Ye Zhenghua's sudden change of attitude startled Huang Qiaoling.
She stared blankly at Ye Zhenghua, her face deathly pale.
But she quickly realized what she meant, her eyebrows furrowing, her almond-shaped eyes widening, and she angrily questioned, "Ye Zhenghua, what do you mean by saying that?!"
Ye Zhenghua glared back at her without backing down.
"What do I mean? Haven't I made myself clear enough?"
"You're married but pretending to be single, deceiving my feelings!"
"If I had known you were married before and had a child from a previous marriage, would I have dated you?"
"You actually want me to raise your daughter!"
"What do you take me for? A sucker? You're utterly shameless!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Qiaoling could no longer maintain her usual gentle demeanor.
She jumped to her feet and yelled, "I'm shameless? How am I shameless? My man died a long time ago! I'm single now! And you? You still have a wife! You still have a family! And you're dating me! What are you anyway!"
Ye Zhenghua, however, did not feel that he was in the wrong. He stuck out his neck and shouted back with a straight face.
"I have a family, didn't you know that from the beginning? I didn't lie to you and say I was unmarried!"
"You country women, each one more cunning than the last! You know I have a family, yet you still shamelessly try to seduce me!"
"I seduced you? How did I seduce you?!"
Huang Qiaoling was trembling with anger. Pointing at Ye Zhenghua, her eyes reddened, she shouted, "You've been mistreated at home, and you say you're unhappy. I was just sympathizing with you and listening to your complaints. Is it wrong to care about a colleague?"
"You're the one who had ulterior motives and asked me out to dinner!"
"You were the one who said you liked me!"
"If you had any conscience or sense of responsibility, you wouldn't have said these things to me!"
"You shouldn't have shown up here today!"
"Did I ask you to come? What right do you have to insult me?"
"You're the most shameless one!"
Ye Zhenghua was put in an awkward position by Huang Qiaoling's sharp retort.
But admitting defeat is definitely not an option.
He took a couple of deep breaths and then retorted, "Don't try to portray yourself as so noble! If you were really that noble, why didn't you refuse me? Huh?"
“How can I refuse?” Huang Qiaoling sneered, staring intently at Ye Zhenghua. “I’m all alone, old, and have a child to support. I’m living off this temporary job. And you? You’re a long-time employee of the steel mill! What if I refuse you, and you make things difficult for me and get me fired? What will my daughter eat and drink? How will I survive?”
She wiped away her tears and continued, "And how did I lie to you? Did you ask me if I was married? Did you ask me if I had children? No! I just didn't tell you! What did I lie to you about!"
Huang Qiaoling spoke quickly and crisply, and Ye Zhenghua couldn't argue with her at all, becoming so angry that his face turned red and his neck thickened.
He pointed at Huang Qiaoling, and after a long while, he stammered, "You...you...you're being unreasonable! I can't reason with you! This is the end between us! Let's pretend we never met!"
In the past, if Ye Zhenghua hadn't known that Huang Qiaoling was married and had a daughter, he would definitely have thought that Huang Qiaoling was better than Meng Xueyun.
But now, he doesn't think that way anymore.
Huang Qiaoling is a temporary worker with low wages, and she also has a young daughter to support, so there will be many expenses in the future.
Meng Xueyun is at least a formal employee, and Meng Zihan is older now and already working and earning money.
Although his character is a bit flawed, at least he doesn't have to spend any extra money.
After considering it all, he felt it was more worthwhile to go back and continue living with Meng Xueyun.
After all, they were husband and wife, and grew up together as childhood sweethearts. With decades of relationship, going back to apologize and soften one's stance would make the matter pass.
In life, there are bound to be bumps and bruises.
Just like how teeth can sometimes accidentally bump into the tongue.
Even after a couple has finished arguing, life still goes on, doesn't it?
Isn't this how everyone just makes do?
Moreover, he believed that Meng Xueyun must be regretting it now and was eagerly waiting for him to come home for the New Year.
Why is he making a fuss here? He's wasting his time.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhenghua turned and left.
When Huang Qiaoling saw that he was about to leave, she panicked and chased after him without thinking.
In her panic, she tripped over the coffee table, stumbled, and the teacup on the table overturned and shattered on the floor.
The scalding hot tea spilled all over the floor and also soaked Ye Zhenghua's trouser legs.
Ignoring all that, Huang Qiaoling lunged forward a few steps, grabbed Ye Zhenghua's arm, her eyes instantly reddening, her voice choked with sobs.
"Brother Ye! Wait a minute! I've risked my reputation for you, and you think you can just dismiss me with a 'not suitable'?"
Ye Zhenghua was startled by this sudden turn of events. He reflexively shook her off and looked at the tea stains on his trousers with disgust.
He stared down at Huang Qiaoling, his tone icy and devoid of any emotion.
"Otherwise what? What else do you want? I've said it before, we're not a good match! I won't divorce Meng Xueyun! Forget about it!"
"I'm here today to make this clear to you!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Qiaoling's face immediately turned ferocious.
"You think you can just break up like that? You're dreaming! Believe me or not, I'll go find your wife right now, tell her about your shameful deeds, and make her divorce you!"
Ye Zhenghua sneered, "Whatever! She already knows! Even if I divorce her, I won't be with you!"
Huang Qiaoling was not about to let it go.
This was the man she had gone to great lengths to seduce!
She lunged forward, grabbed Ye Zhenghua's arm again, and pressed her body tightly against his arm.
"Brother Ye, you can't leave! I truly want to spend my life with you!"
She and Ye Zhenghua had been in an ambiguous relationship for so long, but at most they had only held hands; they had never been this intimate before.
She originally intended to keep Ye Zhenghua hanging for a while longer, but now she couldn't care less and planned to use a tender approach to win back Ye Zhenghua's heart.
She had met Meng Xueyun before; she was fairly good-looking, but she was older and didn't dress up, so she couldn't compare to her at all.
Ye Zhenghua felt a surge of excitement when he touched her soft body.
But the thought of having to help her raise her daughter again made her extremely annoyed.
He was determined to get rid of this trouble and no longer showed any mercy to Huang Qiaoling.
Ye Zhenghua was tall and strong. With a forceful push, he knocked Huang Qiaoling to the ground.
Huang Qiaoling landed right on the broken pieces of the teacup and burst into tears.
"Mommy!" Beibei cried as she ran out of the room upon hearing the noise and threw herself into Huang Qiaoling's arms. "Mommy, what's wrong?"
Ye Zhenghua straightened his clothes, cursed his bad luck, and turned to leave.
Huang Qiaoling sat on the ground, holding her daughter, crying her heart out, her eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.
Ye Zhenghua, you think you can get away with toying with my feelings? Not so easy.
She vowed to make Ye Zhenghua pay the price!
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