Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin
Chapter 269 Want You to Feel Sorry for Me_1

Chapter 269: Chapter 269 Want You to Feel Sorry for Me_1

"I want to hold your hand." He said solemnly.

"But I really hate it when you touch me." If it wasn’t for the fact that he had just cut his hand while washing dishes, she really wanted to slap him twice.

But thinking about his injury, she forcefully held back.

Qi Cheng said, "Holding your hand makes the pain seem less."

Ji Yunhuan rolled her eyes at him, "But you hurt the other hand."

"Then I’ll switch hands." He indeed switched hands and held her tightly.

"I need to wash the dishes." She wasn’t sure what kind of mess he had made in the kitchen, so she wanted to check.

"No need, I’ve already washed them." He refused to let her leave, "How could I not even know how to wash dishes?"

"You do? Then how did you cut yourself?" Ji Yunhuan found him really annoying.

Qi Cheng suddenly spoke very softly, "I wanted you to feel sorry for me."

"..." Ji Yunhuan couldn’t believe it, "So you did it on purpose?"

There was a fleeting strange look in his eyes. He denied, "No."

The more he denied, the more she believed it, "Are you sick? Why would you hurt yourself for no reason?"

"So, does that mean you would feel sorry for me even if I wasn’t hurt?" He looked at her with a bit of expectation.

"Qi Cheng, how old are you this year?"

"Thirty-one, I guess!" When she met him, he was twenty-eight. It took a year to have a child, and now, after their separation, two more years had passed. These past two years were probably the most meaningless for him.

He answered seriously, but Ji Yunhuan laughed mercilessly, "You’re over thirty and still this childish?"

Resorting to self-harm for attention, there were probably few like him in this world.

Especially since he was already a father!

Especially since he was seen as the highly esteemed Mr. Qi by others.

If people found out, they wouldn’t know how to ridicule him.

Qi Cheng seemed very aggrieved and turned his face towards the TV.

Seeing him silent, Ji Yunhuan stopped scolding him.

She tried to withdraw her hand but found it held tightly by him.

He just held her hand, sitting right beside her.

The house was empty and very quiet.

Under the lights, Ji Yunhuan looked at his profile and remembered how she sometimes sat alone here watching TV, occasionally imagining him sitting next to her.

Seeing him now felt somewhat unreal.

"I need to take a shower and sleep." To stop herself from overthinking, she broke the awkward atmosphere.

Sometimes, she was really afraid that she might fall for him again in a moment of weakness.

This time Qi Cheng didn’t stop her.

Ji Yunhuan went upstairs, and he followed her.

"Don’t sleep in my room tonight." She said ahead of him.

"Why?"

"I don’t want to see you." She was somewhat eager to escape from him. Whenever they were alone, the atmosphere was always strange.

But Qi Cheng was oblivious, "I haven’t seen you for so long."

"A long time? It hasn’t been that long, just ten days or so." Ji Yunhuan opened the bedroom door and quickly shut it behind her. Qi Cheng was left outside, dumbfounded.

Was she really this heartless?

Ji Yunhuan truly didn’t want him to come into her room.

She needed some peace.

During the days he was away, she tried hard to think a lot. She felt she had returned to the calm life of the past two days, but now his appearance shattered that peaceful feeling.

She hated it.

She went into the bathroom to shower. When she came out, the room was still empty. Seeing the closed door, she thought Qi Cheng must have found another room to sleep in. But there was a strange sense of loss in her heart. She opened the door only to find him still standing there, in the same position as when she went in.

She was surprised, "Why are you still here?"

"Waiting for you."

"What if I didn’t come out?" Although he was handsome and not stupid, he always did stupid things.

"You would come out when it’s morning." He looked at her gently.

"You’re planning to wait for me all night."

"Just one night, I’m used to it." His words made her inexplicably sad.

He was very skilled at using this heart-wrenching tactic, fully aware she often felt sorry for him.

Especially after leaving her so cruelly two years ago, she always felt a deep guilt towards him.

"Come in." Ji Yunhuan opened the door, making way for him.

Qi Cheng looked at her, "Didn’t you say you didn’t want to see me?"

"As long as you know, come find me less often." Although she agreed to continue being his lover before marriage, it was because he forced her, not out of her own will. She had no way to refuse him.

Qi Cheng came in, looking at her pretending to be cold, he said contentedly, "You still care about me."

"..." She was speechless. Why did he have to use the word ’care?’

He was a grown man; did he need her care?

He wasn’t lacking motherly love.

"Do whatever you want! I’m going to sleep." She had had a long day and quickly collapsed onto the bed.

In the morning, when Ji Yunhuan woke up, she found herself lying in Qi Cheng’s arms.

He lay beside her, his gentle gaze like sunlight in winter.

She glanced at him and quickly looked away, "I need to get up."

"It’s still early!" He checked the time, "It’s almost the holidays. Do you have work today?"

"Sort of." Actually, she had no work, but with the holidays approaching, Li Longtao’s mother planned to come over to spend Chinese New Year with him, and Li Longtao was still in the hospital. As his fiancée, she had to take care of him.

Seeing him still lazily lying in bed, Ji Yunhuan said, "You can continue sleeping if you don’t want to get up. When you leave, close the door behind you. The key is under the flowerpot by the door. By the way, the New Year is coming, don’t come over these days."

"You’re spending the holiday alone?" He looked at her, "I can come over and keep you company."

"No need," Ji Yunhuan said, "The Qi Family always celebrates New Year, right? You should be with your family and your child."

She didn’t want Qi Cheng pestering her every day, neglecting his own child.

"You’ll be pitiful spending the holiday alone." In his eyes, there was only her.

"Are you planning to spend time with all your lovers? Can you manage that?" She tied up her hair simply and said to him, "Besides, I won’t be alone for the holiday."

"With Li Longtao?" Only then did Qi Cheng remember she was engaged.

His unfriendly tone made Ji Yunhuan look at him, "Did you forget what you said yesterday? Qi Cheng, I don’t want to argue with you during the New Year."

"..." Because of her attitude, Qi Cheng didn’t say another word, but his eyes showed his displeasure.

The thought of her leaving him to spend the Chinese New Year with another man made him deeply uncomfortable.