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Chapter 214: Like Trash, Discarded Without a Second Thought

Chapter 214: Chapter 214: Like Trash, Discarded Without a Second Thought

Yan Han’s face grew more and more unsightly, but he assumed that Zhu Qianying was intentionally provoking him.

"Zhu Qianying, do you have to say things so unpleasantly?"

Zhu Qianying looked at him very seriously. "No, I’m just stating facts. Is it unpleasant? I thought you liked the truth."

"..."

For a moment, Yan Han felt he was on the verge of collapsing. He couldn’t continue this conversation with Zhu Qianying!

She wasn’t like this before!

Why has she changed now?

He had always thought she was mindful and considerate.

Regardless of what she said or did, she would always weigh the best way to express herself or solve the problem.

Occasionally, she would speak directly and be straightforward, but most of the time, it was harmless.

Not like now, speaking directly and hurting others, and that her whole demeanor was like an erect hedgehog, impossible to approach or touch.

If this were the past, or if the person sitting in front of him was anyone else but Zhu Qianying, he would have ended the conversation.

But the thing was, this person was Zhu Qianying!

She had disappeared for five years without a trace.

He had searched for her for five years and couldn’t find her anywhere.

Now that she’s finally returned, how could he give up this opportunity, an opportunity he had waited for five years?

Even if, the person in front of him, maybe, is not Zhu Qianying, but a stranger named Zhu-Ying.

He still had to find the Zhu Qianying who belonged to him from her.

Because, apart from this, he had no other options!

After thinking through all of this, Yan Han took a deep breath, suppressed the discomfort and disappointment in his heart, and tried to face this seemingly familiar, but essentially strange woman with a new mindset.

"Zhu Qianying, can we talk calmly?" Yan Han, who had always been superior and condescending to others, took the initiative to lower his stance.

He hoped she could retract the bristling barbs on her body, otherwise, he couldn’t continue this conversation with her.

Zhu Qianying watched his gaze shift from raging to calm. She thought she would be facing his furious side, and she was ready to face the storm.

However, the storm she expected, silently brewed in his eyes, and then, disappeared.

She had to admit, she was surprised.

But thinking about it, wasn’t this a natural occurrence?

Five years, enough time for a little boy like baby boy to grow from a toddler to a young man.

It was also enough time for Eldest Young Master Yan to mature from a quirky young man to a mentally mature man.

Zhu Qianying nodded, "We can talk, but don’t make assumptions, I don’t think I’m being unreasonable!"

Her tone was clearly indifferent, but it was suffocating for Yan Han.

If she called this being reasonable, what would it be like when she’s unreasonable?

Yan Han took a deep breath and reminded himself not to get angry; after all, she was just a temperamental little girl!

"Zhu Qianying, do you hate me?"

He had asked himself this question in his heart for five years!

And the answer has always been affirmative!

Zhu Qianying lifted her eyelids and silently looked at him.

Her eyes were like a calm lake, transparent, but so deep that he couldn’t see through them.

In the past, he was also often attracted by this clear view, thinking that a girl with such clear eyes would be an easy-to-understand person.

But now, he had to admit, the clarity in her eyes was real without any impurities, but the depth was beyond his or anyone else’s physical scope.

Meaning, he did not understand her!

For instance, just now, he stood outside the window and watched her pick up one item after another. Sometimes her eyes were fervent, sometimes surprised, as though she was looking at an extraordinary treasure.

But those were clearly just items from a street stall, costing around ten to twenty yuan.

In other words, if those items were in front of him, he would only treat them as trash.

But to her, they were treasures!

And conversely, despite being an outstanding man in every aspect, including looks, inner qualities, and familial conditions, she tossed him aside like trash!

Realizing that in her eyes, he was merely trash that could be discarded any time, and that his value was even less than those cheap trinkets she had admired in that tattered little shop, Yan Han was very upset and frustrated.

But he couldn’t yell at Zhu Qianying because those were just insignificant trinkets.

Why would he make a fuss with these worthless items?

But was he really less valuable than those worthless items?

The normally proud Eldest Young Master Yan was, at this moment, shattered in all his pride and confidence.

Zhu Qianying stared at him for what seemed like a long time, so long that Eldest Young Master Yan, already buffeted by inconsequential trinkets, was on his last breath when she finally spoke.

"Young Master Yan, why do you assume I hate you?"

Yan Han was stunned!

He had thought he would hear her fiercely and unequivocally affirm her hatred for him, followed by a rush of accusations and grievances forcibly expressed.

Then, he could apologize and ask for her forgiveness.

But why didn’t she follow the usual path?

Not only did she not respond directly, but she threw another question back at him.

"Zhu Qianying, there’s nothing between Yi Wei and me. I’ve always regarded her as a younger sister and never had other thoughts about her. Not in the past, not now, and certainly not in the future!"

For someone as proud as Yan Han to explain his true feelings to someone would be virtually impossible.

But this person is not just anyone. She’s the person he’s been waiting for every day. Even if he is proud, he had to humble himself to the extent of dust.

Because if he doesn’t, he wouldn’t even have the chance to sincerely express himself to a person who wouldn’t even bother to look at him.

At this point, he thought about the persistent salespeople who try to sell items door-to-door.

Even if people repeatedly showed disinterest, they would still tirelessly introduce their products.

Because ringing the doorbell a hundred times might only get one person to open the door.

Only this person was willing to tell him that they were not interested.

Yes, even just one noncommittal response was enough. For the salesperson, this was the one opportunity they had obtained after trying and failing a hundred times.