Chapter 447 Li Jingshen's regret, that beautiful Chen Zhichu no longer belongs to him
"It's okay." Li Jingshen looked at the file in Zhao Qian's hand, "What is this?"
"I need you to sign a contract and investigate Lu Tingchuan. The Li Corporation in J City has been in a state of turmoil lately. Ever since Lu Tingchuan's leg was broken, their stock has been falling. Coupled with Lu Tingchuan's recent appearance, several shareholders are getting restless."
Li Jingshen's expression was calm: "Yeah."
That’s it?
"Give me the documents to sign."
Zhao Qian went over and sorted the documents. Li Jingshen quickly looked through them with a pen in hand, and signed his name after confirming that they were correct.
Seeing that Zhao Qian was still not leaving, Li Jingshen asked, "What else?"
"Boss Li, um... Miss Shen has already signed for it, but the information I got is that it was her boyfriend who signed it."
Li Jingshen's heart choked, and his upper body was obviously stunned. He choked in his throat for a while and asked, "Chen Zhichu's boyfriend?"
When Zhao Qian got the news, he was actually hesitating whether he should tell Li Jingshen, but Li Jingshen would know it sooner or later, so it would be better to inform him first instead of catching him off guard.
"It was the gatekeeper who said that Miss Shen went back with a man. She had planned to return it as usual, but the man next to her opened the package."
Li Jingshen's voice was a little hoarse: "Where are the flowers?"
"I threw it away just like before, and only took the gift box."
"How do you know that's Shen Zhichu's boyfriend?" Li Jingshen asked again.
"It was the gatekeeper who said that Miss Shen introduced it to me in person."
Li Jingshen felt a pain in his chest and tremblingly inserted his fingers into his hair, holding his head. His whole body seemed to be submerged in ice water, his breathing was shallow, and his hands and feet were cold.
He never thought that Shen Zhichu would become someone else's girlfriend so quickly, leaving him no chance at all.
When he saw Shen Zhichu climbing onto Bai Qiujing's back and leaving that day, he had anticipated this day, but the thought was extinguished as soon as it emerged, and he didn't dare to think about it.
Bai Qiujing had told him before that he and Shen Zhichu were lovers and everything that should and shouldn't have happened had happened.
He was furious at the time, but then he thought about it carefully. Bai Qiujing clearly looked like he was lying, and if something really happened between him and Shen Zhichu, how could he be so upset by his few words?
He had been thinking that as long as Shen Zhichu was not with Bai Qiujing, then he might have a chance.
Li Jingshen suppressed the urge to shout at the top of his lungs. With a bitter look on his face, he said to himself, "It's okay. So what if we're lovers? As long as we're not married, it's fine." Besides, every marriage ends in divorce.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't mind. He wished he could be Bai Qiujing and stand by Shen Zhichu openly and honestly, instead of pestering her every day and giving her the things she once liked.
Li Jingshen was surprisingly calm, but the hand holding his forehead was shaking.
Chen Zhichu always said that he didn't understand love. His liking for her was because he had mistaken Bai Yueguang for someone else and she was ruined, so he was looking for a place to rely on to offset his guilt for killing someone.
He did feel guilty and remorseful, but he didn't love her for that kind of comfort.
He had liked her from the very beginning. Shen Zhichu, a blurry figure in the water, had amazed him for nine years until she left.
He mistook Xia Yanyue for the figure in the water, but most of the time when he was with Xia Yanyue, he was trying to find that fleeting glimpse of beauty in Xia Yanyue.
Chen Zhichu said that he didn't understand love, and she was the same. They both recognized the wrong person, met the wrong person at the wrong time, and even the glances they exchanged were wrong.
Shen Zhichu is also indifferent by nature. Her feelings seem heavy, but in fact they are too light. Her liking for him is a mistake. Once she realizes this mistake, she will take it all back.
When he was still with Shen Zhichu, he tried to ask her, if he hadn't saved her, would she marry him?
Shen Zhichu's direct answer at the time was no, she wouldn't even look at him, let alone marry him.
Li Jingshen regretted the past. If he had been gentler to Shen Zhichu, if he had understood love earlier, Shen Zhichu would not be so far away from him.
Shen Zhichu, what a proud and outspoken woman! All the women in Rongcheng combined cannot compare to Shen Zhichu.
He once looked down on Shen Zhichu's pride and locked her up at home like a bird. Not feeling that was not enough, he destroyed her wings that caused her to be proud. It was not until he lost the Shen Zhichu with bright eyes that he woke up and realized that what he loved most was the proud and energetic Shen Zhichu.
That proud Shen Zhichu always remained in the depths of his memory, becoming more and more vague as time went by. Occasionally, he couldn't help but think about her, but what he imagined was always different from what he remembered, until Shen Zhichu came back again and she stood beside Bai Qiujing.
Those vague memories suddenly became clear. Oh yes, this was the Shen Zhichu who had not yet married him.
Her pride, self-confidence, publicity, brightness, smile, and health all returned, but this perfect Shen Zhichu no longer belonged to him. All her good qualities belonged to the man named Bai Qiujing.
Shen Zhichu, can't you give me a chance to learn how to love?
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