"You keep haunting me, what on earth do you want?" Deep hatred surged like a tidal wave. I stared at him intently, without a trace of warmth.

Seeing that handsome face, I couldn't help but think of the crimes he once committed.

Lu Shujie's face suddenly turned pale, and rare tenderness appeared in those cold eyes.

"I will make up for the hurt I caused you before. I beg you, please give me another chance, can you?"

His attitude was humble, his voice tinged with a trace of choking.

"You make me feel disgusted. In this life and the next, I don't want to look at you even once!" I said each word clearly.

"No!" He gave a sorrowful smile, tears unconsciously streaming down his face.

"You said that we would be together forever, never to part in life and beyond. Are you now breaking your promise?"

My body trembled, a vague unease in my heart infinitely magnified.

It was our wedding night; I had said those words bolstered by alcohol. But it was clearly something from a past life, so how could he know? Could it be...

My pupils contracted suddenly, staring at him in disbelief.

After a moment, I said hoarsely, "How did you also come back?"

The drizzling rain was blown by the cold wind, the silhouettes of a few couples hurried past on a distant sidewalk, many streetlights flickering due to a fault, and as speeding cars passed by, the midnight lights quietly dimmed significantly.

I had prepared myself to start anew, no longer clinging to a shattered love but welcoming a new life instead.

Why did he have to come back, with memories of the past life, to brutally rip open my healing wounds?

If he truly knew he was wrong, why didn't he sincerely apologize from the beginning? Or was he actually gambling as well?

Or perhaps he couldn't let go of his pride, after all, being favored means always being unscrupulous.

At this moment, he finally panicked, "In my last life, I didn’t know how to cherish you. I really realize my mistake now. I swear I will spend my life making it up to you."

"I’ve figured it out, you are the one I, Lu Shujie, truly love. Since we’ve both been reborn, what’s wrong with starting over?"

I let out a grim smile, the laughter spreading, the sound growing louder.

The next moment, my eyes were like tearing apart, bloodshot.

"Lu Shujie! You indeed haven’t changed, just as selfish as in the previous life."

Trampling my dignity, exhausting my youthful years, entangled with Lu Yao, and now you can still face me calmly, saying everything can start over! High-handedly claiming you've loved me uncontrollably for a long time.

Why didn't you ever say it in the last life?

If you bow your head and admit mistakes, should I mercifully forgive you? Pretend nothing ever happened?

Do you think I'm the merciful Jesus?

Lu Shujie didn't dare to look directly at me, I hysterically vented, long-held grievances flooding my eyes with tears.

"Without me, this time you are destined to remain a poor boy forever."

Lu Shujie's body swayed,

with a thud, his knees heavily knelt down, making a dull sound.

I was shocked into silence.

In all the time I've known him, I've never seen him kneel.

At the start of the company, a big boss said he would invest a million if Lu Shujie would kneel and bark like a dog.

When bullied by senior students in school, the abuser claimed to let him go if he knelt and gave in.

But he would rather leave, be beaten to a pulp, than set aside his pride.

He once said a man has gold under his knees, and one should never compromise for anything.

But the man who once prided himself on being tough and unyielding now willingly knelt before me, eyes bloodshot, voice clearly crying.

"I'm sorry, please forgive me, will you? I really, really can't live without you."

"If hitting me won't relieve your anger, kill me with your own hands, just please... don't forget me."

Thunder roared, the ravaging storm drowned out his sobs.

Seeing Lu Shujie heartbroken, I only found it absurdly funny.

I couldn't hold back any longer; I slapped him hard.

The force was so strong, blood oozed from the corner of Lu Shujie's mouth.

"You keep saying you love me, why then did you fool around with Lu Yao! Why did you drug me to death, why!"

Panic flashed in Lu Shujie's eyes. Even if it was fleeting, it confirmed to me that he indeed drugged me.

I got my definite answer, the obscure emotions becoming a tidal wave, engulfing me completely in an instant.

Hate or love, I really don’t want to experience the suffocating despair again, I don't want to be so exhausted anymore.

"Are you planning to abandon Lu Yao to be with me?" I wiped away my tears and said coldly.

Lu Shujie said softly, "The person I truly love is you."

At this moment, a suppressed cry of pain echoed from the corner.

"Brother Lu, how could you possibly like her?"

Lu Yao slowly walked over, her clothes soaked by the rain, looking at me filled with hatred.

"There's only her in your heart, why are you so good to me?" Lu Yao smiled sorrowfully.

It seemed that only Lu Shujie and I had been reborn, but Lu Yao's heart hadn't changed, still as disgustingly revolting as ever.

"You already have everything, why steal my Brother Lu?"

Lu Yao lifted her head, the rain pouring down her fair face.

"Since birth till now, your family pampered you, never running out of pocket money."

"At school, classmates liked you, always standing by your side to speak for you."

"You've received far more than I ever did, why do you even want to take my only Brother Lu?"

Her eyes changed, hatred nearly reaching its peak, her sweet face distorted by jealousy.

"Why?" A glint of light suddenly flashed, she pulled out her hand from behind, a sharp dagger thrusting straight towards my chest.

"If I can't have it, let's destroy it together."

Her eyes widened fanatically, I was so scared I couldn't move, watching helplessly as the blade approached.

"Get out of the way!"

In the moment of danger, I heard a familiar voice, a powerful force hit me, sending me flying.

When I opened my eyes again, Lu Yao released her grip, trembling head to toe, a pool of blood appearing near Chen Feng's feet, the dagger lodged straight into his chest...