Hidden Marriage

Chapter 1810: Still King of The World

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ning Xi looked helpless. ”What should I do?”

Lu Tingxiao massaged his temples. Apparently, he was not experienced with such a dilemma as well.

Ning Xi almost cried. Fine, she made this mess, so she was going to fix it.

Ning Xi crouched down and started explaining, ”Ze, Iʼm really sorry for disappearing for so long. I didnʼt want to. I didnʼt mean to ignore Spiritʼs business as well. Iʼve been injured gravely and have been lying in bed for the past year. I just woke up a few days ago, but because I was unconscious for too long, my body was weak and I couldnʼt even speak well, so I didnʼt contact Spirit right away. We locked down the news and didnʼt tell anyone to avoid any negative rumors. Iʼm really sorry…”

After Ning Xi spoke for a long while to the point her mouth was nearly bruising, the young man finally replied, ”I thought... I disappointed you…”

Ning Xi covered her forehead with her palm in horror. ”How is that possible?! Youʼre amazing! Youʼre a treasure that I found!”

”I thought... I wasnʼt good enough... that I couldnʼt satisfy you... I thought Spirit didnʼt really matter to you... I suddenly didnʼt know... didnʼt know the meaning to persist any longer,” the young man continued, his face full of dread and despair of being abandoned.

Ning Xi almost broke down. The way he phrased it made it sound like she was a cheater!

She had not!

”Gosh! Why do you like to overthink so much?! Shouldnʼt you understand best whether Spirit is important to me or not? From the very first design, the first customer, the first flagship store, weʼve come a long way since then. I havenʼt seen the Spirit brand go on the international stage yet! I havenʼt let everyone know that youʼre much better than that bastard David!”

Gong Shangze was still looking downwards as he clenched his fists tightly. ”Boss, sorry... When you werenʼt around... I didnʼt... didnʼt do well... Iʼm sorry…”

”Itʼs alright! Itʼs my fault after all!” Ning Xi comforted him.

Actually, she could fully understand Gong Shangzeʼs feelings at the moment.

Gong Shangze had undergone the trauma of being betrayed and abandoned once before, and this time, during a long wait, various guesses and doubts magnified by the tendency to blame himself slowly evolved into him hating himself and thinking that all his effort was useless. Soon, he felt that everything was meaningless.

The most fatal bottleneck for a creator besides self-doubt was the loss of meaning. Any one of these two situations was enough to destroy a designer.

Gong Shangze had gone through both and it was tough for him to hang on until now.

If she had woken up any later, this genius might have really fallen and never gotten back up on his feet ever again.

Ning Xi suddenly felt afraid about what could have happened. ”Thereʼs more than one thing you should be sorry about. Look at you! I made you into a handsome young man, and youʼve turned yourself back into a dirty old man! Get up, follow me!”

Gong Shangze stood up slowly. ”Boss... Where are we going?”

”To my place! Donʼt worry. I wonʼt cause you trouble!”

Gong Shangze looked at Lu Tingxiao. ”I... Itʼs okay... Iʼm good to stay here…”

”Whatʼs so good here? If I got here any later, youʼd have become a dried corpse! Why are you looking at my darling? Donʼt worry! The place is huge. You wonʼt be bothering at all! What inspiration could you get by locking yourself up inside here? Get into a new environment and youʼll realize youʼre still the rocking genius designer XZ! Youʼre still the king of the world!”