Does she really reject him that much?

Shi Wan pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's convenient to work here."

In fact, Shi Wan didn't often return to Tanhua Garden, partly because it was her and Sikong Jingyu's marital home. Being there reminded her of Sikong Jingyu's past indifference and heartlessness towards her, and she didn't want to immerse herself in those past memories.

What Shi Wan didn't say was that she had already put the house in Tanhua Garden up for sale, and she would sell it as long as the price was right.

"Don't stay here anymore, I'll find you a new place..."

Sikong Jingyu was interrupted by Shi Wan before he could finish speaking. Shi Wan looked at Sikong Jingyu with a serious expression and said, "Mr. Sikong, you said you would take me home. Now I am home safely. You should leave. It's late, so I won't keep you for tea."

Shi Wan was very polite, but her tone was full of coldness that kept people at a distance.

A hurt look flashed in Sikong Jingyu's eyes. He looked at Shi Wan, his eyes filled with complex and unfathomable emotions. After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "...This happened tonight. If I leave, aren't you afraid to be alone?"

After a pause, Sikong Jingyu said, "I'll stay with you tonight, okay?"

Shi Wan shook her head, her long eyelashes concealing the emotions in her eyes, and said calmly, "No need. I've been doing this all these years on my own."

When facing Xu Weizhou just now, Shi Wan must have felt flustered and scared. No matter how calm she is, Shi Wan is, after all, a woman, and a woman whose fighting ability is not as good as a man's. It is normal for Shi Wan to be afraid when there is no absolute equal strength and when the consequences are unknown.

"Even at a time like this, Wanwan, are you really going to push me away? Are you going to be so stubborn?" Sikong Jingyu looked at Shiwan with heartache in his eyes.

He knew Shi Wan was stubborn, but with him around, she didn't need to be so defiant. No woman would be unafraid in this situation.

He had already opened his arms, and she could have easily thrown herself into his embrace and cried.

Shi Wan looked up and met Sikong Jingyu's gaze. Her expression was calm, but her tone carried a subtle coldness:

"The danger tonight was also because of you. If it weren't for you, I could have lived a peaceful life. Mr. Sikong, I beg you, please don't see me again. Your indifference is the greatest mercy you can show me."

Sikong Jingyu's eyes darkened slightly, a hint of pain flashing across his deep black eyes, his thin lips pressed into a line.

After a long silence, Sikong Jingyu slowly lowered his head, his voice low and hoarse: "I'm sorry, Wanwan. I've wronged you in the past, and now I've put you in danger again. But what can I do, Wanwan? I can't let you go anymore."

"A proper ex should be like they're dead. Just pretend I'm already dead, okay?" Shi Wan's voice was light and indifferent, as light as if it would dissipate with a gust of wind.

Sikong Jingyu's body trembled slightly, and he felt a dull pain in his heart.

"So... I'm already dead in your heart, isn't that right?" Sikong Jingyu's voice was extremely hoarse when he asked this question, and his eyes were filled with sorrow and loneliness.

Shi Wan could see the hurt and pain in Sikong Jingyu's eyes. Although it was cruel, she had to make Sikong Jingyu give up completely.

Taking a deep breath, Shi Wan nodded: "Yes."

"So Mr. Sikong, turning back is the only way to reach the shore," Shi Wan added.

Shi Wan turned around and sat on the sofa with her back to Sikong Jingyu. She thought that she had done this much, and Sikong Jingyu should give up now.

After Shi Wan finished speaking, Sikong Jingyu remained silent for a long time.

Just when Shi Wan thought Sikong Jingyu was about to leave her rented apartment, he reappeared in her sight.

Sikong Jingyu squatted down beside Shi Wan, raised his head again, his gaze gentle yet firm: "Let's just consider the Sikong Jingyu of the past dead, Wanwan. Can you give the current Sikong Jingyu another chance, just one, just one chance?"

He will definitely seize this opportunity and will never hurt Shi Wan's heart again.

A hint of surprise flashed across Shi Wan's eyes as she looked at Sikong Jingyu with a complicated expression.

After a long silence, Shi Wan finally spoke, her voice low and somber: "I'm sorry, I can't."

A hint of hurt flashed in Sikong Jingyu's eyes. He stared at Shi Wan, remaining silent for a long while before finally managing to speak with difficulty: "Wanwan, why do you always reject me? Why can't you try to accept me?"

“If I accept you, then I deserve what I did in the past,” Shi Wan said.

Shi Wan did not deliberately reject Sikong Jingyu; this was indeed an answer she had carefully considered.

"I know the old Sikong Jingyu was a scoundrel, but I'm not the same person I used to be. I've changed. I've learned to love, I've learned to love you. Please give me another chance, okay?" Sikong Jingyu knelt on the ground, holding Shi Wan's hand, his voice earnest and his tone humble.

This was the umpteenth time Shi Wan had seen Sikong Jingyu in such a humble state. Looking at him, Shi Wan felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

The arrogant, domineering, ruthless, and cold-blooded Sikong Jingyu of the past seems to be gone.

Shi Wan never imagined that Sikong Jingyu would one day be so humble because of her.

This is not what Shi Wan wanted to see.

Over the past four years, Shi Wan may have harbored resentment towards Sikong Jingyu at some point, but she neither loves nor hates him. Her heart has gradually calmed down.

She no longer clung to the past, but she also didn't want any future with Sikong Jingyu. Parting ways peacefully and wishing each other well was the best ending Shi Wan believed for them.

"Mr. Sikong, please get up." Shi Wan pulled Sikong Jingyu up forcefully. A man's knees are worth gold; he can kneel to his grandmother, his parents, and even heaven and earth, but he cannot kneel to her.

Sikong Jingyu refused to get up, his eyes fixed on Shi Wan, his expectation growing stronger, his tone pleading: "Wanwan, if you just give me one chance, you'll know that I've changed for the better."

Unable to move Sikong Jingyu, Shi Wan could only nod and reassure him, "Okay, I believe you. I believe you've changed for the better."

Upon hearing this, Sikong Jingyu's eyes lit up, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

He laughed heartily, like a child untouched by the world.

Looking at Sikong Jingyu's expression, Shi Wan felt a sense of daze, and was somewhat reluctant to say what she was about to say, but she had no choice but to speak.

Shi Wan forced a smile and spoke gently, her voice soft: "I believe Mr. Sikong's next wife will be very happy!"

The smile on Sikong Jingyu's face instantly faded, until it disappeared completely.

"But all I want is you."

A hint of loneliness and sorrow flashed across Sikong Jingyu's deep eyes, and his voice became even more hoarse, "Besides you, I will never have another wife."