I confessed my love to He Shishi, and her eyes turned red.
“I promise you.”
I thought she was touched by me, so I gave everything I had, even my life in the end.
Later, I found out that she was just using me to make Qin Nan jealous.
Reborn and back on the day of the confession, He Shishi looked at the candles and flowers all over the ground, hesitating to speak.
But I smiled.
“Rent out confession props, ten yuan a time, pay and use on the spot.”
1
“He Shishi is really lucky! Both the richest and the most handsome guys like her.”
“Su Mushi is really persistent. He’s been chasing her from freshman to senior year, and he won’t even get up when he’s almost fainted.”
“If a rich second – generation dog – like suitor treated me like this, I’d definitely agree.”
Endless discussions reached my ears.
I woke up from my dizziness.
Seeing the young faces around me, I was stunned.
Wasn’t I supposed to die on the operating table?
Candles and flowers were strewn all over the ground.
The scorching sun made me sweat profusely.
This scene was so familiar.
“Get up quickly.”
A pair of white sneakers appeared in front of me.
I looked up and saw He Shishi standing there.
At this time, she still had a bit of innocence and shyness.
“It’s not good with so many people watching.”
Looking at her constantly looking back, I smiled.
I was reborn!
Reborn four years ago, on the day I confessed to her.
“Su Mushi, don’t be like this, okay?”
When He Shishi saw me smiling at her, she looked rather reluctant.
The scene four years ago overlapped with the present.
If she hadn’t called to hint me the night before, how could I have silently waited for four years and then suddenly confessed.
Later I found out that she had quarreled with Qin Nan that night and thought of me only when she was wronged.
All of this today was for Qin Nan to see.
But I stupidly thought she was really touched by me.
After I said the confession words I had thought about all night, He Shishi reluctantly agreed to me.
I was so excited at that time that I completely didn’t notice that her eyes were always on my back, following Qin Nan as he left.
“Promise him!”
“Promise him!”
“Promise him!”
The people around started to egg her on, and He Shishi became more and more embarrassed.
But I clearly saw a trace of pride in her eyes.
I remembered this look too well.
Every time I compromised with her, she always had this confident expression.
She thought she had me wrapped around her finger, and I would agree to whatever excessive demands she made.
And that was indeed the case.
In the end, I even lost my life.
It was not until Qin Nan appeared in front of me before I died, mocking me for giving away the shares of my family’s company, that I realized how wrong I was.
“Su Mushi, get up, I agree…”
Before she could finish, I stood up.
“Miss He, do you want to rent the props?”
2
He Shishi was stunned. “What did you say?”
“I said, do you want to rent the props?” I pointed to the flowers and candles all over the ground.
“Rent out confession props, ten yuan a time, pay and use on the spot.”
The crowd that was egging her on suddenly fell silent and looked at each other.
He Shishi’s face turned very ugly when she heard this.
“Su Mushi, what do you mean?”
“Nothing else, just doing a part – time job to earn some living expenses.”
I held onto the ground and slowly stood up, enduring the pain in my knees.
“Do you want it? If not, please move aside. Don’t block the people behind.”
The people around started to talk in whispers.
“What’s going on? Is Su Mushi crazy?”
“Wasn’t he going to confess to He Shishi?”
“Did the dog – like suitor suddenly stop? Turned from love to hate?”
Yes, I’m not being a dog – like suitor anymore.
In this life, I just want to love myself and my family well.
As for turning from love to hate?
Not really.
I admit that I loved and loved wrongly.
Now, I just don’t love anymore.
He Shishi’s face turned pale with anger, and she bit her lower lip and asked in a low voice.
“Su Mushi, I’ll give you one last chance.”
“What chance?”
I pretended to be stupid and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
He Shishi was stunned.
“Su Mushi, you’re going too far!”
With that, she left with red eyes.
Am I going too far?
Then what did you do to me in my last life?
The people around were whispering.
I turned around and continued to shout.
I saw Qin Nan standing at the edge of the crowd, looking at me coldly.
I gave him a contemptuous look in return.
I looked down on him.
In my last life, He Shishi took advantage of my love for her and took whatever she wanted from me.
But Qin Nan, on one hand, kept He Shishi hanging on, and on the other hand, used the resources I gave her to turn them into his own wealth.
A man who gets rich by relying on women and his love rival, I look down on him.
Unfortunately, in the end, He Shishi would rather believe him than me.
In this life, without my support, I’ll keep my eyes wide open to see if he can be as successful as he was in the last life.
Qin Nan frowned and turned to leave.
The onlookers saw that both He Shishi and Qin Nan had left, and only I was shouting hard, so they also left.
I packed my things and went back to the dormitory.
A text message from He Shishi came to my phone.
“Su Mushi, unless you apologize publicly, I’ll never talk to you again.”
At the same time, a deduction message for the family – bound card for He Shishi popped up.
A consumption of more than 30,000 yuan at a certain brand’s counter was then displayed.
Oh right, how could I forget this?
Since we have nothing to do with each other, of course, I have to cancel it.
I cancelled all the supplementary cards and accounts for He Shishi.
Just halfway through, He Shishi’s call came in.
“Su Mushi, are you crazy?”
3
Am I crazy?
Of course not.
I remember when I first saw He Shishi, she was wearing a white dress.
I hurt my foot while playing ball and almost fell down the stairs.
It was her who held me up.
Her eyes were so pure, like a lotus flower that hadn’t been polluted.
When I thanked her, her face even turned red.
I had never seen such a pure girl, and a sense of protectiveness welled up in my heart.
Later, I learned that her family was in poor condition.
She had to earn her tuition and living expenses through part – time jobs.
I would send her money every week under various pretexts.
At first, He Shishi firmly refused.
I thought she was not a money – greedy person, so I treated her even better.
Later, her parents had a car accident, and she had to accept my help.
After that, I even compulsorily provided her with supplementary cards and a family – related account.
He Shishi also began to enjoy the joy of money.
She changed from being simply dressed to being covered in famous brands.
The girl who was not good at speaking also became familiar with all kinds of luxury brands.
“You want to take revenge on me and make me submit to you, right?”
He Shishi’s angry voice came from the phone.
“I tell you, Su Mushi, it’s impossible!”
“I didn’t want to use your money in the first place. It was you who forced me to use it. Now it’s just right. From now on, we’ll owe each other nothing!”
With that, she hung up the phone.
From beginning to end, I didn’t say a word.
I thought for a long time.
I really did something wrong.
I was wrong in letting a little white flower taste the taste of getting something for nothing too early.
I was the one who broke the white rose in my heart with my own hands.
But it doesn’t matter. It’s never too late to mend.
Just then, a message from the leader was sent in the internship group.
“Xiao Su, Xiao He, there will be a regular meeting at 9 o’clock next Monday. This time, we’ll arrange the matter of visiting clients. It’s related to your internship results. Remember to get prepared.”
I replied with “Received.”
He Shishi, however, didn’t reply for a long time.
She was probably still angry and didn’t look at her phone at all.
The word “internship” reminded me of something.
Originally, this internship was for a single person to visit clients. I was afraid that He Shishi, a girl, couldn’t handle it, so I insisted on being in a group with her.
Later, I got a gastric perforation from drinking and asked her to send me home, but she thought I had ulterior motives and left angrily.
I was spitting blood halfway in a taxi and wanted her to come to the hospital to take care of me.
But I saw that she posted a photo of her and Qin Nan looking at the stars on her Moments.
Finally, I informed her of the intended price that I managed to negotiate with great difficulty.
But she secretly told Qin Nan.
In the end, the client was snatched away by Qin Nan.
Neither she nor I passed the internship, but she thought I was making things difficult for her.
But in order to stay, she still coquettishly begged me.
I was soft – hearted and used my father’s connections to say a word to the company leader.
Finally, He Shishi was allowed to stay.
But even so, I still didn’t get any gratitude.
She even more thought that getting a regular job after the internship was just a matter of my word.
I didn’t agree before just because I wanted her to beg me.
I smiled bitterly.
Now that I think about it, it was all my own fault.
On Monday, when I went to the company, He Shishi was chatting and laughing with colleagues one second.
The next second, when she saw me coming, she deliberately put on a cold face and ignored me.
I got the client list.
Sure enough, it was the same as in the last life, still Company S.
On the way to the visit, He Shishi said coldly.
“I can handle it by myself. You don’t need to come.”
“Are you sure?”
“Are you looking down on me?”
He Shishi looked at me with an inexplicable hatred in her eyes.
“Although I’m poor, I’m not worse than you rich second – generations.”
“You’re just relying on your connections to intern in this company. What else do you have?”
I was stunned for a moment.
What she said in the first half was right.
This listed company was opened by an uncle who watched me grow up.
I did get in through his connections.
At that time, He Shishi also applied for the intern position in this company.
But with her major and background, she couldn’t get in at all.
It was me who begged the uncle to open another back door.
I was afraid of hurting her self – esteem, so I never said anything about this.
But I didn’t expect it to become the reason for her to attack and despise me.
I opened my mouth, but finally decided to say nothing.
Anyway, if I said it, she would just think I was mocking her.
And my reaction, in He Shishi’s eyes, was that I had nothing to say.
“I’ll use my strength to tell you that I can do it without you!”
She snorted and turned to leave.
Looking at her back, I could only silently wish her well.
But she should soon realize that the struggle in society doesn’t only rely on enthusiasm, but also on connections and resources.
Sure enough, that night, I received a call from He Shishi.
She cried out, “Su Mushi, come quickly.”
4
I sighed and still decided to go.
It wasn’t because I was soft – hearted.
After all, this client was also under my responsibility.
I couldn’t let my uncle down.
When I arrived, she had already vomited three times.
She could barely walk steadily, but she still kept pulling the leader of Company S, not letting him go.
She cried and held the contract, asking him to sign it.
The leader of Company S looked very impatient.
“Xiao He, if you can’t drink, go back first. We’ll talk about the contract later.”
“No, Mr. Chen, please sign it first.”
He Shishi stuffed the pen into Mr. Chen’s hand while vomiting again.
Although she had turned to the side, a lot of vomit still splashed near Mr. Chen’s feet.
Mr. Chen’s face turned green. I saw it was not good and quickly pulled He Shishi away.
“Sorry, Mr. Chen. My colleague is drunk. You can go back first. We’ll visit you another day.”
As soon as Mr. Chen left, He Shishi slapped me.
“Su Mushi, are you crazy! I was almost done talking, and you actually let him go!”
“Did you do it on purpose? You messed it up when you saw I was about to succeed. Your heart is so dark!”
“I’m so stupid! I called you here thinking you would help me, but you actually stabbed me in the back!”
I took a deep breath and calmly said to her.
“He Shishi, wake up. Mr. Chen didn’t want to sign the contract with you at all.”
“If you keep pulling him, you won’t even have a second chance to visit.”
In return, she splashed red wine in my face.
Just then, Qin Nan rushed in.
He Shishi cried and threw herself into Qin Nan’s arms.
Qin Nan hugged He Shishi tightly and said harshly with a cold face.
“If anything happens to Shishi, I’ll never let you go!”
I was so angry that I laughed.
I was really blind before. I didn’t see that these two people were so consistent in their ability to shift the blame.
They were really a match made in heaven. It was really my fault to butt in.
Before leaving, I threw out a sentence.
“Since you like her so much, why didn’t you come out to stop her when she was drinking?”
Qin Nan’s face froze.
He Shishi also stopped crying.
According to my understanding of He Shishi, she must have called Qin Nan first and then me.
Qin Nan must have arrived earlier than me.
But he chose to stand by and watch. When he saw that Mr. Chen really didn’t intend to sign the contract with us after I came, he showed up.
After all, He Shishi was just a chess piece in his hand.
I was He Shishi’s dog – like suitor, and He Shishi was also just a fish in Qin Nan’s fishpond.
“Su Mushi, you still want to sow discord at this time?”
He Shishi looked at me angrily with a crying voice.
She looked up softly and said.
“I won’t believe him.”
5
Qin Nan gave me a victorious smile, but I found it extremely boring.
I ignored them and turned to leave.
Rather than watching them act affectionately, I had more important things to do.
The next day, I bought a golf club and went to the golf course to find Mr. Chen.
In my last life, after I had a gastric hemorrhage, my father came to the hospital to see me.
Besides being heartbroken, he told me that in addition to drinking, to talk about cooperation, you also have to cater to the other person’s hobbies.
This time, I checked Mr. Chen’s social media accounts and saw that he loved golf.
Coincidentally, I could play it too, so I found a new way.
Sure enough, with the same hobby, Mr. Chen soon looked at me differently.
We quickly finalized the intended price.
After returning to the company, the leader called He Shishi and me to the meeting room to learn about the progress.
He Shishi said first.
“I had already talked it over last night, but when Su Mushi came, Mr. Chen left for some reason.”
She glanced at the leader with a look of reluctance, then lowered her head.
Obviously, it was me who helped her solve the crisis, but she vaguely pointed the blame at me.
In my last life, I actually thought it was normal.
Sure enough, people with a love – struck brain are hopeless.
Fortunately, in this life, I’ve come to my senses.
“Leader, I’ve already talked to Mr. Chen about the initial cooperation intention.”
He Shishi looked at me in shock.
“Very good. Since that’s the case, you’ll be in charge of the bidding in a week.”
The leader looked at me with satisfaction.
He completely ignored He Shishi.
After the leader left, He Shishi, contrary to her usual self, said with red eyes and a choked voice.
“So you’ve been guarding against me all along.”
I packed up the meeting documents and said lightly.
“You said you wanted to do it alone. I was just doing as you said.”
“Su Mushi, stop right there!”
He Shishi looked at me and the documents in my hand with grievance.
“You weren’t like this before. How have you changed?”
“Were all the words you said to me in these four years fake?”
As she spoke, she lowered her head slightly, with a teardrop hanging from the corner of her eye, about to fall.
I know that her current show of weakness is just an attempt to get me to reveal the bottom – line price so she can tell Qin Nan.
“Is there anything else? If not, I’m leaving.”
“Wait a minute!”
He Shishi blocked my way again.
She bit her lower lip, looking extremely embarrassed.
“This internship is really important to me. You know my whole family depends on me to make money.
“Can… can you, for the sake of us being in the same group, let me participate in writing the tender?”
He Shishi’s expression was one of great self – sacrifice.
As if being humble to me was such a humiliating thing.
Seeing that I didn’t speak, she even gently shook my hand.
“Mushi, I’m sorry. I drank too much that night. I didn’t know what I was saying.
“If I said anything wrong to make you unhappy, don’t be angry with me, okay?
“You’ve always been so good to me. Don’t ignore me, please?”
She knew I cared for her.
But why did she treat me like that in the last life?
Do those who are loved always act so recklessly, trampling on others’ love?
I felt that the He Shishi in front of me was very strange.
However, in order to keep the plan going, I still said in my usual gentle voice,
“Since you’ve said so, I definitely won’t refuse.”
I took out the document marked with the reserve price and handed it to her.
He Shishi took it excitedly.
I held the document and didn’t let go. He Shishi looked at me in confusion.
“This is a confidential document. Remember not to spread it, or we’ll both be fired.”
I warned her.
He Shishi’s face stiffened, and she forced a smile.
“Of course I know.”
Watching her hurry away, I knew that some people and things would happen even if I warned them.
On the day of the bidding, Qin Nan indeed showed up among the competing companies.
He didn’t have an internship but started his own small company.
Like He Shishi, he had no resources or connections and had no business at all.
The only way was to win the bid at a low price.
And in the last life, he relied on this bid to revitalize his small company.
But this time, would it still be as he wished?
6
I saw He Shishi secretly give him a firm nod.
When Qin Nan passed by me, he whispered in my ear,
“I will definitely win, both the project and the woman.”
I smiled and replied,
“We’ll see.”
Soon it was time to announce the result. Qin Nan showed a confident smile.
However, the next moment, he was slapped in the face.
I went up with a big smile and shook hands with the other side to express my gratitude.
He Shishi’s face was as white as a sheet as she followed me.
Qin Nan’s smile froze on his lips, and finally, he left angrily.
After the pleasantries, I was about to leave when He Shishi suddenly grabbed my hand.
“Su Mushi, you deliberately leaked the wrong reserve price to me, right!”
Looking at He Shishi, who was so angry that she seemed to want to eat me, I smiled.
“The reserve price can change until the last moment. How can it be called deliberate leakage?
“Or did you already leak our reserve price to others, causing them to miscalculate the budget and lose the project?”
He Shishi suddenly realized and gritted her teeth.
“Sure enough, you already knew that Qin Nan would also participate in this bidding, so you deliberately gave me a wrong reserve price!
“Su Mushi, you’re so disgusting!
“Your methods are as despicable as you are!”
I put away my smile and said coldly,
“I’m despicable? Then where are you, who leaked the reserve price to the competing company, any more noble!
“I clearly warned you that this is company – confidential and must not be said.
“You actually leaked it to our competitor. Not to mention the internship period, this is a violation of the company’s regulations. Once the company pursues it, you’ll bear legal responsibility. Do you know that!”
He Shishi had never seen me so stern and was stunned for a moment.
Especially when she heard about bearing legal responsibility, she visibly panicked.
“I know, you want to use this to threaten me, right?”
He Shishi looked at me in disbelief.
“You not only want to use me to frame Qin Nan but also use this handle to force me to submit.
“Su Mushi, I realize now that I underestimated you.
“You’re terrifying!”
I took a deep breath and looked at her quietly.
“He Shishi, I won’t tell the company about your leaking the secret, but this is the last time I’ll help you.
“Don’t think that someone will always revolve around you. And – “
Before leaving, I couldn’t help but remind her,
“Be careful who you trust. Don’t think that Qin Nan is the same kind of person as you. He’s more terrifying than you know.”
“What do you mean!”
Perhaps unable to accept my slander of Qin Nan, He Shishi completely exploded.
“Do you think I don’t know? You being good to me is just to satisfy your condescending altruistic mentality!
“I know you’ve always looked down on me and even more so on Qin Nan.
“You think it’s funny to see us poor people struggling, right?
“He Shishi’s expression became more and more ferocious.
“One moment you’re pretending to be a love saint, and the next moment you’re humiliating me in public. This is your trick, right?
“You want to toy with me in your hands, make me fawn over you. This is just a way for you to tame me!
“How could someone like you understand the mutual – support relationship between me and Qin Nan!”
There’s no hope for her, really.
She’s been brainwashed by Qin Nan beyond redemption.
She’s not the same innocent and shy girl I knew back then.
Why couldn’t I see it in my last life?
It should be because of unwillingness.
Unwilling that the flower I had nurtured for so long finally grew crooked.
And I was also used to being good to her. I didn’t know what else to do except be good to her.
I couldn’t help but show a pitying look.
Unexpectedly, this further stimulated He Shishi.
She tore off her work permit.
“I don’t need you to hide it for me. I’m resigning from this job right now!
“I’m telling you clearly now that I’ll go to Qin Nan’s company. I’ll accompany him to climb to the top step by step!
“I’ll make you know that our love can’t be shaken by someone like you!”
Watching her leave without hesitation, I shook my head.
In the last life, after Qin Nan won the bid, He Shishi also jumped ship to help him.
But this time, Qin Nan has no project. How can he afford to support He Shishi?
Now He Shishi has been spoiled by me.
Even if she fell out with me, she was still wearing and using the famous brands she bought with my credit card.
How could she live a simple life of vegetables and plain rice?
Sure enough, not long after I became a regular and started following up on the project, I received a call from He Shishi.
On the other end, she cried and said to me,
“Mushi, please help me.”
7
“You want me to be the white knight to save Qin Nan’s company?”
I took a sip of coffee and succinctly stated this conclusion.
I hadn’t seen He Shishi for a while, and she looked very haggard.
The bag she was carrying was no longer the famous brand she used to have.
The clothes on her body were as simple as when I first met her.
Perhaps feeling my inquiring gaze, He Shishi lowered her head in embarrassment.
“Qin Nan told me that this project is still a blue – ocean market. As long as we make early arrangements, we can make a big leap.
“He said it so convincingly that I believed him. So I persuaded my parents to invest all the family’s money.
“I even sold my bags…”
Mentioning what happened not long ago, He Shishi looked worried.
“After that, there were really people investing. I was very happy, thinking that we could finally succeed. But unexpectedly…”
“Unexpectedly, the group of people who invested were like wolves and tigers. They invested in Qin Nan’s company not because they were optimistic about him but because they wanted to annex it directly!”
He Shishi angrily cursed.
“Now the only way is to find a new investing company to compete with them.
“Mushi, only you can save us now.”
He Shishi didn’t put on makeup today, showing a weak look that made her look pitiful.
She choked and said,
“Mushi, I know I was wrong. What you said before was right. I shouldn’t have believed Qin Nan so easily.
“The current result is my own fault, but I really have no other way.
“He Shishi stood up and squatted at my feet, looking as harmless as a little white rabbit.
“Mushi, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have treated you like that.
“What I said to you back then were just angry words. In fact, I’ve always known that you were very good to me.
“I just… I just had my pride get in the way. Will you forgive me?”
Looking at her sincere confession, if it weren’t for the memories of the last life, I might really have been deceived by her.
In the last life, after Qin Nan won the bid, his company developed rapidly.
Soon, he targeted another blue – ocean project.
This attracted a notorious investment company.
He Shishi also came to me for help like this.
I couldn’t bear to see the pleading in her eyes, so I begged my parents to invest in Qin Nan’s company in the form of share – exchange.
Unexpectedly, it ended up like the story of the farmer and the snake.
Relying on my trust in He Shishi, Qin Nan asked her to get me to sign a share – transfer agreement with tricks in it.
I kindly helped his company through the crisis, but he turned around and seized my shares.
I still remember the way he mocked me.
“Your parents should really regret giving birth to such an infatuated person like you.
“You’re just lucky. Do you really think you can be smooth – sailing all your life?
“I just want to step on you, a self – righteous prodigal, under my feet!
“Remember to call me President Qin when you go back to the company. Maybe I’ll take pity on you and arrange a toilet – cleaning position for you.”
Seeing that I kept looking at her without speaking, He Shishi became a little flustered.
“Mushi, say something. Even if you scold me, it would make me feel better.”
I looked at her with a half – smile.
“Are you sure you really want me to scold you in public?”
He Shishi’s face stiffened, as if she couldn’t tell whether I was telling the truth or not.
I took the opportunity of drinking coffee to loosen her hand holding mine.
Originally, I don’t trouble others if they don’t trouble me.
But since you’ve calculated against me, then let you taste the bitter fruit of your own actions.
“Okay, I promise you.”
“Really!”
He Shishi showed a surprised expression.
“Mushi, you’re so kind!”
“Then how are you going to repay me?”
I looked at her meaningfully.
A flash of disgust appeared in He Shishi’s eyes.
But she pretended to be shy and lowered her head without speaking.
“Nine o’clock tonight, at Hotel S, I’ll be waiting for you.”
He Shishi looked up in shock. “Su Mushi, you…”
I looked at her leisurely.
“What? You don’t think I can get the shares just by talking, do you?
“Haven’t you learned your lesson yet? Everything has a price.”
He Shishi showed a humiliated expression.
“Go or not, it’s up to you.
“Similarly, whether you save Qin Nan’s company or not is also up to you.”
I left without waiting for her to react.
I knew she must be cursing me in her heart right now.
But so what.
Compared to what she did to me in the last life, what I said is already mild enough.
Moreover, I didn’t really plan to do anything.
Now, I just find He Shishi disgusting.
That night, I arranged for a private detective to wait at the hotel entrance.
He Shishi showed up as promised.
8
I walked over. He Shishi’s face was pale, like a prisoner before execution.
“What are you still standing there for? Go up.”
He Shishi looked at me with humiliation.
“Su Mushi, are you really going to treat me like this?
“Or were all the things you did in the past four years fake, and the purpose was for tonight?”
I chuckled.
So, my four – year – long care and concern were so worthless in her eyes.
I turned around and left directly.
He Shishi, however, grabbed my hand.
She closed her eyes and said, “I promise you.”
I motioned to the private detective not far away to follow.
I put my arm around He Shishi, walked into the elevator, then to the presidential suite, and opened the door to enter.
Throughout the process, we showed our faces clearly so that the detective could take clear pictures.
As soon as the door closed, I immediately let go of her.
“I have something to deal with. You go to sleep.”
With that, I turned to leave.
He Shishi looked at me in disbelief. “Su Mushi, what do you mean!”
I looked at her amusedly.
“What? You really want to be with me?”
He Shishi’s face turned green and white. “You’re playing with me!”
“Yes, I’m playing with you. So what?”
I looked down at her.
“Didn’t you feel disappointed that you couldn’t be a loyal and chaste woman and resist?”
He Shishi’s face turned red with anger.
She clearly wanted to scold me but had to swallow her anger because she still needed me to invest.
So she simply sat on the ground and cried.
“Su Mushi, you’ve changed. You weren’t like this before.
“You clearly said you would always be good to me. You lied.”
I looked at her coldly.
“I’ll ask the lawyer to draw up the investment documents and send them to Qin Nan’s company.”
With that, I left.
During this period, I had been busy with the matters after the bidding.
My parents were also dealing with affairs abroad, and tonight was the day they returned to China. I couldn’t wait to see them.
No matter how excessive things I did in the last life, even selling the company’s shares, they never complained about me.
In this life, I just want to stay by their side.
For this reason, I specifically asked the company for a week’s leave to stay at home.
Unexpectedly, my parents arranged a blind date for me.
Even more unexpectedly, He Shishi took the initiative to come to my door.
9
“This is the daughter of your Uncle Song, Song Qingwan. You two young people go out and have a chat.”
My mother, without asking further, directly pushed Song Qingwan and me to the garden.
I felt a little embarrassed.
After being reborn, I never thought of developing a new relationship.
Song Qingwan was as gentle and charming as her name suggested.
Seeing that I was too embarrassed to say a word, she took the initiative to start a conversation.
No matter what I said, she could respond. As we talked, I found that we had many common interests.
I couldn’t help but feel a sense of kinship.
Soon it was dinner time.
We were about to go back when, unexpectedly, He Shishi came to the door.
She was holding a document and standing at the door. When she saw Song Qingwan, her eyes immediately changed.
“Mushi, who is she?”
She asked in a jealous tone.
I didn’t answer her question but instead asked,
“What are you doing here?”
He Shishi’s eyes turned red, and she looked at me pitifully.
“Can’t I come to see you if there’s nothing? You clearly said before that no matter when, as long as I wanted, you would come to me.”
My heart skipped a beat, and I looked at Song Qingwan with a bit of guilt.
Just as I was about to explain, Song Qingwan smiled and asked me,
“Do you need me to leave first?”
“No! No need.”
I said quickly.
“If you have something, just say it. Didn’t I already send the documents to you and your boyfriend?”
I deliberately emphasized the last sentence.
He Shishi’s face turned pale, and she stammered,
“Qin Nan… he’s not my boyfriend yet.”
“You don’t need to explain to me if you have a conflict with your boyfriend. If you have nothing else, please leave.”
I issued an order to leave, but He Shishi stopped me.
“Wait!”
She tried hard to hand me the document.
“This is the cooperation agreement. You just need to sign it.”
“Agreement?”
I sneered.
“I already asked the lawyer to draw up and sign the agreement and send it to you. What’s this agreement?”
He Shishi bit her lower lip.
“That document is a bit harsh. Qin Nan thinks it’s not very good, so…”
“If you think it’s harsh, you can choose not to sign it, or you can find another white knight.”
“Mushi, don’t be like this, okay?
“I know you’re jealous, but I’m already on Qin Nan’s boat now. You can’t hit me when I’m down.”
I was almost angry enough to laugh.
“First, I’m not hitting you when you’re down. This is a normal business cooperation. If you want me to be the white knight, how can Qin Nan’s company expect to get something for nothing? There’s no such good thing in the world.
“Second, I’m not jealous at all. I already have someone I want to date. Please don’t disturb my life in the future.”
With that, I took Song Qingwan’s hand and left.
When we reached the door, Song Qingwan’s soft voice came to my ear.
“If you keep holding my hand and go in, we’ll probably start being urged to get married soon.”
I was startled. Only then did I realize that I had never let go of Song Qingwan’s hand.
“Sorry, sorry. I wasn’t paying attention. I didn’t mean to.”
I apologized nervously, speaking incoherently.
Song Qingwan suddenly laughed out loud. “You’re so funny.”
I was stunned.
I didn’t expect that the woman who seemed so gentle just now could be so playful.
I scratched my head, feeling the need to explain something.
“That girl just now, actually I pursued her a long time ago, I mean, a really long time ago, but I…”
“Do you still like her now?”
Song Qingwan interrupted me.
“No!”
I answered promptly.
“Then do you like me?”
“Ah?”
I was stunned again.
Song Qingwan looked at me with a smile.
“If you didn’t deny it immediately, I’ll take it as a yes.”
With that, she took my arm and walked in.
I was still stuck on the question of whether I liked her.
I didn’t even notice that our hands were intertwined again.
When my parents saw this, they were overjoyed.
They called Uncle Song to discuss our marriage.
Three months later, the engagement banquet was about to be held.
I went for a pre – marriage check – up and happened to run into He Shishi at the hospital.
10
Ever since we separated last time, I had deleted He Shishi’s contact information.
With my relationship with Song Qingwan heating up rapidly, I had long forgotten about He Shishi.
This encounter with her was purely accidental.
She was sitting alone on a bench outside the hospital, looking desolate.
She was holding a test report in her hand.
I remembered.
In my last life, she was diagnosed with a heart problem and urgently needed a heart transplant.
At that time, I was running around trying to find a suitable heart for her. Unexpectedly, I got into a car accident.
In the end, the heart match was successful, but I really lost my life.
Now, thinking about it, it felt like a lifetime ago.
“Mushi!”
I had already turned around, but He Shishi still noticed me.
At this moment, she was so haggard that she looked like a fragile doll.
Seeing me, she seemed to have grabbed the last straw.
She rushed towards me, but I dodged.
He Shishi didn’t expect me to dodge and looked at me sadly.
“Mushi, I was wrong. I was really wrong.”
She sat down on the ground, crying.
“Qin Nan is not a human. He actually sent a private detective to follow me and happened to take pictures of the day I went to the hotel with you.”
Oh… I remembered that I had asked the detective to send the pictures to Qin Nan after taking them.
At that time, I just wanted to disgust him and then forgot about it later.
I didn’t expect He Shishi to think that Qin Nan sent someone to take the pictures.
“I explained to him that we didn’t do anything that night, but he didn’t believe me at all. He even hit me.
“He also said that I colluded with you to trick him into selling the company. When I chased after him, I found that he had already hooked up with a rich woman. He’s not the Qin Nan I knew anymore.
“I felt so heart – broken at that time that I could hardly breathe. I fainted on the road, but he didn’t even care about me.”
I raised my eyebrows.
I didn’t expect the self – righteous Qin Nan to end up hooking up with a rich woman.
But with his good – looking face, it wasn’t really difficult.
He Shishi was crying so hard that her snot was coming out.
“Later, I came to the hospital for a check – up and found out that I have heart disease.”
She grabbed my trouser leg, crying and begging.
“Mushi, now I only have you. Don’t leave me alone, okay?
“I don’t want to die. Please help me.”
I squatted down and, under her expectant gaze, pulled back my trouser leg.
“Miss He, there’s a saying for you: those who bring ruin on themselves deserve no pity.
“I advise you to cherish the remaining time, take a good look at the world, and leave more beautiful pictures for yourself.”
I turned and left, while He Shishi cursed me for being heartless behind my back.
I shook my head. Even at this point, she still didn’t repent.
But it had nothing to do with me anymore.
A healthy and bright future was waiting for me.
(The End)
