Chapter 73 Sincerity
"Pearl, who is he?"
Shi Jin is gone.
Bai Zhenzhu was still carefully held in Su Yizheng's arms, his eyes full of worry.
Bai Zhenzhu raised her wet, pitiful eyes to look at Su Yizheng, leaning weakly against his chest, and said with a sob, "Senior, please don't listen to his nonsense. He just used to pursue me. He's a bit extreme, and his mind seems a little unstable. He always fantasizes that I'm his girlfriend. Once he almost... he almost... Luckily, my best friend found out, and he didn't succeed..."
Su Yi patted Bai Zhenzhu's arm tenderly and promised, "Zhenzhu, I'll protect you from now on and I won't let that kind of person get close to you again."
A triumphant smile appeared on Bai Zhenzhu's lips. Men, after all, can't bear to see the women they like suffer. She believed that Su Yizheng would no longer believe anything Shi Jin said.
Shi Jin, you'd better keep your word and never bother me again. From now on, I'm going to be with Senior Su...
...
Shi Jin had never been so dejected in his life, nor had he ever been dumped by a woman before. This was a major setback for him.
He was depressed all day and didn't go home until the early hours of the morning.
Shi's mother saw it all and felt deeply pained.
That night, he returned to his apartment late at night, still drunk.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Shi's mother sitting upright on the sofa.
"Mom, what brings you here?"
Shi Jin took off her shoes, staggered into the room, and then plopped down on the sofa, sprawling out on her back.
Shi's mother looked at Shi Jin with a disappointed expression and slapped him hard on the shoulder. "Xiao Jin, are you still my son? Can't you pull yourself together and win Pearl back for me? I warned you a long time ago that Pearl is so sought after. If you don't seize the opportunity, someone else will easily snatch her away. Now look what's happened, Pearl's white moonlight has come back. You're completely out of luck this time!"
"Her white moonlight? That man is her white moonlight?!"
Every man knows the destructive power of a "white moonlight" (a term used to describe someone who is deeply loved or cherished), and Shi Jin panicked once again.
Although he said he would never look for her again, he knew in his heart that he couldn't let her go at all. Now, Bai Zhenzhu's image was on his mind every day, and he couldn't do anything else.
He still thought that the man was just an ordinary man who liked white pearls.
If she is his ideal woman, does he still have a chance of winning?
"Yes, Pearl told me that he was her senior in high school, someone she had liked for a long time. If he hadn't gone abroad to study, they might have naturally gotten together. Pearl also told me that he's very successful now. Not only did he graduate from MIT's finance department, but he also works as a trader on Wall Street. He's made over a hundred million through his own efforts, and he's back in China now because he wants to get back together with Pearl and settle down..."
"What about Bai Zhenzhu? What's she thinking? Does she also want to settle down with him?"
Shi Jin's voice trembled involuntarily, and his eyes darted around, showing a hint of evasion.
Mother Shi sighed deeply, her face contorted with bitterness, and said, "Pearl said... she can't forget him..."
Shi Jin felt a "boom," as if something had exploded in his mind.
Feeling lost, helpless, and filled with pain and sorrow, he felt as if his heart was being torn apart.
"Mom, am I really going to lose her?"
He suddenly became as vulnerable as a child seeking comfort, nestled in his mother's arms, his eyes welling up with tears.
Shi's mother couldn't bear to see her son like this, and gently comforted him, "Son, things can be done. I believe that Pearl still has feelings for you, and it won't end so easily. As for you, don't overthink it. Don't get drunk anymore. You need to pull yourself together and try to move Pearl with your sincerity..."
...
Because of her mother's words, Shi Jin decided to cheer up.
He is the heir of the Shi family, a chosen one of heaven. How could he be defeated by something so trivial?
Isn't she just a white moonlight who disappeared for five years?
Is he destined to lose to his white moonlight? That's laughable!
The next day, he went to class as usual.
Although he was a senior, his finance major courses were always very full.
He has missed a lot of classes recently, and he needs to catch up.
So he spent several days in a row in the library.
Because it was so late, he went back to his dorm to sleep.
As soon as the door opened, Qin Shen, who had just finished making a phone call to Bai Zhenzhu from the balcony, was stunned for a few seconds when he saw Shi Jin come in.
He gave an awkward laugh. "Young Master Shi, you're back."
There was still a sense of distance between the two.
Shi Jin nodded, not wanting to pay him any attention. He was a little tired and was going to take a shower and go to bed as soon as possible.
As soon as he reached the bathroom door, Qin Shen stopped him.
"Young Master Shi, did you know that Pearl is in a relationship?"
Shi Jin's heart clenched, and he forced back the pain as he turned to look at Qin Shen, as if waiting for his next words.
“I just called Pearl, but it seems she’s blocked me. I heard from her classmate Yin Jiaxi that she’s now dating a senior she used to like from high school, and told me not to contact her anymore. Ha, Pearl is really heartless. Even if she wants to dump me, she won’t even tell me to my face…”
Qin Shen gave a bitter smile, his eyes instantly welling up with tears.
Shi Jin didn't know what to say either. The two of them were now in the same boat, both men who had been ruthlessly abandoned by Bai Zhenzhu.
So he no longer felt any distance from Qin Shen, and instead patted him on the shoulder, asking as someone who had been through it all, "Want me to have a drink with you?"
The two of them drank one bottle after another until they were completely drunk.
"Young Master Shi, do you think Pearl even has a heart? I pursued her for so long, and she immediately agreed to be my girlfriend. How come another 'white moonlight' suddenly appeared? Is Qin Shen really that dispensable in her eyes? I finally turned over a new leaf, but I ended up becoming cannon fodder..."
Qin Shen was drunk and probably couldn't even understand what he was saying, but Shi Jin found it increasingly difficult to listen.
In Bai Zhenzhu's heart, he was no different from Qin Shen; they were both just playthings she could summon and dismiss at will.
Perhaps they never had even a shred of sincerity.
Qin Shen finished another bottle of beer, then said confidently, "I don't care! I love Pearl! I can't give up. I'm going to her school tomorrow to talk to her and clear things up! Young Master Shi, why don't you come with me?"
He will definitely go, but not with Qin Shen...
The next day, Qin Shen went straight to the hospital after drinking so much that he suffered a stomach hemorrhage.
Shi Jin took care of him for the whole morning. After his parents arrived, she left and went straight to Bai Zhenzhu's school.
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