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The night was as dark as ink, and white mist began to spread all around.
Cai Wenchuan blushed and remained silent for a long time before finally stammering, "Xiao, Xiaoyu, I saw how happy your mother was, I think you, you are willing, willing?"
Like a bolt from the blue, a single sentence ignited Ye Wenyu's previously calm anger. Tears welled in her eyes, and she took a step forward as if burned, glaring at Cai Wenchuan. She demanded, "Do you think I'm doing this willingly?!" Her voice trembled with rage, like a spider's web in the wind. Did he think she had nothing, that she was too pitiful, and therefore, like a beggar, she would be completely willing to give him alms?
Cai Wenchuan's face grew paler and paler, even his lips lost all color. His handsome features, set against the backdrop of the dark night, resembled a Greek mask sculpted from marble; his face was even paler than the collar of his white shirt.
Ye Wenyu trembled as she gritted her teeth and asked him, "What am I willing to do? Am I willing to marry you even though I know you don't love me?"
She felt as if she had been doused with a bucket of ice water, and asked tremblingly, "I'm willing, even knowing we've broken up, I'm still willing to become your daughter-in-law?! I'm willing, even knowing you have another woman in your heart, I still want to marry you right after graduation?!"
Her eyes were brimming with tears from pain and anger, her eyelashes glistening like raindrops on a roof. She shrieked, "Cai Wenchuan, am I really that despicable, that lowly? So easily summoned, so readily available, and so easily dismissed?" Her body trembled violently under the barrage of questions, like a leaf in a storm. She felt as if an invisible giant hand was gripping her heart tightly, kneading it forcefully.
She had never been in such pain as she was today. Because she had been reborn and carried the memories of her past life, she always felt a wistful, missed warmth towards Cai Wenchuan. She thought back to this life, how she had been so kind to him when they first met, vowing to cherish him. But she never expected that her sincere heart would be so carelessly trampled on by him!
Under Ye Wenyu's barrage of questions, Cai Wenchuan slowly stood up. His heart was pounding. He stared blankly at the furious Xiaoyu. She was like a mad cat, her fur standing on end. Her eyes were blazing with fire and brimming with tears as she questioned him. The air seemed to freeze.
Faced with his silence, Ye Wenyu could no longer hold back her tears. With tears streaming down her face, she asked tremblingly, "Cai Wenchuan, are you even a man? Where is your sense of responsibility? Where is your duty? Do you think I wanted this?"
Her voice lashed at Cai Wenchuan like a whip: "Just because I have no money, no family, no home, just because I'm all alone, just because I have no love, just because I'm poor, you think I'll do anything for you if you give me a bite to eat? Do you think I'm a vegetable in a garden, without feelings? Do you think I'm a book on a bookshelf, without dignity?"
This man has truly broken her heart! He's disappointed her so much! Before they met, she still clung to a sliver of hope—that after everything they'd been through, after so much time had passed, he'd finally come to his senses, overcome his inner demons, realized how good she was to him, knew she was his true love, and that's why he'd allowed his parents to arrange the engagement. But now, hearing him say, "I think you're willing," shattered all her hopes. He thought she was willing to be his backup plan forever!
At that moment, she felt as if her heart, like a dried seashell on the beach, was making a hollow sound.
Her heart was broken. It turned out that in his eyes, she had no status and was not worthy of respect. He thought she was a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy, and he would be satisfied if he swept up some scraps from the table and fed them to her.
He believed she would agree simply because she had nothing and was the most pitiful person in the world.
That's absolutely ridiculous!
It turns out that being poor can mean having no self-respect, no shame, and no principles.
Having money is great, not having money is a sin deserving of death! Others may think this way, but she never expected that Cai Wenchuan, who grew up with her, would also think this way about her!
Hahaha, hahaha.
Ye Wenyu wanted to laugh maniacally, but she controlled herself. Her hands, hanging by her sides, were clenched into fists, and her body was still trembling like a leaf in the wind. She gritted her teeth and said to him, "Cai Wenchuan, I've really been pitiful enough! My parents divorced when I was young, and our family's financial situation is not as good as yours. My mother remarried after I finished my college entrance exam, sold the house, and abandoned me. I lost my home and my family overnight and had to face life on my own."
Her chest heaved violently, and she felt like a fish thrown ashore, unable to breathe. After a while, she continued, "For the past three years of university, I've been working while studying. If I hadn't worked, I simply couldn't have survived! I'm the most pitiful person in the world, yet you still treat me like this. Don't you think you've gone too far? Aren't you shameful?! Doesn't your conscience hurt?!"
Her tears, under the moonlight, fell one by one like pearls from a broken string.
Cai Wenchuan was stunned when he saw Ye Wenyu like this. His lips trembled as if they were filled with scalding hot oil. Under her rebuke, he turned red in the face, and shame and self-reproach welled up from all over his body like a tide.
She was right to criticize him; he was indeed selfish and went too far.
Thinking of this, Ye Wenyu laughed nervously. She took out the red brocade box and said to Cai Wenchuan, word by word, "Cai Wenchuan, I'm telling you, I don't want to!"
The moon overhead was like a silver plate, its light like water, making Ye Wenyu look like a prematurely aged tropical woman. She rattled off a string of words to him: "Do you think I have no self-respect just because I'm poor and pitiful? Let me tell you, I'm more noble and self-respecting than anyone else! I will never marry a man who doesn't love me! This is a bracelet your mother gave me, but I'm sorry, I don't need it! Give it back to your mother!" After saying this, she threw the brocade box into Cai Wenchuan's arms and ran away as fast as a whirlwind.
She ran a long way, until she was drenched in sweat and breathless, until she was sure Cai Wenchuan could no longer see her, then she stopped and let her tears fall like rain.
She originally thought that Lin Tingfeng was the one who made her lose her self-esteem and bullied her in this life, but she never expected that the one who humiliated her was actually her neighbor brother Cai Wenchuan, whom she had always cherished.
She thought that since he was the son of a maid, he would cherish her, but she never expected that he would be the one who cherished her the least.
He's a scumbag!
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