Chapter 300
“Cards?”
Xie Mi leaned over the coffee table, finally noticing the two cards placed in front of them.
Xiao Jingxi also came back to his senses, his gaze falling onto the card.
A glimmer of hope reignited in his eyes.
He still couldn’t believe that Xie Mi would completely let go of him.
Someone who had once liked him so much—how could she just drop it like that?
“I’ll look!”
He bit his teeth and flipped over the card in front of him.
In the dim light, the words on the card reflected clearly in his pupils, making them tremble slightly.
At the same time, Xie Mi’s calm voice sounded:
“I won’t look.”
Xiao Jingxi gripped his card tightly, almost demanding as he turned to her, “Why won’t you look?”
“Because I’m not interested.”
Xie Mi said, “Who you like now, who you’ll like in the future—I don’t care.”
Xiao Jingxi’s face drained of blood.
[So satisfying!]
[Breasts cleared!]
[Xie Mi is way too clear-headed—it’s hard to imagine she used to be such a love-brain]
[Eh, who doesn’t have a bit of dark history]
Xiao Jingxi wanted to argue further, to struggle one last time, but there was a knock on the door.
He frowned, wanting to stop it, but Xie Mi spoke first:
“Come in!”
The door opened, light spilling in. A tall man stood at the entrance.
“Sorry to intrude—time’s up, isn’t it?”
Xiao Jingxi’s face darkened, “The director hasn’t notified us yet, Mr. Shen. Aren’t you being a bit impatient?”
“Half an hour should already be up.” Xie Mi glanced at the walkie-talkie in the corner, “Director Niu?”
The device crackled for a while before Director Niu’s slightly guilty voice came through.
“Uh, still a few minutes left…”
“Is that so.”
Shen Moqing raised his brows slightly, casually lifting his wrist to check his watch, “Then is it that my watch runs fast, or yours runs slow, Director?”
The live audience exploded instantly.
[Director Niu, you dare lie about the time? It’s clearly already been half an hour!]
[I was so engrossed I almost forgot too—time’s up!]
[What do you mean, Niu-bi?]
[NIU-BI!!!]
Director Niu wiped cold sweat.
“Ah, right, right, time’s up. My watch must’ve been running slow. Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Shen.”
In truth, he just thought the drama was too good, so he delayed calling time to boost ratings.
Who would’ve thought Shen Moqing would stand outside with a watch, waiting to the second!!
“Then let’s go.”
The fruit on the coffee table was nearly gone. Xie Mi clapped her hands and stood.
Xiao Jingxi, unwilling, tried to grab her dress hem—but another slender hand swatted his away.
“After all this time, Film Emperor Xiao still doesn’t know how to respect people?”
Shen Moqing’s lips curved faintly, but his voice was ice-cold, “That’s the reason you can’t be forgiven… one of them.”
Xiao Jingxi’s face changed instantly.
But Shen Moqing ignored his shit-eating expression. Instead, he naturally lifted Xie Mi’s heavy skirt so she could walk more easily.
“Teacher Xie, do you want slippers?”
“Slippers?! Where’d you get slippers?”
“Just picked them up from the guest rooms.”
“Perfect timing—these 18 cm heels nearly sent me to heaven.”
“Since it’s hard for you to bend down, I’ll help you change.”
Xiao Jingxi could only watch as Shen Moqing personally helped Xie Mi remove her heels. He saw her sigh with relief, then saw Shen Moqing hold up her skirt with one hand as the two of them walked off, one tall and one short, shoulder to shoulder.
The radiant smile on her face—he hadn’t seen that in so long.
Or rather… perhaps he had never seen it at all.
Even when they were dating, the smiles Xie Mi gave him were always cautious, flattering. And he basked in that sense of superiority, never finding it odd.
[You get it now, bro?]
[The moment Old Shen showed up, the contrast was clear]
[Old Shen always notices what Xie Mi needs—he’ll hold her skirt, he’ll bring her slippers. But you, Xiao Jingxi? All you do is try to prove your so-called sincerity, never noticing that just earlier she was tottering along like an old lady, struggling with that heavy dress]
[Sis upstairs, you could’ve left out the last part lmao]
Watching their retreating figures, Xiao Jingxi unconsciously clenched his fists, only to helplessly loosen them again.
“How did you even figure out the ‘person who makes your heart race’?” he asked.
The card still lay on the table, crumpled from his earlier grip.
Director Niu’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.
“Remember those heart-rate wristbands you put on at lunch?”
“They record every fluctuation in your heartbeat.”
“The experts observed your lunchtime interactions and, based on the changes, identified your heart-throbbing person.”
“The accuracy rate is over ninety percent.”
Xiao Jingxi clenched his molars, still unwilling to accept it. He stubbornly asked, “Then did Xie Mi’s heartbeat show no reaction to me at all?”
“……”
There was silence on the other side, the sound of papers flipping, like someone was checking the data.
Soon Director Niu’s voice returned.
“According to the lunchtime records: you served Teacher Xie food three times, gazed at her deeply four times, and tried to start conversations with her nine times.”
“In return, Teacher Xie threw your food back into your bowl three times, rolled her eyes four times, snapped back five times, gave backhanded insults six times, and flipped you off eight times…”
“During all of these interactions, Teacher Xie’s heart rate stayed very steady. In fact, it occasionally decreased.”
“Expert analysis shows… Teacher Xie’s feelings toward you are now… even less turbulent than toward Qiu Chengye.”
Xiao Jingxi’s face turned ashen. He staggered back two steps.
Xie Mi’s feelings for him… even less than for Qiu Chengye?
That Qiu Chengye who had barely any connection with her?
[Straight for the kill]
[I KNEW IT—the father-son CP is eternal!]
[Brother Qiu must be moved to tears]
[LMAO “less than Kitty Bro”? What even. At least Kitty Bro is the legitimate eldest son, higher ranked than Fake-Strong bro, makes sense]
[Works for me—my Kitty Bro is standing tall now too]
[Realize your place yet, Xiao Jingxi]
At this point, Xiao Jingxi could no longer deny the brutal truth.
Perhaps…
Xie Mi really no longer liked him.
