If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 717: Chapter 717: You Still Have Energy to Argue with Me
 

“Wait for Xiao Mo to pick me up.” Shen Chi glanced at his wristwatch.

“Do you want me to take you to the airport?”

“Do you think that’s appropriate?” Shen Chi shot her a cold glare, his gaze lingering on her stomach.

“Then I won’t send you off.” Xu Chaomu muttered.

There was nothing inappropriate about it though; after all, she would be taking Xiao Mo’s car to the airport, and she wasn’t being asked to walk there.

It didn’t matter if she didn’t send him off; it would save her the heartache of watching him board the plane.

“Xu Chaomu, speaking of farewells, it reminds me of something,” Shen Chi said, frowning at her.

Xu Chaomu looked up defensively because she saw a dangerous hint in his eyes.

“What… what thing?” Xu Chaomu tried to appear calm.

She was already feeling unsettled. What could Shen Chi be asking? His look suggested that it was not going to be pleasant.

“Five years ago, when I dragged you back from the airport, who were you seeing off?” Shen Chi looked at her.

Back then, the head of the orphanage told him it was a teacher, and he had not suspected anything.

However, ever since he met Nie Chenglang, he had been suspecting that the person was Nie Chenglang.

In that rush, he only caught a glimpse of the man’s back, but it looked very much like Nie Chenglang.

Could it be that they had known each other a long time ago, meaning, even before she left him?

“Nothing much, just a teacher from the orphanage,” Xu Chaomu repeated the lie.

But that was Nie Chenglang! Could she admit it?

Since the explosion on the mountain peak, this man had stopped bickering with her, and she really feared he would cause a scene before leaving.

When this man acted childish, he was really like a primary school boy!

“Is that so? What’s the name?” Shen Chi continued.

He saw Xu Chaomu’s evasive gaze; typically, when she lied, her gaze would dart to the left and right.

“Zhou Yi!”

“I might as well be Zhou Er (Tuesday)!”

Shen Chi slapped the table, his voice deepened, and his face turned grim.

Uh… Xu Chaomu’s hand trembled, and she was so frightened the orange fell to the ground.

It was a name she made up on the spot, and it seemed she might have pushed it a bit too far.

“The orange fell…” Xu Chaomu said, looking at him with a grievance.

“Not willing to tell me?” Shen Chi pressed her.

“What’s there to say?” Xu Chaomu tried to bend down to pick up the orange, but with her belly grown, it was really inconvenient to bend.

So she gave up, sacrificing an orange.

“Xu Chaomu, can’t you just be honest for once?” Shen Chi was angry.

“Alright, alright, I remember now, you’ve shouted at me again!” Xu Chaomu drooped her head dispiritedly, “I’ll just say it then, Nie Chenglang, I met him at that time too.”

“Being honest wouldn’t make me eat you alive,” Shen Chi glared at her coldly.

Xu Chaomu, seeing that he didn’t seem too angry, finally relaxed.

This man, once he got jealous, was worse than a woman; he was such a petty guy!

“Then pick up the orange for me,” Xu Chaomu pointed to the ground.

“How did you meet him?” Shen Chi asked again.

“It’s all stuff from a long time ago, why dig it up?” Xu Chaomu grumbled.

“Not telling?”

“There’s nothing to it; it was just when I left the hospital and went to my mom’s place, that I happened to meet him teaching at the orphanage,” Xu Chaomu said indifferently.

The memories were still vivid in her mind.

That night, there was a drizzle and the spring was cold, leaving the night desolate and lonely.

“So you knew him way back,” Shen Chi said with a muted tone, somewhat resentful.

“Even if it was earlier, it’s not as early as you,” Xu Chaomu mumbled.

“In your heart, is Nie Chenglang perfect?” Shen Chi looked at her seriously.

His tone was very earnest, not at all joking.

“Yes.” Xu Chaomu answered honestly.

“You dare to ‘Yes’?”

“Isn’t that what you told me, to be honest? I was honest, and now you’re not happy,” Xu Chaomu said. “To tell the big truth, Nie Chenglang is really nice, caring, gentle and considerate, and he’s very thoughtful about everything for me. And most importantly, he never argues with me, always indulges me; unlike some people, who are just childish!”

“Who are some people?” Shen Chi looked at her coldly.

“I’m just giving an example, some people shouldn’t take it personally,” Xu Chaomu huffed.

“Xu Chaomu, you still have the energy to argue with me? It seems I was too polite just now.”

“…” Xu Chaomu was startled and tried to dodge.

Too polite just now? Bloody hell, what about all these hickies on her neck?!

“Xu Chaomu, since you like Nie Chenglang so much, I might as well tell you something before my business trip,” Shen Chi said, facing her.

Xu Chaomu, seeing the depth and restraint in his gaze, couldn’t help but tense up: “What?”

“Do you know where Nie Chenglang works? Do you know what he does?”

“Just an ordinary company,” Xu Chaomu said the truth.

“Then let me tell you, the place he works is called Faye Jewelry Group, and its chairwoman is Lu Feili!” Shen Chi said coldly.

Xu Chaomu was somewhat shocked; Nie Chenglang worked at Feili?

“And then?” Xu Chaomu asked.

Her heart was already feeling uneasy as she listened for what Shen Chi would say next.

“Do you know the relationship between Nie Chenglang and Lu Feili?”

“I…” Xu Chaomu felt a catch in her heart, could it be…

“Guessed it? My Mumu is so clever, of course you’d guess,” Shen Chi’s lips curved slightly, “He’s the Crown Prince of Feili Group, the one and only biological son of Lu Feili!”

Xu Chaomu was a bit dumbfounded; so… Nie Chenglang was the son of Lu Feili.

No wonder, she often heard his mother on the phone, asking him to come back and take over the family business.

Also, was that the dominant woman she saw at Nie Chenglang’s house last time Lu Feili?!

“Such a nice person as Nie Chenglang, and he never told you?” Shen Chi began to taunt.

“I never asked,” Xu Chaomu lowered her head.

“Oh, he’s quite capable; he’s kept it from you for five years.”

“His family is his family, he is him; don’t mix them up,” Xu Chaomu said indifferently.

“There’s more, want to hear it?” Shen Chi raised an eyebrow.

“I…” Xu Chaomu hesitated; she didn’t know if she wanted to hear it or not.

“Five years ago, Zhou Peitian and Shen Shihan conspired, and there was another person involved, Lu Feili, did you know that?”

Xu Chaomu looked at him in surprise; of course, she didn’t know.

“They were in cahoots, all for that diamond mine,” Shen Chi said calmly.

After all, it’d been a long time since those events, and revisiting them left him unperturbed.

Losing the diamond mine was a minor issue, but he and Xu Chaomu had missed five years together, and that was the regret of his life.

“That has nothing to do with Chenglang,” Xu Chaomu said with a touch of melancholy.

“It has nothing to do with him,” Shen Chi stated, “You always blame me for deceiving you, but he’s hidden the truth from you, deceived you too, hasn’t he?”

“That’s different!”

“How is it different?” Shen Chi watched her leisurely.