Mr. Huo, stop being abusive. Madam has already entered the emergency room.

Several waiters withdrew wisely and closed the door behind them.

Then, Cheng Zhi watched Huo Linyuan take out a familiar yet unfamiliar flannel box.

She changed color slightly.

Almost wanted to get up and leave immediately.

She clenched her hand on the table for a moment, as if trying to grab something from the air that would calm her down.

Huo Linyuan noticed that the next moment he still opened the box according to his own wishes.

Gardenias with sapphire cores lie quietly on the flannel.

Cheng Zhi's whole body was tense, and it seemed that even her eyelashes became stiff.

She actually cherished this gift very much.

Even get it under such a situation.

She wore it when she fell from a building, gave birth once, and was struggling on the verge of life and death.

Until Shen Yang took the necklace away.

"...you kept it all the time."

"I've always loved you."

With the same voice, Cheng Zhi unconsciously opened his eyes wide. At this moment, his heart seemed to be hit by a meteorite, and something shattered into debris deep inside his body.

"You said...you have always loved me?" She tilted her head slightly as if she didn't understand.

His expression became extremely fragile in the next moment, but fierce anger rolled in his eyes.

"so what?"

Huo Linyuan couldn't understand her expression, and didn't know whether he should humbly beg her to change her mind, or continue to pour out her love as plainly as water.

——belatedly, finally daring to admit the love.

Cheng Zhi didn't give him a chance to speak.

"You can't love me, don't pretend to be affectionate, use this sentence to let me and you settle down."

Maybe he really has feelings for her.

But she is more inclined that it is a habitual desire to control that she feels that she must belong to him.

She has belonged to him since he was a student, and he is used to her opening up to him and revealing everything in her heart.

So he does not accept her defense and rejection.

In fact, three years ago, this point had already begun to emerge.

The three-year gap amplified his desire to control, which made him so eager and persistent after he found out that she was still alive.

It must be like this.

There is no other possibility.

Cheng Zhi told herself in her heart, constantly denying his words.

Compared with him hating her, she couldn't accept the possibility that he loved her.

How can human love be like this?

He insulted her, hurt her, and even allowed Cheng Lingshan to bully her.

Let her lose her safe haven...

Also, losing a parent.

Cheng Zhi lowered her head and closed her eyes, tears falling down at this moment.

She remembered the last time she had with her father.

Think of the words Cheng Lingshan revealed to her.

Huo Linyuan saw her tears dripping on the back of his hand, and his heart constricted for a moment.

"Cheng Zhi, I really love you, I used to..."

"What qualifications do you have to say you love me?" Cheng Zhi raised his head, trying to keep his face expressionless.

But the tear stains on his face, and the shattered eyes, finally showed a bit of embarrassment.

"How can you say you love me?"

There was a strong cry in her voice, "I'd rather you say you hate me than accept you who hurt me like that and say you love me!"

His hatred for her is justifiable, because he has always misunderstood that her parents killed his whole family.

But where did his love for her come from?

He deliberately approached her, coaxing her with humiliation.

At the moment her father was imprisoned, he tore off the disguise of peace and consideration, and made her collapse and make her suffer.

In the end, she sat on a high place gracefully and self-sustainingly, admiring her humility and patience in order to survive, and she became like a plaything.

During her most difficult and painful period, he mercilessly displayed his resentment, indifference, and impatience from beginning to end.