Zhao Yuchen felt like he was being slighted, but across from him, Xu Yanxi had already begun to explain.
"I don't have a problem with you. I just can't accept being entangled with Song Mei again. Any connection between us ended completely when I was five years old. We haven't spoken in all these years, and there was a tacit agreement that we would leave each other alone. It's a shame she couldn't honor that."
Xu Yanxi was direct, and Zhao Yuchen didn't beat around the bush either. "That puts my mind at ease. I don't have a problem with Teacher Xu, either."
"I understand," Xu Yanxi said, picking up her coffee cup. "We simply want nothing to do with Song Mei. I'm living a good life now and have long since stopped needing her to worry about it. After all, she wasn't there for me when I needed her most."
Shaking off the awkwardness, Zhao Yuchen found it much easier to talk to Xu Yanxi. "If you weren't her daughter, I would change my mind."
