bacchusnovels Chapter 309 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Chapter 309 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Li Ze sat in that very comfortable chair.
He placed his hands on his knees, crossed, and slowly twirled the string of beads in his hands.
He looked at Bai Qianyue across from him, his expression becoming very relaxed, even with a hint of a teasing smile.
He began to speak:
"Bai Qianyue, it seems your identity is truly mysterious."
"When I was in school, I never imagined that you could come from such a top-tier family."
"No wonder you spent money so lavishly back then, always wearing the most expensive clothes and using the most expensive things."
"So she's a rich heiress hiding among ordinary students."
Li Ze's tone carried a very relaxed sense of humor.
After confirming that Bai Qianyue did not have a system, he had completely let go of the biggest burden in his heart.
For him, anything that happens in the ordinary human world is acceptable.
No matter if you are a top-tier family or a multi-billion dollar tycoon.
In the eyes of the world's richest man, these are all problems that can be solved with money and power.
Bai Qianyue heard Li Ze's relaxed tone.
The desolate expression on her face changed slightly.
She looked at Li Ze and gave a bitter smile:
"Yes, life is unpredictable."
"I tried desperately to hide my identity and wanted to have a simple relationship like an ordinary girl."
"And the result?"
Bai Qianyue shook her head, her voice filled with a deep sense of helplessness and resentment:
Even though I was born into such a powerful family, even though I have so much money and power.
"What's the use then?"
"In the end, didn't I still fail to win you over?"
"You'd rather choose Zhang Ruoran, who has no background and is dirt poor, than give me a second glance."
Upon hearing Bai Qianyue mention Zhang Ruoran...
The smile on Li Ze's face slowly faded.
He stopped fiddling with the beads.
He looked at Bai Qianyue and shook his head very seriously:
"Qianyue, you're wrong about that."
"Feelings are not something that can be measured by family background or money."
"Moreover, you know very well in your heart."
"When you started liking me, I was already dating Ruoran."
"It was a natural progression for the two of us to be together."
Li Ze paused for a moment, then continued:
"As someone who came later, I made that very clear to you back then."
"We can't be together. There's only Ruoran in my heart."
"I never gave you any unrealistic hopes, nor did I keep you hanging on."
"But why won't you give up?"
"For the past eighteen years, you've exhausted yourself, turning yourself into this. What have you been striving for?"
Li Ze's question was very direct.
He genuinely couldn't understand it.
Logically speaking, a girl like Bai Qianyue, who comes from a prestigious family, should be...
What good things haven't I seen since I was a child? What outstanding men haven't I met?
She could easily marry a well-matched young man from a prestigious family with excellent qualities in all aspects.
To live that comfortable, high-class life of a noblewoman.
Why insist on hanging yourself on one tree, especially one that doesn't even belong to you?
Bai Qianyue sat on the sofa.
After listening to Li Ze's question...
She remained silent for several seconds.
Then, she looked up and met Li Ze's eyes.
A very fervent and complex emotion suddenly welled up in her eyes.
She started to speak.
She spoke a little faster, and her voice was a bit louder than before:
"Why? You're asking me why?"
"Brother Li Ze, don't you really know how outstanding you are?"
Bai Qianyue looked at Li Ze, and in her eyes she seemed to see the young man from eighteen years ago.
"Back then, there were quite a few handsome boys in school."
"But who else possesses that exceptionally composed and responsible demeanor like you?"
"You were clearly an orphan, a poor boy who grew up on the charity of others. But you never felt inferior because of it."
You study hard, you work hard to earn money.
"You treat everyone with such sincerity and gentleness."
Bai Qianyue became more and more excited as she spoke:
"I've seen too many rich kids who just spend their time indulging in debauchery and are good for nothing."
"All I see in them is hypocrisy and selfishness."
"But you're different. You're a man of true integrity and responsibility."
"You perfectly embody my ideal of a perfect man!"
"I just like you! I just want to be with you! What's wrong with that!"
Bai Qianyue practically shouted out her last few words.
Her eyes welled up with tears again.
Li Ze sat opposite her, quietly listening to Bai Qianyue's very affectionate confession.
He looked at Bai Qianyue's excited expression.
His face showed no sign of emotion whatsoever.
Instead, he touched his nose with a helpless expression.
He chuckled and said in a very relaxed and humorous tone:
"Oh dear, Asatsuki."
"What you said makes me, the person involved, feel a little embarrassed."
"How come I never realized before that I was actually so outstanding?"
"What do you mean by being calm and responsible, what do you mean by a perfect man?"
"Back then, I worried about my living expenses for the next month every day, and I worked two extra jobs so that I could eat meat one more time."
"I'm exhausted like a dog every day, how can I possibly have any class?"
Li Ze waved his hand:
"I think you've definitely imagined me to be too perfect."
"You're putting too many filters on yourself in your mind."
Bai Qianyue looked at Li Ze's completely indifferent attitude.
She said somewhat anxiously:
"No! It's not a filter!"
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?"
"In my eyes, you are the best person. It doesn't matter if you have money or how hard your life is.
"I don't care about anything as long as I can be with you!"
Li Ze looked at Bai Qianyue's eyes, which were red with excitement.
He knew that this woman was truly trapped in her own obsession and couldn't get out.
The person she fell in love with might not have been the real Li Ze at all.
Rather, it was the perfect image she had imagined in her mind.
Li Ze's smile vanished.
His expression became very serious.
He looked at Bai Qianyue, his tone becoming very serious, even carrying the air of an elder lecturing a younger person:
"Qianyue, stop lying to yourself."
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," that saying is true.
"However, that's based on the premise that the two people like each other."
"I have never had those feelings for you."
Li Ze paused for a moment, then emphasized his words:
"And look at what you're doing now."
"To achieve your own goals, you sent people to threaten my son's girlfriend."
"You even had someone secretly follow my daughter."
"Do you think what you've done is something a normal person, someone who claims to love me, should do?"
Li Ze's eyes became extremely sharp:
"That's not love. That's selfishness. That's ruthlessness."
"You just want to prove that whatever you, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, want, you will definitely get."
Bai Qianyue heard Li Ze so directly expose her thoughts.
Her face turned extremely pale.
She opened her mouth, as if trying to explain herself.
But Li Ze didn't give her a chance to speak.
Li Ze stood up abruptly.
He looked down at Bai Qianyue, who was sitting on the sofa.
His voice was very cold and resolute:
"Bai Qianyue. Eighteen years have passed."
"And then I went through all this messy stuff again."
"I think it's time for you to let go of all this."
"You've wasted eighteen years of your youth on someone who is impossible."
"Do you really want to ruin the rest of your life too?"
Li Ze looked at her and finally said:
"Let it go. Go live your own life. Stop bothering me and my family."
Bai Qianyue sat there.
She looked up at Li Ze's resolute face.
She finally couldn't hold back her tears and they streamed down her face.
However, there was not a trace of giving up in her eyes.
She looked at Li Ze, her voice hoarse from crying.
She said slowly:
"lay down?"
"Brother Li Ze, you make it sound so easy."
"Eighteen years of affection, eighteen years of obsession."
"How can you expect me to let go? Letting go isn't that easy."
Bai Qianyue wiped away the tears on her face.
She suddenly laughed.
That smile looked incredibly desolate, yet incredibly stubborn.
"You have no idea how I've survived these past eighteen years."
"I think about you every day, and I long for your return every day."
"Now you're finally back."
"You made me watch helplessly as you got back together with that Zhang Ruoran, and as your family lived happily ever after."
"And I, am left to watch alone in the darkness?"
Bai Qianyue's voice grew louder and louder:
"I can't do it! I absolutely can't do it!"