Chapter 1440: Chapter 1441: We’re on the Overpass, Stop Joking
Li Shengxiao turned off the car’s Bluetooth with a flick of his hand. Her voice wouldn’t be transmitted so easily anymore.
“Done talking?”
“I didn’t mean it. Your girlfriend wouldn’t get mad over something so trivial. If she really did, I can explain to her in person that you only gave me a ride for Lin Wan.” Chu Xi regretted her impulsiveness, but what was done was done—there was no backing down now.
Li Shengxiao’s gaze was dark and penetrating, as if he had seen through the ugliness hidden under her facade. His well-defined features showed no emotion, and his pitch-black eyes stared at her coldly as his hand unlocked the car door. Mercilessly, he said, “Get out!”
“…”
Chu Xi took a deep breath, her beautiful face stiff as she tried to lighten the mood. “We’re on the overpass—don’t joke around.”
The overpass had not a single taxi in sight, and the cars were speeding by. Getting out here was too dangerous. She wasn’t about to gamble with her life.
“Get out.”
Chu Xi’s face turned pale, her hand gripping her bag tightly, veins bulging across the back of it. Her knuckles whitened from how hard she was clenching. “We’re on the overpass. If you don’t want to drive me, at least drop me off at the hospital. I’ll find my own way back!”
She took a deep breath, worried that he might actually take her back, then spoke softly, “You don’t like me, but there has to be a reason for that. Leaving aside my help with Lin Wan this time, I helped you once before too. You said you owed me a favor, yet now you’re flipping the script and acting like you don’t even know me. Li Shengxiao, what do you mean? Is it because we slept together that you think you can treat me however you want? Don’t forget—I’m not like the women who linger around you, who e and go at your whim. I’m not the same!”
The phrase ‘I’m not the same’ was pronounced with razor-sharp clarity as she bit down on her tongue, her confrontational gaze blatantly exposing her ambition.
“In the past, I had a boyfriend and never considered getting involved with you. After that night, I made it clear to him that we were done. I’ve faced what happened with a clear conscience—so what does it mean for you to hide from me? Your family’s stance couldn’t be clearer; everyone supports us being together. We’d be the most patible, the most fitting pair…”
Li Shengxiao suddenly seized her chin, cutting her off. Lifting her face up, he cruelly lifted his gaze and said coldly, “Don’t bring up that night. I’ve already spoken with Madame Chu about it. I didn’t dig out the truth for her sake, not for yours. If you want to humiliate yourself, I can help you do just that.”
Chu Xi’s pride was shattered and scattered like debris. She stared at the man in front of her, but no trace of pity could be found.
Li Shengxiao released her, wiped his hand clean with a handkerchief, and turned his eyes away. Retracting the sharp edge of his presence, he returned to his usual cold demeanor and spoke. “Get out of the car. Don’t make me say it a third time!”
Humiliated to such an extent, Chu Xi couldn’t pretend anymore or continue clinging to the car. She opened the car door and got out angrily. Yet her hand still held on to the door, her teeth clenching as she said with resentment, “Even if I used tricks that night, it doesn’t change the fact that something happened between us! I’ve already broken up with my boyfriend. You can’t keep pretending nothing happened. Your girlfriend is more childish than I imagined. Are you planning to keep placating her with an endless relationship? Sooner or later, you’ll grow tired of it.”
“Done talking? If so, then get lost.” The corner of Li Shengxiao’s eye glinted with a coldness that chilled to the bone.
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