Gu Linyuan quietly looked at Song Qiao's smiling face, feeling an increasingly intense discomfort inside. It took him a while to utter a sound of acknowledgement before sitting down on the chair beside the hospital bed.
They hadn't had a proper conversation since breaking up. Now, the two were in the most awkward position of ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. At that moment, Song Qiao felt especially awkward sitting there with Gu Linyuan, at a loss for what to say.
When Gu Linyuan had betrayed her and broken up with her, Song Qiao had hated him, even contemplating revenge. But as time passed, she discovered that letting go of the relationship wasn't easy to say nor difficult to do.
Like now, with Gu Linyuan sitting in front of her, she found she could face him with composure.
After a long silence between them, it was Song Qiao who finally broke it, asking with a smile, "By the way, how have you been lately?"
