Chapter 94 - 94 A Confession That Isn't a Confession
94 A Confession That Isn’t a Confession
The car drove silently along the long street that was filled with neon lights. Shen Hanyu didn’t say a word along the way, as if waiting for Sang Qianqian to speak first.
Sang Qianqian held the jewelry box that contained the pink diamond in her hands, feeling as if it weighed a thousand pounds.
The car soon stopped at a traffic light.
Sang Qianqian finally mustered up the courage to break the silence. “President Shen, do you want to drink something?”
It was another matter whether she wanted a gift from him or not. However, she couldn’t just return someone else’s kind intentions like that.
Shen Hanyu looked at her from the side. “Where do you want to go?”
Sang Qianqian’s gaze swept past the window. “Why don’t we go there?”
The coffee shop by the road didn’t look very big, but through the glass window, one could see the romantic and warm decorations inside.
“Sure,” Shen Hanyu nodded. After the car was parked, Sang Qianqian got out of the car and was stunned.
She knew this familiar scene from Ming City 5 years ago. However, the place had really changed a lot within those past years.
This street near Ming City High School used to be quiet and desolate; She didn’t expect it to be so prosperous now. She didn’t even recognize it that well anymore.
Sang Qianqian had a bad memory of being on this street and wanted to move to another place, but she gave up on that thought.
After all, it had been so many years. It was a long time ago for her and Shen Hanyu, and he might’ve forgotten about it.
A moment later, the two sat down opposite each other by the glass window. Shen Hanyu looked out of the window, deep in thought. “Do you know where we are?”
Sang Qianqian bit the bullet and replied, “… I know.”
How could she not know?
At that time, she had just transferred to Ming City High School. After she found out that Shen Hanyu would pass by this stress when going to school, she deliberately got out of the car early every day to wait for him there, pretending to have a chance encounter.
At first, Shen Hanyu had thought she was his classmate and would nod at her. However, one day, he came early and saw her getting out of the Sang family’s luxury car and waiting by the side of the road.
Since then, Shen Hanyu had been cold to her and ignored her existence.
Sang Qianqian had seen Shen Hanyu’s cold face many times on this street, but she had never been tired of it. Now that she thought about it, it was really embarrassing. People who were blinded by love really did unspeakably stupid things.
Sang Qianqian coughed. “I was young, ignorant, and insensible back then. I’m sure I’ve brought you a lot of trouble.”
Shen Hanyu looked at her quietly for a while with an inexplicable look in his eyes. “I was indeed young and ignorant back then,” he said in a low voice.
He only wanted her to back off, so he was deliberately extremely cold to her. However, he didn’t know that many years later, he would no longer be able to have her true love.
Sang Qianqian felt uneasy under his gaze. She didn’t know if he was referring to her or if he was implying that he had misunderstood the Sang family’s matters back then.
She avoided Shen Hanyu’s gaze and took a sip of her coffee. It was bitter, but it had a rich aroma to it.
“President Shen, why did you deliberately target Wen Hao tonight?” Sang Qianqian changed the topic.
“I don’t like him,” Shen Hanyu said indifferently.
Sang Qianqian was speechless. Although she didn’t know how Wen Hao had offended Shen Hanyu, she was sure that he must’ve offended many people.
Wen Hao was unlucky to have offended a big figure like Shen Hanyu.
She understood. “Honestly, President Shen didn’t have to go so far as to give this to me. Wen Hao would’ve been furious enough if he couldn’t get this pink diamond.”
Shen Hanyu pursed his thin lips. “Why do you think I gave you this pink diamond?”
Wasn’t it to provoke Wen Hao?
“No matter what, I can’t accept this gift.”
Sang Qianqian looked at Shen Hanyu carefully. “I’m here to treat President Shen. It’s a business trip arranged by the hospital. If you’re giving this gift to thank me, there’s no need. If… You feel guilty about what happened back then and want to make up for it, then there’s even less of a need to do this.”
Shen Hanyu paused in the middle of stirring his coffee, the emotions in his eyes unclear.
“Sang Qianqian, back then, I had mistakenly thought that you died saving me. I did feel guilty.”
He continued in a suppressed voice, “But you’re still alive. Do you think that I would still spend over a hundred million to buy this diamond named ‘Pink Love’ for you just out of guilt?”
He didn’t want her to know about his hidden thoughts. Because she didn’t like him at all right now, he wanted to give her more time to spend with him.
However, at this moment, seeing her talk about his guilt with such conviction, he suddenly felt a burst of anger and didn’t want to hide it anymore.
Sang Qianqian’s eyes widened as she looked at him in shock.
Han Tianyi’s confident words suddenly flashed through her mind, “Qianqian, Shen Hanyu likes you!”
In the past, she had deliberately ignored some details as she was always unwilling to look into them. If she looked deeper, she would have an illusion that she didn’t dare to believe in.
Even now, she still couldn’t believe what Shen Hanyu had just said. After being stunned for a long while, she hesitantly said, “Shen Hanyu, do you… Do you like me just a little bit?”
Shen Hanyu looked deeply at Sang Qianqian. “What do you think?” he asked.
In truth, he liked her more than just ‘a little bit’.
If it had been before tonight, Sang Qianqian wouldn’t have been able to read the emotions in his eyes. But now, she could more or less tell that behind the darkness, there was a hidden heat and a little… Helplessness.
Sang Qianqian took a deep breath, feeling a little shocked and absurd. What a joke. When she liked Shen Hanyu the most, he didn’t care about her.
Later on, he only began to like her once she had long let go of those feelings. He had liked a dead person for five years.
Sang Qianqian tried her best to calm herself down. “President Shen…”
Shen Hanyu knew what she wanted to say when he saw her hesitating.
“I’m sure you still remember the conversation we had on this street.”
Shen Hanyu’s face was expressionless, and his tone was even a little cold. “You don’t have to say what you’re trying to say, because the answer you gave me in the past is the answer I have now.”
Sang Qianqian was speechless.
She vaguely remembered the quiet summer morning on this street. The young man who had been cold to her for several days had stopped and waited for her for the first time.
She jogged to him happily. “Shen Hanyu, you’re finally willing to talk to me?”
“Sang Qianqian.” The young man frowned and said coldly, “Can you not wait for me here?”
That year, Sang Qianqian had just celebrated her 18th birthday. Her beautiful eyes and brows carried a hint of playfulness.
“Sure.”
She tilted her head and looked at the young man. Shen Hanyu had taken the initiative to talk to her, so she smiled brightly. “But I’m waiting for you because I like you. From tomorrow onward, I don’t have to wait for you here, but I’ll still like you very much. After all, liking you is my business, unless I give up on my own accord. You can’t ask me not to like you.”
The young man pursed his lips. In the end, he didn’t say anything and turned to leave.