CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174: THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING UP UNTIL YOU GAVE UP

Munni could almost anticipate his next words might be—if you want, you can divorce me and leave.

But after a moment of waiting, he still didn’t speak.

Munni slowly turned her head to look at him, those beautiful almond-shaped eyes brimming with obvious hurt, evoking sympathy.

"Yisen, I waited for you for eight whole years before I could finally marry you. Only I know how difficult it was.

Even though you rejected me time and again, even though you neglected me again and again, I just couldn’t let go.

Because, meeting you in this life was really not easy, falling in love with you, and becoming your wife even more rare, so I don’t want to just give up like this.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t like me now, time... time will slowly build your confidence in our marriage.

So, I will continue to wait for you."

Her eyes, red and moist, were filled with a faint mist. Just as the tears were about to uncontrollably fall, she suddenly curved her red lips, a smile blossomed beautifully and resiliently across her face.

Yisen, coming back to his senses, lightly curved his lips towards the night sky outside the window, "Munni, thank you for not giving up on me for so many years."

The voice suddenly heard by her ear made Munni pause slightly, she blinked her eyes gently, then turned slightly to look at Yisen’s handsome profile.

She chuckled softly and refuted, "Yisen, I have already given up."

"Then thank you for never giving up until you did."

His convoluted words made Munni break into a helpless laughter, she said, "No need to thank."

Munni is a woman with a strong sense of self-respect, the boldest thing she did in her life was probably to persist in her pursuit of Yisen for so many years, undaunted by others’ opinions and undeterred by his rejections.

Although she ultimately was defeated, hearing Yisen’s words of thanks still gave her some comfort, at least... her pursuit over the past years earned respect.

Munni yawned, then stood up from the sofa chair and stretched lazily, "I’m going to bed now, goodnight."

"Mm, goodnight."

Fireworks continued to bloom outside, leaving Yisen alone once again in the attic.

He sat there staring out the window for a long, long time, until the night sky outside returned to tranquility, before he got up and left.

...

On New Year’s Day, Munni accompanied Bai Wan Yun to visit Bai Wan Yun’s brother and sister-in-law.

The Bai Family had a scholarly heritage, from the generation of Bai Wan Yun’s great-grandfather, they had been involved in education-related work. Bai Wan Yun’s father only had Bai Wan Yun and her brother, five years her senior, Bai Renyuan, under his tutelage.

After their father’s passing, Bai Renyuan inherited the family business and became the respected president of a prestigious private university in G City.

Bai Renyuan resided in the old Bai family residence, which was maintained in excellent condition, showing no signs of dilapidation, only exuding a strong retro atmosphere.

Upon arriving at the Bai residence, Bai Renyuan and his wife warmly welcomed them.

Bai Renyuan had only one son, and during the Spring Festival, the son and daughter-in-law also returned with their twin children to celebrate the New Year.

Thus, while Bai Wan Yun and Bai Renyuan’s wife chatted about family matters, Munni went to the study to play with the twins.

The two children, practicing calligraphy at the desk, looked up excitedly upon seeing Munni enter and called out, "Aunt-in-law."

"Mm, Xinxin, Ruirui."

Munni paced to the front of the study and looked down at the characters they were writing, then beamed and gave them a thumbs-up, "Your calligraphy is getting better and better."

After speaking, she took out two large red envelopes from her handbag, which she had prepared early, and handed them to the children in front of her, "Here, these are your rewards. Happy New Year."