Chapter 23 - Xu Junxi, Let’s Call Off Our Engagement (2/2)
What did she mean? Shouldn’t she be explaining and begging for him to stay?
Had she become addicted to pus.h.i.+ng him to other women?
Just what did she think he was to her?
Just as he recalled her distressed face in her grandma’s room, he felt better, “Ning Qing, I know that you’ve loved me all these years but you can’t force a relations.h.i.+p. I want to be with Yaoyao. Don’t make it difficult for her. Between the two of us, consider me the one who owes you.”
Ning Qing didn’t even have the strength to laugh. She suddenly didn’t understand why she would accept his confession of love when she was eighteen, why she would accept his garden date and engagement…
He couldn’t even differentiate the bad and the good. His face of arrogance; she thought it was too much to bear just another glance!
After a while, Ning Qing spoke. Her gentle voice brought a tinge of weariness, “Xu Junxi, let’s call off our engagement.”
Xu Junxi’s body stiffened. That’s strange. He was the one who said that he was with Ning Yao but when he heard her calling off their engagement, he felt an ache in his heart. It felt as though someone stabbed a knife at his chest and took his heart away. It was as though something important was flowing away…
There was cold chill to their faces, and Xu Junxi looked up and saw that it was drizzling. The dense and heavy raindrops wet their clothes.
“Alright,” His deep voice sounded like it was forced out from his stomach. Xu Junxi stared at her face as not to miss any expression, “Please pa.s.s me back the jade bracelet that was pa.s.sed down through the Xu family. I want to give it to Yaoyao.”
“Okay,” Ning Qing nodded. The pattering raindrops that hit their skin were as cold as she felt inside at the very moment, “The jade bracelet belongs to the Xu family. I will definitely return it to you. But I didn’t bring the jade bracelet with me. I’ll call you tomorrow and you can come and collect.”
Ning Qing said this and turned to leave without waiting for Xu Junxi’s response.