Chapter 314

As the sun shone through the clouds, the view from the study window suddenly plunged into darkness.

Lu Lixing abruptly woke up from his stupor and hurried down the stairs, only to watch Ji Qingqing silently get into the car and leave.

Grandpa Lu was someone who had already experienced many ups and downs in his lifetime. Noticing what had just happened, he asked with concern in his voice, “What happened?”

Lu Lixing stood there, silently confessing, “It’s all my fault.”

Grandpa Lu gently placed his hand on his grandson’s shoulder and said, “Grandpa’s old, so I may not be able to manage and fully understand all the experiences and challenges of young people like you.

“But one thing I do know is that a man must always be willing to own up to his mistakes and take responsibility for them. I know it’s not always easy, but it’s the right thing to do. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

Lu Lixing stared off into the distance, lost in thought as the car disappeared from view.

He had decided to be honest with Ji Qingqing, and no matter how she reacted or what the consequences were, he understood that it was his responsibility to bear everything.Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

But when he saw Ji Qingqing break down like that, he couldn’t help but feel a great sense of regret.

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Ji Qingqing sat in the car, her body racked with sobs as tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. She couldn’t bring herself to go to the film set, so she instead instructed the driver to take her to her apartment building.

As an attempt to disperse the awkwardness in the car, she said, “Um... I’m sorry, hehe... I accidentally ate chili earlier. It stings a lot!”

While in a daze, various scenes flashed through her mind like a slideshow.

Perhaps at that time, Lu Lixing may have even thought of me as ungrateful and that I had ruined his plans.

After paying, Ji Qingqing listlessly went back to her apartment with the wine.

Ji Qingqing felt as though she had lost all of her energy as soon as the door shut behind her. She casually kicked off her shoes and cast an expressionless glance around the pitch-black apartment. With the lights still off, she decadently put the wine on the coffee table in the living room and sat down on the sofa heavily.

Perhaps... Lu Lixing had to sleep with me every night... maybe because it was a system requirement. If he didn’t, wouldn’t he die?

Come to think of it, on a brighter side... aren’t I still important to him? Ji Qingqing self-depreciatingly thought to herself.

She used her teeth to open a bottle of wine and tilted her head back to gulp it down.

The time he went to the company to give me roses, that must’ve also been another task from the system.

Heh... Surprisingly, the first rose I’ve received in my entire life was given to me unwillingly by Lu Lixing.

Yet she couldn’t continue to laugh anymore as she thought about the details of her relationship with him.

His visit to the film set, the tv show... the proposal – was it also all part of his tasks?

Everything that had happened between them before flashed through her mind like a newsreel.