The four words "belittle oneself" made Shen Modi's heart ache.
She used to be an optimistic, active, daring-to-love-and-hate, and moth-to-flame kind of person.
She had also gone all out for love.
But reality had hurt her badly.
She was in so much pain!
She was scared!
She resigned herself to fate!
She only begged for a simple and peaceful life.
She was afraid of great ups and downs, being happily together today and then being forcibly separated tomorrow because of mismatched statuses.
She was a human being, with flesh and blood, and could really feel the pain.
"On the day we got married, you told me that getting married was a lifetime commitment," Huo Mingze stared at Modi closely.
Modi moved her lips but couldn't say a word. At that time, she thought he was just an ordinary person like her.
Huo Mingze continued, "The day Yao Yutong came to see you, we made a pinky promise that we would protect our marriage together."
Modi's nose tingled.
She quickly turned her head away.
Huo Mingze turned her head back, forcing her to look at him.
He called her full name, "Shen Modi, don't look down on yourself. You're excellent."
Modi's heart stabbed. She looked into Huo Mingze's eyes and insisted, "Huo Mingze, we are from different social classes."
Back then, Gu Tianxi had also told her that she was excellent. He told her that his grandfather and mother would surely accept her when they saw her excellence.
She had tried her best to be excellent.
In the end, all she got from his mother was: "Have some self-respect."
What his mother said actually didn't matter. What mattered was that Gu Tianxi said they should break up.
He had erased all her efforts and love.
The word "wealthy family" was a painful memory she didn't want to look back on for her.
Huo Mingze looked at Modi, seeing her stubbornness, her persistence, and her inferiority complex.
He bent down to kiss her.
She didn't respond at all.
He called her, "Modi, we just had that kind of relationship."
Her body stiffened.
She had always dreamed of having a stable marriage, but he and she were from different worlds.
He had given her warmth, and she had already gotten into the role of a wife these past few days, but suddenly she discovered that he was a top-notch rich man.
She didn't dare to cling to this warmth, afraid of being doomed like before.
"Have you ever thought that it's unfair to me for you to say we should separate now?" he asked again.
Modi said, "You have many choices. You can pick someone better."
How could the relationship between a rich person and a poor person be unfair to the rich person?
She had a relationship with Gu Tianxi for several years, and he wiped it out with just one sentence of breaking up. She had been immersed in pain for years. And he turned around and got together with Song Keying.
They joined forces, and their family businesses thrived.
She moved her whole family and struggled hard for a living.
It was during these struggles that she gradually realized that poor people didn't deserve love.
Huo Mingze asked, "Have I been good to you?"
"Yes," Modi said sincerely.
"Then why do you want to separate?"
Modi felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart and said, "Our families are not evenly matched."
Separating now would be better than one day in the future when his mother told her to have some self-respect.
She wasn't afraid of being humiliated. She was afraid that one day Huo Mingze would casually say to her, "Modi, let's separate."
"Are you sure?" Huo Mingze asked.
"Yes," Modi said, and instead, she felt a sense of relief.
Some things, you don't deserve them in the first place. Pulling out early will prevent you from getting hurt.
"Since we got married, could you do me one more favor?" Huo Mingze said.
"Tell me. If I can help, I will definitely do it," Modi said.
He had done her a great favor. If she could help him, she would definitely try her best.
"Let's maintain our marriage for one year. After one year, when I firmly hold the position of the president of the Huo Corporation, if you still want to separate, I will respect your decision," Huo Mingze said.
She was like a book.
Exactly the one that he could read with pleasure and fully understand.
Just by looking into her eyes, he could see through all her thoughts.
He remembered meeting her ex-boyfriend in the hospital that day and her calling Gu Tianxi "Young Master Gu".
He understood everything.
She had been hurt by wealthy people before, so she was sensitive, resistant, and afraid of being hurt again.
She wanted to hide in her shell.
It didn't matter. He would give her time and help her heal. During this year, he would show her with his actions that her efforts would be rewarded and that her kindness was more precious than her status.
"But I can't help you. I'll only hold you back," Modi was worried. "No one knows about our marriage now. If we separate and you marry a wealthy daughter, it will be more beneficial for you to secure the position of the president."
Huo Mingze smiled, "My cousin already knows we got married. He is my biggest competitor. If I get divorced now, it will become a weapon for him to attack me."
Modi was silent.
If she had known earlier, she shouldn't have gotten the marriage certificate with him.
Looking at Modi's expression, Huo Mingze curled the corners of his mouth and touched her face, "This year, stay with me through thick and thin, okay?"
How cute!
She had no complicated thoughts, didn't weigh the pros and cons, wasn't greedy for money. Besides wanting to protect herself, all she wanted was to help him.
He had only lent a helping hand to her father, and she was already willing to help him wholeheartedly.
With a wife like this, why worry about unrest in the backyard?
"My background will make you be ridiculed," Modi said.
"No one dares to ridicule me!" Huo Mingze said.
He turned over and lay flat, reached out to hug her, pulled her down into the quilt, let her pillow on his arm, then turned her over so that she was lying face to face with him in the quilt, "Be as calm and confident as you were tonight. You're the best."
"I..."
"Do me a favor," Huo Mingze stared at Modi closely.
Modi agreed, "Okay."
Most of the time, she could be confident and calm. Because she didn't live off others, didn't spend others' money.
What she was afraid of was the humiliation from his family members and his giving up.
If it was just to help him, then there was no problem. During this year, she wouldn't invest her feelings, and she could still get out unscathed after one year.
Just right, when her father saw that they were doing well, he would be in a good mood, which was beneficial for his recovery.
The doorbell rang.
Modi was about to go open the door, but Huo Mingze had already gotten up, "I'll do it."
Someone had brought the makeup remover set.
Huo Mingze took the things, and by the way, changed the password of the suite to their wedding anniversary.
He put the things in the bathroom and asked Modi to go remove her makeup.
He also got her pajamas.
To come to the banquet, he had asked someone to prepare spare dresses and Modi's daily clothes in the afternoon.
Modi hugged the pajamas and went to take a bath and remove her makeup.
She felt a bit awkward when she came out of the bathroom.
Finally, she gritted her teeth and climbed onto the bed, lying on the other side of Huo Mingze.
Huo Mingze quietly curled the corners of his mouth, turned sideways, and hugged her into his arms.
Modi subconsciously wanted to struggle.
Huo Mingze reminded her, "Don't move. Sleep well. Otherwise, I might not be able to control myself."
Modi was so scared that she immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping.
Huo Mingze looked at Modi's bare-faced look and curled the corners of his mouth again.
She looked cuter and cuter the more he looked at her.
Outside.
An hour ago.
Qiu Zhan, wearing a motorcycle suit and with his hands in his pockets, appeared in the banquet hall in a dandyish manner.
He guessed that Yao Yutong might still be in the banquet hall.
He looked around everywhere.
Sure enough, he saw Yao Yutong sitting on a sofa in the northwest corner, poking at her phone, typing something.
Qiu Zhan immediately walked over.