Chapter 70: Still Thinking About My Ex【VIP】
The storm will pass, and so will the suffering.
——Orange Confessions
The sky was still clear in the afternoon, but at 1 o'clock there was a muffled thunder.
Shi Xu had expected Zhen Hao not to accept his proposal, but he was not mentally prepared for the breakup at all.
A storm was about to come, but it was not as fierce as the storm in his heart.
"Okay..." He stammered, and finally didn't say another word.
He understood Zhen Hao. Once she made a decision, no one could pull her back.
"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it." Shixu tried to skip the topic directly.
"Time sequence." Zhen Hao didn't give him any chance to escape. "I say, let's break up. Breaking up means separation, complete separation."
So don't be nice to her anymore, and don't do things that make her hesitate.
She had hardened her resolve with great difficulty, and she couldn't let the impending rainstorm wash it away.
"Thank you for your company these days. I'm sorry I let you down." Zhen Hao tried hard to suppress the trembling in his voice. "I'll dry-clean the clothes and send them to your house."
She recognized that the dress was haute couture and very valuable.
"I'll go back first." She didn't give Shixu a chance to speak, and turned and left.
"I'll take you there." Shi Xu took a step forward, wanting to pull her wrist, but pulled it back just as he was about to touch her.
"No need. Amei is already on her way to pick me up." Zhen Hao said without turning around. "Don't follow me."
Her voice was as cold as ice, causing time to stop in its tracks.
After Zhen Hao walked about ten steps away, he slowly raised his legs and followed her, keeping her within his sight.
From a distance, he saw the woman gathering her white shawl, her frail back revealing a sense of determination.
His heart suddenly ached badly.
A beam of dazzling headlights slowly approached from a distance, and finally stopped in front of Zhen Hao.
He watched her smile and say something to Zhen Mei, watched her bend down and get into the car, and then watched their car gradually disappear into the night.
Shixu stood there for a very long time, so long that his legs felt numb and the wind on his face was so painful that it stung his bones.
At the moment when the heavy rain fell, he even forgot to move.
No matter how heavy the rain was, it couldn't wash away the pain in his heart.
After sneezing violently from the cold, he walked back to the villa like a zombie.
The wet footprints formed a series on the wooden floor and stopped at the door of the master bedroom.
There was no good place to stay. The surroundings were so empty and terribly empty that even the wind sounded like crying.
Zhen Hao said she liked quiet places, so he bought this paradise-like manor and prepared to give it to her, hoping to have a home with her.
But why did things turn out like this...
Shi Xu slid down onto the carpet, and the floor heating that had been on all day couldn't warm him at all.
He didn't know how he walked to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes, nor did he know how he walked to the counter to get the wine. When he reacted, his phone was already full of Zhen Hao's voice -
"Hi, good evening everyone. I never thought my ramblings would receive so much likes and support. Once again, I wish you all a new year with new prospects and abundant wealth!"
This was posted by Zhen Hao on the third day of the Lunar New Year. It is also the third episode of her emotional oral broadcast. The title is: Because of a man, I became a negative mother-in-law.
"That's right, just like the title says, because of Mr. Q, I'm directly in debt of one million. Maybe that's not accurate enough. After all, it's always difficult to judge who's right and who's wrong when it comes to love and money. I won't deny that I did a lot of things wrong in this relationship, but I still say that no matter how much two people quarrel, it's not an excuse for either party to cheat.
"After we got engaged, I paid the down payment for a three-bedroom apartment. From looking at properties to buying one, to discussing how to settle down and how to run our little home together, to me paying the mortgage and renovating the house while he covered our rent and living expenses, he never once complained. Now that I think about it, it's actually quite complicated. Everyone has different perspectives. Some might call me selfish, saying we were getting married and still wanted him to take care of all the little things. Don't scold me, I'll do the same for you. But I was too young at the time to understand these things, and I didn't think deeply about them. I simply wanted a home that was completely my own, so I spent all my savings to do it... Oh, and by the way, Mr. Q was the one who took the initiative to cover our living expenses; I didn't ask for it.
"I always thought he really supported me buying my own house, but it wasn't until we were living apart and we were arguing frequently that I realized he had been harboring a lot of resentment.
"He asked me: 'Did you consider my feelings when buying a house? How can I, a grown man, buy a house later than my girlfriend? Also, we're getting married soon. Are you buying a house because you're wary of me and don't trust me to give you a good life?'"
"I was completely stunned by his question. It suddenly dawned on me that the fact I bought a house before him had severely damaged his self-esteem. At the time, I didn't know how to be self-sufficient. I kept blaming myself for this, constantly burning myself out, and even regretted buying the house. I even resisted even looking at the renovations.
"I've always shared this house with Q. Now that I think about it, the house is innocent, and I was so stupid. Why should I blame him for his incompetence?
"Oh, by the way, Xiao actually only transferred 300 yuan to me once, nothing more. In other words, from m to the renovation costs, everything was borne by me alone.
"I originally thought I was the one who could support all of this, but things don't go as planned. Three-dimensional things happened one after another, involving too many people. I won't go into detail. In short, there were problems, my family was rushed to the hospital, and the mortgage and rent were so high that I could hardly breathe.
"I was so desperate I even asked the museum director for an advance on my performance fees. I lived frugally and lived a frugal life, and Mr. Q knew nothing about it. It wasn't that I didn't want to tell him, it was just that it was all meaningless. Later, we broke off the engagement.
"This is a bit disorganized, so just treat it as a joke. Let me summarize briefly. I don't have anything else I want to say, but I just want to tell all the girls to love themselves more and be able to withstand risks. Savings are very important. Don't be like me and gamble everything. Not only did I suffer a lot, but I ended up with nothing. Finally, I wish you all a worry-free life and a debt-free life! I haven't decided what to talk about in the next episode yet, so I'll decide what to chat with you all based on my mood. Bye!"
After this episode, Zhen Hao did not update his videos for several days.
It wasn't until two days ago that she released a new one.
It was also because of this video that I accelerated the pace of proposing to her.
He had listened carefully to every one of her videos, but he still played them over and over again almost in a self-torturing manner.
The title of the latest issue is - My married ex-husband wants me to be his little wife.
Good evening, my fellow e-sisters! Is today's topic a bit explosive? I'm so worried the platform will judge it as bad communication, but I'll use all my snacks this year to guarantee that my values are more positive than anyone else's!
"That's right. After Mr. Q broke off his engagement with me, he quickly married the woman who had interfered with our relationship. You might ask if I'm sad, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. It's more of a feeling of reluctance. To this day, I still feel resigned. It's not because I can't be his bride, but because I don't want to admit that I was blind for so many years.
"I'm not going to mention the message he sent me on our wedding night. Do you know what happened to him afterwards? His subsequent actions made me feel that this person didn't just become rotten slowly, but had always been rotten. On his wedding night, I clearly told him that we didn't need to contact each other for the rest of our lives, but just last night, he called me again.
"I would like to clarify that I no longer have any contact with him. This is my personal behavior habit. Once I decide to draw a line with someone, I will not let that person appear in my life again, no matter who that person is.
"Mr. Q called me from an unfamiliar number. I thought it was a business matter, so I answered without a second thought. When I realized it was him, I wanted to hang up, but then I realized a thorough conversation might be the key to resolving the issue. And so the call began...
"At first, our conversation was quite harmonious. I also told him directly that we should not bother each other after we made things clear. He didn't agree or refuse, but just kept reminiscing about our past. I felt annoyed, but I still listened patiently. It's not that I can't let him go, I just want to put it aside once and for all.
"He said his current wife was inferior to me in every way, except for one thing. I was so mean and insisted on asking what that was. And guess what the bastard said? He said my breasts weren't as big as hers! I was so pissed off and disgusted. I wanted to hang up, but when you stop loving someone, all your rationality goes away. What would it mean if I hung up in anger? It would mean I could still be emotionally affected by him, and I absolutely couldn't give him that illusion.
"The phone call lasted a full two hours, and we said everything we needed to say, including everything we shouldn't. Before hanging up, I remained polite and told him bluntly not to contact me anymore, saying I was starting a new life. He agreed. I thought it was over, but just one night later, he texted me again. The text contained not only his longing for me but also regret. Reading those long paragraphs of text made me feel sick.
"I wonder if you still remember Z? That's right, she was Mr. Q's former crush, but they couldn't be together. It turns out some people really can't escape the 'ex' cycle. In their world, the ex is always the best. Z is, and so am I. When you're with someone like that, the current partner always suffers."
"He even said something like, 'Be my concubine, and all you need to do is dress nicely every day. It's the wife who takes care of everything at home.' I must have been blind to stay with someone like that for eight years!
"That's all for today. Talking about rotten men makes things worse. I hope I'm not disgusting enough to make you ladies skip a few bowls of rice. See you next time! Bye."
"Okay, then will you still be obsessed with me, your ex?" Shi Xu muttered to himself as he looked at the curtains fluttering gently in the wind while picking up the wine glass.
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