Novel Full Chapter 1524: I spent over 10 years loving you.
Chapter 1524: I spent over 10 years loving you.
An Lin’s smile still hadn’t faded as she put away her phone and calmly admitted, “Yes, the company over in City C had some issues, so he went to deal with them.”
“It seems he really treats you well.”
Yang Junze sighed and paused for a moment before saying, “An Lin, can I ask you a question?”
“What question?”
An Lin asked gently.
Yang Junze smiled, “Actually, you’ve always been in love with Qin Mu, haven’t you?”
She didn’t expect him to ask that.
An Lin’s face showed a trace of unease, but she remembered that when she wanted to call off the engagement, Yang Junze didn’t say anything to embarrass her, nor did he make things difficult for her.
He even told her not to feel guilty.
She smiled again, “So you’ve figured it out!”
Listening to her self-mocking words, Yang Junze raised an eyebrow and said, “You made it too obvious.”
***
In the evening, Qin Mu came back early.
When he walked into the living room with groceries, An Lin was standing on a stool, fiddling with a painting she had just bought. No matter how she hung it, it seemed crooked.
“An Lin, what are you doing climbing on a stool?”
Qin Mu put the groceries on the coffee table and walked over in a few steps, “Get down, I’ll hang it for you.”
An Lin stepped down from the stool holding the painting, “No matter how I look at it, it’s crooked.”
Qin Mu smiled and took the painting from her hand, “Your nails look beautiful.”
Looking up at the wall, he asked again, “You want to hang it here, right?”
An Lin stepped back a little and tilted her head to look at the spot where she wanted the painting, pointing with her hand, “Yes, right here, hang it straight, or it’ll look bad.”
“We’re only staying here for a few days. If you like the painting, you might as well take it home to hang.”
Qin Mu glanced at the painting in his hand and said casually.
“Who said I’m only staying for a few days? I’m planning to stay for a long time.”
An Lin spoke calmly, but Qin Mu’s eyebrows furrowed when he heard it, narrowing his eyes at her, “You’re planning to stay for a long time?”
“Just hang it up for me first.”
He asked, but An Lin didn’t answer.
She pointed to the spot where the painting needed to be hung and urged, “Hurry up.”
Seeing that she didn’t want to say, Qin Mu didn’t ask further. He climbed on the stool and quickly hung the painting as An Lin requested.
“Why did you come back so early? Did things get settled?”
An Lin admired the painting for two minutes, ensuring it wasn’t crooked at all before she turned satisfied toward the sofa, glanced at the groceries on the coffee table, and asked faintly.
Qin Mu picked up the groceries and answered, “It’s almost settled. They said they need to consider, and they’ll give an answer tomorrow. I’ll go prepare dinner first.”
“Okay.”
An Lin had no objections.
She didn’t know how to cook, so she naturally wouldn’t enter the kitchen to help him.
While Qin Mu was cooking, An Lin lounged on the living room sofa watching TV.
Thinking about how he just praised her beautiful nails, An Lin admired her newly done nails from the afternoon, they were indeed beautiful.
She was quite pleased.
After dinner, Qin Mu accompanied An Lin in the living room watching TV on the sofa.
An Lin watched the LCD screen, while Qin Mu’s gaze fell on her fingers, frowning slightly as he reached out to hold her hand.
An Lin was startled and turned to look at him.
“These nails need to be removed when you go back.”
“Huh?”
An Lin’s thoughts were still on the TV drama, and she was caught off guard by Qin Mu’s words, she didn’t react.
She had spent money to get them done; why should she remove them?
Seeing her confused look, Qin Mu couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly and explained gently, “You’re currently pregnant, doing these things is not good for the baby.”
An Lin’s face changed, and she withdrew her hand forcefully, speaking coldly, “That’s your lie, it has nothing to do with me.”
“How could it have nothing to do with you? You’re now the primary care subject. Not only manicures, but you also can’t dye your hair, you must avoid anything potentially harmful to the baby’s development.”
Qin Mu’s words were earnest.
He made it seem like An Lin really was pregnant.
The more An Lin listened, the more ridiculous it seemed, and she actually laughed.
But her laughter was laced with sarcasm. Facing Qin Mu’s serious demeanor, she said angrily, “Your desire to deceive is your business, I have no interest in lying. Ah Mu, I think we really aren’t meant to continue.”
Qin Mu’s handsome brow tightened; in a flash, gloom spread across his expression, “An Lin, I’ve said before, you can be mad all you want, ignore me if you want, but don’t mention divorce so lightly.”
“I’m not mentioning divorce lightly, do you understand?”
An Lin felt a fire rising within her.
She didn’t know why she was so angry, but she didn’t want to face a man who didn’t love her or trust her.
“I don’t understand.”
Qin Mu’s gaze was serious as he looked at An Lin, letting her anger burn in his eyes. He reached out to grab her hand, but An Lin suddenly jumped up from the sofa.
Qin Mu’s handsome face changed, “An Lin!”
His voice was somewhat deep.
An Lin stood two steps away, looking down at him like a queen, “Qin Mu, since our talk has reached this point, I won’t hold back from telling you everything.”
Qin Mu kept his lips sealed, just watching her.
The atmosphere in the room was somewhat stiff.
An Lin seemed to want to voice all her grievances, the days he treated her well had not soothed her anger, nor warmed her heart.
On the contrary, the more he tried to compensate by treating her well, the less she could bear it.
“Ah Mu, I’m divorcing you because, even if we spend a lifetime together, you’ll never fall in love with me.”
Qin Mu’s eyes slightly changed, and the knuckles of his hands slowly curled beside him.
An Lin stared at his cool brows and continued, “Initially, I thought feelings could be cultivated, that with time, love could also happen between us. But then, I realized I was wrong.”
“An Lin, give me some time.”
Qin Mu had no words to counter her.
He didn’t want to deceive An Lin by saying he liked her, loved her.
He really couldn’t deceive her.
An Lin smiled bitterly, “No need, life is only a few decades long, I’ve already spent more than a decade loving you, I don’t want to waste a lifetime on you.”
She pressed her lips together, trying to ignore the sharp pain in her heart, and said boldly, “I think we are better suited as friends.”
“I won’t divorce you.”
Qin Mu’s tone was firm, leaving no room for doubt.
He had said before he wouldn’t divorce her.
Now, it was the same.
An Lin was speechless at his stubbornness, “Is it because of your initial promise, saying you would take responsibility for me? If that’s it, you can rest assured, I won’t blame you.”
“No, it has nothing to do with the promise.”
Qin Mu’s deep gaze locked onto An Lin, looking straight into her eyes, “An Lin, I don’t dislike being with you; from initially being unaccustomed to now being accustomed, I’m just one step away from liking.”
“A step away, but I don’t want to wait.”
An Lin sighed lightly.
She was very tired, looking at Qin Mu’s persistent face, at the familiar brows and eyes of the man before her, An Lin suddenly felt a sourness in her nose, her voice tinged with intense sadness, softly echoing in the living room, “Ah Mu, do you know, you’ve hurt me more than once.”