Ha? What did this Cheng Liu mean by ‘never mind’?

Wang Hongyang was so agitated by her response that he sent another voice message to Cheng Liu’s WeChat, asking her: [“What on earth do you want to do?”]

Cheng Liu: [I feel like you are very experienced in falling in love, so I wanted to learn from you and ask for some advice.]

Wang Hongyang:??

He thought for a while and asked tentatively: [“What’s in it for me if I teach you?”]

Cheng Liu: [Can you do it? ]

Wang Hongyang boasted: [Of course, many people are lining up to fall in love with me.]

Cheng Liu thought about Ji Chaozhou next door who wanted to draw a clear line between them, and immediately said to Wang Hongyang: [I want to pursue Ji Chaozhou, but he wants to draw a clear line with me. If you can help me with some advice, after the project is completed, I will give you a gold plaque, the same size as the one from before]

When Wang Hongyang saw the first half of the sentence, he was so angry that his facial mask slipped out of shape. He knew that her admission of being hasty getting together with him was just an excuse! Cheng Liu cheated on him because she was in love with someone else!

However, after reading the entire message, Wang Hongyang’s anger disappeared for the most part—he still remembered how beautifully that gold plaque glittered when he saw it that day… 

He hesitated and asked: [“Will it really be as big as the gold plaque from before?”]

Cheng Liu replied: [Really.]

Wang Hongyang stood up immediately, took off the mask from his face, and completely transformed into a love expert: [Alright! Can you tell me carefully what the current situation is?]

Cheng Liu simply took the initiative to call Wang Hongyang and told him everything that has happened today.

Wang Hongyang didn’t expect that through their half a year of dating, he didn’t receive a single call from Cheng Liu. But now, he received one right after they broke up—and it was for another person.

And when he heard that these two people could easily buy a villa just like that, he felt envious and jealous.

Rich people were so annoying!!

“Why do you think he suddenly wanted to draw a clear line with me?” Cheng Liu was very puzzled.

“Who would be happy to receive a scarecrow?” Wang Hongyang rolled his eyes. It turned out that he hadn’t been the problem all this time—it was Cheng Liu who was naturally stingy!!

“He seems to like flowers very much. He may plant flowers in the front yard in the future.” Cheng Liu felt that she was just envisioning the future in advance. “The scarecrow can be placed in the yard to prevent birds from picking his flowers.” 

The most important thing was that those scarecrows were a pair. One for him and one for her!

“When you’re giving gifts, they should be expensive. The more expensive, the better!” Wang Hongyang berated Cheng Liu angrily, “If you are so stingy, why do you even fall in love?!”

Cheng Liu was confused. “But I gave him a 5.2 million jade diorama, and he didn’t like it either.”

“H– how much?” Wang Hongyang was shocked.

“5.2 million yuan.” Cheng Liu thought for a while, “Oh, but it may not really be worth that much money.”

Wang Hongyang: “…” 

After half a year of dating, he didn’t even get a gift worth 20,000 yuan!

Wang Hongyang gritted his teeth for a long time, and finally remembered about getting a gold plaque, so he reluctantly gave Cheng Liu advice, “Is his family also rich?” 

Cheng Liu thought for a while and said, “It should be? His father is quite rich, and he seems to have his own company.” 

“Then he is not short of money, and you, unfortunately, are not attractive to him,” Wang Hongyang gloated. He really did not expect to see Cheng Liu to be so unlucky in love one day.

“Then what should I do?” Cheng Liu asked seriously.

“Don’t chase people too hard.” In fact, Wang Hongyang himself has never chased anyone. With his face, he has always been the one being chased. “Chasing too hard makes people annoyed. You have to stay away.” 

“But why stay away?” Cheng Liu thought about it and realized that she just wanted to be with Ji Chaozhou every day.

“Since you are neighbors now, don’t say ‘hello’ when you meet tomorrow,” Wang Hongyang said confidently, “When you cross paths, just pretend you haven’t seen him. This will definitely attract his attention.” 

Cheng Liu couldn’t help but express her doubts, “Really?” 

Wang Hongyang snorted, “Forget it if you don’t believe me.”

Cheng Liu said seriously, “Then I’ll try it tomorrow.”

“You have to give me a deposit first.” They had already broken up, and Wang Hongyang didn’t need to hide his greed for money anymore.

“Okay, if your advice is really useful, I’ll give you a reward.” Cheng Liu hung up the call and immediately transferred some money.

Wang Hongyang received 6,666 yuan, which was more than what he ever received from Cheng Liu in half a year of dating!

Although this little money was not much, it seemed that a new, golden door was slowly opening in front of Wang Hongyang’s eyes.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Cheng Liu held her cell phone and clicked on Ji Chaozhou’s WeChat message. She hesitated for a long time and finally accepted the money he transferred.

She’ll just save it for later when they buy a quilt, then she could buy a double!

… …

In order to implement the campaign of staying away from Ji Chaozhou, Cheng Liu got up early in the morning and ran around the villa ten times in the hopes of running into him accidentally, before finally just waiting for Ji Chaozhou to come out.

Ji Chaozhou remained as cold as ever. The warm light of the morning sun fell on his brows, but it could not melt away the ice and snow.

Cheng Liu’s heart began to thunder fast as soon as she saw him, and she couldn’t help but want to come forward and say ‘hello’, drawn like a bee to a flower, but she remembered the ‘neither close nor distant’ plan directed by Wang Hongyang last night, so she forced her eyes away even as she walked over.

It was as if the two of them were strangers, neither of them said a word, and both looked forward indifferently, and finally passed each other.

This should be enough.

As soon as they passed each other, Cheng Liu couldn’t help but turn around and look at Ji Chaozhou’s back.

His waist was narrow and his legs were long and straight.

She remembered that in the hotel suite that day, Ji Chaozhou was slumped on the bed, weak and pale, with only his cheeks flushed with fever turning a sickly red color.

He had held Cheng Liu’s hand with such strength that it was like a drowning man holding onto a life raft. His hand had been so pale that his skin was almost translucent, the veins on the back of the hand clearly visible through the thin skin.

Her eyes instinctively followed her memories, and she suddenly realized that the fingertips of Ji Chaozhou’s right hand were not right—they looked like there were remnants of dried blood.

There were injuries to the nails on all four fingers, and it was hard not to think of what he had done to sustain them.

To hell that ‘neither close nor distant’ plan!!

Cheng Liu couldn’t hold back, turned around in full, and chased after him. She grabbed Ji Chaozhou’s hand. “Wait a minute!”

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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