Chapter 251: Chapter 251

This was Mo Rutian’s place, after all. He could come back whenever he desired. But she... she was arranged by Long Shangxuan to stay in his house? What did this mean?

She couldn’t help but recall what Long Shangxuan had said before: his desire to expand his influence in Mohai, to join Mohai’s board of directors, and even his wish for her to speak well of him to Mo Rutian...

So, it wasn’t hard to imagine what kind of vile deal had been struck.

"..." Hua Xiaomo was speechless. Her eyes immediately reddened, and an indescribable pain surged in her heart. She clutched her chest with one hand and propped herself up with the other, trying to suppress her growing sadness.

But a heart, once wounded, is so hard to heal...

"Brother Long... Brother Long... There must be a reason for this, right?" Hua Xiaomo muttered to herself, thinking of Mo Rutian, that despicable and shameless man...

"It must be Mo Rutian. He must have forced you to do this, right?" Hua Xiaomo desperately sought excuses for her beloved Brother Long, but in the end, tears still welled up powerlessly in her beautiful eyes.

Tears streamed down, each one a fresh stab to her heart, bringing piercing pain...

At the crest of an incline on Huanhu Road, a man in an SSC luxury sports car, wearing dark sunglasses, frowned slightly. He had been sitting in the car, watching the woman on the bench from afar.

To avoid attracting attention, he had stopped driving his usual luxury car. He had specifically switched to a new one, solely to watch her from a distance.

And then wait for that day...

Hua Xiaomo, do you regret it now? Do you regret leaving me, Qi Longbing?

A faint, cold light touched Qi Longbing’s handsome face. His perfect lips curved into an exquisitely alluring arc—so serene, so enchanting.

One couldn’t help but be drawn to his captivating appearance. Fınd the newest release on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩

Yet, among all the women in the world, besides that one whose name was now a distant memory, there was Hua Xiaomo... But, unlike Su Yuner, her actions were even more intolerable to him... However, when he saw the silhouette of this very woman again, he simply couldn’t bring himself to hate her. Or perhaps, he didn’t want to hate. On the contrary, he even found himself wanting to stoop to win her favor, to have Aunt Wang continue preparing her favorite dishes. Even when she wanted him as her painting model, he would oblige. He remembered every shirt she had worn—its color and style—how many pairs of pants and shoes she owned, and how often she re-wore them. He had etched all these tiny details into his memory. To others, these might seem like trivial matters, but anything concerning her was a major affair to him, Qi Longbing!

Moreover, when she returned from the Emma Show Field battered and bruised, he had stayed by her side, personally changing her IV drip every day, remembering every single bag.

He had sworn never to let his Xiao Mo suffer such pain, injury, or exhaustion again.

He had also vowed to protect her for his entire life, to cherish her until the end of time.

Xiao Mo... will you continue to torture me, Qi Longbing? You demoness, you’re simply blind with your eyes wide open! The one who loves you is right before your eyes, yet you don’t see him. Instead, you insist on boarding someone else’s pirate ship?

As Qi Longbing pondered these things, it felt as if his mind was being shredded. He raised his hand slightly and gently massaged his temples with his fingertips, as if to soothe the throbbing pain.

He watched her from afar until the sky suddenly changed and rain began to fall. Hua Xiaomo remained motionless on the lakeside bench, seemingly oblivious to the downpour.

What’s wrong with this little demoness? Doesn’t she realize it’s raining?

Sitting despondently on the bench, Hua Xiaomo gazed at the lake. It was far from calm; countless ripples disturbed its surface, etching sorrowful lines across the scene, imbuing it with an even deeper sense of tragedy.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her elbow. "Hua Xiaomo, what are you doing, acting like a fool? Don’t you know it’s raining?"

When that familiar voice sounded in her ears, every nerve in Hua Xiaomo’s body jolted. She reflexively turned her head and saw a face as breathtakingly handsome as an angel’s.

A moment later, however, she tried to wrench her arm from his grasp.

"Stop struggling. I didn’t come for the photos," Qi Longbing said, a hint of exasperation in his blue eyes.

Fine, he hadn’t wanted to show himself just yet. But who could have predicted this sudden change in weather, this downpour? As the male lead, he supposed he had no choice but to make a clichéd entrance to ’save the damsel.’

"Then what... did you come for?" Hua Xiaomo asked warily, letting the raindrops trace paths down her cheeks.

"Get in the car. We’ll talk there," Qi Longbing said firmly. It wasn’t that he minded a bit of romance in the rain, but right now, he was in no mood for it.

"..." Hua Xiaomo was speechless.

"Don’t worry. You have leverage against me now; I won’t eat you," Qi Longbing said, annoyed and seemingly indifferent to her feelings, then decisively pulled her into the passenger seat.

The car started but didn’t go far, soon pulling into a relatively secluded parking lot. Neither of them got out. Outside, the rain intensified, like the ceaseless tears of a broken heart.

Qi Longbing glanced at her and saw she was steadfastly looking out the side window, apparently avoiding eye contact.

A pang of discomfort struck him deep inside, but he forced himself to suppress the unpleasant emotion.

"You don’t have to worry about me doing anything. When the rain stops, you can leave, or I can take you wherever you want to go," Qi Longbing explained, sighing inwardly.

This was just fucking great. With this woman, all he could think about was how she might be wronged out there, rarely focusing on the fact that she had betrayed him. Or could it be that deep down, he had already forgiven her betrayal? Such a thought was laughable! It wasn’t at all like his, Qi Longbing’s, style of repaying every grievance and showing no mercy to traitors! Was he actually still hoping she would have a change of heart and return to his embrace? When had he, Qi Longbing, become so pathetic? Even he himself found it unbearable.

Hua Xiaomo remained silent, but her eyes were clouded with a heavy, dim light.

"Xiao Mo, why aren’t you talking? Are you... settling in okay here?" Qi Longbing asked slowly.