"I mentioned it to him, but he’s always busy. After the new year, when the students return to school, I figure he’ll come to our house for a meal without needing any invitation," Old Lady Li said with a smile.
"He doesn’t seem to like talking much, and it’s rare to see a smile on his face, yet he loves coming over to our house. I figured it out back then, that rascal liked your cooking. Any chance he got, he’d come over, claiming it was just to play a game with me and improve his chess skills."
And the Xiao Xiao they were talking about, whose full name is Xiao Shen, was currently staring indifferently at the woman in front of him.
"Leave!"
There was no emotion on Xiao Shen’s face, and he pointed to the door, his voice devoid of warmth.
"Why? Why are you treating me like this?"
The woman, who appeared to be around thirty, looked at Xiao Shen with tears in her eyes, full of anguish as she faced the man who was so heartless and indifferent to her:
"We were childhood sweethearts, and I thought after we became adults... we would get married, but you fell in love with that woman Qin Zhen. Do you know how heartbroken I was?
What does Qin Zhen have over me? Does she have a better family or is she prettier? Xiao Shen, you know very well, she has nothing on me, but you were charmed by her act of being pitiful, thinking I bullied her for no reason,
no matter how I tried to explain to you, you wouldn’t listen... You even abandoned an opportunity to work in North City to follow her to the countryside after her family had issues...
How much must you hate me to do this?! I am your fiancée, and our marriage was arranged by our families a long time ago, yet you trample my dignity, abandon me for a woman who is no match for me, do you even have a heart?"
Xiao Shen’s lips were pressed tightly, only watching the woman coldly, making no response to her words.
"As long as you and she were in the countryside, I suffered too. Finally, when I heard you returned to North City, I was so happy, but you couldn’t have known,
what a twist, Qin Zhen is dead, and even though you returned to North City, you still wouldn’t accept me... You even moved to Hu City to avoid me.
To follow in your steps, to be with you, I left my own life behind, came to Hu City to work with you, became a colleague, working with children... I gave up so much, gave so much for you, and you act as if you don’t see it at all!"
The woman was full of tears, her hands clenched tightly at her sides, her voice hoarse with pain: "Xiao Shen, leaving aside everything before,
just the fact that I followed you to Hu City, stayed by your side for a full seven years, even if your heart is made of stone, it should have been warmed by now, right? But has it?"
Xiao Shen finally let out a cold voice from his throat: "If you already know, why bother asking for trouble?"
His gaze remained indifferent, as he spoke each word clearly: "Regarding this so-called engagement, I made it clear to my family from an early age that I don’t like you, and I will not marry you when I grow up! I remember my parents went to your house to discuss this,
your father laughed and said that the childhood engagement was just a joke, only you took it seriously, treating me as your possession.
You trailed behind me since we were young, and if anyone talked to me, you would find ways to drive them away... As for being with Qin Zhen, it’s because she was gentle and kind, unlike you who always relied on your family background to bully the kids in the compound.