In the past, whenever Li Ruo heard Wen Huaiyan speak in a commanding tone, she always felt like she couldn't breathe.
But today, hearing the other person's voice, Li Ruo felt as if she had grasped the last straw.
She pressed herself against the doorway, her small face against the crack.
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I can even hear the other person breathing.
"Mr. Wen, I trust you completely."
Li Ruo's voice was soft, but it was enough to express her feelings.
She let out a long breath.
"You will definitely do whatever you promise me, right?"
"Um."
A low, deep, muffled voice, like a reassuring pill.
For a moment, Li Ruo tried her best to put all distracting thoughts aside.
She was noticeably calmer.
But when facing their own psychological shadows, how can a person remain completely calm?
For example, at this moment, Li Ruoxin's heart was still pounding, as if it was about to jump out of her chest at any moment.
Li Ruo pursed her lips.
She spoke cautiously.
"Mr. Wen, it's so dark in here, I'm so scared."
Like countless dark nights from my childhood.
It felt like the freezer I was once locked in, like an old warehouse, like... many times of despair.
"Once upon a time, there was a little white rabbit..."
At that moment, Li Ruo could hardly believe her ears.
In the pitch-black, terrifying environment, the man's gentle voice was like a ray of sunshine.
It illuminates a certain part of her heart.
Wen Huaiyan... was actually reading a story to her.
For a moment, Li Ruo's entire body tensed up.
She moved closer to the door to make the sounds outside as clear as possible.
"The little white rabbit doesn't know why..."
Wen Huaiyan's voice is quite clear, but when paired with the low tone at this moment, and the overly beautiful fairy tale that is completely inconsistent with his own personality, there is an indescribable sense of incongruity.
But this feeling is very powerful.
Gradually.
The fear in my heart gradually faded.
Li Ruo felt that her previously tense hands and feet had relaxed considerably.
She listened quietly, her eyes gradually becoming moist.
Suddenly, she remembered many things from her previous life.
Wen Huaiyan had indeed treated me poorly in the past.
He would drag her into a dark room and torture her with cruel methods.
He would keep Li Ruo tightly by his side whenever she said she wanted freedom.
but……
Li Ruo pursed her lips, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes.
If Wen Huaiyan's treatment of her was truly so appalling, Li Ruogai wouldn't have chosen Wen Huaiyan as her patron when selecting a backer.
The reason she did this might be because, at certain times, Wen Huaiyan was a little different.
Besides Jiang Luochu's family, only Wen Huaiyan remembered her birthday.
Originally, Li Ruo would treat the first day of every year as her birthday.
Because she was an orphan, she didn't know which day was her birthday.
That unfamiliar date didn't appear until she was taken back to the Li family.
Jiang Luochu was probably already used to the first day of the Lunar New Year, so no one made any gesture on Li Ruo's actual birthday.
Li Ruo remembers it very clearly; the sky that day was also gloomy, just like Li Ruo's mood.
She sat in front of the small window in the basement, looking at the sparse patch of sky.
Li Ruo thought it was normal for her birthday to be forgotten, just like herself, who was a person with a very low profile.
When the basement door was opened again, Li Ruo's nightmare returned.
When Li Ruo saw the small cake in Wen Huaiyan's hand, she was stunned.
That was the first time I ever celebrated my real birthday.
That's not all.
Whenever Li Ruo needed help.
When she was sent by Li Rao and Wen Changfeng to drink with men and dragged into a hotel room.
When she was being harassed and didn't know what to do.
It seems that Wen Huaiyan's appearance solved everything.
Even at his own funeral.
Only when this man, whom she once regarded as the King of Hell, appeared did she truly shed tears.
The focus shifts to what's in front of us.
Li Ru sniffed, her eyes growing hotter and hotter.
"Mr. Wen, do you hate me?"
Li Ruo spoke slowly, her voice trembling slightly.
The people outside paused.
"I don't dislike it."
"Then why do you always treat me that way?"
Why do you always use the most painful punishments on me?
Why do you always want to control me, to turn me into a real toy?
Wen Huaiyan quieted down for a moment.
After a while, three words floated in.
"sorry."
In an instant, Li Ruo was unable to move.
Did she mishear?
"I'm sorry..." was said by Wen Huaiyan?
How could a man who always thought he had no problems and was always high and mighty actually say such a thing?
Li Ruo was somewhat incredulous. She opened her mouth slightly and subconsciously asked.
"What did you say?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Ruo gave a self-deprecating laugh.
I guess I must have misheard. Asking such a question would be pointless. That's Wen Huaiyan, the Wen Huaiyan who always thought highly of himself.
"sorry."
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