Chapter 35 - You Never Cheated On Me

Even after their dinner, Zhang Han seemed distant. He wasn't a quiet person when he's around Mei-Xing. In fact, he only talks generously when he was with her otherwise he isn't easy to approach.

Mei Lein had struggled for a long time about whether to ask or not, but in the end, she decided to ask him. He ignored the topic as much as he can but Mei Lein keeping on pestering him.

To end the discussion, Zhang Han, played her favorite movie to watch. He sat beside her staring at the widescreen while completely lost in his own thoughts.

Mei Lein felt more flustered. No matter how many times they have watched this particular movie, he and Mei-Xing would always enjoy it. The movie wasn't even for ȧduŀts still they enjoyed it countless times. He only laughed with her. Thinking of this, Mei Lein got more afraid that he might have noticed something which is unknown to her or she might have acted reversely.

Sliding towards him, Mei Lein started to touch him intimately. Suddenly, he snapped out and stopped her at a hand's distance.

"Han? What's wrong with you?" Mei Lein urged him to say something. Perhaps, he found himself being wrong with her, he decided to clear the air.

"Mei-Xing, I didn't ask you when you told me this. But I want to know what happened to you that you couldn't conceive a baby?"

The piece of information shocked Mei Lein. She didn't know about it. Where did this come from?

Meantime, Zhang Han waited for her reply but she seemed to be totally dissolved in shock or doesn't want to share her secret with him, so instead of forcing her to answer, he asked his lingering doubts.

His voice was low and hopeful as he said. "Darling, You know I will trust you if you say there wasn't any man involved in this. You had some accident and that was the only reason for it. I know there could be so many reasons for a woman's broken hƴmėn other than sėx. So tell me you haven't done it with a man and found out that you can't have a baby. It was just an accident. Nothing else."

Mei Lein couldn't grasp his shocking words. She just held her head with both hands and didn't dare to look at him.

"Mei-Xing...", "Y-You never cheated on me, and that's the truth? Right? You have nothing to with any man. It wasn't because of a man that you wanted to break up with me."

"And, Let me tell you I still haven't forgiven you for pushing me towards Mei Lein and asking me to marry her. And I can never... ever, will forgive you for that."

Mei Lein's eyes widened with another blow of shock. She couldn't process her mind any longer. She couldn't stand against him. Zhang Han may look easy but he was a more difficult and scary person for the world. And Mei Lein was no different. He only melts for Mei-Xing. Tears started to roll down her cheeks. As she ran upstairs hiding her misery.

Meanwhile, leaning on the bedroom's door, Zhang Han remembered when Mei Xing told her about permanently shifting to stay in China. He was so happy and couldn't wait for her return. But he never expected her to ask for the breakup in their first meeting. She wanted to end their seven years of long-distance relationship just because she couldn't give him a child.

The image of Mei Xing squatting down in front of him and crying uncontrollably. He knew she doesn't want to separate from him, she was only freeing him so that he can have a complete family of his own.

Obviously, in a relationship every couple vision and dreamed about their married life. They also talked about doing certain things after marriage and having children.

And what else could make a man feel prouder and happy than seeing the woman he loves carrying his child inside her wȯmb? It was pure satisfaction. For that, Zhang Han would always brag about making her pregnant every year and having a football team of his own. Well, he had followed her rules before marriage and she'll follow his rules after the marriage.

He couldn't believe it'll just remain a dream. And Mei Xing is leaving him because she couldn't undergo mothership and fulfill his wish.

But how could he let her go? He only dreamt to spend his whole life with her. It doesn't matter if she is an incomplete woman. And when she looked up at him with her teary eyes pleading to break apart for his happiness, he witnessed her incompleteness. She wasn't her old self. For sure, he can never fill that.

Refusing to break up, Zhang HanHan tried to spend most of his time with her. He wanted the playful and old Mei Xing to come back to him. He didn't miss a day to surprise her or an opportunity to give her presents. He didn't leave a space for monopolizing her with him to the point she even forgot her emptiness.

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Zhang Han knocked on the door to tell her he is waiting for her outside. But there was no reaction.

He didn't know he loved so much to patiently wait for her all these years and even after thinking she might have slept with another man he still wanted to be with her.

Her silence and ignorance, telling him that whatever he denied being true is actually the bitter truth. She had another man in her life other than him and it was tearing his heart into pieces.