If You Could Hear My Heart

Bai Man raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears swirling around in her sockets.

When she looked at Shen Chi, however, a different kind of tenderness was in her eyes. She was like the willows in spring, soft and delicately beautiful, and like the river water of March, waves rippling gently.

Did he mean that he would talk to her father about their marriage tomorrow?

“Do I need to… prepare anything, or, say something to my dad?”

Like a bride-to-be, Bai Man’s face flushed with a tinge of red, shy and restrained, yet slightly anxious.

“No need, I’ll pick you up myself,” he said.

Shen Chi left this remark behind and turned to leave the hall.

His hands buried in his pockets, he strode out with his long legs.

The sweater he wore made him seem more approachable, but his straight back exuded a coldness and aloofness.

Bai Man hurried after him on her heels, “Shen Chi, wait, I have something else to tell you.”

Shen Chi walked into a quiet room next to him and turned his head indifferently, “What is it?”

“Do you really want to marry me?” Bai Man asked, biting her lip, her eyes soft and brimming with emotion.

“Hmm.”

“Have you really thought it through? This isn’t something you can back out of.

If you don’t like me, I won’t force you.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Shen Chi looked at her, his eyes deep, a bottomless abyss.

“Then… I’d like to discuss something with you. When should we move out to live together? I want to be with you. The Shen family has too many people, and I’m not used to it. Besides, I’m almost done shooting this drama, I’ll have lots of time, and if… if you’re willing…”

Bai Man lowered her head, her face growing redder, “If you’re willing, we could have a child this year.”

For some reason, Shen Chi’s brow furrowed.

He didn’t speak, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

But for Bai Man, this was also a good sign; at least, he didn’t refuse.

“Don’t be scared by me, was I a bit too forward?” Bai Man lowered her head, her face growing even redder, “It’s just that I really love you, that’s why I have this thought.’

“Let’s talk about it later,” Shen Chi said flatly.

“Shen Chi, are you willing to move out with me or not?”

“I have no such plans for now.”

“Is it… because you can’t bear to leave Xu Chaomu?” Bai Man asked tentatively.

“My mother brought her to the Shen family; I really do need to take good care of her.”

“There are so many people in the Shen family, they will take good care of her. She’s not a ten-year-old child anymore; she can take care of herself. After all, propriety demands some distance between men and women, and though you see her as a sister, she may not see you as a brother.”

“Jealous?” Shen Chi’s eyes flickered as he looked at Bai Man.

“No, I know it’s me you love, and that’s enough. I’m not some unreasonable woman,” Bai Man quickly said, “besides, you saw Xu Chaomu’s diary last time too, right? A young girl’s thoughts, all laid bare.”

“Her liking me is her business; I can’t control that.”

“Then listen to this, it came up when I was having tea with Chaomu,” she said offhandedly.

Bai Man took out her phone and found the conversation they had in the pavilion.

The recording had been edited, and as soon as it was played, Bai Man’s voice could be heard.

“I don’t know why you like Shen Chi, maybe you just do, or maybe… it’s for the Shen family’s status and wealth. Yes, with such an opportunity, who wouldn’t want to stay in the Shen family, to marry Shen Chi. Marry him, and you’ll never have to live a poor, humble life again, you won’t even have to try anymore, all provided for life. He is your only lifeline, you want to grab onto him tightly, don’t you?”

Then Xu Chaomu’s voice followed.

“Yes, if I could marry him, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything, so I like him. No, that’s why I cling to him, why I stick to him. If I could marry him, what do I care about face!”

Once the recording was played, Bai Man pressed pause.

Shen Chi’s tall frame stiffened, his fists slowly clenching. In his eyes was a barely perceptible chill, like the ice in the twelfth lunar month, growing colder and colder.

The whole surrounding seemed enveloped in a coldness, even the temperature seemed to drop a few degrees.

“Shen Chi, this girl’s thoughts are not simple. Maybe you spoil her too much, and she mistook that pampering for affection,” Bai Man said softly, watching Shen Chi from the corner of her eye.

“Send me the recording,” Shen Chi said in a low, angry voice.

“Uh, alright. But don’t blame her; it’s not just her who thinks like that, it’s quite normal. She loves your money… ah, Shen Chi… where are you going?”

Bai Man hadn’t finished speaking when Shen Chi strode out. His tall figure disappeared from her sight in an instant, and she couldn’t catch up no matter how much she tried.

Shen Chi didn’t stop for a moment; he walked downstairs, out of the courtyard, and got into his Maybach.

His movements were swift, with no hesitation.

His mind suddenly became a whirl of chaos, Xu Chaomu’s words echoing in his ears, over and over again.

“Yes, if I could marry him, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything, so I like him. No, that’s why I cling to him, why I stick to him. If I could marry him, what do I care about face!”

Ha… ha…

Shen Chi sneered coldly, the corners of his mouth revealing deep scorn.

She clung to him, even trying several times to kiss him, to throw herself at

him, all because of this?

What was the difference between her and all those other women? They all wanted to climb into his bed, didn’t they!

Shen Chi punched the steering wheel, his emotions running high.

The car tires screeched violently against the ground, “screech—I’ a piercing noise to the ear.

The Maybach swerved abruptly off the lane, startling the surrounding vehicles into evasive maneuvers.

Shen Chi floored the gas pedal, speeding the car recklessly forward.

The knuckles gripping the steering wheel were white, veins standing out.

Further up, his face was ghostly, his lips pressed thinly, cold to the marrow.

His sharp eyes stared straight ahead, his body straightened, his back chilling.

The Maybach sped like a mad thing down the road, running through several red lights, cars around barely managing to avoid collisions.

“Yes, if I could marry him, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything, so I like him. No, that’s why I cling to him, why I stick to him. If I could marry him, what do I care about face!”

Xu Chaomu’s voice grew clearer and clearer, haunting his mind and refusing to leave!

He drove toward the school, determined to drag her out!

All these women loved his money, his power, even her!

However, just as the Maybach was about to reach the school gates, he slammed on the brakes, forcefully stopping the car at the intersection.

The next second, he grabbed a jade ornament from the car and smashed it violently. His eyes bloodshot, his jaw clenched tight.

With a “clang,” the ornament shattered on impact.

Startled passersby on the sidewalk quickly stepped back and detoured around.

What was the point in going to find her?

Ha, let her love his money then, it’s not like he’d ever marry her, right?

If he wasn’t Shen Chi, if he wasn’t the CEO of the Shen Group, would she still shamelessly cling to him?

Shen Chi felt an immense irony.

He clutched the steering wheel tightly, his eyes filling with blood..