She had said only those few words, yet the emotions that she had been suppressing for the past month suddenly erupted.
All of a sudden, she could not help but lift her hands to cover her eyes. Thereafter, she squatted on the floor and sobbed.
She’d said only those few words.
I’m very angry. I’m very hurt. I’m very upset.
Those three simple sentences could not express how much she was suffering.
She did not say it out loud, but he knew.
Si Zhengting’s eyes narrowed slightly. Watching the woman in front of him squat down and cry so much, he could feel a throbbing pain in his chest, as if his heart was being torn into shreds. He could not help but bend down and press down on his heart forcefully.
He really wished he could forgo everything and pull her into his embrace and console her. Even if the earth were to come crashing down on them tomorrow, he didn’t care anymore.
But… he couldn’t.
They were no longer two people. They had children now. For the sake of their children’s safety, he needed to make the cruelest decision.
As he stood there, the scenery behind him seemed to lose its vibrancy. All the colors were concentrated on him alone.
Zhuang Nainai lowered her head. Since she could not see the emotions on his face, he allowed himself to stare at her with the world’s most loving gaze.
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After an unknown period of time, Zhuang Nainai finally finished crying.
Sobbing spasmodically, she looked up, only to see him standing in his original position. He didn’t even approach her.
The bright moon outside the window shone on him coolly.
Only the two of them were left in the room, but he was adamant about his choice.
As Zhuang Nainai thought of this, she could not help but smile in self-mockery. Wiping her tears away, she stood up slowly.
Her eyes were swollen from crying. Tears continued to flow out of her eyes. Hence, she used her sleeves to wipe away the tears haphazardly. Then, she raised her head again. However, the moment she raised her head, tears ran down her face again like a broken tap that could not stop flowing.
Zhuang Nainai pursed her lips and let her tears run freely before she spoke to Si Zhengting slowly. Choked with tears, she said sporadically, “Si Zhengting, my mother is dead.
“Do you know how depressed and upset I was when I heard this news?
“You are my only kin in this world now.
“Are you still going to… treat me like this?
God knows how she’d pulled through this month. How many depressing episodes could one go through in the span of a lifetime?
There could only be three scenarios: the death of parents, marital strife, and a broken family.
She experienced these three depressing scenarios all at once.
This was the kind of pain that no one could understand unless they went through it.
After she had woken up in the apartment, she did not have her family and her lover. Her friends could not fill up their important presence in her life.
Looking at Si Zhengting, she said slowly, “Si Zhengting, I know you have your reasons for doing this. You must be thinking that the decision you have made is right.”
After saying this, she could not help but purse her lips and sniffle before continuing, “The reason I’m here is because I want to ask you about two things. Firstly, what exactly are you hiding? What exactly are you doing? Why did things turn out like this between us?
“But now, I don’t want to ask anymore. I know that you won’t answer my questions even if I ask. You would only find excuses and say hurtful things to me. I just want to ask you one thing. How are the children? Do you know… how much I miss them…?”
