Chapter 576 This Time He was Going to be Appeasing

“Cousin, you should let yourself move on. You really don’t stand a chance anymore. You’re stubborn, but actually, Sister Ruoxin is more stubborn than you. Otherwise, back then, she wouldn’t have chosen to marry you even while knowing that you hated her; and all those things after that also wouldn’t have happened.

“Actually seeing her live so happily, you should be able to feel at ease now.”

Du Jingtang spoke. In actual fact, he knew that he made things sound easy; and he was also very persuasive. However, no matter who this happened to, nobody would be able to accept it. It was just that even if he couldn’t accept it, he had to.

This was probably his fate.

Originally, they could have lived together forever; however, they still let the chance slip by. If it was possible, he wanted his cousin to go back to how he used to be. Although he was coldhearted and ruthless, he wasn’t in so much pain.

The him right now felt a heap of emotions, and that also meant that he wouldn’t be able to get rid of the pain.

It would probably follow him for the rest of his life.

“I understand,” Chu Lui coldly said. He understood what Du Jingtang meant. He had actually long understood what he had to do.

Inside a high-class bar, Gao Yi walked in, found himself a seat, and sat down. Very quickly, a glass of alcohol appeared in front of him.

“Thank you. That’s fine, I’ll just have water. I drove here.” Gao Yi rejected the glass of alcohol. He had always cherished his life. When he drove, he didn’t touch a drop of alcohol.

“It’s fine. There’s no alcohol in this. It’s just a drink concoction.” Chu Lui pushed the cup towards him again. Gao Yi raised his eyebrows and drank a mouthful of the drink.

It had an extremely strange taste. However, it wasn’t nasty, and he certainly couldn’t taste any alcohol in it. He had to say this man sure knew how to enjoy life. This was indeed a suitable place for resting, dating, break-ups, and also meeting one’s love rival.

“What did you call me out for? I’m sure it wasn’t just to drink this?” Gao Yi lifted the cup in his hand and shook it. “We don’t seem close enough to do things like this. We can be considered love rivals.”

He placed down the cup in his hand then leaned forward. He said to the bartender, “Thank you; can I have another glass of the same thing?” The bartender took over his cup, and with flashy moves, he started to mix the drinks. Without knowing what he had added and without actually trying the drink

– just by seeing his actions, it was possible to tell that this drink was definitely a decent treat.

Whereas, at that moment, Chu Lui remained in his black suit. He looked respectable and aloof. Perhaps being coldhearted was in this man’s nature. That’s why, even when he sat there, without moving and speaking-even then-he still radiated a cold air that made him unapproachable.

“Do you love her?” He suddenly placed the cup in his hand down, asking the same question.

“I do.” Gao Yi received the glass from the bartender and drank from it, replying without any sense of hesitation. If he didn’t love her, then he wouldn’t have stayed by her side and protected her. If he didn’t love her, then he wouldn’t have cared so much for her. He wasn’t a good person; he also had his own selfish motives. Everything that he had done was just to make her unable to leave him.

He did indeed succeed. However, within his selfish motives, there was also his heartfelt sincerity. He had always treated them earnestly. He didn’t lie to them, and neither did he put up a pretense.

“I had always loved them. However, I realized it too late.” Chu Lui picked up his glass again and started drinking. It was just that he knew… no matter how much he drank, there was no way he was going to get drunk. He couldn’t get drunk; he could only numb himself. It was just that right now, he didn’t even feel like drinking a drop of this concoction. Nevertheless, he still couldn’t stop himself from drinking it.

“I know that I’ve done a lot of unforgivable things. I can’t even forgive myself for it, what more of other people. I’m not such a generous man; I won’t give up so easily. The things that I want, I will get them even if I have to be unscrupulous.”

Gao Yi laughed as he heard what Chu Lui said. Chu Lui’s unscrupulous nature, he reckoned that everybody knew about it. He was a man who always achieved his goals.

“It’s just that this time, I don’t want to do that anymore.” Chu Lui mocked himself. He placed down the drink in his hand and then took out a cigarette from his pocket. He had already forgotten how long it had been since he last smoked.

Drinking alcohol could let people live a life like a dream, and smoking cigarettes did the same. That’s why he chose to smoke instead of alcohol. His body was riddled with wounds that didn’t allow him to consume too much alcohol.

“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to the three of you. Wherever you go, that’s your freedom.” Chu Lui spat out a cloud of smoke, feeling his eyes become clouded just like the smoke in front of him.

“Then why were you looking for me?” Gao Yi turned the glass in his hand. If it wasn’t to threaten him, then what was it for? It couldn’t be just to have a chat and analyze his character, could it?

He was a doctor, but he wasn’t any psychologist.

“Will you love them and treat them well? You won’t let them be mistreated; you’ll make them happy, right? That’s all I wanted to ask, and that’s all that I have to say.” Chu Lui put out the cigarette in his hand, and with utmost seriousness, he asked Gao Yi. He was also waiting for his answer. This was all he wanted; he just wanted to confirm whether the two people he loved were going to be happy. His choice was not to plunder. Instead, it was…

To let go. He wanted them to be happy and at ease. That’s why he had to make sure that his choice was the correct one.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t agree to it. He definitely wouldn’t.

“Of course,” Gao Yi spoke with a straight face. This could also be considered a guarantee. Naturally, he was going to make them happy. If he couldn’t do it, then he wouldn’t even have made such a promise back then. He wasn’t Chu Lui— treating lies like the truth and making the truth into lies Ruoxin had already suffered too much. How could he be cruel enough to let her continue suffering? She deserved happiness.

“You’re not a man who gives up easily,” Gao Yi said as a matter of fact. Based on his understanding of this man, based on everything that he had done to Xia Ruoxin, and based on the world’s judgment towards him; he wasn’t a man who spoke of “happiness’.

“No.” Chu Lui shook his head. “I haven’t given up. I just know that right now, the person she needs is you and not me.” He drank the liquid in his glass, numbing both his taste buds and his heartfelt emotions. Yet, somehow the drink in his mouth had started to taste sourer and sourer.

His lips curled up slightly into a smile. Actually, he was surprised as well. He had never imagined that he would have such a day when he would sit together with his love rival—drinking fake alcohol and having a chat that wasn’t really a chat.

“If you make them unhappy, believe me, I will take them from your side.” Chu Lui stood up. He took out some money and gave it to the bartender. Then, he walked out of the bar without looking back; however, his heart felt heavier with each step.