Xuan Mingyu did not answer her, but sighed helplessly and sat down in the chair in front of Su Yuluo.
"Luo'er, do you really have to treat yourself this way time and time again, to blackmail me?"
"I... Yu, I just... I just miss you so much, I really can't live without you... Please don't be with that woman anymore, divorce her and be with me, okay?" Her slender hands, almost bulging with veins, gripped Xian Mingyu's hand tightly, tears welling in her eyes. "I love you more than she does, we weren't..."
"Stop talking." Without hesitation, he pulled his hand away from hers.
"Yu, why are you doing this to me? You clearly love me the most! Why did you choose her!" Su Yulu questioned.
She was unwilling to accept it. She couldn't believe that the woman, that ordinary woman, could have such charm that she could bewitch him.
She would not give up until she heard a direct answer from Xian Mingyu today!
"I used to love you the most. Before Bai Xiaoruo came along, I never liked anyone else except you."
"But I'm tired and weary now. I know that you left me for six years to be with other men. You have repeatedly used self-harm to keep me by your side. I'm disappointed in you, and the last bit of love I had left has long been worn away."
"I chose Bai Xiaoruo not because you are inferior to her, not because of your face, and certainly not because of her family background."
"She never makes demands on me, never takes the initiative to manage me, but she always stays by my side silently, tries her best to please me, and waits for my return. These are things you can't compare to."
He felt sorry for Bai Xiaoruo's sacrifices for him over the years; she deserved to be cherished and deserved the best.
Just thinking about her makes him smile.
I've been busy ever since I got back from the US and haven't had a chance to call that girl yet. It's already noon in the US, she should be awake by now.
If she can't see him, she doesn't know if she'll start overthinking things again.
When Xuan Mingyu thought back to the time he was dating Su Yuluo, although he was happy and sweet, she could never endure any hardship.
Perhaps because she was young and only knew how to enjoy herself, Hsien Ming-yu never blamed her and was still willing to wait for her to come back.
But year after year passed, and in the end, she still didn't come back. Her grandfather had already arranged for her to marry Bai Xiaoruo.
He tried to struggle, tried to refuse, because this kind of marriage was not what he wanted at all.
After a year of marriage and so much that had happened, his heart began to change.
Comparing Bai Xiaoruo's humble love and waiting with the changes after Su Yuluo's return, he suddenly realized that his love for Su Yuluo was nothing more than that. It was undeniable love and undeniable affection, but that past was only suitable to remain in their innocent college days, and no longer in the present.
Mature couples need each other to understand one another better, not to entangle or use tactics.
You shouldn't be with someone just because you pity them, nor should you act recklessly just because you have past feelings for them.
"No, that's not it! What she did for you, I can do too, Yu. I'm trying my best, really. I can learn to cook for you, learn to do housework for you, I'll become whatever you want me to be. I really would die without you!"
"Are you sure you'll die without me? You've been gone for six years, haven't you died a thousand times over?"
“I…” Su Yulu could find no words to explain herself.
How could she dare tell him the truth?
Given his personality, he would definitely make her life a living hell for the rest of her days.
Driven by his last shred of sympathy for her, Su Yuluo pursed her lips tightly, tears streaming down her face.
Xuan Mingyu didn't really want to have a complete falling out with Su Yuluo. She was still a patient, and he was there to visit her, not to argue with her.
She cried her heart out, and her tears softened his heart.
He picked up the small bowl of congee on the table, stirred it, and scooped a spoonful to her lips. "Don't cry, eat something."
Faced with the porridge being fed to her, Su Yuluo turned her face away, saying, "If you hate me so much, then just leave. I can't keep you here anymore, nothing I do can keep you here."
"I don't hate you, it's you who keep doing things that make me hate you."
"I..." Su Yulu hesitated, not quite understanding what Xuan Mingyu was referring to.
"Are you happy now that you've made yourself look like this, neither human nor ghost?"
Even now, when she's dressed, you can still see that her emaciated frame has no extra flesh at all.
She is still beautiful, but after looking at her for a while, you realize that while she is beautiful, she is frighteningly thin.
Hsien Ming-yu thought that by taking back everything he had given her and leaving her the house, she would find a job and start a new life on her own. He never expected that when they met again, she would still be the same.
A person cannot be independent.
Without him, she couldn't even get by on the most basic level, and she was in a terrible state of disarray.
"Yu, do you think I'm ugly now?" Su Yulu touched her face. "Or do you think I'm too old?"
She and he were the same age. Over the years, she had given birth, had a miscarriage, and hadn't properly recovered after childbirth. She smoked, drank alcohol, and even...
Su Yuluo didn't want to think about it anymore. She had finally escaped the past and returned to his side, and she absolutely couldn't repeat the same mistakes.
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