If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 999 - Chapter 999 Chapter 999 Indiscrete Private Life

Chapter 999: Chapter 999 Indiscrete Private Life Chapter 999: Chapter 999 Indiscrete Private Life Shen Chi came down, and Bai Man on the stage still maintained her appropriate smile. After shaking hands with the mayor, she slowly walked down, graceful and elegant.

The media journalists were all scrambling to take photos, and for a moment, the entire cocktail party scene was filled with the incessant flashing of cameras.

The host said a few more words, and then the charity donation event came to an end.

Shen Chi walked down and sat in his own seat, his thin lips pursed lightly, watching the stage.

Xiao Mo didn’t know what Shen Chi was thinking, but he could tell that Shen Chi was not in a good mood.

By the time the donation ceremony ended, it was already past ten o’clock at night, and the wind was howling outside, causing people to start dispersing slowly.

Throughout the event, Bai Man didn’t take the initiative to come and say a word to Shen Chi. At the end, she was chatting with a few friends and saying her goodbyes.

Old Cheng had been waiting outside the estate for a while, just waiting to take Shen Chi back to Waterside Pavilion.

After seeing off Shen Chi, Xiao Mo deliberately lingered at the cocktail party for a few more minutes. He heard Bai Man say she planned to stay in the country for a while, mainly to visit her family before going to some remote areas to do charity work.

In everyone’s eyes, Bai Man was even more elegant, kinder, and had more of a goddess air than before.

Some people, noticing Shen Chi had left, even deliberately said, “Miss Bai, that man who broke up with you really lost out.”

“Exactly, to not want such an outstanding goddess here, he will regret it for sure.”

Bai Man smiled and said, “They are a loving couple, you guys should talk less.”

“Oh my, Bai Man sis, you’re still defending him; that man truly doesn’t know a treasure when he sees one.”

Listening to these words, Xiao Mo smiled indifferently, thankful that Shen Chi hadn’t married Bai Man. Bai Man couldn’t compare to a tenth of Chaomu.

In matters of love, the more one is at a moment of crisis, the clearer the true colors show.

Back on the cruise ship, even though he hadn’t experienced it personally, he knew that Bai Man was only intent on surviving, while Xu Chaomu was different; she only wished for Shen Chi to be safe.

Just like back in the cave, when Shen Chi disregarded everything else to save Xu Chaomu from the mountain, even if it meant trading his own life for hers.

The highest realm of love isn’t selfishness, but sacrifice.

After a while, Xiao Mo also left.

However, this charity event immediately hit the newspapers the next day, with headlines in all the major papers about the party.

Moreover, to attract attention, the headline photos in all the major newspapers were of Shen Chi and Bai Man standing together.

All journalists in C City knew that Shen Chi and Bai Man had been lovers years ago.

Five years later, the two stood side by side again, a handsome man and a beautiful woman–an eye-catching photo indeed.

After seeing the news, Shen Chi was very angry. He hadn’t expected Bai Man to attend the event, and even less did he expect such shamelessness from the journalists.

Shen Chi immediately had Xiao Mo call several newspapers to retract all the headlines.

But it was a little too late; Xu Chaomu in Jin City had already seen the newspaper.

At that time, Xu Chaomu was making coffee in her office, enjoying her morning coffee while reading the paper quite comfortably. She happened to see someone’s photo, paused, and read it from the beginning to the end.

A charity event, quite a good one.

But, has Shen Chi’s taste not changed in five years?

There are so many women in C City; why is he still with Bai Man?

From the headlines, it seemed that man hadn’t changed at all; several months without seeing him, and he was still as cold as frost, his face solemn, as if others owed him a lot of money.

But no matter what, the two of them did look quite matched together.

And wasn’t Bai Man already engaged? And yet here she was, standing with Shen Chi? Quite ambiguous.

Old lovers, almost married at one point–it’s easy to let one’s thoughts wander.

City folks sure know how to play. Xu Chaomu expressed that she didn’t quite understand.

“Are you blind? Can’t you find a decent girl and get on with your life?” Xu Chaomu poked at a picture of some man in the newspaper.

The good-looking face she poked a few times, she shook her head helplessly.

Of all people to get close to, he had to choose that woman. If that’s not blind, I don’t know what is.

Forget it, let him be with whoever he wants.

She had no right to interfere with his life anymore.

“Yo, Chaomu, let me take a look at that paper,” a colleague walked over with a teacup in hand.

“Take it,” Xu Chaomu passed the newspaper to her.

“Wow, who’s this? So handsome,” the colleague spotted Shen Chi on the front page at a glance.

“I don’t know,” Xu Chaomu responded indifferently.

“Handsome, really handsome,” the colleague gushed while looking at the photos and reading the news, “and he’s the president of some corporation, engaging in charity fundraising…”

“Is that so? I think he’s just okay, not that handsome,” Xu Chaomu said nonchalantly.

Shen Chi’s face really could captivate quite a few people.

After watching for so many years, she still couldn’t help but take a few extra glances whenever she saw him in magazines and newspapers.

The guy really was devastatingly handsome.

“So handsome. Chaomu, give me the newspaper, I want to cut out this photo,” her female colleague said dreamily.

“Why don’t you cut out pictures of celebrities instead? Zhao Hanliang, Mu Yifeng, they’re quite handsome too,” Xu Chaomu remarked casually.

“I’ve seen celebrities too often; I’m immune,” the female colleague said with a dreamy face, but she couldn’t help taking a few more looks at the headline.

She had a knack for action, doing what she said, immediately finding scissors and snipping away at the newspaper.

Xu Chaomu put her hand to her forehead, looked at her, and said with a face full of black lines, “This guy… he’s not that handsome.”

“You’re really picky. If he’s not handsome, then what is?” the female colleague was still starry-eyed.

Um… Xu Chaomu found herself at a loss for words.

“I heard this guy’s character isn’t very good,” Xu Chaomu remarked.

“You sure love to gossip. Oh, right, I remember now, you used to live in C City. What’s wrong with this guy’s character? Tell me about it,” the female colleague asked with eager curiosity.

She had already cut out Shen Chi’s photo, placed it in front of her desk, and gazed at it dreamily for a few moments.

“They say he has a sister, and that he likes his sister. Whenever she refused him, he would harass her and be shamelessly persistent,” Xu Chaomu explained.

“A sister? Holy shit, his own sister?”

“Not his own, an adopted sister.”

“Pretty beastly.”

“Yeah, this guy has a bad reputation in C City.”

“So, a beast in gentleman’s clothing?”

“Exactly, pretty much. In C City, everyone knows he’s had many women, and his private life is not exactly clean,” Xu Chaomu took a sip of coffee and said flatly.

“Damn, I didn’t expect you to be that kind of man,” the female colleague flared up on the spot.

Out of anger, she threw the freshly cut photo into the trash can, then crumpled up the newspaper into a ball and tossed it into the bin as well.

“That’s why, you can’t judge a man just by his face,” Xu Chaomu said slyly.

Xu Chaomu had been dedicated to badmouthing Shen Chi for a hundred years; it was what she loved to do most. After all, she hid here, and he had no idea.