CHAPTER 197: CHAPTER 197: BREAKDOWN 4_1

"No need, my boyfriend has already taken care of it. He’s concerned about my safety and will arrange for someone to pick me up and drop me off starting tomorrow."

"Is that guy using his power for personal gain?"

"Don’t talk nonsense. He paid for it himself, out of his own pocket. He would never take advantage of the company like that. Besides, even if the company did pay, it would only be fair. I secured such a generous contract for the company that its value far outweighs the cost of this car service."

This time, the response took a long while. When it came, it was filled with contempt: "Miss, he won you over with just these little favors?"

Yan Xixi was in such a good mood tonight that she didn’t bother arguing with him and said cheerfully, "I want to give him a gift. What do you think I should get?"

"Contraceptives..."

"Be serious! I just remembered that I’ve never given him any gifts over the years, yet I’ve always been living off him. I also want to buy a nice gift for his parents..."

"Miss, you look so desperate with this cloying behavior. Do you really need to ingratiate yourself with him and his family like that?"

"You’re not me. You wouldn’t understand. I’ve been tired for so many years, and I really just want to marry someone. He’s the only man who has ever proposed to me. Don’t they say a man proposing to you is the biggest sign of respect and sincerity? Besides, he loves me very much, and I love him too..."

The other person suddenly lost his temper: "Miss, your tone is really annoying! What’s all this ’I love him, he loves me’ nonsense? Do you think you’re in some romance drama? So cliché. What’s so great about marriage anyway? It’s just a long-term, free, legal cooperative relationship, that’s all."

Yan Xixi was furious. "A filthy mind sees filth everywhere! You’re a rotten person yourself, so you assume everyone else is rotten too!"

The other person, equally incensed, sent an angry emoji: "He bought you with a few measly favors! Have you ever stopped to think? Someone like you, with such warped values, might be able to act all gentle and virtuous for a while. But what happens when your true colors inevitably show?"

"He’s known the real me for a long time, so you don’t need to worry."

"He likes you? His whole family likes you?"

"I’m marrying him, not his entire family."

"Feeling a bit insecure, are we? If his family knew what a con woman you really are, they’d surely steer clear of you. Besides, a man’s promises are faker than an old woman’s false teeth. He only proposed so he could sleep with you legally. After three to five months, he’ll be tired of you and the novelty will have worn off. Do you honestly think he’ll still love you that much then? When that time comes, your husband’s feelings will have changed, and not a single person in his family will respect you. You’ll cry yourself to death, just you wait and see..."

Yan Xixi felt a raw nerve struck, and uncontrollable fury surged through her. This guy! How could he be so tactless? It’s just like spending a fortune on an expensive dress, all ready to show it off, only for some catty female colleague to snipe, ’That’s hideous! It makes you look short and fat. It doesn’t suit you at all, and it was so expensive? What a waste of money!’... That was exactly how Yan Xixi felt at this moment. She typed, "Don’t bother me anymore. I’m blocking you. I don’t want to talk to you."

"You think I want to talk to you? Miss, don’t flatter yourself. Don’t assume every man in the world is into you. I really don’t want to hear about your messy little dramas. For all I know, you’re some delusional plain Jane dreaming about marrying a tall, rich, and handsome guy who’s 185cm tall. Go on, keep fantasizing. Please, from now on, stop messaging me. I don’t want to deal with you."

"Get lost!"

She turned off her phone and, fuming, switched off the lights and went to bed.

Honestly! I was in such a fantastic mood, and this guy just had to ruin it, making me seethe with an anger that felt even worse than my showdowns with Liang Sheng!