Chapter 493: Chapter 493: Better Not to Meet_1
As Xiao Ji was about to touch Su Hongxing’s arm, she skillfully avoided him.
Su Hongxing stared coldly at Xiao Ji, “I knew you had changed three years ago, but I thought, you could still be saved. Now it seems, that I overrated you.”
Xiao Ji turned out to be just like Zhou Peng. Married to Zhou Luhe, yet he maintained a string of affairs outside.
His career was soaring, but his love life was becoming more and more tainted. How could this be Xiao Ji? The man who was once so devoted, so pure?
Where was the Xiao Ji of years past, who would blush simply from holding hands with her?
Xiao Ji’s heart ached. He watched as Su Hongxing walked out of the clothing store without looking back. He hesitated for a moment, wanting to follow her.
Yan Zi, however, gripped his sleeve, her voice choked, “Xiao Ji, don’t leave me…”
She had given him everything, how could he just abandon her, and pursue other women outright in front of her?
Xiao Ji didn’t glance at her, but quickly pursued Su Hongxing outside.
This time he followed Su Hongxing from afar, not daring to get too close, yet yearning for that proximity.
Why did she have to come back? If she hadn’t, he might have completely forgotten about her, never to think of her again, even till the day he died.
But she returned, transformed back into the slender, beautiful, and ethereal Su Hongxing. But he could no longer revert back to the Xiao Ji of old.
Su Hongxing didn’t realise Xiao Ji was following her until she returned to the hotel.
She turned back to see Xiao Ji standing far off. She retraced her steps to join him: “Why are you following me?”
Xiao Ji suddenly stretched out his hand, holding her tightly: “Xingxing, I miss you.”
The moment he saw her, he realised how deeply he missed her.
Su Hongxing attempted to push Xiao Ji away. His grip was too strong, he held her tightly, “Just let me hold you, just for a moment.”
It was the same scent, the same person, the same gentle body. How many years had it been since he last held her?
The moment she turned her back to leave, it seemed like it only happened yesterday. She finally came back, but it seemed he was no longer worthy of her, right?
Su Hongxing did eventually manage to push Xiao Ji away: “I heard your company went public, I didn’t get a chance to congratulate you.”
Xiao Ji grabbed Su Hongxing’s wrist, “Xingxing, let me take you to dinner, tell me where you’ve been these years, and what you’ve been doing…”
“Xiao Ji, don’t do this.” Su Hongxing brushed Xiao Ji’s hand away, “My life is not worth discussing, certainly not as thrilling as yours. You must have realised, we’re like two parallel lines, drifting further apart—”
“But we can still be family or friends right? My mother always talks about you over these years, calling you an ungrateful child for leaving without even a call. My mother is getting older, her eyesight isn’t what it used to be, but she still keeps all your belongings. She says, you are like her own daughter.” Xiao Ji spoke and finally saw a change of expression on Su Hongxing’s face.
“Why not this? You can visit my mother tomorrow. She will be very happy to know you’re back in Taicheng,” Xiao Ji suggested again.
Looking stunned momentarily, Su Hongxing eventually nodded.
Xiao Ji felt relieved, “Then I won’t bother you anymore, goodbye.”
Su Hongxing watched Xiao Ji leave the hotel recalling the days she grew up with him in the Xiao family, her eyes dry and watery.
The Xiao Family was like her second home, and Xiao’s parents were like her own. No matter what, she should visit them.
And she also needed to see Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Su.