After Breaking Up, I Married the Dying Tycoon in a Flash
Chapter 19: Rain Upon Returning to Port

Chapter 19: Chapter 19: Rain Upon Returning to Port

Bian Yue hadn’t heard such words in a long time.

"Anything is possible?" she asked softly, the smile at the corner of her lips clearly disbelieving, "Mr. Shen has never been in love, has he?"

Shen Jinci looked at her lively expression and wasn’t angered; instead, he was very candid: "I have not."

"Then has Mr. Shen ever been with a woman?" Bian Yue blinked, her eyes clear.

Shen Jinci answered with equal openness, "No."

This time, it was Bian Yue who was stunned.

Who would believe that if it were said out loud?

The ways a man attracts a woman are nothing more than power, wealth, appearance, and sweet talk.

He obviously lacked for nothing; he already had it all to the extreme.

Yet he had nothing.

Bian Yue was momentarily so astounded that she fell silent for a long while before coughing lightly and saying, "Mr. Shen should experience a romance. Then you’ll know that making such grand promises to a woman is actually quite exaggerated."

"What is it that you think I’m promising?" the man asked calmly.

Bian Yue spoke frankly, "You said that by your side, I could have anything."

"How do you know that’s just pie in the sky?"

Shen Jinci’s gaze lowered, growing more profound. He watched Bian Yue, and in his eyes, she saw her own increasingly panicked reflection.

"I..."

"Bian Yue." He called her name, pausing for a moment, then earnestly said, "I never joke, nor do I say things I’m unsure of. I dare to tell you today that by my side, anything is possible, because I can back up everything I do for you."

Bian Yue retreated in defeat under his serious demeanor.

Xiangjiang’s rainy season was so long, the rain drumming against the floor-to-ceiling windows, the dim lights outside reflecting the pavilions, terraces, and open halls of the estate as if splashed with ink.

Bian Yue’s heart, too, seemed to sway back and forth in the storm.

She blinked, her eyes tinged with acidity, not speaking.

"Have you ever been to the harbor during a typhoon?" the man’s question came suddenly.

Bian Yue paused, thought seriously, and said, "I don’t like going out on rainy days, I’ve never been."

"During the rainy season, typhoons are common. When ships encounter typhoons, they return to the harbor from the sea to avoid the uncertainty of the storm and the risk of capsizing in the ocean."

Shen Jinci got to this point and suddenly bent down, looking at the woman in front of him.

Bian Yue’s heart skipped a beat; the man’s noble and handsome face was very close, the distance between them exceedingly small.

Shen Jinci’s lips curved in a light arc, his tone casual yet every word extremely deliberate. He said, "Bian Yue, what I want to tell you is that I’ve always been here, waiting. As long as you come, I am here. I will wait for you until the end of the rainy season."

He was surely not a man adept at stirring emotions, nor one to speak sweetly, but these words surpassed all that Bian Yue had heard before.

He truly knew what he needed.

The atmosphere became so tender that even the temperature seemed to rise.

Just as Bian Yue was about to concede and retreat, her phone rang.

It was a call from Li Tingmo.

Bian Yue and Shen Jinci looked at each other, hesitating to speak. She said, "Would you like to listen?"

Shen Jinci said, "Do you need me to listen?"

Bian Yue is not interested in pointless conflicts, sincere and earnest, "I need to."

So, the call was put on speaker.

Li Tingmo, of course, doesn’t know that Bian Yue is at the Shen Family’s right now. He gets straight to the point.

The content is nothing more than to ask Bian Yue to think it over carefully, as cancelling the arranged marriage is no trivial matter. The Li Family has raised you for many years, and if you were to sever ties, I’m afraid even the extended family would criticize.

"You know it too, those relatives of the Li Family can sometimes be unreasonable. Bian Yue, if you have a falling out with them, it would be difficult for me as well," Li Tingmo’s voice even sounds helpless, as if each sentence is considering Bian Yue’s best interests.

Bian Yue patiently listens until the end and then asks Li Tingmo what he expects her to do.

Li Tingmo sighs, like a loving elder, "You don’t need to do anything. If you don’t want to get married, uncle can’t force you, but as for the inheritance your parents left you, it was said to be returned to you after you marry Shiheng. It seems we’ll have to choose another suitable time now."

"I understand," Bian Yue says, "When the time comes, my husband and I will return to the Li Family to have a good talk with uncle."

Li Tingmo is quite satisfied with his own reasoning, but when he hears the word ’husband’ from Bian Yue’s mouth, he stands up immediately.

In the Li Family’s study, Li Tingmo’s expression is hidden under the dim light, his face appears sinister and fierce in the gloom. He gets so angry he stands up, his teeth clenched as he questions uncertainly, with anger: "Husband? Bian Yue, what are you trying to do? Are you angry with Shiheng and planning to upset him?"

Bian Yue sincerely answers: "No, I have given it serious thought and decided to get married,"

"Bian Yue! I don’t agree with your marriage, especially since you have an engagement with the Li Family first! Whoever dares to marry you in Xiangjiang would be making an enemy of the Li Family!" The last of his words come out threatening.

Bian Yue used to really believe that Li Tingmo was a close friend of her parents and truly cared for her.

But the fake can never stand up to scrutiny.

Bian Yue hands the phone to Shen Jinci.

Shen Jinci sees a layer of clear mist in the eyes of Bian Yue as she looks at him.

The little princess is used to being proud, but in front of those she considered her precious ’relatives,’ she is still wounded to the core.

Shen Jinci takes the phone and watches Bian Yue walk to a corner of the room alone.

"Anyway! Come back to the Li Family immediately! I will not allow you to marry a man of dubious character!" Li Tingmo becomes more and more enraged, unable to understand how such a big change could occur in just a few days.

Shen Jinci looks at Bian Yue’s silhouette, turns off the speaker, and puts the phone to his ear, "Dubious character? Who are you referring to?"

Li Tingmo is momentarily stunned, the voice feels so familiar, yet he can hardly believe it.

Impossible, how could this be?

"You...." Li Tingmo is at a loss for words, "You are..."

"Shen Jinci." The man speaks in a flat tone, his emotions hidden within the unemotional words, the oppressive atmosphere tangible, "Bian Yue’s husband."

Li Tingmo, startled, sits back down in an awkward, disheveled state, "Shen... Mr. Shen..."

"I’ll handle Bian Yue’s inheritance. If you have anything, you can contact me directly from now on," Shen Jinci’s voice is steady, utterly devoid of warmth.

"Mr. Shen, you... Bian Yue is young and doesn’t understand the world, how can she assume the position of the Shen Family Patriarch’s wife? These years, Shiheng spoiled her, and you... you wouldn’t be able to stand it."

Li Tingmo wracks his brain, speaking diplomatically, but all in an attempt to dissuade, "If you like Bian Yue’s character, there are many suitable women in Xiangjiang."

Shen Jinci looks at Bian Yue, who stands with her back to him, her figure so thin, her silhouette fragile, almost like a dream.

Outside, the rain grows more torrential, lightning flashing across the sky.

Shen Jinci’s focus remains solely on the lone figure of Bian Yue.

He says, "But I am only fond of Bian Yue."

Thunder roars, drowning Shen Jinci’s response in rolling thunder.

Bian Yue doesn’t hear it, like a small boat adrift, wary of the thunder and lightning ahead.

She’s about to cover her ears when Shen Jinci, from behind her, gently embraces her, saying: "Don’t be afraid, I am here."

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