Chapter 262: 261: The Broken Engagement, She Allows Herself To Cry Only This Once (1 update)

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“Let’s go!” Ji Baili pulled on Xin Zaozao and started to leave.

“Ji Baili!” Zhang Qingmei yelled at him, “If you dare to leave, if you dare to leave!”

Ji Baili didn’t care at all.

For him, he would absolutely not allow himself to be manipulated without clearing up the matter.

His grip on Xin Zaozao as he walked was firm.

However, at that moment, Zhang Qingmei suddenly lunged forward, grabbing her son’s arm and refusing to let him leave.

Ji Baili was stronger and in his fit of anger, he shoved Zhang Qingmei back.

Zhang Qingmei was pushed so forcefully she fell to the ground, causing a loud noise.

Song Zhizhi and Ji Baixin quickly ran to help Zhang Qingmei up.

Ji Baili, who was about to depart, stopped again at that moment.

His hand still gripped Xin Zaozao tightly as he turned to look at his mother who he had toppled. He watched her cry uncontrollably and mumble, “Go, just go! Like your sister did, once you leave, don’t come back, and don’t think of me as your mother anymore! I might as well be dead, just let me die…”

With that, she tried to get up and throw herself against the wall.

Song Zhizhi hurriedly stopped her.

Ji Baixin also stopped her.

Although he disliked the dramatic act his mother was putting on.

Ji Baili just watched, not releasing Xin Zaozao’s handy but not leaving either.

Xin Zaozao looked at his stance.

She had never seen Ji Baili so furious and yet so restrained.

Just as she was about to speak,

Slap! Ji Yunlei, without warning, stood up from the sofa and walked towards Ji Baili, delivering a harsh slap across his face.

The room fell silent.

Zhang Qingmei, who was throwing a tantrum on the floor, was also startled by Ji Yunlei’s sudden action.

Ji Yunlei shouted, “Have you made enough of the scene?”

He glared fiercely at Ji Baili.

“I wasn’t the one causing the scene!” Ji Baili retorted, “I know there’s more to this situation! I am well aware of who Xin Zaozao really is…”

“How much clearer do you want to be! Are you saying I haven’t lost enough face?! In front of so many people, on the good day when I, Ji Yunlei, am marrying my daughter-in-law, all the guests arrived with blessings. Now, I’ve become the laughingstock! And at this time, you’re still trying to leave with her! Ji Baili, don’t you have any sense of decency?!” Ji Yunlei roared. The head of the Ji family, once ignited, was truly astonishing.

Everyone was stunned.

It was the first time Song Zhizhi had seen Ji Yunlei so angry. It seemed that faced with Ji Baijian, Ji Yunlei had always had a placating component, although he kept a stern expression. Now, he seemed genuinely enraged.

“I understand this engagement party has disgraced you, and our family honor is on the ground! But I think the most urgent thing for now is not to appease your feelings, but to comfort Xin Zaozao. She’s the real victim, not just a pawn for our family’s so-called honor…” Ji Yunlei was so furious that he raised his hand to slap him again.

Ji Baili made no move to avoid it.

No matter what, he would stand by Xin Zaozao.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

He glared right back at his father.

Ji Yunlei raised his hand to slap him again.

However, at that moment.

Xin Zaozao abruptly stepped forward, intercepting the blow.

The slap landed hard on Xin Zaozao’s pale cheek, instantly turning it red.

“Zaozao!” Ji Baili instantly pulled her close.

Ji Yunlei’s face changed at that moment, but he remained silent, his face still cold.

Xin Zaozao bore the pain of the slap, the force of it causing a moment of ringing in her ears.

She struggled to regain her composure.

Ji Baili asked anxiously, “Zaozao, are you okay?”

Ji Yunlei’s expression darkened further at his son’s concern.

“Ji Baili, who should you be looking after, who should you be caring about?! Did I just raise two ungrateful kids? You might as well let me die, let me die…” Zhang Qingmei cried out in despair.

Xin Zaozao stayed silent, her lips bitten through.

Song Zhizhi looking at Xin Zaozao’s appearance, felt for her. But under these circumstances, it was not appropriate to reach out to her. If she did so, the result would be the same as when Ji Baili did it Ji Yunlei and Zhang Qingmei would hate her even more.

In the somewhat chaotic room,

Xin Zaozao spoke, and before she did, she painstakingly pulled away from Ji Baili’s grip.

Ji Baili looked at her.

His hand felt empty, as did his heart.

He was slightly panicked.

Panicking, he wanted to reach out to Xin Zaozao.

Xin Zaozao avoided the confrontation.

She addressed Ji Yunlei word for word, “I will take all the responsibility for this matter.”

“How would you bear it?” Ji Yunlei harshly asked her.

“Apart from what I’ve just said, I will actively let the journalists know the truth. I’m willing to give you five percent of my Xin Group’s shares as compensation for breaking the engagement.”

“Xin Zaozao!” Ji Baili called out to her.

Has she gone mad?

Given her current situation in the company, wouldn’t giving away shares be like shooting herself in the foot?

How can she persist in the company afterward?

Besides!

Who said anything about calling off the engagement?!

Who the hell said anything about calling off the engagement?!

Xin Zaozao seemed oblivious to Ji Baili’s emotions, “If you have a better solution, I’ll do my best to agree to it.”

Ji Yunlei just stared at Xin Zaozao.

He never thought that a 22-year-old girl could display such bold determination that even he was somewhat taken aback.

She didn’t cry or make a scene, didn’t fall apart, but has been focused on resolving the issue.

Compared to his emotional son, he felt that Ji Baili didn’t even compare to a single hair of Xin Zaozao!

But.

Even if Xin Zaozao is this good, a marriage between them is utterly impossible now!

He, Ji Yunlei, could not afford to lose face.

And he doesn’t want to clean up this mess, including dealing with her family’s problems.

He asked, “Can you guarantee what you said?”

“I can!” Xin Zaozao confidently replied.

“The issue of clarifying things publicly, I’ll leave to you. I’ll take the five percent shares of Xin Group too! I have one more condition though…”

“Dad, how could you do this!” Ji Baili furiously interjected.

“Shut up! Ji Baili, you shut up!” Zhang Qingmei finally got up from the floor, gripping her son’s arm, not allowing him to say a single word!

Looking coldly at Ji Baili, Ji Yunlei told Xin Zaozao, “From now on, you can never be with Ji Baili again!”

“I won’t…” Ji Baili objected loudly.

“Okay.” Xin Zaozao agreed without hesitation.

Ji Baili’s voice immediately stopped.

He couldn’t believe what he was hearing from Xin Zaozao.

Xin Zaozao did not look at Ji Baili but promised Ji Yunlei, “Okay, I swear, I will never be with Ji Baili again.”

“Xin Zaozao!” Ji Baili gritted his teeth.

Xin Zaozao said, coldly, “The engagement with Ji Baili was business-oriented in the first place. If Ji Baijian hadn’t used a project to negotiate with me, I would never have been with Ji Baili. The main reason for me to be with Ji Baili was because of the backing of the Ji family. With their support, I could smoothly take over the Xin Group. Now that I can’t rely on them, I won’t have any relationship with Ji

Baili!”

Ji Baili couldn’t believe what he was hearing from Xin Zaozao.

He stared coldly at Xin Zaozao.

Xin Zaozao could feel his icy gaze.

When her scandal was exposed, Ji Baili didn’t react like this.

Ji Baili was initially just shocked and at a loss, but at this moment, he genuinely despised her.

He asked, “Xin Zaozao, did we never have any feelings for each other?”

“At least I didn’t.” Xin Zaozao replied coldly, “I once gave all my emotions to Mu Cidian, but he gave me nothing in return. I had a miscarriage for him, went abroad for him, I came back and fought fiercely against him. After all these experiences, I can no longer fall in love with anyone. For the rest of my life, I will never love anybody! Including you. Being with you was only for the sake of benefits.”

“Huh.” Ji Baili gave a cold laugh.

He knew that Xin Zaozao had her difficulties, knew that she would never betray him like that. However, he didn’t anticipate that Xin Zaozao was genuinely emotionless towards him.

Xin Zaozao looked at Ji Baili’s smile.

Looking at his smile felt like an icicle piercing her heart.

Yet, she could remain indifferent.

Remain indifferent while watching him.

Zhang Qingmei couldn’t help but say, “Even had a miscarriage for Mu Cidian. Even had a miscarriage…”

Right.

She’s dirty. She’s not good enough for Ji Baili, not good enough for someone as clean, warm, and sunny as Ji Baili.

From the moment she was born, she wasn’t entitled to happiness.

She said, “I’m sorry, Ji Baili.”

Ji Baili was still looking at her coldly.

“In the future, I wish you happiness.” Xin Zaozao said without any emotion.

But that’s the truth.

It’S true.

Don’t let her affect his life, it’S not worth it.

She’s not worth being loved by anyone.

She turns to leave.

“Zaozao!” Ji Baili calls to her.

Zaozao falters for a moment.

“Did you really never have feelings for me?”

“That’s true,” says Zaozao, her back to him, her eyes reddening. She speaks, one word at a time, “The only person I’ve ever had feelings for in this life is Mu Cidian. As for you, never from start to finish!”

Ji Baili nods.

He nods silently.

He understands.

He understands!

He says, “Thank you for telling me the truth.”

Zaozao smiles suddenly, her smile tinged with tears. “You’re welcome.”

Then she leaves, truly leaves.

She leaves decisively and cleanly.

Without so much as a thought, Song Zhizhi follows Zaozao and simply leaves.

Ji Baijian watches Song Zhizhi’s departing figure without stopping her.

He turns back to look at the others, at Ji Baili.

Still silent, he doesn’t say a word.

Song Zhizhi chases after Zaozao.

“Zaozao,” Song Zhizhi calls her.

Zaozao stops momentarily.

“Baili picked you up, you don’t have a car. I’ll take you home,” Song Zhizhi says.

Zaozao nods.

Song Zhizhi takes Zaozao’s hand.

Zaozao’s body seems to pause slightly.

Song Zhizhi smiles, “Let’s go, I’ll take you.”

Zaozao turns her head and looks at Song Zhizhi.

Song Zhizhi’s heart skips a beat.

At that moment, she is genuinely moved by the woman in front of her, this small and frail woman.

The woman who was so strong, so calm, and so composed just now, is crying like a child at this moment.

Her face is full of grievance and heartache, her tears are falling as if mad.

Song Zhizhi’s eyes are a little red.

She’s not normally a particularly emotional person. After being reborn, she’s become more indifferent to many things. But at this moment, seeing the appearance of Zaozao, she feels pained for her.

All these years, this woman, this woman alone, how strong she has been to live on.

How strong she was to get to this point, and how suddenly it all got destroyed. She says, swallowing the turbulence in her heart, “I’ll get you out of here first.”

Zaozao nods.

She nods firmly.

Song Zhizhi leads Zaozao to the underground parking lot, gets in the car and leaves the hotel.

It’S midday outside, and the sun is very bright.

But at that moment, it doesn’t seem to warm Zaozao in the passenger seat.

Her tears keep falling.

Her body is trembling uncontrollably, but she doesn’t make a sound; she’s trying hard to hold herself back, not to break down.

Song Zhizhi drives a little faster.

The car goes into the underground parking lot.

It’s obviously not the Xin family villa.

Song Zhizhi says, “I don’t think you want Wan Quan and Mu Cidian to see you like this. Come with me first.”

Zaozao nods.

That moment, she really wants to say thank you.

But she can’t speak right now.

She’s holding back her tears.

She’s holding herself back, even if she can’t control her tears.

She admits that this time, she’s really been hurt.

Really hurt by Mu Cidian’s actions.

They’re so clever, they know how to deal the biggest blow to her!

But she can’t fall.

Her dam cannot collapse.

She must live on strongly, she must retort with all her might.

Zaozao follows Song Zhizhi into Luo Xiaolang’s home.

Luo Xiaolang has been quite idle these days. When Song Zhizhi and Ji Baijian go out, they hardly call her.

Today she had also asked if she wanted to attend Zaozao’s engagement banquet, purely as a guest, but Luo Xiaolang had refused, unwilling to go anywhere unless it was as a bodyguard. She didn’t like to join in on the fun.

But she was truly bewildered.

It’s just a little past 1 in the afternoon, why has Song Zhizhi brought Zaozao back?

And why is Zaozao’s makeup all smudged from crying? What happened?!

Anyway, if she couldn’t figure it out, she just wouldn’t think about it.

She opens the door to let them in.

Song Zhizhi leads Zaozao to sit on Luo Xiaolang’s couch.

Luo Xiaolang sits on the side, watching them in confusion. Of course, she won’t ask, she just sits quietly to the side.

Song Zhizhi says, “This is Xiaolang’s personal residence. Upstairs is where I and Ji Baijian stay. Don’t worry, Ji Baijian won’t come here. You can rest here with peace of mind.” “Hmm.” Zaozao just nods silently.

“Do you need to go to the bathroom first?” Song Zhizhi considers.

Zaozao gratefully nods her head.

Song Zhizhi takes Zaozao to the bathroom.

The door is closed for her.

Zaozao turns on the cold water, looking at her own face full of smudged makeup in the mirror.

Today.

Today, allow herself to be weak just this once.

From now on, she swears, she won’t cry again.

She won’t cry anymore!

She bows her head, fiercely washing her cheeks with the cold water. At that moment, she soaks her little wedding dress, but she isn’t aware of any of this. She just wants to keep waking herself up, waking herself up to remind herself who is to blame for all of this?! The one responsible for everything she’s been through, who started all this?

She wasn’t aware when Song Zhizhi entered the bathroom.

Song Zhizhi looks at Zaozao, watching her try to vent and suppress her feelings.

This woman really makes one’s heart ache.

But she knows, there will be a day when this woman will become invincible, and everyone will fear her!

She says, “Xiaolang’s clothes, they’re clean, maybe a bit big, you’ll have to manage.”

Zaozao nods.

Song Zhizhi leaves.

She feels, Zaozao should be given more space to vent properly.

About.

One hour.

Song Zhizhi waits outside for Zaozao for an hour.

Zaozao opens the bathroom door and steps out.

So, this woman only allowed herself an hour of heartbreak.

She looks at Zaozao who has removed her makeup, showered, and is now wearing Xiaolang’s somewhat oversized clothes.

When she walked out.

She once again saw that calm and indifferent Zaozao. Even though her eyes were swollen and her face was pale, her emotions had clearly returned back to normal.

The woman who had just collapsed to the point of being abandoned by the whole world is no longer present.

She sits beside Song Zhizhi, and even manages to squeeze out a smile, saying, “Zhizhi, I’m a bit hungry.”

Song Zhizhi returns the smile.

Zaozao is just that kind of person, resilient!