Chapter 147: Chapter 102-103: Disappointment / Departure / Humiliation
In Jiang Hui’s expectant gaze, Liang Jing finally lifted her head, her eyes brimming with unshed tears: "Jiang Hui, I’m really sorry!"
"Got it, is it because you still can’t forget Luo Feng?" Jiang Hui’s expression dimmed.
Liang Jing looked at him in surprise: "How do you know the person I like is Luo Feng?"
"I’ve followed you..." Jiang Hui awkwardly lowered his head: "You’ve never given any response to my advances, I wanted to find out the truth, I’m sorry!"
"What else do you know?" Liang Jing’s face turned ugly in an instant.
"I also know...I don’t know..." Jiang Hui suddenly understood as he looked at Liang Jing: "Could it be, you’re leaving because he won’t acknowledge you?"
"You’re thinking too much." Liang Jing let out a sigh of relief: "Jiang Hui, it’s not because there’s someone else in my heart that I don’t accept you. Even with Luo Feng, I admit that I like him, but it’s not to the extent that it has to be him."
"Then why is it?"
Liang Jing sighed softly: "Jiang Hui, don’t ask anymore, we’re just not suitable for each other. Trust me, you will soon forget about me and find the girl who’s truly right for you."
Jiang Hui changed the subject: "Have you decided where you’re going? When will you leave? I’ll see you off."
"Tomorrow afternoon, I’m going to Wei City. The environment there is very similar to Island City. Although the salary might be lower, the cost of living is too." Liang Jing sighed again: "For me, the significance of settling in any city is the same, the key is to settle down."
"The significance of settling in any city is the same, the key is to settle down?" Jiang Hui pondered: "Are you rejecting me because I’m not a city resident? Because I can’t offer you city residency?"
"Is that, really that important?" Liang Jing showed a troubled expression.
"If you don’t want to talk about it, then no need to force yourself. I was just asking casually." Jiang Hui’s eyes held a deep disappointment, her expression had already given him the answer. Such an invested relationship, when unveiled, was so ridiculous. Love, what is it?
Liang Jing looked apologetically at him: "Jiang Hui, sorry, in making this choice, I hope that one day, my family will understand that their approach is wrong, and I don’t have to marry a flawed man out of helplessness when I’m over thirty!"
Jiang Hui looked at Liang Jing disappointedly: "Do you know why I was so persistent in liking you? You’ve always been hardworking and strong. Everyone envies that you are President Liang’s relative, but I clearly see your effort is no less than anyone else’s.
The occasional sadness in your eyes piqued my curiosity. I asked around about you, found out you’ve taken on too much responsibility for your age, so I thought of being the man who could protect you, help lighten your burdens, make you happy.
But today, you shattered my dream. It turns out, I didn’t lose to love but to an urban hukou, how laughable. Why didn’t I ever consider this before?"
"Jiang Hui, you won’t understand how I feel. For me, staying in the city is the only way to hold my head up at home and in the village. For this idea, I accepted some arrangements, but eventually, I have to leave this city. However, I don’t plan to change my original intention. I have already lost too much; this is a must for me to hold on to."
"I’ve always forgotten to tell you, although my home is in the rural area of Wei City, my parents do business in Wei City. They’ve long bought a house there for me, and naturally, my hukou is there too. If I had known that this is what you cared about, I should’ve told you earlier." Jiang Hui’s eyes were tinged with irony: "Coming to your uncle’s company was for an internship, I stayed because of you, isn’t it laughable?"
"Jiang Hui..." Liang Jing’s face flushed with embarrassment, her mind in turmoil, unsure of what to say.
"Forget it, no need to explain. I’ll resign tomorrow and return to where I belong, not because of you... I’ve lost faith in you!"
Liang Jing scoffed in anger and shame: "Trusting a man is like believing a sow can climb a tree, one’s like this, another’s the same, your feelings change too quickly, don’t they?"
"The me back then... how could I have been so infatuated with you?" Jiang Hui shook his head and strode out of the hotel, internally smiling wryly at his own naivety.
Liang Jing looked blankly as Jiang Hui’s figure grew more and more distant until it disappeared. Did he really just give up like that? For such a simple reason?
"Liang Jing, hurry back. Everyone’s waiting for you. Eh, where’s Jiang Hui?" Chi Xiaofeng’s inquiry brought life back into Liang Jing’s eyes, and with a faint smile, she said: "He left."