Chapter 768: Little Liar
"Why should I quit my job?" The autumn wind in Beijing was very strong and a little hot. Huo Ningxin looked up at him and suddenly became curious. "If it was Huo Niannian who was here today, would you also ask her to quit her job?"
Most humans are pain lovers, which is manifested by licking mouth ulcers, pressing purple bruises, and asking stupid questions even though they already know the answer.
Huo Sicheng took a cigarette out of the cigarette box, lit it, and stared at her, his eyes gradually becoming cold, "What do you mean."
There was some impatience in his tone when he asked the question, as if he was facing an unreasonable woman.
"Huo Ningxin, don't forget that we had an agreement before we got married."
Yes, they made an agreement before they got married. She went to marry him with great joy, but all she got was a sentence, "I marry you, but I still can't forget Huo Niannian."
The carriage was silent, filled with the smell of tobacco.
Huo Ningxin smiled, savoring the words carefully and remembering them. Her eyes turned red. "Yes, I remember them all."
She looked up at him, but her voice was very numb, "But Li Sicheng, didn't you break up with Huo Niannian? Why did you live with her in Zhongnan Waterside Pavilion again?"
Li Sicheng also looked at her, his eyes cold: "Are you investigating me?"
Huo Ningxin shook her head.
Li Sicheng stared at her for a long time and said, "Be content. You have obtained the position of Mrs. Li. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
Yes, she should be satisfied.
Huo Ningxin covered her eyes and the wind blew past her ears, chilling her to the bone.
She thought, she had no right to be dissatisfied after being in a loveless marriage for 17 years without any divorce.
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Li Sicheng's flamboyance is reflected in his luxury watches and cars.
When Huo Ningxin went to work the next day, her colleagues in the company were shocked when they saw her.
"Oh, Mrs. Fu is here!"
"Xinxin, your husband is so rich, why do you still work?"
"That's right, he's handsome and rich, and he came to pick you up the first time you worked overtime. Wow, you're so lucky! Your husband must love you very much!"
Huo Ningxin pursed her lips and thought, what is the point of being affectionate? It's just for show. A marriage that is in name only will end in divorce sooner or later.
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Huo Ningxin went to deal with Fu Jiang's documents as usual.
Suddenly, the phone next to me rang.
Huo Ningxin raised her hand and answered the call, "Hello."
"Auntie, I'm Fu Zhi. Where are you now? Nan Li just saw the hot search on Weibo today, and his emotions became unstable. He vomited blood and fainted. The doctor is treating him now. I remember the doctor said that Nan Li's emotional excitement would damage his brain. Will he be in trouble, Auntie?"
The anxious voice on the other end almost came out through the phone! Huo Ningxin only felt the blood rushing up at that moment, and the peaceful situation that she had tried hard to maintain was suddenly torn apart by an invisible big hand. Her first reaction was not heartache. Her mind went blank. Two seconds later, she stood up and asked tremblingly, "Zhizhi, what happened to Nanli?"
"I read the Weibo and my emotions fluctuated so much that it damaged my brain nerves and I fainted."
"Weibo?" Huo Ningxin was about to run out when she saw her colleagues who were still working, all looking at her in disbelief.
"Ning Xin, have you read the comments online? Netizens said that you were adopted by the Huo family and were ungrateful, and you robbed the real daughter of her marriage. Is this true? Are you really a mistress?"
"Why did your husband end up in the same apartment with the daughter of the Huo family? And they were hugging each other?"
"Huo Ningxin, you're not really the kind of person that netizens say is so heartless and would break up a couple in love, are you?"
No, no... Huo Ningxin shook her head in confusion. A colleague held up his mobile phone. On the Weibo page, there was a video of Li Sicheng sending Huo Niannian back to the waterside, and a short essay that Huo Niannian posted online about her five-year relationship but someone interfered.
"Originally, the first video to go viral on Weibo was of President Li hugging a woman. Everyone thought that this person was Mrs. Li. Unexpectedly, Huo Niannian, a fashion designer from Country M, would come out to explain. Her fans love her out of pity. So Ning Xin, is what she said true?"
Is it important? Does it really matter whether it’s true or not?
After the video was released, Li Sicheng did not ask anyone to delete it. Huo Niannian posted a short essay, but Huo's parents and Li Sicheng did not use Weibo to point out her lies.
Look at you, Huo Ningxin, how pathetic you are!
How come you live such a failure?
The mist in her eyes blocked her from looking at everyone's expressions, but those gazes were always fiery, as if she was feeling uneasy, as if the disappointment in the eyes of her biological parents made her feel uneasy.
She rushed out of the crowd and stumbled all the way to the elevator.
It started to rain heavily.
In a panic, she accidentally bumped into a black figure.
As the world was spinning, someone raised his hand and quickly grabbed me, whose face was covered with tears.
"I'm sorry." Huo Ningxin lowered her head and burst into tears.
"It's okay," the man had a pair of gentle almond-shaped eyes. He restrained himself and politely helped the girl to her feet. Before he withdrew his hand, he stuffed a black umbrella into her hand and said, "Take it. It's raining heavily outside."
Huo Ningxin didn't have time to take a closer look at his appearance. She just felt that this face seemed to be one she had seen somewhere. So she thanked him and hurriedly took a taxi to the hospital.
There was a faint scent of peaches lingering in the air.
Fu Chao tied his tie slowly and glanced at Fu Jiang who was smiling faintly, "What were you flirting about just now?"
"Um?"
"I saw it. When she ran out with her head down, you deliberately bumped into her." Fu Jiang didn't go anywhere else on such a wide road, but chose to take the path that Huo Ningxin ran out. "Besides, I know her. We were high school classmates, the little girl who always followed Li Sicheng. Why did you bump into her?"
Fu Jiang adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and said, "How can I help her if I don't bump into her?"
Fu Chao: “???”
Are you sick?
Are you any different from the scoundrel who pulls girls' hair in kindergarten?
"Idiot." Fu Chao scolded him.
But he paused and continued, "I told you before that I felt like something was missing around me. Do you really not have this feeling?"
"some."
"So what do you think is missing? I really can't think of it. And I don't know what happened recently, I started to like children more and more, and I don't think other people's children are noisy."
After a pause, he continued, "Do you think I had a one-night stand with someone a few years ago, and there is a group of hidden gems out there?"
Fu Jiang pursed his lips, "What novel have you read recently?"
"Nine treasures in one pregnancy, the CEO daddy is here to find me."
“…”
That's no wonder.
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When Huo Ningxin rushed to the hospital, the doctor had already examined Li Nanli.
"It's a bit strange. It doesn't seem to be caused by emotional excitement." It seems that some drugs were used, but the blood test couldn't find anything. The doctor could only say, "If the patient had seen something stimulating before he fainted, it could theoretically cause him to fall into a coma. However, his physical indicators are not too bad. This time he was lucky. Next time, I can't guarantee it."
"Thank you, doctor." Huo Ningxin saw the doctor out and as soon as she closed the door, she looked at her son lying on the hospital bed and burst into tears.
"Auntie." Fu Zhi called her from the side.
"Well, Zhizhi," Huo Ningxin wiped her tears and forced a smile at her, "I'm sorry to bother you today. It's because Auntie didn't handle her personal affairs well that you had to take Nan Li to the hospital. I'm sorry to make a fool of yourself."
Fu Zhi shook her head, her hands still carrying the strong scent of Chinese medicinal herbs, and said with her hands behind her back, "Auntie, don't say that."
After a pause, he continued, "I heard that day that Huo Niannian hurt someone. Auntie, crying is the worst way to solve the problem. If you don't cheer up, after this time, Huo Niannian will soon take action again. By then, do you want to see your son get hurt again?"
Yes, Huo Ningxin doesn’t want to.
But what else could she do?
She had explained to her parents and Li Sicheng countless times over the years, but all she received was...
"Auntie, I can help you. Make your parents regret it, make your husband repent, and make Huo Niannian disappear completely from your world. Do you want me to help you?"
Huo Ningxin looked up in disbelief.
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November is a very bright month.
Li Changgu's divine power recovered steadily.
At the beginning of the month, the Huo family and the Li family issued an official message.
It refuted the rumor on the Internet that Huo Niannian was the real daughter of the Huo family.
It also revealed that Huo Niannian's biological parents had raised Huo Ningxin in the countryside.
Fu Zhi just moved her fingers and sent the video she recorded in the ward of Huo Niannian's face and the certificate to the hands of the two elders of the Huo family, and the two old people broke down emotionally.
In their memory, Huo Niannian was sensible and obedient, a kind child raised by them.
But now, Huo Niannian's hideous face in the video reminded them of the past. Every time Ning Xin and Nian Nian had an argument, she always looked aggrieved.
So, was she really bullied by Xinxin again?
And her parents, as soon as they thought about the fact that their child was adopted by Huo Niannian's parents, they couldn't regard this matter as a coincidence, and felt that it was a conspiracy.
They began to regret why they were unwilling to trust their daughter and instead trusted a stranger.
However, as parents, they felt that "there are no bad parents in the world", so they vented all their emotions on Huo Niannian.
Huo Niannian was desperate and begged Li Sicheng, "Sicheng, you will help me, right?"
But what she got was the man's cold smile, "I thought that since you drugged me and went abroad, there was no connection between us anymore."
"Besides, I already paid back the debt I owed you in the car that day."
For the first time, Huo Niannian realized that Li Sicheng knew everything.
Yes, he and Huo Ningxin have been together for more than 20 years, how could he not understand Huo Ningxin's character.
His sarcasm and reluctance to get close to others simply came from the fact that he felt it was shameful to fall in love with Huo Ningxin, considering he had once declared that he would never fall in love with such a person.
But so what?
Huo Niannian thought viciously, I seduced Huo Ningxin to my side when she was most helpless. Now she has the love of her parents, the love given to her by the whole world out of pity, will she look back at you again?
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Everything is settled.
With the guilt of the Huo family, Li Nanli has the capital to make a living.
Huo Ningxin was very grateful to Fu Zhi. She told Fu Zhi on the phone, "I have never felt so happy in a day. I have imagined countless times that someone would come to save me and speak for me in a situation where I have no way to defend myself."
"Huo Niannian paid the price, but at this point today, I suddenly realized that what I hate most is the me in my memory who kept trying to please Li Sicheng and lost myself because of love."
"L Country is a very beautiful city. I might need to go there to rest for a while. I'll be back before the Nanli exam."
She wants to find the self who was once indomitable and determined to do what she likes.
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Li Sicheng didn't know that Huo Ningxin had taken the nearest flight to leave, and he didn't even know that Huo Ningxin had drafted a divorce agreement.
He found out about it when he returned home in the evening after a drinking party.
His stomach was upset and his mind wasn't clear from drinking.
Old Master Li was scolding him, "Drink, drink, drink! You smell like a prostitute, and you're never home all day. I don't know who you learned this habit from!"
"What's on your collar? Is it stained with another woman's lipstick? People who know you are there to discuss business, but those who don't know would think that my son, Li Changxiong, is out selling his body!"
Old man Li only comes to the Li family's old house eight or nine times a year, and every time he comes, there is chaos.
The servants in the villa were terrified.
I was waiting for Mrs. Huo to come to the rescue, but after waiting for a long time, I realized that the familiar figure and gentle voice were gone.
I couldn't help but wonder, where is Mrs. Huo?
In the past, whenever the old man scolded Mr. Li, she would always come out to defuse the dangerous atmosphere. After all, she likes Mr. Xian so much and feels sorry for him. She becomes socially incompetent just to deal with a little old man like the old man with a weird temper. When the old man scolds Li Sicheng, she will definitely come out to divert the fire and say, "Why are you angry again? I saw that you didn't have forehead wrinkles before? How come one just appeared? You can't be angry again, otherwise you won't be the youngest among your comrades."
At this time, Mr. Li would shake his sleeves, and although he was obviously very happy, he still said with a stern face: "Am I really the most handsome one among the group of people?"
When Mrs. Huo was around, they didn't think her praising the old man was a big deal, but now that she is gone, they always feel that the old house is scary.
Mr. Li was old and no one stopped him. He cursed loudly for a long time and became tired.
A daughter-in-law is more caring than a son!
But my stupid son was driven away, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I got! He simply waved his sleeves and left.
Li Sicheng sat on the sofa, rubbing his eyebrows, and asked a question that the old man didn't ask, "Where is Huo Ningxin?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Finally, it was Wang's mother who spoke up: "I don't know. Maybe she's busy at work. How about I call her and ask?"
Li Sicheng pursed his lips and nodded, "Yeah."
What was there for Huo Ningxin to be busy about? It was nothing more than that he was sending Huo Niannian to Zhongnan Waterside some time ago, and was photographed by paparazzi from a third-rate newspaper on the way. Huo Niannian accidentally fell, and he raised his hand to help her up. The paparazzi took advantage of the camera position and it looked like he had his arms around Huo Niannian's waist.
He knew that Huo Ningxin was sensitive about Huo Niannian's affairs and did not reply to his messages for several days, but he was too lazy to explain. I thought she would come back when she calmed down, so I didn't take it seriously.
After a while, Wang Ma came over with a hangover soup and said awkwardly, "I can't get through to the madam."
Li Sicheng was stunned.
Aunt Wang tried to probe, "Why don't you give her a call? Your wife will definitely be happy if you call her."
Li Sicheng dialed Huo Ningxin's number, but the line was busy. This happened several times in a row.
He realized belatedly that he had been blocked by Huo Ningxin.
WeChat messages cannot be sent and no one receives text messages.
Huo Ningxin seemed to have disappeared from this city.
Wang Ma said with some concern, "Will Madam ignore us forever?"
Li Sicheng stared at her, "What did you say?"
Aunt Wang said subconsciously: "I said, the Madam seems to be really angry this time and doesn't want to take care of us... She liked you so much before, sir, you don't know, every time before you came back, she would give me a day off and cook for you personally... She took care of everything for you personally, but a few days ago, she stopped touching your things. This is the first time this has happened..."
Li Sicheng didn't believe her words. With a cold face, he returned to the room and tried to add Huo Ningxin back on WeChat. Huo Ningxin had blocked him many times, but would always come back and add him back in the end.
But this time, he didn't receive any news from Huo Ningxin until the New Year.
It’s hard to describe what he felt at that moment, but Li Sicheng knew very well that his heart had indeed shrank and he was enveloped in a huge panic.
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Li Sicheng knew better than anyone how much Huo Ningxin liked him.
During the three years of high school, there were countless boys chasing Huo Ningxin, but she always stayed by her side.
But she had little courage and could only secretly write him very sad love poems and come to the classroom early to buy him breakfast.
He would usually throw these high-calorie breakfasts into the trash and remind her, "Don't bring me these junk foods anymore. Stay away from me."
In front of more than 50 classmates, she blushed with shame. Someone said loudly, "Tsk tsk tsk, a country girl is a country girl. An adopted daughter still dreams of snatching the marriage of a real daughter and becoming a phoenix? Look at what cheap food she eats, one dollar soy milk and fifty cents fried dough sticks. They are made with gutter oil, right? Who would dare to eat such cheap food?!"
When the classmates heard this, they all laughed at her.
Huo Ningxin suddenly realized that the label of being a country girl who was not presentable made it a huge sin for her to like someone.
Li Sicheng frowned and watched coldly. He never thought that he was cold-hearted, he just thought it was fine this way. Being liked by someone you don't like is a burden. It would be great if Huo Ningxin could retreat when she saw the difficulty.
I thought this matter would soon become a minor episode, but somehow it alarmed the dean of studies, who said that Huo Ningxin was falling in love prematurely and was affecting Li Sicheng's studies.
That morning, the dean came to the class in a rage. He thought Huo Ningxin was just an ignorant adopted daughter and scolded her loudly, "Don't you look at your grades? You are dragging down the whole school! Don't think you are a rich lady just because you were adopted? Can you study hard to bring honor to your adoptive parents? And you are even learning to write love poems! Are you really a toad who wants to eat swan meat and likes Li Sicheng?"
There were mocking smiles everywhere.
But this time, the soft-hearted girl suddenly mustered up the courage and said, "I like him. He's good-looking and good at studying. Director, can't I like him?"
That year the wind blew the willow branches, and willow catkins fell all over the ground.
The girl's voice was choked with sobs, but her tone was extremely firm, "Everyone has the right to like something, don't I have it too?"
Young love should be the most beautiful emotion.
Perhaps it touched the soft memories of some people in the class, and gradually, some girls stopped isolating the girl and started to interact with her.
She became cheerful and bright, and the climate and soil of the capital city nurtured her, and she became more and more beautiful. The only thing that remained unchanged was her love for him.
Later I went to college.
The two families decided to put the matter between him and Huo Niannian on the agenda.
But for some reason, he had originally agreed with Huo Niannian that their relationship would end after the college entrance examination, but he had yet to confess his feelings to her.
Huo Niannian's college entrance examination results were terrible.
However, Huo Ningxin was admitted to the same university as him.
She knew that he and Huo Niannian were not together, so she asked him carefully and awkwardly, "Will you consider me? Will you fall in love with me one day?"
Won't.
He thought with certainty that what he needed was a wife who stood on the same level as himself, had an aristocratic circle of friends, and had ordinary ideas. Instead of a girl who can make a fool of herself at any time and anywhere because of her clothes, food and drink.
A few years after she knew his attitude, she gave up her favorite painting and took etiquette courses to learn her manners.
She knew that he liked Huo Niannian playing the violin, so she quickly signed her up for a violin band.
At that time, the Li family was in chaos, and the brothers were full of intrigues against each other. She understood his difficulties, so she went to learn financial knowledge.
She comforted him, "It's okay, I believe you, you must be the best one."
Then, in the last few days of summer, I asked him, "I have learned everything. Will you like me?"
Of course not, idiot.
He thought to himself, I didn't like you from the beginning, so how could I be moved and feel sorry for your efforts for me?
He watched coldly, seeing her getting uneasy because of his words.
During my sophomore year, the fighting within the Li family became even more intense.
He decided to establish a relationship with Huo Niannian so that he could secure his position in the Li family.
On the day he and Huo Niannian got engaged, his eyes swept over the little girl who was squatting in the corner with red eyes crying.
Her lips moved slightly, and she tried to say words of blessing several times, but in the end, she choked and swallowed the words into her throat.
At that moment, he didn't notice that he looked overly worried.
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His junior and senior years were his busiest time. He was immersed in work all day long. Huo Niannian felt that he did not care about her enough, and he felt that Huo Niannian did not understand him enough. The beautiful love began to crack and crumble the moment he entered society. On the day when the building was about to collapse, he was forced to drink a lot of wine by his partner and sent to a bed.
His thoughts were in a trance when he felt a delicate skin.
He opened his eyes and saw a very familiar face. The difference was that compared to the previous weak ones, the person on the bed was sleeping with her eyes closed. She was completely naked, and her white skin made his body feel like a nameless fire.
Everything that happened afterwards happened naturally.
Even if you say you don't like someone, once you get involved with him or her, you will become addicted and unable to quit.
When he was young, he was arrogant and unwilling to admit it, so he followed Huo Niannian's words and gave himself an excellent way out.
Someone once said that the way two people get along at first determines how they get along in the future.
Their beginning was not a good one, so he always tried to ignore the feelings he had for her against his will.
Later, he received a call from his secretary, who said, "My wife left a letter for you before she left. It's at the company. Would you like to take a look?"
Li Sicheng's heart tightened, but he felt inexplicably relieved.
By writing a letter, did it mean that she told him where she had been and that she was planning to come back?
But when he opened the letter, there was only a divorce agreement inside.
Li Sicheng finally realized that Huo Ningxin was not throwing a tantrum at him. Unlike before, this time, she really wanted to leave the world with him.
She was no longer the cautious girl who had been with him when she first came to the Huo family at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and she was full of love for him.
Having seen the vast sky, she will never look down at the scenery at the bottom of the well again.
Before Li Sicheng was about to sign a contract with the Jiang family, he temporarily broke the contract and took the nearest flight to Country L.
This was the first time he gave up such a large order so capriciously.
The Fu family took advantage of the opportunity.
Fu Chao comforted Jiang Tian, "The Li family is shameless and dares to look down on the Jiang family, but we, the Fu family, are very sincere. This order has been signed. I will remember your great kindness in my heart."
Jiang Tian felt relieved and said, "Xiao Fu, you have a bright future. In the future, if our business dealings become more frequent and you have a daughter, you can arrange a marriage for her with my son, making the relationship even closer."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Bullshit!
Fu Chao agreed verbally, but was thinking in his heart, how can you, the son of a playboy, be worthy of this?
None of them are good stuff!
When I have a daughter, I will make Fu's business bigger and support my daughter for her whole life. You won't even think of even looking at her!
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When Mr. Li learned that Li Sicheng went to Country L to find Huo Ningxin, he didn't say anything. He just hoped that he would find her back.
It rained lightly in country l that day.
Li Sicheng was wearing a home sweatshirt and dragging a suitcase.
He passed by a small shop selling wind chimes, and the expression on his face suddenly became extremely ugly.
There was an endless frost in his eyes and brows.
Look what he saw?
Huo Ningxin raised her hand and placed it on a man's arm.
The two of them were so close.
Didn’t you say that you only like me?
fraud!
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The rain in country l came unexpectedly.
Huo Ningxin was in a depressed mood when she came out of the mall.
She looked at the couples around her holding umbrellas for each other and thought that the rainy season was really not for her.
She was reluctant to see her beautiful newly bought cheongsam get wet by the rain.
At this moment, a black umbrella suddenly covered her head.
Huo Ningxin raised her eyes and looked. This time, she saw the man's face clearly.
The other person had porcelain-white skin, sharp eyebrows, and a handsome face as if carved by a ghost. He was wearing a green shirt, which somehow clashed with the green cheongsam she was wearing.
"Nice to meet you again, Huo Ningxin."
The other party said her name with a smile.
The voice was deep and magnetic, and the beautiful and gentle peach blossom eyes instantly reminded her of something. She asked uncertainly, "Fu Jiang?"
"Yeah." It's strange that she still remembers her own name.
Fu Jiang's eyes swept over the figure approaching not far away, and he raised his hand, "There are many gravel roads in this area. The rain has covered the gravel. It's not convenient for you to walk in high heels. I'll help you walk."
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Li Sicheng stood in the distance, looking at the two people with bloodshot eyes.
But in the end he didn't rush over to question.
He still remembers Fu Jiang's face.
Compared to the blurred faces of his high school classmates, the only one he remembered was probably Fu Jiang, who expressed kindness to Huo Ningxin.
As a man himself, he naturally knew how much Fu Jiang liked Huo Ningxin.
After all, she is so nice, gentle and beautiful.
She is a girl that many boys secretly like and want to cherish.
He followed them all the way.
Crazy jealousy.
Watching Huo Ningxin with a smile on her face being escorted to the door by Fu Jiang.
He vaguely recalled that during those three years in high school, Huo Ningxin felt just as sad when she watched him holding an umbrella to send Huo Niannian home.
I was suffocating like a madman and couldn't even breathe.
Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, and before she opened the door, he grabbed her hand, "Huo Ningxin."
He called her name and was about to question her relationship with Fu Jiang when he heard her ask him, "Li Sicheng? What are you doing in Country L? Have you signed the divorce agreement?"
"Sign an agreement, why should I sign an agreement? You are my wife, why should I sign an agreement to make you leave me and hug other men?" What's more, he was wearing such a green gown and tried to stand by your side.
Huo Ningxin slapped him in the face.
It was pouring rain, the wind was biting cold, and Li Sicheng smelled a sweet and fishy scent from the corner of his mouth.
"Hugging and kissing others is something only you, Li Sicheng, can do."
"I have liked you for more than 20 years. This love is known to everyone. I love you so much that I have given up on myself. Ask yourself, you like violin so I will learn it. You have a bad stomach so I will cook medicinal food to nourish your body. You said you want a well-educated girl who can take care of your family, so I even gave up my dream of painting. I have only loved you seriously in my life, and I have never let this relationship become dirty and unclean. How have I wronged you to deserve your hug with others? Li Sicheng, there is a limit to liking someone, and there is also a limit to my patience!"
Huo Ningxin closed her eyes and said tiredly, "I used to think I would love you forever, even if I didn't get a response. But now I realize that I can't do it at all."
"Sign the divorce, I'll set you free and learn not to love you anymore, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
Li Sicheng felt a sweet taste in his throat, as if he didn't understand what she said, and repeated her words, "Set me free and stop loving me?"
"right."
He saw her pair of clear eyes, beautiful and without any trace of lingering love.
Li Sicheng gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it."
Huo Ningxin has liked him for so long, how could she just give up like that? She must be lying to him and wanted him to apologize to her.
He tried to find some clues from Huo Ningxin's eyes.
But no! Nothing at all!
The pair of eyes that used to only watch her silently now reflected everything, and the tiny him was reflected vaguely in them.
He suddenly became very flustered and subconsciously hugged Huo Ningxin's waist. "Don't do this, don't say that, Huo Ningxin! I have a bad temper. I was so angry when I saw him walking with you. I shouldn't have said such things, and I shouldn't have sent Huo Niannian to Shuixie. I have always been cold to you. It's my problem. You are angry and I apologize to you, or, or do you want to hit me and scold me? Yes, Ningxin, hit me, and when you have vented your anger, we will go home tomorrow, no, we will go home tonight, okay? I don't like country l, let's go home, I will accompany you to live in another city, okay?" This city has Fu Jiang, whom he doesn't like, which makes him feel cold in his heart, fearful and trembling.
Huo Ningxin could sense his fear; even the fingertips on her waist were trembling. The last time he lost his composure like this was the day Old Madam Li passed away. He was just as aggrieved and frightened as a child.
But as time passed, Huo Ningxin touched her heart.
The heart that had been beating violently for Li Sicheng had long since fallen silent.
She could no longer feel any love for him.
Only after leaving Li Sicheng, Huo Ningxin could be herself again and become bright and happy.
She raised her hand to push Li Sicheng, "Let me go first."
Li Sicheng's eyebrows lit up, "Then have you forgiven me?"
"I have never blamed you," Huo Ningxin sighed, and under the other's shining gaze, she slowly said, "What should I blame you for? It was all my wishful thinking from the beginning to the end. You loved Huo Niannian so ardently. If it weren't for me, you two would have been together a long time ago."
No, no!
Li Sicheng's heart sank to the bottom. He held Huo Ningxin's waist tightly, trying to feel a trace of warmth. "Don't say that. There is no Huo Niannian. There is only you, Huo Ningxin. I only have you! What do you want me to do to make you believe me? Tell me, I will do everything for you, okay?"
He was breathing rapidly and his tears wet Huo Ningxin's shoulders.
Huo Ningxin bit her lip and shook her head, saying, "Except for signing the divorce agreement, I don't need you to do anything for me. Li Sicheng, when Huo Niannian pushed me down the stairs and Nan Li almost miscarried in my stomach, I wanted you to help me, but I knew that as long as you had a dispute with Huo Niannian, you would only believe her words. So when you came to see me on the day when Aunt Wang sent me to the hospital, I didn't say anything."
"I was wrong. I know I was wrong."
"During the three years of high school, it rained frequently. I would bring you an umbrella every day, and then I watched you open it and shield Huo Niannian from the rain. I followed you like this and went home in the rain. Sometimes I would envy you. Why am I not the one you cherish? Why do I have to be so humble? It was also raining like this in Beijing last September. You took her to the waterside pavilion, and I got wet all the way. I had a fever when I got home, but I knew I couldn't fall down. Nan Li was still in the hospital and was seriously ill. I had to take care of him."
Huo Ningxin said, "Do you know what I was thinking when Fu Jiang held an umbrella for me just now? My husband, whom I have loved for more than 20 years, has never held an umbrella for me once. The man that Huo Niannian secretly likes, a stranger, held an umbrella for me."
"So, am I not such a failure? Am I not such a disgusting person?"
The more she talked, the more scared Li Sicheng felt. He bent down and begged him, "Don't do this, don't hate me."
"I don't hate you, Li Sicheng. I just feel that I have been following in your footsteps for so long that I have forgotten that I am also a girl and I also need to be loved by others."
So, she said, "Sign the agreement before I get completely sick of the whole I love you thing."
"I still have the rest of my life to go. You know my parents feel like they owe me a lot. They will give me a lot of money, and I can spend it to buy a lot of love and a pretty face. Li Sicheng, you can't be so selfish."
That night Huo Ningxin shook off his hand and closed the door.
Li Sicheng squatted on the ground.
He felt so painful that the pain in his heart almost made him faint.
He knew that Huo Ningxin was not joking.
It's not that he can't see clearly a person's love.
Huo Ningxin no longer needs him now.
On the contrary, he wanted to forget, but he clearly understood that there would never be another person in his life whom he would love and lose like this.
——
In March.
Outside the gate of Changhong Junior High School, willow trees are sprouting.
Li Nanli ran from home to find Fu Zhi. He was about to go to the army, but this time, for some reason, Li Sicheng dealt with all the affairs of the Li family and disappeared. The inheritance rights became his, and his uncles and aunts were dealt with by Li Sicheng early on.
His life was no longer filled with danger. He stood in front of Fu Zhi, thinking of the prepared speech. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Fu Zhi say, "Li Nanli."
"Um?"
"I heard a few days ago that my aunt and my dad... and I, um, no, it's Fu Jiang who are in love. They might give you a brother or sister. Then, you won't be lonely anymore, right?"
Fu Zhi asked him in a very gentle tone. For some reason, Li Nanli suddenly panicked, "Why do you say that? I won't feel lonely if you are around. I——"
"But I can't always be here," Fu Zhi raised her hand and touched Li Nanli's eyebrows, "I want to be with you, but Li Nanli. I have touched the laws of this time and space, accelerating the development of some things and the trajectory of some things changing. The laws no longer allow me to appear, and I should go back."
"But fortunately you will forget me, otherwise I will be reluctant to leave you, Li Nanli." I can't bear to leave you like this, and I can't bear that I can't accompany you anymore.
But I can only accompany you for such a short period of youth.
"Fu Zhi, you--" Li Nanli raised his hand in panic, trying to pull the girl in front of him, but the next moment, willow catkins flew, and the girl standing in front of him suddenly disappeared.
There was wind blowing through the treetops.
The boy stood under the willow tree and looked around in confusion.
Why is he standing here?
"Ding Dong——" sound.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a silver ring dropped at his feet.
He bent down to pick it up, and there was still a faint warmth on the ring.
"Strange." He touched his heart, not understanding why his heart hurt so much when he saw the ring.
——
It’s four o’clock in the morning in the year 2034.
Li Nanli woke up from his dream.
Fu Zhi was sleeping on her side on a small pink pillow, breathing softly.
He pulled the corner of the quilt for his little wife and gently kissed her eyebrows.
Then he walked to the study, opened the second drawer, and took out a somewhat dull silver ring.
The ring seemed to be quite old, but it was well preserved and not covered in dust.
He stroked the remaining warmth on the ring with his warm fingertips.
I think of the love that I never expressed when I was young and self-conscious.
He curled the corners of his lips slightly.
I clearly said that I love him and will be with him forever.
Little liar.
——End of extra chapter——
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