After hanging up Ji Xia’s call, Shi Nuan’s heart felt heavy.
The feelings with Shen Zui were indeed a precious mory from her youthful days.
It was one of the few warm mories she had after her mother’s passing during these ten years.
She cherished it deeply, and if possible, she didn’t want the continuation of this beautiful mory to end too sadly.
Even if there was regret, let it not be too bleak.
But Shen Zui, why must you insist on this?
Back then, you chose to leave; I respected you. Now you choose to return; I respect you too.
The respect of the past was the reluctance and helplessness between lovers.
The respect now is rely understanding and letting go as friends, with no other possibilities.
Yet your current actions prevent us even from being friends.
Why must you go through this?
...
Around four-thirty in the afternoon, Shi Nuan took a mont to visit the restroom.
After most people had left, she took out her phone and dialed a number.
On the other end was Shen Zui, who imdiately picked up the call.
Without waiting for Shi Nuan to speak, he asked first: "Nuannuan, did you receive the roses I sent?"
Shi Nuan’s eyes flickered slightly, and she gently responded, "Yes."
Shen Zui said, "Back then, when we were together, I was still a student and didn’t have much money.
Once, on Valentine’s Day night, we went out for a walk and unexpectedly encountered soone selling roses. I insisted on buying one for you. You blushingly slled the fragrance while saying I was wasting money. You didn’t know how beautiful you looked at that ti.
As I was looking at you, I thought to myself that if one day I beca wealthy, I would send you nine hundred and ninety-nine roses to make you happy. But I didn’t expect that this thought would only be realized now!"
Shi Nuan’s eyes lowered, seemingly touched by the past, but the past is the past.
There is a touch, but nothing more will happen.
Because now, she is a woman with a husband, having stepped into marriage.
Shi Nuan said, "Shen Zui, what I said last ti about letting go wasn’t a lie!"
"I know, but Nuannuan, I once let go of you too. Now that you’ve let go of , I deserve it because I didn’t cherish you well back then. It’s the punishnt I deserve.
So now, my intention is simple, to pursue you again. It doesn’t matter if you reject, repel, or dislike . I will still pursue you with my utmost sincerity, trying to win back the love I lost..."
Shi Nuan instinctively frowned, not expecting Shen Zui’s obsession to be so deep. Despite her words, he remained stubborn.
Shi Nuan said, "Shen Zui, why must you go through this?"
She paused, then added: "I won’t leave Song Yansheng!"
Shen Zui was silent on the other end, and Shi Nuan understood the impact her words had on him.
Yet she had no intention of stopping; she said, "Shen Zui, neither of us is a child. I hope you can be more mature. The roses you sent , I will ask Sister Xia to bring back to you. I also have sothing to give you, which Sister Xia will hand over. This afternoon, at five-thirty, in the café near Limu Hotel, Sister Xia will wait for you there!"
Shen Zui paused, asking, "Can you reveal what you’re giving ?"
"You’ll understand naturally when you et Sister Xia..."
Shi Nuan seed unwilling to say more, as she still had work to complete before the end of the day.
Song Yansheng would co to pick her up, and she didn’t want him to wait too long!
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