Chapter 69 Catching Up
"Ha, still acting? I've noticed your acting skills are now on par with Li Qianni's," she said sarcastically.
"Bai Zhenzhu, explain yourself clearly. What role did I play? And who exactly is Guoguo?"
"That night! Who were you with that night?"
Perhaps Shi Jin felt guilty, so Bai Zhenzhu didn't explain clearly, but he already understood what she meant that night.
"You...you knew all along?"
His eyes twitched noticeably, revealing unease and anxiety, as if something bad was about to happen.
Shi Jin thought he would never know about what happened that night, or about that woman, Bai Zhenzhu.
Although nothing happened between him and that girl, it was still not something to be proud of, and even if it were told, Bai Zhenzhu would find it hard to believe his innocence.
"Shi Jin, since you've admitted it, let's not dwell on it anymore."
"What do you mean?!" Shi Jin almost roared.
His face was terribly gloomy, and his eyes gradually turned bloodshot, his sinister gaze filled with coldness. His originally aloof temperament suddenly turned sinister and perverse.
Bai Zhenzhu was a little frightened by Shi Jin's ruthlessness, but she would not back down. Since she had made a decision, she should end it as soon as possible.
She met Shi Jin's dark eyes and said solemnly, word by word, "I said, I don't like you anymore. Let's break up and never see each other again."
Shi Jin desperately tried to suppress his breathing, but the pain in his heart was like a sharp knife, mercilessly tearing at his soul.
"Why? Why don't you like me anymore? Didn't you want to seduce me? Didn't you want lots and lots of handbags? I can buy them for you, I have lots and lots of money, I can give you everything you want..."
His eyes reddened, and he closed them briefly to suppress the stinging sensation.
She murmured softly, her voice trembling with a pleading tone, pitiful and helpless.
Bai Zhenzhu stared at Shi Jin speechlessly, her eyes cold and distant.
Actually, Shi Jin's behavior is quite pathetic. He used to be such a high and mighty prince who would never give in no matter what, but now he's here begging her to buy him a bag.
It shattered her illusions instantly and dealt a heavy blow to her admiration for the strong.
She prefers men who stand tall and look down on the world, not such humble and fragile little puppies.
"Shi Jin, do you know how despicable you are right now? I used to desperately tell you I liked you and wanted to be with you, but you were only focused on Li Qianni and wouldn't even glance at me. Now you're trying to create this devoted lover persona? Even if you gave me all your wealth, I wouldn't want it! Let me tell you the truth, I was just playing around with you. You only wanted to sleep with me because I'm pretty, right? Now you have Guo Guo, you have a woman to sleep with, so just be with her. I wish you two a long and happy life together..."
White Pearl left.
His thoughts were in turmoil, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.
Watching that familiar figure walk away from me, my eyes gradually emptied, and my heart felt as if it had been hollowed out...
With a final, self-deprecating laugh, he used his last bit of strength to turn around and get into the car, the last spark of hope in his heart completely extinguished.
He asked himself: Am I disappointed? Am I sad? Do I still love you?
like?
He really loves her! It seems he truly can't let her go...
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"Pearl, you just drove Shi Jin away like that? Aren't you going to get revenge?"
When Yin Jiaxi heard Bai Zhenzhu say that she had broken up with Shi Jin, she was utterly astonished.
This is different from the original intention of Bai Zhenzhu.
Didn't we agree that she would date Shi Jin, and then dump him when he loved her the most?
Why did it feel like the brakes suddenly came on?
Bai Zhenzhu said calmly, "I feel disgusted just looking at Shi Jin now. How can I take revenge? I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and I'll just throw up. Besides, I don't need to make myself suffer like that. I never liked him in the first place. I only seduced him to make Li Qianni feel bad. Now, Li Qianni is just one step away from completely breaking down. I can think of another way."
"Then what's your solution?"
Bai Zhenzhu smiled meaningfully, "It'll be a secret for now, but you'll find out soon enough."
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Shen Yifan was on a date with his girlfriend when Shi Jin called him out for drinks.
Although he had some complaints, he felt he had to be there for his good friend who was so heartbroken.
"Old Shi, how about I call Qin Shen over? He can hold his liquor and he'll have a few more drinks with you."
Shen Yifan was unaware that the two brothers were about to turn against each other because of Bai Zhenzhu, so he was still thinking of inviting Qin Shen to come and drink with them.
Shi Jin didn't answer, but instead picked up a glass of strong liquor in frustration and drank it down.
Shen Yifan assumed that Shi Jin had tacitly approved, so he picked up his phone to call Qin Shen.
"Hey, Qin Shen..."
He had barely uttered a name when Shi Jin snatched the phone away, hung up, and tossed it aside.
Shen Yifan looked at him in confusion, "Old Shi, I was calling Qin Shen, why did you snatch my phone?"
"You are not allowed to call him Qin Shen."
"What's wrong? Did you two have a fight?"
Normally, Qin Shen and Shi Jin are inseparable, with Qin Shen almost always following them everywhere. What's going on here?
"Qin Shen likes white pearls."
"Huh? Well, everyone already knows that, so what does this have to do with white pearls?"
After asking that question, Shen Yifan looked at Shi Jin's obviously heartbroken expression and, recalling that time at the hot spring, suddenly realized what had happened.
Because Shi Jin also likes Bai Zhenzhu, Shi Jin and Qin Shen are now rivals in love, and rivals in love can't sit together and have a heart-to-heart talk and drink.
He sat down next to Shi Jin, patted Shi Jin's shoulder reassuringly, and said earnestly, "Old Shi, you've finally admitted that you like Bai Zhenzhu."
Shi Jin gave a soft chuckle.
"I have fallen in love with Bai Zhenzhu, but she doesn't love me anymore."
Shi Jin's fleeting sense of loss and pain stunned Shen Yifan, who had known him for so many years.
"Old Shi, this kind of dejected attitude isn't like you. Now that you understand your own heart, don't worry about what Bai Zhenzhu thinks. Winning her over is the most important thing!"
"Chase her? How am I supposed to chase her? She already said not to contact her again. Am I supposed to shamelessly pester her? Is that the kind of person I, Shi Jin, am?"
"Is saving face more important than the woman you like? I don't think you actually like Bai Zhenzhu that much."
In Shen Yifan's view, a man's dignity is utterly worthless in front of the woman he likes.
A man who abandons a woman for the sake of dignity can only wait to be a bachelor for life.
Shi Jin immediately retorted, "I like white pearls, I like them very much."
"If that's the case, what are you still wallowing in self-pity for? Why don't you hurry up and win her back?"
"But how do we pursue them?"
Shi Jin is indeed a clueless romantic, needing to ask for advice on such a simple question.
"Tell me first what exactly happened between you two. That way I can prescribe the right remedy for you..."
Shi Jin recounted everything that happened that night.
Shen Yifan accurately grasped two pieces of information: one was that Bai Zhenzhu knew what happened to Shi Jin that night, and the other was that woman named Guoguo...
In conclusion, Bai Zhenzhu was clearly jealous, and all those heartless words she said were just said in anger.
Only this fool, Shi Jin, couldn't understand.
"Old Shi, do you really not understand why Bai Zhenzhu wanted to leave you?"
She said she was just playing around with me...
"Holy crap! Lao Shi, has your emotional intelligence been completely devoured by your IQ? Can't you tell that Bai Zhenzhu is jealous? Why didn't you explain what happened that night properly? And that Guoguo, your top priority right now is to find her and confront Bai Zhenzhu face to face!"
"Is Guoguo the girl from that night?"
"You don't even know this? Even I, an outsider, understand it clearly, and you still don't know who Guoguo is? Old Shi, no wonder you're still single. It seems there's a reason for everything."
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