"Oh? And the price?" Su Ziqing sneered, "Someone like me, from a small-town wealthy family with a lower social standing and less money than Gong, oh, and a severed palm, probably wouldn't be of any interest to Mr. Gong, right?"
Su Ziqing returned all of Gong Chengjue's 'disdain' words to him, but she did not feel relieved.
On the contrary, I felt a little sad. Oh well, what's the point? Why bother losing my last bit of dignity?
Everyone is single, and marriage is a common occurrence. She stood up, not wanting to say anything more.
Whether it was due to excessive emotional fluctuations or some other reason, she felt dizzy as soon as she stood up.
She was already somewhat anemic, and during her prenatal checkup, the doctor reminded her to pay attention to rest and the nutritional balance of her prenatal meals.
She stood there, waiting for the dizziness to pass.
Gong Chengjue sat there without moving. Her words were the excuses he had given her before his grandfather's death, but he also knew that they had hurt her.
But if they didn't say that, they wouldn't have broken up so easily.
Now that she's saying those words back to him, he feels like such a jerk...
Su Ziqing took a step forward, but the dizziness became even worse, and she felt like she was about to collapse.
Gong Chengjue reacted quickly, and in his haste, his knee hit the edge of the table.
He helped her up, his eyes filled with concern. "What's wrong?"
Worried? She must have misread it.
Su Ziqing stubbornly tried to push him away, but he wouldn't let go. "Sit down first."
Su Ziqing had no choice but to sit down; she could never joke about the baby in her belly.
"Have a sip of water first."
Su Ziqing didn't accept it; she rejected his damned tenderness.
Instead, she took out her phone from her bag and called Lu Linghong. The call connected quickly. "Linghong, I'm at the water bar on the first floor. Can you come and pick me up?"
She deliberately called Lu Linghong by his name in front of Gong Chengjue, instead of calling him "senior brother"!
Gong Chengjue narrowed his eyes slightly, staring intently at her.
Su Ziqing looked indifferently at his hand, which was still not withdrawn. "Mr. Gong, if you don't let go, won't your current girlfriend be jealous?"
"Ziqing, actually..."
"I'm sorry, I don't really want to talk to you." Su Ziqing didn't want to hear him speak, and was even more afraid of hearing hurtful words from him again.
The fact that she could remain so strong was the last vestige of dignity she had left. Pregnant women's emotions are naturally volatile, and she didn't know if she would break down and cry in front of him, which would be truly embarrassing.
Gong Chengjue: "..." Has she really come to hate me that much?
"You don't look well," he said, worried about her.
"That's probably thanks to the appearance of certain people," Su Ziqing retorted crisply.
The atmosphere instantly became awkward.
Lu Linghong walked over quickly, interrupting the awkward atmosphere between the two. "Ziqing." Whether intentionally or not, Lu Linghong gave Gong Chengjue, who was too close to Su Ziqing, a shove.
Gong Chengjue frowned slightly.
Lu Linghong looked at Su Ziqing with concern, "How are you?"
Su Ziqing smiled gently at him, "It's nothing, I just suddenly feel a little dizzy, probably because the banquet hall was a bit stuffy."
"I told you I'd sit here with you for a while, but you just wouldn't listen..."
"I was wrong. Now sit with me for a while," Su Ziqing interrupted him, speaking in a coquettish tone.
Lu Linghong nodded, "Okay."
Gong Chengjue, who suddenly seemed somewhat superfluous, stood there without uttering a sound.
Lu Linghong seemed to only then notice his presence, and said indifferently, "What is Mr. Gong doing here?"
"Do I need to explain to you?" Gong Chengjue's voice turned slightly cold.
“You don’t need to explain to me, but what you’re doing will cause the people attending the banquet tonight to misunderstand. Besides…” Lu Linghong paused, “Why are you, a man who’s about to get engaged, bothering Ziqing?”
The word "engagement" acted like a terminator, instantly plunging the atmosphere into a deathly silence.
There was a near minute of deathly silence before Su Ziqing reacted, chuckled, and looked at Gong Chengjue, "Mr. Gong, you're getting engaged?"
Congratulations are out of the question.
Gong Chengjue shook his head, "Ziqing, this matter..."
“Chengjue.” Zhou Ruoling walked over with elegant steps.
Gong Chengjue wanted to say that there was no engagement.
Although that was his initial plan, considering Su Ziqing's personality, if he got engaged to Zhou Ruoling, their relationship would be truly over, no matter the reason...
So, he changed his mind later.
I really want to be honest with her, but damn it, I can't.
Zhou Ruoling seemed a little jealous as she took Gong Chengjue's arm and said in a coquettish tone, "I've been looking for you for so long."
Gong Chengjue regained his senses and swallowed back all the words he wanted to say. He did not pull his hand away from Zhou Ruoling's, but instead gave her an apologetic smile, "Just came out for some fresh air."
"Ugh, are you blaming me for insisting you come to the banquet with me?" Zhou Ruoling's coquettishness was just right.
Unlike Su Enen, who was domineering, Zhou Ruoling was the kind of person who knew how to please elders with her coquettishness.
Su Ziqing looked away. He was actually showing affection with another woman right in front of her!
"How could that be?" Gong Chengjue denied calmly. "Let's go back to the banquet hall."
"I also feel a bit stuffy in there, I want to sit here for a while." Zhou Ruoling blinked at him, looking extremely innocent. "Will you stay with me for a bit, okay?"
Gong Chengjue: "...Hmm."
Su Ziqing felt as if something was blocking her throat.
"Excuse me, Miss Su." Zhou Ruoling, arm in arm with Gong Chengjue, left victoriously and sat down at a table three tables away from Su Ziqing's seat.
The distance isn't far, but it's not close either, but... if you speak a little louder, you can hear me!
Lu Linghong looked at Gong Chengjue and Zhou Ruoling with an icy expression, then looked at the silent Su Ziqing and asked, "Do you want to leave?"
Su Ziqing chuckled and shook her head, "I want to stay a little longer."
"Ziqing..." Why bother? This will only make you sad.
Su Ziqing supported her temples with her hands, "I'm dizzy."
It wasn't an act; I was genuinely dizzy.
I don't know if it's a pregnancy reaction or something I was upset about.
I don't know what they said over there, but it made Zhou Ruoling giggle.
Lu Linghong: "..." Sorry, he now wants to get up and splash Gong Chengjue with a glass of ice water to calm him down and make him see what he has done.
How could he be so affectionate with his current girlfriend in front of Su Ziqing?
Then, when Zhou Ruoling let out her second sweet smile, Lu Linghong completely abandoned his gentlemanly manners.
Then look at Su Ziqing, still dizzy, supporting her temples with her hands and closing her eyes...
Without Su Ziqing's knowledge, Lu Linghong grabbed the lemonade in front of her and walked towards Gong Chengjue.
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