Exclusive Love: Pampered by the Scheming Tycoon-Chapter 434 - 435 He Admits He Is a Jerk

Lin Banxia was still glaring at him with resentment, casting doubt on every word he said!

Huo Qinglin looked into her wary eyes, feeling deeply powerless inside.

"I know you’ve always resented me for toying with your feelings back then, Banxia. I also know I no longer have the right to love you now. But when it comes to emotions, more often than not, we don’t get a say in it." Huo Qinglin let out a bitter self-deprecating laugh.

Lin Banxia hadn’t expected Huo Qinglin to say something like this. Wasn’t he the one who used to treat her like thin air, too irritated to even spare her a word?

She couldn’t help but seriously examine him, and when her gaze landed on his face, she suddenly noticed the bandaged wound on his forehead.

That wound—he got it saving her. Lin Banxia’s feelings instantly became complicated.

"I don’t understand. Weren’t you disgusted by me before? How could you end up liking me now? You’re really fickle." Lin Banxia’s tone had softened, losing the chill from earlier, though she found him utterly ridiculous.

Huo Qinglin’s gaze flickered across her face: "I don’t know either. Honestly, before this, I’ve never truly liked anyone."

"Don’t give me that. Weren’t you head over heels for Lu Huan Ning?" Lin Banxia, feeling he must be lying, instantly called him out.

Huo Qinglin’s handsome face froze ever so slightly before he responded with a faint sneer: "My feelings for her were superficial. She has never touched my heart."

"At the end of the day, you’re just a scumbag, a flirtatious man who jumps from woman to woman. Stop making excuses about not finding true love—all your relationships were just games. People who are genuinely devoted don’t behave like you, replacing lovers constantly." Lin Banxia’s words were ruthless and cutting, perhaps infused with resentment carried over from her past life.

Huo Qinglin stiffened completely upon hearing himself condemned as a scumbag, looking at Lin Banxia in utter disbelief.

Lin Banxia slightly raised her chin, fearlessly meeting his gaze.

She thought he’d certainly lash out in anger to defend himself!

But he didn’t!

Huo Qinglin actually nodded: "You’re right. I was nothing but scum before. I played with countless women’s hearts, and I don’t even deserve another chance at true love. Maybe I’ve been cursed in this life—to lose you first, only to come back realizing I love you, Banxia. No matter how much you scorn me, insult me, or ridicule me, I deserve it all. It’s my karma, my punishment. But my feelings for you—they won’t change."

Lin Banxia was completely stunned, finding it unbelievable. What was wrong with Huo Qinglin today? No matter how harshly she ridiculed him, he accepted it all.

"I’ve said all I wanted to say. You can leave now!" Lin Banxia didn’t want to berate him anymore. Considering he had once saved her life, she felt that the entanglements from the past life had been reciprocated enough in this one.

"Banxia, can we still be friends?" Huo Qinglin asked, his face full of hope.

"No!" Lin Banxia refused outright: "In this lifetime, we’re only strangers!"

Huo Qinglin trembled slightly at the firmness of her words, an inexplicable, deep sense of loss surging within him.

Strangers?

That word was more piercing than anything else.

"Alright, strangers." Huo Qinglin seemed defeated as he accepted this outcome, turned around, and walked out.

Lin Banxia watched his somewhat heavy footsteps, and a strange pressure weighed on her heart, making it difficult to breathe.

Though she no longer felt any attachment or love toward this man, the entanglements of their previous life had marked her too deeply. In this moment, even after striking him down completely, she felt not the faintest sense of satisfaction.