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Li Hongyuan watched her for a moment, then sighed.

In a low voice, he said, “Don’t be afraid, I won’t treat you like I did last night.”

“Then what will you do?”

“I…don’t know.”

“Get out.”

“I want to talk with you,” said Li Hongyuan. “Calmly, just have a chat.”

Jiang Ning said, “Do you think, in our current situation, it’s appropriate to chat?”

Li Hongyuan stepped back and sat down at the table, “Do you really think me a brute? It was my fault last night. It will never happen again. I was just… too jealous.”

Jiang Ning looked at him.

“Yes, jealousy,” Li Hongyuan took a deep breath, “You despise me so, yet you are so close to Wenren Zong. You go boating with him, eat fish, joke around, and even wear the bracelet he gave you.”

Jiang Ning sat up and leaned back on the bed’s edge, her eyes still wary.

This distressed Li Hongyuan deeply.

He had never thought that one day he would become so irritable, every move of a woman could touch his temper.

He was like a madman.

“Jiang Ning, I want you to come back,” he said again.

“We’ve already divorced, why should I go back.”

“Because… I like you.”

“You?” A sneer flashed in Jiang Ning’s eyes as she turned her face away.

Li Hongyuan said, “I like you.”

The words he had been unable to say, no matter what, once he said the first sentence, it seemed to become much easier.

Jiang Ning frowned, “Don’t say anymore.”

“You don’t believe me?”

“If you were me, would you?” Jiang Ning sneered, “Oh, I forgot, you’re a man, the high and mighty prince who thinks he’s above everyone else. How could you understand other people’s humiliation and anger. Didn’t you once say that women are just tools, nothing to worry about?”

“That was all in the past.”

“A person’s nature can’t change. At least, not at a moment’s notice.”

She simply didn’t believe it.

Li Hongyuan said, “Whether you believe it or not, this is my true heart. I have no need to lie to you like this. Before I met you, I never thought I would submit to a woman.”

“You’ve always been forcing me.”

“I just… don’t know how to keep you, how to like you.”

“Then you might need to learn from Wenren Zong.”

“Don’t get too close to Wenren Zong.”

“That’s my private business.”

“Are you planning to marry him?”

“Why not?” Jiang Ning looked at him, “I think Wenren Zong is very good, I like being with him.”

“Why?”

“Because he respects me,” Jiang Ning stood up with the help of the bed, “When I am with him, I feel relaxed and happy.”

Li Hongyuan’s eyes looked somewhat hurt, he kept silent for a long time, then asked with difficulty, “Do you like him?”

“Perhaps,” said Jiang Ning, “At least, I don’t dislike him. If he proposes, I would accept.”

“I will not allow it.”

“On what grounds?” Jiang Ning quietly gripped a hairpin in her hand, feeling a sense of increased security, “We have nothing to do with each other. I have the freedom to marry. If I want to marry someone, as long as my parents agree, I don’t need your permission.”

She couldn’t endure Li Hongyuan anymore.

Even if it was just to get away from him, she would be willing to marry.

Li Hongyuan stood up.

Jiang Ning instinctively stepped back half a step.

But behind her was the bed, there was no room to retreat.

But instead of getting angry again, he surprisingly said, “Jiang Ning, I can treat you well too, even better than Wenren Zong..”