Chapter 82: I'm tired let's call off the engagement

“That Ye Shiqing, is too ostentatious.” Xu Tingting pouted her lips, not out of disdain, but from a lack of understanding.

Nan Jiaojiao was calm, “She has the talents to be ostentatious.”

Xu Tingting smiled, “Anyway, I don’t like her much, you should also stay away from her.”

Nan Jiaojiao didn’t respond.

She herself wanted to keep her distance, but bound by blood, her connections with the Ye Family were few.

Regarding her, this long-lost daughter, no one was fond; she wasn’t one to please others anyway.

If the relationship was hard to maintain, then it was better to let it go.

“The driver is waving at me, I’m going to the hospital to find my brother.

How are you getting back, Jiaojiao?”

Nan Jiaojiao pointed in a certain direction with her chin, “I’m going to eat, then walk back after.”

“Okay, see you tomorrow then.”

Xu Tingting waved at her and ran towards the car.

Nan Jiaojiao turned towards the food alley next to the school, strolled along it, and finally entered a breakfast porridge shop that was somewhat leisurely and not too crowded.

She had just ordered and sat down.

She received a call from Shen Shichu.

“Jiaojiao,” he called out softly, his tone was low, and then he was silent for a long time.

Nan Jiaojiao quietly hummed in response.

“The bridal shop called me, but I can’t make it today.

Why don’t you go try on the wedding dress and have the staff take a picture for me?”

Nan Jiaojiao coldly curled her lip, “I have classes today, I’m a bit tired and want to go home to rest.”

Shen Shichu paused, “Then next time.

I’ll make some time, and we can go together.”

“Hmm.”

Nan Jiaojiao responded half-heartedly.

The two of them then fell silent.

Her disposition was quiet and gentle; it was always Shen Shichu who initiated conversations and often coaxed her.

This time, even feigning interest seemed strenuous.

“I’ve been a bit busy lately and haven’t come to see you.

Jiaojiao, the design…

is it finished yet?”

Nan Jiaojiao suppressed the sarcasm at the corners of her mouth, “Not yet.”

Shen Shichu let out a suppressed sigh, “I really need it.

Can you hurry it up a bit?”

“Is the design more important than our trying on wedding dresses?” Nan Jiaojiao asked.

“How can you compare the two?”

Nan Jiaojiao sipped her tea and said softly, “If there’s no design, you don’t plan to engage with me?”

“Jiaojiao!” Shen Shichu raised his voice, angry.

Nan Jiaojiao remained unmoved, “Then let’s call it off.”

“What?” He didn’t hear her clearly.

“I said, let’s cancel the engagement.”

Her calm tone took Shen Shichu by surprise.

Anxiously, he said, “What happened?

Is it because I’ve been neglecting you?

Something came up at the company recently, and I…

”

“I’m fed up.”

The claypot rice was served.

Nan Jiaojiao took a spoon and smashed the soft-boiled egg into the rice.

She said, “Think about it carefully.

If you agree to cancel the engagement, I can give you the design.”

Shen Shichu choked back the words he had intended to coax her with.

The allure of the design was too great for him.

But it also meant losing Nan Jiaojiao forever.

To trade one design for freedom in the future, she was thinking wishfully!

“Jiaojiao, I’m not with you solely because of your talent in architecture.

I genuinely like you.

I don’t know what you’re up to, but I hope you reconsider after calming down.

I’ll be busy the next few days, so I won’t come to see you.”

Shen Shichu even intensified his tone, his innate desire to control surfacing.

However, he didn’t realize that Nan Jiaojiao had never been manipulated by him; she was simply too lazy to deal with it.

She blocked all his paths with a single sentence, “Then please find someone else.

I can’t do the design.”

“Nan Jiaojiao!” Shen Shichu couldn’t even bother to disguise his urgency and anger, trying to shout her down.