His long fingers were dancing quickly on the keyboard and he was frowning a little, but the look in his eyes was dogged and resolute, and reminded one of a deep pool .
In that moment, An Xiaxia agreed more than ever that an earnest man was the most attractive .
Hearing An Xiaxia’s footsteps, Sheng Yize looked up and saw the red-eyed An Xiaxia, who reminded him of a rabbit . She wasn’t wearing any shoes and she was so nervous that her toes had all curled up .
In her hand was his phone .
Sheng Yize now knew what it was like to feel the entire world collapse around him in an instant .
He closed the laptop, rose to his feet, and opened his mouth, but no words would come out .
“Sheng Yize . ” After a moment, An Xiaxia ended up being the first to speak . “I want to tell you that I’m sorry…”
“Come over here . ” Sheng Yize rubbed his forehead and sighed .
An Xiaxia didn’t move . She only looked up a little and feigned a casual voice . “You still have the divorce papers I sent to your email box, don’t you?”
His heart sank at this and Sheng Yize was irritated . “What are you suggesting?!”
“I just think that… if you can’t live with this, we can always divorce . I want nothing but the kids…”
She wanted to raise Cola and Pepsi herself .
Sheng Yize was so angry that he began to laugh . “Divorce? And let you have the kids? I see you’ve thought it through!”
An Xiaxia wrung the lower hem of her clothes . “If you’re not happy about the arrangement… we can always talk about it . ”
Sheng Yize couldn’t stand her submissive tone .
He marched toward An Xiaxia and held her by her shoulders . “Do you remember what I told you before?”
He had said so many things and she didn’t know which one he was referring to, so she shook her head . “I don’t have that good a memory . ”
Sheng Yize felt helpless and defeated . “Do you think I’m not worthy of your trust?”
“No…” Instinctively, An Xiaxia tried to explain herself, but she saw that Sheng Yize’s eyes were filled with… disappointment .
“I thought you understood how I feel about you . The least we can do is trust each other . ” Sheng Yize chuckled self-mockingly . “But when something comes up, your instinct is to run away . An Xiaxia, you really get on my nerves when you do that!”
She was like an ostrich — opinionated but cowardly . All she did was give in and be evasive .
An Xiaxia bit her lip so hard that she could taste blood .
“I just… don’t want to make it hard for you . ”
“Have I said or done anything?” Sheng Yize fought back his anger . “Now, go back to bed like a good girl . We’ll talk about it tomorrow . ”
He needed to cool his head, or he couldn’t promise what he would do next .
An Xiaxia wrung her fingers together and said sorry again .
“Don’t say that word to me!” Sheng Yize raised his voice . “How can you be so stupid?!”
That made An Xiaxia jump and tears welled up in her eyes again, but she went on stubbornly . “I know I’m stupid… I’m sorry… I don’t mean to be…”
But there were times when she really had no idea what to do .
After all those years of school and all the classes she had taken, she had never been taught how to love .
She was completely ignorant in love . When things came up, she didn’t know how to handle them . She tried her best to make things right, but that never seemed to please anyone .
“I want to face it together with you… but I was afraid that you wouldn’t want to…
“You always look down on me and… I was really afraid that you’d be like that again .
“I was going to tell you…” She stretched out her hands to Sheng Yize . “I’m scared . So… can you, maybe, face this together with me?”