Shen Xingchen looked gentle and quiet, but deep down she had her own pride.
As soon as her words fell, Shen Li's expression darkened slightly.
Although he'd pushed Shen Xingchen toward Gu Nanyan two years ago to have her learn from her, hearing Shen Xingchen say now that she wouldn't return to A City, wouldn't develop herself here, that her connections were all over there, he still felt unhappy.
He even felt a little suffocated with anger.
Hands gripping the steering wheel, he didn't lash out at Shen Xingchen, nor did he speak harshly. Instead, he lightly asked, "So we aren't part of your connections?"
In truth, he wanted to ask Shen Xingchen what he could possibly fail to provide her with that made her insist on staying in J City?
Back when she filled out her college applications so far away, he had already been displeased.
But thinking of the things she had said after being drunk, remembering her feelings toward him, he had said nothing and simply let her go.
