509 He Is Not a Possibility for You 3 (2/2)

The whole incident took less than ten minutes, but for him, it was a torment as long as a century.

She had fallen in love with him. The girl that he met when he was eight and had spent eight years searching for, the girl who haunted his every dream and every waking hour, the girl who he would give up everything for… had fallen in love with him.

It should be something worth celebrating, but… when he heard her confession, his heart wrenched with great agony, causing tears to come to his eyes.

The thing that he was most afraid of had finally arrived. The man who had never regretted anything in his life regretted signing that hundred-day contract with her. He would give up everything to rewind time, agree to her demand to revive Song Empire, maintain a respectful distance, and continue to be her friend. He did not need more… because he would not be able to survive with anything more.

His selfishness had caused her such pain.

A vice clamped Su Zhinian's heart, and the pain caused the blood to drain from his face. Even in his dreams, he wished she would one day lay her eyes on him, and when that day finally arrived, there was nothing he could do but reject her.

He then realized that getting her to love him but not being able to accept her was a greater pain than him loving her from the sidelines without her knowing.

It hurts when you have someone in your heart and mind but can't have them in your arms.

When this platitude flashed across Su Zhinian's mind, his whole body shuddered, and he raised his hands to cover up his face.

Beijing at 1 am was exceptionally quiet, and her crying kept drilling its way into his ears.

He knew the sound of her tears would only intensify his torment, but he refused to leave, perhaps taking this as his own punishment.

He had hurt the one person he cared about the most in the world.

His fingers, covering his face, started to shudder. A tear mixed with the blood in his palm and slipped through his closed fingers.