Chapter 93 Parting Ways
Bai Zhenzhu calmly returned to her dormitory, calmly took out her paintbrush, and calmly looked at the constantly flashing caller ID on her phone.
Finally, he calmly answered the phone.
"Bai Zhenzhu, I'm downstairs at your dorm. Come down now, I have something to tell you."
She simply replied with an "oh," then hung up the phone and obediently went downstairs.
Shi Jin stood beside the car, excitedly watching Bai Zhenzhu slowly approach him.
But I felt that something was wrong with Bai Zhenzhu's current state, especially since her once bright eyes now looked empty and lifeless.
He took a few steps forward, raised his arm, and tried to pull the person into his arms.
He had only gotten a little closer to her when Bai Zhenzhu immediately resisted and took several steps back, her emotions becoming extremely agitated.
"White pearl?"
Shi Jin looked at her, puzzled. After last night, shouldn't Bai Zhenzhu be more familiar with her own body? Shouldn't she be eager to hug him?
As if suddenly realizing something, Bai Zhenzhu was completely pulled out of her peaceful world. Her eyes were no longer clear, but filled with hatred and a fierce light.
"Shi Jin, my father..." Her voice trembled with suppressed emotion.
"Did you frame my father?" The trembling voice finally subsided, and her cold eyes shot precisely at Shi Jin.
Shi Jin's heart clenched, as if he felt an unprecedented pressure and coercion.
He fell silent.
He didn't even have the courage to deceive her like Bai Zhenzhu did.
"Shi Jin, why! Why did you do this?! Do you know I almost thought I'd only have a father in prison for the rest of my life, living with a stain on my record? Do you even know what I gave up to get my father out? I gave up my dignity, I even knelt down to Li Qianni! Do you even understand what kneeling is?! How dare you treat me like this? How dare you?!"
She screamed at the top of her lungs, but still felt a tightness in her chest from resentment.
Shi Jin stood there blankly, letting Bai Zhenzhu's powerless fists fall on him.
His throat felt as if it were sealed with cement, and he couldn't make a sound at all. Only his heavy breathing revealed his guilt and helplessness.
"Let me tell you, Shi Jin, I'm not putting up with you anymore! I'm not playing any more of your childish love games. Go play with whoever you want! From now on, Bai Zhenzhu has absolutely nothing to do with you, Shi Jin! Get out of my world right now! Get out!"
If someone else had insulted him like that, Shi Jin would have retaliated a thousandfold, but facing a devastated Bai Zhenzhu, he felt only guilt and heartache.
"White Pearl, do you hate me that much? Don't you know why I did this? It's because you don't love me and always want to escape from me that I came up with this plan. Besides, I never intended to do anything to your father. I just..."
"Yes! You just plotted to get my dad locked up for a while, and then once I've really become dependent on you, you'll release him, and then do me a favor so I'll be grateful to you, like recognizing a thief as my father, right?!"
Shi Jin couldn't refute it, because that was exactly what he thought, but the words were still too harsh. What did it mean to "recognize a thief as one's father"?
"Bai Zhenzhu, I'm sorry, I'll make sure your father comes out right away. Please don't be so angry, let's make peace, okay?" Shi Jin lowered his noble head, showing reluctance and yielding.
He stared into her eyes, which were slightly red, as if they were filled with resentment and despair. Even his usually cold and arrogant voice had become somewhat hoarse.
But Bai Zhenzhu ignored her and continued angrily, "Shi Jin, from the moment you set a trap for my father, I knew I could never be friends with you! I'm not afraid of you being angry. The reason I said I liked you and even agreed to be your lover was just to get you to save my father. I've never liked you at all. From the beginning, I approached you to get revenge on Li Qianni, and later I used you. In my eyes, you are not as good as Senior Su. You are a scumbag. I could never love you!"
She thought Shi Jin would be shocked and furious when he heard her true feelings.
But his expression seemed to say, "I know everything. I know you're using me, but I'm willing to be used by you."
At that moment, Bai Zhenzhu felt an indescribable stinging pain in her heart.
But she didn't pay much attention to such unfamiliar feelings, and stubbornly did what she thought was right.
"White Pearl, can't you really feel my affection for you?"
He clenched his fist tightly, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and spoke with a hint of bitterness.
"I don't need your approval."
Without looking at how unpleasant Shi Jin's expression was, she turned around and went upstairs without a second thought.
His gaze was fixed on her resolute back, his dark eyes sparsely lit.
His eyes were red, and eventually even his eyelids drooped down, like a flawed reconstructed product pulled from its pedestal, his whole being shrouded in shadow, looking exceptionally dejected...
...
From that day on, Bai Zhenzhu and Shi Jin were like two parallel lines that would never intersect, severing all ties between them.
After disappearing for a short period of time, Su Yi reappeared at Bai Zhenzhu's dormitory building on a sunny morning.
Exhausted and reeking of alcohol.
Bai Zhenzhu came downstairs wearing a thin black down jacket.
Seeing Su Yizheng so dejected, I still felt a little sorry for him, after all, I was still nominally his girlfriend.
But she was a terrible girlfriend; she even slept with other men.
In fact, ever since that day when she had a big fight with Shi Jin and they parted ways, Bai Zhenzhu has come to understand some things.
It's best not to force some people and some things.
She had always thought that the person she liked was Su Yizheng, but after so many days, apart from feeling a little guilty towards Su Yizheng, she didn't miss him at all.
Perhaps those five years did wear down many of the budding emotions.
What's even more ridiculous is that, occasionally, when the night is quiet, she would recall the moment when Shi Jin celebrated her birthday on the yacht...
She's probably acting strangely because of Shi Jin.
So when she sees Su Yizheng today, she needs to make things clear: her body has betrayed him, and she is no longer worthy of someone as outstanding as him.
She mustered her courage and walked step by step toward Su Yizheng...
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