"..."
Hearing Xu Lei's true feelings, Zhang Xu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He simply couldn't believe what he was hearing.
He had thought his sincerity had won Xu Lei over, making her his girlfriend and, eventually, his fiancée.
'And now you're telling me she only dated me because Lin Shen quit and she was heartbroken? That she was just trying to soothe her own pent-up loneliness and desolation?'
'What the hell is this?!'
'Am I a substitute?'
'No!'
'I'm not even a substitute!'
'I was here first, so why does Leilei still like Lin Shen!?'
Zhang Xu gave a bitter laugh and slumped into his seat. His lips trembled as he asked in utter disbelief,
"Are you saying... you've liked Lin Shen all along?"
"Not exactly 'all along.'"
Now that her true feelings were out in the open, Xu Lei dropped the act and confessed frankly.
"Before you, back when President Lin and I were still colleagues, I already had a bit of a crush on him."
