Chapter 2089: The One He Loves Is You 3

"Then..." Han Luoqi suddenly tensed up.

Was it what he was thinking? He wanted to say it, but was afraid he was being self-indulgent.

Zhuang Xuejun had a calm temperament, her feelings always as faint as running water. She had never once expressed any liking for him.

Qi Zhang took a sip of his drink, stayed silent for a while before speaking. "Do you know why Xuejun has always disliked having strangers at home?"

Han Luoqi shook his head and said nothing, waiting for him to go on.

"Because her parents’ marriage fell apart due to her father having an affair with the young live-in maid. Her mother caught them on the spot, her father and mother started fighting right then and there, and in a fit of rage, he kicked her mother out of the house.

In those conservative days, a woman being kicked out of her home would be seen as unchaste. Her mother was surrounded by a bunch of neighbors pointing fingers at her; in the pushing and shoving, someone accidentally knocked her mother to the ground.

Only then did everyone realize that her mother was pregnant, and the baby was gone.

Her mother couldn’t accept such a reality and drove off with her father, dying together with him.

She was still very young back then and witnessed this tragedy with her own eyes. Tell me, how could she possibly look forward to marriage? How would she dare to hire a maid into her home?

And you? What did you do? You actually manufactured a scandal on purpose just to force her to marry you, letting her stand there with a big belly while people gawked at her. That was pouring salt into her wounds."

Han Luoqi was completely stunned. He had never imagined she would have such a past.

Thinking of that day at the teahouse entrance, of her panicked expression when she was surrounded by reporters, he felt a pain so sharp it was hard to breathe.

No wonder she was that angry.

He had been too selfish, never considering how she felt.

In fact, because he was afraid she would get hurt, he had gone to the teahouse area very early that day, but he didn’t show himself because he was afraid she’d get suspicious.

He waited until she was forced into a corner before stepping in.

Looking back now, Han Luoqi wished he could slap himself across the face!

What kind of bastard things had he done!

How terrified she must have been at the time!

Qi Zhang gave him a light glance. "I’ve gone to see her many times. As long as she wants to leave, I can take her away anytime, but she turned me down every time.

She’s been waiting this whole time for your explanation. And what did you give her in return? A whole week of not coming home.

Marriage is not a joke, nor is it a tool to quell rumors. If you didn’t exist in her heart, why would she marry you, why would she bear your children?

Xuejun has always been indifferent in matters of the heart and doesn’t know how to express herself, but that doesn’t mean she has no feelings.

As her husband, if you can’t understand her, then let her go."

With that, he got up and cast Han Luoqi one last look. "I’ll let it go this time. If you dare hurt her again, even if she’s unwilling, I’ll still take her away."

Qi Zhang left, and Han Luoqi stayed sitting in the private room, staring blankly ahead.

He had always thought that Zhuang Xuejun didn’t like him, that marrying him was something she’d been forced into.

Only now did he realize that he never truly understood her.

Thinking of what happened that day on the living room sofa, it suddenly dawned on him. Yeah, if he meant nothing to her, how could she have let him have his way?

If he meant nothing to her, how could she have let him move into her home, into her bedroom, and even sleep in her bed?

She just didn’t know how to express herself.

And he didn’t understand.

He took out his phone and scrolled through the news from this period. All of it was saying she had fallen out of favor on the second day of her wedding, that their relationship had broken down, that their marriage had gone bad.

Some went even further, claiming the child in her belly was Qi Zhang’s, and that was why she’d been abandoned.