Chapter 53: Laughable Vanity
Chapter 53: Laughable Vanity
Isn’t that right?”
“Did you… really never like me?
‘You really are an outstanding actress, Qin Xiruo.
Her sneer pierced into him like a thousand swords. f.(r)eew ebnov\ll.com
Clenching her fist, Qin Xiruo hesitated to take a few steps towards them.
She didn’t think this would be his question!
Qin Xiruo had seen enough.
However, two could play the same game.
“Ling Xiaoting, you really are something,” sneered Ling Chunxi disdainfully.
Ling Chunxi’s words struck all the nails of thought stuck in the deepest, darkest parts of his heart. View the correct content at free.w e bn.ov(e)l(.)com.
Such a crafted smile and tone deserves an acting award.
But once she saw the two of them duck into a side alley, she sprang forward without hesitation to follow them secretly.
The blood drained from Ling Xiaoting’s face.
Ling Chunxi didn’t verbalize her response, but her reaction gave him a definitive answer that hurt more than a mere denial would have.
“Spit it out then!” barked Ling Chunxi exasperatedly.
She left him standing alone in the dark alley, rooted to the spot in shame.
All there had ever been, was loathing.
“That’s great, Sister Xiruo!
What an extreme pair.
You can forget about it once we’re done with this movie you’ve cast us in though.
Ling Xiaoting’s jaw dropped as he stared wide-eyed at Ling Chunxi.
“Oh, Chunxi.
“Chunxi…” Ling Xiaoting attempted to ask his question again after taking yet another deep breath.
She quickly stepped back from the mouth of the alleyway to avoid being seen.
This is such a coincidence.
“Ling Xiaoting, I already told you, I have other matters to attend to.
I was looking for you to discuss a few matters anyhow.” Even as she said this, disdain and condemnation flooded Ling Chunxi’s heart.
Her patience was wearing thin.
Indeed Qin Xiruo’s little scheme played out exactly as she had hoped.
Not even a little?”
You’ve never liked me in the past but now you suddenly need to know if I had ever liked you because my present status would make any past affection I might have had for you something to be proud of, and you’d then be able to validate your laughable vanity.
“Pfft—” Ling Chunxi burst out into raucous laughter.
As she waited for Ling Chunxi to exit the alley, she decided she would take a few steps forward at the right time to create the impression that she had bumped into Ling Chunxi coincidentally.
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However, he’d stuttered and stammered whenever he’d actually tried to ask.
Qin Xiruo felt her heart constrict at the sight of the two people ahead of her.
What were they talking about?’
It devolved into an amusing war of pinching and twitching between Ling Chunxi and Little White.
Ling Chunxi smiled radiantly back at Qin Xiruo.
“Yeah, it looks like I’ve got it right.
So, if you’ll excuse me.”
Observing this, Ling Xiaoting felt even more complexities rising within his heart.
“Can’t you spare me a moment Chunxi?
For a moment, she had actually thought Ling Xiaoting had some important matter to discuss with her.
She looked at Little White, snuggled in her embrace and began to fidget with its ears.
I really have to ask you something.” Ling Xiaoting wore a complicated expression upon his face and blocked off the alleyway so Ling Chunxi couldn’t leave just yet.
‘What was Ling Chunxi doing here?
Should he even ask her what he wanted to?
Ling Chunxi was more willing to play with a fox than to look him in the eye and listen to what he had to say.
Just speak up.” Ling Chunxi raised her head to meet Ling Xiaoting’s uncertain gaze with an impatient one.
Do you feel unsettled about my dislike of you because I have become someone worthy of your acknowledgement?
“Why are all the men here so laughable and self-degrading?
This peacock of a man had spotted her buying five-spice melon seeds earlier and had offered to treat her to them.
He felt humiliated, as though he’d been stripped naked in the middle of the town square.
Ling Chunxi’s impatient tone cut through the darkness of the alley.
How typical of you, Ling Xiaoting.” Ling Chunxi scoffed and walked past the vainest man she’d ever known, unbothered by the look of defeat he had on his face.
Not only was Ling Chunxi never interested in him that way, she had never harbored any goodwill towards him at all.
What are you doing here?
Little White’s ears twitched away from her devilish tweaks and pinches but Ling Chunxi kept at it.
And why was Ling Xiaoting cornering her like that?
“Well, what is it?
I’m very busy.
I was just about to buy some gifts and head over to your house to congratulate you on passing the assessment.” Once she saw Ling Chunxi, Qin Xiruo’s lips twisted into a pleasant smile and she spoke in a gentle, subdued tone.
He then proceeded to trail after and pester her, saying he had something he really needed to ask her.
I’ll win all the awards that come next.”
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