Beloved Bride: Captured by the Top Playboy

"Miss Cheng, to tell you the truth, I'm feeling somewhat angry right now."

"Hmm?" Suxin raised her head to look at him.

"I consider myself fairly decent, whether it's in looks, education, or family background. My biggest desire right now is to find a beautiful, virtuous, and gentle wife. Your friend told me that Miss Cheng is a cute, beautiful, generous, and lively girl. Although she's already twenty-nine, she still maintains an innocent nature. I took it as truth and was willing to wait for an hour and a half."

"So what is Mr. Lin implying now? Am I not cute, beautiful, generous, lively, and innocent enough?" Suxin couldn't hold back any longer. Being humiliated so directly to her face made her feel deeply hurt, "Can all these qualities be determined at a single glance?"

"Perhaps, Miss Cheng, you might think I'm a very superficial person, but that's alright. I'm only looking for one wife, so I don't mind being a bit superficial." With that, Lin Jun picked up a tissue from the side, wiped his mouth, and stood up, "I'm sorry, but I must leave now. I had ordered some food before you arrived. If Miss Cheng doesn't mind, please go ahead and eat. I've already paid the bill." Saying so, Lin Jun turned around and left.

Suxin sat there, watching Lin Jun's retreating figure with a smile maintained on her face, but she knew her heart was sinking bit by bit.

She had always been an optimist, carefree, and one who lived for simple pleasures. She had always thought that by thinking less, one could have the greatest happiness. But in just a few short days, it had already taken all her energy.

She took out her phone, opened QQ, and looked at the gray pig icon, which had been gray for five years, never having lit up.

"Hang, you said you liked my simple joy the most. Over the years, I always thought I did well, but today I realized that all of that has long since departed from me..."

"I thought I could manage not to love Liu Haoran, to contentedly accept his love and marry him, and then grow old together, but in the end, he left me."

"I thought I could always keep you hidden in the deepest part of my heart, silently adoring you without expecting any response. But I was wrong. In my current vulnerability, staring at that gray icon on my phone, I truly feel powerless..."

Gazing at the gray icon with sorrow for a long time, Suxin's fingers slowly moved, right-clicking "Delete Friend" and then clicking "Confirm." The pig icon vanished from her life forever.

"Hang, you've been hidden in my heart for a full nine years, you know? I'm really tired, so I've decided to let go and forget you..."

Suxin didn't eat anything, she stood up and left, returning to Jinfeng Garden. When she saw her familiar room, a warm feeling enveloped her. Thank goodness she still lived here. Having lived here for three years, she had long since considered it her home.

"Cheng Suxin, come on! You can pick yourself up!" She encouraged herself over and over with all her might,

The burden on her mood seemed to be relieved, and she instantly felt much lighter.

"Starting tomorrow, continue job hunting! Cheng Suxin, you can do it!"

Chen Ziqian walked through the door and was greeted by a deliciously enticing aroma, so appetizing that his stomach immediately started rumbling.

Glancing over, who could be sitting at the dining table eating merrily if not the big sister?

"Fried rice?"

"Yeah, I was hungry. Eating some fried rice right now shouldn't breach the tenant's agreement, right?" Suxin swallowed her last bite with a smile on her face, then contentedly put down her chopsticks, even licking her lips in a circle to savor the taste, looking utterly delighted.

"Is there any more?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm feeling a bit peckish."

Suxin glanced at her now-empty bowl, then looked toward the kitchen's pot, considered for a moment, and said, "If you can wait, I can go make some for you now?"

"Yeah, sure!" Chen Ziqian smiled casually and then sat down on the sofa in the living room, turning on the TV.

The fried rice, with bits of preserved vegetables and carrots in it, the grains separated and golden crisp, Chen Ziqian ate with great contentment.

"That, thank you for not kicking me out!" Suxin said, sitting across from Chen Ziqian. She hesitated for a long time, but still spoke her mind.

Chen Ziqian paused with chopsticks in hand, then continued eating. He hadn't expected such an unreasonable old lady to have such a sensible side.

"Eat slowly, I'm going to head back to my room to sleep." Seeing that Chen Ziqian was only focused on his food and not talking, Suxin said that before heading to her room.

"You haven't washed your bowl yet."

"What?" Suxin turned around, which bowl? She had already washed hers.

"The fried rice tasted okay, so wash the bowl!" Chen Ziqian stood up and headed towards his room.

"What? You want me to wash your dishes? Don't you have hands?" Suxin immediately jumped up, was this pretty boy too lazy to even do that?

"Didn't you just thank me? Then wash the bowl!" With that said and a "click," Chen Ziqian closed his bedroom door.

"This... this pretty boy... outrageous..." Suxin was so angry she was at a loss for words, but still obediently went forward and started cleaning up the dishes.

"This is the first and last time, don't expect to enslave me ever again!" Suxin muttered while tidying up.

The next day, Suxin got up early. She was planning to go to the job market to look around, as finding a job was her top priority at the moment.

In a hurry, she grabbed a stack of resumes and certificates, took a small bag, and rushed to the elevator.

The melodious ringtone of the cell phone echoed repeatedly. Suxin clamped the certificates and resumes with her arm, freed one hand to unzip her bag, and pulled out her phone to see that Bai Xiaoyan was calling.

"Hello, Xiaoyan..."

With a "ding-dong," the elevator doors opened and Suxin hurried in.

"Don't talk about yesterday's incident, it really depressed me..."

With a "thump," Suxin bumped into someone, causing the resumes and certificates under her arm to scatter all over the floor.

"I'm so sorry, I'm sorry." Suxin apologized immediately without looking and at the same time knelt down to pick up the things on the ground, "Xiaoyan, I'm hanging up, I'll call you back later."

Chen Ziqian picked up a resume from the ground and handed it to Suxin, "You dropped this one too."

"Oh, thanks!" Suxin looked up and realized that the person she had run into was none other than Chen Ziqian.

With just one look, Chen Ziqian knew it was a resume. He glanced at it briefly, only noticing the words "T University."

"Oh, I forgot something, I need to go back and get it." Chen Ziqian involuntarily explained and then stepped out of the elevator.

"Is that old lady looking for a job?" Chen Ziqian thought to himself, shook his head, and went back into his apartment.