268 Shanghai Fest Arc (22) : You should feel ashamed
“What?” Jun couldn’t believe what Shui just confessed. “Jin said he hates you? That’s impossible.”
Shui let out a wry and helpless chuckle. “It’s true.”
He shook his head in dismissal.
I know how the past life went, Shui. I cannot tell you, but you and Jin were going to get married. You two were so happy.
“It cannot be like that.”
She bit her lip hard, and tiredness and hopelessness set inside her once again. “Jin and I met before coming to Shanghai. I asked Jin if he could meet me and…”
She cried and told the most painful day of her life. “I am not lying, Jun. He hates me the most. I saw his eyes. They were so cruel and cold as if e-even my sight disgusted him. He told me never to contact him again. Yesterday too, I met Jin. Did you meet him yet? He is also here at the fest. I wanted to talk to him, but he shook me off,” she broke down, her heart twisting in pain, “He pushed me away. He asked if I stalked him all the way from Beijing to Shanghai…What more proof do you need Jun?”
Jun only listened to her, feeling incredulous.
What the hell…
He knew Shui wouldn’t lie about this, and he could see how much this was hurting her. But what he couldn’t understand was the reason behind Jin’s behavior.
But he also loved Shui in the past. They were going to get married! Then how is it that he hates her now?
Shui’s tears refused to stop as he hugged her knees. “I don’t know…w-why he is acting like that. We didn’t fight either. We had no clashes recently. So why…” her eyes reddened, and her voice turned into a hoarse, “Jun. It’s fine if he doesn’t like me back…I-I won’t force him to return my feelings. But why does he hate me so much…? I kept asking what I did wrong, but he always…gives me a cold look and walks away.”
Jun felt restless.
What the hell is happening? Jin isn’t supposed to act like this. I thought they would get together once I left their world.
Then why is the opposite happening?
He glanced at Shui and then understood why she looked so low when he saw her outside the elevator. It pricked him to see her defeated like this.
Jun pursed his lips and slowly raised his hand. He hesitated for a second but then went ahead and placed his palm on her head. He lightly patted her and said, “Shui. I also don’t get why he is acting this way. I will talk to Jin about this.”
Feeling Jun’s pats on her, Shui remembered the days when they were little. Whenever she cried, Jun would always console her with his pats, and she always felt better.
“No, Jun. Don’t talk to him. He is against you too. I don’t want you two to fight…” she laughed sadly, “He will think that I sent you to sort things out, and he will hate me even more.”
His gaze hardened. “Bullshit. I want to talk to him, and that’s my choice. I won’t let him misunderstand anything about you-“
Suddenly, the elevator shook hard with a sharp jolt, and it started to slide down.
“J-Jun, is it going to crash!?”
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Ai and the others rushed towards the elevator and heard some violent sounds coming from above. The crowd around them took three steps back, terrified.
“Is there going to be an accident?”
“I heard the elevator was stuck for quite some time.”
While waiting for Jun, Nian came to know that Jun had headed towards the elevator and a man from the crowd had seen him step inside it too. But the elevator never reached the top floors. When they learned that the elevator was stuck between two floors, he and Yunru immediately called for the staff.
Ai was extremely anxious the whole time as they waited for the elevator to get fixed. Xing Bi and Huan were constantly assuring her about Jun’s safety.
“Jun…” she felt nauseous, thinking about Jun in danger.
Nian patted her head. “He will be fine. As if a puny elevator can get him.”
The elevator came to a sudden halt at the floor, and the doors opened.
“Jun!” Relief washed over her.
But they stopped abruptly in their steps as they witnessed the scene in front of them.
Jun was lying on top of Shui as she was pinned beneath him. The people slowly came forward and peaked what was going on. They gasped.
“What are they doing?”
“Don’t tell me that they were trying to…*ahem*”
“In the elevator? That’s shameless.”
“But isn’t he Liu Jun who is dating MissImperfectlyFine? I saw their picture once!”
“Oh yeah!” That caused even more whispers and gasps.
“If he has a girlfriend, then why is he acting so intimately with another woman?”
“It’s not just some other woman, it’s Han Shui!”
“What? From the Han family?”
Amidst all the incessant talking, Jun slowly stood up and helped Shui on her feet too. “Are you alright?”
It happened too fast and suddenly, but she nodded in a daze. “Yeah. What about you?”
“I am fine.”
They stepped out and instantly felt everybody’s sharp and suspicious gazes at them.
Shui looked left and right and didn’t understand why everyone was looking at them with disdain.
Jun didn’t even notice them and headed straight towards Ai. “Ai. I am really sorry. Were you worried about me?”
One woman from the crowd poked him with her words. “You should feel ashamed. You are worried about your girlfriend when you were busy getting cozy with your ex-girlfriend in the lift?”
p<ᴀɴᴅ>ᴀ-ɴ0ᴠᴇʟ、ᴄᴏᴍ That brought forth even more shocked gasps.
“Ex-girlfriend?”
“Yes. Hmph. My daughter goes to the same college as Han Shui, and she told me how her and Liu Jun’s relationship was always the talk of the college. She heard that they broke up, but what does it mean now that they were in such a position in the lift?”