Chapter 199: Life Imprisonment

  Welcome to Jiupin Literature, search for "Jiupin Literature" in any search engine to quickly enter this site. This site permanently provides free downloads of high-quality and txt format services without pop-up windows! "This child, how can you be so rude?" Seeing Cheng Zhiyi coming down the stairs, Cheng's mother couldn't help but scold her, "How can you lock the guest outside and not let them in? It's raining so heavily outside, if I hadn't come back early and seen him crouching under the eaves, he would have been soaked for who knows how long!"

  "Thank you, Auntie ——" Xǔ Shǎoyàn's handsome face broke out into a brilliant smile as he hastily and sweetly thanked Māma Chéng.

  It turned out that when Mrs. Cheng returned home, she saw a strange man hiding under the eaves of her house at the gate of the courtyard. The narrow eaves could not shelter him from the pouring rain, and half of his body was already soaked. After careful inquiry, it turned out that this man was none other than Xu Shaoyan, who had sent Ji back home that night! Xu Gen's son, the heir to the Tiancheng Group, Xu Shaoyan!

  Although, Cheng's mother hoped that Cheng Zhiyi would find an ordinary man to live an ordinary life and did not like Cheng Zhiyi and Xu Shaoyan being together. However, seeing Xu Shaoyan standing in the rain outside her house for Cheng Zhiyi, she finally couldn't help but feel sorry for him - no matter what, it's not good for him to stand outside in the rain, and what if he catches a cold?

  Then, Cheng's mother let Xu Shaoyan enter the house.

  Seeing Xu Shaoyan standing in front of her with a mischievous grin, Cheng Zhiyi couldn't help but shoot him a sideways glance before opening her mouth to complain to her mom: "Mom! How could you let him in?!"

  "Sit down—" Mrs. Cheng ignored her daughter's complaints and warmly greeted Xu Shaoyan, "I'll go get you a towel to wipe your hair, in case you catch a cold!"

  "How could you not answer my call?" After Mom left, Xu Shaoyan looked at Cheng Ziyue with a gentle and soft expression, his voice low and husky, "You'd let me get rained on outside?"

  "Who told you to be so silly! Can't you run into the car to avoid the rain?" Cheng Zhiyi scolded him with a mixture of anger and concern.

  "The alley is flooded, and my car can't get in."

  "Serves you right!" Cheng Zhiyi said coldly as usual.

  "Are you still angry with me?" Xu Shaoyan asked with a smile in a soft voice.

  "No, I'm not angry anymore..." Cheng Zhiyi's eyes couldn't help but heat up, and her heart was once again filled with distress. "I've already broken up with you, why am I still mad at you..."

  "Come on, hurry up and wipe your hair dry." Cheng Mama brought over a towel, handed it to Xu Shaoyan, and then gently placed a cup of ginger tea on the coffee table. "Drink some ginger tea to warm yourself up, you've been caught in the rain for so long..."

  "Thank you, Auntie - thank you, Auntie - " Xu Shaoyan hastily reached out to take the towel, repeatedly expressing his gratitude, then sat down on the sofa and awkwardly wiped his hair.

  Cheng's mother also sat down on the sofa, carefully sizing up Xu Shaoyan, then couldn't help but open her mouth to praise: "This child is really handsome! He looks just like your father - although, you're even more handsome than your father!"

  "Ah - do you know my dad?" Xǔ Shǎoyàn couldn't help but stop his actions, looking at Chéng Māma in surprise.

  "Uh-huh..." Mom nodded and smiled, "Your dad and I were classmates. Back then, your dad and Yidian's dad were incredibly close..."

  What? Cheng Zhiyi's parents... and his dad were actually high school classmates? How come he had never heard of it before?! Is it because of this that, in the depths of his heart, he always felt like he had met Cheng Zhiyi before? Who knew that they would have such an inexplicable connection between them!

  "I... how have I never heard you say that before? We really are so fated!" Xu Shaoyan couldn't help but look at Cheng Zhiyi in surprise - fate, it's truly too mysterious!

  "Mom, I have a bit of a headache and want to go take a nap." Cheng Zhiyi completely ignored Xu Shao Yan's surprise and calmly said to her mom, "Go borrow an umbrella for Shao Yan so he can head home!"

  "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?" Cheng Mama only then noticed her daughter's abnormality, staring at Cheng Qiyuan's red and swollen eyes with concern.

  "Just sleep for a while —" Cheng Zhiyan stood up straight, not looking back as she walked upstairs. At this time, she just wanted to be alone and calm down, and didn't want to see Xu Shaoyan's smiling face at all — the more he smiled, the more she felt reluctant, the more her heart ached!

  Xu Shaoyan couldn't help but turn his head, watching Cheng Zhiyi trudge up the stairs with a tired body, her eyes filled with heartache - it was all because of him that Zhiyi was so sad, so haggard, and so painful. He should have told her earlier, no matter what, he shouldn't have kept it from her, after all, this concerned her love, she had the right to know the truth and make a choice!

  "Do... you like our family's Zhiyi very much?"

  "Ah......" Xu Shaoyan finally came back to his senses, hastily turned around and looked at Cheng's mother, slightly flustered, saying "Oh, no... not like, it's love!"

  "I love her!" Xu Shaoyan fearlessly stared into Cheng Mama's eyes, firmly answering - he was already a mature man of thirty years old, not a shy teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old, and it was nothing to be ashamed of to say out loud the love in his heart!

  "Ah——" Hearing Xu Shaoyan's straightforward words, Cheng Mama couldn't help but let out a deep sigh and said in a hushed tone, "Child, it's not that I'm looking down on you. To be honest, I think you and Ziyue are just not compatible!"

  "Why... why isn't it right? I love her!" Did Mom really think that way? Doesn't she like him? --- Xu Shaoyan couldn't help but feel sad.

  "Kid, you're great - no, you're too great! Our family's Ziyu isn't worthy of you at all - the gap between you two is too big, you should find a girl who's more on your level..."

  "Auntie, welcome to Jiupin Literature! You can find us by searching 'Jiupin Literature' on any search engine. We provide free downloads of high-quality and txt format books without pop-up ads forever! I truly love Zhiyi! I promise you, I have no second thoughts about her! I'm serious, not playing with her, I will definitely marry her! I can't live without her!"

  "No, I didn't mean that!" Madam Cheng directly interrupted Xu Shaoyan's words. "I believe you're sincere towards Zhiyi, but I don't want my daughter to marry into a wealthy family... Maybe you can love her for five years, ten years, twenty years? But you can't make her happy - she'll be exhausted!"

  Cheng's mother had long since seen through the situation and could predict the suffering that Cheng Zhiyi would endure. She didn't want her daughter to be hurt again, nor did she want her to live so tiredly!

  In this world, there are many things that cannot be solved by love alone. Reality is always more cruel than love!