Chapter 533 - He Wanted a Daughter (2/2)
”Please say that we can.”
Xia Ruoxin paused for a moment. Then, she shook her head and turned her face away, not wanting to let people see that daub of bitterness rolling down her eyes.
What's the point of saying all these now? Love or not, those were already things of the past.
”If I say… let's get married again, would you be willing to come back to our house with our daughter?” Chu Lui moved his lips slightly before taking out a red flannelette box. He opened it and placed it in front of Xia Ruoxin. Inside it was an extremely exquisitely made diamond ring. Perhaps not very rare, but it was just the type that Xia Ruoxin liked.
She wasn't suited to wear those rings with really big and resplendent diamonds. Rings like this that were simple but elegant suited her more.
Xia Ruoxin turned her head around to look at the ring in Chu Lui's hand. Then, she let out a smile. ”Chu Lui, you can stop with your jokes. Are you not done acting out the show from four years ago? I'm not your enemy, and you also don't have anything that you need from me.
”If it's about Rainy, then, you don't even have to think about it. She's my daughter. I gave birth to her and raised her myself. Your Chu family has never raised her in the least. Her last name could be Xia—her last name could be Gao, but it will never be Chu.”
Xia Ruoxin walked past Chu Lui. With this same tone—four years ago, he had said this: he could love Xia Yixuan, and he could love Li Manni… he could love any woman in this world, but the only person he could never love was Xia Ruoxin.
Today, she returned his words to him. Whether he loved her or not, that was his business.
She was no longer that Xia Ruoxin who loved him with all her heart.
Chu Lui's hands slowly retracted, the box within his fingers seemingly starting to feel heavy. He clenched his fists and then turned around to look at Xia Ruoxin who was a few steps away.
”But I had really fallen in love with you. Am I so untrustworthy to you?” said Chu Lui to her distancing figure. Within the hoarseness of his voice was a sense of agony. Was it so hard for her to believe him just this once?
As long as she gave him one more chance. Yes, she wasn't the Xia Ruoxin that she used to be, but he also wasn't the Chu Lui that he used to be.
Xia Ruoxin's footsteps came to a stop. Sometimes, it wasn't that they weren't given a chance. It was more like they were already given a chance, but they ruined it for themselves. Yet now, he wanted another chance? How could that be possible?
”I already have Gao Yi.” Recalling what that man had done for her and Rainy, she practically had no way to reject him. Neither was it possible for her to ever hurt a man that loved her so much. Right now, she and Rainy were very happy and content; they didn't need another Chu Lui in their life.
Oh, so it was all because of him. Chu Lui's eyes darkened a bit, his hand that was holding the box suddenly clenching tightly. The moment he lifted his head again, he had become that emotionless Chu Lui again. He sneered as he spoke. ”Xia Ruoxin, I can live without you; but I cannot live without Rainy. She's my daughter. There's no way I'll let her call another man her father.”