Chapter 1636: I Want to Fall in Love With You

Feisu Chinese.

The two had not seen each other for many days, yet her attitude was cold.

Zirui was exceptionally intelligent; he immediately thought that someone must have said something to Qi Shishi.

And the only person who could make Shishi change her attitude was his own mother.

After all, she had already done such a thing once before.

"My mother came to see you, didn't she?" His expression turned cold.

Qi Shishi said, "Auntie did come to see me, but she didn't make things difficult for me. Besides, everything she said was right; we shouldn't see each other anymore in the future."

It was just as he had thought.

He grabbed Qi Shishi by the arm and suddenly confessed, "Shishi, I like you."

"Not the ordinary kind of liking, nor a simple attraction, but a conviction that you are my partner for life."

"I have never been in love, but I know what kind of woman I want. Shishi, you like me too, I know. As long as you are willing, we can overcome all the hardships and obstacles together..."

Before today, Zirui never knew he could say such mushy words.

Before today, Zirui had always felt that Zihan was love-struck and lacked grand ambitions.

But now he finally knew that when love reaches a certain level, it can make a person give up everything!

It was not that Qi Shishi was unmoved.

For a moment, she also wanted to ignore everything and just listen to him.

But she couldn't.

What she carried on her shoulders was more than just her own romantic feelings.

She shook off his hand and took a step back: "Zirui, don't be like this. I will treat what you just said as if you never said it, and don't say it again in the future."

"Why?"

Zirui stared at her with an ardent gaze, straight and unblinking, as if he wanted to see into her heart: "You like me too, don't you? Don't tell me you don't, don't lie to me. You know that with our intelligence, whoever lies will be exposed."

"That's right, I do like you, but so what?"

Qi Shishi hardened her heart and said to Zirui, "Do you know what I came to Jiangzhou for? It is to gild my resume. I am going to enter politics in the future. I refused your family's financial support because I have a stronger pillar and a more important mission, which is for the prosperity and strength of the country."

"The burden on my shoulders is very heavy. I have to take responsibility for the thousands upon thousands of families in L Country and make their lives as prosperous and peaceful as the people of Jiangzhou. I cannot be that selfish and give up everything for romantic love. I cannot, I cannot."

Zirui:...

That's right, he had thought of that.

He had thought that Qi Shishi's trip to Jiangzhou this time was not simple, but he hadn't expected her to shoulder such a heavy responsibility!

But he still couldn't understand why what she wanted to do would conflict with the relationship between the two of them.

"You doing what you want to do doesn't affect us being in love. I could perhaps become your Assistant..."

He was just saying it casually; he didn't really want to do that.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have used the word "perhaps."

Qi Shishi said calmly, "Zirui, we are no longer children, so let's not say childish things anymore, okay?"

"Your future is to be the Heir of the Sheng Family, and my future faces many uncertainties. We don't have 'perhaps,' only 'impossible'!"

Zirui was suddenly agitated: "How do you know it's impossible?"

"You don't go into politics, and I don't inherit our family's business. Wouldn't it be fine if we both just lived as ordinary people?"

He had been very rational since he was a child, calculating the gains and losses of everything before doing it, but now he didn't want to live like an old man; he wanted to live as he pleased for once!

Qi Shishi smiled, a smile that was sorrowfully beautiful: "Why be so childish?"

"You know I have responsibilities, and you have responsibilities too. If we don't stay together, we will both be fine."

"If we force ourselves to be together, we can only be happy for a short time, and afterwards we will both regret it. You know, we definitely will."

"Let's... just leave it at this. I wish you happiness."

There was a smile on her face, but her heart was bleeding.

After Qi Shishi finished speaking, she turned and left gracefully, her back resolute.

Zirui did not chase after her; he admitted that she was right!

Shi Youxuan called Zirui and asked him to come home, saying there was something important to discuss.

Zirui said, "You want me to go on a blind date, and the person is Bai Manman, right?"

Shi Youxuan:...

"You already knew?"

Bai Manman was Zirui's junior high school classmate. She had circled around Zirui when they were in school and was his little fan.

Her father also did business in Jiangzhou. Although the two families hadn't been very close for so many years, they still kept in touch and could be considered to know each other well. Most importantly, Bai Manman had always liked Sheng Zirui.

Bai Manman's family had entrusted someone to contact the Sheng Family and brought up the matter of the two children.

"Yes."

Zirui said, "Bai Manman has already made this matter known to the whole world, so naturally I knew too."

Before anything was even settled, she had already posted about it on WeChat Moments, Weibo... and all kinds of media.

Zirui found her noisy and hadn't added her contact information.

But his former classmates all came to ask him one by one, so it was hard not to know.

Shi Youxuan said, "Since you already know, are you coming back or not? Give me a definite answer so I can reply to their family."

Actually, she didn't hold much hope, as according to normal logic, her son wouldn't agree.

But Zirui agreed: "I can."

"What did you say?"

"I said I can!" He repeated it again.

"Whoever you and Dad want me to date, I will date, and whoever you want me to marry, I will marry."

Shi Youxuan:...

She and her husband truly felt that they should let Zirui start dating quickly, or have another girl by his side.

Otherwise, with him and Qi Shishi being a man and a woman alone together, even if they promised to behave, there was no guarantee that something wouldn't happen!

They had both been young once, and they knew what young people thought about.

Feelings are the most difficult thing in this world to fathom; once you grasp them, you cannot let them go.

Even the most rational and wise people easily lose themselves in emotions; they had lost themselves before, so they understood.

She thought Zirui would object if he knew, but she hadn't expected him to agree; agreeing too readily was not quite normal.

Zirui said to his mother: "You don't need to go to such lengths to do these things; I can marry her, but the matchmaking is unnecessary."

"But I have one condition; if you agree to it, you can go to the Bai family to propose."

"What condition?"

I want to spend one week with Shi Shi.

For this one week, do not disturb us; after one week, we guarantee we will be like strangers again, is that okay?

Zirui always kept his word, and this child could not be pushed too hard.

Shi Youxuan thought for a moment and agreed: "Fine."

Zirui sent a message to Qi Shishi, typing out his thoughts, telling her: Before I met you, I never thought I would fall in love with anyone; after falling in love with you, I never thought I would fall in love with anyone else, but we are destined to have no fate in this life, yet I still want to date once, to date you once...