Chapter 416 - 416 Who Are You Exactly?
416 Who Are You Exactly?
For a time, Shen Ruojing felt as though she was in a dream.
A thin glass separated the man and her. Shen Ruojing basically couldn’t hear what he was saying clearly, so she could only make out a few words from the shape of his mouth. This made her feel like she was in a dream.
The man still retained his youth from six years ago, and his expression looked akin to the little puppy-like guy she had met in the past!
This in fact caused her to feel like she had traveled back in time and returned to the past.
She couldn’t help but recall the time when she was overseas and met Chu Cichen. After she fell in love at first sight with him, she returned to the country. Back then, it was also an evening like this evening. She was seated in a coffee place drinking coffee.
She lowered her eyes and thought about the young man she had fallen in love with when she was overseas.
At that time, she didn’t know his name and only remembered his features. His face and voice kept appearing in his mind and caused her to involuntarily sigh. Why didn’t she ask for his name that time? Would they ever meet again?
After that, she felt that she was ridiculous.
The world was so big, so how could they meet again?
Just as she was indulging in fantasy, the area beside her dimmed just like now.
She turned her head and saw the man in her thoughts making a call outside. His appearance was the same as when he was overseas, clad in a gray exercise robe. After that, he seemed to have sensed someone looking at him from the coffee place, so he turned his head around.
After he saw Shen Ruojing, he started slightly and hung up directly, entering the coffee place and walking toward her. After he arrived before her, he hesitated for a while before he spoke, “Hello, have we met before?”
If it wasn’t for the fact that they had encountered each other overseas, such a sentence would immediately cause Shen Ruojing to mock him for his old-fashioned pickup line.
But Shen Ruojing back then felt her eyes brightening.
She felt a ray of light piercing through the darkness that shrouded her, illuminating her life.
She smiled slightly. “I didn’t expect you to remember. I’m Shen Ruojing, what about you?”
“Chu Cichen. Chu with the twin ‘木’ radicals, Ci that stands for the word ‘farewell’, and Chen with the ‘王’ radical. What are you doing here?”
“Oh, I’m attending the university near here. What about you?”
“I’m working.”
“You are so young, but you’ve started working?”
“Hmm, my family background is an ordinary one, so I couldn’t afford to study in university.”
“In that case, why were you overseas back then?”
“My company sent me there for work purposes.”
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Those memories kept flashing in Shen Ruojing’s mind. She was staring at the man outside the restaurant, the man who was separated from her by a glass window. Her gaze sank slightly. She had a million questions she wanted to ask him.
Six years ago, why did this man masquerade as Chu Cichen?!
Why did he suddenly disappear as well?
Was there some plot with regard to that matter those years ago?
Shen Ruojing stared out of the window seriously.
The man standing there started slightly.
The joy in his eyes that came from meeting again flickered and a hint of panic appeared. He pursed his lips and suddenly turned around, wanting to run away!
Shen Ruojing was very anxious. She knew that she wouldn’t be able to catch up to him as she had to exit the restaurant first.
So, she could only lean against the glass and shout, “Hold it! Don’t leave!”
The man seemed to have heard her voice and his footsteps stopped.
He slowly turned his head and after he discovered that Shen Ruojing couldn’t catch up to him, he heaved a sigh of relief. He then came back to the glass and lowered his head slightly, looking at her with a complicated look in his eyes.
At this moment, Shen Ruojing hated the fact she didn’t have a superpower that would enable her to bypass the glass and grab him!
She frowned and stared at him.
The man fell silent and suddenly took out his phone. After he keyed in some text, he placed his phone on the glass and showed her what he typed. [Jingjing, is the man you love me or him?]
Shen Ruojing’s gaze sank.
She didn’t reply, but the man outside seemed to have understood something. He lowered his eyelids, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow across his face. This portrayed a look of innocence and hurt.
The sky had already turned dark.
When the rays of the setting sun cascaded on him, it made his figure appear dream-like.
He took a step back. After that, he turned and ran with no hesitation before disappearing into a sea of people.
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Shen Ruojing pursed her lips. After that, her phone rang.
When she picked up the call, Chu Cichen’s voice rang out from the other end. “Jingjing, where are you? Do you need me to fetch you home?”
Shen Ruojing lowered her head and looked at the key to her motorbike in her hand. She lowered her eyelids slightly. “No need.”
Chu Cichen grunted in affirmation. After that, the man laughed in a low voice. “When are you coming back? I’m already missing you.”
Shen Ruojing pondered for a while before replying, “Right now.”
“Alright, I’ll wait for you at home.”
After hanging up, Shen Ruojing left the restaurant. She directly mounted her bike and rode to the Chu Manor.
There were many people on the street.
She sped through the roads and was in no mood to enjoy the scenery on the way.
Very soon, she arrived home.
When she entered the living room, a thriving aura could be felt as Chu Tianye shouted, “Long live my maternal grandma. She only used half a year to earn so much money for me! That’s too impressive! I’ll be a rich man in the future!”
Matriarch Chu’s voice then rang out. “Little Ye, since you are so rich now, you shouldn’t yearn for your father’s inheritance!”
The curly-haired Chu Tianye jumped to his feet in agitation after hearing this. “That can’t be done! Grandma, it should be the contrary. It’s precisely because I can earn money that daddy should give me more money. My sister is immersed in scientific research and as for Chu Yu, all his thoughts are on mommy. I think daddy will worry less if he hands all his businesses to me! Am I right, sister?”
Chu Xiaomeng hugged her dinosaur soft toy and was currently practicing calligraphy on a large table in the living room. After hearing this, she grunted. “Oh, correct.”
As for Chu Yu, he was sitting on the sofa and was expressionless. “Where did mommy go? Why hasn’t she come back yet?”
Chuyu wagged its tail and sat on the ground beside Chu Tianye as it stared at the entrance imposingly.
Chu Cichen sat behind Chu Xiaomeng and although his vision was on her written words, there was a deep look in his gaze, and no one could tell what he was thinking about.
Although the children were so noisy, he didn’t say anything.
Only when Shen Ruojing entered did he lift his head abruptly. His eyes brightened as he looked at her. After that, he stood up and strode over. “You are back.”
His voice was low, but his tone was gentle. He lacked the sense of youth from his younger days, and he was also no longer as skinny. Clearly, he had matured a lot.
Shen Ruojing stared at him.
At this moment, her phone rang.
When she picked up, Lu Hui’s voice rang out from the other end. “Boss, I had waited outside the restaurant according to your instructions and had been following him. I then found his location and captured him! The place he stays at is simply too surprising. Why don’t you take a guess where it is? Do you want to come over now?”
After she learned that the fake Chu Cichen was going to meet Shen Jiayi, how could Shen Ruojing go alone?!
There were too many people on that street, and it was simply too difficult to capture someone.
So, before she went there, she told Lu Hui to bring some men and hide near the restaurant. This was why Shen Ruojing didn’t panic at all when the fake Chu Cichen left in the end.
Upon hearing Lu Hui’s words, she turned and headed out. “Send me the address, I’m coming immediately.”