"Tell me where Kangkang is, you must tell me today, or I will call the police!"
Tang Yuchen stared at her for a few seconds, then gently said, "I have my reasons for not telling you Kangkang’s whereabouts. Can you trust me?"
An Ruo examined his eyes, her thoughts swirling.
"What reasons do you have? Why can’t you tell me? I am Kangkang’s mother, shouldn’t I know everything about him?"
"An Ruo, I told you I would bring him back to you in a year," the man answered, not addressing her question.
"But I want him back now!" Without seeing her child, she couldn’t endure a single day; Kangkang was her life, her everything. Who could understand the feelings of a mother missing her child?
"Then tell me where he is."
Tang Yuchen pursed his lips, his hands on his hips, then broke the silence, "Right now I still can’t tell you. That’s it, go back home, no matter how you ask, I won’t say."
After speaking, he turned to leave, but An Ruo, in desperation, grabbed his arm, not letting him go.
"Don’t go, you can’t leave today without making this clear! We might as well go to the police station to sort this out, but one way or another, I must know where the child is!"
The man stopped, helpless, "An Ruo, , I still won’t tell you."
"Then how do you want me to get you to talk?" An Ruo yelled at him, "You’re always , always having your reasons, doing whatever you decide. I could overlook everything you did before, but this time it’s different. Kangkang is my child; I can’t ignore your selfish decision!"
Tang Yuchen looked at her, astonished, she was speaking the truth.
He always made decisions alone, never telling her, only repeatedly hurting her...
Tears welled up in An Ruo’s eyes as she continued, "I’ve endured everything silently in the past, whether it was heartbreak or disappointment, I accepted it all, because I fell in love with you, and being hurt by you was my own fault. But this time, I don’t want to compromise, and I don’t want to be foolishly hurt by you anymore. Could you please give me back Kangkang? I beg you, I really can’t live without him..."
The man clenched his jaw, his eyes turning black with intensity.
Her words were like knives, piercing his heart, causing every cell in his body to tremble with pain.
He really was a jerk, repeatedly hurting her, hating even himself for doing so.
But what could he do? This time it was different.
An Ruo stared intently at him, waiting for him to speak, but he remained silent, not uttering a word.
After a long while, he moved his lips, and said in a low voice, "I have other things to attend to, I must go now."
"You!" An Ruo was infuriated, had her words not made an impact, was he still unwilling to tell her where Kangkang was?
She suddenly felt a surge of anger and grievance.
She raised her hand and struck him hard, "Tang Yuchen, you jerk!"
The emotions she had suppressed for so long erupted like water bursting through a dam, uncontrollable and overwhelming.
"You jerk, you jerk!" She kept hitting him, crying bitterly, tears splashing around, one even landing on the man’s face.
Tang Yuchen’s eyes sparkled, he grabbed her hands and pulled her tightly into his embrace.
"Let go of me, you jerk, let go of me!" An Ruo cried while struggling, but instead of releasing her, he held her even tighter, his strength nearly crushing her body.