Cen Fengqin rushed to the other side of the street.
"Oh dear! Zhiyi! This won't do!"
She took Shen Zhiyi's hand and advised, "It's normal for young people to have some friction when they're dating. Even married couples argue in bed and make up before they get out of bed. Why can't you talk things out? Why did you have to resort to violence..."
"Xiao Xie, are you alright?"
She turned to look at Xie Huaiyang, but heard Shen Zhiyi say in a cold voice, "Aunt, that was all a lie."
"The two of us have never been in a relationship."
Upon hearing this, Xie Huaiyang turned deathly pale.
“Baby…” He rushed forward anxiously, his face burning with red marks.
Shen Zhiyi closed her eyes briefly.
"Don't call me that."
She stood there, her slender figure resembling a translucent sheet of rice paper in the sunlight.
It looks like it could be swept away by the wind at any moment.
The words he spoke, however, struck Xie Huaiyang's heart like the heaviest hammer blow.
"Xie Huaiyang, stop lying to me."
"I'm feeling very confused right now and I need to think things through properly."
"Let's... call it a day."
She turned around, and Xie Sili stepped forward at the opportune moment, saying, "I'll see you off."
Xie Huaiyang stared intently at the departing figures, his tall frame swaying slightly before he strode after them.
Cen Fengqin stood there, staring blankly at them.
His mouth and eyes were wide open.
How come I haven't figured out one yet, and now another one has appeared?
That guy in the suit, he looks rich!
Who exactly is this niece hooking up with?
...
"Baby, let me explain!"
Xie Huaiyang persisted and followed the angry Shen Zhiyi to her doorstep.
His response was a loud slamming of the door shut.
He got a cold shoulder.
She turned around angrily, grabbed Xie Sili by the collar, and demanded, "What did you say to her?!"
Xie Sili's expression remained calm.
"You deceived her first."
"Now that you've regained your memories, why don't you tell her?"
Xie Huaiyang froze.
She suddenly lowered her brow, shoved him aside, and gritted her teeth, saying, "I don't need to explain what's between her and me to you!"
Xie Sili staggered for a moment, then straightened his tie.
"If you don't explain, someone else will 'explain' for you."
"Do you know how many people have secretly come to see her these past few days?"
He said coldly, "They are using all sorts of pretexts to tell her that your recent attempts to be nice to her are just to lower her guard, and then take the opportunity to retaliate against her for rejecting you back then."
"The more you do, the more sincere you are in your efforts, the more confused she will become."
Relationships are inherently complicated.
People can often accept a trace of sincerity mixed in with all the pretense.
And I was moved to tears by it.
However, if even a hint of pretense is discovered in the initial sincerity, then all the previous gestures of goodwill will become seeds of doubt, taking root and becoming deeply entrenched in the heart.
Even...overthrow everything.
"You should give her some time to process her feelings for you."
"Get out of here!" Xie Huaiyang's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "We were fine before you showed up, but now that you're here, she has to sort out her feelings for me?"
"Xie Sili, you still say you didn't do it on purpose!"
Like a movie playing in Xie Huaiyang's mind, images of Shen Zhiyi clinging to Xie Sili flashed through his mind.
An unprecedented and immense panic gripped him.
He does not accept any results from the sorting.
Besides continuing to be with him.
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