Chapter 396 - Past Regrets (1/2)

At Shen Lihua's villa.

The atmosphere around the dining table was stiff as usual as Shen Lihua quietly had her dinner on one side while Jun Zishen sat on the other end of the table.

It has been days since Shen Lihua let Jun Zishen inside the house and he did his best as he persisted in trying to bring her walls down. He tried to cook good food for her, learning it from internet, he would get her flowers/gifts but they would usually end up in the trash. He will find random topics to start a conversation with her but she will chip it down with one-liners.

As Jun Zishen quietly ate, certain thoughts kept occupying his mind. Like Yu Mei told him, he was willing to persist, to go through anything if it meant to have Shen Lihua open up to him. But, there were these rare times when he wondered if he was too late and if he will ever be able to reach her.

There was not even a glimpse of her past self in the current Shen Lihua. The person who used to be smiling and laughing all day, rarely smiled now. She used to be the most talkative person in the room but now, she won't speak a word unless she was spoken too.

And it scared him. It scared him to think that he had done this to her.

He ended up doing this to the person he has loved the most in his life.

''Do you think we should talk?” The words left his mouth even before he could contemplate over them.

”What do you want to talk about?” Shen Lihua placed her fork down as she raised her head to look at him, ”I am listening. Speak.''

The words that he had at the tip of his tongue rolled back, seemingly stuck in his throat as he quietly looked at her.

They looked at each other for a long time. But under her emotionless gaze, it was Jun Zishen who averted his gaze first.

”You have nothing to talk about,'' Shen Lihua picked up the glass of water and took a few sips before placing it down. Elegantly wiping her mouth with a silk napkin, she stood up from the chair and turned to leave.