Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 485 - 361: The Ring Isn’t Cheap—It’s Me

Xiao Meng stretched out her right hand, and although her ring finger was bare, traces of wearing a ring were still visible.

She followed the platinum chain on her neck and pulled out the wedding ring from her collar, grinning,

"I’m afraid of losing it if I wear it on my hand, so I wear it around my neck."

"Oh really? I thought you didn’t want others to know you’re married!"

Cherry teased with a smile.

Su Xiaomeng lowered her voice and earnestly said, "That’s actually one reason. When I was studying in Beijing, because I was married, many classmates didn’t really mingle with me."

But actually, it wasn’t fair to blame the other classmates.

There’s indeed a generation gap between college students and married women.

"Look at me here in Bath, I haven’t even done anything yet, only to end up at the bottom of the class and already getting ’ignored’... I’m so pitiful..."

Su Xiaomeng sniffled, pretending to be very upset.

Cherry laughed twice and said,

"But I see you’re quite at ease."

"After all, you have to balance both studies and life, just like you balance work and life, there’s not that much thought and energy... these are all just trivial matters."

"You’re right, you seem young, but your thoughts are quite mature."

Little Mengxin thought, she must have been praised by the goddess!!

"Well... Cherry, are you also married?" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Su Xiaomeng’s gaze fell on the ring on Cherry’s right middle finger.

She had always been curious but was too embarrassed to ask, feeling that asking this voluntarily wasn’t polite.

But since Cherry mentioned her family affairs, their relationship must have progressed, right?

Gossiping a bit at this point shouldn’t be too rude, right?

Cherry’s home on the 29th floor was somewhere she’d been to.

The interior was simple yet elegant, similar to their own home decor, aligning with Yin Shixiu’s taste, if they actually knew each other, they’d surely have a lot to talk about.

Hmm...

But a husband getting along with another woman seems to be not a good thing!

Since her family’s husband had already declined the opportunity to communicate with such a beautiful woman, she wouldn’t stupidly keep pushing it.

Cherry knew where Su Xiaomeng’s gaze landed, calmly raised her alabaster-like hand, the ring on her middle finger was very plain, yet perhaps because the hand was so beautiful, it made the simple ring seem priceless.

She looked at the ring, lost in thought for a moment, murmuring,

"This ring has nothing to do with marriage, I had a marriage once, but it ended shortly."

This surprised Su Xiaomeng quite a bit, but on second thought, for such an outstanding goddess, not just anyone could be her match.

Meeting the wrong person happens often!

Cherry looked up, seeing Xiaomeng’s expression, she might have guessed what was in her heart, so she said straightforwardly,

"The reason for the failed marriage lies with me, my ex-husband is a very good person."

"..."

Xiao Meng was astonished, not so much by the failure of Cherry’s marriage being her own reason, but by her candor in attributing the failure to herself.

Thus, Xiaomeng held even more admiration for the woman before her!

"Then this ring..."

Xiaomeng’s curiosity was a bit intense, especially for her exceptionally admired goddess. She realized she asked too much after blurting it out.

Cherry smiled, still composed,

"It was a gift from someone I loved very, very much, just like my name."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng saw Cherry’s smile at the corner of her mouth, but the melancholy in her eyes was so clear that her chest tightened, feeling a pang of heartache.

"This ring is particularly cheap, bought from a street stall, twenty yuan, hahaha!"

"..." Su Xiaomeng was taken aback!

After Cherry laughed, the smile finally faded, seemingly muttering to herself, as if speaking to Su Xiaomeng,

"At that time, I thought it was unremarkable, always thinking I deserved something better. Later, when I took it out again, I realized... it’s not the ring that’s cheap, but myself."

With just a few simple words, Xiaomeng could feel the deep-seated loneliness and regret in Cherry’s heart.

Xiaomeng guessed right, a woman like Cherry must have had a deeply unforgettable romance!

She’s still wearing this ring...

"Are you waiting for that person?"

Cherry sighed softly, picked up her coffee and took a sip, her tone was quite relaxed, shrugging her shoulders,

"It’s not about waiting, just trying my luck... if we meet again, I’d like to try..."

Saying this, Cherry looked at Su Xiaomeng, the determination in her eyes moved Su Xiaomeng.

Clenching her fist,

"Don’t just try, you must try!! We only walk this life once, being with the one you love is more important than anything!"

"More important than anything..."

Cherry murmured.

At that time, she thought everything was more important than that person, so giving up was only natural.

Turning back again, the world no longer had a second one, no second one...

The eyebrows and eyes akin to his, as she grew older, became the focus of her dreams... the years almost blurred that face, like a faded old photograph.

Yet... it appeared again.

Su Xiaomeng met him at nineteen, whereas she... broke up with him at nineteen.

Sarcastic, isn’t it?

The sudden vibration of a phone interrupted Su Xiaomeng’s thoughts wandering far into the goddess’s love story.

It was her alarm she had set, looking at the time, Xiaomeng said,

"I have to go to class! Cherry, my husband will return to Beijing next week, I’ll ask him to bring some Old Beijing Roast Ducks, and save one for you!"

"Old Beijing Roast Duck... hahaha! Alright! Alright!"

"Then I’m off, bye-bye!"

Su Xiaomeng packed her books, stuffed them into her backpack, bid farewell to Cherry, and quickly left!

Cherry sat in the chair, looking at the notebook Su Xiaomeng had left on the table, shook her head gently, just as she was about to reach for it, a hand moved faster.

Looking up, she saw Eric taking a seat, right where Su Xiaomeng had been sitting.

"Long time no see."

Cherry raised her eyebrows, "It hasn’t been that long, has it?"

Eric raised an eyebrow, "You’re not very humorous."

Cherry chuckled softly, without saying a word, simply lifted her coffee cup, gazing out the glass window at a few students walking together along the tree-lined path...

"I didn’t expect you’d come to Bath to teach."

"This is sort of my alma mater, too."

Cherry pursued her graduate studies in Bath, in the field of interpretation, she always believed Bath was the best.

"Didn’t even say a word about coming back? Don’t tell me you didn’t know I was a trustee at this school?"

"I really didn’t know until I saw you."

"..."

"Haha! Just kidding, I hadn’t paid much attention before, by the way, Trustee, can you give me a raise?"

Cherry continued to joke.

Eric glanced at her, "Miss Chu actually cares about the humble salary I give, I’m truly flattered!"

Cherry slightly leaned back, her bright eyes shimmering like autumn water, stunningly beautiful.

Age hadn’t left too many marks on this woman, instead, it made her even more charming.

The beauty of Chinese women isn’t something all foreigners appreciate, but Cherry’s beauty transcended racial and regional boundaries.

"The student you were just chatting with... is called Su Xiaomeng."

"Yes, I know, a very diligent student."

"Do you know who she is?"

"Who she is... what do you mean?"

"She is Arthur’s wife."

"Oh."

"..." Eric blinked, seeing her lackluster reaction, somewhat surprised.

"What’s wrong?"

"I thought bringing up Arthur would at least elicit a different expression from you."

Cherry looked at Eric with some confusion,

"Why?"

"..."

Eric was rendered speechless by her counter-question.

Cherry put down her coffee cup and said to Eric mildly,

"It’s been fifteen years, you don’t think I’m such a long-suffering woman, do you?"