My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 1843: Apology

"At home, studying."

Yiyi answered formally.

"I didn’t expect you to be so calm?" Ling Kong laughed, but the emotion was no longer as calm as the first sentence; the tone carried an obvious fluctuation, as if suppressing a turbulent undercurrent, with a faint mockery, "Shouldn’t you say you were resting in bed? Since you’re sick, you shouldn’t force yourself to study."

The tone of the latter part grew gently strange, like the concerned voice of someone so caring it was unsettling.

Yiyi’s heart trembled fiercely, as the sense of danger approached, an instinctive shiver.

She realized he was forcibly restraining his anger, not exploding, but this non-explosion only bred infinite fear, because the more suppressed it was, the stronger it would be when erupting, consuming completely.

It seemed he was already aware of her appearing at the banquet today, but uncertain if he discovered her at that moment or found out later.

Anyhow, there was no avoiding today’s matter.

"Well... I’m sorry, actually I lied to you, I’m not uncomfortable." Yiyi spoke honestly, thinking it’s better to confess openly than resist sternly.

He was clearly accusatory, interrogating. Arguing or being crafty would only ignite his fury.

Though she didn’t feel truly guilty; she hadn’t gone, and he had beauties accompanying him, he didn’t suffer, rather she gifted him this fortune.

However, she understood men love pride, he found out she lied about discomfort yet showed up at the banquet, a man would feel humiliated, especially someone of his stature, with a tyrannical nature, intolerant.

More importantly, she was aware of their differences in strength and power; before she could afford to offend him, if he got enraged, causing her troubles in every aspect, she’d gain nothing.

Therefore, she chose to confess voluntarily, trying to lessen his anger.

"I really didn’t expect you to be so frank." This wasn’t sarcasm; Ji Lingkong was indeed surprised, surprised enough to forget to be angry.

Yet hearing her apologize so honestly, why did he feel more upset and aggrieved inside?

Because her apologetic voice was so calm, without any panic, without the guilty air of being caught by a boyfriend. Generally, girls who truly care about their relationship with their boyfriend should be anxious, desperately explaining, even arguing, because they care about the relationship and don’t want to lose it.

But she explained nothing, didn’t it prove she didn’t care in her heart?

Apology was harder to accept than no apology; this frankness stung deeper than lies, inciting anger, helplessness, and sorrow. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

If previously he was furious, like a jealous boyfriend calling in the middle of the night to interrogate, now besides anger, he felt an extra bit of resentment towards her.

How could she be so indifferent, so unconcerned? Compared to her, his intense emotions, his fury, was like a joke.

"Well, since you’ve found out, there’s no need to hide." Solving the problem is the key after all, Yiyi is a pragmatist.

But she didn’t know at the moment, the supposedly calm man opposite her, was feeling an intense, painful turmoil inside.

Ji Lingkong retorted, "So, if I hadn’t found out, would you have continued to hide it?"