Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 120

Chapter 120: How Could Jiang Ruhua Be a Sweet and Simple Girl?

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What Xia Ruoming didn’t know was that at that moment, Ye Han made a strange decision.

Ye Han and Jiang Ruhua were actually childhood friends in a way, though more of the mutually antagonistic type. Their somewhat outlandish personalities were partly due to absorbing each other’s “good qualities.”

When they were young, Ye Han and Jiang Ruhua didn’t get along well, and the relationship between these two people with peculiar tempers remained poor.

She wanted to steal Xia Ruoming away, regardless of what relationship Xia Ruoming had with Jiang Ruhua, she would bring her to her side.

Friends? Then she would become her close confidante. It was perfect since she also loved music and was skilled at many instruments. They had common interests, unlike Jiang Ruhua who liked novels and art exhibitions, while she herself had little knowledge of art and literature.

Girlfriend? She, Ye Han, was far more gentle and virtuous than Jiang Ruhua; being with her would be much more suitable than being with Jiang Ruhua.

Ah, Xia Ruoming was just too naive, not knowing how calculating Jiang Ruhua was. Though she looked beautiful on the outside, her heart was black through and through. While others tried to find flaws in their hearts, Jiang Ruhua tried to find if there was any clean spot left in hers, unlike herself whose heart was pure as jade.

“I advise you to stay away from her. Jiang Ruhua is far from a good woman. If you stay this close to her, you’ll definitely get into big trouble someday,” Ye Han said slowly, taking a sip of the sparkling wine in her glass.

“Hm? You mean little princess? No way, I think little princess is cute and modest, except for being a bit self-centered, there’s nothing wrong with her,” Xia Ruoming replied, though the compliments about little princess were all sarcastic, she almost couldn’t keep a straight face.

“Pfft…” Ye Han, who was carefully savoring the champagne from Selosse winery, spat it out when she heard Xia Ruoming’s words, leaving water stains all over Xia Ruoming’s top.

What was that? Had her ears malfunctioned or was she hearing things? Cute? Was this the same arrogant Jiang Ruhua that could be described as cute? Modest? Jiang Ruhua never gave face to anyone, always appearing arrogant and contemptuous, how did that have anything to do with modesty? Did she really think the person she was talking about was Jiang Ruhua? Were they talking about the same Jiang Ruhua they knew?

And what did she call Jiang Ruhua? Little princess? Though this nickname was indeed fitting, as Jiang Ruhua was just like an immature little princess, but had they become close enough to use nicknames?

How did such a high-quality single woman like Xia Ruoming end up getting involved with Jiang Ruhua?

Ye Han had only one thought: she didn’t think Xia Ruoming was lying, she just thought Jiang Ruhua was indeed pretending to be particularly arrogant in front of her, but was actually too calculating, too green tea-like, acting pure, cute, and naive in front of Xia Ruoming, just to make the first move and get Xia Ruoming.

No, she definitely needed to steal Xia Ruoming away. A woman as good as Xia Ruoming should be with her, even if not as a girlfriend, it didn’t matter, at least she couldn’t let this scheming bitch Jiang Ruhua have her.

“Don’t you think Jiang Ruhua’s behavior is strange? You should have a good relationship with Jiang Huaiyun, so you must know something about what kind of person Jiang Ruhua really is, right?” Ye Han said while gently tapping the table, hinting to Xia Ruoming that Jiang Ruhua was just putting on an act around her.

But Ye Han guessed wrong about one thing: Xia Ruoming knew Jiang Ruhua’s personality like the back of her hand, and earlier she was just teasing her. She herself had barely managed to keep from laughing at those words, yet Ye Han actually believed them.

“Um… Listen, Miss Ye, I quite like little princess as a person, and even if we’re not really friends yet, I don’t like this behavior of talking behind people’s backs. Don’t you think it’s too calculating and green tea-like? I respect that you’re the second young lady of the Ye family, but if you continue to speak ill of little princess behind her back next time, I might have to get unfriendly,” Xia Ruoming said, staring into Ye Han’s eyes.

“…” If Ye Han hadn’t forcefully held back her urge to spit out her drink, this time it wouldn’t have just been Xia Ruoming’s clothes that got wet.

Ye Han almost became anxious listening to this. She was trying to warn Xia Ruoming that Jiang Ruhua wasn’t a good woman, but what kind of attitude was this from Xia Ruoming! Saying she was too calculating? Too green tea-like? Could she please open her eyes and look carefully, the one who was too calculating and too green tea-like was clearly Jiang Ruhua! What did this have to do with her, a naturally pure maiden whose thoughts were as white as jade!

Although her words did seem a bit like backstabbing, she was doing it for Xia Ruoming’s own good! This was good intentions being treated like a donkey’s liver and lungs!

She didn’t know that Xia Ruoming’s words actually came from her inexplicable sense of crisis.

Xia Ruoming felt that there was always a strange emotion in Ye Han’s words towards her. She couldn’t identify exactly what that emotion was, but she instinctively had a sense of danger.

Xia Ruoming’s intuition had always been very accurate, so this was a very dangerous signal for her, just like when Judy felt dangerous about a certain minister, that minister would very likely face the destruction of their entire clan.

So she decisively launched an attack on Ye Han with her words. As long as she didn’t associate with Ye Han, or if Ye Han didn’t like her and actively stayed away from her, then it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Xia Ruoming also didn’t know that if she had actively tried to associate with Ye Han, perhaps Ye Han wouldn’t have even been interested in giving her a second look. But it was precisely her consistently indifferent attitude towards Ye Han that sparked Ye Han’s strange competitive spirit. If Jiang Ruhua hadn’t appeared, Ye Han’s competitive spirit wouldn’t have been so strong.

What she knew even less was that in her previous life, Xu Fengwu had also been pursued by Ye Han in the same way. If she had understood a little more, perhaps she wouldn’t have dealt with Ye Han this way in this life. But regrettably, in her previous life, she hadn’t been interested in learning more about her love rival, she had only understood the general situation, and by the time she learned about Ye Han and Xu Fengwu being together, she had almost given up and stopped caring.

Happiness is only temporary, but that kind of competitiveness-tinged entanglement is a lifelong matter.

The people who could make Ye Han remember them were definitely not those who pursued her daily hoping to gain the Ye family’s support, but rather those who could spark different emotions in her heart, whether it was competitiveness, sadness, or something else. But if they only made her feel happy, it would just be a fleeting memory in her life.

Of course, Ye Han herself was also a lesbian, and those seeking the Ye family’s support were men, so Ye Han couldn’t possibly be interested. Therefore, many options had already been ruled out by Ye Han.

Xia Ruoming was the first.

Whether it was because Xia Ruoming had left a special impression in her heart, or because of the never-ending rivalry with Jiang Ruhua since childhood, it made Ye Han clear about one thing.

One day, she would steal Xia Ruoming away. After Xia Ruoming saw just how gentle and virtuous she really was, let’s see if she would still dare to call her calculating, and if Jiang Ruhua would still continue to act like a sweet and simple girl.

Ye Han was never impatient. She knew that being too hasty would only be counterproductive. Starting as friends was fine; she would make Xia Ruoming fall for her bit by bit.