Chapter 2720: Time to Give Up

Spending a whole afternoon at her place should be enough, right? Fine, she was the textbook definition of "eat and don’t recognize the bill"...

Xiao Lang looked at her in surprise. "Didn’t you invite me to stay over tonight?"

"When did I ever invite you!" Li Mingxi exploded on the spot.

To her, this was absolute humiliation.

Even if he was joking, there were some things you just didn’t joke about.

Xiao Lang innocently pulled out a box of Durex. "I thought you bought this to invite me to stay."

Li Mingxi turned to stone on the spot.

She honestly wished she could just go DIE right now!

But this was Li Mingxi—no matter how mortified she was inside, her face stayed perfectly calm.

She snatched the box from his hand, gave a sultry little smile. "Buying this automatically means I’m inviting you, that it’s specially prepared for you? Don’t flatter yourself. Go home, I’m going to bed."

"If it’s not for me, then who did you buy it for?" Xiao Lang’s smile faded from his lips, and his gaze turned sharp enough to scrape skin.

Li Mingxi forced herself to meet his eyes. "None of your business."

Xiao Lang suddenly grabbed the box from her hand, tore it open, then shredded the condoms inside in a few vicious tugs.

"There, now no one’s using them." he said, perfectly calm.

Li Mingxi: "..."

Xiao Lang’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. "Of course, you could also say it’s fine even without these. But I can’t guarantee I won’t tear some man to shreds."

"..."

What was she supposed to say to that, call him violent?

But he was clearly smiling so gently, so harmlessly...

Xiao Lang took her hand, lifted it, and pressed a kiss onto the back of it.

"Since you don’t intend to invite me now, I’ll wait until the day you’re willing. Get some sleep. Goodnight."

He gave her a gentle smile, then stood up and left.

When she heard the door close, Li Mingxi suddenly grabbed her head in both hands.

What was she supposed to do? She’d been cold to him for months, but he didn’t seem the least bit discouraged.

In fact, she felt like his attacks were getting even more aggressive...

He liked her. He’d fallen in love with her, hadn’t he?

This was clearly the outcome she’d wanted, and yet now she didn’t dare want it anymore.

Li Mingxi’s eyes filled with unshed tears.

She thought of a line.

The greatest distance in the world is not life and death, but that you love me, I also love you, and yet I still can’t be with you.

...

The next day, Li Mingxi dragged herself to work, looking completely out of it.

The whole morning, she had no idea what she was even doing.

Around noon, Xiao Lang called to ask her out to lunch, and she coldly turned him down.

The way the two of them had gotten along so peacefully yesterday might as well have never happened.

Li Mingxi instantly reverted to the Ice Queen, and Xiao Lang got knocked right back to his original form.

This outcome was within Xiao Lang’s expectations, so he wasn’t discouraged.

That afternoon, he called again, and she rejected him again.

For the next two days, he called her like clockwork several times a day, and every single time it was to invite her to eat.

Li Mingxi finally snapped. "Stop calling. I don’t want to have to block your number!"

On the other end, Xiao Lang fell silent; she could hear his breathing.

Li Mingxi hung up, even more irritated and on edge.

He should give up now, right? Any man with dignity would give up by now!

Li Mingxi’s face went pale as she let out a bitter little laugh.

As long as he gives up, it’s good.

She, Li Mingxi, doesn’t deserve love. She’s only fit to live out her life alone.

...

After saying something that hurtful to Xiao Lang,

Li Mingxi acted like she’d just gone through a breakup—no energy for anything, no heart for anything.