For all these years, she’s been stubbornly enduring through it all, not needing protection, not needing care, even, not needing men!
So, when she fell for Lu Yinchu, was her love truly that absurd?
When Han Shaojing remembered what Lu Yinchu said to him once, he uttered, "Do you think Han Qing truly loves me? I once believed so too, that it was love, but now, I realize it’s not. Han Qing fell in love with the CEO of KING Group, the prominent business figure of H City, the eldest grandson of the respected Lu Family, but not the person named Lu Yinchu! The obsession deeply embedded in her heart is not for me, but for the success I represent. All her cultivation, efforts, and spirit aim to match my status, not me as a person!"
With a twitch of his lips, Han Shaojing smiled and said, "Go on, ask your question."
Han Qing said, "Actually, without me saying, you should also know what I want to ask... For eight years, even though you’ve appeared to be dissolute on the surface, changing women around you one after another, I know, that’s not the real you..."
"The real me? What is the real me? Do you know?"
"You still can’t let go of Lu Yinyue, can you!" Han Qing uttered hesitantly, "Perhaps, I can’t say I truly understand, but I’m aware of a man’s so-called infatuation. Because I understand, I feel sorry for you! You should know, whether it was eight years ago or today, Lu Yinyue is not your woman! Why continue ?"
"What?" Han Qing was taken aback.
"You said to me, why bother continuing , then what about you? Why bother persisting towards Yinchu?" Han Shaojing laughed sarcastically, "Han Qing, I remember six years ago, I told you, that there’s a person in Yinchu’s heart, just temporarily out of sight. You have no chance. What was your reply? You said you won’t give up until he finds that person. I interpreted it as you would give up once he finds that person. But in reality? Did you give up?"
Her eyes glinted, Han Qing retorted, "It’s different!"
"What’s the difference? Isn’t it the same coveting someone who doesn’t belong to you, and will never belong to you?"
"..." Han Qing bit her lip, speechless.
Once again, Han Shaojing chuckled. He said, "Han Qing, if you cannot comprehend my obsession with Xiaoyue, then what is your obsession with Yinchu now? Moreover, Yinchu and Nanxi are married now, he is very happy. But the thing you’re trying to do now is to shatter his happiness!"
"Destroy his happiness? Do you think Yinchu is happy now? Is he happy being with Gu Nanxi?" Han Qing sneered, "No, that’s not happiness. A man like Yinchu deserves a better and more exceptional woman. What does Gu Nanxi have to match him? Why would he even consider her if not for what happened back then? She’s just lucky; she doesn’t deserve Yinchu..."
"Who’s worthy then? You?" Han Shaojing chuckled, "Now I finally think that what Yinchu said was right!"
Han Qing turned pale, "What did he say?"
"It doesn’t matter what he said, what matters is that the man you’re attracted to is indeed excellent. But because he’s too excellent, too smart, it makes you look foolish in front of him...Han Qing, don’t blame me for not warning you, you are not his match if you want to play mind games with Yinchu!"
Han Shaojing took a deep breath, stared at the uncertain path under the dim lamplight, and said quietly, "Alright, it’s late. You go back and rest, I’m leaving!"
"Wait!" Han Qing stopped him, a hint of ruthlessness and denial in her voice, she said, "Cousin, perhaps, you think I’m foolish. Indeed, I am very foolish. But, if you have experienced what I’ve been through, and you still think , then I can say nothing!"
"I didn’t intend to play mind games with Yinchu, because I know how formidable the man I’m attracted to is. In front of him, perhaps I’m like a clown, but even so, why do I keep trying?"
"I’m waiting for his casual glance, I’m waiting for his last bit of mercy on me! I don’t believe that he’ll be so merciless to me, just as I don’t believe he’ll be so infatuated with Gu Nanxi!"
"You know, men, they all have weaknesses, especially men like Yinchu, who are nurtured in luxury and hold the high positions, more so!"
"Is that so?" Han Shaojing turned his head to look at her, lightly smiled, "To summarize, you simply don’t believe in love! Han Qing, you’ve been with Yinchu for four years, and guarded him for six years, but none of it was due to love, I pity you!"