Chapter 125 Lovesickness
Finally, Bai Zhenzhu returned to her room, and Shi Jin followed her in eagerly.
Bai Zhenzhu ignored him, got into bed, covered herself with a thick quilt, put on an eye mask, and prepared to rest.
Shi Jin knocked politely on the door. Bai Zhenzhu impatiently took off her blindfold and asked, "What else do you want?"
"Eat something first, then go to sleep."
I don't want to eat!
"Two choices: eat first and then sleep, or... finish first and then sleep."
Do you really enjoy making others make choices?
"I'm only giving you choices; no one else has that right."
"If your fiancée heard this, she'd be furious."
Shi Jin's eyes suddenly darkened.
"I've ended things with MaiMai."
Bai Zhenzhu thought he was joking and didn't take it seriously. She went along with him and said, "Oh, it's over. Congratulations on regaining your freedom."
Judging from Bai Zhenzhu's nonchalant tone, Shi Jin knew she didn't believe him.
"Bai Zhenzhu, I'm telling the truth. I've already broken off my engagement with the Mai family, and I will never see Mai Mai again."
Bai Zhenzhu began to scrutinize him curiously. "Did Mai Mai cheat on you? Or did you go bankrupt?"
"No, it's not that. I just don't want to run away anymore. I love you, and you've always been the one I love."
Bai Zhenzhu burst out laughing, clearly showing disbelief and contempt.
"I really feel sorry for Mai Mai. She waited for you for three years, and all she got in return was someone who never loved her? Are all men this shameless?"
Shi Jin ignored her sarcasm and said seriously, "I admit that a large part of the reason I got engaged to Mai Mai was because I was angry with you. I thought you had really gone abroad to marry Li Zifeng and settle down. In addition, the Shi family and the Mai family are deeply involved, and Mai Mai didn't care that I didn't love her, so the marriage was the best choice for me at the time. In the past three years, although I forced myself not to love you, and even found all sorts of reasons to hate you, it was all just self-deception. From the moment I fell in love with you, my heart has been beating for you. I love you, and I only love you... Pearl, can you forgive me and give me another chance?"
The first time he completely opened up his inner world to Bai Zhenzhu, he was vulnerable and sincere.
Bai Zhenzhu felt a pang of unease, but it was only a fleeting feeling.
She would no longer naively believe men's words; how could lost trust be regained in just a few words?
"I can forgive you, but I will never give you another chance, because I'm going to marry my senior."
"Pearl, I know you don't love Su Yizheng. Don't ruin your own happiness just to spite me, okay? If you hate me, you can hurt me badly, but don't hurt yourself."
Li Zifeng also said something similar, asking her if she was trying to spite him. Was Bai Zhenzhu really that shallow?
"Are all men this confident? I didn't marry my senior to spite anyone; I just felt he was a good match for marriage, and I wanted to settle down."
“I can settle down with you, Pearl. Don’t marry him.” She gripped her wrist, never having been more serious.
"But I don't want a stable relationship with you!" Bai Zhenzhu suddenly became agitated and shook off his hand. "Shi Jin, I don't love you, I don't love you! Please don't bother me anymore!"
She shouted until her voice cracked, until she lost all her strength, until her vision blurred.
Shi Jin stood there, stunned. Those words, "I don't love you," felt like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, causing him unbearable pain.
But he couldn't give up. If he lost Bai Zhenzhu, he didn't know what he could rely on to support the rest of his life.
"Pearl, calm down. I won't force you anymore. Whether you love me or not, I don't care anymore. Just don't push me away, don't be so cruel as to make me leave..."
Finally, he knelt weakly on one knee, looking as broken and dejected as a dog cruelly abandoned by its owner...
Bai Zhenzhu was too exhausted to continue her hysterical argument with him, so she temporarily acquiesced to Shi Jin's words.
The two finished their meal quietly. Bai Zhenzhu went back to her room to sleep, while Shi Jin sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
He didn't sleep all night, staring blankly at a certain spot with his eyes open, not even using his phone, as if his soul had been ripped away.
But his mind was far from idle; he thought about many things, about the past and about the future.
He tried to convince himself to give up on the white pearl, but the heart-wrenching feeling was something he didn't want to experience again.
Once is enough.
As dawn approached, he glanced in the direction of the bedroom.
Although the door was closed, he seemed to be able to see that sleeping face, and he smiled with relief.
...
Bai Zhenzhu slept a little longer because she was too tired.
I felt very hungry as soon as I woke up.
But she didn’t know if it was just her imagination, but she thought she smelled tofu pudding and steamed buns.
This was a huge temptation for her nose in a foreign land.
She went to the restroom to wash up, changed into a pretty little dress, and came out.
As soon as the door opened, the aroma of food wafted even stronger.
She walked to the dining table with a delighted expression and saw tofu pudding and steamed buns. Her mouth watered uncontrollably.
At this moment, Shi Jin walked out wearing an apron, looking unkempt, with flour stuck to her cheeks.
It looks comical yet inexplicably heartbreaking.
Bai Zhenzhu restrained herself from looking at him and asked with feigned disdain, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"
"Pearl, are you hungry? I made you breakfast. I don't know how it tastes, but it looks pretty good."
He pretended not to know what was going on, took off his apron, and began to set out bowls and chopsticks for Bai Zhenzhu, serving her with meticulous care and attentiveness.
Bai Zhenzhu really wanted to have the guts to say, "I won't eat what you make!"
But if upholding one's principles means going hungry, then let's put that aside for now.
Bai Zhenzhu ate a spoonful of tofu pudding with her left hand and picked up a small steamed bun with chopsticks in her right hand, her mouth stuffed full.
It's so delicious!
"How is it? Pearls, are they delicious?"
Shi Jin stared intently at Bai Zhenzhu, observing her expression. When he saw her beaming with joy, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Zhenzhu realized she couldn't appear so satisfied, so she frowned and pretended to dislike it, saying, "It's alright, it's far inferior to breakfast shops, but we can't throw it away, let's just make do with it."
"My Pearl is such a kind and understanding woman. Even though my cooking is terrible, she can't bear to waste it. Sweetie, then eat it while it's hot." Shi Jin didn't know what got into her, but she patted her head and spoke to her in such a sticky tone.
Bai Zhenzhu looked at the big head with a big question mark.
Are you alright?
I think I'm sick.
"What illness?"
"lovesickness……"
Bai Zhenzhu only now realized that it wasn't Shi Jin who was sick, but rather she who was sick. He was mentally unstable, and she was still fooling around with him.
She stopped talking and started eating in silence.
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