested it to her. She knew that An Guoting would be there too. She found out that the host had business relations with him, so it was natural that he would be present at the banquet too.

She didn't actually understand why she wanted to go. But only one feeling was going back and forth in her heart, and that was to see him again. The past month had made her even more desperate for him. She also wanted to see it for herself once again if he had truly moved on and if he genuinely thought nothing of her.

Han Zongying waited for him at the banquet. Then she saw him coming in. Her heart automatically skipped a beat. She nudged the host to introduce them.

As expected, An Guoting was a little shocked to see her, but it quickly resided. It wasn't impossible for her to be at such parties. She was Han Zongying, after all.

But it happened once again.

An Guoting ignored her. He politely smiled, more like an obligation. Just how two guests greeted each other. He went away and never tried to meet her again.

Han Zongying was left stunned. It didn't seem like An Guoting had really thought about her in the past month or that their meeting at the restaurant affected him in any way. He continued mingling with others.

Tears pooled in her eyes.

Why…

Why isn't he looking at me anymore? Why isn't he affected by me anymore? Has he really...moved on from me?

Her excitement with which she came to this banquet plummeted rapidly into despair. She withdrew herself in a corner and just blankly sat on the couch, watching the party with a dead stare. Her eyes only followed wherever An Guoting went.

Then a while later, she saw him talking with a woman. They were smiling and enjoying themselves. Han Zongying clenched her fists as her heart burned with jealousy.

An Guoting refused to come anywhere near her. But now, he had no qualms to stand so close to a woman and act so intimate with her in front of her. She felt hurt. She wanted to stand by his side and not let some other no-name woman hover around her.

Her heart was in utter chaos. But then she felt a ray of hope as she thought about all that from a different angle.

Han Zongying quickly got up, and as she walked past him, she whispered in his ears. ”I want to talk about something important.”

An Guoting frowned. He had no interest in starting yet another argument again. At first, he ignored her. Han Zongying waited for him in the room. But he didn't come.

Frustrated, she asked a waiter to tell him her message that she was waiting for him.

The door opened, and An Guoting finally stepped in with a dark expression on his face. ”I don't think we have anything left to talk about. I don't want you to dig up the past again and again, Zongying.”

She slightly stiffened. He seemed displeased by her behavior but was still keeping a neutral and polite tone.