Huo Nanchen looked at the luggage that Gu Ruochu had packed and chuckled softly, "Since you're so worried about your friend, shouldn't you go back and check on him now? You are even willing to divorce me because of Xu Yichen. What? Do you want to elope with him?"
"Let's break up and part on good terms."
Huo Nanchen finally lost his patience with Gu Ruochu and addressed her in a vicious tone.
"Ruochu, are you sure you want to infuriate me just because you're sure that your friend has left Nan Cheng?" He stared into her eyes and continued, "It's only been ten minutes since you called Xu Yichen. Do you think that if I were to leave this place now, that he would run faster than me? Ruochu, do you want to take a gamble?"
Gu Ruochu tried to remain calm on the surface, but her heart was already stirred.
"Hmm?" Huo Nanchen raised his tone and looked at her emotionlessly. However, Gu Ruochu could discern an evil look in his expression.
He had returned to his unapproachable self.
"Men are heartless." Gu Ruochu slowly walked towards Huo Nanchen and leaned her body against his. She also wrapped her hand around his neck but maintained the frown on her lips.
"Before Cheng Xi's surgery, you sweet-talked me and doted on me. But now, you've turned your back on me."
Gu Ruochu placed her head on his shoulder and said, "Huo Nanchen, our marriage has been a failure. I've tried my best to make this relationship work, and I even thought that you had changed and wanted to be with me. However, I've finally understood that I've been deceiving myself. You've pampered me for too long that I've immersed myself in the lie that you love me.
"At first, when I realized that you were just using me so that you could sleep comfortably, I stayed by your side. After that, I found out that you were hiding your relationship with Cheng Xi and Ning Tangxi, and I still stayed by your side. But now, all the signs tell me that our marriage was a mistake. Since it was a mistake, we should end it."
Gu Ruochu was no longer afraid of confronting Huo Nanchen.
As she reflected on their relationship, Huo Nanchen's expression changed a few times, and a cold and terrifying emotion gradually appeared in his eyes.
Gu Ruochu's assessment of their relationship had taken him by surprise. It now appeared that she would not let go of her demands for a divorce.
Huo Nanchen suddenly pulled Gu Ruochu away from him and took a few steps back. "But you love me! Why do you want to divorce me? Shouldn't women stay by the side of the person they love?"
Gu Ruochu was slightly stunned. She looked at him with a sudden realization. "So what if it's love? Don't worry. I'm not a stubborn or vengeful woman. My love for you will slowly disappear with time. Now that we've broken up, I won't hate you or seek to take revenge on you. I'll slowly forget."
'Forget?'
The word made Huo Nanchen's eyes tremble. She would forget him, just like she had forgotten Wang Xi, her first love.
Gu Ruochu's words crushed Huo Nanchen's spirit.
Instead of forgetting him, Huo Nanchen preferred that she take revenge on him, or stay by his side to deliberately torture him.
"Ruochu, don't you understand that I won't get a divorce?" Huo Nanchen suddenly grabbed her shoulder. "You've provoked me so much. Aren't you afraid that I'll go crazy and leave you here? Do you think Xu Yichen will be safe?"
Gu Ruochu stared at him, and a smile appeared on her face once again. "Huo Nanchen, I don't understand what I've said to provoke you? Didn't I say that I won't hate you or take revenge on you?"
Gu Ruochu knew that Huo Nanchen would not grant her a divorce if he did not want to.
She thought that it was strange. She was the one who had fallen in love with him first, and she had always ended up getting hurt. Why was Huo Nanchen the stubborn one?