Chapter 301 How could they do such a thing?
Qu Jianhang said, "I am different from you."
He Pengfei asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"
"You can live with someone you don't love for over twenty years and only get a divorce now. I can't do that. I won't compromise myself."
"Jian Hang, I have my reasons!" He Pengfei exclaimed anxiously, "You know how domineering my father is..."
"If it were me, I would choose to leave my family and break free from the control of my elders. Even if I were penniless, I think I wouldn't live too badly with my own efforts. You covet the wealth and status your family has provided for you, yet you complain about your elders interfering in your marriage. You don't even have the courage to resist, so what right do you have to question other people's love?"
He Pengfei couldn't say a word.
Qu Jianhang said, "So, I'm different from you. If I love someone, I'm willing to go out into the world for him, take risks for him, and give up everything for him."
He Pengfei said, "Jian Hang, my situation is different from yours."
“It’s different,” Qu Jianhang said. “So we don’t need to talk about those things now, just live our own lives. I’ve emphasized this several times: I love my husband. As for you and me, if we can be friends, we can be friends; if not, then so be it.”
He Pengfei asked, "Does he deserve this treatment?"
“He deserves it,” Qu Jianhang said. “If you respect me, you should respect my choice.”
"Jian Hang, I respect you, but I also admire you. All these years, I truly can't let you go. I know I wasn't magnanimous enough yesterday, I shouldn't have targeted him, but I'm truly resentful. Tell me, what should I do?"
"Let go of the past and let go of yourself." Qu Jianhang said, "You didn't love me that much anyway. What you can't let go of is probably your own obsession."
“How could I not love you?” He Pengfei said. “I know that if I didn’t get a divorce, you definitely wouldn’t pay any attention to me, so I got a divorce before I dared to come see you… Jian Hang, please give me a chance to compete fairly with him, okay?”
"We're already married, how could you possibly compete with him?" Qu Jianhang frowned. "Don't you have any moral principles at all?"
"In love, the one who isn't loved is the third party..."
“In my eyes, you are the one who is not loved. He Pengfei, you have been gone for more than 20 years. What makes you think that I still like you? No, I never liked you before, and it is even more impossible now.”
"No, you originally..."
"I'm going to a meeting." Qu Jianhang glanced at him coldly. "Do as you please."
After saying that, she walked out.
He Pengfei stood up, wanting to pull her back but not daring to, and could only watch her leave.
He sat alone in Qu Jianhang's office for a long time, but Qu Jianhang did not return.
Finally, he left dejectedly.
When Yan Chengyu received a call from an unknown number, he didn't want to answer, but looking at the unusual last two digits, he had a premonition.
I answered, and sure enough, the voice on the other end sounded somewhat familiar.
"Is this Secretary Yan? I am He Pengfei."
He Pengfei introduced himself.
Yan Chengyu's premonition came true, and his expression was not good: "So it's President He. May I ask what brings you here?"
"Secretary Yan, let's meet and talk."
Yan Chengyu said, "I don't think there's anything to talk about between us."
"Aren't you concerned about Jian Hang's situation?" He Pengfei asked. "Are you even her lover?"
Yan Chengyu said, "Since you know she's my lover, what's there for me to talk to you about? Why are you talking to me about my lover?"
He Pengfei panicked: "Because she's also someone I love!"
"But she doesn't love you." Yan Chengyu said coldly, "Haven't you come to terms with reality yet?"
"Yan Chengyu, don't be so smug! If I hadn't left back then, Jian Hang would definitely be my wife!"
“But you left,” Yan Chengyu said. “Besides, even if you hadn’t left, Jian Hang would never have fallen in love with you.”
"How could that be! Are you so sure?"
“I’m sure,” Yan Chengyu said. “Because I know she will fall in love with me.”
"How dare you spout such nonsense!" He Pengfei was furious. "Does Jian Hang even know you're such an arrogant person?!"
"Have you ever considered that she might actually like my arrogance?"
He Pengfei took a deep breath: "You must be very busy. How much time do you have to spend with her? You keep saying you love her, but what you love most is your job, right?"
"And what about you? You also kept saying you loved her, but you haven't contacted her for decades. Who can wait for you in the same place?"
He Pengfei said, "I have my reasons, and Jian Hang understands me. Yan Chengyu, you two are not a good match. Jian Hang deserves someone better. I advise you to break up with her as soon as possible, so that things don't get ugly and it won't be good for anyone."
"A better person? You mean you? Where do you get the confidence to think you're better than me?" Yan Chengyu scoffed. "There's nothing to say between us. Since Hanghang chose me, you're out of the picture."
"She chose you because I wasn't there," He Pengfei said. "I may not have your position or power, but I love her more than you do!"
"Using the guise of loving her to destroy her family and put her in a difficult position—is this something a mature man would do?"
He Pengfei was speechless.
Yan Chengyu said, "You're not a teenager or a young man in your twenties. Do you really think Jian Hang can't recognize her own love? If she truly loved you, given her temperament, she would wait for you. Let alone twenty years, thirty years, she would wait for forty years. But she married me. What does that mean? Do I need to tell you?"
"I'm not reconciled," He Pengfei said. "Jian Hang should have been mine!"
“There’s no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn’t. She belongs to herself, she has the right to choose her lover, and I respect her choice. If she had chosen you, I would have blessed her. But now, she has chosen me, and you can’t even offer your blessings, so how dare you say you love her?”
He Pengfei felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
He was too late after all.
Qu Jianhang has already married someone else.
“Let’s meet,” He Pengfei said. “There are some things we need to talk about in person.”
"There's nothing to say." Yan Chengyu repeated his previous statement: "Also, don't harass my wife in the future."
After saying that, Yan Chengyu hung up the phone.
He rubbed his temples, also feeling a headache coming on.
This man is utterly baffling. He doesn't seem like an unreasonable person, yet he's capable of destroying someone else's family.
She talks about love, yet she's willing to become a mistress.
The key point is that Qu Jianhang didn't have those feelings for him.
He was only expressing his feelings unilaterally, yet he still wanted Yan Chengyu to back down.
Yan Chengyu checked the time, picked up his phone, and dialed Qu Jianhang's number.
He needs to file a complaint and make Qu Jianhang compensate him.
This time, it wasn't him being jealous for no reason; He Pengfei came to him himself.
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