Ji Chengxi bitterly looked at her, âJi Chengyu, what do you mean men are not good things? Am I not a man?â
Ji Chengyu looked up at him. âDo you think youâre a good man?â
âWhy wouldnât I be a good man? If I wasnât a good man, would I have accompanied you to the supermarket to buy and carry your things?â
âYouâre a man-hater*! Donât you know? Being like this would make you unmarriable!â
*T/N: ä»ç· means âa person who hates men.â
âIs it a big deal if I canât get married?â Ji Chengyu sneered. âI really donât understand why women have to marry men and torture themselves.â
âLet me tell you, I, Ji Chengyu, can be self-reliant and can live well without a man.â
She continued, âSee? If Jie was single, she wouldnât have to get drunk here in the middle of the night.â
Ji Chengxi rebutted, âWhat do you know? My sister and brother-in-law truly love each other. Isnât it normal for there to be some conflict between lovers, or between husband and wife?â
âDeception shouldnât be tolerated. If you tolerate it once, it will happen again. Menâs words cannot be trusted.â Ji Chengyu raised her eyebrows. âWhatâs more, Ji Qingqing told me all these things herself.â
âJi Chengyu, who hurt you?â Ji Chengxi glared at Ji Chengyu, then grabbed the bottle of alcohol that Ji Qingqing was about to drink from and said, âOkay, sister, donât drink anymore. This drink wonât get you drunk. Itâll only make you fat. Tell us, how did brother-in-law lie to you?â
âEnough! Shut up, you two!â
Ji Qingqing stared at the two of them angrily, still with an attitude of not admitting the truth. âHe and I have a great relationship and he cares for me deeply. Donât make assumptions. Between me and him, you know⊠itâs just a small disagreement. Donât worry, itâll all pass easilyâŠâ
Speaking of this, she herself felt guilty, but she still adamantly insisted, âIt will pass in two days. Besides, he and I have been together for so long. What else canât we get through together?â
Ji Chengqi and Ji Chengyu had obvious doubts in their eyes. âAre you sure⊠it will be fine in two days?â
âOf course! He loves me so much.â
But what ifâŠ
She angrily continued, âDoes he dare to leave me?â
Ji Chengyu didnât believe what she said and asked again quietly, âCome on. Tell us, whatâs the matter between the two of you?â
Ji Qingqing was slightly upset. After a moment of silence, she admitted, âHe didnât love me before.â
âAre you kidding me?â
âBut, he used to lie to me that he loved me.â
âWell, does he love you now?â
âLove⊠well, he does?â
Ji Qingqing thought of this, her head ached suddenly.
Fine, fine, itâs my fault! Itâs me being hypocritical and short-sighted for finding faults with the past even when itâs all over!
âYouâre getting drunk because of this?â Ji Chengxi smiled. âSister, are you joking?â
Ji Qingqing stared at him lightly.
Ji Chengxi became a little nervous due to all her staring. He cleared his throat and coaxed, âSister, actually brother-in-law is better compared to the men you have dated in the past.
âFalling in love at first sight is nothing more than a white lie to coax little girls. Itâs all but a reaction to a fleeting attraction. Sister, youâre beautiful so itâs natural for them to fall and have feelings for you. Itâs an instinct and it could be said the same for him.
âThink about it. If he didnât have an idea, brother-in-law wouldnât choose to pursue you no matter what. He may have started to like you because of your appearance, but now itâs slowly becoming love. Isnât that a natural thing?â
Ji Chengyu sarcastically commented after listening to him, âYou know men well.â
Ji Chengxi went on to say, âJie, believe me. Men know men best. Not to mention, men like brother-in-law, who have only been close to a few women, are pretty predictable.â
âMen like him have no experience in love so he lacks the understanding and skills to express himself romantically and say nicer things. Perhaps, his intentions were misinterpreted by Jie.â
Ji Chengyu who was listening on the side had similar thoughts on what he said.
Meanwhile, Ji Qingqing almost cried in frustration when she heard it becauseâŠ
What Ji Chengxi said made sense!
Still, when I remember the time Lu Lixing asked me to call him husband, when he sent those flowers and did so much for me⊠I feel deceived knowing that all of this was a lieâŠ
She originally thought Lu Lixing loved her as much as she imagined, but, in fact, he didnât!
But thatâs normal â we have only been together for less than three months. How could that kind of love develop between them in just three months?
Sometimes she even wondered if it was also a system task for Lu Lixing to confess to her. But she also told herself that Lu Lixing would not lie to her about this matter.
He may have lied to me before, but now Iâm sure he wonât.
Argh! Forget it!
Ji Qingqing leaned back on the sofa. She suddenly didnât want to think about anything. Right now, all she wanted was just to get a good nightâs sleep.