Oops, I had a ONS With My Secret Ex-husband-Chapter 539: Heartbroken

"Yu, do you really think I should be brave now? Letting Qinqin be is probably the most correct decision I’ve made. I know I still love her in my heart, but I can’t bring her happiness. How could I bear to disturb her again?"

In Ji Yuanzhou’s mind, everything was already clear. In his world, Feng Qinqin was undeniably a vivid presence, but he loathed himself for not being able to make her happy.

Ji Yu suddenly fell silent as well, mostly because she didn’t know how to face him.

"Brother, since you’ve already made up your mind, then you can’t regret it later. Even if Qinqin marries someone else, you’ll have to act like it doesn’t bother you at all."

This was still a very cruel thing for Ji Yuanzhou.

"I’m willing to accept this result. It’s my own inadequacy. If I had been good enough, it wouldn’t have come to this."

His smile was utterly bitter, looking as though he had resigned himself to fate.

Ji Yu didn’t know what to say about this either.

She could only think that there was just too much in his life he couldn’t have.

"Brother, since you’ve already made up your mind, I won’t say anything further. I just hope you don’t regret the decision you’ve made now, and don’t let it weigh on your heart."

After hearing Ji Yu say this, he didn’t say much more, leaving the two of them in a long silence.

Finally, Jiang Huai, impatient, came knocking to urge Ji Yuanzhou to leave.

Ji Yuanzhou had been annoyed by him for a long time. Seeing him like this only made him even colder in demeanor.

"Jiang Huai, who do you think you are? Even if you have Yu now, she’ll leave you sooner or later. The two of you are destined to have no future."

He spoke with such conviction that for a moment Jiang Huai was fuming. "Even if I only have her now, it’s still better than being a coward like you. You couldn’t have Yu before, and now you can’t have Feng Qinqin either. Your life is just destined to be lonely."

This remark struck Ji Yuanzhou right in the heart.

He had known all along that there was a problem with all of this.

"And what makes you think you’re any different from me? Jiang Huai, we’re the same kind of person; you just refuse to admit it."

With that, Ji Yuanzhou left the villa.

Jiang Huai stood in place, downing the wine in his glass in one gulp.

His expression turned grim, and now he could barely suppress the growing desire to possess Ji Yu.

When Ji Yu saw him in his drunken state, she didn’t hesitate to lock the door.

"Jiang Huai, stop bothering me. I have no interest in anything about you."

Her composure was starting to crack.

Jiang Huai didn’t force anything, knowing that Ji Yu must be very repelled by him at this moment.

"Yu, there’s no need to rush. Eventually, you’ll come to me on your own, and when that day comes, I won’t let you leave."

Ji Yu couldn’t fathom where he got this confidence from, but since he’d already spoken this much, there wasn’t much else to be said.

The next morning, when Ji Yu opened her door, she saw Jiang Huai sitting outside her room. It was unclear how long he’d been there, but it seemed he didn’t want to leave.

"Jiang Huai, why are you still outside my door?"

"I just missed you too much. I wanted to talk to you a little longer. If something I’m doing bothers you, I can change. Why won’t you give me a chance?" Jiang Huai was truly in anguish.

He didn’t know what he could do to change everything.

Ji Yu glanced at the empty bottles on the floor, realizing he had probably been in a terrible state recently.

"Jiang Huai, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but what you’re doing this time is completely unnecessary."

She didn’t want to say another word to the person in front of her.

Hearing Ji Yu’s response, his head was still clouded and dazed.

As if he hadn’t expected her to say something like that.

"Yu, don’t overthink it. I just care about you too much. I didn’t mean to do anything."

Ji Yu took a deep breath, understanding that he probably didn’t have other intentions, but the situation before her made it hard not to overthink.

"Jiang Huai, you’re a normal person. You shouldn’t devote all your thoughts to these romantic entanglements—I don’t want to live like this."

He hadn’t expected Ji Yu to say something like this.

Suddenly, he felt a flicker of hope.

"So does that mean if I become better, stronger, you’ll look at me differently?"

When he said this, he was hoping Ji Yu would give him an affirmative answer.

But Ji Yu didn’t think there was anything worth saying about the current situation. "Just focus on your own life. Stop having people watch me. My father is still in your hands—where could I even go?"

He knew she was right, but his real fear was that Ji Yu might rekindle things with Gu Qixiao. That was something he couldn’t accept.

"Then will you really marry me?"

"As long as my father can live healthily, I’m willing to marry you." Ji Yu didn’t see anything wrong with this arrangement.

It was precisely because of this statement that Jiang Huai found his motivation again.

He stopped assigning people to monitor her but still came to her home every night to keep watch.

Ji Yu had gotten used to this, and having it reduced to this level was already a relief for her. She didn’t dare to hope for anything more.

"Yu, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. I know deep down you’re uncomfortable, but this is my final compromise."

Ji Yu said nothing more.

It seemed she had silently agreed to this arrangement.

Of course, Ji Yu didn’t have the time to worry about these things.

Hu Qianqian’s situation still needed resolving—how could she have the time for this?

Yet something struck her as odd when she saw Hu Qianqian. The girl seemed scared of her.

"Why do you look so frightened of me? Did something happen that I don’t know about recently?"

Hu Qianqian was startled when she saw her. "Don’t come near me. I never intended to harm you."

But how could Ji Yu listen to her?

"Hu Qianqian, don’t think you can avoid this by acting like this. You harmed my father—I won’t let this go."

She couldn’t possibly forget this matter.

Bizarrely enough, they might have once been considered friends.

"Ji Yu, you’re really crazy. No wonder you’re with Jiang Huai."