Shen Wanqing raised her head. The expression on her face was extremely calm, and her tone was just as calm.
“Do you want me to thank you? Fine. Thank you.”
Today, Huo Sicheng felt even more clearly how real and serious her indifference toward him was.
He did not like this feeling.
He suddenly found himself missing the time when she had always been especially obedient and would blush so easily.
He frowned and said, “Shen Wanqing, get back together with me. I swear, I’m serious this time.”
Shen Wanqing gave him a mocking smile.
“Serious? Sorry, I don’t want to be serious with you. I already have a boyfriend.”
“What did you say?”
Huo Sicheng suddenly grabbed her arm, intense anger flashing in his eyes.
Shen Wanqing was startled, but she still gathered her courage and said, “That’s right. I already have a boyfriend. I don’t think you’re lacking girlfriends either, so please stop bothering me. An ordinary person like me doesn’t have the time or energy to play games with you.”
Seeing how serious she was, Huo Sicheng felt another dull ache in his heart. Besides that, there was also a surge of intense anger.
It was as if something that belonged to him had been taken by someone else.
He hated other people taking what belonged to him.
Ever since he was young, he had always been extremely possessive of the things he cared about.
This was the first time he had discovered that he could actually feel possessive toward a person.
He regretted it.
He should have realized earlier that he still had feelings for her. He should have come back earlier and coaxed her.
If he had done that, she would not have fallen for someone else so quickly.
The boyfriend she mentioned had to be the man she had gone on a blind date with yesterday.
After all, if she had already had a boyfriend, she definitely would not have gone on a blind date yesterday.
The more Huo Sicheng thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.
He tightened his grip around her wrist and gritted his teeth.
“I don’t care who your current boyfriend is. Break up with him immediately!”
Shen Wanqing looked at him coldly.
“What gives you the right to make me listen to you?”
Huo Sicheng’s face darkened with anger.
“You have to listen to me!”
Shen Wanqing was so angry that she laughed.
“Huo Sicheng, I’m not the fool I was back then anymore. Your words mean nothing to me. Give up already. Not only will I not break up with my boyfriend, I’m also going to marry him, have children with him, and spend the rest of my life with him!”
Huo Sicheng watched helplessly as she said those words. With every additional word she spoke, the pain in his heart grew sharper.
It was the first time he had realized that this seemingly gentle and delicate woman actually had such power. With nothing more than a few casual words, she could make him feel this miserable.
The more clearly he understood this fact, the more he regretted everything.
If he had not broken up with her back then, if he had realized his true feelings sooner, if she had remained by his side all this time, he would not be suffering so much now, and she certainly would not have said such hurtful things to him.
His voice was flustered and even carried a hint of pleading that would normally never appear in him.
“Shen Wanqing, I really know I was wrong. Just forgive me this once and get back together with me, okay?”
Shen Wanqing forcefully shook off his hand and took several steps back. She said firmly, “I will not forgive you, and I will never get back together with you!”
After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave.
Huo Sicheng’s eyes turned red. His rationality vanished.
Like a madman, he suddenly rushed forward and grabbed her arm from behind.
He forcibly pulled her back. While she was still shocked, he suddenly cupped her face with both hands, lowered his head, and fiercely kissed her on the lips.
The moment his lips touched hers, it was as if he had been struck by electricity.
So soft.
And so comfortable.
He had never imagined that kissing someone could feel like this.
If he had known earlier, he should have held Shen Wanqing and kissed her every day back then.
While he was distracted by the sensation, Shen Wanqing immediately pushed him away. She angrily wiped her lips, her voice choked with tears as she cursed him.
“Huo Sicheng, you’re simply not human!”
This was her first kiss.
Although she had once imagined that he would kiss her when they were together back then, she had never expected that their first kiss would happen years later.
Now, she only felt sick and wanted to throw up.
Huo Sicheng came back to his senses. When he saw the disgust and anger on her face, he felt somewhat disappointed. But then, as he thought of something, excitement returned to his eyes.
He deliberately raised his voice.
“I’ve already investigated. The man you went on a blind date with works here. I just kissed you here, so if he checks the surveillance footage, he’ll know you betrayed him. He’ll definitely break up with you.”
Shen Wanqing was completely overwhelmed.
“How can you be so vicious? Why do you insist on bothering me?”
Huo Sicheng looked at her with a dark, unreadable gaze.
“I advise you to break up with him before he asks to break up with you. Then agree to get back together with me.”
“I won’t break up with Wanqing!”
Suddenly, an urgent voice rang out.
Huo Sicheng immediately looked over with a sinister expression.
Shen Wanqing also turned pale as she looked in that direction.
It was Ye Yu.
He hurried over to Shen Wanqing and gently asked her, “Wanqing, are you okay? Did he hurt you?”
Shen Wanqing’s eyes were slightly red. Feeling somewhat embarrassed, she shook her head and said that she was fine.
Only then did Ye Yu turn toward Huo Sicheng.
“Sir, what gives you the right to tell me to break up with my girlfriend?”
Without waiting for Huo Sicheng to speak, Ye Yu continued, “Just as my girlfriend said, I’m going to marry her, have children with her, and spend the rest of my life with her. We will never break up. So give up already!”
Huo Sicheng had been extremely unhappy when he heard Shen Wanqing say that she wanted to marry someone else, have children with him, and spend her entire life with him.
Now that he was hearing it again, this time from the man he considered his rival, he was even more furious.
Huo Sicheng suddenly clenched his fist and charged forward, punching Ye Yu directly in the face and knocking him to the ground.
He cursed viciously.
“What the fuck are you? You think you can steal my woman? Are you tired of living?”
Ye Yu did not know how to fight. He was usually a gentle and mild-mannered man who treated everyone kindly. After suddenly being punched, he fell to the ground, blood immediately pouring from his nose.
But Huo Sicheng still had no intention of letting him off.
Huo Sicheng kicked Ye Yu hard in the stomach.
“Damn coward. Get up and fight me if you have the guts! You can’t even take one punch from me, yet you still dare to steal my woman!”
Hearing this, Ye Yu tried to get up, but the pain in his body was so severe that he could not get up at all.
Shen Wanqing had been frightened at first. By the time she came to her senses, she saw Ye Yu lying on the ground.
When Huo Sicheng was about to continue beating Ye Yu, she hurriedly rushed over and shielded him with her body.
She glared angrily at Huo Sicheng.
“Stop! You’re not allowed to hit him again!”
Huo Sicheng looked at her coldly.
“You’re protecting him?”
Shen Wanqing was furious.
“He’s my boyfriend. Of course I’m going to protect him!”
Huo Sicheng laughed when he heard this.
He twisted his neck, took off his jacket and tossed it to his bodyguard, then loosened his tie and rolled up his sleeves.
He stepped closer to Shen Wanqing, his fresh and pleasant scent brushing across her face.
His voice carried a smile, but his eyes were cold.
“Since you want to protect him, then I’ll beat him to death today!”