Thank You for Still Loving Me

She didn't know how long she had been sitting there when she suddenly felt a trace of coolness, which made her shiver involuntarily.

She looked at the wristwatch on her hand. It was almost one o'clock!

She had forgotten when she bought this wristwatch, but she liked it very much. So when she saw it in the drawer, she put it on.

She put her feet down and took a step forward. Suddenly, her feet went limp, and she knelt down on the ground. There was a sharp pain. At that moment, she realized that her feet had gone numb because she had kept the same posture for too long.

A pair of hands appeared in her line of sight, supporting her arms. She looked up and saw Ji Minze's gentle face, which also showed a bit of weariness.

He heard from the maid that she was in the back garden and came out. He saw her quietly lying on her knees with her hands around her knees. She had been able to maintain this posture for several hours and didn't notice his presence at all.

"My feet are numb," Yiren said softly. Then she tried to stand up, but she didn't succeed. However, she didn't collapse as she had expected. She was lifted up in Ji Minze's arms.

She looked up and called out softly, with a hint of uncertainty in her voice, "Husband!"

"Let's go inside. It's very late," Ji Minze said, looking down at Yiren in his arms.

"I can walk by myself," Although she didn't reject being held by Ji Minze, she still felt unaccustomed to it.

At this moment, she really wanted to rest her head on his chest. This was her man! She could lean on him calmly, even arrogantly.

But she felt that it was so greedy to do so.

"I want to carry you," Ji Minze said, then strode towards the house. Even after entering the house, he didn't put her down and directly carried her back to the bedroom.

"Good night," After Ji Minze put her down, she walked into the dressing room, changed into a nightgown, came out, said to Ji Minze, and then got into the thin blanket at once and closed her eyes.

Ji Minze didn't say anything. After changing into a nightgown and coming out, he saw Yiren lying with her back to him.

He knew she wasn't asleep yet. If she were asleep, her body would often unconsciously arch up, taking a posture like a fetus in the mother's womb. But now she was lying on her side straight, and her posture seemed a bit stiff.

Ji Minze sat down by the bed.

"Yiren, I know you're feeling bad. You must think that I once betrayed you and let another woman get pregnant with my child. In fact, my relationship with Tang Lei is not what you think," Ji Minze said quietly.

Yiren still didn't move, but her body became even stiffer.

"We've known each other for more than ten years. Before she went to the UK, everyone thought we were lovers. In fact, I thought so too because I had gotten used to it after she announced to everyone that she was my girlfriend.

She went to study in the UK when she was 18 years old. She had an accident and disappeared for several years. I was in great pain. That feeling was like losing someone very important in my life, someone I had gotten so used to having by my side. Until you appeared. At that time, you reminded me of Tang Lei.

I know that saying this must make you feel bad, thinking that you were just a substitute for Tang Lei. I'm sorry. I thought so too at that time. I chose you because you had the shadow of Tang Lei. Less than two months after we got married, Tang Lei came back. By then, you were already my wife, and I needed to take responsibility for you. I never thought of getting a divorce.

In fact, I was very confused at that time and couldn't figure out whether I loved you or Tang Lei. But you didn't give me a chance. Like everyone else, you thought I loved Tang Lei, so you signed the divorce agreement and left. You didn't even give me a chance to explain and aborted our child," Ji Minze continued to recall, but his tone became low and hoarse because of the memories of the past. This was the most vulnerable side of a man.

"I looked for you everywhere, but you disappeared without a trace.

Two years later, you appeared. You were no longer the young and innocent girl you used to be. You became independent and assertive. I thought that this time we could live a peaceful life together, but in the end, you still left. Under Tang Lei's persistence, you still chose to give up on me.

Sometimes I even doubted whether you ever loved me. If you had loved me, how could you have let go of our love so easily?

This time, we really got divorced. You left without looking back. There was a younger and more outstanding man by your side. I thought that maybe that was the choice you wanted. He was the one who could love you wholeheartedly. He wasn't as hesitant and indecisive as I was," Ji Minze's voice became even lower. The pain that had always been hidden inside him erupted at this moment. In the emotional world of the three of them, he was the one who was best at hiding his pain.

"Although we were divorced, I still couldn't choose Tang Lei as my wife. It took me seven years to truly understand that. I've always regarded her as a sister. I can't marry my sister, and the woman I love, you, is no longer my wife.

You came back to the country and became the general manager of Ruicheng. We became business partners. It seemed that apart from business matters, we had no relationship at all...."

"Husband, I know that all of this is not your fault, but that I was too selfish," Unable to pretend to be asleep any longer, Yiren sat up, gently hugged Ji Minze from behind, and hid her face against his back.

She was very sad. She couldn't remember the past, and now she had to face such humiliation.

But she could feel that so many things happened and it couldn't be entirely blamed on Ji Minze. Maybe she was even to blame. Perhaps it was something she had done that caused these mistakes.

Maybe she was originally a selfish person who made people feel cold. Even though she was so unreasonable, Ji Minze was still standing there, loving her.

"Husband, thank you for still loving me," Yiren said softly. She found that she didn't want to leave this man, even though he had made such a big mistake!

"Yiren!" Ji Minze pulled Yiren into his arms and hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry."

"Maybe it's me who should say sorry," Yiren said, pressing her face against Ji Minze's cheek.

They hugged each other. At this moment, their hearts, which had been separated and reunited, finally came together.

No matter what they had to face tomorrow, they could now face it calmly together.

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If this were the ending, it would be perfect! But could this really be the ending?