The Beloved and Pampered Girl

“How did you communicate with me back then? You said you didn’t like women and you would never get married, but what about now? Not only do you have a woman you like, but you also intend to marry her? Where do you place me in all this?”

“You’ve never changed in my eyes; we were once friends, and now we’re just acquaintances.”

“So I don’t even qualify as your friend in your heart now?”

“That was your choice, wasn’t it?”

“The reason I chose that path is because I love you!”

Fang Lianya’s emotions grew more and more volatile, completely losing the noble demeanor she had upon arrival.

“But I don’t love you!” Chu Liyuan said without any hint of emotion, “You knew this all along, didn’t you?”

“But back then, you loved no one, and now it’s different!”

“There’s nothing different. I didn’t love you then, and I don’t love you now.”

“We grew up together since we were kids; we know everything about each other. We understand each other the best; we are the most suitable pair.”

“Whether we’re suitable or not isn’t for you to say!”

“You think it’s because I’m older, don’t you? Do all men prefer young girls, is that it?”

“What you do doesn’t concern me, and who I like I don’t need to explain to you.”

“Do you think a young girl like her would like an old man like you? She’s just after your money and status.”

“Why are you being so odd? The man already told you he doesn’t like you, so why are you still clinging on so desperately?” Jian Dan finally couldn’t bear it any longer and spoke up.

“Is it your place to speak?”

“If it’s not my place, you’d better get it straight! Besides me, no one else here has that right!”

“You sure talk big for a lass. Do you think you’re special just because Chu Li regards you differently, that you can strut around and flaunt yourself in front of me?

Even so, at the very least, you should wait until you’re on firm footing before you talk like that,” Fang Lianya looked at Jian Dan disdainfully.

“As the legally certified wife of the man, I really don’t know whose footing could be steadier than mine!” Jian Dan crossed her arms over her chest, tilted her chin up, and faced Fang Lianya confidently.

Jian Dan’s words whipped Fang Lianya up into a frenzy again, “What did you just say? What did you say?”

Fang Lianya tried to grab Jian Dan to ask for clarity.

But Chu Liyuan firmly protected Jian Jian behind himself, not allowing Fang Lianya to get close.

“Step aside! She dared to say such things; I want to rip her mouth apart!” Fang Lianya couldn’t bring herself to believe it was true, from the depths of her heart.

“Jian Jian spoke the truth!”

Chu Liyuan’s words extinguished the last glimmer of hope for Fang Lianya.

“You’re lying to me? I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it!” In that moment, Fang Lianya seemed like a patient losing her sanity, frantically smashing everything within reach.

“I once said, if I don’t speak, it’s for a purpose. But if I do speak to you, it’s never a lie!”

“Hahaha~” Fang Lianya staggered towards Jian Dan.

Looking past Chu Liyuan, she slowly spoke, “Now that he can like women, how long do you think you can stay by his side? How long can you control a man like him? One day, he’ll also discard you ruthlessly, hahaha~

Chu Liyuan, the position of Mrs. Chu does indeed need someone to fill; it could be me, couldn’t it? I don’t care who you like or want to be with, I only want that position!”

“That position belongs to her alone!”

Chu Liyuan turned his gaze toward Jian Dan behind him.