So What If the Pretty Campus Belle Loves Money? (30)

Hua Jinchen fell silent for a few seconds, then suddenly spoke. "Baby, let's talk about Gu Yanshen."

It wasn't a question, but a statement.

He couldn't help wanting to make excuses for Shi Zheng, but the mere thought of those eyesore scenes made his heart ache.

Even if he knew Shi Zheng would make up lies to deceive him, at least she was still willing to deceive him, wasn't she?

Shi Zheng's heart skipped a beat, but she kept her expression unchanged and simply murmured, "Mm."

She had thought Hua Jinchen wouldn't bring it up himself.

"Talk about what?"

"Why he wanted to bring you back," Hua Jinchen said in a low voice. "And... I know everything that happened between you and him in the meeting room that day."

His string of questions laid everything bare before her.

Shi Zheng remained silent, not answering right away.

"Say something!" Hua Jinchen's voice suddenly rose, filled with hurt and irritation he couldn't contain. "Baby, say something! Even if you have to make up a lie to fool me, that's fine! Can't you even be bothered to lie to me anymore?!"

Shi Zheng raised her eyes to meet his pained gaze. "Don't you already know everything? What else am I supposed to say? Do you have to hear me admit what happened between him and me... before you'll feel better?"

"Shut up! You know that's not what I want to hear!"

Hua Jinchen growled, "Do you even care about me, your official boyfriend?! You call me 'baby' so sweetly, then turn around and let another man steal your heart and soul!"

"That business on the Forum about you being expelled—I don't think there's any need for me to go out of my way to put in a word!"

"That bitch Gu Yanshen probably can't wait to use his position to take care of the problem for you himself!"

His jealousy and frustration were practically overflowing.

"Calm down, baby. I don't want to get into a car accident yet." Seeing how worked up Hua Jinchen was, Shi Zheng hurried to soothe him.

Hearing that, Hua Jinchen slammed on the brakes and pulled the car over.

He turned to look at her, his face full of disbelief.

He had made everything perfectly clear, yet Shi Zheng didn't show the slightest trace of guilt.

Shi Zheng said aggrievedly, "Baby, I just made a mistake every man makes."

"Are you blaming me now?"

Hua Jinchen said, "Ha..."

Only she could talk about something like this so openly and confidently.

Hua Jinchen was so angry he didn't even know what to say to her.

Shi Zheng said, "Gu Yanshen is the Student Council president. He has the power to decide what happens to me, so it's perfectly normal for me to go and plead with him... If you were a member of the Student Council, would I have gone to him for help?"

Hua Jinchen said, "..."

That made sense.

Wait, wasn't he the one in the wrong?

How had she made it sound like everything was his own fault?

Shi Zheng continued her reproach. "You only see how 'special' he treats me, but why don't you think about why he treats me 'specially'?"

"I'm so pretty. Isn't it normal for men to like me?"

"It's not my fault. It's Gu Yanshen's fault. He knows perfectly well that I have a boyfriend, but he still fusses over me."

"If you had fulfilled your duties as a boyfriend, how could he have taken advantage of the opening?"

Shi Zheng shifted the blame back, attributing all the problems to Hua Jinchen and Gu Yanshen.

A thousand words boiled down to this: the fault always lay with others. In any case, she herself had done nothing wrong.

Shi Zheng concluded, "When all is said and done, isn't it because you didn't care enough about me, didn't protect me properly, and couldn't give me enough of a sense of security that I needed someone else to look after me?"

Hua Jinchen was stunned by her string of questions.

He opened his mouth, only to find himself at a loss for words.

That was right. If he had done his job as a boyfriend... would Gu Yanshen have had a chance to come between them?

Shi Zheng drew Hua Jinchen into her arms and gently pressed his head against her chest, stroking his hair from time to time.

Her voice sounded softly by his ear. "But no matter what kind of relationship Gu Yanshen and I have, in my heart, you'll always be the boyfriend I love most. No one can shake your place in my heart."

"I love you most, baby."

Shi Zheng had mastered the art of delivering a slap and then offering a sweet date.

And just like that, Hua Jinchen was utterly bewitched.

Hua Jinchen said, "..."

For the first time, Hua Jinchen felt as though things had completely slipped out of his control.

Looking at her slightly reddened eyes, he felt the anger and jealousy in his chest fade considerably, washed away by a powerful surge of remorse and heartache.

It seemed he... really hadn't given her enough of a sense of security.

Shi Zheng had done nothing wrong. It was all the fault of that bitch Gu Yanshen!

[Hua Jinchen's current affection: 80.]