He felt a little drowsy, but that didn’t stop him from coming up with a plan to deal with An Xiaxia .
Kidnapping? Imprisonment?
She wanted to leave him and he was going to stop her .
Whatever it took .
Even if… she would hate him for it .
Picking up his phone, he made a few calls and left some instructions . A strange ringtone suddenly rang .
“Lalala! I’m Lord Xiaxia, the most handsome in the whole universe! I’m awesome! I’m great! Hahaha!”
That ridiculous tune was a recording An Xiaxia had made one day . He couldn’t bring himself to delete it, so he had set it as a ringtone just for her .
Sheng Yize clutched his phone tightly . All those unrealistic ideas left his head immediately and he only felt weak and helpless .
Would An Xiaxia come back to him if he begged?
He didn’t mind even if she liked someone else . Given enough time, she would eventually be his and his only, body and soul .
He picked it up and An Xiaxia’s soft voice came from the other end . “Do you have time?”
Sheng Yize couldn’t let go of his pride after all . He said in that usual distant and aloof tone, “What?”
“Hm… can we meet?” She sounded quite timid, as if he had frightened her .
He probably had, with what he had done the other day at the airport .
Sheng Yize snorted cockily, then pressed on, as if he couldn’t wait . “When and where?”
He remembered everything An Xiaxia said and was going to leave the house without even changing his clothes .
He hesitated at the doorway and eventually turned around, took a quick shower, and changed into clean clothes .
An Xiaxia didn’t like sloppy guys .
He didn’t want to become the type she disliked .
An Xiaxia had asked to meet at her home .
The coffee shop on the first floor had been closed for a while, but Papa An was a tidy man and kept the place as spotless as ever .
An Xiaxia was staring blankly at the window when Sheng Yize arrived .
He seldom saw such a dispirited expression on her . For as long as he could remember, An Xiaxia had always been a bubbly chatterbox, especially around him . She was boisterous and snuggly, and cosying up to him had been the most natural thing for her .
Some buddy had asked him once if he would find such a girl too noisy .
He had never felt that way .
Instead, he had liked her more than he could imagine .
Walking into the coffee shop, he sat down at the table across from her with an expressionless face, looking very unapproachable .
An Xiaxia smiled at him, then put a cardboard box next to her on the table, trying her best to keep her voice lighthearted . “These are all your things… I thought you might need them . ”
The coldness spread from Sheng Yize’s face to the air he was giving out .
An Xiaxia cleared her throat at his reaction . “I think it’s better to let you take care of your personal belongings . Take whatever you need and you can dump the rest . ”
“And then? Are you going to ask me for breakup compensation?” Sheng Yize asked in a stern voice, so grim that An Xiaxia almost couldn’t stand his presence .
“If it’s too much trouble, I’ll throw them away for you,” An Xiaxia said with her head lowered, her voice as tiny as a humming mosquito .
Smack —
Sheng Yize’s fist landed forcibly on the table and he rose to his feet .
The look on his face was so terrifying that An Xiaxia cringed . “I’m sorry . ”
Sorry?
Did she think she could get rid of him with a “sorry”?
“Do you take me for someone you can just get together and break up with whenever you feel like it? What am I to you?”
“Do you like me?” An Xiaxia replied with a question . Before Sheng Yize could answer, she said, “I don’t like you anymore . ”