Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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In fact, Jiang Shining really hoped that Chen Sheng, or anyone else, could wake up after hearing these things and then simply say goodbye to her.
Jiang Shining could tell that Chen Sheng’s mood was unpredictable. The man’s eyes flickered, as if he had many questions for Jiang Shining. If it were Chen Jiacheng from his previous life, he would definitely have said everything. But he seemed to have changed a lot.
Chen Sheng smiled slightly and said, avoiding the main point, “Let’s not talk about the past. After all, you are Jiang Shining, and I am Chen Sheng now. It has nothing to do with the things of the past life, right?”
Jiang Shining was a little surprised that he had come to his senses so quickly. “You’re absolutely right.”
Chen Sheng nodded. “Then let’s have a good meal together, as if we’re old friends reuniting. You saved my life back then, and I owe you one no matter what.”
In truth, beneath Chen Sheng’s calm exterior, his heart was aching terribly.
He truly loved Jiang Yiru.
After Jiang Yiru’s death, Chen Jiacheng finally realized his true feelings. He was filled with remorse, blaming himself for climbing the social ladder too easily, becoming arrogant and reckless, and insisting on pursuing Miss Luan, which led to his downfall. Jiang Yiru took a bullet for him, saving his life, and only then did Chen Jiacheng understand his mistake. But it was too late; over the years, he had not only broken Jiang Yiru’s heart but also left her with a disability.
His feelings for her were a complex mix of love, familial affection from years of companionship, self-blame, and regret.
After Jiang Yiru’s death, Chen Jiacheng was depressed and felt that he had taken Jiang Yiru’s life. So he became much more restrained. When Chen Tanliang was twenty-four years old, he was nominally the young marshal, but in reality, Chen Jiacheng had already handed over all military power to him.
So many years of trials and tribulations had transformed the uncultured Chen Jiacheng into the composed Chen Sheng he was today.
Even though Jiang Shining said that these things were just tasks that made him feel heartbroken, so many years have passed, and Chen Sheng no longer cared about things like love or not. He only hoped to find Jiang Shining and treat her well.
However, Chen Sheng knew Jiang Shining’s personality very well. After Jiang Shining rejected him the first time he tried to test her, he knew that directly expressing his feelings would cause her to feel disgusted. So he took a few steps back and kept the relationship between the two at least at a friendly level.
“Come on, try this braised shrimp[1].” Chen Sheng turned the dishes on the turntable toward Jiang Shining. “I’ve been to this hotel before, and their seafood is delicious.”
Jiang Shining cooperated for a while, but she increasingly felt that something was wrong with Chen Sheng.
“Are you really Chen Jiacheng?” she asked, even with suspicion. “You seem like a completely different person.”
Chen Sheng smiled helplessly.
“Do you think I’ve gotten any better?” he asked.
Jiang Shining nodded hesitantly.
She thought of Xiu Lingfei; this guy was no different from her previous life.
The two ate in silence. If Jiang Shining had asked even a simple question about how he had been doing, or anything similar, Chen Sheng could have talked for half an hour. But aside from expressing surprise at his changed personality, Jiang Shining didn’t ask any more questions.
It was as if she didn’t want to know at all.
Chen Sheng’s memory was still stuck in the past when she risked her life to save him. Looking at Jiang Shining’s current cold and unapproachable demeanor, he sighed softly.
“Let’s talk about work,” he said. “I just casually started this brand a couple of years ago, and now I want to enter the domestic market, but I lack partners. I think Ninglu Media has unlimited potential, so I’d like to talk to you about cooperation first.”
Actually, he had no interest in any of these things. But there was nothing he could do… They had nothing in common except for work.
Jiang Shining hesitated. She had suspected this boss had some connection to her past, and given how well he understood her style, he must be someone she knew well. In her past relationships, she and Chen Jiacheng had always maintained a respectful distance, which was why she suspected it was him.
She originally came to meet him to explain the entanglement between the two of them, but she didn’t expect Chen Sheng to be so reasonable and to have improved so much, which made Jiang Shining feel uncomfortable.
He suddenly became so nice that Jiang Shining found it a little difficult to refuse.
But… she really, really didn’t want to have anything to do with the men from her past. It seemed that seeing them would remind her of those unpleasant times… after all, she had truly experienced nearly ten years of paralysis.
“I’m sorry, Jia Cheng,” Jiang Shining sighed. “After your people left, I signed a contract with another clothing company. I’m here this time simply to see you.”
Chen Sheng clenched his fists. He thought he was very good at enduring things, but he still couldn’t hold back when the meal was over.
“You really never loved me?” Chen Sheng couldn’t help but ask. “Even just liking me, or having a crush on me, would be fine?”
Jiang Shining gazed at him quietly.
“Do you love me?”
“Of course I love you,” Chen Sheng blurted out.
“So, do you love me, Jiang Shining, or your first wife, Jiang Yiru?” Jiang Shining asked.
Chen Sheng was stunned. It seemed that in his mind, Jiang Shining and Jiang Yiru were the same person.
“The one who truly loved you was Jiang Yiru, but you’ve never noticed her before, and you even found her annoying and unable to speak properly,” Jiang Shining said. “I only took advantage of her status to make you mistakenly believe you loved me. Your love for me has always been wrong. If Jiang Yiru had always been so timid and unable to speak properly, would you still love her?”
Chen Sheng was speechless.
After a long pause, he said, “Then the person I love is you, even if you appear in another identity, I will still love you.”
Jiang Shining did not react; she simply gazed at him calmly.
“I wouldn’t like a man who has a family and is still attracted to someone else,” she said. “Even if you weren’t wrong in that era, I still wouldn’t like him.”
“But I’ve changed,” Chen Sheng said anxiously. “In this life— I’ve never had a woman, Ning Ning!”
“But I can’t forget the past. Those five worlds were all too cruel to me,” Jiang Shining said softly. “I don’t like you. Do you want to force me like that bandit forced Luan Heli?”
Both sides remained silent for a while. Chen Sheng closed his eyes and breathed softly.
After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes.
“Can we be friends?” he said. “After all, we’ve spent so much time together, one would’ve even developed some affection for your dog?”
Jiang Shining lowered her eyelashes and sighed softly.
“Then see me out.”
Chen Sheng nodded, a smile finally appearing on his face.
After the two of them picked up their things, Chen Sheng enthusiastically helped Jiang Shining open the door. As Jiang Shining walked out, she bumped into a few people coming from the opposite direction.
Jiang Shining met the other person’s eyes through the sunglasses and immediately felt a sharp pain in her temple.
Why is Xiu Lingfei, this prestigious CEO, here? Didn’t he move his company away?
She thought that after what had happened before, Xiu Lingfei would stay far away from her, but unexpectedly, the man actually came over.
“What a coincidence, Ning Ning,” he said casually.
Jiang Shining was absolutely certain that he called her that just to disgust her!
Xiu Lingfei raised his eyes.
She looked at Chen Sheng coldly.
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