kingnovel Chapter 478 Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore...
Chapter 478 Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore...
In the end, Zheng Zhihui didn't get to eat the fat-reducing meal because Zhang Boxuan said he hadn't eaten yet either, and called a restaurant she liked to order food to be delivered.
All the dishes ordered were her favorite.
So she couldn't resist the temptation and went to the table to eat with him.
After dinner, Zheng Zhihui went downstairs with Zhang Boxuan on the pretext of taking out the garbage.
She said she was throwing away the garbage, but in fact the garbage bags were all held in the man's hands.
Zhang Boxuan thought she wanted to go downstairs because she had something to say to him, but she was silent all the way down. They were almost at the gate of the community, but she still didn't say a word.
Finally, Zhang Boxuan couldn't help but speak up, "I'm worried about you living here alone while Aunt Liu is away. Why don't you move back home during this period? If you don't want to move back, or I can ask Aunt Wu to come and take care of you..."
"Zhang Boxuan."
Zhang Boxuan was saying this when he suddenly heard her call. He was shocked and stopped talking.
The last time she called him by his full name, it was because she wanted to separate from him. When Zhang Boxuan heard her calling him like that again this time, he had a feeling that it was not a good thing.
He stiffened and slowly turned to look at her.
Zheng Zhihui stood in front of him.
"It's not just Aunt Liu who told you about my hand injury." She looked up at him and said in a positive tone, "I went to the restaurant for lunch today. Aunt Liu also told you about it, right?"
That's why he ended up in such a restaurant...which was not an ordinary restaurant that someone of his status would go to.
Zhang Boxuan's pupils shrank and his mouth opened. Before he could speak, he heard her say, "And those fruits and vegetables that I like, they were all sent by you, right?"
Even she has to consider her wallet now when it comes to those expensive fruits and ingredients. Even if Aunt Liu feels sorry for her, she will not waste the money.
"So, even though I left your house, you know everything I do, right?"
Zhang Boxuan's eyes tightened, and he quickly explained, "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, I just... I'm just worried that you won't be suitable after you move out, so..."
"I know you mean no harm."
Zheng Zhihui interrupted him and smiled at him gently, "I also appreciate your kindness."
"But my brain is fine now, and I am capable of taking care of myself, so you don't have to treat me like a five or six-year-old child anymore."
Zhang Boxuan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and looked at her, "...what did you say?"
Does she think that's why I'm being nice to her?
"What I want to say is-"
Zheng Zhihui looked at him with a calm gaze and a gentle but firm voice, "You don't have to take care of me anymore. From now on... don't come to see me again."
Zhang Boxuan's heart clenched violently, and his eyes trembled slightly as he looked at her. After a long while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you really want to cut off all contact with me?"
Zheng Zhihui lowered her eyelashes and didn't look him in the eye. "This is the most harmonious ending between us...isn't it?"
After adjusting her mood, she raised her eyes to look at him again and said seriously, "Zhang Boxuan, you don't owe me anything. Although I took a bullet for you, you also sincerely took care of me for five years."
She didn't need his guilt or responsibility, nor did she need his pity.
I don’t want my heart to be disturbed again because of his frequent appearances.
"We... don't owe each other anything anymore, so let's just say goodbye."
Zheng Zhihui used all her strength to say this calmly. Without waiting for his response, she turned around and was about to leave. However, just after taking two steps, her arm was grabbed by a big hand.
Zhang Boxuan walked up to her, lowered his eyes to look at her with pain and sadness in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Do you really... dislike me so much?"
Zheng Zhihui met his deep eyes, and felt a pang of pain in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and said cruelly, "Yes."
"You appearing in front of me so frequently bothers me." She tried to keep her voice steady. "If we run into each other again in the future, let's just pretend we don't know each other and don't even have to say hello."
Zhang Boxuan's expression suddenly changed, and the hand holding her arm unconsciously tightened a little, "You don't even need to say hello? So you want to be a stranger with me?"
"Yes." Zheng Zhihui pushed his hand away, hardened her heart, and pretended to be annoyed, "I don't want to pretend to be polite and eat with you when we meet by chance in a restaurant. I don't want you to interfere with my contact with others inexplicably when we meet on the street. I don't like you to suddenly appear in my house and tell me what to eat and what to do. Every time you appear, I feel very troubled. What I want to say is... I don't want to see you again."
She finished speaking in one breath, and at the end her voice was trembling and choked.
And every word she said was like a knife, stabbing Zhang Boxuan's heart again and again. Zhang Boxuan's tall body suddenly swayed back a step, and it was hard to tell whether the expression on his handsome face was more of frustration or sadness. He looked at her in disbelief.
I was speechless for a long time.
Both of them were on the verge of collapse. Zheng Zhihui secretly clenched her hands, trying hard not to let her tears well up.
After a while.
Zhang Boxuan took a deep breath, his eyes red, and tremblingly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know... my appearance would make you..." so troubled and annoyed.
"...I understand. Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore."
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The weather forecast was accurate.
That night, the sky seemed to have a big hole in it, and it rained heavily all night long.
The continuous heavy rain outside made the atmosphere inside depressing and dull.
Zheng Zhihui stood in front of the window, looking outside, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.
At this moment, someone who was drunk in the club was also suffering.
Han Shang was looking at Zhang Boxuan who was sitting there drinking a whole bottle of foreign liquor, so he quickly stepped forward and snatched the bottle away.
"No, if you really can't bear to let go, then just go after her. What's the point of hiding here and crying?" Han Shangzheng looked at him with a look of disappointment.
"I can't chase her anymore. She's tired of me... She said she gets bothered when she sees me..."
Zhang Boxuan, with a flushed face, shook his head and murmured, while reaching out to take the wine bottle on the other side. Xie Youshi, who was sitting over there, quickly took it away before him.
There was a drink in front of Xie Youshi. Zhang Boxuan turned his head to glance at the wine glass in front of Han Shangzheng, then reached out and grabbed it.
"Hey……"
Han Shang was about to stop him but it was too late. He saw Zhang Boxuan tilt his head back and gulp down the liquor. When he closed his eyes, a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.
Han Shangzheng was shocked and couldn't help but lean closer to look at the tears in his eyes. "Oh my God, man, are you really crying?"
Zhang Boxuan glared at him and snatched the bottle of wine from his hand without saying a word.
He was sad, but more of it was heartache, self-blame and guilt.
It turns out that being rejected in person by the person you like is so painful. In the past, she had shown her affection to him time and time again, but he had rejected and hurt her cruelly...
Zhang Boxuan couldn't imagine what she had endured at that time.
How sad and upset must she have been at that time?
"For so many years, I have been hurting her. I have failed her. Now... she said she doesn't want to see me anymore. My presence only makes her feel troubled... What qualifications do I have to pursue her? Am I worthy?"
His voice was decadent and bitter, and he raised the bottle and took a big gulp.
It was rare that someone who had always been taciturn about his feelings was willing to confide his inner distress. Xie Youshi just listened silently, intending to let him speak out.
But Han Shangzheng at the side couldn't help but said, "Love is not a business. If you like someone, you like them. How can you say whether you are a good match or not, or measure it by who has paid more?"
"If you have to calculate it this way, then you have paid a lot, haven't you?" Han Shangzheng said, "You have waited for her for five years. Isn't this true love considered sincerity?"
"And the charity you've done in her name over the past five years, every blessing you've prayed for her, and the huge sums of money you've spent searching the world for a cure for her, don't these count as love?"