Was there?
After thinking for a while, Xia Ling found that there was one thing, in fact. He told everyone that they were together and took her home to meet his grandfather — that was something Pei Ziheng had never done in their ten years together.
But what happened in the end?
It was still a breakup.
She mocked herself. "Maybe I just don't have the life of marrying into a wealthy family, so why bother trying? Li Lei tried to put me in the spotlight with him so we could work together, and I'm grateful for that, but that's as far as he went. Whatever Pei Ziheng did not do, neither did he. Sure, he did put in the effort for me, but just because he did, and just because he claims to like me doesn't give him the right to hurt me, right? He…"
Xia Ling stopped there.
On the island with the Li family, she had been pinned under him and violated, causing her intense pain…
Did liking her give him the right to have his way with her?
