Chapter 92 A resolute rejection: People like us don't deserve love.
Zhang Yunqi was clearly taken aback. He never expected Liu Yan to find this place, but it seemed that her arrival was also within his expectations.
He withdrew his hand, nodded to the people around him, said something Liu Yan couldn't understand, and then everyone dispersed.
After everyone had left, Zhang Yunqi looked at Liu Yan and smiled elegantly.
"Yan'er, it's been a long time! You've arrived much earlier than I expected!"
Upon hearing his words, Liu Yan's tears streamed down her face. It turned out he knew everything; it turned out she was the only one waiting foolishly like an idiot.
When Zhang Yunqi saw Liu Yan's tears, he suddenly sighed softly, reached out to wipe away the tears on her face, and said gently.
"Silly girl, what's there to cry about?"
"How could she not cry? You just left like that, do you even know how many four years this silly girl has waited for you! Did you ever think about how heartbroken she would be after you left? Did you ever think about how foolishly she would wait for you?"
Before Liu Yan could speak, Gu Mingxia had already stepped forward and started yelling at Zhang Yunqi. She wondered why men would want to play the disappearing act. Did they really think that the person being left behind and waiting wouldn't feel any pain at all?
"Zhang Yunqi, I used to think you were a rare gentleman among the wealthy families of Xiangcheng, but I never imagined you were the biggest scumbag among so many men! If you had just said you were leaving, this silly girl wouldn't have been waiting for you like this!"
Gu Mingxia seemed to be enjoying her scolding, while Liu Yan just cried. Zhang Yunqi sighed and looked at Liu Yan with affection, the girl he once loved most, the girl who gave him ten years of sunshine and love.
"Don't cry, you'll turn into a little kitten if you cry and your face gets all messed up!"
Zhang Yunqi's tone remained refined and gentle; he seemed to have never changed. When Liu Yan heard his words, it was as if the Yunqi standing in front of her was still the person who had loved her so dearly.
Her eyes were brimming with tears, her heart was breaking! This man, the one she had loved with all her heart, how could he bear to watch her weep and wait in vain? Did he really mean that when he no longer loved her, nothing he did matter to her anymore?
Zhang Yunqi gently wiped away Liu Yan's tears, but as soon as he wiped away one, another fell. Looking at Liu Yan who was crying incessantly, he sighed silently, and lovingly reached out to hug her. His handsome face showed helplessness, but his azure eyes still shone with tender love.
"Silly girl, what am I going to do with you?"
"Yunqi, tell me, you had no choice but to leave back then. As long as you tell me this, I will wait for you forever! Whether it's four years or fourteen years!"
Liu Yan was held in Zhang Yunqi's arms, and she pounded his back hard. All her grievances disappeared when he said, "What am I going to do with you?" Seeing that the decision he had made earlier had vanished in an instant, only one thought remained in her eyes and heart: this refined and gentlemanly Yunqi could never be the top scumbag that Gu Mingxia described!
"No one forced me; I left voluntarily back then! Yan'er, forget me! You'll definitely find a better man than me!"
Zhang Yunqi stroked her long hair. Although he was reluctant, he still pushed Liu Yan away from his arms and looked at her tenderly.
How could such a gentle man be a heartless person? Liu Yan just couldn't believe it!
"No, I absolutely will not leave until you tell me why I'm leaving!"
Once Liu Yan gets stubborn, no amount of persuasion will work! She pouted and looked at Zhang Yunqi with a determined expression.
Faced with her stubborn gaze, Zhang Yunqi sighed helplessly. Looking at Gu Mingxia, who was standing to the side with her arms crossed and full of hostility towards him, and then at Liu Yan, who wouldn't give up until she got what she wanted, he finally nodded and smiled slightly.
"In that case, please follow me!"
After Zhang Yunqi finished speaking, he didn't look at Liu Yan and Gu Mingxia anymore. Instead, he walked forward, and Gu Mingxia walked to Liu Yan's side, took her arm, and followed behind him.
The village wasn't very big, but Zhang Yunqi wandered around for a long time before finally arriving at a stilted bamboo house on the far east side of the village. As soon as he returned, a little girl with pigtails ran over to him and jumped into his arms.
"Dad, you're back!"
"Sweetie, Nianliu, go play by yourself. Daddy has something to do."
The little girl nodded and ran off to play on the swing in the yard. Zhang Yunqi turned to look at Gu Mingxia and Liu Yan, a happy smile on his face, even his eyes shining with a fatherly love.
"My daughter's name is Zhang Nianliu!"
Nian Liu, Nian Liu! When Liu Yan heard this name, a glint flashed in her eyes. He still loved her, didn't he? Otherwise, why would he name his daughter Nian Liu?
However, Zhang Yunqi did not give her a chance to ask questions. Instead, he went up the stairs and started walking towards the bamboo house. Liu Yan and Gu Mingxia followed him. When they got to the bamboo house, they saw Zhang Yunqi massaging the legs of a woman in a wheelchair.
“This is my wife, Liu Di! She was paralyzed from the waist down due to a car accident and can only live in a wheelchair.”
So, Nian Liu was missing his wife, Liu Di, not himself! Liu Yan smiled bitterly. It turned out that she had long since lost her place in his heart. It was pitiful that she was still holding onto the last glimmer of hope. Liu Yan, oh Liu Yan, you are so foolish!
"Are you friends of Yunqi? Welcome to my home!"
Liu Di turned her wheelchair around herself, but when Gu Mingxia and Liu Yan saw her face, they were both stunned. One side of her face was as smooth as a peeled egg, while the other side was covered with sores with yellow and red pus, which looked particularly frightening. However, Zhang Yunqi's eyes were full of endless affection when he looked at her.
He truly loves her! Otherwise, given Zhang Yunqi's perfect personality, why would he choose a woman who can't walk and is disfigured as his wife? Liu Yan suddenly felt very jealous of the woman in front of her. Although she had lost her legs and her appearance, she had a man who deeply loved her and stayed by her side without ever leaving her!
"Back then, did you abandon me without a word because of her?"
With tears in her eyes, Liu Yan pointed at Liu Di, who was sitting in a wheelchair, and asked the most cruel question to her in a trembling voice.
Zhang Yunqi looked at Liu Di tenderly, reached out and took a piece of gauze from the rope to gently wipe the pus from her face. Then he turned his gaze to Liu Yan.
"Xiao Di's facial disfigurement was caused by a car accident. She used to be a very pretty and lively girl!"
Was he explaining for her because he saw the disgust and loathing in her eyes? Was that why he was so eager to explain? Liu Yan felt her heart ache terribly. What could be more cruel than the pain of the man she loved desperately protecting another woman in front of her?
After hearing Zhang Yunqi's words, Liu Di blushed on one side of her smooth face, but when she looked at Liu Yan, her eyes were full of sincerity.
"You must be Sister Liu Yan! Yun Qi often mentions you, saying you are the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and now that I see you, it really is true!"
He keeps mentioning himself to this woman! Liu Yan suddenly felt nauseous. She never thought Zhang Yunqi could be so despicable. He fell in love with someone else, married someone else, and still reminisced about his ex-girlfriend, whom he had already abandoned, in front of his wife!
"Really? If I were truly the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, why would he abandon me to marry you? Zhang Yunqi, is this how you reminisce about your ex-girlfriend while with your wife? What, after saying something to me, you're probably going to brag about having a silly woman like me waiting for you so devotedly in Xiangcheng, right? You're so proud and honored, aren't you?"
As Liu Yan spoke, tears began to fall. She pointed at Zhang Yunqi and Liu Di and said bitterly.
"Zhang Yunqi, I hate you! I hate you!"
After saying that, Liu Yan turned and ran down the bamboo building. Gu Mingxia watched her back, then turned around and looked at Zhang Yunqi coldly, with a mocking smile on her lips.
"Zhang Yunqi, I really misjudged you! Do you know how cruel this is to Liu Yan?"
"Isn't that good? Only in this way can she forget me and start a new life!"
Zhang Yunqi still wore a refined smile, as if he would never get angry, always carrying such a calm smile.
"Do you even know that you two have been together for ten years, and she waited for you for four years! Even the bar she owns is called Waiting Bar! She's always been waiting for you, and that has never changed!"
Gu Mingxia was furious. How could a man change his mind so easily?
Upon hearing her words, a glint flashed in Zhang Yunqi's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He looked up at Gu Mingxia and smiled faintly.
"Mingxia, if I don't love her anymore, I just don't love her anymore! No matter how much she does, what's the point if I don't love her anymore?"
He doesn't love her anymore! So he really doesn't love Liu Yan anymore! Gu Mingxia glared at him fiercely, then turned and ran quickly down the bamboo building.
Liu Di was sitting in a spot where she could see Gu Mingxia run out of the yard, and she gave a bitter smile.
"Brother Yunqi, why don't you tell Sister Liuyan that Nianliu is the name you gave her because you miss her? How can you treat Sister Liuyan like this? She will definitely be very sad when she goes back!"
Zhang Yunqi sat in the chair, a smile still on his face, but a hint of bitterness in his eyes. He touched his heart; it ached terribly. But no matter how much it hurt, he couldn't soften his heart. Only by utterly rejecting her could he ensure his beloved girl's eternal happiness!
"Xiao Di, you know! Only by making her hate me can she find true happiness!" Zhang Yunqi, having shed all pretense, wore a pained expression. He touched his abdomen, which was already beginning to fester.
"People like us don't deserve love!"
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