Luo Qi had meetings all afternoon and worried about Pei Shixiao’s incident on top of it. By the time she went home, she was physically and mentally exhausted.

After taking a shower, she didn’t even look at her phone—she just sprawled down on the bed.

At noon today, Jiang Shenghe asked her to use him as a shield. How could this even be possible?

At that time, she refused her boss directly and without hesitation. She couldn’t explain to him her reasons for refusing to use him as a shield. The truth was that she couldn’t overcome the hurdle in her heart. If she really took advantage of him in this way, she would be embarrassed when working together in the future.

She could only regard him as her boss and would not have any inappropriate thoughts towards him. The moment she crossed the line she drew in her heart and indulged in her greed, she would only cause trouble for herself.

Jiang Shenghe may not realize it but he had so many qualities that attracted people to him—like moon to the tide.

Luo Qi picked up her phone and sent a message to Luo Yu: [You still have the video of Luo Xin beating up Pei Shixiao on your phone, right? If you have it, send it to me.]

Luo Yu: [Yes. Send it to you ASAP]

[Older sister, what’s wrong?]

Luo Qi: [He’s annoying]

Luo Yu reminded her again before sharing the video: [Be mentally prepared, Pei Shixiao and Luo Xin are not the only ones in the video. ] That bitch Cui Peng was also in it.

Luo Qi: [I won’t watch it, it’s a waste of my time. Just send it directly to my email.]

Luo Yu: “…”

She really hoped that her cousin was as free and at ease as she said she was and have now completely let go.

The video was too big and took half a minute to upload.

Luo Qi received the email, but she didn’t click on it to watch. She didn’t want to know what the woman looked like, and she didn’t want to see the scene of Pei Shixiao getting intimate with that woman.

Although Luo Qi had already put it down from her heart, the moment she received the email, she still felt the stab of betrayal.

Just as she turned off the lights in the bedroom, her mother called.

Luo Qi hurried to slide the answer button. This was the first time her mother called her after the breakup. She silently complained in her heart why her parents couldn’t understand her and had to urge her to be realistic and put money first.

“Hey, Mom.”

“Were you sleeping?”

“Nope.”

Luo Qi turned on the light and sat cross-legged on the bed. She couldn’t remember how long ago it was the last time she chatted with her mother.

Jiang Yifang sent Pei Shixiao’s mother to the door not ten minutes ago. She struggled for ten minutes before calling her daughter. She was extremely conflicted—but in the end, the balance in her heart tilted.

“Let’s talk openly tonight. What are you thinking? Can you tell mom?”

“I’m not thinking much about anything,” Luo Qi said. “Everything is in its place. After paying off the debt, I want to be alone and relax.” These past few years had been exhausting, especially this last one, and she didn’t know how she held up until today.

“Mom, I’m sorry, but don’t persuade me anymore.”

“Mom is not trying to persuade you.” Jiang Yifang looked around at their humid home. During the rainy season, even she didn’t want to enter the house. “Mom only hopes you can live an easy life. Pei Shixiao’s mother came over today, and she also hopes you two can reconcile.”

“What was she doing at our home? Did she cause any trouble for you?”

“Listen to me, she was interceding for Pei Shixiao. This past year, they have been trying to make up for things…”

“Mom!” Luo Qi interrupted her mother, “I don’t want to hear this, and I don’t want to listen to your long speech! If Pei Shixiao and I met on a blind date, and I only cared about his money and status, then I wouldn’t care how many people he has outside. But he is different. We have known each other for ten years and we have been together for six. I looked forward to marrying him every day, but what about him? He stabbed me in the back with his own hands!

“Mom, why have you and dad changed like this?”

She hung up the phone directly.

“Qiqi…” Jiang Yifang regretted it, she shouldn’t have made this call.

Pei Shixiao had stood outside their house for more than half an hour, and she resisted opening the door. But today, Pei Shixiao’s mother came over and spoke sincerely from the bottom of her heart, and her heart began to waver.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

When Luo Qi calmed down a little, she found Pei Shixiao’s number and sent a text message: 

[“Don’t bother my family anymore. What you did to save me, and how much you helped my relatives, that’s your own business. You throwing money my family’s way has nothing to do with me, and I won’t appreciate it. Just because you were moved to do those things doesn’t mean that I will be moved as well. I just feel disgusted.]

[I said before, let’s leave some dignity between us, but you force me to do this.]

[Today, I will only post in text in my circle of friends. If you come to me again and cause trouble at my work, next time I will directly post the video of you and that woman.]

After the text message was sent, she posted a message in Moments, visible to everyone:

[A long time has already passed and there are still many friends who keep trying to bring me and Pei Shixiao together, hoping that we could reconcile and get back together. I also feel that it is a pity that our long relationship has broken up like this. I wish to thank everyone’s good intentions but it is really impossible for me to be with him again. It is not due to personality differences. It’s not that his family doesn’t approve. It’s that there was a woman between him and me. This was the problem.]

Within two minutes of posting her message, there were several responses, and they were all words of comfort for her.

Everyone wanted to express their sympathy for her post but were embarrassed to like it. 

Only one person liked her post: her boss, Jiang Shenghe.

Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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A list of all advance chapters is HERE.
Chapter 30.1 — Embrace Her Under An Umbrella
Chapter 30.2 — Embrace Her Under An Umbrella
Chapter 30.3 — Embrace Her Under An Umbrella