Tang Man only discovered this predicament when she reached the stairs. She couldn’t help but look at the person in front of her. The moment she raised her eyes, a pair of well-defined hands appeared in front of her eyes. The slender wrists were enclosed under the cuffs of a black shirt. The fingers were slender and long. A pair of somewhat elongated phoenix eyes abruptly entered her field of vision.

Tang Man was stunned for a moment, not because of the outstanding appearance in front of her, but because the face in front of her looked a bit familiar, making her feel like she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn’t remember.

Her momentary daze made the person in front raise his eyelashes slightly, and his gaze fell on her face. After looking for a second or two, Tang Man smiled, extended her right hand, and gently placed it on the other person’s palm, while softly saying thank you.

That person responded in a low voice and turned around.

Tang Man followed behind him, one hand always tightly gripping the constantly swaying rope on the side. The sound of iron chains colliding could also be heard. The stairs here were very steep, especially dangerous for the elderly and children to come up. Tang Man had to pay attention to the people behind her from time to time to avoid any accidents.

When she finally got out of the mountain entrance, Tang Man let out a sigh of relief. Although she did not have a fear of heights, climbing such stairs was too oppressive.

The mountain entrance was actually not far from where they entered. It was equivalent to them going around in a circle inside. They could go down by walking along a section of the bluestone step path.

She took out her phone, subconsciously wanting to take a look, and heard someone calling her name.

At first, she thought she had misheard and continued walking a few steps forward with her head down. Now she heard the voice behind her getting clearer and clearer. She stood on the steps and turned her head to look behind.

A young man ran towards her, with a bright smile on his face, even showing a few teeth when smiling, looking particularly sunny.

Ah.

She realized why the eyes of that man earlier looked familiar to her. It turned out they were similar to the boy in front of her. It was just that their eyes were a bit alike. The eyes of the boy in front of her were bright, with a touch of youthfulness.

Yet that person, despite having the same eyes, gave a different feeling due to his own temperament. A pair of elongated phoenix eyes carried a reserved nobility. The slightly upturned corners of the eyes seemed to carry a touch of splendor. Under the blessing of the black shirt, the person’s skin appeared even more clear and fair.

“Tang Man, why are you here?” The young man looked around before tentatively asking, “Are you alone?”

Tang Man didn’t want to say much, so she just mumbled and naturally let her gaze fall on the person behind the young man.

Chen Changke only smiled after hearing Tang Man’s response, pointing at the man behind him, “This is my elder brother.”

Then, pointing to the few people taking photos in the distance, he said, “My family said they wanted to come here to play. My brother and I happened to have time today, so the whole family came.”

Chen Changyou met Tang Man’s gaze and slightly nodded with a smile.

Tang Man also smiled, feeling that he didn’t seem to have time today as he said. From his appearance, it was obvious that he was pulled here halfway. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dressed like this to come here for a hike.

She said, “Since that’s the case, you can slowly stroll around here. I’m going down the mountain first.”

It was already close to one o’clock. She saw on her phone screen that Xie Li had already called her twice. It was just that earlier in the cave, the signal was not very good, or it was too noisy, so she didn’t hear the phone ringing and thus didn’t answer the call.

After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave, but an arm was grabbed. She looked back in surprise.

She saw Chen Changke meeting her gaze, suddenly letting go, then mumbling a few times, taking out his phone from his pocket, and saying, “Man Man, let’s add a contact.”

Tang Man quietly looked at him.

Chen Changke quickly said, “I definitely won’t harass you.”

Saying this meant there was a history. Don’t be fooled by Chen Changke’s bright appearance like a little sun. In fact, he was quite clingy, just a bit less than Si Jiahe.

Back when they were still boyfriend and girlfriend, Tang Man found it annoying, so she proposed a breakup. It was conceivable that for a young and vigorous boy, it was like a bolt from the blue. He didn’t even know the reason for being dumped and became an abandoned puppy.

However, facing Chen Changke’s nervous eyes, after thinking for a while, she still nodded, opened her WeChat, and let him scan a code.

This time, Chen Changke was finally a bit happier. Looking at Tang Man’s eyes, they were shining, completely not noticing the ring on Tang Man’s finger. Only Chen Changyou noticed it. He couldn’t help but look at Tang Man, his gaze falling on his brother’s face. He couldn’t help but slightly frown, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.

After adding WeChat, Tang Man said a few more words before leaving, so she didn’t hear the conversation between the two people behind her about her.

This topic was initiated by Chen Changyou first, “Changke, didn’t you see the ring on her index finger?”

The boy fiddling with his phone screen paused, glanced at the person who had turned around and was about to leave, couldn’t help but take a step forward, while recalling, “Is there?”

Then he refuted himself, “Impossible. With Man Man’s personality, she wouldn’t get married so early. Besides, it’s not strange for girls nowadays to wear rings on all five fingers as jewelry.”

Chen Changyou glanced at the foolishly happy Chen Changke, finally looked at the place where Tang Man had left, and said nothing.

However, after walking for a while, seeing that Chen Changke’s gaze was still on that chat interface, he couldn’t help but ask, “Do you like her that much?”

He remembered that some time ago, his not-so-smart brother, who only had a body full of sports cells, had fallen into a slump for a period of time in high school. He even stopped playing basketball and only recovered after about a year. As a result, he said he wanted to take the entrance exam for a famous university in the city.

It was just because his puppy love object at that time said she wanted to break up because she liked people with good academic performance.

It was fortunate that Chen Changke believed it at that time. In Chen Changyou’s view, it was just an excuse to break up. When he learned about this, he had even formed a not-so-good initial impression of Tang Man, whom he had never met, and determined that his foolish brother had been played by a young girl’s sincere heart.

And today, when he learned that the woman in front of him was the girl who had dumped his brother back then, he was actually a bit surprised because she was too different from the specific type of girl he had imagined.

Many people had said that because she was too good-looking, she appeared unapproachable. This unapproachability often manifested as a cold and distant temperament.

So she had very few friends.

At least in Chen Changyou’s view, Tang Man was a person who was very difficult to sincerely associate with. Back then, his foolish brother was actually able to date such a girl in high school, and the reason for being dumped was so bizarre, which was quite surprising to him. However, if it was the girl in front of him saying such words, Chen Changyou suddenly felt it was somewhat natural.

However, at this time, both of them thought that this might be their only meeting. They never thought that not long after, they would meet again in a foreign country.