Chapter 354 - Let Her Go (1/2)

He stepped on the woman's body, but no one noticed that his leg stiffened tremendously.

”Did you ever love me?” She asked pitifully, her transparent tears rolling down one after another.

”Love? Are you even deserving of love? I'm telling you now, I, Chu Lui, will love Xia Yixuan; I will love Li Manni, but I would never love you, Xia Ruoxin.”

”Chu Lui, don't leave, I'm begging you. Don't marry her, okay? Please…” She hugged his leg, but he kicked her away.

She cowered a little, but she left the Chu villa without turning back in the end. It would soon be another woman's new house, and it would have a new owner. She didn't have anything, but he still wanted her to be a beggar even when she had lost everything.

Actually, that wasn't it. He just wanted her back to beg him, and then he would let her go. He would let her go for real.

”Little brother…” The little girl's hand reached out and tugged tightly on his shirt. ”Are you leaving?”

He liked her cute face. He placed his hand around her neck, where the amulet he had just put on her was. He said, ”Wait for me. I will definitely be back.” So he went back.

Yes, he went back, but he found the wrong person and loved the wrong person. He married the right one but hated the wrong one.

He put his hand on his eyes. Just the slightest light made his eyes throb painfully. He sat up, his eyes bloodshot. Four years ago, was that really him?

Was he really that cruel and inhumane?

He looked at his hands, the hands that had broken and harmed his little bride whom he had chosen. He ruined her, but in the end, he found that the one he ruined was actually himself.

He sat up and took out his cigarette, smoking non-stop. Perhaps he had too much on his mind so he had forgotten hunger. The house in front of him looked cold everywhere. This was the place he had lived in for so long. There were no laughter, no smiles, and none of his heart.

He wasn't the only one having trouble sleeping. There was someone else, too. Li Manni couldn't take it in the end and sat up; she then got out of the bed and walked out of the room.

Chu Lui put down the cigarette in his hand when he heard the door knock. He stood up and opened the door. He didn't need to guess to know who it was. Apart from him, there was only one other person in this house.

A pair of arms hugged him from behind.

”Lui, I'm afraid on my own, and I can't sleep. Sleep with me?”

Li Manni bit her lip and pressed her cheek closely to Chu Lui's back. Chu Lui's body stiffened, but he didn't push her away. She was the wife he had chosen. Everything was his fault, not hers.

”Okay?” He took Li Manni's hand, and putting the other arm over her shoulders, he led her into the master bedroom. They lied down on the bed where Chu Lui held Li Manni stiffly in his arms. He allowed himself to force his eyes to keep the sight of the woman in his arms out.