Chapter 14: Xu Min's Past Heartbreak History

  The faint scent of milk on the small table made Ye Nan's stomach growl even louder, and he couldn't help but hurry to call out: "Xu Min, come out quickly to eat breakfast! If you don't come soon, I'll eat it all by myself!"

  Xu Min responded with a "hmm" and quickly walked out of the bathroom, seeing Ye Nan sitting by the small table on the balcony, not moving at all, just waiting for her. She couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Ye Nan, you're really a bad guy..."

  Hurry up and sit down, pick up your milk and start drinking, looking at Xu Min also starting to eat, Ye Nan began to carefully deal with the fried eggs on the plate. The two people quietly ate their food without speaking.

  Soon, Ye Nan had finished his own portion, a cup of milk, a plate of fried eggs, and two slices of whole wheat bread, leaving him somewhat unsatisfied, only about 70% full. Normally, eating these would have been enough. No choice, last night's expenditure was just too great.

  Xu Min watched as Ye Nan quickly finished his food in just a few minutes, yet still managed to maintain an air of elegance while doing so, leaving no rough impression whatsoever, and couldn't help but feel somewhat surprised.

  She noticed that Ye Nan seemed not to have eaten enough, so she pushed her own bread over: "You eat it, I don't usually eat much for breakfast." Ye Nan smiled and didn't decline. After filling his stomach a bit, Ye Nan was no longer as hungry, and this time he deliberately slowed down the speed of eating.

  Ye Nan chewed slowly and asked, "Min'er, which department are you from in Normal University?"

  "Design Art"

  "Oh! What year are you in?"

  "Second year..."

  "I really envy you guys..." Ye Nan sighed.

  "Why?" Xu Min was somewhat surprised.

  Ye Nan sighed and said: "Nothing much, just that being with you makes me miss some of the carefree life we had in school."

  "Don't use such a tone, okay? You sound like you've aged a lot!" Xu Min finally had some smile.

  "Generally speaking, being older than you is not... haha", Ye Nan said with a smile. "How old are you? You look like you're at most 21 or 22, how did you start working already?"

  Ye Nan smiled wryly, "It's good that you didn't see me last year. Last year when I just started working, people thought I was only 18 or 19 years old." "So how old are you actually?" Xu Min asked curiously.

  "I'm twenty-four!" "Twenty-four? I wouldn't have guessed it. We look like classmates to others." Xu Min was somewhat surprised.

  Ye Nan smiled complacently: "No way, people who are good-looking look younger." "Hmph... there are plenty of people in our school who are more handsome than you?" Xu Min was quite displeased with Ye Nan's arrogant attitude.

  "Your school? I'm not like I haven't been there before, a bunch of little brats, the good-looking ones are all skin and bones, and those with some meat on their bones look really average." Ye Nan said with a snort.

  Looking at Ye Nan's arrogant appearance, Xu Min felt a surge of anger: "Thinking he's all that, our school basketball team has several handsome guys..." Just as she was about to continue, Xu Min suddenly stopped.

  Ye Nan noticed a flash of sadness in Xu Min's eyes and felt like he had grasped something. Although his rationality told him that now was not the time to bring it up, he couldn't help himself, he was eager to know some things about Xu Min.

  "Was your ex-boyfriend on the basketball team?"

  "How did you know? Did Han Yan tell you?" Xu Min was somewhat angry, but she saw Ye Nan's simple and serious eyes, which had a calming effect on her.

  Under Ye Nan's gaze, the anger in her heart slowly subsided, she took a deep breath and said softly: "Yes, he is the captain of the basketball team."

  "It's obvious that you care about him!" Ye Nan added with emphasis: "At least in the past, you did!" Xu Min slowly nodded, without saying a word.

  "So why did you break up?" Bringing up someone's painful memories for no reason is cruel, but Ye Nan couldn't help but ask further.

  At this time, Xu Min raised her head, with tears and some sadness in her eyes, but smiled at him: "You really want to know." Ye Nan suppressed the idea of wiping away the tears on her face, looked into her eyes, and nodded seriously.

  Xu Min spoke with tears and sorrow, but smiled as she told a very old story: "When I first entered school, he was one year older than me, very tall and handsome, played basketball very well, was the main force of the school team, and was also the object of pursuit for many girls in the school. At that time, there were many basketball games at school, and I often went to cheer them on with my classmates. After going a few times, he somehow got my phone number and often called me to ask me out to play, but I was too shy at the time. But when my dormitory sisters found out, they all encouraged me to go. After playing together a few times, he naturally became my boyfriend, and we were very happy together. Everyone said that we were a good match, and I really liked him. So, we dated for over half a year."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Xu Min was tearfully smiling wryly at Ye Nan: "Actually, I'm a very conservative person. In these six months, he and I only held hands at most, we never kissed. When he made some demands, I always dodged them. Then, he gradually became impatient. Until one day, he couldn't bear it anymore, forced a kiss on me, and wanted to get rough with me. As a result, I scratched him and chased him away. After that, he never came looking for me again until not long after, a sister from the same dormitory told me that he was seen with another girl outside, and they even went to open a room together. Later, I called him and asked, but he was very impatient and said many unpleasant things. Then I thought about it for a long time before deciding to break up with him..."

  Xu Min shed tears and smiled as she asked: "Am I very foolish..."

  Ye Nan smiled and shook his head, picked up a tissue, leaned over, and wiped away her tears: "You didn't do anything wrong, everyone has their own principles and thoughts, the only mistake is that he doesn't love you enough!"

  Xu Min was stunned after hearing this. After a while, she came to her senses and her first reaction was to pick up a spoon and throw it over, scolding with a hateful smile: "Indeed, you're not wrong, but you almost got the better of me, you rascal."

  "How I regret not going out yesterday?!" Ye Nan's face was full of pride, laughing without a care.

  "Only then did I regret, yesterday I couldn't resist Yanzi's kindness, originally just planning to go out and clear my mind with her, who knew after drinking, people were dizzy and still thought you looked good, almost took advantage of you..." Xu Min sighed.

  "Han Yan didn't know you weren't with your boyfriend...?" Ye Nan asked in puzzlement! Xu Min nodded lightly: "I don't know, I never told them."

  Ye Nan suddenly realized and laughed: "No wonder she would push me in like this, if she knew it was like this, she would definitely regret it to death."