Chapter 70: A Thousand Gold Coins in One Throw
The next day, Cheng Zhiyi went to work with red and swollen eyes, looking haggard.
How can she not be exhausted? She cried all night, thought all night, and stayed up all night!
Although she had made up her mind to give up on this hopeless love, to give up on that despicable man who had deceived her, in the end she still couldn't let go.
She was originally a girl who couldn't love or let go, after such a long time of hesitation, after such intense ideological struggles, she finally decided to love, but now, she has to face this insurmountable gap and persuade herself to abandon love!
Who knows, the sincerity that has already been paid is like spilled water - it's hard to retrieve! It's hard to retrieve!
One sleepless night, Cheng Zhiyi felt a splitting headache all morning. She stood quietly in front of the window, sipping her coffee and watching the white egrets fluttering outside. The warm autumn sun shone on her body, but her mood remained low.
From last night to now, Xu Shaoyan has made countless calls and sent numerous text messages to her, but Cheng Ziyue steeled herself not to listen or respond. Nevertheless, those text messages filled with sadness, guilt, pain, and urgency were like a dense drumbeat pounding against her fragmented heart.
"Zi Yi, I'm sorry, please forgive me. I really didn't mean to deceive you... it's just that I was afraid you'd get hurt... afraid you'd leave me..."
"Don't ignore me, okay? I really, really love you... I can't lose you..."
"I will definitely divorce Bai Jie and marry you, please believe me!!! The one I love is only you, only you Cheng Zhiyi."
"I only hope you won't be heartbroken, don't be afraid to retreat, and don't close your heart again... Trust me, I can handle these things well, and then, make you the happiest woman in this world..."
"Give me an answer, okay?"
……
No! She absolutely won't reply to his message! She will never believe in his sweet words again, she will never trust his so-called sincerity, and she will never let her heart fall in love with him uncontrollably again!
The phone on the desk suddenly rang, calling Cheng Qiyuan back from the vast ocean of sorrow - perhaps it was Xu Shaoyan's call? So, she walked over to pick up the phone and took a look, but the screen showed an unfamiliar incoming call.
"Hello?" Chéng Zhīyī carefully answered the phone.
"Is it Cheng Zhiyi?" A cold and stiff female voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yes, may I ask who you are?"
"I'm Shaoyan's mother!" The voice on the other end of the phone became even more stern and severe, "I'm currently at the coffee shop diagonally across from your procuratorate, I want to see you in person, come out immediately!"
"Sorry, I'm busy now!" Cheng Zhiyi coldly rejected her, then hung up the phone without courtesy - Xu Shaoyan's mother? How did she find Rize District Procuratorate? How did she know her phone number? Besides, what right does she have to yell at her and order her to go out and see her?
However, just as I hung up the phone, that unfamiliar number appeared on the screen of my mobile phone again.
"Excuse me, is there anything else?" Cheng Zhiyi answered the phone with a tone of discontent.
"You don't have to come out - I know you're on the fifth floor, in the prosecution department, right? I'll go up and find you!" Zhang Wei sneered, her words full of menace. "I think it's better for you to come down quietly..."
Xu Mama... Is this threatening her?
Yes, it's clear that Zhang Wei is threatening her! However, Cheng Zhiyi, even though she's furious and trembling with rage, has no choice but to submit to Zhang Wei's " authority" - after all, this is the prosecutor's office, where she works. If Mrs. Xu really comes here to make a scene, then from now on, Cheng Zhiyi will be laughed at by all her colleagues!
Then, Cheng Zhiyi had no choice but to ask for leave from Ke Zhang and reluctantly headed to the coffee shop.
Pushing open the door of the café, one's eyes immediately land on a stately and elegant woman sitting by the window, sipping her coffee with an air of calmness. Every gesture she makes exudes an aura of superiority, as if she were the queen who ruled the world, and everyone else had to bow down before her.
Cheng Zhi walked straight to the noblewoman and sat down in front of her without any fear, then asked coldly: "May I ask, what brings you here?"
But then, Xu Shaoyan's mother glanced at Cheng Ziyue with disdain, pulled out a thin piece of paper from her purse and slapped it onto the table in front of Cheng Ziyue: "Take a look, is this enough?"
Jing Yiyi looked down and saw a check for 500,000 yuan. What is this, a TV drama? Such an absurd melodrama was actually unfolding before her eyes! What should she do next? Should she refuse the temptation with righteous words to show that she wasn't a materialistic woman who only cared about money, or should she happily accept it and leave contentedly?
Well... the first option is still better, after all, she doesn't want to be said by her colleagues that she is a woman who gets close to Xu Shaoyan for money, and doesn't want to be caught by public opinion and morality. This shameful money is an insult to love and dignity, she absolutely cannot accept it...
"Sorry—" Cheng Zhiyi's mouth corner revealed a cold smile, and she said coldly.
"If it's not enough, I can add more!" Zhang Wei said with a proud and arrogant tone - indeed a greedy woman, isn't 500,000 enough? You know, if she hadn't seen her own son being infatuated with this woman, she wouldn't have been so generous. In the past, those women, she would at most give them 100,000 to 200,000...
Are all rich people like this? Thinking that having money means they can look down on others, trample on other people's dignity at will? Thinking that money is omnipotent, can buy love, can buy marriage, and become a sharp tool to harm others with impunity? Such a lavish and generous gesture! If you really have so much money, why not do some good deeds and accumulate blessings for yourself?!
Her self-esteem suffered a huge blow, Cheng Zhiyi was so angry that she wanted to pick up the coffee on the table and splash it on the woman's face like in a TV drama, but she tried her best to hold back the raging fire of anger and forced out a cold smile.
"You're overthinking it, even if you don't give me a single penny, I'll still leave Xu Shaoyan - I've already decided to leave him!"
"Really... really? You're really, really going to leave Shao Yan?" Zhang Mei stared at Cheng Qiyue with suspicion, almost not daring to believe her own ears - his son, the heir of Tiancheng Group! How could this woman possibly be willing to leave without getting a single penny? Was she trying to cast a long line to catch a big fish?
"I and Shao Yan fundamentally belong to different worlds!" Cheng Zhi said faintly, "Don't worry, I have self-awareness!"
After finishing speaking, Cheng Zhiyi stood up and left, he would give up on Xu Shao Yan's...
"When the spring dries up, the fish are together on dry land. They moisten each other with their dampness and keep each other wet with their slime. But this is not as good as forgetting each other in a river or lake." (From "Zhuangzi: The Great Master")
