Chapter 1472: Chapter 1472: You’re So Cruel! (2)
Xiao Ji looked at Su Hongxing with focused eyes, feeling bitter inside: “I didn’t really have high hopes. After all, you’re very smart; sooner or later you’d see through it. I just didn’t expect this dream to end so quickly.”
He thought his time by her side could last a little longer.
“Why did you pretend to be Ye Qilan? Tell me the reason. Why did you come up with this absurd story about Ye Qilan’s soul attaching to you? Why were you so sure that I would believe what you’d said?” If he hadn’t been so certain, how could Xiao Ji have started with Jiang Su, staged a heroic rescue, and then dreamt up the absurd story of Ye Qilan attaching his soul after his ‘death’?
“Everyone knows Ye Qilan is dead, so what’s strange about coming up with such a story?” Xiao Ji replied calmly.
Su Hongxing lowered her eyes sadly: “Even now, you still want to deceive me? Xiao Ji, you are more stubborn than I imagined. What else have you been hiding from me? I suddenly realize that I don’t understand you at all.”
She had thought that after revealing everything, Xiao Ji, at least, would be honest with her for a few moments, but it turns out she had overestimated him.
“You’ve been brainwashed by Ye Qilan. In your eyes, apart from Ye Qilan, you can’t see anyone else, including me.” Xiao Ji paused, then asked, “Can’t I stay in Qingmu Garden? Sometimes, I don’t have much ambition. As long as you don’t drive me away, I’m happy and satisfied.”
But Su Hongxing left no room for negotiation; he felt this woman was more ruthless and heartless than he was.
“No, you can’t. Leave, and don’t do these thankless things again. This time I won’t pursue it, but if such things happen again, don’t blame me for turning against you. I’ll say it again, Xiao Mama only has one son, and she’s old now. She can’t take any more stress, so please consider Xiao Mama’s feelings before you do anything. I won’t see you off when you leave, that’s it.” Su Hongxing finished speaking and stepped towards the door to leave the study.
Xiao Ji watched Su Hongxing’s indifferent back, and his palms felt cold.
He knew this day would come eventually, but when it truly arrived, he still couldn’t accept it calmly.
“Su Hongxing, did you ever love me?” Xiao Ji asked hoarsely.
Su Hongxing paused. If it were earlier, in those carefree times, she might have thought she loved Xiao Ji.
But recalling both past lives and her current one, after experiencing Ye Qilan, she realized her feelings for Xiao Ji were never love.
“I’m sorry, I never loved you.” She turned back and said, enunciating each word.
What she didn’t understand before, she understands now. The emotions she couldn’t untangle before, she can now discern clearly.
“You’re so cruel!” Xiao Ji’s eyes filled with desolation.
In the end, his obsession with her, his inability to let go, was only ever a joke, wasn’t it?
“It’s not too late for you to realize now.” Su Hongxing finished speaking and turned to walk away.
Not long after, Xiao Ji left Qingmu Garden. Su Hongxing watched Xiao Ji’s departing figure, feeling empty inside. She thought Xiao Ji had already let her go, but it turns out, she underestimated Xiao Ji’s persistence towards her.
“If he’s gone, he’s gone, what’s there to watch? You’d be better off admiring my handsome face.” Ye Qilan tried to make Su Hongxing smile, seeing her feeling down.
Su Hongxing forced herself to perk up: “Come on, let’s go to work.”
With Xiao Ji gone from Qingmu Garden, she was quite decisive with her words today. Xiao Ji should finally let go of her this time.