CHAPTER 122: CHAPTER 122: WORLDS APART

Ruan Zhitong seemed to have timed it perfectly; just as Ye Anxin entered the fitting room, she appeared before Mu Beiting again.

Standing in front of Mu Beiting, Ruan Zhitong’s eyes were filled with tears, looking at Mu Beiting with grievance as her lips trembled and choked, "Beiting...! Are you still hating me?"

Mu Beiting didn’t even glance at her, treating her as if she were invisible.

"I know, leaving you six years ago caused you great harm! But I had my unavoidable reasons. These years away from you felt like an eternity, worse than death! You’ve been deeply imprinted in my mind; I know that apart from dying, I could never forget you! For you, I’ve attempted suicide several times, but it all failed! Look, these scars are from when I cut my wrists," she said, removing the bracelet from her wrist and extending her wrists to Mu Beiting.

Both pale wrists were marked with countless clear scars, still shocking despite the passage of time.

Mu Beiting’s cold gaze swept over them, his expression unchanged, showing no emotional fluctuation.

As Mu Beiting remained silent, Ye Anxin excitedly jumped into his arms, hugging his upright waist, "Beiting, don’t leave me, okay! I really love you! I came back this time specifically for you! I know if I don’t see you, I’ll go crazy!"

"Get out...!" Mu Beiting’s face remained unchanged as he waved Ruan Zhitong, who was hugging him, aside.

"Ah...!" Ruan Zhitong hadn’t expected Mu Beiting to push her away so forcefully, and she fell helplessly to the ground.

The marble floor of the mall caused her wrist to twist slightly despite not breaking the skin, making her sweat from the pain.

Even the sales clerks in the store were stunned by Mu Beiting’s unmerciful action.

Earlier, when Mu Beiting entered, although his expression was cold, he was attentive to his girlfriend, even personally selecting clothes for her!

They all thought this man simply had a cold exterior with a warm heart! Unexpectedly, he had such a bad attitude towards a delicate woman!

The most important thing was, judging from their conversation, these two must have been lovers before! And appearance and demeanor-wise, this woman was leagues better than the other one! Yet the man’s attitude towards these two women was worlds apart.

What kind of man is he?

Mu Beiting lowered his head and sniffed the spot Ruan Zhitong had touched earlier, his eyebrows tightly furrowing with disgust evident in his eyes.

With the help of a sales clerk, Ruan Zhitong barely managed to get up from the floor, stumbling step by step as she walked to Mu Beiting, sobbing, "Beiting, why? Why are you treating me like this? You wouldn’t have treated me like this before!"

Mu Beiting remained indifferent, still silent.

"Beiting...!" Ruan Zhitong called out again unwillingly.

At this moment, Ye Anxin came out of the fitting room, slightly startled upon seeing Ruan Zhitong’s back, then smilingly approached her, "Miss Ruan, what a coincidence, we meet here again?"

Ruan Zhitong nodded silently with her head lowered to respond.

Ye Anxin, oblivious to her unusual behavior, spun around in front of Mu Beiting in the clothes she had just changed into and softly asked, "Uncle, how does it look? I think this outfit is more comfortable to wear!"

"Mm!" Mu Beiting nodded again, picking out a sky-blue T-shirt from the rack and handing it to Ye Anxin, "Try this one too!"

"Alright!" As long as Mu Beiting didn’t make her wear those ladylike dresses she didn’t like, she was willing to try on as many outfits as he wanted.

"Miss Ruan, wait a moment, I’ll change my clothes!" Ye Anxin took the clothes from Mu Beiting and told Ruan Zhitong, then spoke to Mu Beiting, "Uncle, take good care of Miss Ruan, I’ll be right out!" With that, she took the clothes to the fitting room.

After Ye Anxin left, Ruan Zhitong lifted her head, "Beiting, you like this lady?"

Mu Beiting did not answer or look at her.

Ruan Zhitong unwillingly asked again, "You wouldn’t treat any woman well besides me before?"

No matter how Ruan Zhitong questioned or spoke, Mu Beiting gave no response.

"Beiting, you’re doing it deliberately, aren’t you? You deliberately use her to provoke me? Just to make me regret leaving you, right? Beiting, I regret it now, really regret it. Given another chance, I definitely wouldn’t leave you then! Please don’t leave me, okay!" Ruan Zhitong’s eyes were swollen from crying, her voice hoarse from sobbing, yet Mu Beiting still offered no reply!

The Mu Beiting she knew before was not like this! Although he was also taciturn, he would say what needed to be said and only refrained from speaking pointlessly!

Now, he completely refrained, not speaking at all regardless of the situation!

Unexpectedly, his change over these six years was so vast that she felt unfamiliar.

Ruan Zhitong was so overly distraught in her crying that she didn’t notice the fitting room door had opened, with Ye Anxin approaching. Seeing her weeping miserably, Ye Anxin slightly faltered, promptly concernedly asking, "Miss Ruan, what happened? Why are you crying?"

"It’s nothing!" Ruan Zhitong shook her head, her voice laced with uncontrollable sorrow.

Ye Anxin glanced at Mu Beiting’s unchanged expression, seemingly grasping something, quickly explaining, "Is it uncle’s attitude that troubles you? Uncle may appear cold, but he is kind-hearted, don’t take it to heart if he treats you poorly!"

"I’m fine, I understand!" Ruan Zhitong nodded repeatedly, wanting to wipe away her tears but finding them akin to pearls falling from a broken string, seemingly endless.

Mu Beiting didn’t interject but instead spoke to the sales clerk, "Pack up the two outfits she tried on, grab one of each style in different colors! The same goes for the pants!"

Ye Anxin was slightly stunned upon hearing that, quickly saying, "No, Uncle, that’s too much!"

Mu Beiting ignored her, offering a blank look to the sales clerk, who eagerly rushed to prepare.

"Uncle...!" Ye Anxin frowned, hoping Mu Beiting might change his mind.

Mu Beiting smirked, asserting, "I like it!"

With just those three words, "I like it," it rendered the two women present with starkly contrasting expressions.

Ye Anxin’s face overflowed with happiness, while Ruan Zhitong’s was pained and hurt, her color white as a sheet.

She had never heard him say those words in the two years they spent together! Yet, he could already say such intimate, sweet things after being with this woman for such a short time?

It seemed it was time for her to give up! What’s missed is missed, and it can never return to the way it was! She had forever lost the man she cherished most.

"Miss Ye, your husband treats you so well! Wishing you happiness in the future! I’ll be on my way now; let’s meet for tea sometime!"