Chapter 19 Loyalty

Half an hour later, her dog arrived reluctantly.

Seeing the weak Bai Zhenzhu on the hospital bed, he showed no concern, but instead sneered, "Is this retribution for all the bad things you've done?"

Perhaps Bai Zhenzhu's emotions are more sensitive and fragile right now, so it's hard for her to control them. She held it in for a while and her eyes turned red.

Seeing that tears were about to fall, Shi Jin immediately panicked.

As soon as he reached the bedside, his attitude softened. "I misspoke. You didn't do anything wrong, and you won't suffer any retribution. You're a good person, the best person in the world..."

Bai Zhenzhu found it rather amusing to see him so disgusted yet forced to lie.

"Shi Jin, do you really think I'm a good person?"

Bai Zhenzhu gazed at him with innocent, wide eyes, as if she could burst into tears the moment he dared to say the wrong thing.

Shi Jin swallowed helplessly. "It's...it's alright."

"Since you think I'm good, then agree to be my boyfriend."

Shi Jin's panicked heart immediately calmed down; this woman with impure intentions was setting a trap for him again.

"White Pearl, can you stop daydreaming all the time? I think you should change your name. Don't call yourself White Pearl, just call yourself Daydream."

"Shi Jin!"

Shi Jin smiled victoriously; he had finally turned the tables and made Bai Zhenzhu suffer a defeat.

...

"Shi Jin, I want to eat grapes!"

"Shi Jin, I want to drink water!"

"Shi Jin, help me to the restroom!"

"Shi Jin..."

That day, Shi Jin felt like her head was about to explode.

Bai Zhenzhu seemed to treat him like a slave. You should know that in the Shi family, he was practically waited on hand and foot. When had he ever done these things?

If it weren't for the video and photos in Bai Zhenzhu's hands, he would definitely have shown Bai Zhenzhu the true value of his position as the heir of the Shi family.

While Bai Zhenzhu was in the bathroom, Shi Jin's gaze remained fixed on the phone on her bedside table.

The little figure in his mind didn't need to engage in any internal struggle; he slid to the bedside and picked up Bai Zhenzhu's phone.

I quickly entered a few passwords.

"000000?"

wrong.

"Her birthday?"

That's not right either.

What kind of code could a woman with such low intelligence as Bai Zhenzhu possibly come up with?

Just as Shi Jin was pondering the phone, Bai Zhenzhu quietly walked up behind him and peeked out with her cute little head from his side.

"Senior Shi Jin~ What are you doing~" she whimpered like a lazy kitten.

It still startled Shi Jin quite a bit, after all, he was doing something bad.

"White Pearl, don't you make a sound when you walk?!"

The thief cries "Stop thief!"—that's a perfect example of Shi Jin's behavior.

Bai Zhenzhu nestled into Shi Jin's arms, wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing her rosy cheeks against his broad chest.

He pretended to be weak and unable to move.

"Let me rest for a bit, I have a bit of low blood sugar."

Shi Jin, who was about to break free, immediately stopped.

He still softened his heart.

He remained stiff, arms dangling in mid-air, and endured the pain for several minutes without moving.

Perhaps it was the rare quiet that made Shi Jin's voice soften considerably, "Why are you sick and hospitalized?"

Bai Zhenzhu was pleasantly surprised; she hadn't expected Shi Jin to care about her.

She choked back tears as she spoke, "My dad locked me in a dark room for three days, and I was dehydrated and malnourished..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jin, who had been all tenderness and affection just a second ago, pushed the person away the next.

That look of disgust flashed across his eyes again.

"Bai Zhenzhu, do you have any conscience at all, spreading such rumors about your own father? I always thought you just had a low moral compass, but now it seems you're rotten to the core!"

From childhood to adulthood, Bai Zhenzhu had heard many harsh and vicious words. Although she had taken them to heart, they were not enough to make her feel deeply hurt.

This time, she was telling the truth, but Shi Jin interpreted it as her being a person who was inherently evil.

Perhaps Shi Jin didn't care whether what she said was true or false; it was just that the words, coming from Bai Zhenzhu's mouth, were bound to be hurtful.

In Shi Jin's eyes, she must be a woman who lies all the time, has no morals, and is unscrupulous.

White Pearl sneered.

There was no indication of injury.

Instead, he pretended to be nonchalant and acted as if he had been exposed, saying playfully, "I was just joking, Senior Shi Jin, why do you always take it so seriously!"

"White Pearl, some jokes are not to be taken lightly."

"Okay, okay, I know, I won't make those kinds of jokes again, alright?"

Shi Jin was pleased by Bai Zhenzhu's sincere attitude, which greatly satisfied his male pride.

That's more like it; a man should have some dignity.

...

Shi Jin ordered food from Yipinxuan Restaurant, and the two of them were having dinner together.

As a result, Bai Zhenzhu's phone rang.

It was Fu Nansheng calling.

Bai Zhenzhu glanced at Shi Jin, then answered the call without hesitation.

She then said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "Um, Nansheng, I'm sick and in the hospital... Oh, no need, it's nothing serious, I should be discharged tomorrow... Okay, let's go play tennis together this weekend, see you there~"

After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhenzhu was still sending messages on her phone, occasionally letting out a soft laugh, her face radiant with a mixture of spring-like joy and shyness.

They completely disregarded Shi Jin, who was about to bite off the head of a disposable chopstick.

"Bai Zhenzhu, what is your relationship with Fu Nansheng?"

The tone was very calm, as if it were just a casual question.

"It's nothing," Bai Zhenzhu replied dismissively without even looking up.

"It's okay, you've arranged to play tennis with him?"

Bai Zhenzhu stopped what she was doing with her fingers, looked up at Shi Jin with a smile, pretended to think for a moment with a troubled expression, and then answered very seriously: "Uh, am I considered someone you're in a flirtatious relationship with?"

Shi Jin's expression suddenly turned cold, and even he himself couldn't understand why he was a little angry.

"So you were saying you liked me while you were flirting with other men?"

Shi Jin still attributed his anger to his pride.

He wouldn't allow his name to be equated with being a backup option.

"So what? You didn't agree to be with me!"

"White Pearl, if you can't even be loyal to someone, what are you talking about liking them for?"

"But didn't you also give up confessing your feelings to the woman you liked for my sake? Does that mean you're not loyal?"

Shi Jin wanted to refute, but found that she did indeed seem to be as Bai Zhenzhu said, not loyal enough.

True loyalty cannot involve deception or concealment.

"Shi Jin, admit it, you don't actually like her as much as you think..."