Chapter 63 Kneeling
Yun Zhaozhao's smile vanished instantly. She glanced at Pei Jiuyan, her tone laced with sarcasm: "This is what you were planning? Pei Jiuyan, are you willing to use anything to achieve your goals?"
Knowing she was powerless against these things, he adopted the puppy. He didn't keep it because he genuinely liked it; he wanted to use it to soften her heart.
"Pei Jiuyan, what makes you think I would soften my heart for such a little thing?"
Yun Zhaozhao was speechless. She didn't know what Pei Jiuyan was thinking. She did like small animals and could be considered charitable, but she wasn't a saint. She couldn't let Pei Jiuyan manipulate her for a puppy that she had no feelings for.
While Pei Jiuyan was still in a daze, she took the earring from his hand and casually tossed it into the flower bushes.
"Just because I liked something before doesn't mean I like it now. Let's not do this anymore. Do you want those things you gave me? If so, pack them up and I'll send someone to pick them up. You won't have to worry about it then."
"Pei Jiuyan, please be a good ex."
Yun Zhaozhao's words completely negated all of Pei Jiuyan's efforts over the past few days. He clenched his back teeth and then relaxed them: "I didn't intend to use it. I really like Pei Xiaobao. I just thought... we would be like this if we had children."
He used to dislike these things, and he wouldn't even look at such an ugly dog.
However, these past few days, only Pei Xiaobao has been keeping him company. With it around, the house doesn't feel so empty anymore. When he opens the door and it jumps out, he gets the feeling that someone is waiting for him to come home.
He hadn't felt this way in a long time since Yun Zhaozhao left; the place couldn't even be called home anymore.
But he had no idea where else to go, and he was afraid that if he didn't go there, their home would really be gone.
Sometimes, looking at the things Yun Zhaozhao left behind, he would deceive himself, thinking that Yun Zhaozhao didn't want a divorce, that she had just gone out to have fun, and that she would come back when she was tired of playing.
"Zhaozhao, I can't do it."
Pei Jiuyan, no longer the high-spirited man he once was, lowered his proud head: "I've tried, I want to let go, but I really can't. I can't tolerate other people around you. You don't know how I felt when I saw those people surrounding you just now. I was going crazy."
"Zhaozhao, come back, okay? I'll do anything you ask if you're willing to come back."
Pei Jiuyan looked pained. He had dressed up specially today, wearing Yun Zhaozhao's favorite clothes, but Yun Zhaozhao hadn't even glanced at him. His face had lost its power; he didn't know how to get Yun Zhaozhao back.
Yun Zhaozhao had never seen Pei Jiuyan like this before, and now she was beginning to believe what he had said before.
Perhaps he genuinely cared about her, and their relationship wasn't just about scheming. However, this would only make her think that she wasn't as hopelessly stupid as she seemed.
"Pei Jiuyan, what will it take for you to understand that a broken mirror cannot be mended?"
“I went back with you, and then what? Did those things just disappear? I can’t let go of my family’s deaths, and you can’t abandon your mother. Most importantly, we’ve never trusted each other.”
Her trust in him had long since vanished due to his repeated deceptions, and he had no trust in her whatsoever; he could deny her affection for him based on a single sentence.
"We should cut our losses now. Actually, the best person for you is the clerk."
They are both equally shameless.
Pei Jiuyan couldn't hear any of this; he only had one thought in his mind: Yun Zhaozhao wouldn't agree.
"If you're not with me, then who are you planning to be with? Fu Shangluo or Chen Boxu?"
"Would the Fu family, with their social standing, allow you to bring another child into their home? Chen Boxu only wants to play with you; neither of them is suitable."
Yun Zhaozhao didn't want to get angry, but she couldn't help but say after hearing this: "Yes, yes, they're all unsuitable, and you're the most suitable, right?"
"yes!"
Pei Jiuyan nodded, not feeling shameless at all.
When you're pursuing a wife, what's the point of having any shame?
“I’ve said I would treat your child as my own. You don’t need to worry about my mother either; I will communicate well with her.”
"These are not problems."
"As for the deaths of Mom, Dad, and my older brother... I can't bring them back to life, but I'm willing to spend my whole life to make amends. Zhaozhao, give me this chance. Let's not get a divorce, okay?"
If she had heard Pei Jiuyan's words a few months ago, she would have been moved to tears. Even if she had heard them when she made the phone call that night, she wouldn't have been so determined to get a divorce.
She said wearily, "Oh no!"
“Pei Jiuyan, I really can’t be with you anymore. Other reasons don’t matter. The main thing is that I don’t love you anymore. I can’t find that feeling of being attracted to you anymore. Being with you will only make me unhappy.”
"I've had enough of being wronged by you, Pei Jiuyan. I don't want to suffer anymore."
Pei Jiuyan was still standing there long after Yun Zhaozhao left; Yun Zhaozhao's words had been incredibly impactful.
He could solve all the problems—his mother's side, the Fu family, Chen Boxu, even Old Master Huang—but he couldn't accept that Yun Zhaozhao didn't love him.
Perhaps he never imagined that Yun Zhaozhao truly loved him that much. He used every means to be with her, and she thought she was the one who fell in love first, but little did she know that every step he took was part of his calculations.
He calculated how often he should see her, what he should say when he did see her, what expression he should wear, and what clothes he should wear.
He never dared to reveal these despicable thoughts, for fear that Yun Zhaozhao would discover that he was such a vile person.
Yun Zhaozhao is right. He and Wenshu are the same kind of people, equally despicable and disgusting.
Because he was never honest, he lived in constant fear, afraid that Yun Zhaozhao would discover his true colors. This was also why he never dared to believe that Yun Zhaozhao truly loved him.
He destroyed the thing he cared about most with his own hands.
He knew Yun Zhaozhao better than anyone else what kind of person she was. She would never give up what she cared about, even if it cost her her life. However, she wouldn't want what she didn't like, no matter how good it was in the world.
He was once the favored one, but now he is the one who has been abandoned.
Pei Jiuyan slowly knelt down on the ground, clutching his chest as if he couldn't breathe.
He was truly at his wit's end; he had personally lost her precious child!
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