Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 136 - 107_2: Because I Am a Person

He said softly, "Let’s stop fighting, okay? As long as you promise me you’ll divorce him, I will let you go back right now, and in the future, I’ll agree to whatever you want."

"Why must you force me?" Xie Wanqing’s eyes were slightly red, stubbornly gazing at him, "Why can’t you respect my willingness?"

"If your desire is to fly away with that sickly person, how am I supposed to respect that?"

Lu Ziyuan gently brushed her hair, saying, "You loved me so deeply, how could you suddenly not love me anymore? Wanwan, you do love me, it’s just that I disappointed you, I cooled your heart. Give me a chance, and I can warm you back up."

"Just give me a chance, and we’ll return to the beginning."

"But I don’t want to," Xie Wanqing took a deep breath, tears finally falling, "I don’t want to, do you really want to drive me to death?"

"Don’t use the Xie family to threaten me. After I die, I won’t know anything about this world, you want..."

Lu Ziyuan’s eyes turned fierce: "Shut up!"

Xie Wanqing stared straight into his eyes and continued, "I will die, Lu Ziyuan, I really will go and die."

She kept voicing her resolve to die, but besides glaring at her ominously, Lu Ziyuan found himself helpless.

She was right, as long as she was firm and had no weakness, she wouldn’t be threatened.

Even if he had the ability to move the heavens, he couldn’t do anything to someone so determined to die.

Of course, if he truly dared to dislocate someone’s jaw, sever pipelines, and imprison them in a palace, it would be different.

But Lu Ziyuan couldn’t bear to touch even a single finger of hers.

He didn’t even dare to risk whether she could indeed harden her heart as she said.

Once he let her leave his sight, he’d be consumed with fear, whether she’d truly seek death.

He’d be frightened to his core, unable to find peace.

How did it come to this?

How did it come to this!

Lu Ziyuan’s eyes turned red, like a gambler who lost all his chips, his face filled with hopeless despair.

"Why?"

"Why do you have to treat me this way?"

His eyelashes fluttered slightly, and tears fell down.

Just as a tear landed on Xie Wanqing’s lips, before she could wipe it away, more tears followed.

Cold, salty to the point of bitterness.

"You loved me so deeply before," Lu Ziyuan said in utter confusion, his voice choked, "how can you be so heartless to me now?"

Xie Wanqing also remembered those foolish days from the past.

She was completely different from him; he could hide his feelings so deeply, with extreme restraint.

But when she liked someone, she was truly open and straightforward, fully expressing herself.

When she liked someone tenfold, she wished she could show it twentyfold.

But regardless, those feelings were genuine; she truly liked him.

They had arrived at this crossroad due to misunderstandings, hurts, and mostly incompatible temperaments.

Xie Wanqing raised her hand, prying open his fingers one by one, and when the grip around her neck was gone, she reached out and pushed his shoulder.

Lu Ziyuan froze for a moment and then slowly straightened his body.

Having been pressed against the table for so long, Xie Wanqing’s waist ached unbearably, and she also slowly stood up.

They stood facing each other.

After a few moments of silence, she said, "You were famous young, an invincible General, rising steadily through your career without setbacks, and in a previous life, you even achieved supreme status in the land. Perhaps for a long time, no one ever dared to contradict you."

"You’re used to having your way and won’t allow others to refuse. Whatever you want, regardless of the means, you’ll achieve it."

At this point, she paused.

"Maybe as you said, I’m your obsession, your inner demon compelling you, refusing to accept that I’ll marry someone else, so you disregarded my willingness and brought me here, unwilling to accept I no longer love you, so you’d use my parents’ and clan’s lives to force my compromise."

"Indeed," she lowered her eyes and said, "you hold a high position, possess formidable martial arts skills, and are surrounded by talented followers. No matter how arrogant and brazen you are, in any outrageous behavior, the Holy Emperor out of various reasons wouldn’t truly punish you; indeed you can disregard my wishes and bring me here, even commit more excessive acts as you please."

"Your strength is overwhelming; I cannot stop your actions. But if you ask why I would rather die than compromise, I can answer."

She pursed her lips, the remaining moisture touched her tongue tip, bringing that salty bitterness to her taste buds once more.

It was the taste of his tears.

Feeling her throat a bit dry, Xie Wanqing pursed her lips, gently lifted her gaze: "Because I am a person."