For a moment, she quickly took off her windbreaker and handed it to Sheng Chenjin, "Wear it, this is bought quite large."
The windbreaker had a waterproof coating on the outside, so Shi Xinxin's inner clothes were dry. Compared to Sheng Chenjin, who was now completely bare, he indeed needed this piece of clothing more.
Otherwise, he worried that Shi Xinxin's nose would start bleeding soon.
After putting on the clothes, neither of them spoke. The only sound left in the air was the crackling of burning branches.
"Why are you here?"
"Why did you move out of the villa?"
They both asked the question they cared about most at almost the same time.
"Let's each ask one. Ladies first, you go ahead," Sheng Chenjin reacted first.
"Why are you here?" Shi Xinxin asked the question in her heart, full of anxiety.
"I came to find you." Without much hesitation, Sheng Chenjin answered her. He had already thought about it this time. If he could find Shi Xinxin, he would confess all his thoughts to her, no longer hiding anything or considering other things.
"Why did you come to find me?" Shi Xinxin was too eager and forgot the rules for a moment, asking the second question in succession.
Sheng Chenjin shook his head, "It's my turn to ask."
Shi Xinxin withdrew her confused head, feeling wronged.
"Why did you move out of the villa?"
"Because the gap between our identities is too big, I don't belong in that place." Sheng Chenjin nodded, it was indeed because of Ye Yun's matter.
"Why did you come to find me?" Shi Xinxin continued to ask.
"Because I can't let you leave me."
"Is it just about money?" Shi Xinxin was a little angry. Did the chairman of a prestigious international group lack this little bit of money? And chased her all the way here.
"Do we only have money left between us? Is there nothing else we can talk about except money?" Sheng Chenjin said angrily.
Back then, he worked desperately to escape the hardship of poverty and to live a life of respect for himself and his family. But then things got out of control.
As he gradually became wealthy, more and more people came to him for cooperation, and those with ill intentions also flocked to him. For a long time, money seemed to have become his most painful burden.
Since he had gotten rid of that situation, he didn't expect Shi Xinxin to say such things now. How could she think that way? Did he teach her to dance and take her to parties all for money?
"Yes, I forgot that besides money, there is also distance between us, a gap in status that can never be bridged."
Shi Xinxin turned her head to look at Sheng Chenjin, her heart recalling the scene of Ye Yun speaking to her that day. She tried hard to suppress her tears, not wanting to cry in front of Sheng Chenjin.
What Ye Yun said that day, she would never forget in her life, but she would never admit this fact in front of Sheng Chenjin.
She could admit that she didn't have Sheng Chenjin's status and position, but she didn't feel inferior to them. She also earned money with her own hands and abilities, and no one could question that.
Sheng Chenjin was stunned when he heard this. After a moment, he thought that Ye Yun must have said this to her. When she entered the venue that day and faced those questioning glances, she acted like a queen.
Sheng Chenjin was deeply proud of this, but afterward, when he woke up and heard the news about Shi Xinxin, she had changed.
Her previous confidence was gone, replaced by a deep sense of inferiority due to the gap between them, which led her to flee the villa.
"As your personal nanny, the salary you paid me is only enough for one button on your custom suit, but for me, it was a huge fortune."
She sighed softly and continued, "And you, for the price of a button, could hire me as your personal nanny, keep me by your side, and toy with me at will. This is the difference in our status."
For some reason, Shi Xinxin suddenly brought up the contract from before. Sheng Chenjin had not expected this at all. He had never thought of toying with her.
He just wanted to find an excuse to keep her by his side and create more opportunities for them. Why was it being understood like this now?
As she spoke, Shi Xinxin turned her head away, unable to bear looking at Sheng Chenjin any longer. Saying these words made her feel a little bad.
"Teaching me to dance, taking me to parties that only upper-class society could attend, was nothing more than telling me that even if I wore such luxurious clothes, my essence would still reveal a poor and humble aura.
She held back her tears, "But you are different. No matter how many times I call you a gigolo, you will always be that high and mighty chairman. This is the insurmountable gap between us."
Shi Xinxin finished saying these words almost through gritted teeth. When she said them, besides wanting to tell Sheng Chenjin that his and Ye Yun's scheme was very successful, there was no other benefit.
She didn't even have the intention to vent, because even her own heart was bleeding.
The sweetness she felt while dancing with Sheng Chenjin was real, but when Ye Yun spoke those words, each and every one pierced her heart, and that pain was also real.
"For such a long time, you just wanted to tell me that even if I lived a life of luxury, I would still be as humble as an ant under your feet. Since that's the case, why shouldn't I return to my own world and be my little editor freely?"
Just as she was doing now, "Work overtime when there's nothing to do, and occasionally complain about the pain of staying up late. Live the life an ant like me should have."
When Shi Xinxin first started speaking, Sheng Chenjin looked at the woman he loved with great anger, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth. But as she spoke slowly, he gradually calmed down.
Now, if he went on explaining, Shi Xinxin might not believe that Ye Yun's actions did not represent his thoughts. So, it was better to ignore it. Ye Yun's mess would be cleaned up by Ye Yun; he didn't need to be responsible for what he hadn't done.
What he needed to be responsible for now was the sentence he had been too afraid to say for so long, worried that Shi Xinxin would be subjected to the judgment of those around her.
It was his timidity that led to today's mistakes. He only needed to take responsibility for this now. Sheng Chenjin endured the pain, slowly stood up, and walked to Shi Xinxin.