Chapter 63
Ping'an went to a city in the south overnight and sent money to his younger brother Zhou Rugu on the way.
Three days later, Ping An found a tutoring job.
As the days passed, the peaceful life seemed to calm down.
One day, Ping An looked up and accidentally glanced at the newspaper of the person next to her. She saw the news of the engagement between the eldest son of the Cheng family and the young lady of the Gu family in the financial report.
It praised how well-matched the eldest son of the Cheng family and the young lady of the Gu family were, and how considerate and polite Cheng Xiangheng was to Gu Shuya.
She just took a quick look and hurried off to work.
Winter is coming soon, and it is always damp and cold in the south. Ping An bought a down jacket and a cotton jacket, ready to get through this winter.
She quit her tutoring job and joined a large company with good salary and benefits. Ping An planned to live a good life like this.
If Cheng Xiangheng hadn't climbed over her window one night and forced himself into the same bed with her.
Ping An was horrified. She lived on the sixth floor, and Cheng Xiangheng actually climbed in directly.
He was cold and half-knelt beside Ping'an's bed.
"Sister, I've been so tired recently. I've been looking for you all the time, but I can't find you no matter how hard I try."
Ping An was so frightened that he stepped back: "You, why are you here?"
Cheng Xiangheng warmed himself up before moving over and holding Ping An's hand: "Sister, I miss you so much. I can't live without you..."
Ping An stood up and tried to shake off Cheng Xiangheng's hand, but he pulled her tighter and even hugged her waist.
Ping An suppressed his anger and said, "You already have a fiancée. I can't be the third party!"
"I don't have a fiancée. The one engaged to Gu Shuya is the Cheng family's illegitimate son. He has nothing to do with me. The media only mentioned my name to attract attention. Now those reports have all disappeared and will not be circulated again!"
"That has nothing to do with me!" Ping An angrily broke free from Cheng Xiangheng's hand.
In the darkness, Cheng Xiangheng's tears fell on Ping An's arms. Her body stiffened, and then she smiled bitterly: "Cheng Xiangheng, don't you think that the two of us are not suitable for each other? I don't understand why you always pick on me."
"We are the most suitable couple in the world. How can we not be suitable? We are a perfect match!"
Cheng Xiangheng turned on the light, and his pitiful yet beautiful face appeared in front of Ping An. He took Ping An's hand and placed it on his face. Ping An felt a wet spot, and she softened her emotions and no longer obsessed with the engagement.
"But what should I say if you ask someone to investigate me?"
Cheng Xiangheng's eyes became even more moist: "Sister, I really don't know what to do. We used to go to school together, but I could never find you. You were in class when I was in class, and when I wanted to find you after class, you were never where you were. You were either buying water with this person or watching others play basketball with that person. You rarely spent time and energy on me, so I felt so insecure. I kept thinking about checking up on you and wanted to know where you were. I really didn't mean to, I couldn't control myself..."
Cheng Xiangheng's tears started to fall without any hesitation. He had no masculinity in front of outsiders and was as soft as a little sweet bean.
Ping An watched him cry and thought of the past.
At that time, Cheng Xiangheng was really hard-pressed. Not only did he have to study every day, but he also had to earn money to support her, a burden. Occasionally, she heard that he came to see her, but Ping An always missed him. She could never repay this love.
"Xiang Heng, although I don't understand why you're so obsessed with being with me, I know very well that it's impossible for the two of us to be together. The gap between us is too great. You are the heir of the high and mighty Cheng family, and I'm just an ordinary passerby. I won't bring any help to your career. Not only that, I'll also... be a drag."
Ping An was also very self-conscious and sensitive. She didn't want to be so anxious about losing anything, pinning all her hopes on Cheng Xiangheng's illusory feelings. If there were news of his engagement to Miss Gu today, and then news of him being with someone else tomorrow, Ping An would turn herself into a psychopath obsessed with losing everything. She also didn't want Cheng Xiangheng to give up anything for her; that would only exacerbate her pain.
"I never thought you would hold me back, you know? Whenever I couldn't hold on any longer, I would wonder where my peace of mind was and what she would be doing now. She must hate me, after all, I said so many nasty things back then, she must hate me to death. But sometimes I'm also glad that it's good to hate me, at least she still remembers me."
He buried his face in Ping'an's neck, and his hot tears gradually soaked through the pajamas around Ping'an's neck: "These eight years have been really hard, but if I don't fight, the Cheng family won't let me go, and I will definitely be the one to die, so I must fight..."
Cheng Xiangheng's vulnerability was clearly revealed in Ping An's photo. She felt sorry for him, but she also realized more clearly that they could not be together.
A girl with nothing can support a poor boy, but there is no way that an ordinary Ping An and the famous heir of the Cheng family can be together.
Just like donkeys need to stay in sheds and giant pandas need to stay in glass houses, if a donkey appears next to a giant panda, it will attract surprised looks from others.
She knew what kind of person she was, and was unwilling to accept a life of being judged by others, nor was she willing to be Cheng Xiangheng's lover. Ping An just wanted to earn some money to buy a small house of 30 square meters, and buy a bowl of spicy hot pot and chicken chop after get off work every day, that's all.
"No matter what, it's impossible for us to be together. Cheng Xiangheng, I hope you can live a good life, and we can still be the most inseparable family like before. As long as you miss me——"
"Safety."
Cheng Xiangheng slowly straightened up. Ping An was held in his arms and could not control his body at all, so he could only fall into his arms.
The tears on Cheng Xiangheng's face had not yet disappeared, but an inhuman coldness was hanging on his brows, and a cold and solemn ferocity came over him, frightening Ping An so much that he was stunned.
"I really don't like hearing you say you want to break up, so you'd better not say it, otherwise I'm not sure what will happen between us in this bed."
"Cheng Xiangheng, you..."
"Ping An, I think I'm easy to talk to? You think you can stay with me if you want, and abandon me at any time if you want? You're so naive. How do you think I got to where I am now?"
Ping An looked at Cheng Xiangheng in disbelief. His expression changed so quickly that she couldn't react at all.
"Do you really think you can escape?" Cheng Xiangheng laughed. "I knew where you were from the moment you bought your ticket and boarded the train. You were so careless. You actually used your own ID card to buy the ticket and then used your own payment app to buy things. How could I not know where you were? You really are not smart."
Cheng Xiangheng shook his phone, a condescending look on his face. "The reason I haven't come to see you during this period is because the Cheng family has a few rats that need me to deal with. After I deal with them, I will have no worries. The Cheng family belongs to me, and you must come back with me. There is no room for negotiation on this point."
Ping An couldn't react at all to Cheng Xiangheng's extreme change of expression. She wanted to step back, but Cheng Xiangheng pushed her directly onto the bed and kissed her with his lips.
As Ping An endured Cheng Xiangheng's enthusiasm, she suddenly realized the biggest difference between her life and Cheng Xiangheng's. When faced with many life challenges, such as poverty, her first reaction was inferiority and cowardice. But Cheng Xiangheng was different. He had no such thing as inferiority or cowardice. Even when he was at his lowest point, he was able to hold his head high and live his life.
So he didn't understand her, didn't understand her concerns, didn't understand why she would be hurt by trivial rumors, and even less did he understand her fear of having to completely entrust her future life to Cheng Xiangheng.
Precisely because he didn't understand, after he realized that pretending to be pitiful was useless, he tore off his hypocritical face and revealed his true inner self.
Ping An gave a bitter smile, then said sincerely: "Cheng Xiangheng, we are not the same kind of people. We really don't match."
As soon as these words came out, the person buried in her neck bit her neck as punishment, and then licked the bitten area repeatedly.
Ping'an's eyes were clear. She quietly picked up the small vase beside the bed and hit Cheng Xiangheng's head hard.
Cheng Xiangheng looked at Ping An in shock, with a look of hurt in his eyes.
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