The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 501 - 498 Honey, Give me a hug 6_1

But really, back then, Yan Xixi must have been stupider than a pig, right? To think her heart had been so clouded by lard that she actually told him about every single crack that had appeared between her and Huang Xiaojue, asking him to analyze and strategize for her.

No doubt, he must have laughed himself silly at her expense back then.

She was overcome with shame and utterly exhausted.

She really wanted to hit him.

It was strange. She should have punched him hard back then.

But she didn’t dare – who would dare hit someone who had been nothing but incredibly kind to you?

It was all over. This was a disaster. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

She had to swallow her anger, without even the right to retaliate. It was just too unfair!

Her mobile phone kept lighting up with new messages, but she didn’t want to look.

She felt suffocated and hollow... It had become a long-standing habit to chat idly with him every night, even if it was just nonsense, just to feel at ease.

Would she never speak to this guy again?

It was terrifying, how meeting in person could ruin everything.

She regretted it immensely. If only she had known not to meet him!

Only when she woke up in a daze did she pick up her phone.

"Miss, are you ignoring me?"

"Miss, you can’t do this, okay? You were the one who wanted to meet. I was so afraid things would fall apart once we met in person—and see, they really did, didn’t they? Miss, do you really think I’m too ugly?"

"Miss, please reply! Have pity on me... I haven’t had the heart to do anything all day..."

"Miss, you’re not going to ignore me forever, are you? Have you blacklisted me?"

"Sigh, I regret this so much. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have met you so soon... See? I brought this on myself... I feel so wronged, with nowhere to even complain..."

"Miss, I didn’t mean to deceive you... No, wait, I did. It was intentional, because otherwise, you wouldn’t have paid any attention to me at all..."

"Think about it, would you still talk to me if you knew it was me from the start? I really couldn’t help it... Xixi, I was afraid you would ignore me. In fact, I wanted to tell you the truth a long time ago, but..."

"Xixi, I really didn’t mean any harm. After all this time, do you still not trust me? Can’t you just continue to see me as the ’Uncouth Man’?"

...

This guy... at least he’s being honest.

"Xixi, I miss you all the time..."

"Xixi, I’m a bachelor, you know! I called off my engagement with Zhou Ting a long time ago. A completely legitimate bachelor..."

"Xixi, you’re not going to ignore me forever, are you? SOB SOB SOB... This is unbearable..."

"Honey, please talk to me..."

She raised her hand, intending to blacklist him, but then she gritted her teeth and couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Her heart felt fragile, much like after her fight with Mother Huang, when she had suddenly realized that Mother Huang was her only pillar of support—

How could she delete her only pillar of support?

The most terrifying thing was that, over the past month or so, feeling the warmth from ’Uncouth Man’ had become a habit—no one in her entire life had ever treated her this well.

She once read an article where the first sentence was, "My mom says women don’t have love; they just follow whoever treats them well, like a puppy that goes with anyone who gives it a bone. So, I don’t want to be like that. I yearn for real love"—

At the time, she had thought, what utter bullshit.

Isn’t it natural to love whoever treats you well? Do you have to love someone who treats you badly, who abuses you? Is that some kind of mental illness?

Even in major international diplomacy and strategic maneuvering, isn’t it a matter of ’you give me benefits, so I give you benefits’?

If even good relations between countries are based on mutual benefits, how much more so for relationships between people!