“…It was at this location that I beat him up and left.”

Ru Mei angrily recounted what happened in Guangde Building that day, gritting her teeth as if she wanted to bite Huo Zhenduo to pieces.

But after he finished speaking, he sighed again and all his strength was gone.

"I'm done with him."

Qin Hanshu and Cao Jing looked at each other, and then said in unison: "It's over."

Qin Hanshu said: "Based on your conditions, it is Huo Zhenduo who is out of his league, and he is the one who suffered heavy losses."

Cao Jing: "That's right. I'll keep an eye out for you and introduce you to a good gay man."

Qin Hanshu: "There are 900 million people in our country, and half of them are men. Huo Zhenduo is only one in 450 million, what a tiny number!"

Ru Mei was cheered up after hearing this, "That's right! If you think about it this way, Huo Zhenduo is nothing!"

The three of them chatted with each other, and Rumei felt much more open-minded after a while.

She felt that it was all thanks to the guidance of Qin Hanshu and Cao Jing, so when the bill came after the meal, she rushed to pay.

"I called you here to listen to my complaints, so I should treat you!"

Qin Hanshu and Cao Jing left her alone.

After dinner, everyone went back to work.

Just as Ru Mei and Cao Jing were about to walk into the door of the song and dance troupe, a voice sounded behind them.

"Rumei."

Rumei turned around, saw the person coming, and said casually: "Oh, it's you, one in 450 million."

Huo Zhenduo was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant, and just said: "I want to have a good talk with you."

Rumei snorted coldly: "There is nothing to discuss between us."

Huo Zhenduo was silent for a while, and his tone became pleading. "Then just listen to me for a while, okay?"

Rumei pursed her lips and said nothing.

Seeing that her hands were about to tear the seams of her pants, Cao Jing decided to give her a way out, "Rumei, go ahead. I'll ask for some leave for you."

Cao Jing went in first after she finished speaking. Ru Mei didn't have time to stop her, so she had to walk to Huo Zhenduo's side reluctantly and said, "Go ahead."

Huo Zhenduo: "It's inconvenient here with so many people coming and going."

Ru Mei saw the same and said, "Let's go to the small park across the street."

Sitting on a bench in the small park, Rumei couldn't help but glance at the bushes along the riverbank with a look of emotion.

It was there that she was bullied by a pervert and Huo Zhenduo saved her.

But when she thought that Huo Zhenduo already had a partner, her expression became cold again.

Huo Zhenduo took in every change in her expression.

Feeling annoyed, he took out a cigarette and wanted to smoke it, but suddenly he remembered that Rumei, who was sitting next to him, didn't like the smell of cigarettes, so he put the cigarette back into the box.

"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Rumei got angry when she saw his deep look, "I don't want to stay alone with a young man who has a partner for too long."

"I don't have a partner." Huo Zhenduo turned to look at Ru Mei, "I don't have a partner."

Rumei was surprised, "That day...Ajie said that you should spend your birthday with the one you love."

"It's the anniversary of his death," Huo Zhenduo said in a low voice, "The person I love is my sister, my biological sister."

Rumei lost her voice.

"However, I asked Ajie to say this to you on purpose to make you misunderstand so as to end our relationship."

Ru Mei stared at Huo Zhenduo blankly, her mind a little confused.

Huo Zhenduo chuckled, "It's my fault. I didn't think it through before. Now I have thought it through and have made a decision in my heart, but I need to ask you something."

Rumei didn't understand, "What?"

Huo Zhenduo did not answer, but remained silent for a while before saying:

"My parents died when I was very young. My grandmother was a charlatan who didn't care about anything at home. I grew up with my sister."

"I have never obeyed discipline since I was a child, and I have never lived in accordance with the rules... I have now sneaked back from the place where I was sent to work in the countryside. I have no household registration and no job. I am living in the gutter."

"The things I did in the gutter are totally unacceptable to a family like yours, including you."

Rumei said softly: "I know you are speculating, and I also know you have no choice. If you have a proper job, you will definitely not do this... I can understand."

For a person who has grown up without parents and has no one to help him, it is not entirely his fault to have taken this path.

"You are essentially a good person, with a soft heart."

Huo Zhenduo looked at Ru Mei steadily.

He wanted to say that what he did was not only speculation, but also that he had a cruel heart.

He also wanted to say that he was not forced to do so and that he quite enjoyed this kind of life wandering in the dark.

However, seeing the clarity in Rumei's eyes, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

"Yes, I had no choice."

"Now I want to change myself. The steel mill is recruiting workers. If I am hired, I can return to this city and live openly as a glorious worker."

Rumei's eyes lit up, "That's great!"

Huo Zhenduo looked at Ru Mei's eyes without blinking.

"What I want to ask you is, are you willing to follow me?"

Huo Zhenduo emphasized:

"I am a stubborn person. I will never change my mind. If you are willing to follow me, you will follow me for life."

"No matter how many difficulties there are ahead, you must not back down. No matter whether you change your mind in the future, you must not abandon me."

Rumei: "Ah? Change of heart?"

Huo Zhenduo said seriously:

"That's right. If you meet a man better than me in the future, you can't abandon me. Even if your heart flies away and you are just an empty shell, you can only stay by my side."

Rumei asked, "What if you change your mind?"

"I won't," Huo Zhenduo said seriously, "If that day comes, you can just shoot me."

Rumei muttered: "If I kill you, I will become a murderer..."

Huo Zhenduo choked up for a rare moment, thought for a while and said, "My grandma said that I can only have one marriage in this life, and if I don't meet my destiny, I will be lonely for the rest of my life. Although I don't like her, what she said is still quite accurate."

Rumei lowered her head slightly and asked, "Are you sure that your destiny is me?"

Huo Zhenduo said without hesitation: "Sure."

Rumei tried hard to hold back her smile.

"So, what's your answer?"

Ru Mei's long silence made Huo Zhenduo feel nervous. He tightened his hands unconsciously and even crushed the cigarette box.

After a long time, Rumei's voice finally rang out, "It's not like you say no and it's not possible. If you say yes, I have to say yes... I have to think about it."

Huo Zhenduo raised his eyes to look at Ru Mei, who was raising her chin and pretending to be arrogant, and curled his lips.

He didn't smile often, and the curve of his lips made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, think about it carefully."

"Hopefully I can win out of the 450 million."

Hearing the joking meaning in Huo Zhenduo's last words, Ru Mei said angrily, "I'm leaving first! I'll decide how long it will take to think about it, you just wait!"

She had to pay it back for making her suffer every day!