Chapter 49 (2/2)
“Then, how do you feel about me?” Bai Ru probed further, her eyes keen.
Chen Hao thought about it for a moment before saying, “Do you want to hear the truth or the lie?”
Bai Ru paused.
There was a truth and a lie?
Seeing his calm expression, Bai Ru had a sudden premonition.
“Say the truth.”
Chen Hao said, “Okay, then I will speak my mind. I, a child of a village farmer, is a nameless nobody. You’re from a noble family, with a background worth millions. This is an indisputable gap between us. It’s to the point that I think that our education and life principles are different. We’re people from two different worlds. If not for the cooperation this time, we were people who would never have crossed paths in our lifetime. Am I right?”
Bai Ru kept quiet and watched him calmly.
Chen Hao then continued, “And this venture allowed vice-president Bai to broaden your perspectives. Was it very magical and did it break the impression you had of this world? There are actually weird things like ghosts and demons in our world—there are even poisonous snakes. You must be thinking, ‘what a strange world we live in, it’s too dangerous…’ So you wish to find someone to protect you.
“For me though, I’m just a new person in the world of cultivation who has my own tricks. During our cooperation, I helped you and gave you a sense of security which confused your heart, right? Nope, I can’t phrase it that way. People like vice-president Bai who seek success through any means have a heart of steel, so it can’t be moved easily. In other words, you saw my capability and many different intentions popped up in your mind. For you, it’s serving, helping, and a form of shortcut. The only thing lacking is… feelings.”
The word at the end was said in a mocking tone.
Bai Ru’s expression shifted and she remained silent.
“That’s why, for you to be asking me directly right now and for you to overlook the fact that we don’t match, you intend for me to woe you? To assist you to the best of my ability and help you to become a strong career lady? Is it like that?”
Bai Ru stayed quiet for a while before sighing. “Master Chen, you’re overthinking it.”
Chen Hao retorted, “Overthinking? Am I thinking that you have feelings for me when you don’t, or is what I’m saying not what you’re thinking? You really did fall for me and hoped to soar to the skies with me? Okay. If it’s the latter, I can date you. But I have a request. Can you fulfill it?”
Bai Ru’s eyes shone.
Chen Hao laughed. “I want you to give up on the Shuanglong Group. From then on, you will assist your husband and raise our children. Be a housewife and not show your face outside, don’t seek to prevail over others. Don’t…”
“You’re too much.” Bai Ru rebuked angrily before he could finish his words.
Chen Hao shrugged and smiled at her. What he wanted to say was evident in his eyes. You also know that it’s impossible since we aren’t each other’s tastes, why is there this need to talk about these false realities? To be moved by any beautiful woman I see, do you really think of me as a geek who has never seen women before?
Through her anger, Bai Ru realized that she had been tricked by this guy. What a bastard. How could he put the relationship between both genders out so bluntly? For them to have completed this task together, they must have some sort of connection.
But Bai Ru couldn’t think of any words to rebuke him.
She questioned herself. Towards Chen Hao, if he didn’t have the capabilities, he wouldn’t have caught her eye and she wouldn’t have such thoughts about him as well.
Her expression grew unsightly. “Master Chen’s words are too hurtful. Unless you say that people from noble families can’t have feelings. If, in the future, a beautiful and rich young lady fall for you, will you reject her as you did to me today?”
Chen Hao chuckled. “That’s not for sure. If there are true feelings involved, I will definitely not reject her. Someone beautiful and rich, even a fool wouldn’t reject.”
Bai Ru was speechless.
So you just don’t like me. You bastard, scum, freakin’ geek, worse than a monster…