Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Please Stop

The bodyguards of Xu Yisen still restrained the bodyguards of Qin Muni. They looked at Xu Yisen simultaneously, waiting for his instructions.

Not until Xu Yisen nodded slightly did they release Qin Muni’s bodyguards, and the bodyguards left the corridor together with Tang Haoliang.

“Since you have nothing important to say, I’ll start first.”

Qin Muni’s hand remained tightly gripping the doorknob; her actions clearly showed her guard against Xu Yisen, who was standing outside the door.

The powerful aura that Xu Yisen spread had vanished the moment Qin Muni opened the door, replaced by warmth as soothing as a spring breeze.

“Hmm, go ahead.”

He slightly parted his thin lips, unwittingly revealing a trace of fondness in his words.

Qin Muni’s hand gripping the doorknob was hidden behind the door; her hand unconsciously gripped the doorknob more tightly, and the veins on the back of her hand were vaguely visible from the force.

“I don’t know if you’ve ever heard this story… I wanted an apple, but you brought me a wagon of bananas. Then you said you were moved by your effort and asked why I wasn’t moved; I was at a loss for words. You thought I would like that wagon of bananas, but in my heart, I was still thinking about that apple.

When I married you, I wanted your attention, your care. After our divorce, all I wanted was freedom.

However, you clearly don’t understand my thoughts, so I feel it necessary to make my stance clear to you.

I don’t know what prompted your sudden interest in me after our divorce, your thoughts of wanting to remarry me.

But please, put an end to those thoughts. Your persistent approach is distressing and repulsive to me.

You always move yourself to tears, satisfying your desires, and you push me into a dead end with no escape.

Yisen, I hate that feeling of being suppressed, of struggling in vain. I beg you to stop.”

Her voice was somewhat hoarse, and as she expressed her true feelings to Xu Yisen, there was a faint tremor in her voice.

Perhaps it was the effect of the alcohol, as her gaze appeared particularly hazy and dreamy. When she looked at Xu Yisen, her moist, bright eyes inadvertently revealed her helplessness and suppression.

Qin Muni had thought all afternoon before realizing where things went wrong.

After divorcing Xu Yisen, she always thought Xu Yisen didn’t like her and would never change his mind, so she continued to interact with him unrestrainedly as friends.

When she suspected that Xu Yisen might like her and after he explicitly expressed his feelings, she didn’t firmly reject him or stop the inappropriate thoughts growing in his heart.

Instead, she used him to deal with Wang Yuequan, solidifying her position in the Fanshu Group, and used him to open a restaurant, becoming a partner.

She mistakenly thought she could keep it under control, yet she overestimated her self-control when facing Xu Yisen, leading to events she never anticipated occurring.

The slightly furrowed brows of Xu Yisen faintly revealed a trace of struggle.

After a while, he slowly parted his thin lips, “I’m sorry, Munni, I can’t fulfill your request.”

Actually, Qin Muni was right; all along, he had always acted willfully, following his own wishes, ignoring her thoughts and feelings.

People caught in the quagmire of love are foolish and selfish. He could fulfill all of Qin Muni’s requests except for letting go of his pursuit of her.

Because he wanted to be selfish one more time, even if it meant Qin Muni would despise him, he wanted to fight for another chance.

Xu Yisen’s answer was within Qin Muni’s expectations, so when she heard his words, she didn’t show any dissatisfaction or anger.

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