"But today, I still want to see you."
Ren Shumin finally turned to look at him, her eyes stern. "You did? Do you still want to play this drama to the end? Do you think that if you send me some flowers and say a few nice words, I will forget all the years you have been plotting against me?"
He Junxiao's throat moved, and his voice lowered with a hint of hoarseness: "I admit that there were many things I was wrong about before. I did a lot of things wrong."
"When you say 'many things', do you mean approaching me under a false name, asking about my family's real estate, and deceiving me of my trust?"
"I……"
"He Junxiao, you have been lying to me from the beginning."
"Yes." He suddenly raised his head, a particularly sincere light in his eyes: "In the beginning, I did... have a purpose."
She sneered.
"But later on, I really did... like you." His voice trembled. "Believe it or not, Shumin, I never thought that one day I would really want to have a child with you and live a good life."
"Your mother has never liked me. She thinks I'm younger than you and unreliable. She also looks down on me because I have no money."
"I also know that you feel that you are older than me, and you feel uneasy and a little inferior. You are afraid that I will despise you one day...but I really don't!"
"In order to let you live a good life as soon as possible, I have been working hard to make money. I want to buy a bigger house and replace the small house we live in now."
"Shu Min, I still have a lot of immature aspects, and sometimes I don't consider your feelings when I say things. I will slowly change... Can you believe me? I really love you so much!"
"I don't want to divorce you! I really don't!"
Ren Shumin didn't say anything, and the expression on his face fluctuated between relaxation and restraint.
"Stop talking."
"Shu Min." He Junxiao took a deep breath, suddenly took a step forward, and knelt in front of her.
She subconsciously took a step back: "What are you doing!"
He Junxiao fumbled in his windbreaker pocket for a long time and took out a small black velvet box. His fingers trembled in the night wind, like a poorly rehearsed actor.
He slowly opened the box.
A dazzling diamond ring lay quietly inside.
"Happy birthday," he said softly, his voice filled with a hint of broken sincerity. "I...always remember it."
Ren Shumin was stunned, her heart twitching: "You actually... still remember."
He nodded, forcing a smile. "Actually, I wanted to give it to you last year...but I didn't realize it at the time. I actually wanted to live my life to the end."
"Stop acting..." Her voice was dry.
“I’m not acting.”
“You’re acting everything.”
"No." He slowly raised his head, his eyes red. "I don't want to act in anything anymore. Shu Min... I really want to be a father and have a family."
Ren Shumin felt a pang of pain in her chest, and tears almost fell. She quickly turned her face away: "You want to soften my heart with just a ring?"
He Junxiao didn't answer. He lowered his head, clumsily picked up her left hand, and pushed the ring onto her ring finger little by little.
"What are you doing!" She tried to pull her hand back, but he held it tightly.
"I want to make you a promise." He looked at her with a dull and stubborn gaze: "Today...even if it's the last time."
The diamond ring sat coldly on her knuckles, feeling slightly chilled.
"I don't need your promise."
"...But I owe you more than just a promise."
As He Junxiao spoke, his other hand fumbled inside his windbreaker for a few seconds before pulling out an old cell phone. He expertly tapped through a few buttons, his fingertips trembling.
"Shu Min, look at your phone."
Ren Shumin frowned.
The phone screen lit up, and bank transfer information popped up one after another:
Transfer successful: Yuan
Transfer successful: Yuan
Transfer successful: Yuan
Three hundred thousand.
"Two hundred thousand was my original betrothal gift." He Junxiao said in a low voice: "I'll return it to you... I shouldn't have taken it."
"The other 100,000 is for your mother's surgery. I know you've been worried about money."
Ren Shumin raised her head, a glint in her eyes: "How did you know?"
"I heard your mother came to you to ask for money." He smiled bitterly: "Shu Min, I have made many mistakes in the past few years, but I did these things to help you, not to plot against you."
"I was just afraid of poverty when I was little, so I care more about money... You know, my first girlfriend left me because I was poor."
She looked at him, her emotions gradually softening.
In the invisible barrier three meters away, Su Yao sighed softly: "She's really in love. If not her, who else would she choose for the pig-killing scam... She has been shaken."
Liu Yuting said expressionlessly, "There must be something hateful about pitiful people."
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