Chapter 623: He Was Once a Devoted Man (1)
“He would never fail to tease and flirt whenever he said needed to say something and even when he was so drunk, I suppose a leopard never changes its spots,” Xiao Chun thought.
Xiao Chun freed her hands from his iron grip and snorted coldly before she gave him a slap on the face. A crisp sound resonated in the air and Xu Shuai instantly stared at her in confusion and shock.
In the next instant, Xiao Chun shoved him aside forcefully before she sat upright and begin to brush her clothes. She then turned and glared at him before she chided, “If you’re not dead, then sleep properly! To think that you’d treat me like one of the many ex-girlfriends of yours whom you can’t even remember. You must be tired of living.”
However, Xu Shuai merely stroked his face dazedly and still appeared to be very disoriented.
Xiao Chun felt rather amused by why she would even bother to reason with him when he was already too drunk to understand anything.
She then got up to leave but suddenly, she glimpsed a photo frame on the bedside table from the corner of her eye. After a momentary pause, she walked over and picked it up.
It was a photo of a pretty and delicate looking woman who wore a sweet smile. Her eyes looked very pure and innocent and would instantly draw out one’s urge to protect her.
Xiao Chun stared at it for some time before she placed the photo frame down gently and glanced at Xu Shuai again with a hint of sympathy in her eyes.
He was pitiful just like her.
As Xu Shuai had been fooling around with women excessively in recent years, she had almost forgotten that he was once a devoted man as well. However, like Xiao Chun, he could not be with the one whom he loved.
“At least the man I love could find his happiness and I could still be there to witness it. On the other hand… Xu Shuai would never be able to see her again,” she thought.
The girl he loved had completely disappeared from his world in her prime. Being the wonderful lady that she was, she would probably end up in heaven and the thought of this would probably be of some solace to Xu Shuai.
Xiao Chun’s heart softened and, after a pause, went forward to remove Xu Shuai’s coat and shoes. After tucking him in under the blanket, she then left the room quietly.
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Xu Weilai had fallen asleep before Xiao Chun reached home. When she woke up the next day, Xiao Chun was already gone and had left her a note to inform her that she had left for work but had bought breakfast for her, which she could heat in the microwave before eating if it had already turned cold.
After seeing this, Xu Weilai picked up her phone and dropped Xiao Chun a WeChat message, “Love you. Here’s a finger heart for you.”
After washing up, Xu Weilai came out of her room and strolled over to the dining area where all kinds of food were laid out on the dining table. She then picked up a fried dough stick and took a bite. Just when she was about to open the lid of a cup of soy milk, her phone suddenly rang.
Xu Weilai took one glance at the caller ID and realised that it was Gu Xue.
She quickly slid her fingers across the screen and held the phone up to her ear before she greeted, “Xiao Xue…”
However, before she could ask her why she had called, Gu Xue had already begun to ramble about something and she was so anxious that her speech sounded rather incoherent.
Although Xu Weilai was momentarily stunned, she knew how to grasp the key points and quickly summarized the crux of what she was trying to say.
Her expression instantly changed and she lost all her appetite to eat. Without wasting any time, she quickly dashed back to her room and changed into a set of sportswear mindlessly before she grabbed her bag and bolted out of the apartment as fast as she could.
After arriving downstairs, she got into a cab and, without even catching her breath, instructed the driver anxiously, “I’m headed for the Gu Corporation. Go faster please!”
She kept texting Gu Xue throughout her journey and, from time to time, would urge the driver to speed up.
The cab soon pulled over at the entrance to the building which housed the Gu Corporation. After Xu Weilai paid her fare, shoved open the car door and dashed out. Perhaps because Gu Xue had already informed the security guards in advance, she managed to make her way into the building without being stopped and quickly took the elevator up to the top floor.