Chapter 16

The dinner ended unpleasantly.

My mother, her face dark, pulled me away, scolding as she went:

“Shameless thing, he even dared to lie to me that it wasn’t him!”

“I really couldn’t tell, I almost fell for his deception!”

Zhou Boyu tried to catch up several times but was pushed away by my mother.

He chased us all the way to the complex gate, finally holding onto me, refusing to let go.

Passersby turned their heads.

I didn’t want to be stared at in public, so I asked my mother to go home first.

Zhou Boyu and I walked to a secluded corner nearby.

He stood before me, his shoulders slumped.

“Slap!” He sharply slapped himself across the face.

“It’s my fault, I acted impulsively and did something to hurt you.”

“At that time, we were in a long-distance relationship, I admit I couldn’t endure the loneliness…”

“And she always harbored those feelings for me.”

“She often brought me food, and when I was sick, she even took time off work to care for me.”

“She’s been single all these years because of me, and my heart is soft; I get touched too.”

“That day when she kissed me, I was going to push her away.”

“But she cried and told me that she asked nothing of me, she just asked me to allow her feelings.”

“I don’t know why my heart softened then.”

“Xixi, I truly regret my softness at that moment.”

“If I had known that moment of softness would make me lose you, I would never have cared about her!”

I listened indifferently.

But these words made my stomach churn.