"So what if my destiny does not have her. My heart is still filled with her and no one can empty it, not even me." ------------ I despised her. I despised how she schemed to get married to me. I despised her because of her arrogance. " Li Rui, you don't know how many times I have wished to kill you. " But all of this was my illusion. Everything was a mysterious trap of lies. A trap that was laid to trap me. "Rui, I want to protect you from this whole world. I will not ask you to love me.....just don't hate me. Hmm...." --------------- [This is an original story] Buy me a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ada_5253 My other book on Webnovel - CEO He: Please Don't Love Me (Ongoing
It was winter.
The white mist covered the whole Imperial City. However with this white mist, Li Manor was also covered by the despair Li Zhan's death had left.
The Li Manor had never been so silent before but after Li Zhan's death, it seemed to have a silence that only lingered on the deserted place.
General Li was very worried about his daughter, Li Rui as he saw how much she has changed after her maid's death. Day after day, he would do something to bring the smile on her lips back.
For a week, he never heard any complaint of Li Rui from anyone.
No maid of Li Rui came running to his study room in panic only to tell him that his daughter had sneaked out of Li Manor.
Neither Li Rui comes running to him now with a big smile on her lips whenever he returns from the Imperial City and nor does she came to him and made some ridiculous demand.
She actually came to him with a demand. General Li remembered suddenly