If You Could Hear My Heart

“Bai Man, do I, Shen Chi, seem like someone who acts impulsively? Since I no longer agree to the marriage, I have considered all the consequences. No matter the outcome, I will bear them myself.”

“Shen Chi, aren’t you grand? Do you truly have the heart to give up the position of president of the Shen Group?”

Bai Man sneered, she simply couldn’t believe it.

“I couldn’t let go of it before,” Shen Chi replied indifferently.

He looked out the window, taking in every grass and tree of the Waterside Pavilion.

“Someone as ambitious as you, even in the future, you won’t be able to let it go,” she said.

“If I have ambition, then I have a thousand ways to take it back.”

“Don’t forget, you’ve just taken over the group, and the real power is still in your father’s hands. You don’t need me to say more about the attitude of Shen Cexian, do you?”

Bai Man made it very clear. In the past, Shen Cexian himself had promised her that only if Shen Chi married her would he sign off on the group’s handover documents and the transfer of shares, and truly pass on Shen’s entirely to Shen Chi.

Now, at most, Shen Chi is managing Shen’s on a temporary basis.

Bai Man didn’t believe that Shen Chi would give up the group.

“There is nothing I, Shen Chi, am unwilling to do that anyone can force upon me.”

In his frosty voice were determination and firmness, his stance exceedingly clear.

“Fine, fine, Shen Chi, you’re really something…” Bai Man said as her gaze became scattered, showing signs of collapse.

She bit her lip, almost drawing blood.

Shen Chi softened his tone, saying faintly, “Bai Man, if the Shen Family owes the Bai Family any favors, I will repay them.”

“Who wants your repayment! It turns out, you’ve never loved me, all your kindness towards me was just perfunctory!”

Shen Chi, holding his phone, remained silent, his gaze deep and secluded.

“Shen Chi,” Bai Man called his name coldly, “let me tell you, since you won’t marry me, I won’t marry anyone else. In this lifetime, I will cling to you, does that scare you?”

“Why must you do this!” Shen Chi frowned.

He didn’t expect Bai Man to say something like this.

“Oh, right, you better not think of having anything with that little vixen. You, you won’t be able to marry her.”

Having said that, Bai Man chuckled.

She didn’t believe that the little vixen would not be distressed upon hearing that Shen Chi was the son of her mother’s killer.

If it were severe, she might even have a mental breakdown.

Shen Chi was everything that little vixen had in this world, her entire support, her everything.

“Bai Man, I can tolerate you, I can care about you, but if you dare hurt Chaomu the slightest bit, I will ensure that the entire Bai Family has nowhere to be buried. I, Shen Chi, always do as I say.”

The hand holding the phone tightened bit by bit, blood coursing faster through his veins.

His eyes reddened gradually, he was unapologetic for disregarding past favors.

Xu Chaomu was Shen Chi’s ultimate boundary.

“Look at you, getting so agitated; I was just saying. However, Shen Chi, think it through, you might not be able to hold onto that president position. Though, it’s not too late to regret your decision, I told you, I will cling to you for the rest of our lives.”

Bai Man had never imagined that Shen Chi would say such cruel and heartless words to her.

No wonder everyone in the C City business circles said that Shen Chi was cunning, ruthless, and cold-blooded.

Now she had seen it firsthand.

He actually said such words to her, to the Bai Family, for the sake of Xu Chaomu!

“To sit in that position, you have to see if you have the capability!” Shen Chi’s voice carried an obvious impatience.

“Don’t worry, since I like you so much, I won’t let my dad withdraw the investment from the South Africa project.”

“In that case, after the project is completed, I will give the Bai Family double the profits.”

“Shen Chi, your heart has always been made of stone.”

Shen Chi fell silent for over a dozen seconds, then spoke indifferently, “If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”

Without further ado, he hung up the phone, not giving Bai Man a chance to speak.

He withdrew his gaze and turned back to the living room.

His entire being felt uncomfortable, his head aching intensely.

But as soon as he looked down, he saw the girl doll on the living room sofa.

She was still so silly and adorable, but just looking at her made the corners of his lips bend upwards slowly.

Having lived with Xu Chaomu for so many years, his IQ had been dragged down quite a bit by her, to the point where he could smile at a silly doll.

He propped up the pillow doll, making her sit upright on the sofa.

After all, she was his daughter, and thus, he doted on her like a treasure.

Daughter…

Suddenly, he really longed for a daughter.

At the school, Xu Chaomu was buried in her textbooks.

After doing papers all day yesterday, today she began memorizing her textbooks. For this mid-term exam, she would try her hardest.

She was swinging on the swing in the playground, surrounded by blooming flowers and sweet fragrances. She enjoyed the fresh air as she swung back and forth.

After memorizing history, she moved on to political studies, and from there to Chinese literature.

Unbeknownst to her, her third brother, Shen Shihan, came visiting.

Shen Shihan had never visited the school before, and as soon as he arrived at the playground, a group of young girls began to gossip.

With infatuated faces, they seemed to drool.

Xu Chaomu jumped down from the swing. Well, to be fair, the genes of the Shen Family were quite outstanding.

Though she did despise Shen Yanrou, truthfully, Shen Yanrou was also very pretty.

Suddenly, she thought of the child in Bai Man’s belly.

How beautiful would a child born to Shen Chi and Bai Man be?

But she hoped the child wouldn’t inherit Shen Chi’s bad temper.

He was quite unreasonable.

“Chaomu, studying?” Shen Shihan approached her.

“Third Brother, what brings you here? I haven’t seen you for so long.”

“It’s my fault. Since you started boarding at school, I haven’t come to see you. I’ve been too caught up with the group’s matters to find the time.”

“I understand, it’s fine. Third Brother, I’m doing very well at school. When I was at the Shen Family, there was no one to play with at night, but after coming to school, I can chat with my friends in the dorm at night, and it’s really fun.”

“What do you all talk about?” Shen Shihan smiled.

“Things like what we like to eat, which boy in school is the handsomest, and which teacher has recently started dating…”

“Do you ever talk about boys you have liked?” Shen Shihan joked.

Xu Chaomu looked down, yes indeed, discussing crushes was an essential dormitory gossip topic.

And at such an age, to say one has never liked anyone would be untrue.

Like in Xu Chaomu’s dorm, six girls all had their own crushes.

Some parted ways after middle school, some were in the neighboring class, some were older neighbor boys who’d gone off to join the military.

Everyone had their own love stories, some were secret crushes, others were openly acknowledged.

Xu Chaomu remembered that she had also mentioned having someone she liked.

The result was that all five roommates unanimously exclaimed, “Who? Where? Is he handsome?”

She, Xu Chaomu, shrugged, “He’s quite handsome, but he’s infertile, so I don’t want him. Now, my boyfriend is Lou Yanli.”

The girls wore expressions of disbelief, “How do you know he’s infertile? Did you try it out?”

Xu Chaomu knew then that birds of a feather flock together. A bunch of little fools.