"Is it because I just said I'd investigate that you're so angry? Come over here obediently, I won't investigate anymore."
The boy stared intently, the restrained tone in his words ready to burst forth in an instant.
He extended his hand toward the girl not far away, waiting for her to come over obediently.
Having compromised to this point, the boy's eyes, once tinged with anger, were deeply suppressed as he stared at her.
However, Su Qing took a few steps in the opposite direction.
"Jiang Sui, if you want to investigate, go ahead. Didn't you already investigate long ago? What's the point? What did you find out?"
The girl's eyelids drooped, then slowly lifted. The careless, unconcerned air tingled Jiang Sui's nerves.
Staring at Su Qing, Jiang Sui listened to the hurtful words uttered from those beautiful lips.
"Before, I kept blaming you for what happened that night. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been hurt for no reason. And afterward, did you find out? What did you find out?"
She seemed to know everything, staring at him coldly, without a trace of emotion.
The young man's fingertips, hanging at his side, trembled faintly. His sharp features were expressionless, his eyes dark enough to bleed tears.
"I'll find out."
That night, Jiang Sui had used every possible connection he had to investigate, but there was no surveillance footage, so he couldn't find anything.
Silently, aside from the scars he'd left on the girl, there was no further clue.
His expression was a bit broken and obscure, and he took heavy steps, wanting to hold the girl in his arms.
"What's the point of finding out? It's been so long!"
"Jiang Sui, don't you know those people bullied me because you liked me?"
Su Qing looked at Jiang Sui and said heartbreaking words.
"You're so arrogant, fearless, but I'm not like that. I always thought you could protect me, so I reluctantly stayed with you. But now I understand. If I stay with you, I'll always get hurt."
Her words stunned Jiang Sui, and he stared intently at Su Qing.
"Besides, I don't even like you. Then just break up like this."
"The last time I took care of you, it was because I asked you to."
"From the very beginning, I've deeply disliked you. I've tried so hard, but I just can't bring myself to like you. I can't pretend anymore."
Bright white teeth, a pretty face, skin as white as jade, delicate lips, yet uttered the most hurtful words.
The silent boy stared at her, the darkness in his eyes like a black hole, sucking her away.
"Take it back. I'll pretend I didn't hear it."
The final straw. The boy's voice was hoarse beyond words. Within his cold, stoic eyes, a fierce aura lingered, without a wave.
The words she spoke were like the executioner's blade, slicing him down with each cut.
Jiang Sui simply refused to believe it, because they clearly had so much in common. He'd fallen in love with her at first sight, and she probably didn't realize how much he loved her...
Is she blaming himself for not protecting her well enough?
"I'll protect you. There's no need to worry about anything else."
The boy's voice was indifferent, the words weighing heavily on his lips.
Su Qing looked up. The clothes he wore today still revealed the mole on his collarbone.
He was quite tall, so she still had to look up to speak to him.
Perhaps because favored people are fearless, a smile appeared on the girl's cheeks, seemingly unnecessary on that delicate face.
"Jiang Sui, didn't you hear me? I don't like you. Just leave it at that. I'm annoyed. I need to go back to study."
Su Qing, who always used these words as an excuse, said this, no longer daring to meet Jiang Sui's eyes. She turned and tried to escape.
It seemed as if all her courage had been used up in an instant, perhaps because she had used it up today. As Su Qing turned around, her head drooped in disappointment...
He was then hugged around her waist.
Jiang Sui's chilling aura instantly filled her nose.
She was being gripped hard by the waist.
"Su Qing, you're leaving just because you provoked me?"
"You're just wishful thinking."
The boy's voice was a little fierce, and he gripped her waist tightly. Su Qing was thrown into the boy's arms, her cheek pressed against his chest.
"Jiang Sui, let me go! I never provoked you!"
Su Qing sank into the embrace for a moment, still biting her lip and struggling desperately.
This boy, who even restrained himself from hugging outside, worried about her shyness, left Su Qing with a feeling of emptiness in her heart, a gaping hole, a coldness.
"Jiang Sui, let me go. I said I don't like you."
Jiang Sui lowered his head, watching the struggling figure in his arms, the anger on his face uncontrollable.
"Su Qing!"
The boy, who had held back for a long time, suddenly erupted, lowering his head and biting down hard on Su Qing's lips.
He used considerable force...
Su Qing's pupils froze for a moment, then she closed her eyes. She bit down hard on Jiang Sui's lips, and the boy, feeling the pain, let go.
Caught off guard, Su Qing struggled away. Pushing away, he stumbled back to his feet. He lowered his head, only then realizing what he had just done to her in his rage. His hands clenched into fists.
"You don't want me to know. Do you think I won't investigate?"
She had been perfectly fine then. Was it all because of that phone call that she'd argued with him, saying such hurtful words, that had torn him to pieces?
The boy, having been violently pushed away, raised his head, his eyes fixed on Su Qing's small, palm-sized face.
The boy's cleverness lay in the fact that, despite his anger and fury, a shred of rationality remained, allowing him to stare at her intently, not giving her a chance to breathe.
Su Qing's head snapped up, her eyes wincing for a moment. She clutched her palms secretly, a hint of sarcasm curling at the corners of her lips.
"If you want to investigate, go ahead. Didn't you already investigate my affairs? No matter Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School or that Li Xu, didn't you two fight before?"
The girl glared at him sarcastically, looking at him as if he was a stranger.
Those bloody memories tugged at her mind, causing her throat to ache. By the time she finished speaking, her throat was dry and unable to close.
Perhaps stung by the girl's rejection, his lip was bitten, drawing a trace of blood. His heart was numb, but after Su Qing finished speaking, she met Jiang Sui's eyes.
So she knew everything.
There hadn't been a big fuss that day, and besides, the hotel was his, with good security. Jiang Sui clearly hadn't expected Su Qing to know.
"What? You thought I didn't know? If I'd known you were so useful, I wouldn't have taken that cold shower."
Her cold words, her unfamiliar expression, left Jiang Sui's heart ripped open.