Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âYou... Why are you here?â Luosang paused in shock for quite a while. It had only been a few days, but she somehow felt that he looked a little haggard.
Nian Junting stayed silent, eyes fixed on the penguin doll that was on top of her suitcase. He quickly took out his phone, searched the entertainment news about Chi Shengxu that he had read last night, and then compared the penguin doll in the photo with the one on Luosangâs suitcase. The woman in the photo was holding the same doll. So, the ugly woman in the photo was really Luosang. What Chi Shengxu had told the public was a lie.
âWhy donât you answer my question?â Luosang felt uncomfortable under his gaze.
âWhat can I possibly say? Xu Luosang, youâre impressive.â Nian Junting raised his phone and pointed at the picture on it, saying, âThis is you, isnât it? Look, the same doll. I flew here on New Yearâs Day to explain to you, yet you gave me such a great gift. You didnât spend New Yearâs Eve with me but with another man. You even went to a premiere together. What am I to you?â
Luosang was just worrying that this might happen. She thought that her short meeting with Chi Shengxu was already in the past. She had wanted to throw the penguin doll away, but it was so cute, she couldnât bear doing it...
âI was traveling to Harbin, and he happened to be there shooting a film. He went there after he finished his part in the New Yearâs Gala in Beijing, so we got together. I went to the film premiere first, and he got there afterward. We are simply friends. Nothing inappropriate ever happened between us,â she said.
âYeah, what a coincidence. China is huge, and you could have traveled to many places. Yet, you went to Harbin. I think you went there because you knew that he was there,â Nian Junting said through clenched teeth. âI called you and asked you where you were, and you refused to tell me. But when he asked you the same question, you told him right away. You always treat him so special.â
âI didnât tell you where I was because youâre my boyfriend. I wanted both of us to have some time alone to calm down. Heâs my friend. Itâs different...â Luosang felt so tired. It wasnât the first time that they fought because of Chi Shengxu.
But of course, she understood why Nian Junting had misunderstood and gotten angry. However, Chi Shengxu hadnât come there to just to see her. Besides, she was Feng Geâs goddaughter, and Chi Shengxu had helped her. They couldnât stop being friends, could they? Neither of them had done anything immoral, after all.
âItâs different, indeed. You refused to spend New Yearâs with me but spent your time with another man. He gave you a doll, and you brought it back to Shanghai from the Northeast. How much do you like his gift?â The more he said, the more sullen he looked. Abruptly, he grabbed the doll, violently tore it apart, and threw it to the ground.
âYou told me that you want to think carefully about our relationship, and that youâre afraid youâre not the only one in my heart. Those are all lies. You want to two-time me! You know that I have this illness, so youâre looking for a backup.â Nian Juntingâs voice was as cold as ice. âXu Luosang, I bore with you and Chi Shengxu over and over again. But, donât think that youâre my only choice.â
Luosang gazed at the broken doll on the floor. He was really crazy. And, he even said that she wanted to two-time him. He actually thought of her this way. She wasnât his only choice? Who else did he want? Did he say that because Leng Shuangwei was back? He loved Leng Shuangwei so much, that he wouldnât have broken up with her if Murong Cheng hadnât threatened to kill herself.
He surely wonât have that much patience with me, Luosang thought.
âYeah, of course Iâm not your only choice. Youâre so perfect, and so many women want you.â Luosang sneered, her hands shaking. She tried to so hard to stop herself from crying, but was still afraid that she might burst into tears.