Chapter 417 - 416: I’m Getting Engaged to Him (2)
So, even if this engagement was merely a verbal agreement, merely a pretense, he had no way to accept it.
"There’s no need, I will handle this matter," Shi Che spoke, his voice clear, cold, and indifferent. In the silence of the night, there was a hint of a raspy magnetic quality, quite pleasing to the ear, yet also absolutely heartless.
She hadn’t even begged for anything, it was just a play-acting, yet he had flatly refused her, not giving her even the slightest chance.
A twinkle of tears shimmered at the bottom of Ling Yunshu’s eyes, but her gaze turned severely cold.
She bit her lower lip forcefully, restraining her emotions, yet still began to speak, "Young Master, if you are... worried that Xiaxia might misunderstand something, I, I can go and clarify things with her..."
At her words, Shi Che’s expression briefly froze, and then a flash of deepness swiftly swept across his eyes, as he crisply replied, "There’s no need."
After a pause, Shi Che’s voice rose again, "It’s a bit late, and you’ve worked hard today. You should go back and rest, I’ll have Old Zhu send you off."
This voice, so clear and cold that it carried not a hint of emotion, was very polite, yet also very distant.
Ling Yunshu’s hand clenched tightly. Was this a direct dismissal?
Even though she had not married him, after all, they had grown up together as childhood friends, she had also grown up in the Shi Family. But in his eyes, was she just a stranger?
Ling Yunshu’s heart felt as though it was being tightly gripped by something, extremely uncomfortable and also extremely unwilling, yet she could only suppress it, trying her best to make her voice even, "I’m not tired, I want to stay here to accompany Madam."
Shi Che’s black pupils glanced at her. She bent her lips, forcing out a trace of a smile, "Just let me stay here, it’s been a long time since I last accompanied Madam."