More than half a minute passed before he spoke.
"You've really changed."
"..."
Mu Zeyu looked down at the coffee cup, as if recalling the past, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "I remember when you were fifteen, you were very smart. You were already a college student at fifteen. You said you were the youngest student in your class and didn't have much in common with them. You always felt very lonely."
"Back then, I told you not to be afraid, that I was here. Do you remember?"
"I don't remember."
"..."
Ji Zhinan looked at him and said, "I have a bad memory and I never remember things that are meaningless."
A hint of embarrassment appeared on Mu Zeyu's face, and his airs of a young master resurfaced.
With a stern face, he said seriously, "Nan Nan, it's okay for girls to have a temper, but you also need to know when to stop. Having a temper is cute, but going too far is just being pretentious."
"So what?"
Ji Zhinan took a sip of coffee, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his legs.
"Even if she's being pretentious, it's not Young Master Mu's place to pamper her. Why is Young Master Mu worrying so much?"
"..."
Mu Zeyu's expression stiffened, and after a long while he finally spoke: "So you still hate me after all."
"???"
"I knew it. My engagement to Xiaxia was a shadow you'd never be able to escape for the rest of your life, because you knew I would never belong to you again..."
Ji Zhinan twitched his lips speechlessly.
Mu Zeyu gritted his teeth, looking at Ji Zhinan with considerable emotion: "Even so, you can't hurt yourself to get revenge on me. What's the point? Even if you fall from grace, I can't abandon Ji Zhixia for you. Don't you understand?!"
Seeing Ji Zhinan's confused expression, Mu Zeyu chuckled.
"Stop pretending, I know everything."
"You became Gu Yibei's mistress, didn't you? Minmin was fired because of you whispering in Gu Yibei's ear."
Ji Zhinan was amused: "Young Master, your sister is just asking for trouble, what does it have to do with anyone else?"
"But if it weren't for you, why would Gu Yibei deliberately target the Mu family and Minmin?"
"That might be because you have a problem with your character, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he wanted to rid the people of this scourge."
"..."
Seeing that Ji Zhinan was still "unrepentant" to this day, Mu Zeyu had a look of disappointment on his face.
"Enough!"
He gave a low growl and shook his head with a look of disappointment.
"You've really disappointed me. You've ruined yourself to get revenge on me. Do you really think that will make me come back to you? Give up! Your sister Ji Zhixia and I are already engaged. We are husband and wife, the people we're going to spend our lives with. You're just my sister-in-law, my wife's sister. We'll never have any other relationship."
"..."
“I hope you can calm down and not hurt others just because I don’t want you. Minmin is innocent. I hope you can forgive her and make Gu Yibei stop.”
"Forgive her?" Ji Zhinan laughed: "Forgiving her is God's business. If she keeps courting death, I wouldn't mind sending her to meet God!"
"How dare you!" Mu Zeyu gritted his teeth. "Ji Zhinan, you should know when to stop. It's just a small matter, why are you making such a big deal out of it? Minmin was wrong, she just apologized and you forgave her, isn't that enough?!"
"If saying 'sorry' was enough, what would be the point of having police?"
"..."
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