Chapter 542 - 572: Love Has a Filter
Before Qin Jiao got up to leave, she said pointedly, "Before you do something this drastic, think long and hard. Is this man really worth it? And can you face your parents, who care so much about you, after doing something like this?"
After saying this, she left, leaving two of Sun Lili’s good friends to stay with her.
Qin Jiao planned to borrow a couple of books from the library before her afternoon classes. The sun was shining in her face, so she squinted and raised a hand to shield her eyes.
When she lowered her hand, a guy was standing in front of her.
The guy had neat, short hair, a white shirt, and a blue athletic jacket. He did look quite handsome, but just as Qin Jiao had told Sun Lili, she really didn’t find Shen Feng attractive at all.
Love comes with a filter.
Sun Lili saw Shen Feng through so many of these filters that, of course, she believed he was devastatingly handsome and without equal.
But when Qin Jiao looked at him, her heart was as calm as still water, and she even felt a faint sense of disgust.
Shen Feng looked at Qin Jiao and noticed she had that glow again. There was a new, soft allure in her features. ’She must have slept with Shen Yi already...’
He’d noticed it during a chance encounter before and had been miserable about it for a long time.
But he was completely powerless to do anything about it. He could only watch helplessly as their relationship grew stronger and stronger.
Shen Feng had rushed over after hearing Sun Lili was trying to kill herself. No matter what, he couldn’t let anything happen to her.
But now, having run into Qin Jiao, he couldn’t tear his eyes away, his feet frozen to the spot. He stared at her with a profound intensity, his gaze like a nail trying to pin her in place.
Qin Jiao was thoroughly repulsed by him. Seeing his blatant stare, she thought, ’That beating Shen Yi gave him last time was far too light. Someone like him deserves to be slapped a few more times.’
Qin Jiao stepped past Shen Feng to leave, but he took two quick steps and reached out to block her.
"Qin Jiao, I’m getting married!" he said urgently.
The legal age for marriage had just been changed around this time. If a couple hadn’t reached the required age, they would hold the wedding banquet first and register the marriage later.
This was the case for Qin Jiao and Shen Yi.
Because of this, Shen Yi wished he could magically make himself several years older.
Shen Feng and Lin Nian were about the same age as Qin Jiao, so they would have to wait at least another year to register their marriage.
’I wonder what strings Lin Nian pulled to get Li Xiaomei and the others to agree.’
With a nonchalant expression, Qin Jiao said, "Well, congratulations."
"...Do you know who I’m marrying?"
Qin Jiao retorted, "Who you marry has nothing to do with me. Surely you don’t expect me to come and give you a wedding gift?"
Shen Feng was taken aback.
Qin Jiao continued, "Let’s not. We’re not that close, and besides, if you look at the previous generation, our families are enemies. We won’t be attending your wedding."
After she finished, she turned and started walking toward the library.
Shen Feng probably knew she could defend herself, so he didn’t dare to physically stop her. He could only watch helplessly as she walked away.
Finally, Shen Feng shouted, "Qin Jiao, if you just say no, I’ll call off the wedding with Lin Nian immediately! I won’t marry anyone else. I’ll wait for you forever!"
When had he started to fall for her?
Shen Feng truly couldn’t remember.
There had been a vague fondness back in high school, but somehow, it had been shattered to pieces.
Later, Lin Nian was by his side, and Qin Jiao and Shen Yi had become inseparable.
He and Qin Jiao had drifted further and further apart.
But in the dreams he had afterward, Shen Feng felt it again and again: he loved Qin Jiao, and she loved him, too!
’How did things turn out this way?’
Watching Qin Jiao’s unyielding back as she walked away, Shen Feng collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest, his eyes filled with sorrow.