Ye Shenggeâs eyes welled up.
No matter how many reasons she had, she couldnât reject this request.
She bit her lips, adjusted her posture, sat on his lap, and put a hand on his stomach.
âIs that better?â She asked.
âMm.â Ji Shiting curled his lips. âAre you feeling sorry for me, Ye Shengge?â
âNo.â Her voice became hoarse. âIâm just afraid that Iâll have to take responsibility if anything happens to you.â
The man didnât say anything and lifted her chin.
The womanâs bloodshot eyes could be seen.
âWhy are your eyes red?â He raised an eyebrow.
âIâm mad at you.â She glared at him. âYou said my noodles werenât good.â
Ji Shiting chuckled and said, âItâs indeed not very nice, but I like it a lot, so I donât want to waste it at all.â
Ye Shengge shivered and looked down.
âYe Shengge.â The man suddenly called her name. âIâve been searching for you online these past few months. I donât know how youâre doing or what youâre going through. Iâm worried about you, but I canât do anything. This is the first time Iâve felt so useless.â
âDonât be like this, Ji Shiting,â Ye Shengge said. âYou know itâs not your fault. Youâve done enough.â
âI didnât give you enough confidence, so youâre afraid every second youâre with me,â the man said.
âThis has nothing to do with trust, and itâs not anyoneâs fault.â She tried to suppress the lump in her throat. âItâs fateâs fault. Weâre not fated. We can only accept this.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
The man looked at her beautiful face and smiled, âIt looks like youâve accepted that, so youâve been living a good life after leaving me.â
Ye Shengge bit her lips and didnât argue back.
âSong Ruyu told me she wonât hurt anyone anymore, right?â
â...I can control her most of the time.â
âBut you still donât want to come back,â Ji Shiting said, anger and helplessness in his voice. âEven when you saw me about to marry another woman, you didnât do anything.â
âJi Shiting, I havenât fully recovered yet.â Her eyelashes trembled, and she couldnât help tearing up. âBefore that, there were too many factors that could cause all my previous efforts to go to waste. I donât dare take the risk, especially...â
âEspecially when youâre facing me.â Ji Shiting smiled self-deprecatingly. He held her face and wiped away her tears with his long fingers. âSong Ruyu said that staying by my side will make you suffer. Iâve never admitted that, but it turns out sheâs right. Youâll only cry like this in front of me.â
Ji Shiting suddenly recalled how the woman had hugged and talked to another man with a sweet smile when he had first seen her in the afternoon, which had made him crazy with jealousy. However, all the smiles on her face had disappeared the moment she had seen him, leaving her dazed.
Ye Shengge was heartbroken. Her lips moved, but she didnât know how to argue back.
The man smiled again.
He swallowed hard and said, âAll this time, Iâve always gotten what I wanted, and Iâve always been able to achieve my goal. I couldnât accept it, but it turns out thereâs someone in this world who can make me helpless.â