Chapter 421 - 423: I Won’t Let Anyone Hurt You
Xia Xiaonuan looked at the pale face of Nangong Yaoling.
She just gave a bitter smile.
For her reaction, Nangong Yaoling instinctively took it as acceptance.
Inviting Jiang Xue out was just to make him leave Liang Shaochen!
Then what does that make him, Nangong Yaoling?
Did she ever really consider him at all?
The man’s proud and tall figure suddenly turned extremely cold.
"Xia Xiaonuan, you have disappointed me." Nangong Yaoling gritted his teeth, saying each word deliberately, but the deep pain and defeat in his deep eyes were hard to conceal.
After speaking, he clenched his fist, turned around, and left with big strides.
Beside him, a dirty coffee stain was on the floor.
Until his figure disappeared at the door, Xia Xiaonuan suddenly covered her mouth with her hand and started sobbing softly.
Her entire body couldn’t stop trembling violently.
How could this happen? She felt her mind was blank.
Heartache twisted like a knife.
She couldn’t understand why things had turned out like this...
Nangong Yaoling sat in the car but didn’t start it immediately.
Instead, he gripped the steering wheel and gazed in the direction of the café.
Looking at the girl crying on the floor, his heart ached as if cut by a knife.
The most ridiculous thing in the world is that his woman is hurt and crying, but it’s not because of him.
Nangong Yaoling put his hand on his chest.
A face as beautiful as a sculpture was filled with a despairing gloom.
Xia Xiaonuan, why do you force me? Why do you force me to push you away from my side?
Liang Shaochen, I always considered you a brother.
But... you just had to take away the woman I love.
Moreover, every time, you have entanglements with my woman!
I believed you both again and again, why!?
Since that’s the case, if you take my woman’s heart, I will take away your most beloved from your side!
Let’s see who is more powerful, you or me, Nangong Yaoling!
Nangong Yaoling lit a cigarette with a lighter and took a heavy drag.
Yet his gaze couldn’t help but look back at the girl in the café.
Xia Xiaonuan had been helped to a chair.
She looked blank, like she had been hollowed out.
Nangong Yaoling closed his eyes slightly.
He waited for the stabbing pain in his heart to subside before slowly opening his eyes again.
He raised his hand and slammed a heavy fist onto the steering wheel.
...
"Qiqi, are you alright?" In the living room, Jiang Xue had already changed into one of Liang Shaochen’s oversized shirts, taken a bath, and was sitting on the sofa.
Liang Shaochen squatted on the ground, wearing a white sweater, looking at her with some guilt: "It’s all my fault, making you suffer."
Jiang Xue shook her head.
She seemed full of unease as she looked at him and said, "Shaochen... did you get it wrong? Maybe I’m not really the Qiqi you’re looking for..."
Liang Shaochen froze.
Suddenly, he grabbed her hand.
"Don’t say that... you are my Qiqi. Don’t care about what others think, as long as I believe in you and care for you, that’s enough, understand?"
"But... she’s Mrs. Nangong, wealthy and powerful, I’m... I’m so scared, scared that she will hurt us..." Jiang Xue said, her eyes turning red, about to cry.
Liang Shaochen hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, his brows furrowed in pain as he said:
"Don’t be afraid, as long as I am here, I won’t let anyone hurt you! Let alone hurt our relationship!"
Jiang Xue nodded and threw herself into his arms.
"I’m really afraid that one day, I won’t be able to hold on and will choose to leave..."
"Qiqi!" Liang Shaochen murmured painfully, clutching her hair: "Don’t leave me again, I’ve already endured the pain of separation, don’t make me endure it again..."