Chapter 565 - Willing to Wait and Willing to Compensate (2/2)

She buried her small face in Xia Ruoxin's chest. With Mommy here, she didn't want anybody else.

Du Jingtang's expression crumbled. This heartless child, he doted on her so much for nothing. There was no way for him to not dote on her. Who asked her to be so cute? It made him always unable to reject her.

Forget it. He was no match for her mother in the first place anyway.

”Thank you, we'll get going.” Xia Ruoxin picked her daughter up, her eyes constantly avoiding Chu Lui. Then, she turned around and left. Nothing was going to change even if she took another look. That's why she might as well just not take another look at him. She might as well just let it be.

”That time, I felt like you would regret it, and it turned out to be true.” Qin Luo straightened his body and approached Chu Lui. He placed his hand on Chu Lui's shoulder. Then, he applied pressure to it. Chu Lui's body swayed slightly before Qin Luo released his hand. ”You're really sick. Go back to the hospital. I don't want to have to attend your funeral a few days later.”

After speaking those harsh words, he brazenly swung his body around and walked forward. ”You really lost to your stubbornness. You clearly loved her, and yet you kept saying you hated her. You sure knew how to lie to yourself. There are many idiots in this world, and it turns out that you're one, too.”

”Yes, I regret it already. However, there's nobody to give me a second chance.” Chu Lui's lips lifted into a bitter smile. People only get one chance. A second chance was really too hard to get—so much so that it practically didn't exist.

”If I gave you another four years. What would you do?” Qin Luo suddenly stopped walking. Another four years, it was important to know that four years was a long time—very long. What would he do then? Qin Luo really wanted to know.

”I would do everything that I can. It doesn't even matter if it's four years, eight years, or sixteen years of my life. Even if it was my entire life, I'd be fine with it. I don't just owe it to her; I owe it to myself to do this. I owe her a mountain of debt and my happiness as well.” The hands by Chu Lui's sides clenched firmly into fists. The pain within his palms made him feel a little more awake. It didn't matter how long, he was willing to wait; even if it was going to take a lifetime, he didn't mind.

The only thing he was afraid of was not waiting for this chance. He already said it before; he wasn't going to force her ever again. That meant that he also wasn't going to use his old methods. He wasn't going to steal things from others anymore; instead, he would learn how to be understanding. Then learn the absurd—how to be appeasing.

”Really? I had never thought of you as such a devoted man. Chu Lui, you have really opened my eyes. What a revelation. However, as your friend, I do hope that you can go back to how you were before. At the very least, you were powerful then.”

Chu Lui's throat stung a little. Was he powerful? No. As brilliant as his schemes were and as capable as he was, there was no point in him expanding the Chu Enterprise because he was just a man—an ordinary man. He felt exhaustion and loneliness just as any other human did, and at the very end, he actually had nobody by his side.

As compared to him, that Gao Yi was evidently way more fortunate.

At the very least, he had her.