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"I don't."
Xie Xuchuan retorted, "Shen Yuanzhu, in your heart, am I just a heartless, cold-blooded, and treacherous person?"
He couldn't believe that Shen Yuanzhu viewed him in this way.
"I ask myself honestly, I've been completely sincere to you all these years, but what about you? How have you treated me all these years?"
Youthful pride prevented Xie Xuchuan from admitting defeat, nor did he want to be outdone by anyone, not even his beloved.
"Over the years, how much influence has the Shen family borrowed from the Xie family? Whenever there is a conflict between the Xie and Shen families, I have always made the Xie family give in."
"And you? Have you ever made Shen Yanhuai back down because of me?"
"Could it be that my Xie family dislikes high profits and large sums of money?"
"It's just that I cherish you and I'm afraid you'll be in trouble at home, and I'm afraid you'll be looked down upon because of the Shen family's interests."
"For your sake, I removed the Xie family's original suppliers and filled in your sister-in-law's maternal clan, all to give you face in the Shen family. I hoped your sister-in-law would appreciate your kindness and also wanted to keep her in check so she wouldn't dare to treat you lightly."
“I worry every day that you are being tormented by the women in the Shen family’s inner quarters, but have you ever asked me if I am tired or weary?”
"The Ye family is in trouble right now, and your sister-in-law is extorting money from me. I argued with you for a few words, and you accused me of many crimes, calling me despicable."
“I was afraid they would mistreat you, so I respected your elder brother and sister-in-law as the elders. Over the years, I have always been humble and subservient to the Shen family. But at home, I have never been so humble, not even to my grandmother and grandfather.”
"Several times I saw you looking unhappy and kept asking you questions, but you never said anything. You never told me your worries and only let me guess on my own."
"I treated you with utmost care and consideration, and all I got in return was a word of despicable."
Xie Xuchuan's eyes were bloodshot: "Shen Yuanzhu, ask yourself honestly today, have you been sincere to me all these years?"
"Did you marry me for the Xie family's fortune, or just because of me?"
Shen Yuanzhu stared blankly at the boy whose eyes were filled with tears, and suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
Large tears fell one by one to the ground. As Shen Yuanzhu looked at the circles of watermarks, her heart felt as if it had been filled with a bowl of chili water mixed with wine and vinegar, a mixture of sour, bitter, astringent, and spicy flavors.
He asked her if she truly loved him.
She has it.
Before he secretly pledged his life to another woman and had a child with her, why wasn't she sincere to him?
But all that sincerity had long since vanished as he repeatedly tried to give Jiang Wansu a legitimate status and fight for the interests of her child, even at the cost of hurting her.
He once said that even without his parents, it wouldn't matter, as long as he lived, he would be the boy she relied on. Now, for someone else, he wields a sharp blade, resolutely and powerfully piercing her body and soul with each cut...
Then ask her, "Have you ever been sincere with me?"
Shen Yuanzhu wiped away her tears, raised her head and said, "Xie Xuchuan, since this marriage has caused you so much pain, why do you insist on it?"
"You have suffered so much for me, for the Shen family, and for this marriage agreement, why not just call it off sooner?"
The boy before her became blurred through her tears; through the haze, she could only see a pair of exceptionally red eyes.
"The Agarwood Pearl!"
Xie Xuchuan gritted his teeth and said, "The engagement is null and void?"
He didn't understand why Shen Yuanzhu would say such things so easily.
Before him stood the girl he had loved for over a decade, waited for for over a decade, and only wanted to marry her openly and as soon as possible.
But now, she casually says that the engagement is null and void.
This turned all his years of hard work into a joke.
Xie Xuchuan retorted angrily, "You think I wouldn't dare? You think I'm afraid?"
Thinking of Ye Yunyi, she felt a greedy urge to tear every last drop of flesh from him.
Thinking of Jiang Wansu's tearful farewell, saying that the Yellow Springs were her and her child's final resting place, and thinking of my own wretched state these past few days...
Xie Xuchuan shouted, "So be it! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"
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