Chapter 730
“I haven’t given you permission to marry him, so don’t even think about getting married!”
“Stop being unreasonable. No one has the right to interfere with whom I marry.”
“Go and break off your engagement with him. Don’t force me to do something drastic.”
An Ruo choked with anger, “Have you had enough? What do you want to do, kill someone or set a fire? If you want to kill, start with me!”
She found it impossible to communicate with him; he was just too domineering and authoritarian.
An Ruo unbuckled her seatbelt and was about to open the car door when the man behind her quickly grabbed her arm. She suddenly turned around as if provoked and gave him a fierce slap.
“Don’t touch me!”
Tang Yuchen’s eyes faltered slightly. An Ruo angrily pulled away his hand and furiously said to him, “Tang Yuchen, you’re my nightmare! Listen to me, from now on, you have no right to meddle in any of my affairs! Otherwise, I’ll see you in court!”
She pushed open the car door and stepped out. Tang Yuchen, for some reason, just sat there in a daze and didn’t stop her.
An Ruo strode back the way she came. It was summer, and the sun overhead was blinding and dizzying. It was also by the seaside without any traffic; it seemed she would have to walk back on foot.
If only she had refused to go with him no matter what.
Feeling indignant, An Ruo walked faster and faster, as if a flood or voracious beast were chasing her.
After some distance, Tang Yuchen’s car drove up beside her and slowly followed.
He glanced at her and said indifferently, “Get in the car. I’ll take you back.”
An Ruo stopped and looked at him with suspicion.
“What, you don’t dare get in? Afraid I’ll eat you?” He curved his lips into a mischievously charming smile.
After a moment’s silence, she still opened the door and sat inside. The air conditioning in the car brought instant relief from the heat.
Tang Yuchen drove slowly, while An Ruo looked out the window, pursing her lips in silence. They remained quiet, not needing words to understand each other’s current mood.
“Did you read the letter I wrote to you?” he asked after a while.
“No,” An Ruo answered without hesitation.
Tang Yuchen lifted his thin lips into a wry, self-deprecating smile. “An Ruo, if I told you that everything I’ve done has been out of necessity, would you believe me?”
An Ruo’s eyes were expressionless as she replied flatly, “I’ve never blamed you. It’s my fault for being foolish and giving you the opportunity to hurt me over and over again. I deserve the pain. You don’t need to explain anything. I don’t blame you.”
The car suddenly stopped. Tang Yuchen gripped the steering wheel tightly, as if suppressing something, and said, “Do you think all I want is for you not to blame me?”
An Ruo leaned back in her seat, feeling inexplicably tired and exhausted in that moment.
“Tang Yuchen, it’s time for this to end. I’ve known you since I was twenty-one. You know better than anyone what I’ve been through these past few years. I don’t regret the past, but I don’t want to continue like this. Please, I beg you, let me go.”
Tang Yuchen’s eyes trembled, his heart wrenching in pain.
She was actually pleading with him to let her go.
Her voice was filled with helplessness and sorrow, and it was as if she was torturing his heart with her plea. He couldn’t bear to hurt her, but letting her go—who would let him go?
Tang Yuchen slumped over the steering wheel, resting his forehead on his arms. An Ruo couldn’t see his expression, but his back seemed to weaken considerably in an instant.
After a long while, he spoke hoarsely, “An Ruo, what should I do? I don’t want to let you go. I can’t let go, but I also don’t want to hurt you anymore. Tell me, is there a way to not hurt your heart and yet not cause me heartache?”
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