Tang Xiaohua was held in his arms, letting out a long sigh...
If this had happened in the past, she would probably have made a fuss and resisted Wen Nian, insisting on proving right and wrong in everything.
Now, she felt it was unnecessary.
She couldn’t fully open up to Wen Nian. Perhaps she never would be able to in her lifetime.
And as for Wen Nian’s feelings towards her...
She smiled slightly. A president might really go mad because of her.
She couldn’t clearly describe her feelings at the moment, only feeling a moisture brimming in her eyes...
Wen Nian let her go, his large hands holding hers, looking into her misty eyes with intense heartache.
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry..."
He apologized repeatedly, and Tang Xiaohua quietly listened.
Wen Nian was at fault, but so was she. However, her mistake was one she would inevitably make.
"I will stay with you and have the baby."
"If you don’t stay, I’ll still have it."
"... Lili, let’s hold the wedding."
Tang Xiaohua refused without a second thought.
The child was already coming at an inconvenient time, and now a wedding?
"I’ve already had Secretary Qu start preparing."
Tang Xiaohua was stunned for a long while, utterly shocked.
"You also know Qu Yu is very busy, so from this month until now, we’ve only secured the venue and organized the schedule and banquet."
Tang Xiaohua was wooden, disbelief written all over her face.
"I’m serious. The tentative date is June 21. It’s not the best auspicious day, but it’s good enough for us to hold the wedding."
Wen Nian smiled at her.
His grip on her hands tightened slightly, seemingly a bit more nervous...
Wen Nian was really handsome. How could a president be so good-looking? It was almost unfair...
Tang Xiaohua looked at him, took a deep breath,
"Don’t waste your effort, I won’t attend the wedding."
"But I will proceed as planned."
"You and I, childhood sweethearts, two little inseparables, should have been the envy of everyone. But now, it has become incredibly distorted."
"Don’t call me Tang Xiaohua, just Lili. I want you to be Song Lili again, not because I don’t give you a choice, but only as Song Lili will everything be right."
He lifted her hand and gently kissed the back of it.
Tang Xiaohua felt a tingling sensation on the back of her hand...
Wen Nian spoke seriously, but it made her think of the past. She couldn’t help it; memories from two lifetimes weren’t arranged in chronological order but were overlapping and intertwined.
Forgetting was too hard.
For thirteen years, they had thought about holding a wedding, to bring their secretive marriage into the light.
But time and time again, it seemed even the heavens didn’t bless them, and they never succeeded.
"Wen Nian, let me peacefully have this child, that’s enough."
Wen Nian gripped her hand tighter, "Call me a pervert if you want, even if you treat me this way, I still love you... so it’s not enough."
"Call me selfish, call me dictatorial, say whatever you want about me, but I’ve realized time and distance are too terrifying. You are so indifferent, I really have no confidence... that after years, you will still have feelings for me."
Tang Xiaohua was speechless; he leaned forward slightly, his amber eyes looking at her...
He was revealing his heart to her.
"That day in the car, have you forgotten what you said?"
After a long time, she asked him.
She really didn’t want them to make any impulsive decisions that they would regret for a lifetime.
"You said you can no longer match me with the Lili in your heart, you don’t recognize me anymore, Wen Nian, you said perhaps it’s just a fixation that keeps pushing you to love me."
Normally, that should have been enough to leave him speechless, but instead, he laughed after hearing it.
"I just find it amazing how even though you are not the Lili in my heart, I’m still attracted to you..."
"On the surface, you are not my Lili, but in fact, you still are. Look... you vehemently say you got rid of our child, claiming that the timing wasn’t right. I don’t think my Lili would be so cruel, so selfish..."
"In fact, you aren’t that cruel or selfish, are you?"
Wen Nian, smiling slightly, "Tell me, why... in the end, did you still choose to keep the child?"
"You’re so annoying; I’m tired, and I don’t want to talk anymore."
Tang Xiaohua felt cornered by his gaze.
Her eyes darted around, trying to pull her hand out of his grasp,
"Is it because of me?"
He persisted, his face full of smiles.
Tang Xiaohua furrowed her brows, "Can you not be so narcissistic?"
"Why, even though you had so many reasons to terminate the pregnancy, you ended up keeping the child."
Wen Nian didn’t allow her to dodge the question. Since their conversation started, she had answered every question so frankly, yet it was only this question where she started to beat around the bush...
Tang Xiaohua pursed her lips...
Why... she also eagerly wanted to ask herself why!
Perhaps just because it was a child she had with Wen Nian, she couldn’t bear it. So, she hardened her heart, not to terminate, but to keep the baby.
Look at Wen Nian now, so smug.
"Lili, if only you could speak your true feelings for me as openly as you do your displeasures, wouldn’t that be wonderful?"
Tang Xiaohua said quite earnestly.
Wen Nian chuckled, stood up, suddenly moved close to her, and scooped her up horizontally,
The sudden action gave Tang Xiaohua a start.
She hurriedly wrapped her arms around his neck, holding tightly.
Wen Nian leaned in and kissed her nose. She didn’t dodge, only feeling the tip of her nose turn moist...
He carried her to the bed, set her down,
He bent down to kiss her forehead, then straightened his back and started to walk away, as time was indeed getting late.
Tang Xiaohua stopped him.
"Madam, is there anything else?"
"...I was serious, I won’t attend your wedding."
"It seems like there’s nothing wrong between us on the surface, but as soon as something goes wrong, our issues emerge."
Wen Nian’s emotional intelligence was always high; he was well aware of the things Tang Xiaohua could articulate.
"Good that you know."
Now, their basic trust was perilously fragile, let alone publicizing their marriage.
"But the wedding, I will definitely hold it. If you don’t attend, then it will be just my wedding."
"Yes, quite seriously."