"You’ve already been with someone else? So I should be grateful just because you don’t mind me?" Ruan Xixia laughed, a hint of allure in her eyes. Her finger traced down Liang Qianli’s prominent nose to his thin lips, and the man’s Adam’s apple immediately bobbed.

He grabbed her hand, his voice hoarse, "I don’t mean it like that... Xixia, no matter how you look at it, I should be a good partner, why can’t you give me a chance?"

Ruan Xixia withdrew her hand, looking straight at him, "I’ve told you this ten years ago, I don’t like you, and to this day, I still don’t. Honestly, your kindness over the years has touched me, but it’s not enough of a reason for me to spend my life with you.

I would rather be alone than settle. Liang Qianli, give it up. I believe with your qualities, you’ll find someone who truly loves you sooner or later."

She had made it very clear, but Liang Qianli still refused to back down. This northern guy over one meter eighty, his eyes were red and chaotic, "Can I ask why you don’t like me?"

"There’s no reason." Ruan Xixia answered decisively, instantly leaving Liang Qianli in despair.

She looked at him, "Sorry, please don’t come to see me again."

All these years, she had been rejecting Liang Qianli, but he seemed to become more determined with each setback, always chasing after her.

Before, she had even whimsically asked him to pretend to be engaged to her, and he had agreed.

A man like this, she should have loved, but she tried, she really tried, yet she found that she truly had no feelings for him.

When she was sixteen, Ji Yemo caught her eye, and by the autumn of her twenty-seventh year, there was still no room for anyone else.

Liang Qianli seemed triggered, his body trembled violently, and as if he’d gone mad, he grabbed Ruan Xixia’s shoulders, "No, I’m not leaving, you’re mine!"

He bent down, intending to kiss her!

Ruan Xixia struggled desperately, "You lunatic! Liang Qianli, don’t make me look down on you!"

But the irrational Liang Qianli couldn’t hear a thing, Ruan Xixia’s delicate chin was pinched by him, his coarse hand left red marks on her tender skin, and with a throbbing headache and sharp pain in her chin, tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

"Enough!" At some point, a black Audi had stopped by the roadside—Ji Yemo’s car. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

He opened the car door, got out, strode over, and swung a punch at Liang Qianli!

Liang Qianli winced in pain, let go of Ruan Xixia, and stumbled onto the car body!

"Damn, you hit me?" Liang Qianli touched the corner of his mouth, blood staining his hands.

"Forcing a woman, what kind of man are you!" Ji Yemo’s face was expressionless, eyes glinting with frost, his jawline tense like a predator poised to strike, ready to pounce at any moment.

Liang Qianli cursed, swinging his fist towards Ji Yemo’s face, Ji Yemo retaliated, and the two of them started fighting, exchanging punches and kicks.

Ruan Xixia, dizzy and barely able to stand, feebly shouted "Stop fighting," but her voice was weak, yet the two men continued brawling on their own.

Seeing this, she gave up caring, but a wave of dizziness swept over her, and she collapsed onto the steps, her vision going dark as she fainted...

"Xixia!"

"Xixia!"

Both men exclaimed in unison, immediately stopping the fight, and rushed to her side.