"Don't worry, Lu Fei won't forgive me," Wu Qian said confidently. "He's just angry right now."
Seeing her overconfidence, Liu Yifeng found it amusing. This woman truly had no self-awareness. She had done something so shameful, yet she actually thought Lu Fei would forgive her. Did she really think Lu Fei grew up being cuckolded?
However, the most important thing now was to take the knife away from Wu Qian's hand later to prevent her from doing anything foolish at his place.
About eight minutes later, Lu Fei rode his electric bike into Liu Yifeng's yard.
Seeing Lu Fei, Wu Qian excitedly stood up. "Lu Fei, you're here!"
Liu Yifeng, afraid of eavesdroppers, closed the courtyard gate and then told them to have their conversation in the living room.
In the living room, Lu Fei looked at Wu Qian with a blank expression, his eyes devoid of the former ardor and affection. "Speak. Why are you here at my friend's house, threatening to die and wanting to see me?"
Wu Qian walked over to Lu Fei, instinctively placing the fruit knife on a stool. She then clasped Lu Fei's wrists with both hands, tears welling up in her eyes. "Lu Fei, I know I've wronged you, but I was forced at the time. The person I truly love is you, and I want to marry you and spend my life with you. For the sake of our three years together, please forgive me this once, okay?"
Liu Yifeng seized the opportunity to quickly take the knife away and then quietly watched Wu Qian's performance.
Lu Fei wasn't a fool, so how could he be easily tricked by her few words? He forcefully shook off Wu Qian's hands and sneered, "When you were talking on the phone with that other man, you didn't say this, did you? You said you wanted me to raise his son, and later raise his daughter. Were you even speaking like a human being? For three years, I was devoted to you, wanting to give you my heart. But you, you were with another man behind my back? And you're pregnant with his child, wanting me to be a father? Bah! I've never met anyone so despicable. The sincerity I had for you before, consider it fed to the dogs. Please get out of my sight. I don't want to see your face again, it makes me sick!"
Liu Chunsheng, standing nearby, finally understood the whole story. No wonder Yifeng was unwilling to bring this woman to see Lu Fei. This was the reason. He never imagined she could do something so outrageous. Wasn't she treating Lu Fei like an idiot? However, as an outsider, it wasn't his place to interfere. This was something they, the young people, had to resolve themselves.
Wu Qian had never heard Lu Fei speak so harshly to her before. Seeing him look at her and speak to her like this, she was deeply shocked. "Lu Fei, I was out of my mind then, which is why I said those thoughtless words. In reality, I sincerely want to marry you and spend the rest of my life with you. Please forgive me this once, okay? I promise to only love you from now on and never do anything like that again."
Lu Fei didn't speak. Instead, he glanced at Wu Qian's belly. "Where's the father of your child? Why isn't he marrying you? Weren't you very much in love?"
Mentioning this, Wu Qian's hatred flared up. "That man is a scoundrel. When he found out you knew the truth, he refused to marry me. Fearing that I would hold him responsible, he blocked all my contact information, moved out of his rented apartment overnight, and I don't even know where he lives. I went to the police station to find the police. Since his phone number wasn't bound to his ID, and I don't know his ID number, the police couldn't find out where he went."
"So you came to me? Wanting me to be the fall guy?" Lu Fei just wanted to say that this woman deserved the predicament she was in.
Wu Qian shook her head repeatedly. "It's not like that. I can get an abortion immediately. I just can't bear to leave you, which is why I came to you. I didn't know how important you were to me before, but after this incident, I realized I truly can't live without you. I also hope you'll give me a chance to make amends, okay?" As she spoke, tears began to stream down her face.
If this were in the past, Lu Fei would have held her in his arms with concern the moment he saw her cry. But now, all he saw was hypocrisy. "Is it that you can't live without me, or that you can't live without me being good to you? Do you feel like you've lost yourself because I've been such a simp for you, and now that I'm suddenly not, you're uncomfortable?"
"I truly realize I was wrong. Can't you forgive me this once, for the sake of how much you used to love me?"
"Who among men would forgive something like this? Wu Qian, I don't want to humiliate you, but I hope you have some sense of shame and stop pestering me. Even if I forgave you and married you, this would be a thorn in my heart forever, and we would never find happiness. Since that man is gone, you should get an abortion soon and find a good man to marry later. You can still be happy."
After hearing Lu Fei's words, Wu Qian's face turned pale. "Can you really not forgive me this once? As long as you forgive me, I'll do anything!"
"I can forgive you, but the condition is that from now on, we go our separate ways and never see each other again. Can you do that?" Lu Fei no longer wanted any connection with Wu Qian. He just wanted to leave the past behind and start anew.
"Young lady, people should have self-respect. Since Lu Fei doesn't want to be with you anymore, don't keep pestering him. You should go back!" Liu Chunsheng advised from the side.
However, Wu Qian was unwilling to be abandoned by two people at once. She changed her submissive demeanor and looked at Lu Fei with anger. "Even if you can't forgive me for this, you slept with me for three years, don't you want to take responsibility?"
"We are both adults. This was consensual from the start. Besides, I was with you with the intention of marrying you. It was you who was unfaithful during our relationship. Now you expect me to take responsibility? Don't you think your idea is too naive? Not suing you for deceiving my feelings is already the utmost kindness. Now you're trying to turn the tables, it's really ridiculous." Lu Fei was almost amused by Wu Qian's words.
"I don't care, the fact is you slept with me, so you have to take responsibility!" Wu Qian resorted to acting shamelessly.
Lu Fei felt a pain in his heart from anger. "I wanted to part on good terms, but it seems I was too merciful. If you don't leave, I'll go to your neighborhood and use a loudspeaker to tell everyone every day that you were dating two men simultaneously and were pregnant with another man's child. I'll let everyone in your neighborhood know that you are a promiscuous woman. Then, not only will you be unable to hold your head up, but your family won't be able to either." Since talking nicely didn't work, he had to resort to force.
Wu Qian heard this and said angrily, "How dare you! This is my private matter. If you dare to spread rumors in the neighborhood, I'll sue you!"