Upon seeing Zhang Xinrui, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went over to shake her hand.
"You scared me to death! Why didn't you answer the phone?"
Zhang Xinrui stared at him coldly, without saying a word.
"Huh? Why did you change your clothes? Did you go to change?"
Chen Zhe noticed that Zhang Xinrui was not wearing the same clothes she had been wearing earlier.
Just then, a man's voice sounded from behind.
His voice was somewhat gloomy.
"Who are you? Let go of my fiancée's hand! Or I'll kill you."
Chen Zhe didn't react much. He thought the person being called wasn't him, but when a man's hand was placed on his shoulder, he realized that the person the man was talking about was him.
"You bastard! Didn't you hear me?"
The man's fist was about to strike Chen Zhe's face when a cold female voice rang out.
"That's enough, Lin Xi, he's mistaken me for someone else."
Upon hearing this voice, Chen Zhe finally realized that the person he was holding was not Zhang Xinrui, but Zhang Xinai.
They are twin sisters.
They look very similar; Chen Zhe mistook them for each other last time.
He let go of her hand somewhat awkwardly.
"I'm sorry, I thought..."
"You think it's Xinrui, right?" Zhang Xin'ai crossed her arms and looked coldly at Chen Zhe.
Chen Zhe nodded.
At this moment, Zhang Xinrui came out of the restroom and was stunned when she saw that everyone was there.
"Sis, what are you doing here?"
Zhang Xin'ai turned around and looked at her angrily; "That's the question I should be asking you! What are you doing here with him?"
...
In the coffee shop of the mall.
Four people, two men and two women, sat facing each other.
Zhang Xin'ai immediately questioned, "Why did you come to the movies with my sister?"
"Because a new movie was released."
"Huh? I was asking why you came with her?"
"Because she wanted to come too."
Chen Zhe's nonsense was driving Zhang Xin'ai crazy; "That's enough! I'm asking why!! You're with her!!"
She stood up angrily, like a tigress ready to pounce.
Her fiancé, Lin Xi, shrank to the side upon seeing this, as if it were an instinctive reaction.
Zhang Xinrui finally spoke up at this moment: "Sister, can you please stop doing this? Chen Zhe and I just bumped into each other by chance and then came to see a movie together."
Zhang Xin'ai chuckled. She knew in her heart that her younger sister still had some lingering feelings for the man in front of her. Chen Zhe had saved her before, and she had noticed then that her sister was interested in Chen Zhe.
However, the two of them cannot be together, and there is no future for them. Rather than letting his sister be sad in the future, it is better to make everything clear now.
"Chen Zhe, I hope you won't contact my sister again. Do you understand what I mean?"
Chen Zhe had never intended to contact Zhang Xinrui, and he knew what Zhang Xinai was worried about. He wouldn't make enemies with Zhang Xinai for Zhang Xinrui's sake, so he was prepared to agree.
But just then, Zhang Xinrui, who was standing to the side, said angrily, "Why? Why can't Chen Zhe contact me?"
"Why should I? Just because your surname is Zhang. You'll have other paths in the future. There's no need to keep in touch with some unimportant people."
"Who doesn't have friends? Are you going to restrict me from even making friends?"
"There are many kinds of friends, and you have gone beyond the boundaries of normal friendship."
"What do you mean by crossing the line if we just watch a movie together?"
"If you watch a movie today, you can go to the amusement park together tomorrow, book a hotel room the day after tomorrow, and elope the day after that. Do you think that's going too far?"
"Sis! That's baseless speculation! Chen Zhe and I are just ordinary friends."
"The boundary of being ordinary friends is not something you define for yourself."
"Who decides that? Can't I even decide for myself who I make friends with?"
"You can't define it yourself; it's determined by your future husband's family."
Zhang Xinrui was so angry she laughed. She pointed at Lin Xi, who was drinking coffee.
"Is this the kind of husband's family you're talking about? This kind of good-for-nothing rich kid? This kind of man who's as obedient as a lapdog in front of you?"
Chen Zhe was taken aback and couldn't help but glance at Lin Xi beside him. Zhang Xinrui's words were a blatant insult to him, and he thought she would lose her temper and raise her fist to hit him like before.
Surprisingly, he held back.
He was holding back.
Being pointed at in the face and called a good-for-nothing rich kid and a simp by a woman made even Chen Zhe a little angry.
This guy was so mean to him just now, and he actually managed to put up with it.
That's impressive.
Zhang Xin'ai crossed her arms, not defending her fiancé, and continued to insist on her own set of reasons.
"This is our fate. You were born into the Zhang family, you live in the Zhang family, and you use the Zhang family's things, so you have to be responsible for the Zhang family's future."
Zhang Xinrui clearly did not accept this line of reasoning.
"The Zhang family only needs you, right? You can take over the company from now on, can't you? You're in charge of making money, you're in charge of inheriting the family business, and you can just let me go, okay? I have friends I want to make, and things I want to do. I don't want you to control everything I do!"
"Xinrui, it's irresponsible of you to say that!"
"Why should I have to take responsibility? These responsibilities are not what I want to bear at all. They are imposed on me by my parents and you. They found you a partner, and even if you don't like him, you have to marry him. But I'm sorry, this is not the life I want!"
After saying that, Zhang Xinrui ran away crying.
Chen Zhe hesitated for a moment, but still followed.
Seeing his angry fiancée, Lin Xi stepped forward to comfort her, saying, "Xin'ai, Xinrui is still young, she doesn't understand yet."
Zhang Xin'ai did not accept Lin Xi's comforting words. Instead, she pointed at his face and cursed, "It's all your fault! If you were more ambitious and achieved something, I wouldn't have given my sister any leverage over me. Now, whenever I try to discipline her, she uses you as a negative example. You've really made me lose face!"
Lin Xi didn't seem angry; on the contrary, he felt guilty.
“Xin’ai, I also have my own difficulties…”
"Enough!! I don't want to hear any more of your grievances. Get out of my sight right now. I feel irritated even if I look at you for just one second. If you hadn't been born into a good family, we would never have this kind of relationship. Get out of here!"
“Xin’ai…”
"roll!!!"
Lin Xi hesitated for a moment, sighed, and then came out.
...
Chen Zhe caught up with Zhang Xinrui.
I handed her the tissue.
Zhang Xinrui took the tissue, wiped her tears, and said thank you.
"Now you understand, right? It's because this is something I can't control at all. Everything about me is arranged by them. I feel like I'm not even human; I'm just a commodity for sale. This feeling is painful, extremely painful, you know?"
Chen Zhe nodded; "Although I can't fully empathize with you, I saw your tears. If there's anything that can cheer you up, as your friend, I can help you."
Zhang Xinrui looked up at him; "Then... will you be my boyfriend?"
...
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