100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 70.1: What a Small World (1)

“I only fell for you because I wasn’t clear-headed.” Song Shiyu’s eyes remained firmly on the road ahead. “All you wanted to do is control me. Are we even friends?”

“… Stop the car,” Ji Xinxin said with a quivering voice.

Song Shiyu eyed the roadside and replied, “There’s no place to stop here.”

“Song Shiyu, stop the car right now!” Ji Xinxin slammed the glove compartment in front of her, causing the documents inside to scatter all over the ground.

Something sharp nicked Ji Xinxin’s legs, causing her eyes to become teary. “Song Shiyu, have I ever mistreated you? What have I done to deserve such humiliation? Are you regretting having fallen in love with me now? Have you forgotten that I was always the one turning you down? I never asked you to like me!”

“But the kindness and intimacy you showed misled me into believing that you were simply in a tight spot.” Song Shiyu tightly gripped the steering wheel. “You have been leading me on all this while. I was only able to see the truth when you left for Paris…”

“What truth? That you’re now in love with Ji Fanyin?” Ji Xinxin pointed to the road behind her and exclaimed, “Wake up, Song Shiyu! The Ji Fanyin you like is someone who has everyone dancing in the palm of her hands! She’s no longer the meek girl who doesn’t dare stand before you, only able to peek at you from afar! Can’t you tell that they aren’t the same person?!”

Song Shiyu felt hysterical at Ji Xinxin’s sudden outburst. “It’s normal. People change. Also, I ought to tell you that I’ve been meeting up with her, even in the past.”

Ji Xinxin felt a lurch in her heart. “You two… did what?”

“We have been meeting privately all along,” Song Shiyu repeated himself once more as he steered the car toward the right.

“… Why? Were your feelings for me a lie all along?”

“No, my feelings for you were real. I treated her as your shadow back then.” Song Shiyu stopped his car at a temporary parking lot before turning to look at Ji Xinxin’s face. “… But now, I don’t know why, but I think you’re more like her shadow instead.”

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