CHAPTER 271: OUR JINGJING IS ANGRY AGAIN" -1

Oh, President Zhou is angry. Shen Jing felt a twinge of doubt. He really cared that much, huh?

What did Zhou Luchen care about? He cared about Shen Jing’s powerlessness, about her seemingly indifferent laxity. He’s just a glutton for punishment. After all, once he let go, Shen Jing would never look back. If not her close childhood friend, then some other man would cherish her and take her away.

Shen Jing turned her back to Zhou Luchen, staring quietly at the heavy rain outside the glass window. "No way, it’s normal for your father to dislike me. In terms of social status, the gap between us is indeed very big, and I never pressured you to marry me." Shen Jing really didn’t realize she had said it twice, and with the same meaning.

Zhou Luchen’s gaze grew a few shades darker. "What’s this about ’lasting and 22’? You don’t want it anymore?"

She had thought Zhou Luchen would never pierce through that thin veneer of pretense, but he asked anyway, unhurriedly, without even a ripple in his tone.

Shen Jing pushed Zhou Luchen away shyly, pretending to be unaware. "Zhuang Ming, dinner’s ready."

Zhuang Ming had gone to Washington; she had forgotten.

Zhou Luchen grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. She didn’t dare look him in the eye, out of the embarrassment and shyness of being exposed.

Zhou Luchen raised his hand, his fingertips gently pinching the tip of her reddened ear. Just like that, he leaned close to her ear and whispered softly to her.

"Marry me or don’t. I can go find another girl, take her straight to the church, and marry her. Did you think you were irreplaceable?"

Shen Jing laughed. "Go ahead and marry her. I’ll definitely attend to watch you exchange rings in church, to see if your bride is as beautiful as me, and to see if you dare to make your vows before the priest."

Zhou Luchen’s lips curved. "You really wouldn’t mind?"

Shen Jing lifted her chin. "You go."

"Not going," Zhou Luchen said with a laugh as he hugged her back into his embrace, sighing, "Our Jingjing is angry again."

She looked down. "I’m not..."

They really shouldn’t have started a cold war or quarreled just because Zhou Zhengliang appeared; their relationship was already so fragile and vulnerable.

He kissed her forehead. "With me here, the Zhou Family wouldn’t dare interfere with my affairs. Just stay by my side. What’s all this about being a good match or not? As long as it’s someone I like, even an inconspicuous wildflower on a muddy path can be a rose."

Shen Jing didn’t argue. His prestigious status could indeed enhance everything around him.

But Zhou Luchen, it was clearly you who first said you wouldn’t marry me.

Since she wasn’t aspiring to be Mrs. Zhou, she naturally didn’t want to say those words out loud.

「At dusk」

Zhou Luchen asked her to take her purse and join him for dinner at the Long Island estate. Turning around, he then presented her with a suite—Shen Jing’s pick—the one at Beverly Manor, on the mountaintop.

She certainly had good taste, always wanting the best of everything.

Shen Jing had only said it casually, but Zhou Luchen took it seriously.

The mountaintop property boasted incredible views and had been on the market for a long time. It was priced so outrageously high that no tycoon had yet stepped up to buy it. However, the president of United Bank had splurged a fortune to acquire it.

Zhou Luchen took his hand out of his trouser pocket. He opened her palm and placed a remote key fob with a small chip in it into her hand.

He paused, then slowly began, "The key to Beverly Manor. Will this apology do? Will this do as your Qixi Festival gift?"

Shen Jing was stupefied for a long while. Was it Qixi Festival already? She had completely forgotten.

She accepted the house. The mountaintop property in Beverly wasn’t easy to come by, and her favorite sports star lived next door. When she had time, she’d have to personally visit and ask for an autograph.

Slipping it into her bag, with these actions, Shen Jing really did seem like a materialistic woman solely interested in his property, she said, "This works, President Zhou." She called out to the driver from inside the house, "I’m off to see the property. I’ll be back in the evening."

Likewise, while in New York, Shen Jing also visited clients from a financial institution that had an ongoing collaboration with Sheng Peng.

She also went to Los Angeles to meet her superstar neighbor for an autograph and a photo, happily posting them to her Moments. Her life was really quite simple.