Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
She turned her head toward him and faced his calm demeanor. He said, “I said before that I would never let you go. But now, I’m going to retract what I said.”
Retract what he said?
Zhuang Nainai bit her lips. That meant…
After finishing his sentence, he spoke slowly once more. “So, okay, let’s break up.”
“Let’s break up…”
The three simple words shook Zhuang Nainai’s heart. She felt wave after wave of pain surging in her heart, but she curled her fists and continued fixing her gaze on Si Zhengting.
Then, she heard him continue speaking.
He said, “Now that we’ve broken up, you’re single and so am I. Nainai, let me pursue you.
“Five years ago, you pursued me and I waited.
“Five years on, it’s my turn to pursue you.”
He looked at her and began to speak once more. Despite his low voice, he tried to imitate the way she had spoken all those years ago. “Hi, I’m Si Zhengting. ‘Si’ from ‘lawsuit,’ ‘Zheng’ from ‘upright,’ and ‘Ting’ from ‘thunder and lightning.’”
As he said this, he lowered his head and took her hand in his. “I’m working in the Imperial Group at the moment. I have four villas in Beijing and three apartments, with savings of over a hundred million dollars. I’m 25 this year, single and introverted, and I complement you very well. I think we’re suitable for each other, so… Ms. Zhuang, may I pursue you?”
By now, Zhuang Nainai was shocked speechless. Stunned, she stared at him, her eyes wide in disbelief. So, he had agreed to break up with her… so that he could pursue her anew?
But, “May I pursue you?”
That sentence silenced her.
Because it made her suddenly think of what she had said to him five years ago.
After finally finding out that Si Zhengting didn’t have prosopagnosia, she had mustered up the courage to confess her feelings for him. That had been on one of the afternoons after school during the earlier part of the first term in high school. She had stood behind him, then had quickly paced to catch up with him before saying, “Si Zhengting, I don’t have a boyfriend yet. May I pursue you?”
At that point in time, Si Zhengting had barely gotten a word in when she, out of fear of rejection, had raised her head in a dignified manner and said, “Pursuing you is a matter of my personal freedom, so you have no right to say whether you accept it or not. So, that’s settled~”
She had then turned around and walked away.
Returning her mind back to the present, Zhuang Nainai was still speechless. She moved her mouth, but whatever she wanted to say seemed stuck in her throat.
Without waiting for her reply, Si Zhengting quickly added, “Pursuing you is a matter of my personal freedom, so you have no right to say whether you accept it or not. So, that’s settled.”
With that, he stood up and strode toward the door. “You must be hungry; I’ll go get you some food.”
As if afraid of being rejected, he quickly made his way out of the room, leaving Zhuang Nainai alone on the bed and gaping in shock.
So… what exactly was happening?
By the time Si Zhengting and Su Yanbin came back to her ward, Zhuang Nainai had already gotten back to normal, and her mood had lightened up. Maybe that was how women really were — while she wasn’t entirely elated by Si Zhengting’s placations, what he said had definitely perked her up.
Now, for some reason, staring at the healthy meal in front of her, Zhuang Nainai felt as if she was in a dream.
In their high school days, she had made him breakfast for three years straight. Were the tables turned now such that he was going to start buying meals for her?
The four of them had a simple lunch in the ward. After lunch, Zhuang Nainai continued resting on the bed, and Lin Xi’er leaned forward, asking, “How long have you had this child for?”
