Chapter 133

"If you wish to put me on a pedestal and then let me fall, you don't have to go through so much trouble. I'm already miserable. I'm just a sanitation worker with little money to my name and I was kicked out of my house. Or do you want me to kneel before Hao Meiyu's grave and ask for forgiveness? Or do you want me to take my life, a life for a life..."

"Enough!" He interrupted her. "She would rather believe I did these things to avenge Hao Meiyu and not that the fact that I like spending time with her?" He then continued, "Listen to me. Hao Meiyu is not worth me doing such things. All you have to do is stay by my side."

As he spoke, he lowered his head to look at her hands that were clasped in his. "Although I've spent half a day rubbing her hands, they are still very cold.

"I know I lost my temper just now. It seems as if she can always trigger my emotions easily.

"The closer I am to her, the more my emotions are under her control. And yet, I can't help but get close to her."

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