205 — Tying Up Loose Ends

It was true he tried to make her comfortable and hired nannies and workers to help her take care of their son, but in her rage, that wasn't important. It wasn't enough.

"I couldn't show you off to my friends, I couldn't do anything. You didn't even trust me either. Remember how long it took you to tell me you were the heir to the Li Conglomerate? Ha!"

She continued her outburst, "Don't pretend to be innocent. You led me into this. Because of you, I became a murderer that can not be recognized by her own child. You were the one that ruined my life! And now, you want to live happily ever after? Dream on!"

She caught a quick breath before adding, "You had better just kill me. As long as I remain alive, I'll haunt you both!"

Xie Weiwan had almost come out of the chair in her agitation, but the men beside her held her down firmly and even retied her hands tightly, not waiting for Li Chuanmo to say anything.

The calm, cold expression on Li Chuanmo's face perfectly mirrored his heart, which was like a stagnant pool of water.

Why didn't she say so?

He admitted that he was wrong. Looking back, he could see many things that could have been changed about him to cater to her tastes.

But why did she never say anything? Why did she keep it all bottled up, choosing infidelity and divorce over a clear honest conversation?

They quareled and argued over petty things, but never once had a heart to heart talk.

When they first began dating, he was always very cautious. Was she really the girl she claimed to be? Would something happen the next day to shatter this beautiful dream? He admitted that his insecurity could have affected the way he treated her.

But he tried. He never said it out loud, but he tried desperately to understand her.

She said she was a poor student, and in his heart, she fell for him because he was just like her. That was why he found it so difficult to tell her the truth about his identity at first. What if she hated him because of it?

Not to mention the fact that he had always felt he had no right to the Li family's assets.

They had already shown him great kindness by adopting him. How could he go after their properties?

Then about the frequent trips. He laughed inwardly at himself. At the time, he had stopped collecting money or anything from home. They were making do with the money he was able to receive from doing all manner of jobs, but her spending was way above what he was earning.

That was when he got introduced to a new job. It paid very well, but the downside was that he had to travel frequently to meet with their business partners and close several deals a month.

That company was where he got a lot of his administrative experience before he began working on building his own company.

It also became easier to meet up with her financial demands. She knew all these, but in retrospect, maybe he should have done something more. He just didn't know what and how at the time.

The few times he could spend at home, she was never there. She would go out and party all night and come home drunk in the morning. Several times, he had walked in on Li Yuchen screaming and crying for his mother, the nannies trying to comfort him without success.

And the cold face. He wondered at what point the expression of love and cautiousness he always had while looking at her started turning into one of tiredness and frustration.

And her talk about not being able to see Li Yuchen again? He almost couldn't maintain the same expression. That was pure nonsense! Who was the one that said such hurtful words in his hearing and abandoned him without looking back?

Coming out of his thoughts, he looked at her clearly, "You're right, it was my fault as well. I admit it. But why didn't you tell me anything? Why didn't you want to talk things out?"

The times he tried speaking with her, she berated him for trying to stop her fun and cried all day about how badly he was treating her. Then later, she started working and they saw each other even less.

Gradually, the distance between them widened. Forget about making love, they didn't even greet each other. They were like mere strangers living under the same roof.

Nevertheless, he truly broke down the day he walked in on them in bed. Strangely, his first thought was not that she had betrayed him, but that were things that tough between them? What had he done to turn her into this?

For the first time, Xie Weiwan had no rejoinder. She didn't know what to say.

It was true that he had tried to talk to her several times, but she felt indignant that he couldn't understand what he wanted without her telling him. At a point, she even doubted his IQ. Wasn't he rumored to be very smart? Why was it that they couldn't understand each other?

That day, when he knelt down and begged her to talk instead of getting angry at her infidelity, she was shaken a bit. But her mind was already made up at the time. She wasn't interested in hearing what he had to say.

Now, it was too late.

Noting her lack of response, he shook his head.

"It is a sad fate between us. We both have our differences, and I wondered why we couldn't make things work, after all we started from a place of love, didn't we? Unless it was a plot on your side from the beginning?"

Seeing her look away, he continued on, "I can't say I forgive you, but then I don't think you need my forgiveness anyway. Nevertheless, I can't let you go just like that, especially since you've threatened to haunt my wife."

Signalling to Gong Anwei, he said, "Take care of this." He respectfully nodded.

He stood up and walked away, then paused to add, "If you ever get a chance, you should apologize to Yuchen. He was so hurt by what you said the day he went to see you that he has never forgotten it. And he has not forgiven you either. If nothing else, we owe him. He didn't ask to be brought into the world after all."

Dropping those words, he walked out into the cold, ignoring her hysterical cries that rang loudly even as the distance between them widened. She was still unconvinced, going on about how he had to take responsibility for all that happened.

Immediately the door of the warehouse opened, the cold air rushed into his face, and the air he exhaled turned into white mist.

He didn't even know what he had achieved by speaking to her. His heart didn't feel any better with the new knowledge. Infact, she hardly said anything he didn't know. Even what she didn't say, he knew.

Hearing the footsteps of Gong Anwei who was rushing to give him his suit jacket, he said, "Hand them over, together with all the evidence we have gathered to the police."

"Yes sir."

Li Chuanmo then exhaled deeply, as if he was letting go of all inhibitions and getting ready for his new life.

This time around, he was determined —with all his heart— to do things differently.

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