After Going Viral on a Dating Show, I'm Pampered by All-Chapter 193: This year’s birthday wish is for my second brother’s wishes to come true!
Chapter 193: Chapter 193: This year’s birthday wish is for my second brother’s wishes to come true!
"I won’t give up," Sang Qiao said without calling out Mr. Sang Senior but instead carefully surveyed the chessboard.
Finally, she found a suitable position to reverse the disadvantaged situation.
The two played chess as if no one else was present. Although Sang Siyang was ignored, he couldn’t bear to leave and just stood there, watching Sang Qiao and Grandpa play.
Sang Nanfeng had left Sang Jiao to be dealt with by others below. When he came back, he saw the scene of the confident glow on the girl’s face as she placed the chess pieces decisively.
Even without the chance to talk, they couldn’t bear to leave as they rarely had the opportunity to see Qiaoqiao.
Old Mr. Sang couldn’t make a winning move and could only think of taking them back, especially since he still lost.
"Qingran, come and take my place. I don’t believe that Qiaoqiao can keep winning!" Mr. Sang Senior blustered and gestured to his grandson beside him.
The other three brothers felt a twinge of sourness in their hearts. Why didn’t he call on them? They knew a bit about chess, too.
Spotting Old Mr. Sang’s deliberate action, Sang Qiao moved aside, "I’m tired. You play."
Sang Qingran had just taken his seat but planned to stand up and leave. His expression was very calm, with no discomfort from being rejected. Only Meng Jiahe noticed him quietly withdrawing his hand that had reached for a chess piece.
Sang Qingran restrained himself and looked up at Sang Qiao, "Are you that afraid of losing to me?"
"Yes," Sang Qiao responded nonchalantly without even lifting her eyelids and took out her phone to start browsing.
Sang Qingran’s hand unconsciously clenched into a fist. Her indifferent demeanor, unconcerned even if she was provoked, left him feeling utterly powerless. It seemed she was indifferent to everything they did.
In the end, the game was not continued, and Mr. Sang Senior had it packed up.
Sang Qiao left the old house in the afternoon, and her brothers followed her out. They stood in place, lacking even the courage to come forward and say goodbye.
After that day, Sang Qiao’s life returned to the routine of just commuting between the company and home.
Online, the buzz about Sang Jiao’s comeback was uproarious. After all, her current plain face was vastly different from her previous beautiful one.
Plus, with the Sang Family deliberately releasing past scandals about Sang Jiao, like paying to steal others’ roles, the online world was engulfed in a barrage of abuse, not sparing even Sang Jiao’s backer, Sang Nanfeng.
Sang Qiao saw these messages, too, but she just glanced over them.
Sang Shen still persisted in standing day after day beneath the company building. Even if Sang Qiao wanted to deliberately ignore him, there were always one or two times she would run into him. She would stand in front of him, looking at him.
Sang Shen, feeling uneasy under the gaze of the person he yearned for, was trembling with his legs, ecstatic to thinking his waiting was effective.
"Qiaoqiao, I..."
"Go away, stop waiting here," Sang Qiao spoke indifferently. She wasn’t soft-hearted, she just disliked seeing him standing at the door every time she left the company.
Some meaningless things were inherently without meaning.
Sang Shen’s eyes, which had initially lit up, dimmed instantly. His throat was dry, "Do I not even have the right to wait here anymore? Sang Qiao, don’t be so heartless. Can’t you give me a bit of hope?"
"This is self-gratifying behavior. You’d better spend this free time accompanying Grandpa instead. The relationship between me and your family can never go back to how it was."
"...Grandpa, I’ll be there for you, but you, I also seek your forgiveness. I know what I did before was too much, and I’m willing to make it up to you tenfold, no, a hundredfold, as long as you ask, I’ll do anything..."
Sang Shen’s chest hurt so much that he could barely breathe. He would rather that Qiaoqiao didn’t spare him an extra glance each day than to hear her insist on severing ties.
It made him not know how to continue deceiving himself. The thing he regretted most in his life was wronging Qiaoqiao.
"Sang Shen, you’re not a child anymore. You can’t just do as you please. You acknowledge me when you like what you see, discard me when you don’t. I’m a person, not a toy. Stop coming here in the future."
Sang Qiao remained cold and indifferent, not even willing to waste an extra glance on him.
"I truly realize my mistake, I will never wrong you again, even if... even if you made a mistake I would still believe in you. You’ve managed to let go of all the bad things we’ve done to you, why can’t you take one small step back, just one small step, and we can slowly mend our relationship, okay?"
Sang Shen’s eyes were so sore he could hardly hold back, his voice was hoarse until it was almost inaudible.
He didn’t understand, nor was he willing to accept the reality that Qiaoqiao wouldn’t be so repulsed. They had made it through such difficult times in the past, now they had grown up and could live happily together.
"I’ve let go not of your misdeeds, but of my own full-hearted offerings that weren’t accepted. I chose to stay with you willingly, and it was your choice not to accept it, so I hold no grudge, but the hurt has been done, and I will not reconcile with you, do you understand? Never."
For the first time, Sang Qiao patiently spoke so many words to him, but it was to force him to recognize their current relationship.
"...Okay." Sang Shen closed his eyes in pain. He couldn’t help but want to laugh bitterly, never ever, huh... then you might as well hate me.
He stood there, not even having the courage to leave. Sang Shen could only watch as the figure he longed for drifted further away, recalling childhood images of Sang Qiao looking at him innocently, asking him questions.
Her small body, those large eyes so bright they left a deep memory, as if he was the closest person to her.
[Big brother, will I receive mom’s red envelope this New Year?]
Sure, I’ll give you mine.
[My birthday wish this year is for big brother’s wishes to come true!]
Big brother probably will never have his wishes come true again.
Since that day, Sang Shen indeed never showed up under the Rose Entertainment building again, he started to get back into the routine of filming earnestly every day.
Sang Qiao would not think of him either, until the day she took Li Qingyan for an audition and coincidentally, Sang Shen was also in the audition line.
Learning that he was vying for the same role as Sang Emperor, Li Qingyan became even more anxious, "Sister Qiao, my competitor is Sang Emperor."
Don’t be afraid; just do your best." Sang Qiao was still calm, comforting him while perusing the recent schedule of the company’s artists.
Ever since Lin Weichen had joined their company, she hadn’t visited his set yet.
She planned to go right after.
Li Qingyan was incredibly nervous, but still went to the audition with a stiff resolve, repeatedly looking back at Sister Qiao. freewēbnoveℓ.com
Just when he hesitated whether to turn back for a few reassuring words from Sister Qiao, Sang Shen’s tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him, "Which role did you come to try for?"
...The male lead." Li Qingyan was startled by the question, sensing an ominous feeling of a rival gauging his strength.
But Sang Shen obviously didn’t plan to engage with him further and walked away after asking.
Li Qingyan was queueing behind Sang Shen, and by the time he went in for his audition, his heart had sunk, with no expectations left. Little did he know, after his audition, the director praised him as impressive and chose him.
On leaving, he was still doubting himself: "?" He performed even better than Sang Emperor?
