"You broke up with him, didn’t you?" Unable to hold back any longer, he grabbed her hand excitedly and asked her.
He was so excited that he forgot to control his strength, and An Ruo’s wrist hurt a little. She furrowed her brows and said indifferently, "That’s none of your business."
"You... you really broke up?!" Tang Yuchen asked in disbelief. The next second, he frowned deeply and asked her in a heavy voice, "Did he hurt you? Tell me, and I’ll go settle the score with him!"
Although her breakup with Mo Hua was a good thing, he wouldn’t let anyone who made her upset get away with it!
If Mo Hua had wronged her, he would give him a harsh lesson, then pursue her anew, possess her, and never again give any man, nor her, the chance to leave him.
After everything he had gone through, he knew how important she was to him. He would no longer be self-centered, nor would he hurt her or lose her again.
But just when he had learned how to cherish her, they had reached this step...
He truly hoped his realization wasn’t too late and that he still had the chance to properly love and cherish her.
An Ruo pulled her hand free, turned around, and with her back to him said, "He didn’t hurt me, and you should mind your own business about me and him."
"How can I possibly not care? Tell me the truth, why did you break up?" Tang Yuchen persistently asked.
"Does it matter? You’ve been looking forward to me breaking up with him all along, so why ask for the reason?" she retorted.
The man’s lips thinned slightly, "Yes, I am actually happy that you broke up with him, but I don’t want to see you upset. If he wronged you, I won’t let him off easily, and at the same time, I won’t give him another chance. Not just him, no one will have the opportunity to take you away from me ever again."
An Ruo turned to face him and said calmly, "Tang Yuchen, it wasn’t Mo Hua who took me away from you. Don’t you understand, you pushed me away yourself. If I really wanted to leave, even without another man, I would still leave you."
Tang Yuchen took her shoulders gently and said, "I know, it was my inadequacy that pushed you toward another man. I’ve come to understand these principles now, An Ruo, I know how to cherish you. Please give me another chance, let’s start over, okay?"
An Ruo’s eyes flickered slightly, perhaps this was one of the most touching things she’d ever heard.
To say she wasn’t moved would be a lie, but the hurts of the past had left her scared, fearful. He had loved her deeply once, but what was the result? Time and again, he brought her despair and pain.
To love does not mean one can’t hurt the other.
It wasn’t that she feared being hurt, but having gone through so much, with such deep wounds, she couldn’t bear it any longer.
The present An Ruo was like a turtle in its shell, very timid, ready to retreat at the slightest rustle, too scared to come out.
So even though he swore again and again that he loved her, wouldn’t hurt her any longer, and would cherish her well, she still couldn’t bring herself to trust him.
Life is unpredictable; if she experienced any sort of pain from the past once more, she thought she would surely break down.
"An Ruo, please give me another chance, will you?" Tang Yuchen saw her silence, and with caution and trepidation, he asked again.
She came back to her senses and gently pushed his hands away, "I’m not in the mood for a relationship right now; I just want to focus on raising Kangkang well."