Chapter 516 - Please Don’t Tell Me That You’re in Love with Me (1/2)
“Father, I…”
“That’s it,” Old Master Li said. He looked at Su Chenghui with a complicated glance. His eyes contained a slight trace of sadness. “Qianxue and I will not forbid you from seeing the kids. But you and Qianxue don’t need to see each other anymore.”
Su Chenghui’s face turned pale. He was in his forties and had been through a lot, but at that very moment, he had no idea what to do. He felt as helpless as a young man who had started to make decisions on his own just recently.
Old Master Li had been a part of Su Chenghui’s family for over twenty years. It hurt him to say those words to Su Chenghui, but in the last two months, he learned that his daughter did not love Su Chenghui anymore, not even a little bit.
He would give Su Chenghui another chance if his daughter still had even the slightest feeling towards him, to make it possible for him and Li Qianxue to get back together.
But Li Qianxue obviously hated Su Chenghui now. In that case, forcing them to get back together would be a pointless endeavor.
Old Master Li glanced at the chessboard and said, “You have won this round. We don’t need to finish it.”
Did he win? That wasn’t true. He had lost, he had lost everything. Su Chenghui stood up and went downstairs, looking like a ghost.
Downstairs, Li Qianxue was in the living room watching the house workers clean up. She was sitting on the sofa with Su Qingsang. The two of them were talking.
Su Qingsang stood up quickly when she saw Su Chenghui come downstairs.
This time, Su Chenghui ignored her and walked straight up to Li Qianxue.
“Can I talk to you?”
“No,” said Li Qianxue, sitting still. “I have nothing to say to you.”
“Qianxue,” called Su Chenghui. He clenched his teeth so hard that he felt like his gums would bleed. “I only need five minutes. Can’t you do that?”
“No,” said Li Qianxue, raising her head to look at him in the eyes coldly. “I don’t even want to give you one minute.”
Su Chenghui felt as if an arrow had just pierced his heart. “Qianxue, you…” He wanted to beg her.
“Sister,” called Su Yuxin. He had just returned from walking the guests out. He had come into the house only a few minutes ago.
“I have a gift for you,” said Su Yuxin, looking at Su Qingsang. “I forgot to give it to you yesterday when you got home. Come upstairs and take it.”
Su Qingsang glanced at him. The boy didn’t need to say that. She was already planning to leave.
“Mom, I’m going upstairs to get the gift.”
Su Qingsang headed upstairs together with Su Yuxin. Before leaving, Su Yuxin glanced at Uncle Zhang. He did that to signal for him to tell the house workers in the living room to leave.
Uncle Zhang immediately got his meaning. As he waved a hand, all the house workers left.
Sitting on the sofa, Li Qianxue looked a little sulky. She looked at Su Chenghui and asked, “Su Chenghui, you must be feeling so happy now, aren’t you?”
He had been out of the family for such a long time. Yet, some people were still willing to stand on his side.
“Qianxue, I feel so bad now.” Su Chenghui stood before her. He wasn’t happy at all. “I really, really feel bad.”
“The money you got from our divorce should be enough for you to go to a nice hospital to check what’s wrong with you,” said Li Qianxue in a very unfriendly tone. “Did you spend it all in just two months?”
“It’s okay, I can still afford to pay your hospital bill. How much do you need? Just give me a number,” she said, looking at Su Chenghui as if he was a beggar.
Su Chenghui clenched his fists. His dry and deep voice was toned with bitterness when he asked, “Qianxue, you think I’m here to ask you for money?”
“What do you want then?” Li Qianxue turned to look at him impatiently. “Don’t tell me that you regret getting a divorce. Don’t tell me that after leaving me, you suddenly realized that you’re in love with me, so you now want to get back together with me.”
Su Chenghui really didn’t know how to continue that conversation.
What could he possibly say? Could he tell her that he did want to get back together with her? Could he tell her that she was exactly right? After losing her, he had indeed realized that he was in love with her, that he couldn’t live without her. He wanted to start fresh with her.
“Qianxue, don’t be like this. I do regret what I’ve done. Qianxue, I really love…”
“Chenghui.” Li Qianxue stood up, staring straight at his face. The look in her eyes was icy cold, mixed with contempt. “Can you be more shameless?”
“Qianxue?”
“You will really say anything to make yourself a part of the Li Family again.”
Li Qianxue didn’t believe him. In her eyes, that was only another trick that Su Chenghui was playing.
“Qianxue, I do want to come back, but not to the Li Family. I want to come back to you.”
Li Qianxue couldn’t bear listening to that. “You want to come back to me? I’m the Li Family now. Don’t you know that?”
Su Chenghui knew that she had deeply misunderstood him.
“Alright,” said Li Qianxue, as she stood up. “Su Chenghui, if you have even a little bit of dignity left, go as far away from me as you can. Do not show up in front of me again. As for what you just said to me, I’m sorry, I don’t even believe a word you said. So, you can stop talking.”
Li Qianxue turned to leave. Su Chenghui reached out to hold her hand without thinking and said, “Qianxue, I meant what I said.”
“I meant what I said as well,” Li Qianxue said, as she attempted to pull her hand out of his. Su Chenghui had it gripped tightly, however.
She knitted her brows with anger and said, “Su Chenghui, I’m warning you. Don’t push it too far. For the sake of our children, I don’t intend to make things difficult for you. Don’t make me do that.”
To be honest, she was disappointed at that moment, not with Su Chenghui, but with Su Peizhen.
If Su Chenghui showed up, it was clearly because he wanted something from the family. She refused to believe that he had come to wish Old Master Li a happy birthday sincerely.