Besides him, would Xinluo smile so gently at other men? How could she! “Erxi, I’ve decided on this one, what do you think?” Chen Zhenyun asked in a coquettish voice after finally making up her mind. As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s gaze immediately turned towards them. “Have you chosen already?” the saleswoman asked with a smile. “This is the one, please wrap it up for me.” Holding Xia Erxi’s arm, Zhenyun smiled radiantly. “Your boyfriend is so nice! Giving you such an expensive accessory,” the saleswoman said sweetly, not forgetting to praise them while checking out. “I think he’s great too,” Zhenyun agreed wholeheartedly. Having finally caught a “big golden fish”, how could he not be good? The meaningless conversation between the two women completely escaped Xia Erxi’s attention; his beautiful black eyes were fixed unblinkingly on Xinluo, curious about her reaction to witnessing all this. The two of them rarely had the chance to meet in public, and even if they did, they would pretend not to know each other. But when she saw him giving gifts to another woman, wouldn’t she feel something in her heart? Surely she wouldn’t remain cold and indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with her. Unfortunately, Young Master Xia’s calculations were wrong again. Qi Xinluo merely glanced at him casually, then immediately followed a young man out, and from their low conversation and laughter, it seemed that everything that had just happened had no effect on her at all. Suddenly, a surge of anger blocked his chest with nowhere to vent, almost suffocating him, and Xia Erxi’s handsome face instantly tightened and looked ugly.
He discovered – this woman really didn’t care about him at all! www. lyt99. cn www. lyt99. cn www. lyt99. cn “Ding ling ling~~ Ding ling ling” “Ding ling ling Ding ling ling~~” “…” Within a short hour, the phone had rung countless times: Xinluo was somewhat annoyed, glaring at the noisy phone, feeling irritated.
It was a call without caller ID, and she wondered who was so urgent to reach her that she had to answer? “Xinluo, it’s okay, go ahead and answer,” Gao Yizhe, who was talking to a client, turned back and gave her a reassuring smile.
“Sorry,” she picked up the phone and stepped out: Xinluo finally answered.
“Hello?”
“Why did it take you so long to answer?” The voice on the other end was unexpectedly deep and low.
“…Is that you?” Unable to hide her surprise, Xinluo paused for a long time before finding her voice.
He rarely called her; if he wanted to see her, he would simply appear in her rented room… Isn’t this a rather sick way of interacting?
“Why can’t it be me?” Her reaction made him even more displeased, angry that she showed no surprise, and seemed to almost blame him for disturbing her.
“Where are you?”
“I’m in a meeting.”
“…Who was the man you were with this afternoon?”
」Just thinking about their handsome and beautiful appearance made Xia Er Xi feel uncomfortable. She frowned: Xin Luo unconsciously looked back at Gao Yi Zhe, who was discussing matters with a client. “He is my direct superior, the general manager of Hantang Department Store.” Before she could even ask him when he had a new girlfriend, he had already started questioning her. “So you’re the young master of Hantang Department Store! I know him, he has dealings with the Xia Group.” Xia Er Xi’s tone was cold. “Do you have something for me?” The image of Xia Er Xi giving gifts to other women was still lingering in her mind, and she temporarily didn’t want to hear his voice. Even less did she want to see him! “Don’t I have the right to find you if there’s nothing specific? Aren’t we in a lovers’ relationship?” He really disliked her indifferent reaction, and he wished he could see more emotions on her… Whether it was anger, fury, or even sadness, her attitude towards him was too calm, so calm that it made him—— hate it. So sometimes he would deliberately provoke her, to feel if she was truly like an emotionless doll. “Lovers?” These two words sounded somewhat ridiculous in her ears… Were their relationship really lovers? It would be more appropriate to say they were “bed partners”. Lovers were meant to be treated with heart, had he ever treated her with heart? “This afternoon… you should have seen everything.” Xia Er Xi didn’t want to beat around the bush. “Seen what?” “…You clearly know.” His calm, non-reactive response truly made him angry, and he gritted his teeth and whispered.
Would she really feel nothing when seeing him with another woman? If that’s the case, why did she initially suggest being together! He was truly confused by her. “I saw nothing,” she answered coldly, Xinluo suddenly feeling an impulse to hang up the phone. Was he deliberately calling to provoke her? Did he want to see her in pain? Did he know how long she had spent hypnotizing herself to not hear, not see? To stop herself from feeling heartache over his promiscuity! “You—” “I have always kept our agreement. You can rest assured I won’t cry or make a scene just because you have a new love,” Xinluo said word by word, suppressing her anger. “…” Xia’erxi gritted his teeth, his temple veins bulging with anger. Her words completely enraged him. Compared to him, she seemed to care even less. Was their relationship just an emotionless game? Fine! He was confident he could play this game better than anyone. “Do you have anything else?” Xinluo asked after a pause. “No,” since she didn’t care, why think more? Xia’erxi’s voice was even colder than hers. “Then I’m going to get busy,” she cut off the phone without another word. The hand holding her phone was so tense her knuckles turned white, and tears involuntarily welled up in her eyes.
. “It’ll be fine… everything will be fine,” she took a deep breath to comfort herself, “There’s nothing to be sad about… it’s just loving the wrong person…” The comforting words were still on the tip of her tongue when she vulnerably crouched down. But knowing she had loved the wrong person, she didn’t know how to stop herself from falling deeper. www. lyt99. cn www. lyt99. cn www. lyt99. cn
“Young master, you don’t look well!” Opening the gate of the Xia family mansion, the housekeeper Zhang Ma asked with concern.
“Hmm.” He responded coldly, turning and going u
“Oh, the master is waiting for you in the study,” Zhang Ma followed behind him like a kind and gentle mother.
“Waiting for me?” He unconsciously frowned, pivoting his heel and walking towards the study.
His father must be looking for him for no good reason – most likely to urge him to get married.
“Dad, you called me?” He knocked on the study door and asked.
“You’re back?” Taking off his reading glasses, Summer’s father pressed his temple, “I thought you wouldn’t come home today!”
The seemingly calm tone actually hidden extreme displeasure.
Smiling abnormally obediently, Summer skillfully deflected: “Aren’t I here now?”
