Chapter 222: I Just Want to Hug You (1/2)

Chapter 222: I Just Want to Hug You

Translator: LonelytreeEditor: Millman97

Naturally, Xinghe could feel his gaze on her.

She once again raised her eyes to meet his. She questioned, ”Didn't you say you were hungry?”

”…” Mubai didn't answer, he just stared at her wordlessly.

”Well, since neither of us is hungry, let's get down to business.” She put down her utensils and continued, ”Tell me, what is your solution?”

”You're willing to talk to me only if it's business-related?” Mubai blurted out, perhaps due to the impatience from being ignored the entire night.

Xinghe's expression remained unchanged as she replied, ”Of course, hasn't it always been like this between us?”

”…” She's right.

Mubai laughed self-deprecatingly. ”You're right. It is true that we barely shared more than a few words during our marriage. Our relationship has always been sterile and professional.”

”I'm glad you see it that way too.”

”If I'd known, I would have treated you better. I'm so sorry!” Mubai confessed suddenly.

He finally managed to break Xinghe's composure, but not by much. Xinghe was slightly surprised by his apology, she definitely wasn't expecting that. She saw sincerity in the pair of eyes that kept staring at her.

”Xia Xinghe, do you regret marrying me?”

”There is no room for regret in my life,” Xinghe answered truthfully.

Regret was nothing but a burden to her. Life was a constant moving forward. There was no use regretting over things in the past because Xinghe believed one could always use the present and the future to rectify it.

Mubai nodded slightly because he understood what she means. ”I too have been living my life without regrets, but now, I realize I do regret something…”

Regret for not knowing the real her sooner. Regret for meeting each other at the wrong time.

It was a case of right place, right people, but the wrong time…

If he had seen her real self since the very beginning, he wondered how different things would have been…