Chapter 6: Jiang Qin Will Definitely Regret It

“Siqi, why are you crying?”

“Jiang Qin has changed. He definitely wouldn’t have treated me like this before. I told him not to leave but he insisted on leaving just to upset me on purpose!”

Chu Siqi gritted her teeth, tears welling up, her chest heaving. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt.

Since she was little, she had always been the apple of everyone’s eye, spoiled by her parents and doted on by teachers, with everyone around her revolving around her. But just now, she sensed a hint of annoyance in Jiang Qin’s eyes, which made her feel very hurt.

Chu Siqi felt she was a very kind girl. Even though she rejected Jiang Qin, she didn’t shut the door completely and even encouraged him to keep persisting, giving him warmth and hope.

But what about him?

He didn’t show any gratitude at all and even looked at her with a disgusted gaze. Doesn’t he think he’s going too far?

Before, he used to find her to chat every day and would be so happy even if she just replied with an “Oh”. Now even when she takes the initiative to talk to him, he’s still not satisfied!

“Huiru, although I rejected him, for him to say he won’t pursue me anymore as soon as I said no, don’t you think he’s being too much? I clearly gave him hope!”

“Ah, this…”

Wang Huiru didn’t know how to respond.

Reasonably speaking, after Jiang Qin confessed and got rejected, deciding not to pursue her anymore is also a normal human reaction.

But Chu Siqi keeps talking about hope, hope. What does she actually mean by that?

“Could it be that you’ve already fallen for Jiang Qin? You just want to test his resolve, thinking that if he can persist a bit longer, you’ll agree?”

Chu Siqi immediately interrupted her. “How could that be possible? I admit I have some good feelings towards him but it hasn’t reached that point. At the very least, he has to pursue me for much longer!”

Wang Huiru fell silent for a while. “Exactly how long is this ‘longer’?”

“I don’t know, but he definitely has to show me his utmost sincerity until I can’t help but be moved before I’ll consider it.”

“Siqi, it’s fine for you to have him keep persisting, but have you thought about what if you meet someone you like even more in the future?”

“Of course I would choose to be with the person I like more then.”

“Then what about Jiang Qin?”

Chu Siqi thought for a while before replying, “Then it can only be said that we had fate but no destiny. You can’t blame me for that.”

After hearing this, Wang Huiru felt a chill down her spine. “Don’t you think Jiang Qin would be very pitiful if that day really comes? He persisted for so long only to see you together with someone else.”

“What can be done then? I can’t give up the person I like just because he persisted for a long time and choose him instead.”

Wang Huiru’s mind was in a mess. She felt that Chu Siqi’s words sounded reasonable at first but the more she mulled it over, the bigger the problem seemed. Isn’t this purely just leading someone on?

But she and Chu Siqi were best friends. From the standpoint of who was closer, she couldn’t speak well of Jiang Qin and had to firmly stand on her bestie’s side.

“Siqi, don’t worry. I think Jiang Qin must be pretending.”

“Pretending?”

“He just felt a bit lost after you rejected him and thinks he lost face, so he’s faking indifference. But I bet he can’t hold out for a few days before taking the initiative to find you again.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Siqi indeed stopped crying, that prideful attitude surging back. “Even if he really regrets it, I definitely won’t give him another chance!”

Wang Huiru nodded forcefully after hearing this. “That’s right, you mustn’t give him a chance again!”

“Then when will he regret it?”

“Do you really want to see him regret?” Wang Huiru couldn’t help but ask.

Chu Siqi thought for a bit then nodded very seriously. She felt Jiang Qin was too awful, toying with her feelings and pride. Only if he regretted it and came to find her, then got rejected harshly by her, could she let go of this anger.

Wang Huiru sighed inwardly, not knowing how to continue the conversation.

She felt it was best if Jiang Qin didn’t turn back and took the chance to completely withdraw now. Otherwise, who knows what it might end up like.

But she had no idea that Jiang Qin had already seen the ending, personally witnessing his youthful affection being tossed aside like worn shoes, which was why he had no good feelings towards Chu Siqi at all.

Love is just like that, truly beyond reason.

You can love someone for many years, be considerate and attentive to her in every way, yet not even hold her hand once. But one day, someone suddenly appears and with a few sweet words, can obtain all her affection.

You try to reason with love?

Love will only give you a painful slap in response.

At the same time, Jiang Qin returned to the neighborhood, parked his bike, then walked to the community garden and sat on a stone bench to ponder.

His pondering had nothing to do with Chu Siqi because he simply didn’t care about her at all. What he was thinking about now was still the matter of his first pot of gold.

The summer break wasn’t very long but also not short. Reasonably, anything could be done slowly without too much of a rush.

But entrepreneurship was something where sooner is better than later. The issue of the first pot of gold was pressing. He had to seek out all possibilities.

After much thought, he felt he should try asking his parents. It might be easier. So he got up, went upstairs, and found the happily enjoying her weekend Madam Yuan Youqin.

“Mom, how much savings does our family have? Can you lend me some? A few ten thousand is fine, a hundred thousand even better.”

Madam Yuan Youqin felt around under the table and passed him two mahjong tiles, an 80,000 and a 90,000 point tile. “Spend it sparingly.”

The corner of Jiang Qin’s mouth twitched. “Mom, you won’t even give me two 90,000 tiles?”

“Go away, where does our family have savings? And a hundred thousand, selling you wouldn’t even be worth that much.”

At this time, Jiang Zhenghong raised his head to look at Jiang Qin, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself, his breathing also slightly quickening. Seeing this, Jiang Qin’s eyes immediately lit up.

Indeed, no wonder they say old ginger is spicier. Judging from his dad’s expression, he must have some private savings and was hesitating about whether to lend it to him or not.

“Dad, is there something you want to say to me?”

“Forget it, it’s nothing. You go play.”

“It’s fine Dad, don’t pretend. Show your cards, I’m steady.”

“That…Son, can you pour me a cup of tea?”

“????????”

Three minutes later, after pouring the tea, Jiang Qin returned to his room, his entire being back in a state of feeling life was hopeless.

He felt he must have had lard blocking his mind to have held hope for his own dad.

Mr. Jiang Zhenghong was known for being stingy. If his private savings exceeded five yuan he would be so anxious he couldn’t sleep. How could he possibly lend him tens of thousands.

However, if big business couldn’t be done, small business still had to be. After all, small money was still money. Many small amounts could accumulate into a lot. And entrepreneurship was most difficult at the starting phase to begin with. Relying on others was indeed a bit unrealistic.

Borrow money?

Everyone around him now were all high schoolers. Having five yuan in their pockets would be incredible. He really couldn’t borrow much from them.

Loans?

It was something to consider but the procedures were too complicated. Plus in his previous life, he had been crushed to the point of suffocation by housing loans, so he had an instinctive aversion to loans.

Jiang Qin took off his clothes and got in bed, planning to sleep well first. Tomorrow he would go look for business opportunities elsewhere. At the very least, he had to double the seven hundred in his hands.

Entrepreneurship after rebirth, easier said than done. It really wasn’t as simple as imagined.