Chu Zhan froze there, his face burning with pain, but it was completely insignificant compared to the agony erupting in his heart at that moment.

His dark eyes surged with mixed emotions, finally turning into a trace of gloom as he said coldly,

"Shi Nuan, do you know what you’re saying?"

Shi Nuan pressed her lips together, her eyes struggling with pain, her lowered hand tightly clenched into a fist, her nails almost digging into her palm.

She forced herself to speak with an indifferent voice,

"Of course I know, I said I hate you. Coach Chu, you are no longer my coach, and I am no longer your student. You have no right to arrange anything for me or pester me anymore. I hope we can be strangers, and neither of us bothers the other?"

Chu Zhan’s dark lashes lowered deeply, almost shaking out self-mockery from his chest, "So, you hate me so much, huh? Seems like I’ve been deluded all this time?" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Shi Nuan’s eyes trembled, her lips moved, but she responded in silence.

Chu Zhan looked at her viciously and said, "Shi Nuan, remember what you said today. You’re the one who wants to draw the line. Don’t come begging to me later!"

"It’s getting late, I’m leaving." Shi Nuan slightly straightened up and turned to leave.

How can she be so indifferent?

How can she be so blind?

Chu Zhan felt like he was about to explode right there, as though his pride and dignity, maintained for over twenty years, were being ruthlessly trampled and crushed by Shi Nuan.

He clenched his fists tightly, suddenly laughing coldly, "Shi Nuan, what did you think I was going to say just now?"

Shi Nuan paused, a glimmer finally appeared in her eyes, but she didn’t turn around, only quietly waiting for him to continue.

"Do you think I like you? Do you think I’m pestering you?"

The man’s voice, cold as millennium-old ice, swept in with deep-seated ridicule, "Stop being delusional, I’ve said it before, in my eyes, you’re just like a man. I’m not gay, how could I like you!"

Shi Nuan’s heart ached, her slender body beginning to tremble slightly.

She bit her lip, "This, this is the best outcome..."

It turned out that everything was just her illusion.

Chu Zhan didn’t like her at all; she was simply overthinking it.

Chu Zhan seemed to find his pride in such a retaliation, so he spoke even more ruthlessly,

"I was worried you’d overthink, so I simply told you the truth. The reason I was nice to you is because I know how difficult it is for you in the Shi Family. You have no biological parents and live a life dependent on others, it must be really tough. I sympathize with you, pity you, understand?"

Shi Nuan’s eyes burst with hatred, suddenly turning her head, "Haven’t you said enough? Do you think I need your sympathy? What the hell do you think you are?"

Chu Zhan didn’t know that Shi Nuan didn’t care about anything else, but her background is an untouchable taboo by others, a source of lifelong insecurity she cannot face head-on.

Now, it was being revealed with such contempt by Chu Zhan, leaving her with no place to hide, filled with extreme anger, yet feeling immensely sad.

In her life, she hated others’ sympathy the most.

Everyone who knew her background sympathized with her; everyone in the Shi Family thought she was pitiful. Even her uncle considered her weak, letting anyone step all over her.

She thought Chu Zhan was different.

But it turns out, he was not.

Seeing Shi Nuan’s reaction, Chu Zhan felt a bit regretful about why he said that, but what’s done is done. She insulted him first; it’s only fair he retaliates, right?

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