Chapter 381 - Step-Father (1/2)

”Okay.” She nodded her head. She couldn't reject him and the trap he set for her anymore. She didn't want to.

Gao Yi beamed with happiness. She agreed. After so long, she finally agreed.

All was good.

He lowered his head and looked at the form for the transfer of assets, his lips curving mockingly. You can try to make amends just to alleviate your guilt, but it depends on whether the other party needs it. Your things are the last thing Xia Ruoxin needs.

All her troubles started with you, and all her pain was inflicted by you. If you really want to better her life and remedy your error, then just do as I said.

Leave her alone.

She just needs us.

Chu Lui put down the form for the transfer of assets in his hands. It had only been a day, and now it was back in his possession. His signature was on it, but she didn't accept. Was she so unwilling to?

”Cousin, she returned it? Du Jingtang took it from him and asked Chu Lui in disbelief. The assets that made the Li family so desperate were being returned to them without change?

”I should have known.” Chu Lui stood up and said calmly. The paper in Du Jingtang's hand was like a smack to his face. ”She wouldn't want anything from me. Even if I give her all the assets of the Chu family, she wouldn't even blink.”

”That's why, Cousin, you let such a wonderful woman slip from your fingers!” Du Jingtang nodded profusely. ”Don't worry too much about it, cousin. Maybe she's doing well now.” He placed his hand on Chu Lui's shoulders and patted lightly. Men should be able to let go of what they wanted to take.

She was a good woman, but no matter how good she was, she would never be his.

Chu Lui took a deep breath. He grabbed his blazer from the side. ”I'm heading out. Help me watch over this place.” He said as he walked out, without leaving any chance for Du Jingtang to complain.

”Really, He's throwing it to me again. He just cares about his wife and child. Does he really think I'm a robot?”

As for the form for the transfer of assets, Chu Lui casually kept it in his villa, but a few days later—unbeknownst to him, the maid dropped it accidentally when she was cleaning, and she picked it up and handed it over to Li Manni. Li Manni gripped the paper with her heart aching and her throat hoarse.

It was supposed to belong to her and her baby.

People changed easily. The passage of time brought not only life and experiences… but also greed of all sorts. All she wanted was him in the past, even if he didn't love her. Then, she started to desire his love, but when she failed, she destroyed it so others wouldn't acquire it, too. When she finally got his love and his person, she wasn't willing to let go of the money.

It wasn't about innocence or status. This was just human nature. Everyone had desires and ambitions, and they were usually created by the person at the start.

For Li Manni, Chu Lui gave her everything she had now. She was enjoying it all peacefully and naturally. Chu Lui was the provider, and she was the one receiving. She was used to his giving and her enjoying.

Four years had passed. She could no longer go back to who she was before. From the moment she started going down this path to now—where she had everything, she couldn't possibly willingly give them up to the woman from whom she stole it all.

She couldn't let history repeat itself. She knew very well how Chu Lui was like.

Her fingernails dug deep into her palms. The pain made her clear-headed, but it made her twisted as well.