Because I Cannot Hurt You

Han Huizhong calmly continued eating. "Ah, I so miss Siying. Without him, we cannot have any intelligent conversations, do we now?"

Han Guang looked at him, stunned. Her cheeks flushed red in embarrassment. He directly insinuated that her intelligence was even lower than Siying's.

"Grandpa I am just saying the truth," she looked at him, feeling wrong.

He chuckled. "The truth that your dear brother hid from you all this time. Some nice brother you got there," he leisurely popped a dumpling in his mouth.

Her face turned in embarrassment again. Indeed, she was furious to know that An Guoting didn't bother sharing such an important thing with his own sister! Of course, she demanded an answer from him, but he just avoided her. He tried to dodge her question, making her angry.

That Meiying did this! She stopped him from saying anything to me so that she could drive Caihong away! That b*tch did this on purpose! She knew I would urge Zhiyuan to marry Caihong as soon as possible, but her eye were set on making Shuang his wife!

Han Mingli coughed and whispered. "Calm down Guang."

"If you don't want to eat, then get the hell out of here, This is not a gossiping spot," Han Huizhong warned.

Han Guang and Han Mingli stiffened and quickly left. They didn't want to incur his wrath.

As silence reigned, he saw Zhiyuan in a daze. "Now what is wrong with you?"

"Nothing."

Han Huizhong shrugged. He didn't care. He raised his brow and asked, "Where is Xinyi?"

Zhiyuan said nothing for a while. He silently clenched the chopsticks.

"She will be back."

"Of course I know that. Why does it feel as if you are consoling yourself?" He snickered.

"...she is out with Qin Fuhua."

"Who?"

Zhiyuan felt a little irritated. "Qin Fuhua. He was her classmate back in college."

Han Huizhong blinked his eyes and then they gleamed in curiosity. "Qin Fuhua. Who is he? What does he do?"

His mouth twitched. He dryly asked, "What do you want to do by knowing all this?"

"Well of course when Xinyi will divorce you, I need to find a suitable man for her, right? This time I will make sure to find the perfect match for her."

Zhiyuan widened his eyes and jerked his head towards him in shock. "Grandpa with all due respect, what is wrong with you? Are you crazy?"

"What is crazy about this? I think I always made my intentions very clear about how I hate you for her."

He gnashed his jaw in anger. He lost his appetite to eat anything which was already meager, to begin with as his dinner plan failed. He banged his fist on the table and stood as he lost all his patience. "Stop talking about my divorce already! I had enough of this. Get one thing clear that I will never divorce Xinyi! So there is no point in finding anyone for MY wife. I am not gonna repeat this. Qin Fuhua was just her classmate, nothing else! So throw that idea from your mind! And don't mention this nonsense to Xinyi. For God's sake, stay away from my marriage!"

Zhiyuan stormed away after saying his piece of mind, leaving Han Huizhong completely dumbstruck. He had never seen Zhiyuan so riled up before. Of course, he always protested about his divorce, but today he seemed different and agitated for some reason. 

Han Huizhong narrowed his eyes. "Something is wrong with him. Something is changing in him. I don't like this at all…"

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It was quite late when Xinyi returned. When she stepped into her room, she saw Zhiyuan was already asleep. She tip-toed inside.

Suddenly the lamp lit and she stopped. "You are awake?"

Zhiyuan nodded. "En."

He peeked at her and asked, "You are a little late. Was anything wrong?"

"Oh no, no," she shook her head. "I-"

Xinyi suddenly felt perplexed about how to tell him about Qin Fuhua. "...I was with Qin Fuhua."

This is so awkward, she thought.

"I see…W-what for?" He cleared his throat, trying not to be too intrusive.

"Um…actually he wanted my help on something," she smiled.

Zhiyuan's brow twitched.

Couldn't he have asked someone else? Why Xinyi? 

"Hm. Wait, did you have dinner?"

"Oh yes."

Zhiyuan grimaced. There went his fleeting hope away. He thought if not in a five-star hotel, he could at least have dinner with her at home. Everybody was asleep anyway so they would have peace and quiet for themselves.

"Qin Fuhua felt bad for keeping me so long so he treated me to dinner."

He silently gritted his teeth. 

You didn't have to be such a gentleman! You ruined my plan twice!

Xinyi noticed him muttering to himself. "Zhiyuan?"

When he didn't respond, Xinyi bent in front of him and tilted her head. She softly placed her hand on his shoulder. "Zhiyuan."

He jolted and looked back at her. Gazing at her so closely, his breath stopped in his throat. All his anguish washed away as he stared into her beautiful eyes. "Hm…"

Zhiyuan leaned closer and touched her cheek. Xinyi couldn't help but blush and her eyelashes automatically lowered. "Xinyi…" he softly whispered in a hushed tone. He inched closer and closer and to her surprise, he pinched her cheek.

He chuckled. "That is your punishment."

She blinked her eyes. "P-punishment for what?" 

He hummed. "Nothing. Secret."

She pursed her lips and he had an urge to laugh, looking at her adorable pouty expression. After all, he felt terrible about the dinner plan, so he couldn't help bully her a little.

"Your cheeks are cold. Take a hot shower or you will catch a cold."

Xinyi hopped onto her feet. "Y-Yes!" She dazedly touched her cheek and ran away to the bathroom.

Zhiyuan shook his head. "So cute."

He sighed and leaned back on the bed. 

"I just lost one chance. That doesn't mean I always will."

Then he narrowed his eyes. "I hope Qin Fuhua doesn't bother her again."