Chapter 222 - The consequences of lacking trust

"Okay... I will give you a chance."

As soon as she said those words Han Yefang instantly released her and came in front of her.

A smile of relief surfaced in his face covered with tears.

He held her shoulder and asked to reassure," You are really giving me a chance?"

Mai Yuerui looked at him blankly and replied, "You have 5 minutes. Tell me whatever you planned to say."

"Come inside." He held her hand and brought her to the living room.

He made her seat on the couch and went to the kitchen. Then he came back with two cups of coffee. He placed them on the table and then sat in front of her.

"You don't know how happy I am now, Yue'er."

Mai Yuerui sighed in reply and added, "Come straight to the point."

Han Yefang pressed his lips and nodded.

He held both his hands to stop shaking and then he started while looking at the floor , "It's true that I indeed approached you because of She Ren."

After hearing the name She Ren, Mai Yuerui felt goosebumps all over her body. She tried to calm down herself and she pretended to be okay in front of him.

She clenched her fists tightly and said, "I already know that. Nothing new!"

Han Yefang looked at her then he suddenly went close to her on the floor and held her hands.

"It's true that I approached you with a clear intension. But not when we bumped at each other. I didn't even know that, Shu Ren was talking about you. Only when I saw you in my class and Shu Ren sent me your picture then I knew she was talking about you."

Everytime Han Yefang was calling the name of Shu Ren, it made Mai Yuerui's blood boil.

She forcefully released her hands off of him and said, "Seat on the sofa. It's awkward on the floor."

Seeing the uncomfortable behavior of her made Han Yefang's heart ache. She was not like that before. In fact, he was her whole world. If only.... That incident didn't happen, they would be happily married now.

And that is why, he has to explain himself.

Before it's too late...

He pressed his lips and went back to his seat.

"I never wanted to be a part of her plans. She told me verious lies about you. She told me that you snatched her boyfriend from her. She even faked a suicide to convince me. Thats when I had to agree to help her."

Mai Yuerui did not say anything. She silently sat on her sit and kept staring at the table.

"But after spending time with you, I came to know you better. And I realized that you are not that type of girl the way she portrayed you to me. So I pulled myself off from her plans and started to officially court you."

Han Yefang still didn't get any response from her.

He started to continue, "I swear that, I never betrayed you. The moments we spent with each other were all true to my heart. I never had any intension of hurting you."

Hearing him Mai Yuerui suddenly chuckled.

She looked at him blankly and said, "I feel like I am hearing a fable, where the moral of the story is 'Do not trust people.'"

Han Yefang on the other hand, had nothing to defend him in reply.

He sighed and replied, "I know that you have grievance against me. And that's completely my fault. But I had my reasons too."

"About the abduction incident, that day I told you that I knew about everything. But that is not true... I didn't know anything about it."

Mai Yuerui's blank eyes moved a little.

"From the moment, You and I started dating and I didn't contact with Shu Ren. I even told her not to harm you. And...."

"And that's the mistake I did... I trusted her."

"I trusted her that she will leave us on our own. I was a fool. The hibiscus incident, she did that. Then the abduction it was that psycho's doing. I didn't know anything about it until, my father hospitalized."

Mai Yuerui stole a glance at him.

'So his father was indeed sick.'

"Yes, he was sick. And I was badly in need of money. I couldn't manage the money in time then I don't know what would have happened to him and the company."

"That's when Shu Ren came and offered me the money. I had no other choice. My mom was lying unconscious in the hospital. I had to take that money to save my parents. That is the reason I had to lie to you. I lied to you that I had a part in hurting you."

Saying so he wiped away his tears.

"You know what, that day when you saw me with her, I felt intolerable pain in my heart. I wanted you to screamed at me, curse me, slap me. But you... You didn't do anything. Instead you asked my about father."

"Do you know how lowly I felt of myself that time? I felt that I don't deserve you. I was the one who couldn't save my family. I was so incompetent that to save my parents I had to throw away the love of my life."

"And that's why I worked hard. I worked hard like crazy, just so that I can make myself eligible enough to deserve you and bring you back in my life."

"I know, I have hurt you a lot. And it's shameful of me to ask your forgiveness let alone bring you back in my life. But please, I know, deep inside in your heart, you still may have considered a place for me."

After finishing his words, Han Yefang sighed and sniffed his nose.

While he was looking at Mai Yuerui with anticipations, Mai Yuerui's mind was confused.

She doesn't know how she should feel. She is feeling like she has been conned, fooled and at the same time she was feeling bad for him.

His feelings for her may be true.

But the pain that her heart felt were true too.

The emotional breakdown that she felt was way more worse then facing that Bo Hai. The feeling of being felt unwanted, cheated on were all true.

And now she is hearing that on the basis of what she felt those feelings were all lies?

Mai Yuerui's eyes turned red.

She gave Han Yefang a look and opened her mouth to speak.

"Do you know what lacked our relationship?"

Han Yefang gave a confused expression.

"Our relationship lacked Trust! You may have loved my truely back then. But you never trusted me. You never trusted my feelings for you. And that is the reason we are in this situation."

Han Yefang wanted to say something but Mai Yuerui stopped him.

"You said your part. Now let me say "

"At first you hide your relationship with her. If you trusted me, then you could have told me about her when we were together. But you decided to hide it from me."

"Then about your parents, I am really sorry for that incident. But again, you didn't trust me. You didn't have faith in me. Instead you choose the other way. The other way to leave me. And the moment you choose that road, you pushed away our relationship as well."

"The foundation that if the basic of every relationship is trust which ours lacked."

"It was your choice to push me away. Not me. If you have trusted me, if you told me everything from the beginning, then may be thing wouldn't turn out this bad. And now, there is nothing left between us."

"May be you still didn't get yourself out from our past. But I have moved on. I have moved on for good."

"I can forgive you for our past. But...."

"We cannot be together again. We can be acquaintance but nothing more then that."

After a pause she added, "Besides, I am with Kong Xianwang now. And I am happy with him."

Saying so she stood up from the couch.

"I hope I made myself clear. It will be better for you to forget about me and move on with your life."

Han Yefang stood up and said, "How can you be sure that he will keep you happy? "

Mai Yuerui looked back at him and replied with a smile, "I just know."

Saying so Mai Yuerui walked past the corridor and opened the door.

But Han Yefang still had lingering feeling for her. He walked towards her and held her one arm. But he didn't know something unexpected was waiting for both of them.

As soon as she opened the door she was welcomed with a crowd of reporters.

.......

"Aren't you Ms. Mai Yuerui who was recently seen with CEO Kong Xianwang, what is your relationship you him?"

"If you are with CEO Kong Xianwang then please tell us what are you doing in CEO Han Yefang's suit?"

"Are in a relationship with him?"

"Are you cheating on CEO Kong Xianwang with CEO Han Yefang?"

"Or are you trying to take benefits from both the CEOs?"

Since Han Yefang was still in his bathrobe various types of scandalous questions started to rise.

Mai Yuerui was shocked at this situation.

She never thought of facing such questions.

People were literally calling her shameless and golddigger.

She was already at her limits. Now she was not in the state to face these questions.

She turned towards Han Yefang and his hand holding hers. Then she looked at his face and said with red eyes, "Did you do this?"

Han Yefang immediately shook his head.

"Not it's not me. Mai Yuerui, close the door."

She yanked her hands away from him and said," I didn't do anything wrong. Why should I hide?"

She turned towards the reporter to face them.

But the questions were becoming more and more dirty.

Mai Yuerui didn't know how to handle the situation.

Suddenly a menacing voice was heard behind the crowd.....

"How dare you slander my wife!"

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