Chapter 57 Heartless

After Li Qianni recovered from her illness, the first thing she did was go to Peking University to find Shi Jin.

She couldn't believe that Shi Jin really didn't care about her anymore.

She began a chase-and-escape game with Shi Jin.

"Young Master Shi, your little sister Qianni is waiting for you downstairs at the dormitory again. Aren't you going to go down and take a look?"

Qin Shen had just returned from playing basketball when he saw Li Qianni looking dejected downstairs in the dormitory building.

To be honest, Qin Shen also had his own selfish motives. He hoped that Shi Jin could be with Li Qianni, so that Bai Zhenzhu would have no worries.

"Go if you want." After saying that, he put on his headphones and started playing games.

These past few days, Li Qianni has been coming to see him frequently.

When he first came to her, he made it very clear that there was no possibility between them, and that he would never like a girl who was full of lies and had a deep mind.

But Li Qianni seemed not to understand, and kept pestering him, which seriously affected his studies and life.

Rumors are circulating at school that he's a fickle scumbag who toyed with Li Qianni's feelings.

But he and Li Qianni had only been in a flirtatious relationship before, they had never even held hands. Now that the truth has come out and they have parted ways, does he need to take responsibility for Li Qianni?

It was two hours later when Shi Jin finished playing the game.

He was a little hungry, so he went downstairs to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

As a result, Li Qianni was still standing downstairs, pitifully waiting for him.

He wanted to pretend he hadn't seen it and leave quickly.

As a result, Li Qianni cried out to him from behind in a voice that could be described as heart-wrenching: "Shi Jin! Don't go!"

Shi Jin glanced around, sighed helplessly, and slowly walked towards her with his head down. Then he pulled her by the clothes on her arm and led her to a secluded place.

"Li Qianni, how many times do I have to say it? There's no future for us. I won't be with you. Don't come looking for me again."

"So men really can be this heartless. When they like you, they think you're the cutest girl in the world and try to make you happy every day. But if they don't like you anymore, they can turn on you in an instant without even giving you a chance to explain, right?"

Li Qianni bit her lip, trying hard not to let the tears fall, but her eyes were filled with a feeling of grievance.

She reached out and grabbed the hem of Shi Jin's hoodie, whispering with a trembling voice, "Shi Jin, I don't know who you heard what from, but I really haven't lied to you. I really like you. Please give me another chance."

Anyone could come up with a weak explanation, but Shi Jin clearly didn't believe it.

But he still felt a pang of pity, after all, she was a girl he had once liked.

So she softened her tone slightly and replied, "Qianni, we're not a good match."

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"Xiao Jin, I heard you broke up with that Li Qianni?"

Shi Jin sat on the sofa in the living room, idly looking at the financial magazine in his hand. His mother brought over a plate of fruit and sat down, starting to gossip.

"Who told you that? Bai Zhenzhu?" Shi Jin asked casually without even looking up.

"Oh, that's not important. Tell your mom quickly, have you broken up with that scheming woman?"

Although Shi's mother had heard about this from Bai Zhenzhu, she was still worried and had to ask her personally.

"Um."

It was just one word, yet it spoke volumes.

Shi's mother excitedly grabbed Shi Jin's arm and shook it, saying, "Son, you've finally figured it out! A girl like Li Qianni is no good for you at all. Luckily, you didn't get together with her and got away quickly, otherwise you would have been completely fooled by her! Let me tell you, you must keep your eyes open when you look for a girlfriend in the future. You must find someone as pure and kind as Pearl. Oh, no, no, you should just look for Pearl!"

"Son, when are you going to pursue Pearl? I know there are plenty of excellent guys chasing after her! If you don't seize the opportunity, Pearl might get heartbroken one day and turn to someone else. Then you'll be crying!"

Shi Jin, who had been calm and composed even in the face of a collapsing mountain, immediately panicked upon hearing these words.

"Mom, how do you know that many boys are pursuing Bai Zhenzhu?"

"Of course Pearl told me herself!"

"Huh? Wh-what?"

“Pearl and I are like best friends; she tells me everything.”

"What did she say?" Shi Jin himself didn't realize how nervous he was when he said this.

"Son, are you really concerned about what Pearl said?" Mother Shi teased, amused as she looked at her silly son.

No one knows a son better than his mother; this son of hers has finally come to his senses.

"mom!"

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you, okay? Pearl told me about a junior named Fu Nansheng, I think he's from your school, right? She said Fu Nansheng..."

"She said Gu Siming..."

"She said Qin Shen..."

"Mom, wait a minute!"

"What's wrong?" Shi's mother was having a great time talking, why did she stop her?

"Has Bai Zhenzhu told you about so many people?!"

"Yes, not only these few, but also those from other universities. Oh, and there's also a little boy who's currently in his first year of high school pursuing her!"

"???!!!"

Shi Jin's eyes widened in shock, revealing a look of astonishment he could not hide.

So, Bai Zhenzhu is running a brothel?!

"Son, aren't you also amazed by how charming pearls are?"

"Mom, I'm not just feeling sentimental, I'm shocked. Even after what happened to Bai Zhenzhu, you still think she's innocent and kind?"

"The fact that boys are pursuing Pearl shows that she truly is a pearl; everyone likes her. Besides, Pearl has never accepted any of their advances. On the contrary, she has seriously rejected their confessions and said that the person she likes is you..."

"Son, Pearl has truly devoted herself to you; you must cherish her!"

"You refused?" Shi Jin immediately pouted, secretly pleased with herself.

"Yeah, she rejected him. Yesterday, that guy named Gu Siming was playing guitar and singing to confess his feelings downstairs at Pearl's dorm, but Pearl rejected him in front of everyone!"

Fearing that Shi Jin wouldn't believe her, Shi's mother even showed him a video she found on the campus network.

In the video, Bai Zhenzhu, wearing a light orange pajama, angrily tells Gu Siming, "Gu Siming, please don't sing downstairs in my dorm anymore. What you've done has had a very serious impact on me. And I can tell you very seriously now that I don't like you. The person I like is in the Finance Department at Peking University. He's very outstanding, I admire him a lot, and I can't live without him!"

Shi Jin never expected that Bai Zhenzhu's love for him was so deep, and that she even admired him.

He raised his left eyebrow slightly, his thin lips curving upwards in a triumphant arc, his eyes gleaming with pride and victory, as if showing off his importance to his mother.

What the mother and son didn't know was that the reason Bai Zhenzhu said such harsh words to Gu Siming last night was because Gu Siming was fickle and, while pursuing her, was also pursuing a freshman girl in college.

How could someone as proud as her tolerate being cheated on?

So she had to publicly humiliate him to vent her anger.

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