Chapter 1371 - 1230: Nuannuan Is My Greatest Love in This Life (Part 2)
Shen Zui gritted his teeth, eyes filled with overflowing pain.
He said, "Ruisong, tell me, if I hadn’t left back then, wouldn’t Nuannuan have faced all of this? Wouldn’t I have been with Nuannuan all along? Wouldn’t she have let go of all hatred and resentment and happily been with me? Huh?"
Qi Ruison frowned, "Shen Zui, you know that’s impossible. Shi Nuan isn’t someone who easily lets go of hatred, she never was!"
Shen Zui’s eyes flickered, his gaze dropped down, and after a while, he laughed.
He said, "Yes, she seems calm on the surface, quiet, a gentle girl, but deep inside, she is very strong, never yielding on anything, even at the expense of her love. I knew this from the start, but I was too foolish then, unwilling to believe, always thinking she’d change for me, even if just a bit. So she was strong, and I was strong, even stronger than her. But the end result was that I lost thoroughly, completely and utterly..."
Qi Ruison suddenly didn’t know what to say.
He said these things about Shen Zui, feeling Shen Zui’s dedication to Shi Nuan wasn’t worth it.
But in love, who calculates worthiness?
If he really calculated, he wouldn’t have chased Shen Jiu’er for so many years.
Eventually, Qi Ruison departed, and before leaving, he said to him, "Shen Zui, I understand your feelings, but I still don’t agree with your actions. Because Shi Nuan... Shi Nuan doesn’t belong to you anymore. She’s now Song Yansheng’s woman, whether a lover or girlfriend, she’s no longer yours. Even if in the future... even if Song Yansheng tires of her, do you think Shi Nuan, with her temperament, would still be with you? Think it over carefully before deciding your future actions..."
Your future actions?
In truth, Shen Zui didn’t know either.
But now, at this very moment, he clearly and unmistakably knew what he wanted to do.
Previously, he couldn’t bear to leave Shi Nuan but chose to leave anyway.
Now, he simply wanted to follow his heart.
He couldn’t bear to leave Shi Nuan, wanted to protect Shi Nuan, wanted to give Shi Nuan lifelong happiness...
So he went ahead.
The doorbell rang, Shen Zui’s eyelashes trembled.
He knew he had arrived.
He stood up, lifted his foot towards the door.
Taking a deep breath, he opened the door.
Standing before him was indeed Song Yansheng, but before he could even take a good look, a fist was already violently smashing into his face.
The force was so intense that it knocked him back two steps, even drawing blood from the corner of his mouth.
He raised his head, watching as Song Yansheng was about to punch again, he raised his hand to block, reaching out to push him away.
Taking advantage of Song Yansheng’s retreat, he quickly swung his fist, punching Song Yansheng hard in the face.
Song Yansheng naturally retaliated, with another kick sending Shen Zui to the ground.
Shen Zui, accustomed to sports, trained in fencing and wrestling, sitting on the ground, used his legs skillfully to trip Song Yansheng to the ground.
The two wrestled on the ground.
Shen Zui questioned Song Yansheng, "You’ve got her, why can’t you protect her well!"
Song Yansheng questioned Shen Zui, "Since you’ve already left, why come back!"
The two exchanged blows, neither yielding, without any regard for their image, wrestling for half an hour.
Eventually, Shen Zui had the upper hand.
He pressed Song Yansheng to the ground, about to punch him, but Song Yansheng neither retaliated nor dodged, instead closing his eyes in resignation.
Shen Zui’s fist stopped there.
Then he flipped over, lying next to Song Yansheng, covering his eyes with his hand.
Song Yansheng lay there, his lashes trembled, slowly opening his eyes.
Shen Zui’s voice came at that moment.
He said, "I know, I actually can’t beat you!"
Song Yansheng said nothing.
Shen Zui continued, "Your first punch when you entered used all your strength, probably out of anger. But afterwards, you got perfunctory, holding back, that’s another form of spite. Just the first spite was your hatred for me, the rest was your resentment towards yourself..."
With that, Shen Zui laughed mockingly, "Turns out, you also feel guilty for failing to protect Nuannuan, letting her go through this, do you really resent yourself? How laughable, laughably ridiculous..."
Song Yansheng’s thin lips moved slightly and, after a while, he lowly asked, "What will it take for you to completely give up on Nuannuan?"