The stairwell was very quiet. At this time, no one was outside.
Su Peizhenâs words were undoubtedly like a needle stabbing into Ling Jingâs chest. It was so uncomfortable, really uncomfortable.
âNo.âLing Jing shook his head. His expression was full of bitterness. âI, I am serious this time. Believe me.â
It was not a game, not a performance, not a game.
It was he who understood his sincerity and knew that he had been wrong. He just wanted her.
âSerious? I wonder how much young Master Lingâs seriousness is worth? Tell me, although I am not short of money. But I am really curious, how much can I, a prisoner of labor, be worth in Young Master Lingâs eyes? âThis time, how much money does young master ling plan to use to support me?â
Words could sometimes turn into sharp blades. Every word Su Peizhen said now was like a knife, stabbing Ling Jingâs heart again and again.
He suddenly realized that he, who had always thought that he was omnipotent and had no fear, also had times when he was afraid and didnât dare to face it.
âDonât say such things. I feel uncomfortable. Peizhen, I didnât want to keep you this time, and I didnât want to play with you. I really just want to start over with you.â
He spoke very slowly, very slowly. Every word he said made him feel pain.
âIs that so?âSu Peizhen sneered, obviously not believing him.
Ling Jing was anxious, very anxious. He held her shoulders with both hands. Even if he couldnât see clearly, he wanted her to see the sincerity and seriousness in his eyes.
âPeizhen, it was all my fault. I misunderstood you. Iâm sorry. I just, I just ââ
Too Proud. So proud that he couldnât tolerate the woman he liked not liking him at all. So proud that he didnât give her a chance to explain. That way, he could pretend that he was the one who won.
But in reality, he had lost completely.
âWrong?âSu Peizhen felt his stiff body, she pushed him away forcefully. âYou Are Young Master Ling, the young master of the Ling family. How could you be wrong? I was the one who was wrong. I was the one who failed to recognize Mount Tai. I treated you, the dignified young master ling, as a gigolo and kept you as my mistress. I was the one who didnât know what was good for me. I didnât discover your identity in time and didnât respect you. âItâs all my fault. âWhat could you have done wrong? âYou didnât do anything wrong at all.â
âDonât say it. Donât say it.âLing Jing couldnât help but raise his voice. âI beg you, donât say it.â
Su Peizhen didnât say anything else. The atmosphere was so quiet that it was strange.
Su Peizhenâs heart was still beating out of control. She took a step to the side. Standing in front of the door of the stairwell, she placed her hand on the doorknob.
Turning around, she did not look at Ling Jingâs plan. She raised her head. The scenes of their interactions seemed to appear in her mind once again.
A sharp pain came from her heart. She suppressed the pain expressionlessly.
She pulled the door open, her voice was calm. âSince Young Master Ling doesnât want to hear it, I wonât say it. Iâm just a prisoner in labor camp. I Wonât stand in Young Master Lingâs way. Young Master Ling can do whatever he wants. Itâs better to find someone else. I Canât afford to keep you company.â
The door opened and closed, and her body disappeared outside. The bright light shone on her face, and she narrowed her eyes slightly. She raised her hand to block the light, and at the same time, she suppressed the sourness in her eyes.
Then, her footsteps were firm. She walked toward the elevator without looking back.
The moment the door opened, there was light in the stairwell. Ling Jing could see Su Peizhen walking out expressionlessly. He stood in the shadow. He only felt that the moment the light disappeared, his entire body also sank into the darkness.
His heart also sank.
... ..
Su Peizhen entered the elevator. Her feet were a little weak. She sighed and realized that she was still influenced by Ling Jing. However, she tried hard to reduce this influence.
After not seeing him for nearly half a year, she really didnât expect that Ling Jing would give her such a big gift.
Did she regret it? Start over?
Hehe. Did he think that life was like a cell phone, turning it off and restarting it when it jammed? What wouldnât happen again?
Moreover, she didnât believe Ling Jingâs words at all.
Perhaps it was a whim, or perhaps she felt that she had lost face with Su Qingsang back then.
Adjusting her breathing, Su Peizhen smiled and pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind.
Some things were in the past. They should be blown away by the wind and disappear forever.
..
What Su Peizhen didnât expect was that the things that she thought were blown away by the wind were not in the past.
The next day, when she went downstairs to go to work, she saw Ling Jing again?
She parked her car at the company yesterday. It was not far from the company. She planned to walk to the company. It was a good exercise.
When she saw Ling Jing in front of her unexpectedly, her footsteps paused for a moment, but it was only for a moment. Soon, she continued walking as if nothing had happened.
Her footsteps were neither fast nor slow. She didnât want Ling Jing to think that his appearance could affect her mood.
It was very cold in Rongcheng in December. It hadnât snowed this year, but the wind made people feel cold.
Su Peizhen wore a light down jacket and a pair of Martin boots. She looked very casual. She didnât look like she was going to work. Instead, she looked like she was going to the streets.
She was afraid of the cold, so she put on two sets of professional clothes in the office. She tightened her down jacket and walked past Ling Jing.
Ling Jing stood in front of her. If Su Peizhen had seen him clearly last night, she would have realized that Ling Jing was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
He sat in the car all night and smoked all night.
The smell of alcohol had dissipated, and his body was full of smoke. The smell made Su Peizhen frown and take a step back without thinking.
During the day, there was plenty of light. All of his expressions were exposed to the sunlight.
âWhatâs the matter?â
Cold, distant, and indifferent. Just like when they first met.
No, it made him feel worse than when they first met. At least when they first met, they had not reached this stage yet.
âPeizhen, I, Iâll send you to work.â
Ling Jingâs words made Su Peizhen raise her eyebrows. Looking at the anxiety in Ling Jingâs eyes, she suddenly smiled.
âYoung Master Ling wants to send me to work? Thank you, I canât take it.â
âPeizhen, donât talk like that. I really feel bad.â
âFeel Bad?âSu Peizhen looked at the pain in the other partyâs eyes, the smile in her eyes became deeper. âYoung Master Ling, I admit that your acting is good. Your acting is really good. So good that you played me like a fool. âI really thank you for making such a young master suffer. For Me, you put in so much effort. You pretended to be poor, you pretended to be a hooligan, and you pretended to be pitiful. You acted as if it was real. Thinking about it this way, I really didnât lose out.â
âNo, I ââ
âYou acted so affectionately before, so affectionate that I believed it without a doubt. But Young Master Ling, this play is a play. There will always be a time when the curtain falls. Youâve acted enough and played enough. Can you be magnanimous and let me off?â
âNo, itâs really not. This is not an act, Iâm serious.â
Perhaps it was an act at the beginning, but at the same time, he was also in the act. He had unknowingly put himself into it.
âSu Peizhen, Iâm serious. I really want to start over with you.â
âDo you really want to start over with me? Or do you feel that you havenât played enough with a convict like me?â
âDonât say those three words anymore. I beg you.â
He couldnât listen to those three words. The moment he heard them, his heart ached.
âWhat Three Words? A convict?âSu Peizhen spread her hands, she looked indifferent. âDid I say something wrong? Thatâs the truth. I was a convict to begin with. These words were said by Young Master Ling. Iâm just repeating what you said.â
âSu Peizhen, itâs all my fault. Everything, everything, itâs all my fault.â
Ling Jing went forward to hold her hand. He closed his eyes. He really couldnât stand Su Peizhenâs attitude.
âI didnât do it on purpose. I was just too angry at that time.â
âYou know. That Huo Yifan sent me some photos. I, I was mad when I saw them. I thought those photos were real. Moreover, you guys had a good time before. I believed it.â
Su Peizhen stood there and listened to him with a cold face. Her expression was calm and didnât change at all.
Ling Jing really regretted it. He remembered Su Peizhen saying that he was brainless yesterday.
It wasnât that he was brainless. It was just that at that moment, anger and anger had taken over his rationality. In addition, he was embarrassed when she found out about his identity.
He didnât know how to explain his identity, yet he received such photos. The two things were mixed together, so he lost his rationality for a moment.
âI was wrong. I regret it. I shouldnât have done that. I shouldnât have not given you a chance to explain. I shouldnât have come to a conclusion without asking. Iâm sorry. Please forgive me.â
The winter sun slowly rose and shone on her body, but there was no warmth at all.
Her fingertips were slightly cold. Ling Jing held her hand tightly as if this could give him some warmth.
âAre you done?â
Su Peizhen knew some things yesterday.
Indeed, the person who sent the photos was Huo Yifan, and it had nothing to do with Ling Jing. Seeing those photos made Ling Jing angry, but it wasnât Huo Yifan who said the hurtful words in the end.
But so what?
Su Peizhen took a step forward and didnât hurry to withdraw her hand. She just looked at Ling Jing.
âYou said you were angry because you saw Huo Yifanâs photo?â
âYes ââ
âBut before that?âSu Peizhenâs voice was very cold, and her expression was even colder. âBefore that, who was your identity?â
â...â
âLing Jing, wasnât it? Before that, your identity was already the young master of the Ling family, wasnât it?â
âI, I was ââ
âYou were injured at that time, and I brought you back. Then, by accident, I treated you as a hooligan, a gigolo. I said I wanted to keep you. You could be angry, you could leave, you could also refuse, right?â
â... right.âLing Jing couldnât explain. It was true. He could refuse, or he could leave.
âYou didnât refuse, and you even agreed. On the surface, you signed an agreement with me to let me keep you for half a year. In fact, at that time, you felt uncomfortable and unwilling, right?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âYou had the chance to explain the situation. As long as you told me your identity, I promised to give up the idea, but you didnât. Not only did you not, but you also followed my wishes and acted with me.â
âYou played a gigolo and a hooligan to perfection. In the end, you made me believe that you were a hooligan with nothing and that you relied on me to raise a gigolo, right?â
âAnd then? The anger in your heart didnât disappear. Your unwillingness was still there. You just hid it. You decided to deal with it and hide your identity to stay by my side. At that time, you should have started to plan, right?â
A series of rhetorical questions made Ling Jingâs voice choke in his throat. He couldnât say a lot of words. He could only look at her in a daze. âPeizhen, I ââ
âLet me finish. In fact, at that time, you began to think of taking revenge on me, didnât you?â
Ling Jing couldnât refute. What Su Peizhen said was the truth.
âI sensed the slight difference in my heart towards you. Plus, Lin Feixing appeared and he was pursuing me. âMy mother wanted me to get married, so I decided to end our relationship. âAnd at this moment, I completely infuriated you. âOn the surface, you seemed to agree. âBut in reality, you were thinking of how to lure me into falling in love with you so that you could announce your victory in front of me so that you could dump me
âPeizhen, I didnât. I only thought that way at the beginning, but later â
âLater, when you appeared in front of me, not only did you act shamelessly and pitifully, you even deliberately injured yourself. You even bought that bungalow to make me believe. Everything was just a trap. And you were the one who set it up. I was the one who was set up by you, the one who was in the trap.â
âNo, it wasnât exactly like that. I was just ââshe was mad.
âYou were just unwilling, you were just angry. You just wanted my submission. And you got it later. I believed you, I chose you, you succeeded, and you won.
And after you won, you felt that you were tired of playing this game and wanted to end it. So after receiving those photos, your eldest young master Ling just happened to have an excuse and a reason. âThose photos successfully made you make up your mind to get rid of me and complete your original idea of taking revenge on me, didnât They?â
The series of words were sharp and direct.
Who Was Su Peizhen? She had followed Su Chenghui in the business field since she was young. She had her own vision and pattern.
Thatâs right, Ling Jing said it seriously and said it in a misunderstanding. It sounded like they just didnât trust each other enough.
But in reality?
âLing Jing, from the beginning to the end, whether youâre sincere or pretending to be me, itâs all based on deception. A chance encounter that started with deception, a relationship that was determined from the beginning to be based on revenge. What does it have to do with not misunderstanding?â
Her aura was too fierce, and her words were too sharp and direct. Everything she said was on point.
Ling Jing was speechless. He stood there for a long time and couldnât think of anything to refute.
âI ââ
Su Peizhen finally pulled her hand back. Looking at the green dregs coming out of Ling Jingâs jaw, she took a step back.
âLing Jing, youâve played and taken revenge. Whether you say itâs a misunderstanding or something else... All in all, youâve achieved your goal. Then the Gatha is what you said, and the game can end. After all, I canât afford to play your game, and I donât want to.â