NOVEL NEXT “Ruoqing, why did you come to the gate to greet me? It’s windy out there.”
With that, Leng Yuhe reached out and wanted to bring Su Ruoqing back, but she dodged his touch.
“What’s wrong, Ruoqing?” Failing to hold her hand, Leng Yuhe noticed that her expression was a bit strange. When she looked at him, her eyes were filled with vigilance and resentment.
The two of them stood at the gate, and the atmosphere was a little tense.
Leng Yuhe reached out again to take Su Ruoqing back home, but she still refused to go with him.
“General, you misunderstood me. I’m not here to greet you. Instead, I’m about to leave.”
“Ruoqing, stop it. Let’s go back and enjoy a happy birthday party, okay?”
Her voice and expression were so serious that Leng Yuhe became flustered in an instant. He didn’t know what had happened to Ruoqing or what he should do next, so he continued to insist on taking her home.
“I’m not an item that you can reckon with or use at will. You take good care of me when you are interested in me, but when getting tired of me, you just abandon me mercilessly. This is not the love I want.”
Su Ruoqing was overwhelmed with sadness. Her feelings towards Leng Yuhe had got deeper, but this shouldn’t be at the expense of her dignity. She didn’t have a noble identity, but her self-esteem was higher than anyone else’s.
Her words confused Leng Yuhe. Looking at her cold face, he couldn’t figure out what was on her mind.
“Ruoqing, I can’t understand what you said. We are madly in love, aren’t we? Isn’t this the kind of love you want?”
“Of course I enjoy falling in love with someone, but unfortunately, I don’t think that person is you.”
In order to quickly get rid of Leng Yuhe and leave here, Su Ruoqing could only say these heartless words. Besides, she had to think of a way that would make him believe her.
Sure enough, Leng Yuhe put on an incredible look, as if he could not believe what he had heard.
Seeing this, Su Ruoqing continued to say, “No matter whether you are sincere to me or not, I don’t want to be with you anymore, because I’ve thought something through these days.”
Leng Yuhe kept staring at her. His intense gaze made her hesitant to say more, and she even felt a little guilty.
“What is it?”
Su Ruoqing forced herself to calm down. “I finally understand my feelings towards you. I don’t like you and I don’t want to be with you. Besides, I am unwilling to go back to this so-called home.”
Leng Yuhe only heard her say those harsh words in a crisp voice. He didn’t see Su Ruoqing clenching her fist tightly behind her back. She used so much strength that her nails dug deep into the flesh.
“What’s more, I didn’t come here voluntarily in the first place. I was forced by the Su family. Even if I ran away, you brought me back time and again. Do you think I really like you? In my view, you’re just a demon. I made all those compromises because I don’t dare to disobey you.”
Leng Yuhe was distressed to hear this. He didn’t understand why she became like this after he just left for a while. Before he headed for the presidential palace, Ruoqing even took the initiative to hold his hand. Therefore, it was hard for him to accept her sudden change of attitude.
“Ruoqing, why did you become like this?” Leng Yuhe, who always had control over everything, finally met an uncontrollable girl who frustrated and saddened him.
“I don’t believe you. Is it because I did something wrong? How could you have no feelings for me? There’s no denying that we’re engaged.”
Having long lost his usual calmness and wits, Leng Yuhe tried hard to make Su Ruoqing stay here.
“Even if we’re engaged, we’re not a real couple. Besides, you can’t force me to love you. Since you still have feelings for me, please let me go as soon as possible. This is my last request to you.”
Leng Yuhe grabbed Su Ruoqing’s shoulder. “No, I won’t let you go.”
Out of anger, Leng Yuhe used a lot of strength, but Su Ruoqing managed to endure the pain coming from her shoulder. After all, this pain was far inferior to her mental distress.
“General, since you have a high social status, I believe you won’t waste time on a woman who doesn’t love you, right?”
“Ruoqing, don’t be silly. If you have no feelings for me, why did you run to the border to find me regardless of your safety? And how could you be angry when you thought I had an affair? Is it so difficult to admit that you care about me and like me?”
Su Ruoqing smiled bitterly. Even at this time, Leng Yuhe was still lying to her.
They stood at the gate in a standoff. Su Ruoqing constantly used cruel words to hurt Leng Yuhe, while he insisted that she should stay with him.
At this time, Bai Peiya was very delighted for her plan had succeeded. She opened a bottle of red wine for celebration.
“Miss, that servant bought by us said that General and Su Ruoqing are having a fight now. It seemed that as soon as General entered the gate, they began to quarrel.”
After listening to the report from her subordinate, Bai Peiya nodded and waved him out.
“It worked!” Bai Peiya murmured to herself ecstatically. She gulped down the wine and became a little tipsy.
After thinking for a while, she decided to add fuel to the fire, so that Su Ruoqing would leave Leng Yuhe more quickly.
“Come in.”
The subordinate immediately entered the room when he heard Bai Peiya’s call.
“When you investigated Su Ruoqing, did you find that she once had a fiancé? Their scandal was even on the newspaper a while ago.”
“Yes, Miss. That person’s name is Mingzhe. He comes from an ordinary family, and he is the son of a bank president. I heard from our people that General Leng seemed to get angry a few times because of him.”
Bai Peiya smiled contentedly. It was so easy to let Su Ruoqing give up on Leng Yuhe, because she had so many weaknesses.
“Go and find someone to tell Mingzhe that Su Ruoqing wants to see him. Inform him that he must immediately go to General Leng’s residence.”
Leng Yuhe was emotionally unstable now, and if Mingzhe went there… Thinking of this, Bai Peiya had a feeling of accomplishment and couldn’t help laughing out. She then continued to drink in a good mood.
The argument between Leng Yuhe and Su Ruoqing still went on. Both of them were fighting for their own happiness, but they didn’t know they had deeply hurt each other inadvertently.
“Let me go…” Su Ruoqing had said this many times, but Leng Yuhe still didn’t agree.
In order to leave this place and start a new life, Su Ruoqing kept thinking about other ways. Suddenly, a person came into her mind.
“Leng Yuhe, do you really want to force me to stay with you? I don’t love you anymore!”
Leng Yuhe had almost lost his patience during the long-time confrontation. He had never been a gentle person. Only when being with Su Ruoqing could he try to be tender. But at this moment, it seemed that he was unable to control his temper.
“How could you not love me? Are you trying to lie to me or to yourself?”
Su Ruoqing smiled. “Please don’t be too self-complacent. I took a fancy to you before, but after this incident, I understand that my life is way different from yours.”
Gritting her teeth, Su Ruoqing finally spoke out her true thoughts.
“That’s why I decided to give up on you. Mingzhe is the person who suits me better. I love him whole-heartedly and I can’t continue lying to you. Let me go, okay?”
After she said that, Leng Yuhe fell silent without refuting or persuading her. He just fixed his eyes on Su Ruoqing.
At this time, the person sent by Bai Peiya went to the Ming’s villa. Pretending to be the servant of General Leng’s residence, he told Mingzhe that Su Ruoqing wanted to see him.
Mingzhe was happy with such an invitation, for he still had feelings towards Su Ruoqing. He then left for General Leng’s residence in a hurry.
When Mingzhe arrived, he saw Su Ruoqing and Leng Yuhe standing at the gate. The atmosphere was so tense that he didn’t dare to move forward.
Then he realized that it was Su Ruoqing who invited him here. Therefore, Leng Yuhe had no reason to find fault with him. Thinking of this, Mingzhe strode forward.
“Ruoqing, I’m coming.”
Looking back, Su Ruoqing was surprised to see Mingzhe. However, she was so desperate to leave here that she didn’t think why Mingzhe came here coincidentally.
She reached out to take his arm, pretending to be intimate with him. “Why did you come so late? Didn’t I ask you to come and pick me up earlier?”
Mingzhe was perplexed, but it was not suitable for him to refute Su Ruoqing. He just nodded at her with a smile.
However, seeing their behavior, Leng Yuhe couldn’t help thinking that the whole thing was premeditated. It turned out that Su Ruoqing had long wanted to leave, and she even asked another man to pick her up.
Leng Yuhe’s eyes were getting redder. Out of great anger, he was about to lose his minds.
“Su Ruoqing, are you sure you want to do this?”
Leng Yuhe said coldly with a fierce look. He now behaved like the devil when Su Ruoqing first met him.
However, she couldn’t know exactly why Leng Yuhe had become like this. She only thought that he had run out of patience with her since she was so disobedient. As a result, he finally showed his true colors. Su Ruoqing became sadder, and she was more determined to leave him.
“Of course. Mingzhe and I have already made a plan. After leaving here, we will start a better life together. After all, we love each other, right?”
Mingzhe finally realized that something was wrong. Su Ruoqing’s words confused him. Although she once had feelings for him, he couldn’t believe that she would lose interest in Leng Yuhe so quickly.
Unfortunately, Leng Yuhe couldn’t see that she was telling a lie. He had long lost his mind out of rage. Instead of letting Su Ruoqing leave, he wanted to keep her by his side even if she died.
Looking at Leng Yuhe’s ferocious look, Mingzhe was afraid. “It’s not like this…” he murmured. Just as he was about to explain, he was interrupted by Leng Yuhe.
“Do you dare to say again that you’re going to leave with this man? Do you want to betray me for him?”
“Yes. I believe you’ve heard it clearly. Just let us go.”
Leng Yuhe suddenly smiled, but his smile frightened Mingzhe. He racked his brains to think of a way to escape.
Mingzhe pulled away Su Ruoqing’s hand and said, “Ruoqing, I also called a car. I’ll go see why the driver hasn’t arrived yet.” With that, he hurried away in great fear.