Beijing-Hong Kong Rosemary

Chapter 220 Yu Wanqiu × Zhou Chongli (4)

Yu Wanqiu had never seen him like this before. Her eyelashes trembled. "What...do you mean?"

Zhou Chongli walked closer to her, his toes touching her flat shoes, and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "Come back to me, or I don't know what I might do."

The warm breath fell on her skin, yet Yu Wanqiu felt a chill, and her fingertips curled up unconsciously. "Why?"

Why won't he let her go?

Countless women like him, why cling to her?

"Tell me why, I've been looking for you for five years." Zhou Chongli held her waist, saying each word clearly, "You are mine, and can only be mine, Yu Wanqiu."

His tone was extremely obsessive.

He was completely different from the Zhou Chongli she used to know.

Yu Wanqiu pushed him away and backed away, her nails digging into her palms, and asked self-deprecatingly, "So if you haven't had enough fun, I have to be your lover forever, right?"

Zhou Chongli corrected her choice of words, "Not lover, girlfriend, fiancée, wife, any of those are fine."

Five years ago, Yu Wanqiu would have been so happy to hear these words that she couldn't sleep, but now, she just wanted to get away from them.

"I don't love you, I won't be with you."

Zhou Chongli's eyes darkened as he stared into hers and demanded, "You've fallen in love with him?"

Yu Wanqiu: "He is my fiancé, of course I love him."

Zhou Chongli tried to see a hint of hesitation in her eyes, but to his dismay, he did not.

Those eyes used to look at him with such tenderness, always filled with love for him. When did they change?

Over the course of five years, she fell in love with someone else.

He didn't accept it.

He never fails to get what he wants.

"I'll give you time to talk to him clearly and break things off cleanly. I won't hold your past against him."

Yu Wanqiu couldn't understand why he insisted on forcing himself. Was it his possessiveness? Or did he just not want to see her find happiness again?

No matter what Zhou Chongli said, she kept repeating, "I will not break up with him."

"Really?" Zhou Chongli took out a lighter from his pocket and fiddled with it. He was craving a cigarette, but unfortunately, he had left his cigarettes in the car. He continued indifferently, "Shi Yang, right? The department manager of a pharmaceutical company in Shanghai. If I wanted to make him lose his job, no company would dare to hire him. It would be a piece of cake."

Yu Wanqiu's pupils dilated slightly. "Are you threatening me?"

It turns out he had already investigated thoroughly.

At that moment, she realized that she had never really understood Zhou Chongli.

He is far more terrifying than I imagined.

“If you don’t like it, I can try a gentler approach.” Zhou Chongli swished the lighter, speaking slowly and deliberately: “If he’s seen photos and videos of us in bed…”

"Snapped--"

With a crisp sound, it cut through the air.

Yu Wanqiu lost control and slapped him across the face, her eyes reddening. "Zhou Chongli! Don't go too far!"

He was hit so hard that he tilted his head slightly, touched his left cheek with the tip of his tongue, and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

This was the first time in her life she had been slapped. Yu Wanqiu's emotions were in great turmoil, and her chest heaved.

The pain in her palm reminded her that she had actually hit Zhou Chongli.

He deserves it.

How could he become like this?
Zhou Chongli's expression was icy. "Think it over and give me an answer."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Yu Wanqiu pursed her lips tightly, suppressing the sobs rising in her throat.
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After landing in Shanghai, Shi Yang immediately called Yu Wanqiu.

After chatting for a while, he noticed that Yu Wanqiu's voice sounded a bit off, as if she wasn't very happy.

He was perfectly fine when he left. "What's wrong, Qiuqiu? Are you unhappy? What happened?"

Yu Wanqiu suppressed her emotions and said, "It's nothing, I just didn't sleep well and I'm a little sleepy."

Shi Yang didn't think too much about it. "Then you can sleep a little longer. I won't disturb you."

"OK Bye Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Wanqiu leaned back on the sofa and listlessly put down her phone.

What should she do?
Zhou Chongli is a man who will not give up until he achieves his goal. With his methods, Shi Yang is no match for him at all.

Yu Wanqiu hadn't eaten lunch and had no appetite, so she lay on the sofa and drifted off to sleep.

In her dream, she vaguely returned to when she was 24 years old, when she and Zhou Chongli were still together.

That night, afterwards, she leaned against him, sweating profusely, her voice hoarse and soft, "Chongli, do you have a social engagement the night after tomorrow?"

Zhou Chongli touched the cigarette pack and lighter on the bedside table, looking languid. "Nothing, what's wrong?"

Yu Wanqiu clutched the blanket to her chest and said softly, "We haven't gone out to eat together in a long time."

Zhou Chongli lit a cigarette. "Choose a restaurant yourself and send me the location."

Yu Wanqiu's eyes lit up, unable to hide her joy, "Okay."

She looked up and kissed the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Chongli took a drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled. "Want to do it again?"

Yu Wanqiu's cheeks flushed. "No, I'm so tired."

Zhou Chongli raised an eyebrow, "You're tired even lying down?"

Yu Wanqiu's ears burned, and she muttered in a very low voice, "My back... is tired."

Zhou Chongli chuckled incomprehensibly, decided to let her off the hook for the time being, put on his bathrobe, and went to his study to handle his work.

Yu Wanqiu shrank into the blanket, a smile unconsciously creeping onto her lips.

She was happy because it was her birthday the day after tomorrow, and she had no other wish than to have a meal with the person she liked.

From as far back as she can remember, she had never celebrated her birthday at home, nor had she ever eaten a birthday cake. Later, she gradually got used to it and realized that it didn't matter whether she celebrated her birthday or not.

Yu Wanqiu spent a long time choosing a French restaurant near Victoria Harbour and sent the location to Zhou Chongli.

On her birthday, she specially wore a one-shoulder dress in a gentle champagne color, with a ruffled neckline, a ribbon hanging down from her right shoulder, and a cinched waist that perfectly hugged her figure.