With doubts in his mind, he walked to the office building and found the chancellor’s office. When he was about to knock on the door, he heard Song Yaxin’s voice.
“Why do you come to see me?” A woman spoke. She was the chancellor’s daughter who had a good relationship with Song Yaxin.
“Can’t I come to you for no reason?” Song Yaxin sounded very down.
“What happened? Are you having relationship woes with your boyfriend?” The chancellor’s daughter noticed Song Yaxin’s pale face.
Song Yaxin nodded. “We may break up.”
She didn’t dare to quarrel with Shen Peichuan anymore due to the dirt he had on her. It was the dark past——one that she couldn’t disclose, and didn’t dare to disclose.
So she could only back away from the relationship, no matter how unwilling she was to accept it.
“Didn’t that girl named Sang Yu leave B City already? Last time, we humiliated her by getting her to reflect on herself in front of all the teachers and students on campus. What now? She still has the guts to fight with you over a man?”
“No. That’s one stupid woman.” Song Yaxin didn’t know that Sang Yu had already returned and that she had even come back with Shen Peichuan.
It was a wise move for Shen Peichuan to get Sang Yu to live at Zong Jinghao’s place. This was because Song Yaxin had gone to Shen Peichuan’s place out of suspicion, but found no one there.
Song Yaxin had come to the university to confirm whether Sang Yu was back, only to realize that she had not returned.
“I thought that girl is quite clever. Why do you call her stupid?” the chancellor’s daughter asked with a smile.
Song Yaxin had a good relationship with the chancellor’s daughter, so the latter was straightforward with Song Yaxin. Song Yaxin asked, “Do you know that she came to me before she left?”
“Huh, why?”
“Feeling inferior, I guess. She thought that she would be a drag to Shen Peichuan and said that Shen Peichuan can only have a good future if he’s with me, so she hoped I would treat him well. In fact, I hope so, too, but now he has changed his mind.” Thinking of Shen Peichuan’s tough stance, Song Yaxin became frustrated. “Did he lose his mind while he was drowned? He had promised to be with me, but since he came back he wanted to break up with me instead, claiming we’re incompatible and that he doesn’t like me.”
“Maybe he really doesn’t like you.” The chancellor’s daughter giggled.
“Meanie!” Song Yaxin pretended to be angry.
Outside the door, Shen Peichuan straightened his back. His face remained stoic but waves of emotions came crashing down on him deep down.
It turned out that Song Yaxin was behind Sang Yu’s public self-reflection the last time when he came to the university.
It also turned out that Sang Yu left because she was afraid of being a drag to him.
All of a sudden, Shen Peichuan thought the girl was being very silly.
So silly that it makes my heart ache.
Fortunately, I know all about it now and can take good care of her in the future.
He clenched his hands repeatedly and felt a lot more relaxed. He then raised his hand and knocked on the door.
“Who’s there?” The chancellor’s daughter came to open the door and was taken aback when she saw Shen Peichuan.
Soon, Song Yaxin also saw the person standing at the door and the expression on her face changed in an instant, probably because she was guilty after having done something bad. The first thing that came to her mind was: When did he come? Did he hear something?
“W-Why are you here, Peichuan?” She got up from the sofa.
Shen Peichuan wore a calm expression. “I’m here to see the chancellor over some matters.”
“Come in. My dad is having a meeting. You’ll have to wait for a while.” The chancellor’s daughter moved aside to let him in.
Shen Peichuan stepped in and fixed his gaze on Song Yaxin’s face. He thought he knew her well. After all, her father was a morally upright man so he had thought that she should be the same, too.
But at this moment, he found that he had been wrong in every possible way.
“Are you free? Let’s go outside and have a talk,” Shen Peichuan suggested, wanting to take this opportunity to make things clear to Song Yaxin.
“You can talk here. I’ll excuse myself.” The chancellor’s daughter winked at Song Yaxin, signaling her to seize the opportunity.
After winking at Song Yaxin, she walked out of the office and closed the door behind her.
“W-What do you want to talk about?” A sense of unease crept up on Song Yaxin.
She had a hunch that Shen Peichuan was about to break up with her. She was right.
Shen Peichuan said in a forthright manner, “I learned about the reason for your divorce by coincidence.”
Song Yaxin’s body instantly stiffened, but she refused to admit it. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You understand me; you know very well what I’m talking about. If you don’t want to admit it, it’s your business. It has nothing to do with my knowledge of it. Coincidentally, I overheard something that I shouldn’t have heard today. I used to think that you’re a very nice person, but now I realized I was wrong. We really are incompatible.”
Song Yaxin bit her lip. “You eavesdropped on our conversation.”
“As I said, I didn’t mean to hear it.” Shen Peichuan sat down. “As long as you agree to break up, I can keep it a secret for you. Out of respect to Captain Song, I’m willing to forgive you once, just this once.”
As he said, he gave her a sharp look. “It’s mean of you to bully an orphan.”
Song Yaxin balled her hands into fists and gritted her teeth. “Are you here to lecture me?”
Shen Peichuan let out a disdainful snort. “I’m not your parents, so naturally I have no right to lecture you. I just feel sorry for Captain Song. If he knows what you have done, he must be heartbroken. If he finds out that I know about it, he’ll definitely feel embarrassed. You should know that your father has always been upright and honest, and that he values his pride a lot.”
Of course Song Yaxin knew about it, which was why she was afraid that others would find out what she had done.
She knew in her heart that she had no choice but to agree to Shen Peichuan’s suggestion.
“I agree to break up on good terms., but you have to promise me that you will take everything you know to your grave and that you won’t let anyone know!”
“Sure.”
Shen Peichuan readily agreed.
His goal was to end the relationship with Song Yaxin. Since the beginning, he had never wanted things to go south between them. He was willing to keep a secret for the sake of Captain Song’s pride.
“I hope you understand that the kindness I’m showing today is because of your father.” Shen Peichuan had on an exceptionally cold expression. It was the first time that Song Yaxin had ever seen such a look on his face. With a sinking heart, she grabbed her bag on the sofa and ran out.
