Chapter 1476 - 1474: Angry at Myself (Side Couple)
After struggling for a moment, Song Shijia couldn’t hold it in anymore. She started crying and revealed the warehouse fire incident, along with the family situation over the years.
Her voice trembled with sobs, speaking intermittently.
Although what she said was disjointed, Ji Ruofeng could still deduce the situation from her words.
He stood there staring at her for quite a while, seemingly unable to react.
"Why... after so long, why haven’t you ever told me?"
Song Shijia turned her face away, biting her lip without speaking.
In her heart, he had always been Ji Shen, her childhood idol.
She didn’t want her chaotic trifles to trouble him, nor did she want him to know the disgraceful affairs of her family.
She wanted to maintain a beautiful image in his heart, at least.
Now that everything was out in the open, she felt a sense of relief instead.
Even if he blamed her, she had nothing to say.
Ji Ruofeng watched her profile, as if understanding everything.
He reached out and suddenly pulled her into his arms, pressing his lips gently yet densely on her face.
The tenderness in his movements made Song Shijia pause for a moment, unable to react.
When she lifted her head, the boy’s lips captured hers.
He pinned her against the door, kissing her fiercely yet gently, mingled with an indescribable emotion.
It was different from their usual kisses.
In the gentleness, there was a certain fierceness, as if wanting to devour her, like anger and heartache mixed together.
Song Shijia froze for a second, and then her ears reddened. Feeling flustered, she hesitated for a moment before responding to him cautiously.
Ji Ruofeng had always been restrained, their dating filled with courtesy and dignity. In the time they were together, he rarely kissed her like this.
The kiss that started out fine gradually changed at some point.
Song Shijia only became somewhat aware when her shoulder felt a chill.
She pushed him away a bit, gasping for breath, and stammered: "Ji, Ji Shen..."
"Why are you calling me Ji Shen again?" Ji Ruofeng paused, frowned, "I told you not to call me that."
"Ji Ruofeng..." Song Shijia had to change her words, looking at him for a while, probing, "Are you not angry anymore?"
"Angry."
"Then you..."
Ji Ruofeng looked down at her for a long time, seeming somewhat helpless, and buried his head in her collarbone, kissing it softly.
He muttered, "I’m angry at myself for not understanding you better."
During the last summer vacation when she was living at home, every time he went to pick her up, she was in a bad mood. That’s when he should have realized something was wrong and investigated her family situation thoroughly.
"I shouldn’t have kept thinking of giving you space, letting you have your secrets."
He originally thought this way of interacting wouldn’t pressure her too much. Whatever was going on at home, if she didn’t want to talk, he wouldn’t force her.
No one expected that it almost cost him her.
If she kept being pressured by her family in various ways, if he had discovered later, with Jin Kai’s methods today, he didn’t dare think what she might have faced.
Song Shijia paused for a while, before softly saying, "But I don’t want..."
"Shijia, wake up," Ji Ruofeng interrupted her, speaking earnestly, "I’m your boyfriend now, not your idol. Stop treating me like Ji Shen."