It was terrible; she couldn't accept this outcome no matter what.
Seeing her face turn ashen and her eyes filled with fear, Jiang Ze knew she was starting to overthink things, so he quickly explained, "Yi Mei, listen to me, the company my friend and I started will soon be on track. Once the company is stable, I will marry you."
Jiang Yimei's brows furrowed into a line, her eyes filled with confusion and fear: "How long will it take? A year? Two years? Or ten years?"
Jiang Ze declared confidently and with great ambition, "I promise you, within three years, I will definitely buy a car and a house, and marry you in style."
Upon hearing the word "three years," Jiang Yimei completely broke down.
A burning emotion welled up in her eyes as she asked with deep resentment, "In three years, I'll be old and faded. Do you know how high the risks are of having a child at an advanced age? Do you know that if you abandoned me then, no one else would want me? Do you know how hard it is for me to work alone out there?"
In Jiang Ze's eyes, none of this mattered. As long as the two loved each other, what did it matter whether they had children or not? He would still want them even if they grew old and faded. He wasn't a rich second-generation heir, so hardship was inevitable; did he expect her to stop working after marriage?
"Do you want to marry me, or do you truly love me?"
Jiang Yimei was extremely puzzled and couldn't understand: "Isn't this the same thing? If I don't love you, why would I marry you?"
Jiang Ze also found it hard to understand: "Since you love me, why do you care about that piece of paper?"
Jiang Yimei replied, "I want to be with you, to build a family, a family with you, me, and him. Is that not allowed?"
"Yimei, are you in such a hurry to marry me because you want to have a child? If so, we can have a child first, and then get married."
Jiang Yimei, her emotions running high and her face flushed, angrily rebuked, "You bastard, do you even care about me anymore?"
Jiang Ze was a little confused: "Of course you're here, but isn't that the point?"
Jiang Yimei, having gone all out, questioned again: "Fine, I'll quit my job, then start a business with you, and raise the child together. Are you in?"
Jiang Ze refused without even thinking: "No, this won't do. What if the business fails? You still need a stable income, and your family needs a stable income too."
Jiang Yimei asked excitedly, "So you're saying I have to raise the child alone? Support this family all by myself?"
Seeing her furious, Jiang Ze immediately explained, "That's not what I meant. I just don't want to put all my eggs in one basket."
Marriage and having children seemed impossible, so Jiang Yimei continued her search for answers and the truth: "Then can you tell me what industry you work in?"
Jiang Ze chose to keep quiet: "I'll keep this a secret for now and tell you later."
Jiang Yimei asked incredulously, "Can't I even know?"
Jiang Ze explained, "Yi Mei, this is company policy that everyone must abide by, and I cannot leak it."
Jiang Yimei couldn't understand, and her brows furrowed even more: "Jiang Ze, what are you afraid of? What's there to hide about something perfectly legitimate?"
Jiang Ze also got anxious, his tone becoming somewhat fierce: "This is a trade secret, don't you understand? It can't be leaked casually."
What industry you work in is a trade secret, I'm speechless.
Jiang Yimei didn't want to pursue the matter any further, since Jiang Ze would never tell her anyway.
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