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Chapter 169 - 169 170 Confrontation (5)_1
Chapter 169 - 169 170 Confrontation (5)_1
?Chapter 169: Chapter 170: Confrontation (5)_1 Chapter 169: Chapter 170: Confrontation (5)_1 How can this be?
Jing Haohao loves him…
Upon hearing this, Shen Liangnian shook his head without a second thought, and said gently, “How is that possible? How could Haohao possibly fall in love with someone else?”
As he spoke, it seemed as though he was talking to himself, but there was an unwavering conviction in his tone.
Liang Chen felt as though he was slapped hard across the face. He knew that if he lost his temper now, he would truly lose to Shen Liangnian. In the clash between two men, once it began, he would never allow himself to lose. Even though he knew in his heart he was losing miserably, he would still seize any opportunity to bring Shen Liangnian down with him.
So, Liang Chen sat there leisurely, looking relaxed: “Liangnian, I understand that you can’t accept the truth, but think about it, I’m richer than you. I have a better background. I can give her a mansion on Half Mountain, and make her an instant A-list celebrity. How much of that can you give her?”
“You’re joking. How can Haohao possibly care about these things?” Shen Liangnian shook his head, still refusing to believe it.
He indeed didn’t believe it.
If Jing Haohao was such a vain woman, why would she have turned away all those rich and powerful men offering her all sorts of temptations when she first entered the entertainment industry?
If Jing Haohao left him for Liang Chen just because Liang Chen was better, how could he explain those difficult times Jing Haohao spent with him in the past?
“Haohao, when she was thirteen, my father was seriously ill. To avoid distracting me from my studies, she took care of my sick father all by herself. On the day my father passed away, she still decided not to inform me. When I came back from my exams, all I saw was a cold coffin.”
“Haohao, when she was fourteen, began taking care of me. At that time, she had just moved to Jiangshan City, living in a cold and dilapidated house without heating. We were both very poor. She gave me her only two eggs. If I hadn’t gone to wash the dishes and seen the two eggshells in the trash, I would never have known in my lifetime that she had made such a sacrifice for me.”
“Haohao, when she was fifteen, she became a background actor to earn tuition for me. In the freezing winter, she lay in the snow for eighteen hours. When she came back, her whole body was stiff. Later, I found out that there was a director who wanted to take advantage of her, but she refused and the director continually sought ways to make things hard for her.”
“If Haohao truly cared about money and desperately wanted success, why would she stick with me, a man with nothing, and live such a destitute life?”
“You don’t understand much about Haohao’s past, so you don’t understand her. She was once willing to give up a budding career and a chance to become an A-list celebrity, just to preserve her purity for me, for our love. After refusing a director’s advances, her career was halted for seven months, unable to get any film roles.”
“So, Chen, you’re lying to me, I know.”
Shen Liangnian spoke of their shared hardships fluently and passionately, one word at a time.
In every story, there are the most precious pasts of him and Jing Haohao, the things that he, Liang Chen, would never be able to possess from Jing Haohao in his lifetime.