Chapter 70 - But I dont love you. (2/2)

She had closed her eyes and remembered what had happened on her birthday before taking another step towards the edge. Su Liwei... It had always been Su Liwei. They were already engaged. It was their first meeting after five years. She wasn't expecting much from him. After all, they hadn't seen them for quite long.

But she wasn't expecting what met her either.

On her birthday six years ago, a drunken Su Liwei had arrived at her door and told her countless things. ”Ask your grandfather to break off this engagement.”

”Why? Su Liwei... Didn't you use to say we would get married when we were...”

”We were just kids. How could you be still holding on those words!”

”But Su Liwei, I lov...”

”Don't say that!” His eyes were bloodshot. His voice was on the verge of a breakdown. Tears were gathered at the corners of his eyes. ”We are not meant to be. We can't be together. I've sworn to destroy you. At the dead body of my mother, I made a promise. She made me make a promise before she died...” His voice was emotional. ”I can't break that promise.”

”Su Liwei, it's okay. We'll work out something together.”

”No, we can't! She wanted you to suffer. All of you. She wanted me to destroy Tang Yuyan and everything related to her. And I... I made that promise.”

”Su Liwei...”

”Even if I forsake my promise, my uncle won't let you off. Jing Lihua! He loved my mother. He would do anything for her. My mother's heart had blackened with vengeance. It was not your fault for what happened to her. But she wouldn't care. She would go to any extent just to get what she wanted. She killed herself. Did you know that? She killed herself just because I told her that I couldn't... Even I... No, you don't know a lot of things and I can't tell you all. The less you know, the better it is. But you need to understand, we can't be together. But you won't be safe alone either. Please ask your grandfather to break off this engagement. And...”

”I won't! Su Liwei, I love you and...”

”But I don't love you.” He had coldly said.

That one sentence had shattered the whole world of Jing Lihua. She was just twenty, hopelessly in love. Besides Su Liwei, she couldn't think of anything else. Not even her grandfather. Jing Lihua had no recollection of how she had managed to find her way to the top of Sunset Square. But she did recall wanting to end her life that day.

She had stepped closer and closer. She had stood at the edge, ready to fall at any moment. She had looked into the endless abyss of darkness and wondered if it would be painful or not. But she didn't care. The pain would be only temporarily before the relief arrived. It would suffice for the pain.

She had her body lose and let herself fall when a pair of arms reached out from the darkness, wrapped around her waist and pulled her back.