An Lin was about to stop him, but Tong Ji Yuan blocked her directly. When the others backed away, An Lin reached out and pushed him aside.
"An Lin, at this point, are you still going to treat this way?" Tong Ji Yuan’s voice carried a hint of grievance.
An Lin couldn’t help but find it amusing, "Treat you this way? Tong Ji Yuan, do you even have a heart? Do you?!"
She poked his chest with her finger, but Tong Ji Yuan grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms, "An Lin, don’t you know, my heart has long been yours!"
"Tong Ji Yuan, do you think I would still believe such words from you?" She broke free from his embrace, stepped back a few paces, "I’m no longer the little girl from back then, not the An Lin who would believe you just because you coaxed her! Tong Ji Yuan, I really regret it, the thing I regret most in my life is eting you!"
Tong Ji Yuan stiffened, about to reach for her, only to see her tears already falling, the teardrops hitting the ground as if tearing a gash in his heart.
"How can I get rid of you? For the past four years you’ve been indifferent, and I’ve convinced myself that my world doesn’t need you, An’an doesn’t need a father. Isn’t it better this way? Why do you have to co and ss up my life again?"
Tong Ji Yuan took a big step forward and embraced her tightly, no matter how An Lin struggled, he refused to let go, "Didn’t I say to wait for ? As long as I beco the chief, the position of the chief’s wife is yours!"
"I don’t care!" An Lin choked out, "I never wanted to wait for you. I just want to raise An’an and live a good life with her! Let go, will you?"
"Impossible, I will never let you go in this lifeti!" Tong Ji Yuan declared righteously, "I climbed to this position relying on my own abilities, rejecting countless arranged marriages, all for you, An Lin. In these four years without you, I’ve been all alone!"
An Lin was totally defeated, unable to stop her tears in his arms.
After a while, she raised her hand and pounded his chest, "Tong Ji Yuan, you always say one thing but do another. You speak so pompously, but aren’t you now using An’an and to win over Beichen? Do you know? That day, when a group of people suddenly broke in, I risked my life to reach out to Lu Beichen for help. When I couldn’t get through to him on the phone, how desperate I felt?"
Tong Ji Yuan’s heart sank lower with each word she spoke.
"I obviously thought of you first, but I didn’t dare ask you for help! I wasn’t sure if the people who were against you had found An’an and . I was so terrified, terrified sothing would happen to An’an! Tong Ji Yuan, she’s our daughter! It’s fine if you disregard , but how could you joke about her? And I stupidly wondered if we as mother and daughter would cause you trouble! If you would bla An’an for it!"
An Lin spoke nearly on the verge of collapse, and Tong Ji Yuan seed to envision just how terrified and uneasy she must have been the day people were sent to bring them back.
But without resorting to such a desperate asure, how could he have forced Lu Beichen to relent?!
God knows how long he struggled before making such a decision!
But in the end, he was still subdued by Lu Beichen’s move!
Lu Beichen was guarding his own bottom line, while he was nearly losing his!
Tong Ji Yuan held her tightly and said in a low voice, "An Lin, I’m sorry, I promise there won’t be a next ti!"
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