Seeing that Yuan Ruoxi remained silent, Li Sikai had Tao Jianian carried in.
As Tao Jianian lay on the stretcher, he immediately saw Yuan Ruoxi, who was crying with tears streaming down her face, with a man and a woman standing beside her in astonishment.
He didn't know who that person was, but it didn't matter; it didn't matter who it was, as it was irrelevant to his purpose for coming here.
His eyes were misty with tears as he looked at Yuan Ruoxi and said in a choked voice, "My dear, I've finally found you. It's been so long since we last met, and you've missed me so much that you're crying because of my arrival."
I am truly blessed.
Tao Jianian knew, of course, that Yuan Ruoxi disliked him, but he wanted to annoy her anyway. After all, at this moment, she was standing while he could only lie down.
Yuan Ruoxi wasn't a particularly clever person to begin with, and these words really left her speechless.
But what could she say? That she was crying because she didn't want to see him?
She wanted to, but she didn't dare, because Tao Jianian definitely had other tricks up his sleeve.
That's right, Tao, the male god, is preparing to launch another public opinion attack to make Yuan Ruoxi pay a heavy price.
It was her fault for leaving him in the south of the city for more than ten days without even saying goodbye.
On the way here, he kept thinking about whether he should take this opportunity to finalize the terms.
Otherwise, if Yuan Ruoxi leaves Suzhou one day, he won't be able to find her even if he wanted to.
But what he didn't expect was that Yuan Ruoxi, who had learned her lesson, didn't dare to argue with him. Instead, she rolled her eyes and said sadly, "I was just thinking of earning more supplies in Dongcheng before going back to see you."
Who knew you'd be in such a hurry to come all this way to find me?
Yuan Ruoxi was afraid of being attacked by her die-hard fans again, so she could only lower her stance and say, "Although we have broken up, I will definitely take responsibility for what I should take."
"Didn't I hire a caregiver, Xiao Qiao, for you? Where is he? Didn't he come with you?"
Hearing her say that, Tao Jianian, who was waiting for Yuan Ruoxi to get angry, was dumbfounded.
Does changing locations somehow increase intelligence? Otherwise, how could this young lady say something so tactful and measured?
Just those two sentences alone would make anyone praise her for being so kind and righteous.
To an uninformed person, it would appear as if the ex-girlfriend didn't abandon her disabled ex-boyfriend and worked tirelessly to earn a living for him.
But her disabled ex-boyfriend was like a leech, clinging to her and sucking her blood.
Tao Jianian was rendered speechless. Regardless of what Yuan Ruoxi was thinking, her reasoning was perfectly legitimate.
Tao Jianian wanted to tear her face off and trample on it, but then he remembered that the negotiations had failed and he couldn't offend her too much. So he imitated her and said with a wry smile, "Sigh, it's all my fault for following your nonsense. If I hadn't listened to your encouragement and gone to that ruin area to do the mission, my leg wouldn't be crippled and I wouldn't have become a burden to you."
But what's the point of dwelling on it now that things have come to this?
I know you don't want to face that painful past, but Ruoxi, it's me who's disabled.
Do you know how much pain I've felt because of this—losing my lover, my career, and my glorious life?
I know that you are in the prime of your life with a bright future, and I am no longer good enough for you.
But how can I survive without you?
Tao Jianian looked at Yuan Ruoxi with a heartbroken expression, "Darling, tell me, how am I supposed to live? Just tell me, and I promise I'll never bother you again."
He knew that Yuan Ruoxi was not the same as before, and that continuing to pester her would not bring him any benefit. However, he was unwilling to let her go so easily.
So he pretended to be heartbroken, just to force her to show enough sincerity and take care of settling his life.
Otherwise, even the guards wouldn't agree, and fans would naturally stand up for him.
Tao Jianian thought Yuan Ruoxi would throw a tantrum again, and was prepared for a confrontation.
But to his surprise, he heard the other person ask, "How do you want to live?"
Yuan Ruoxi wasn't stupid; she naturally understood that what she had just said was a condition.
In the past, she would have really wanted to ignore it.
After several attempts to test her, she realized that the guards wouldn't help her clean up the mess, and wouldn't allow her to abandon them.
Since that's the case, let's have an open and honest discussion to avoid any ambiguity or hesitation.
Moreover, and most importantly, she purchased a large quantity of grain in Suzhou, enough to feed her for at least thirty years.
Since that's the case, she'll agree as long as the other party's request isn't too unreasonable.
Seeing that Yuan Ruoxi had relented, Tao Jianian made an outrageous demand: "I want twenty years' worth of food and a job."
Yuan Ruoxi thought to herself, "Twenty years, at least six thousand catties of rice, he really dares to ask for it!"
She was so angry that her hands were trembling. She pointed at him and yelled, "Why don't you just rob me? Do you think I'm easy to bully?"
Everyone knows how you injured your leg, so don't pretend to be a victim.
"You can't extort money from people without the guards' permission first!"
Yuan Ruoxi's chest heaved violently, and her eyes were bloodshot. She glared fiercely at him, then turned to find Li Sikai.
But she was a completely different person when she saw Li Sikai.
"Brother Skye, it's really not that I'm not cooperating this time, it's that Tao Jianian, he deliberately tried to extort me!"
With tears welling up in her eyes, Yuan Ruoxi rushed towards Li Sikai as if she had found a powerful ally.
Li Sikai quickly took three steps back, almost hiding behind Geng Zhixing and Sun Sainan.
However, the two of them were also very resistant to someone, and the moment she pounced on them, they unceremoniously slipped out of the tent.
Helpless, Li Sikai could only shout, "Calm down, sit down and talk slowly."
Yuan Ruoxi nodded, sat on Sun Sainan's bed, and recounted her conversation with Tao Jianian in detail.
"This time I was very sincere in trying to resolve the issue with him, but look at his attitude—is that really a problem-solving approach? Everyone shares responsibility when something goes wrong; it was just bad luck on his part..."
I know you don't want to hear this, after all, I'm the one who started it all. But Brother Skye, six thousand catties of grain! Where am I supposed to steal it from him?
Li Sikai looked puzzled, thinking to himself, "Your space contains more than six thousand jin, doesn't it?"
However, he couldn't point it out directly, so he could only listen to Yuan continue, "Even if I really have it, can he keep it if I give it to him?"
Moreover, six thousand catties of grain, let alone storing it for twenty years, would probably mold to dust even after three to five years.
Li Sikai chuckled, saying in a somewhat sarcastic tone, "You're so kind."
Yuan Ruoxi was probably so immersed in her grief that she was confused and only complaining that she didn't notice the sarcasm in other people's words.
Instead, he nodded and said, "Of course. It's rare for me to do something kind, but I've been trampled on like this by that scoundrel Tao."
Li Sikai didn't want to argue with her about this, so he asked directly, "What's your bottom line?"
Yuan Ruoxi raised her head, her eyes bright, and asked, "Are you here to seek justice for me?"
"I'm just tired of watching you two argue for so long." Li Sikai shook his head. "If you can resolve it, then resolve it quickly. Anyone can't stand this happening every few days."
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