The phone was answered after a long time, and the person on the other end sounded somewhat impatient.
"What's wrong?"
"Why didn't you reply to my message? Is it difficult for you to ask me to meet my mother?"
She understood that he wasn't wrong, and she also knew she wasn't wrong to cover it up in front of her mother. But that doesn't mean she didn't feel wronged.
"Why would I go if your mom came? Sister, you haven't forgotten, have you? I said we'd talk about meeting the parents later. What do you want with your mom here? Are you trying to force me into marriage?"
He hadn't wanted to speak so soon. But to his surprise, she managed to get her mother to come.
He'd been subtly hinting at the future before, but he's only 26, still young and full of life. He should have a few more years to enjoy life. Besides, she used to be the ceiling he could reach, but now she's just a floor tile.
The reason he didn't say "break up" was because he felt that the relationship he had built up over the past two years was still there.
"What do you mean?" Liu Zihan's face darkened, and her anger surged.
"Sister, I've said before that I hate making decisions on my own, and you said you wouldn't force me, but what do you mean by this? Are you having your mother pressure you into marriage?"
I'm only 26 and I'm thinking of enjoying myself for a few more years; I haven't thought about getting married.
Hearing this, Liu Zihan felt as if she had been stabbed in the heart. Was that really what he thought of her? Did he think she was pressuring him to get married?
"What about me? I'm already 28 this year, and in a few years I'll be 30. Haven't you ever thought about what I think?"
Originally, Liu Zihan didn't want to talk about it, but since things had come to this point, she might as well be frank. "Liu Zuo, what does our relationship mean to you? Is it a relationship between an older woman and a younger man, or something else entirely?"
Liu Zihan kept suppressing her own feelings and finding countless reasons for the other person.
He's still young, so he wants to play for a couple more years.
His career was not yet successful, so he wanted to provide her with a better life.
He just wanted more time and to give her a home.
Because he needed to work hard, she was responsible for their living expenses.
Because he wanted to work hard, she became his strongest support.
"You say you still want to play, but what about me? I'm almost thirty, can't you even think about how I feel?"
People in the company often say, "Look at Xiao Liu, he's almost thirty and still not married."
She constantly tells the people around her that she wants to stay single.
Actually, no, she also wanted a home, wanted to settle down, wanted to live together with someone, and wanted a child of their own.
"Sister, you can't be serious, can you? Aren't we best friends? I like you, but marrying you is impossible."
I'm still young, how could I let marriage tie me down so early?
Haven't I made it obvious all this time? I don't like being tied down, and I wouldn't have talked to you about marriage. You're not trying to force me by having your mom come, are you? If that's the case, then you're in the wrong.
Hearing the other person's surprised and cold words, Liu Zihan felt as if she were in an ice cellar. This was the relationship she had been desperately trying to maintain—so fake, so fragile.
"So you eat my food, wear my clothes, use my things, and in the end you think you can just dismiss me with a 'sister'?"
Sister! To hell with sister, she doesn't need to be anyone's sister.
"Otherwise what? I've never admitted to being your boyfriend. Don't force me, sister. I have a lot of photos of you here. Don't make me hurt you." The man spoke the most ruthless words in the gentlest voice.
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