Li Qingzi listened to Xiang Weilai’s words and didn’t move, just stood there looking at him with a face full of grievance, wanting to say something but hesitating.

Xiang Weilai looked fatigued, "I still have a lot of things to deal with here, you should go back to Shenzhen, this is my final time saying it."

"Weilai, I didn’t do it on purpose, you know I’m not that kind of person, I really am not comfortable leaving you here alone. You should know my character, how I am normally. I really didn’t expect today’s situation to occur, I just saw you drunk and wasn’t comfortable letting you come back alone, that’s why I showed up." Li Qingzi said, speaking incoherently, "There’s nothing between us, maybe tomorrow I’ll explain to your wife! If I do nothing, she’ll certainly misunderstand us, thinking we have that kind of relationship."

Xiang Weilai, who hadn’t changed his expression at all, now had a gloomy face; his gaze was sharp, "Before you weren’t that kind of person, I believe you, but now you’re saying these words and I can’t help but think more. What identity do you have to explain to her, what are you going to say when she asks why you came here? I don’t blame you for this incident, it was bound to happen sooner or later, when I decided to marry you, I was already thinking of divorcing, but not under these circumstances. I don’t want to complicate something that was simple. You should understand my temper."

Xiang Weilai’s words came one after another with no pause, "Last time I told you to go back to Shenzhen, why didn’t you return? As a grown man, what do you worry about, this is my hometown, I have friends, a wife, family here, really no relatives in Shenzhen. So when you said you were concerned and came to check, I didn’t question much, right or wrong, we both understand. I just don’t want to break that layer of window paper, I also wanted to leave you some respect."

"I didn’t say anything when you tracked me to the North, didn’t blame you, even promised you, yet you didn’t leave, I don’t know what you want to do now? Li Qingzi, you should understand I’m a simple person, I don’t like overly complex people. Today seeing your thoughts, I have to say I’m quite disappointed in you. You’ve heard the phrase ’too much is as bad as too little,’ that’s the logic now!"

Li Qingzi’s face gradually turned pale as a sheet of paper with no trace of blood from Xiang Weilai’s words.

"Weilai, I’m just afraid you’ll misunderstand me, that’s why I wanted to explain, afraid you’ll think of me this way, you know I’m not that kind of person, when I was with you I wasn’t looking for anything, nor did I expect any promises from you?" Li Qingzi tried to explain.

Xiang Weilai mercilessly interrupted her words, "Whether you’re like that, I don’t know, but from what you’ve done in front of my eyes, I can see your purpose. Yet our only purpose is centered on me. Some things I’m willing to give, others, no matter how insignificant, if you scheme them, I won’t give to you. We’ve been in contact long enough, you should understand my temper, should know my character. Last time you went to find Ye Ling yourself, you already crossed my line, if she hadn’t helped plead for you, I imagine I wouldn’t see you again. You should know, what I can offer you is just a marriage, not love, you know who my heart belongs to, and why I was able to give you a response, look in the mirror, and you should understand the reasons."

"You crossed my line time and again, is it that you think you know the reasons why and thus believe I can’t leave you, or couldn’t possibly lose you. If you think that I can tell you directly, you can walk out of this door now, starting today we’ll both not recognize each other." In others’ eyes, Xiang Weilai always seems gentle, bringing an expression that’s like smiling but not. When you look at him, he’s always smiling, refined like the spring sunshine.

But now, the words from his mouth are like cold ice from millennia-old glaciers, sharply piercing the other’s heart, his cold gaze like a sharp sword making you retreat invisibly.

Li Qingzi trembled, her hand on the table barely steadying her body, "Weilai, do you really have to do this? Some things you don’t say I understand, why do you have to break them? You’re tender to everyone, why just specifically cold and ruthless to me!"

Upon hearing her words, Xiang Weilai suddenly laughed, coldly chuckling twice like hearing the most absurd joke in the world, the mockery in his eyes made Li Qingzi unable to raise her head, with just a faint glance seeing through your heart making you retreat invisibly.

"You think I’m heartless and cold, have you ever thought, this heartlessness and coldness are brought by yourself, if you didn’t do these things would I say this? One’s face is given by oneself. Forget it, why am I talking to you about this? Just leave, as for the promise I made to you that day, I think let’s forget it, I don’t like having a conniving woman beside me. I already have to calculate outsiders every day, to be wary of the one closest, is this the life I desire?" Xiang Weilai’s words carried satire, perhaps self-mockery too, his words making Li Qingzi’s large tears fall as she tried hard to restrain them, fearing her crying would make him more disgusted, yet unable to restrain her grievance, looking pitiful to anyone who saw providing heartache.

"Weilai, I know you’re not in a good mood now, I won’t bother you, I’ll see you whenever you’re better." Leaving the words Li Qingzi hurriedly dashed out of the guesthouse.

In truth, Li Qingzi is quite a clever woman, most women faced with such situation would try hard to explain themselves to the man, only causing more dislike, yet Li Qingzi clearly saw the latter, she chose not to persist but to let him calm down first.

But once outside, facing the pitch-black night, as soon as her mood calmed, Li Qingzi started feeling fearful.

She reviewed the entire situation and knew she shouldn’t have said those words before, causing Xiang Weilai to be cautious of her, but now it’s already happened, all she can do is think of ways to amend.