novelraw Chapter 799: New Year’s Gift (9)
Chapter 799: New Year’s Gift (9)
After receiving Su Chen’s text message, Sheng Jiayu had just sent Xu Qingru to bed, as it was New Year’s Eve, and Xu Qingru stayed up a bit later than usual.
Looking at the text in her hand, Sheng Jiayu was stunned by Su Chen’s words: what’s "displaying prowess" supposed to mean? What’s "exerting force" supposed to mean?
What kind of phrases are these?
Sheng Jiayu sat back down on the sofa and replied to Su Chen with a smile: [Mr. Su, your choice of words is truly deafening.]
Soon, Su Chen’s message came again: [Please focus on the main point.]
Sheng Jiayu was puzzled, and just as she was about to ask him what he meant, her phone suddenly rang—it was a call.
An unfamiliar number. Sheng Jiayu answered: "Hello?"
There was no sound from the other side, only the faint "whoosh" of the wind could be heard; the weather outside tonight was very bad, the wind was strong, and Sheng Jiayu had just stood at the doorway for a moment and was already disheveled by the wind.
After waiting for two seconds, there was still no sound from the other side. Sheng Jiayu frowned and was about to hang up when something suddenly flashed in her mind, she paused and said, "Xin Ke?"
This time, there was some movement from the other side, although still no sound, but it seemed like the person on the other side had moved to a different place to call, the wind noise and background noise became quieter, gradually becoming peaceful.
Finally, a man’s deep voice came through the phone: "Jiayu."
Xin Ke’s voice sounded very hoarse, and even through the phone, one could feel his deep sense of despondency. Sheng Jiayu frowned and asked: "Is something wrong?"
The person on the phone was silent for another two seconds, still speaking in a raspy voice: "Jiayu, I want to see you."
Sheng Jiayu frowned even tighter, but then heard the person on the other side continue: "You should know about my recent situation. I’m alone now by the seaside, at the beach you love the most. Jiayu, I’m sorry. I truly know my mistake, give me a chance, I plead with you, give me another chance."
Xin Ke’s tone was full of pleading; Sheng Jiayu could imagine that he must be humbling himself very, very low, all the way down to the ground, begging her.
Just like she once did for him.
But Sheng Jiayu realized that she didn’t feel much in her heart, merely silent for two seconds, before she spoke: "Sorry, I need to stay home and accompany my mother. Also, I don’t need your apology, nor do you need to use an apology to satisfy your own guilt complex. I’m good now. He and I will soon get married. We’re over. I don’t want my past to disturb my present. Goodbye, Happy New Year."
Sheng Jiayu finished in one breath and was about to hang up when the man on the other side urgently said: "Jiayu, do you really love him? Jiayu, I know I’ve made mistakes, give me a chance, I’ll pamper you and love you doubly. He’s just got a name similar to mine, he’s not..."
Without giving Xin Ke a chance to finish, Sheng Jiayu interrupted decisively: "I love him, I love him very much. Besides, he is not the substitute you think he is. There is no substitute, unless, if there has to be one, you are the substitute. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have noticed you, nor would I have made mistake after mistake."
Sheng Jiayu didn’t want to explain further; she stopped at this point and then decisively hung up.
Looking at her phone screen that’s already dark, there was an indescribable feeling in Sheng Jiayu’s heart. After the divorce, during the first call from Xin Ke, he said he wanted to see her, and she ran out without hesitation; the second time, the same.
But this time, Sheng Jiayu was certain she wasn’t restraining anything, she truly didn’t want to see him again.