Chapter 37: Entering His Apartment (1)

She was speaking from her heart. Even if she felt no guilt herself, even if they had once loved each other deeply, she wouldn't listen to his explanations. Because when two people are together and maintaining a relationship, cheating is just cheating, and no reason can justify it.

And as for their relationship...

"An'an, I know I messed up., You can hit me, scold me, punish me,, just don't destroy yourself like this, okay?" Ji Jingfeng let go of all reservations and hugged Ji Anning tightly.

He held her trembling little body, his face buried in the crook of his neck, and he kept apologizing to her.

Even though she herself had just been with another man, Ji Anning still felt a visceral repulsion when she thought of Ji Jingfeng in the room with Bai Guo just moments ago. She pushed him away, "Jingfeng, could you please let me be alone for a while?"

What disgusted her wasn't just his physical infidelity, but the fact that he had just been affectionate with another woman and then turned to another with the same intimacy.

Ji Jingfeng held on tight, refusing to let go, "An'an."

Ji Anning gave up pushing him away, wiped her tears, and choked up, "Don't worry, I won't tell mom when I get home, and I won't tell anyone else either."

That was what he was most worried about, wasn't it?

Every time he came home late, or didn't come home at night, she had to cover for him, thinking he was truly caught up in something.

Looking back now, it was probably mostly lies.

"An'an!"

Ji Anning's words hit Ji Jingfeng's core, making him feel like he was stripped naked, utterly exposed before Ji Anning.

He opened his mouth but was too ashamed to respond.

Even under the sprinkling of the fountain, his face still burned intensely.

Ji Anning wiped her tears with both hands, then looked up at Ji Jingfeng, trying to control her sobbing, "Let's go, I just want to be alone for a while."

Her tone was irritable, exhausted, yet stubbornly persistent.

Ji Jingfeng pressed his lips together helplessly, "I'll wait for you by the flowerbed."

As he spoke, he slowly straightened up, stared down at Ji Anning for a while, then sighed helplessly, 'Ah,' and turned to walk out of the fountain area.

Ji Anning watched Ji Jingfeng's fading figure walking further and further away. With the loud noise of the fountain masking her sobs, she began to cry aloud again.

"Just cry this one time, okay?"

Cry in secret when you can't see, and never cry again no matter how much it hurts in the future.

She would definitely continue to be strong because she might eventually leave the Ji Family and face society alone.

So, she had to be even stronger.

"Anning."

As Ji Anning cried and choked up, suddenly a familiar voice called out to her. Surprised, she lifted her head toward the sound, "Danning."

Yang Danning rushed through the fountain to Ji Anning's side. Seeing Ji Anning's curled up form, alone and disheveled, she gasped and quickly bent down to pull her up by the arm, "What are you doing here? Come with me, let's get out."

Ji Anning had no strength to resist, allowing herself to be dragged away.

But since Yang Danning had come, she could only stop her tears and follow her.

"How did you get here?" Ji Anning asked as she wiped her face, looking at Yang Danning.

Before Yang Danning could reply, a tall, familiar figure hastened toward them. Her heart skipped a beat, under the hotel entrance's glaring lights, her small, pale face appeared even whiter.