"Still cousins... Tch! As if I care!"
Su Xiaomeng grumbled angrily, and Bai Shunyuan heard it too.
"If you don’t care, I don’t care either! Don’t call me cousin! Your voice annoys me!"
Bai Shunyuan spoke with an attitude of disgust.
Su Xiaomeng paused her steps; the anger in her heart wouldn’t dissipate, gathering in her chest, suffocating her!
She turned around, "Bai Shunyuan, I’m really convinced now that you’re mentally ill! If you’re mentally ill, go get treated!"
"Whether I get treated or not is none of your business? Just take care of yourself. You look so foolish all day, it’s annoying to see. Don’t tell anyone we’re siblings; I don’t want a sister like you at all! Shameful..."
Su Xiaomeng saw Bai Shunyuan’s face full of disdain and disgust.
She never hoped Bai Shunyuan would have any good feelings towards her, knowing that in this world, there are those who like you and those who hate you, but... realizing so clearly that someone despises you...
This feeling isn’t good.
"Why are you glaring at me? Did I say anything wrong?"
Bai Shunyuan raised an eyebrow, then sneered, "You’ve only recognized my grandpa for a short time, yet you call him grandpa so affectionately... After all, you probably never dreamed that someone like him would be your grandpa, right?"
Su Xiaomeng froze, staring at the handsome face in front of her as it slowly turned repugnant.
"Su Xiaomeng, I must admit, you truly have some skills, no wonder many girls envy you, marrying into a wealthy family at such a young age, becoming a rich wife. Then, not long after, you find out you’re actually descended from wealth too... Tsk, tsk, exhilarating, huh?"
"But Su Xiaomeng, let me make it clear, just because you call my grandpa your grandpa, doesn’t make you part of the Bai Family. I don’t want to admit a woman who suddenly appeared as my cousin."
"Are you done talking?"
Su Xiaomeng’s expression turned cold.
"Don’t rush, your face turns so ugly, seems like I’ve guessed all your little thoughts thoroughly."
Bai Shunyuan crossed his arms, leisurely watching her, "Nowadays girls love cozying up to handsome, wealthy, powerful guys. Su Xiaomeng, please stop calling me cousin, okay? Your way of cozying up is really disgusting."
"Are you done now?"
Bai Shunyuan shrugged, "Um-hum, I guess I’m done."
Su Xiaomeng bit her lip, then suddenly loosened it, "Is this your Christmas gift to me? You did so much before, just to make me lower my guard and come here to be insulted by you?"
Bai Shunyuan’s throat choked again.
Christmas gift...
"That’s right, did you really think I’d apologize to you? What did I do wrong? Huh?"
Bai Shunyuan sneered, looking bad to the bone just like when they first met!
"Don’t look at me with such hostility, making it seem like I’m bullying you a lot... We have no relationship, yet you really followed me when I said I’d give you a Christmas gift... "
"Of course, I followed."
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes chilled, her words slightly trembling.
Bai Shunyuan’s hands clenched tightly around his arms...
"After all, you’re the Bai Family’s Young Master, thought your gift would be generous. If I didn’t want to cozy up to you, coveting something from you, why would I follow?"
"Did you really think I’d believe you’re an okay person? Or... do you think you’re so handsome, that if you disguise a bit, I’d certainly forgive you?"
Su Xiaomeng didn’t expect herself to say such words.
But the heat shot straight to her head, and her mouth wouldn’t stop!
"Bai Shunyuan, we’re both the same! You won’t accept me as a sister, and I never wanted you as a cousin!"
"That’s best! Avoid pretending to be close while actually hating each other in public!"
Bai Shunyuan snorted.
Su Xiaomeng knew she was speaking against her heart, so hearing Bai Shunyuan’s heartfelt words, she truly felt hurt inside.
Before college, so many people doted, loved, liked her...
But in Beijing, in the Yin Family, in the Bai Family, she was entirely an outsider; this one wouldn’t accept her, that one disliked her.
And each one expressed it so openly, so bluntly told her flaws, her shortcomings...
Isn’t that too much?
In relationships, why must there be malice and hostility? Can’t we be less like this?
Bai! Shunyuan!