Chapter 211: He Lied to Her

"Then what if, one day, you find out he isn’t the person from your childhood betrothal? What will you do?"

Su Zhaozhao froze for a moment and looked at Xu Jiaming.

A strange feeling rose in her heart.

She didn’t know why, but she felt something was very wrong. This unease stemmed from somewhere in her subconscious, as if there was something she had overlooked.

"Why would you say that?" Su Zhaozhao asked him in return.

"You answer me first. If he isn’t the one you were betrothed to as a child, will you divorce him?" Xu Jiaming had no intention of answering first.

He had originally planned to expose everything, but seeing the shocked and fearful expression on Su Zhaozhao’s face, he suddenly found that some words were impossible to say.

’Does she actually know, but just doesn’t want to face it?’

’Or does she not know, but even if she found out the truth, she wouldn’t give up on Xie Huaizheng?’

Seeing how good her relationship with Xie Huaizheng was, Xu Jiaming pressed his thin lips together. He didn’t know if he should tell her the truth.

"That can’t be, right?" Su Zhaozhao’s eyelashes trembled as she carefully tried to recall everything.

’I don’t quite remember the male lead’s name, but I feel like Xie Huaizheng has to be the one...’

’But his personality is indeed a bit different from the male lead described in the novel. Plus, he has such an imposing aura, not at all like someone whose family had fallen on hard times.’

’What if I really got the wrong person?’

Su Zhaozhao’s heart suddenly began to pound wildly.

’But I’m already married to Xie Huaizheng, and I like him a lot. The man is handsome, has a great body—he’s perfect in every way.’

’I’d just have to accept it, then.’

"No matter what, I’m already married to him, and I like him. How could I possibly divorce him?"

Hearing Su Zhaozhao’s words, Xu Jiaming felt a sharp pang in his heart, as if someone was squeezing it tightly, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

His hand at his side involuntarily clenched into a fist. He had to try very hard to calm himself down.

But even so, Xu Jiaming felt like he was dying.

It had been a long, long time since he’d last felt this way—wanting something he couldn’t have.

’How could he not get it?’

’He was good-looking, rich, and had a good personality.’

Plenty of girls had liked him ever since he was a child.

He had always been able to get whatever he wanted, one way or another.

But when it came to Su Zhaozhao, he felt a little helpless.

Xu Jiaming couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.

Seeing Xu Jiaming’s devastated expression, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but ask, "Are you trying to say I found the wrong person?"

Su Zhaozhao wasn’t too sure herself. After all, besides her, only Su Dashan and Zhang Fengxia knew about this matter.

It was Zhang Fengxia who had helped her annul the betrothal back then.

But those two were in jail now, so she had no way of seeing them.

’What about other people?’

’The original owner’s other relatives?’

’Forget it. I don’t want to deal with those people. Each one is weirder than the last.’

Xu Jiaming wanted to tell Su Zhaozhao, but looking at her worried expression, his heart suddenly softened.

’I can’t tell her.’

’Telling her would only add to her worries.’

’She already has no intention of divorcing Xie Huaizheng, so what’s the point in me telling her?’

If Xu Jiaxin knew what Xu Jiaming was thinking right now, she would have immediately assumed he had been possessed.

For someone like him, who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, to actually be considerate of others was truly a miracle.

But at this moment, that was exactly what Xu Jiaming was thinking.

He couldn’t resist reaching out, wanting to stroke Su Zhaozhao’s hair.

But Su Zhaozhao reacted quickly and dodged.

Xu Jiaming’s hand froze in mid-air, and he couldn’t help but smile helplessly. "Su Zhaozhao, do you hate me that much? I just wanted to touch your hair."

’I haven’t even tried to kiss or hug her yet, so why is she in such a hurry to get away?’

Su Zhaozhao was in no mood for Xu Jiaming’s games. She stared at him intently. "Tell me. Is Xie Huaizheng not the person I was looking for?"

’If he really isn’t... if he really isn’t, what should I do?’

’The whole reason I sought him out in the first place was because I thought he was the novel’s male lead. By being with him, I thought I might be able to escape the fate of the villainous supporting female character.’

’If he isn’t, will my end be a tragic one?’

Su Zhaozhao didn’t know.

She stared at Xu Jiaming, but he was a hard person to read. He was exceptionally good at hiding his true feelings.

As long as he wanted to pretend, no one could see through the emotions in those gentle eyes.

"I was just thinking, if he’s not your fiancé from that childhood betrothal, would I have a chance?" Xu Jiaming smiled. "Zhaozhao, why don’t you divorce him? What’s the point of that kind of childhood betrothal? Nobody cares about that old-fashioned stuff anymore."

Hearing this, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but glare at Xu Jiaming.

’So, Xu Jiaming was just trying to scare me?’

"Can you stop joking around? This kind of thing isn’t funny." Su Zhaozhao gave Xu Jiaming a push and started to walk away.

Xu Jiaming, having been pushed, stood in place and clutched his chest.

’That’s where Su Zhaozhao just pushed me...’

’It wasn’t gentle, and it even hurt a little, but...’ He couldn’t help but smile.

’It’s really hard to get close to her.’

Although Su Zhaozhao left, Xu Jiaming’s words still echoed in her mind.

’Xu Jiaming wouldn’t ask something like that just because he has nothing better to do, right?’

’But then again, maybe he would. His mind never seems to work like a normal person’s.’

Besides, when she told Xie Huaizheng she was his fiancée, he didn’t object at all.

’If I weren’t his fiancée, given his personality, he would have kicked me to the curb long ago.’

’Unless Xie Huaizheng, like her, had also mistaken her for someone else.’

’But could such a coincidence really happen in this world?’

’Just as she was going to the Northwest Military Region to find her fiancé, Xie Huaizheng also happened to have a fiancée, who was also from Jiang City?’

’Plus, Xie Huaizheng is so handsome. According to the laws of novel reading, a man that handsome has to be the male lead!’

’I should just stop overthinking. Xu Jiaming is just up to no good, trying to ruin my relationship.’

But the more she tried to convince herself of this, the more she thought about it.

That night, as Su Zhaozhao slept, she had a dream.

She dreamed of Xie Huaizheng, but he was covered in blood, lying motionless on the ground.

She was terrified and desperately poured spiritual spring water on him, but his wounds didn’t heal at all.

Su Zhaozhao was on the verge of crying from anxiety. The man who had promised her he would return safely had now fallen.

Su Zhaozhao’s eyes flew open. Tears fell, the warm liquid tracing a path down her cheeks.

Her heart was also pounding wildly.

’Thank goodness it was just a dream. I hope Xie Huaizheng is safe.’

But she really missed him, and she didn’t know when he would be coming over here.

The days passed one by one, and Xie Huaizheng’s mission was also slowly progressing.

They had come to Jiang City this time to carry out a secret mission.

They had received a tip that in the mountain forests on the outskirts of Jiang City, criminals were conducting an illegal transaction. There were many of them, and they were armed with firearms. Xie Huaizheng’s team had to eliminate them secretly, without causing public panic.