Although Zhang Chen left in a huff, Shi Yunnan did not take it to heart. She did not believe Zhang Chen could leave her.
No one knew better than she did how deeply Zhang Chen loved her. Over the past few years, he had worked himself to the bone to earn money for her schooling. He would rather go hungry himself than deny her the best cosmetics and finest clothes. Everything she used was the best. Though she had not been born into wealth, her food, clothing, and daily necessities were no worse than those of wealthy young ladies.
"He is only jealous for now. Sooner or later, he'll come back to me." Shi Yunnan gave an angry snort, then turned to look at the dim streetlights in the distance before heading back into the house.
She was only a university student and had not even started working yet. Where was she supposed to find twelve hundred yuan for Shen Jianghe to buy a job?
As for marrying Zhang Chen, she had honestly assumed that her future would simply be like this. Once she graduated, she would marry Zhang Chen and muddle through the rest of her life. But Shen Jianghe's appearance had stirred up her once-settled heart again, planting within her a desire to delay things.
Even she did not know what exactly she was delaying for, nor did she know what her own heart wanted.
When Zhang Chen returned home, he found that the courtyard gate had already been tightly locked. The yard was silent. He knocked on the gate, but no one came out to open it.
Standing outside, he could clearly sense that the people inside were not asleep at all. They simply did not want to let him in.
His nominal father, Zhang Fang, got