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"The baby in her belly was already fully formed, and there was no way to abort it. My parents somehow found out about this and wanted to sever ties with her so I could keep the baby..."
Duan Xing was almost sobbing uncontrollably. "I don't want that child anymore, wife, please don't abandon me."
Xie Liuzheng's heart was ripped apart piece by piece and soaked in acidic water, which tasted sour and bitter.
Duan Xing was like deadly mold, seeping into every nook and cranny, its sour, rotten smell almost suffocating her.
Looking at Xie Liuzheng Duan Xing sorry for him, and even more sorry for Xie Liuzheng, who once longed for love.
"Lying," she said.
"I'm not lying. I really want to raise Little Sheng with you. Don't you like him a lot?"
"He can be our child if you're willing."
He will treat you like his own mother.
Xie Liuzheng finally couldn't hold back her tears. "Even now, you're still testing my limits."
She was so disappointed.
"I didn't, why don't you believe me?"
Duan Xing slapped himself repeatedly, almost to the point of self-torture. "Do you want me to cut my heart open?"
That's enough.
Xie Liuzheng's voice was tired and calm.
A large stack of documents and photos hit Duan Xing in the face, seemingly shattering his hypocritical facade for a moment.
"It's not that you can't live without me, it's that you can't live without the power behind me."
She had had enough of his tests and lies, and didn't want to make their past love even more ridiculous.
"Let's get a divorce. My lawyer will contact you."
I don't want to see you again.
Xie Liuzheng was tired.
Duan Xing's heart sank. He knelt down and hugged Xie Liuzheng's leg, preventing her from leaving.
"Wife, please forgive me just this once, just this once."
"Give me a chance, I can't live without you."
"Wife, please don't leave me, please don't abandon me."
Xie Liuzheng stood there, looking down at that hideous face. "Do you really love me?"
Duan Xing looked at her firmly, a thousand words in his eyes condensing into one sentence. "Xie Liuzheng, I love you."
I love you more than I love myself.
Xie Liuzheng her head. "No, you don't love me."
She knew the answer.
Loving someone isn't like this.
She had seen the pure, radiant look on Duan Xing's face when he Duan Xing her, so... when he no longer loved her, his eyes told the whole story.
He said he loved her, but she was no longer in his eyes.
Duan Xing's heart sank to the bottom. He clung tightly to Xie Liuzheng's waist, as if a drowning person were grasping at a last straw.
"I love you, I just... I just want to keep you by my side." He feigned weakness while unleashing his trump card.
"The young lady of the prestigious Xie Group has fallen in love with me, a poor boy. I have nothing, but I have been tempered by the young lady."
"To me, you are the moon, unattainable; it shines upon me, yet can leave at any moment..."
"If I don't stay by your side, you'll always be surrounded by huge stars: scions of wealthy families of your caliber, successful entrepreneurs, cellists who resonate with you... There are countless outstanding men around you. Your male confidants and your friends all look down on me. You can leave at any time if you want..."
Duan Xing said fiercely, "I won't let you leave. As long as I don't let go, you won't leave... I want to tie you down with the child, but you can't have children..."
"It's okay if you can't have children. I'm actually glad you're no longer perfect, so you'll stay by my side... But... but your White Moon has returned... I can't help it, I really can't..."
"Even if you asked me to die, I wouldn't hesitate. I only beg you," Duan Xing choked out, "Xie Liuzheng, I only beg you, please don't abandon me."
He sobbed, like a puppy begging its owner to stay, exposing its soft belly and its most fatal weakness.
Xie Liuzheng remained silent; for a moment, she hesitated.
But when she thought about Duan Xing and the Xie Corporation's top executives plotting to bring Xie Zhiyu down, she pinched her palm, and the pain calmed her down.
She didn't speak, didn't struggle, and just let Duan Xing hold her like that, silently saying goodbye to the past.
"Have you hugged enough?" Xie Liuzheng's throat hurt, as if she had swallowed hundreds of needles.
She's the one whose sincerity was betrayed, so why is she in so much pain and sorrow?
Shouldn't Duan Xing be the one who should swallow ten thousand needles?
Xie Liuzheng suddenly came to her senses. Looking at Duan Xing, who was crying with tears streaming down his Duan Xing of fear wash over her.
Did he just deliberately try to make her feel guilty? Did he intentionally bring up the topic of the child?
Duan Xing knew all her weaknesses and sore spots, and knew what kind of words to use to move her, make her hesitate, soften her heart, and make her forgive him.
She couldn't stay any longer.
"Duan Xing, let me go," she said. "I'm in a little pain."
Duan Xing hesitated. He didn't let go of her, but only loosened his grip a little.
"Does it still hurt?"
Xie Liuzheng frowned. "It hurts, let go."
Duan Xing shook his head firmly. "If I let go, you'll never see me again."
Xie Liuzheng closed her eyes, feeling utterly exhausted. "If it were before, you would have let me go if I said it hurt."
You don't love me anymore.
This is an affirmative statement.
Duan Xing's eyes flickered slightly. "Then you promise you won't refuse to see me..."
Xie Liuzheng: "I promise."
Duan Xing released her, Xie Liuzheng was freed.
Let's both calm down.
Before Duan Xing erupt in a frenzy, Xie Liuzheng sat down. "Right here."