IM Chapter 19

The people holding the cues froze instantly, disbelief filling their eyes. Their lips trembled slightly, and they even suspected they had misheard. Feigning nonchalance, one of them chuckled, “Senior, what nonsense are you talking about? Don’t make jokes like that, it’s not funny at all.” Xu Chen dropped the cue in his hand and prepared to leave.

“You lied to me. You and him, that junior, you two are together.”

The man’s outstretched foot faltered in mid-air. He gripped his phone tightly in his right hand, the blue veins under the skin on the back of his hand clearly visible, bulging slightly.

“You’re talking about Su Ning? I don’t know what you’re talking about, how could I be with him? Senior, what’s wrong with you today? Are you still at the cat cafe? I’ll come find you right away.”

“Don’t come, I’ve already gone home.”

“I’m coming to find you now.”

Xu Chen hung up the phone and sped off to the intersection where he usually dropped him off.

Shen ChiTai stood dejectedly in place for a long time without moving, looking down at the hung-up phone in his hand, his emotions low. He had always taken matters of the heart lightly, believing things would naturally fall into place. As long as both parties were willing, he wouldn’t mind even if there wasn’t intense love.

After marriage, he would diligently fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a wife, taking on the role of a wife for the sake of the family or the children.

Someone with his personality, once they had chosen someone, would jump into the fire pit without hesitation, even knowing it awaited them. Being with Xu Chen for these past few years, he could honestly say that he wasn’t completely without feeling.

He looked up at the starry sky decoration on the ceiling, his eyes flickering. His slightly furrowed brow furrowed even deeper, and he turned and walked out the door.

Xu Chen had just driven to the intersection when he saw the omega standing in the sunlight, already waiting for him.

Shen ChiTai came out just wanting to make things clear with him once and for all.

Xu Chen got out of the car and strode over, stopping in front of him, panting heavily as he stared at the omega’s face without a word.

Shen ChiTai coldly handed him his phone. Xu Chen’s neck stiffened, and he looked down at the phone in his hand, a vague sense of foreboding creeping into his heart.

The hand hanging by his side trembled uncontrollably. Finally, he took the omega’s phone, pressed the play button, and looked at the image on the video. His pupils suddenly dilated, his eyes filled with confusion and disbelief.

“Where did you… where did you get these things?” Xu Chen’s voice trembled violently.

Shen ChiTai clearly saw his hand shaking, and his heart felt as if it were being squeezed tightly by an invisible hand, tightening and tightening. “So I didn’t wrong you, did I?”

Xu Chen’s Adam’s apple bobbed with difficulty, his voice dry and his eyes conflicted. “Senior, I can explain.”

“I don’t want to hear it. Why make excuses for the mistakes you’ve made? You shouldn’t have come, I thought I made myself very clear on the phone.”

Why did he have to repeatedly endure this pain at this time? It would have been better if they hadn’t met. If they had stopped at the right time, without saying too much or pointing things out, things wouldn’t have been so ugly for everyone.

Xu Chen had probably guessed what it was about on the way, he was just curious who had given the video to Shen ChiTai. It definitely wasn’t Su Ning, he immediately ruled her out; Su Ning didn’t have the guts.

“Leave,” Shen ChiTai said weakly.

“But Senior, I’m not willing, I don’t want to break up with you like this.” Xu Chen stepped forward and hugged the omega’s waist tightly, his arms tightening even more, making it a little difficult for Shen ChiTai to breathe. “I know I did something awful, I’m such an idiot. I’m sorry. I know I was wrong, Senior, for the sake of having you in my heart all these years, give me another chance. Let me love you properly, I still want to take care of you. ChiTai, I know I’m just a beta and not worthy of an omega like you, but my love for you is genuine.”

He rarely called Shen ChiTai by his given name. From the first time they met to when they officially became a couple, he had always called him “Senior.”

Actually, he hated this title; it felt distant.

“I said, I don’t care whether you’re a beta or an alpha. I also said, we’ve already broken up.” Shen ChiTai frowned slightly, looked up at his face again, then glanced down at the hands on his waist, his eyes gradually turning cold. “Xu Chen, don’t make me say things too harshly.”

He also knew that clinging like this was annoying, but he didn’t dare let go. No one knew Shen ChiTai better than him.

If he let go, he might never touch the omega’s hand again in this lifetime.

“But I don’t want to let go. If you’re angry, hit me, scold me, I won’t fight back. I beg you, please don’t mention breaking up, okay? Senior, I admit I was wrong, but are you without fault? We’ve been together for all these years, do you remember my birthday? You don’t remember.”

Shen ChiTai’s eyes froze for a moment. If Xu Chen hadn’t said it, he didn’t seem to have ever cared about such things.

He was grateful to Shang Jue for remembering his own birthdays all these years, otherwise, someone as dull and uninteresting as him wouldn’t be worth anyone’s attention.

“Do you know my preferences? You don’t know either.” As Xu Chen spoke, he gave a bitter smile, his eyes mournful. He chuckled softly, self-pityingly, and said, “But when you were with me, you often mentioned your precious younger brother. You knew all his preferences, what he liked to eat, what he didn’t like to eat.”

“You even remembered his birthday, you would prepare surprises for him in advance. I always thought you just took love very lightly, but I was deceiving myself just to be with you. Was I wrong?”

“You…” Shen ChiTai raised his eyes and stared at his face, his throat dry and bitter. He opened his mouth with slight difficulty, as if something was blocking his throat, wanting to speak, but not knowing what to say. “Are you serious?”