Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 984: Chapter 957: Past Causes, Present Effects

Hai Zhao had long been used to chasing after Mr. Yu, and had long been accustomed to her sense of distance towards him, but he really couldn’t accept her current indifference towards him.

Because she didn’t care, she was completely unaware of how her cruelty affected him.

”If you can’t bear to give it away, just take it back. I’ll pick another gift for Qian.”

”Whatever.” Hai Zhao, who had never spoken harshly to Xiaoxi, for the first time showed emotion towards her, his always smiling face now filled with disappointment.

”Oh, then I’ll choose something else. Will you drive me?”

Hai Zhao looked at her silently. If there really was a hell in this world, then he felt he was in it at this moment.

He would rather she argue with him, explain things to him, anything but be as she was now. His heart was already cold as frost, yet she remained indifferent.

A epoch named emotion separated his world from hers.

”Hai Zhao?” Xiaoxi waved her hand in front of him, but Hai Zhao pushed her away, combining a cold expression with a cold voice.

”Get a taxi yourself, I’m busy.”

When he turned around, he didn’t see the expression on her face as she looked at his back: not indifferent, but a kind of cold and profound look.

Qian came out just in time to see this scene.

Yu Mingxi was looking at Hai Zhao’s back with a strange look, and from Qian’s angle, she could just see the glistening at the corner of Hai Zhao’s eye as he turned away, and also the unfathomable look in Yu Mingxi’s eyes that even a psychologist would find hard to decipher.

Xiaoxi didn’t give Qian much time to speculate, her anomaly lasted only a few seconds, then she turned and called a car, leaving without hesitation.

Hai Zhao walked towards the parking lot in a daze, finding his own car.

In the passenger seat, a bouquet of green roses lay quietly.

This flower came from abroad, with a beautiful name called ”Blue Ocean and Sky.”

If not for the recent accident, it should have been held in the arms of that carefree woman who could break your heart. He was still fantasizing about possibly getting her smile, her praise.

But now, even the flowers were mocking his overconfidence.

The woman’s heart was wider than the sea, higher than the sky. Her world was colorful, but it lacked him. He was cruelly labeled as just a childhood friend, thrown into an unimportant corner.

It was very hot, and Hai Zhao felt like he might have heatstroke, with dizziness, lightheadedness, and uncontrollable tears falling from his eyes. He leaned against the car, not in a hurry to open the door, and pulled out a cigarette, starting to think about what he had been doing over the past years.

He kept track of the days, counting when that carefree girl might come back.

When she came back, where should he take her to play, where should they eat?

Calculating what he should give her, how to spend a little more time with her.

Last year, when he pretended to be her boyfriend to get rid of one of her blind dates, Hai Zhao felt like there was hope; the sky might brighten.

So he worked even harder.

He thought she was a mountain and he was a foolish old man, gradually moving her with time.

But he overestimated his endurance and underestimated her stubbornness. Not only did the sky not brighten, it became darker.

With his fidelity, if she wanted none of it, there was no reason for him to keep waiting for her. From now on, he’d be a free spirit. If she loved to play, he’d accompany her. If she despised his gifts, he’d discard this affection!

Hai Zhao made up his mind. He was going to leave this heartbreaking place and find ten or eight women to accompany him. Surely, he wouldn’t wither away just because he left Yu Mingxi!

Just as he was about to open the car door, a hand pressed against it, stopping him. Hai Zhao was overjoyed, thinking Yu Mingxi had come back. But when he turned around, he was deeply disappointed.

Qian stood behind him.

”Sorry, I have something to do today, I have to leave first, send my congratulations to Mr. Yu on your wedding.”

Seeing that it wasn’t Xiaoxi, Hai Zhao felt both lost and contemptuous towards himself. That woman had done everything she could, so what was he still expecting?

”Do you know what idiom you make me think of at this moment?” Qian asked.

”Lost dog?” Hai Zhao said mockingly. Here he was, being rejected in such a way by the woman he liked, in front of his buddy’s woman.

”No, to be a ’lost dog,’ you’d need a home first. Did she ever give you a promise of a home?”

biu~

An arrow pierced through Hai Zhao’s heart, which had just been bleeding with pain, now further stabbed mercilessly by this sharp-tongued woman, Chen Xiaoqian.

But Qian seemed to think it wasn’t enough and continued to add.

”There’s an idiom called ’lament of grey hair,’ used to describe a woman’s lament for a desolate old age after being abandoned. Seeing you now, this word immediately comes to mind.”

Hai Zhao’s mouth twitched, ”You’re even more irritating than Mr. Yu, does taunting me make you feel good? Building your happiness on my misery, are you satisfied? Has it alleviated your pain of a missing groom at your wedding banquet?”

At this moment, Hai Zhao was like a wounded beast, wary of anyone, let alone Qian who was rubbing salt into his wounds; he couldn’t even consider the usual camaraderie, returning her words with sarcasm.

”Let me clarify, although my wedding feast was missing the groom, I am not in pain because his heart is always with me. We’ve completed all the necessary ceremonies. The feast is just a formality, but you are different. She’s always kept a not-too-distant distance from you, but her heart is ten thousand miles away.”

Oh my gosh!

Please take this sharp-tongued girl back!

Hai Zhao roared inside, couldn’t she see he was jilted? Why stimulate someone like this!

Well, unrequited love is still a kind of love!

”I don’t recall doing anything to wrong you two?” Hai Zhao asked weakly. If Qian was here to hit him while he was down, then she succeeded, he was thoroughly hit.

”You haven’t, actually, you’ve been very good to us. Among Minglang’s many friends, you must be the most important one in his heart.”

Hai Zhao and Yu Minglang had been good friends since the time when they wore split pants as children.

Except for the time when Yu Minglang was away at college, they had played together since childhood.

Even when they chose different paths, it didn’t diminish their brotherhood.

Because of his loyalty to Yu Minglang, Hai Zhao also took special care of Qian.

In the past few years, if Yu Minglang was busy and Qian needed help, it was definitely Hai Zhao who came.

Qian couldn’t get used to the cafeteria food, so Yu Minglang had Hai Zhao open a hot pot restaurant in Lishi, so Qian never had to spend a penny eating there. Of course, Qian also gave him some advice on operations and management, which benefited Hai Zhao greatly.

These two families had always been close, which is why Qian’s seemingly sharp words today seemed especially harsh.

”For the sake of my relationship with Mr. Yu, please stop provoking me.”

Hai Zhao turned around weakly, now he only wanted to find a place to quietly lick his wounds.

”Are you planning to indulge yourself and lose yourself in the world?”

Qian’s words made him turn around stiffly, his look seemed to say, how did you know?

Seeing his expression, Qian knew she guessed right.

She sighed inwardly.

So that’s it.