Ding Dong. The elevator door opened.
Xin Qianyu quickly stepped out of the four-sided elevator and walked angrily to the hotel room. Su Zhong followed him, neither quickly nor slowly. It may be that his legs were relatively long, and following behind the brisk-walking Xin Qianyu was not difficult.
When the two walked into the room, Xin Qianyu first undid the restrictive suit, revealing the white shirt he was wearing inside. He was in a state of anxiety, his body was sweating slightly, and his shirt was stuck to his sweaty lower back, like a painting.
Su Zhong looked at this waist like a child seeing a white rice bowl and was determined to reach out and touch it before giving up.
It was just that as soon as Su Zhong’s hand caught Xin Qianyu’s waist, he was patted away with anger. With the “smack” sound of hitting away his hand, Su Zhong’s face was full of consternation, like a child who had committed a crime without knowing it.
Xin Qianyu was furious. “What are you doing!”
For the first time in his life, Su Zhong saw Xin Qianyu angry with him. Not knowing what to do, he stood dumbfounded and at a loss.
Xin Qianyu did not remember the poor bastard or little white flower he was supposed to pretend to be. He pointed at Su Zhong’s nose and came up with a set of essential quotes necessary for couples to quarrel. “Why didn’t you return my message?”
“No matter how busy you are, you can’t not look at your phone for hours, right?”
“I think you’re just deliberately ignoring me!”
“Previously, you ignored me, saying that you would go to the United States just like that, and you even said that we would not interfere with each other’s work. Why are you interfering with my work now?”
“Do you think you are awesome?”
“You don’t care about me at all!”
“You bastard!”
These words had actually been held in Xin Qianyu’s heart for a long time, and now, it was refreshing to spit them out. But the refreshing feeling was also just for a moment, and then there was an endless emptiness. After a bout of scolding, Xin Qianyu glared at Su Zhong, waiting for his response.
Su Zhong had never seen such a scene in his life. His sophisticated machine-like brain was actually overloaded. Its internal storage burned up, his head was hot, and the whole machine went down. He could not say a word, so he was dumbfounded and looked like a blockhead.
Seeing Su Zhong still having that calm and silent appearance, Xin Qianyu realized that he had just landed all the combination punches on cotton.
What’s the use of you getting angry again and attacking again? People aren’t taking any action at all. It’s only you tossing and turning alone. Only you are sad, only you are alone, only you are passionate, and now you’re even quarrelling by yourself!
His anger was like fire, his calm like smoke. Xin Qianyu’s eyes were red. He clenched his fists and said, “Don’t you love me at all?”
“I…” Su Zhong finally reacted and began to speak.
“Forget it.” Xin Qianyu turned his head away. “I don’t want to listen to you speak.”
Su Zhong quietened down.
But Su Zhong also saw that Xin Qianyu was very sad now, so he tried to get close to Xin Qianyu, wanting to hug him, but Xin Qianyu pushed him away. Xin Qianyu stared with his round eyes. “Don’t touch me! Stay away from me!”
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Su Zhong obediently walked away.
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Xin Qianyu could not hold it in. “You have nothing to say?”
Su Zhong had an expression of innocence. “You don’t want to listen to me.”
Xin Qianyu smacked the table angrily. “Then you could come over to comfort me, right?”
Su Zhong was more innocent. “You told me to stay away from you.”
Xin Qianyu clenched his teeth with anger. “So obedient? Then if I asked you to break up with me, would you listen?”
Su Zhong was startled, and the appearance of this moment was really like a stone carving.
Xin Qianyu finally found waves in Su Zhong’s calm, sea-like eyes.
This seemed to be the first time in their long relationship that Su Zhong showed any emotional ups and downs.
Su Zhong was confused and at a loss. That expression, unexpectedly, made Xin Qianyu feel happy.
“What’s the matter?” Su Zhong’s voice sounded a little weak.
Xin Qianyu had never heard Su Zhong speak like this.
Su Zhong’s voice had always been flat and cold, like Siri, but with a more natural and smoother tone. When did he ever speak in such a trembling voice?
Being able to break the mechanical calm of Su Zhong made Xin Qianyu feel an unprecedented sense of success in his heart. However, it was really saddening.
Xin Qianyu felt very sad, for himself and for Su Zhong. He actually did not want Su Zhong to be sad.
Xin Qianyu calmed down and said in a gentle and emotionless tone. “It’s nothing, I just think we need to calm down.”
“I don’t understand.” Su Zhong looked helpless. “Do you really want to break up?”
Xin Qianyu was silent for a long time. With Su Zhong looking on helplessly, he could not bear it in the end, so he said, “No.”
Su Zhong breathed a sigh of relief immediately as if he had been pardoned. “No is good.”
With that, Su Zhong asked again, “Then why did you suddenly say such a thing?” Su Zhong spoke very seriously, sitting upright on the sofa and leaning forward slightly, with his knees together, as formally as a student asking a teacher a question.
Xin Qianyu did not have the patience to give him extracurricular tutoring. He pinched the bridge of his nose and said, “I don’t know.” With that, Xin Qianyu spoke again. “I’m tired and want to rest. Go back first. We’ll talk about it when I’m done with this project.”
“Okay.” Su Zhong stood up. “Then I’ll go back first. You have a good rest.”
After speaking, Su Zhong walked out the door but turned his head several times with each step. That reluctant appearance went completely unnoticed by Xin Qianyu. Xin Qianyu hung his head in self-doubt and sadness, completely oblivious to Su Zhong’s gaze at him.
The next day, Xin Qianyu looked at the phone which had only his partner’s phone number, but there was no call from Su Zhong. He smiled to himself. Sigh, sure enough.
Despite this, Xin Qianyu still tidied up his mood and went to the AA Association with Zhu Zhu to sign the contract.
This time, with Mr Wilder taking care of him and Rebecca giving in, the contract was quickly signed, and the two sides talked very happily. It seemed that stopping Xin Qianyu from entering the office before was really just a misunderstanding.
The news of Xin Qianyu’s smooth work quickly reached Su Zhong’s ears. After all, Mr Wilder thought he had offered a favour to Su Zhong. After Xin Qianyu signed the contract, he would tell Su Zhong the news.
After Su Zhong knew it, he thanked him lightly. Mr Wilder also found that Su Zhong was very cold. But Su Zhong was introduced by Mr Chen, whose bank was one of the main sponsors of the AA Association. Therefore, Mr Wilder would naturally feel that Su Zhong’s coldness was acceptable.
After hanging up the phone, Su Zhong sat in the office in a daze.
Su Zhong’s assistant, Thomas, had a good relationship with Lilith, so he told Lilith that Su Zhong seemed to be in a bad mood.
“Lao Su is in low spirits?!” Lilith was shocked.
“Yeah!” Thomas was also surprised.
Su Zhong in low spirits was indeed big news.
Because in the eyes of Thomas, Lilith and others, it was impossible for Su Zhong to have such a thing as a “mood”.
It was no exaggeration that their company had billions of dollars fluctuating every minute. Even senior partners often experience mood swings with market fluctuations, and the degree of mood swings was proportional to the degree of market volatility. However, as the youngest partner of the company, Su Zhong was the calmest. He was always like that. He was like that when he earned and like that when he lost. He was like that when others praised him and the same when others jeopardized him.
Su Zhong was like that.
Therefore, everyone began to joke privately, saying that Su Zhong’s AI algorithm was so powerful, perhaps because he himself was the closest existence to AI. Cold, accurate, and emotionless.
How could there be such a thing as a “mood” in Su Zhong?
Being “in low spirits” was even more nonsensical.
However, Lilith vaguely felt that Su Zhong was indeed in low spirits, and it was probably related to meeting Xin Qianyu last night.
In addition, Lilith could not think of any other reasons.
Therefore, during lunch break, Lilith rushed to Su Zhong’s office with a sandwich and asked him with a smile, “Did you quarrel with your boyfriend?”
“Hmm?” Su Zhong did not look at Lilith at first, but when he heard Lilith’s words, he turned his attention to her. “I… I don’t know.”
After all, Su Zhong did not feel like he had quarrelled with Xin Qianyu. But Xin Qianyu’s performance was quite strange, and it did not seem too much to describe it as a “quarrel”. However, shouldn’t the quarrel be on both sides? He did not quarrel with him, so it should not be considered a “quarrel”, right?
Su Zhong described the content of last night’s quarrel with Xin Qianyu from a calm, objective perspective. After Lilith heard it, her eyes brightened, and she smiled. “Tsk, it’s okay. Don’t worry. It’s just some disagreement.”
“Really?” Su Zhong was confused. “But I’ve never seen him like this.”
“It’s okay. Relationships are like this.” Lilith said with familiarity.
Su Zhong asked, “Then do you know why he suddenly mentioned breaking up and then changed his words?”
Su Zhong was very concerned about this.
When he heard the words “break up”, Su Zhong felt a dull pain in his heart, which was a strange and uncomfortable feeling. He did not want to go through it again.
Lilith said, “It’s very simple. Many young people get excited and threaten to break up. Just to see you sad and force you to admit that you care about him. Although it’s naive, many people will do so.”
“Threaten?” Su Zhong was stunned. “Was it actually a threat?”
“Wasn’t it?” Lilith said. “Do you have a sense of crisis?”
“Yes.” Su Zhong bluntly admitted that Xin Qianyu’s mention of breaking up made him feel panic and pressure like never before. At that moment, he was indeed being threatened, as if a knife was held at his neck. As long as Xin Qianyu was willing to take back the words “break up”, Su Zhong would promise him anything.
Lilith sighed and said in a mature tone, “This is not okay. Such behaviour cannot be condoned. Think about it, if he tastes the sweetness and threatens to break up at every turn in the future, would the two of you be able to get by?”
“Is there such a thing?” Su Zhong was surprised, but at the same time, a little at a loss.
Just hearing Xin Qianyu mention once about breaking up, Su Zhong was so sad. He could not bear for Xin Qianyu to say this at every turn.
But Su Zhong did not just fully listen to Lilith’s words.
As a born data analyst, Su Zhong would listen to opinions from multiple perspectives.
Many companies on Wall Street had specialised psychological counselling rooms where professional counsellors serviced their employees. After all, the work pressure here was very high, and psychological counselling had become a very necessary thing.
Su Zhong went to seek psychological counselling.
This also surprised the counsellor.
After all, Su Zhong seemed like the most stress-resistant person, and no one expected him to ask a counsellor for help.
However, Su Zhong quickly explained his intention, saying that he was not stressed at work and wanted to ask what mental state his boyfriend was in to use a break-up as a threat.
The counsellor was even more surprised. Could Su Zhong have a boyfriend?
Of course, he would be without one soon. But that’s another story.
Xin Qianyu is wrong to threaten breaking up, but it’s not like Lilith has Su Zhong’s best interest in mind.
Thank you for the update.
Good. That’s time to kick the so called boyfriend out.
Thanks for the chapter.
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[Translator Flareax, leaving us with that cliffhanger was really mean]
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I want XQY to get out of the relationship and just breath for a while. But I also feel bad for SZ. What a dilemma!
They really need a break to feel their feelings. Both of a refinding self and of a growth in emotional communication
When will they break up? I want it so badly. I love wife-chasing crematorium so much xD
My first time commenting in CG just because I can’t wait anymore lol
I feel you. I also thought this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for lol
XQ should just drop the ball. It takes two to tango, he is the only one always anxious about their relationship. Let our cold and indifferent ML grow up 😆
The sheer amount of “eheh vibe” from the last sentence… Thank for the chapter 💐