She suddenly stood up: "Then why do you care about me? Why did you bring me back? Why do you take care of me?"

Since you showed me concern, why not keep caring? Now you want to take it all back.

Why?

"I think you misunderstood. What I did just now was merely what a colleague should do. If it was a stranger, I definitely wouldn’t have cared about you."

"But that doesn’t mean anything."

These words simply meant that he had no feelings for her; he would do this for anyone he knew.

"Do you really have no feelings for me at all?"

Not even a little?

"None," Ye Tianjing said, brutally.

Zhao Xiao left in tears.

Ye Tianjing called after her, and Zhao Xiao stopped: "I think you should change clothes before going out."

"Who cares about your clothes?" Zhao Xiao started unbuttoning in front of Ye Tianjing.

Ye Tianjing quickly turned away: "Calm down."

"My parents are forcing me to marry someone I don’t like, and the person I like doesn’t like me back. How do you expect me to stay calm?"

As they spoke, Zhao Xiao took off her clothes.

She was only wearing pajamas underneath, and Ye Tianjing didn’t know where to look: "If you don’t want to marry, you can talk to your parents. There’s no need to run away from home."

Isn’t it childish to run away at this age?

"It’s useless; they won’t listen to me at all." Zhao Xiao walked over to Ye Tianjing and hugged him: "Why don’t you just take me, okay?"

"No," Ye Tianjing pushed her away, accidentally touching somewhere he shouldn’t have, and hurriedly wiped his hand.

His actions stung Zhao Xiao’s eyes: "In your heart, am I that dirty? Am I?"

"Why say that?"

Before Zhao Xiao could speak, he continued: "Whether you’re dirty or not has nothing to do with me."

Zhao Xiao looked at him through tearful eyes: "Do you really hate me that much?"

"I’ve answered this question before; there’s no need to answer it again."

Zhao Xiao sniffled, disregarded everything, ran over, and hugged him, standing on tiptoe, trying to kiss him.

"That’s enough." Ye Tianjing flung her away. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

He picked up the clothes she had thrown aside and covered her: "Look at yourself now, what do you look like?"

"You won’t even touch me." Zhao Xiao gave a bitter smile.

"I said, I don’t like you."

"Ranran said that women should love themselves. You can love others, but if they don’t love you back, don’t force it, or you’ll hurt others and yourself. Look at yourself, what have you turned yourself into?"

"It’s easy for her to say. She has everything that others envy; naturally, it’s easy for her to talk."

Ye Ranran has nothing she lacks, everything is the best.

And her? What does she have? Nothing, everything must be fought for.

"Yes, Ranran indeed has everything now. You think she’s lucky because you haven’t seen her days of having nothing."

Back then, Ye Ranran was born into a wealthy family but lived lower than a dog.

"You say you don’t love yourself, so why should others love you? If you don’t respect yourself, why should others respect you?"

"I just want to be with the person I like; is that so wrong?" Zhao Xiao looked at Ye Tianjing pitifully.