Chapter 71: Forcing a Smile

  Maybe this mood is not suitable for going to work!

  Cheng Zhiyi thought she should give herself a long vacation, find a quiet place to escape the inquiring eyes of her colleagues and that beautiful love story. She should calm down, think about it, and slowly drive away the sadness and pain in her heart. So, after returning from the coffee shop, she took a five-day annual leave.

  After work, she walked out of the shadows that had been suppressed in her heart all day, stepping on the lingering sunset. Thinking about the nine-day long holiday ahead, her mood finally improved a bit - hmm, I should think carefully about where to play next?

  As soon as she stepped out of the gate, she saw a Rolls-Royce Phantom parked by the roadside, and that deceitful scoundrel was leaning against the car, looking up at her with expectation. When he saw Cheng Zhiyi walking out, Xu Shaoyan hurriedly went forward to greet her, but Cheng Zhiyi turned her head away and ignored him, walking towards the bus stop on her own.

  Xu Shaoyan's tall figure blocked her way, she moved left, he followed left, she moved right, he followed right, she walked forward, he retreated backward. Finally, Cheng Zhiyi raised her head and stared at him discontentedly, saying coldly: "Mr. Xu, please step aside!"

  "Are you still angry with me?" Xǔ Shǎoyàn smiled, gazing at Chéng Zhīyī with deep affection, and asked tenderly.

  Ting Yi turned her head away and didn't look at him, continuing to walk forward on her own. Xu Shao Yan still blocked her path, taking steps back while grinning and saying: "I was wrong, my prosecutor princess, just forgive me this once?"

  "Alright alright, don't be angry anymore, being angry doesn't look good on you - just give me a smile, okay?"

  "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have kept it from you and taken you to the dinner party... but, you must believe me, I'm sincere with you!"

  "Hey, the car is parked over there, where are you going?"

  However, Cheng Zhiyi had already taken the opportunity to rush onto a bus parked on the side of the road, leaving Xu Shao Yan standing helplessly on the side of the road watching her leave.

  After getting off the bus, as expected by Cheng Zhiyi, Xu Shaoyan's car was already parked at the entrance of the alley. Seeing Cheng Zhiyi get off the bus, this tactless guy actually dared to make a sarcastic comment: "I knew we were on the same route anyway, why didn't you just ride back with me?"

  Finally, Jing Yi stopped in front of Xu Shao Yan, slightly tilting her head to look at his completely unrepentant smiling face. Her anger grew even more unbearable - did this man not have a shred of guilt? Did he know how deeply his deception and concealment had hurt her? She was heartbroken and sleepless all night, her heart in agony, while he still smiled so carelessly!

  "Is it funny?" Cheng Ziyue's mouth curled up in a cold smile, and she said with an icy heart, "Do you think I'm playing house with you? Didn't you understand what I said last night? - I... want... to... break... up... with... you!"

  The smile that had finally been squeezed out instantly froze on his face, and Xu Shaoyan's brain short-circuited again with a "beep" sound. The sadness in his heart poured down like a torrential rain, drenching him to the bone, leaving him only able to bitterly laugh in his heart.

  No! Not funny at all. At this moment, he just wanted to cry bitterly, but in order to appease her and make her happy, he still forced himself to pretend to be calm and smile, who knew that his pretended smile seemed like he didn't care at all to her!

  "Please don't appear in front of me again, okay? You and I originally belonged to different worlds, we won't have a result...". As she spoke, Cheng Zhiyi's tone became sorrowful, her eyes also moistened. "Don't forget - you already have a fiancée! You've made me unknowingly become the third party, now what do you want? What do you want?"

  "Believe me, I will definitely divorce Bai Jie - the one I love is only you, I will definitely marry you -" Xu Shaoyan said solemnly, as if he couldn't wait to dig out his heart and show it to Cheng Ziyuan, just to prove his sincerity.

  "Then - I'll become the third person who ruins your and Bai Jie's marriage, becoming a bad woman who takes away someone else's love?" Cheng Zhiyi said coldly, "No - you'd better just marry that woman! Wishing you happiness..."

  "No, it has nothing to do with you. I never loved Baijie... You're not the third party, you're not a bad woman... It's all my fault, it's all my fault..." Why did she insist on being stubborn and refuse to forgive him? Xu Shaoyan was so anxious that he almost cried out loud.

  "In other people's eyes, you would have broken off the engagement for me, I am the third person between you and Bai Jie!" Cheng Zhiyi said with hatred - why was she always so unlucky, first being abandoned by her boyfriend who had been in love with her for many years, now that she had finally overcome her heart demon and decided to "love without regard for anything", yet she had inexplicably become the third person again!

  In the end, she still couldn't bring herself to be reckless!

  Yes, she is a girl with many worries and sensitivities, unable to ignore the opinions of others, unable to bear the infamy of being called "the third person", not daring to defy the moral condemnation of the world, not daring to face the accusations of morality fearlessly!

  She Cheng Zhiyi would never allow herself to become the "third party" that everyone points at!

  So, should I carefully protect my own reputation, or give up on this hopeless love affair, or let Xu Shaoyan live the life he's supposed to live and be proud of himself in his own world?

  "Leave, the love you give is too heavy for me to bear." Cheng Zhiyi looked at Xu Shao with an unbearable sadness in her eyes and said, "We really aren't suitable... Your world can't accommodate a humble person like me, nor our mismatched love... Besides, I don't want to carry the name of being a third party..."

  After finishing speaking, Cheng Zhiyi resolutely turned around, her heart aching bit by bit, as if being slowly sliced by a sharp blade, each cut seeing blood.

  Xu Shaoyan suddenly grabbed Cheng Ziyi's arm, pulled her over, and gazed into her eyes with a desperate expression, sincerely entreating her: "Can't you just let go?"

  "Can't you just not care about what others think, and not be afraid of the twists and turns ahead? Just believe in me, hold my hand tightly, that's enough, okay? I'll take you through the thorny wilderness, through the howling desert winds, and give you a spring as beautiful as a tapestry!"

  Yes, since she had decided to ignore what others thought and accept Xu Shaoyan's love in the first place, couldn't she be more carefree now?

  No, can't!

  Because she is a prosecutor; because she is a woman.

  In this "male-chauvinistic" society, men are allowed to be promiscuous and degenerate, but women are not allowed to have even a hint of impropriety.

  She can withstand heartbreak, but cannot stand rumors...