The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1042 - Chapter 1042 1042 monthly tickets plus update 24

Chapter 1042: 1042 monthly tickets plus update 24 Chapter 1042: 1042 monthly tickets plus update 24 He pressed his lips together and remained silent.

She spoke in a tone so flat it was as if she was discussing the most ordinary thing, “Do you know how I reacted and what my attitude was after you passed out from cutting your wrist yesterday?”

He listened quietly.

She smiled indifferently, “Your third brother was panic-stricken, with tears in his eyes.

And I…

I was as indifferent as if I were regarding the fate of a passerby.”

“No…” His complexion was so pale it was almost translucent.

“Why not?” she countered.

“If you don’t cherish your life, why should I?”

“You care about me…”

She sighed, “Xiao Qinghe, everyone has their secrets.

I am no longer the weak and incompetent Su Qingyue of the past.

You’ve overestimated my feelings for you.

I’m someone who has walked through Ghost Gate and come to view everything with detachment.”

“Wife…” he mumbled.

“Don’t call me wife anymore.

When I hear it…” she pondered for a moment, “how should I describe it?

At first, I might have felt mixed emotions, but now I just feel disgusted.”

He stiffened, the color of agony in his eyes deepening, too profound to dissipate, “Disgust…” She actually felt disgust toward him…

“Your action of cutting your wrist makes me even more unreasonably disgusted.”

A flicker of panic crossed his eyes, “Qingyue…

don’t hate me…” Tears slipped down his immaculate face, “Even if you don’t love me, at least, don’t hate me.”

“My heart is as hard as iron.

Once turned away, I do not turn back.

The initial reason I chose you was out of sympathy, out of pity.

And yet, I was unaware that I had already developed feelings for your third brother,” she said.

“Meijiao fell for you at first sight.

But I, Su Qingyue, am not the kind to fall for anyone at first sight.

Whether it’s you, the second brother, or the third brother, I treated you all equally at the start, offering you the fairest chance.”

She gave a light lift of her lips, “At first, I really couldn’t tell apart the kindness shown to me by you, the second brother, and the third brother.

As the saying goes, time reveals a person’s heart.

Second brother is kind-hearted, easily swayed.

And you…

could even give up on the person you love.”

“I regret it!” he said in agony.

“Qingyue, it wasn’t intentional, I was just too self-deprecating…”

“Indeed,” she sighed.

“I know you feel inferior, so after you gave up on me, I gave you another chance.

But there can’t always be another chance.

You still gave up, did you think I wouldn’t turn away?”

“I didn’t think you would leave, back in the town, you said you would leave, but you didn’t.

I thought you would tolerate me…” He laughed in pain.

“I’ve never experienced love before.

I didn’t realize the love between you and me was so fragile…”

“Because I never loved you to begin with.”

He extended his injured hand to grasp her small one, “Qingyue, even if you only feel sympathy for me, just pity, I don’t want to lose you again…”

“What’s to talk of loss when I never had you?” she withdrew her hand, “Qinghe, don’t you understand?

I, Su Qingyue, when set on a course, do not waver.

Once I have decided on the third brother, I will not harbor a second heart.”

He slumped back against the bedhead, “Without you, my world no longer has sunshine…”

She spoke without emotion, “I am not your true sunshine, only a force that pushes you into darkness.

A step forward is into a willow shaded, flower-filled avenue; a step back opens onto a boundless sea and sky.

Fourth brother, there are so many good women in this world, why must you cling to Su Qingyue alone?

Meijiao is a fine woman indeed.”