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Chapter 250 - 250 249 Crossing His Bottom Line
Chapter 250 - 250 249 Crossing His Bottom Line
?Chapter 250: Chapter 249: Crossing His Bottom Line Chapter 250: Chapter 249: Crossing His Bottom Line Huo Rui actually hadn’t expected that he would misjudge a person.
He laughed bitterly, “It’s not that I want to break up with you, but you initiated the breakup, and I agreed.”
“I’ve also realized that we’re not suitable for each other, so let’s not have any further contact or communication in the future.”
Fortunately, he discovered in time what kind of person she was; otherwise, it would be more troublesome if they got married and had children.
After a year together, he slowly noticed that Yu Wen was not the same as when they first met.
However, it hadn’t reached the point where he couldn’t tolerate her behavior and wanted to break up immediately.
But today’s incident truly crossed his line.
What was even more unexpected was that she tried to use a breakup to threaten him.
Yu Wen had been with Huo Rui for a year, naturally, she wasn’t some naive and sweet fool; she understood him quite well.
He was serious.
How could this be right? How could he agree to a breakup with her?
She immediately shook her head, “No, I won’t break up, I was just too panicked just now, and that’s why I said those things without thinking.”
“Huo Rui, I’m sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose, let’s not break up.”
She truly liked him; she felt she couldn’t live without him.
But Huo Rui forcefully removed her hand gripping his arm, “It’s too late, once words are spoken, they can’t be taken back.”
“We’re broken up; let it be.”
He didn’t want to say anything more to her and turned to leave.
How could Yu Wen let go of Huo Rui? She tried to hug him from behind immediately.
Huo Rui had training, so he easily dodged.
Yu Wen tried to cling onto him, and Huo Rui frowned and said, “If you keep this up, I will have to take action against the Yu Family.”
He knew that Yu Wen cared a lot about her maiden family; otherwise, she wouldn’t have pleaded for her scum of a brother, who was a murderer.
Yu Wen’s body stiffened, and then she stopped in her tracks, crying, “Then let’s both calm down; I’ll come to see you in a couple of days.”
Huo Rui shook his head, “No need, there’s no need to contact me ever again.”
After speaking, he called for Huo Ye and the others to get in the car and leave.
Yu Wen watched the car disappear in the distance, completely panicked, and filled with regret.
She shouldn’t have listened to her uncle and auntie’s advice and used a breakup to threaten Huo Rui.
With his background and status, how could he be threatened by anyone?
He must have been too angry today; that’s why he agreed to break up with her.
She comforted herself, thinking that once Huo Rui calmed down, she would coax him and then make amends.
Then she remembered that because of the breakup, the matter of saving her cousin had been sidetracked.
How would she explain this when she returned home?
She stood at the door for a while before heading back inside.
As expected, Granny Yu and others scolded her, saying that Yu Wen couldn’t even keep a man in check; they also criticized Luo Ning for not knowing any better, and so on.
But although the family was vocal with their reproaches, they still were not ready to give up on having Luo Ning save someone.
Thus, they gave Yu Wen an ultimatum, insisting she must get Huo Rui to agree to have Luo Ning come save the person, or else she should not bother coming back.
On the other side, in the car.
Huo Ye looked at Huo Rui somewhat speechlessly and said, “Brother, your taste in girlfriends really isn’t great.”
“It’s better to have split up now; otherwise, with her temperament and the Yu Family’s bizarre ways, they’re bound to cause trouble for our family.”
Huo Rui sighed, “The family was pressuring me too much.
When I first met her, she seemed gentle and sweet, and she cooked quite well, so I thought it wouldn’t be bad to find a considerate and family-oriented wife. That’s why I got together with her.”
“Only after that did I visit the Yu Family and found them extremely distasteful.”
“However, it wasn’t really a problem for me, so I continued.”
“Who would have thought that behind her seemingly gentle and virtuous exterior, she actually held such twisted values.”
I’d never encountered such a thing before, so I truly couldn’t tell that Yu Wen was such a person.
“Thank goodness I came today and then saw her for who she really is,” he couldn’t help but sigh.
Huo Ye looked at him, “You don’t seem to be heartbroken at all!”
Huo Rui couldn’t help but laugh, “Why should I be heartbroken? If it’s not suitable, just break up.”
Huo Ye said, “That means you weren’t very invested in her.”
Though he himself had never fallen in love with any woman, you don’t have to eat pork to see it being chased around.
Just looking at his brother’s reaction, it was clear that he wasn’t very fond of that woman.
Huo Rui replied, “I haven’t met someone I truly like, but my family insisted that I marry someone, so I just wanted to find someone gentle and family-oriented, so it’s not really about being deeply in love.”
At first, he thought Yu Wen was very kind to her parents’ family, and he thought she was filial, but now it seemed like blind filial piety.
Although he hadn’t fallen in love with Yu Wen, once they were together, he had fulfilled his responsibilities as a boyfriend.
If they had gotten married, he would have fulfilled his duties as a husband too.
Huo Ye thought about it and felt it made sense, “That’s true, meeting someone you truly like seems quite difficult. I’ve heard some people never come across it in their entire life.”
He had never liked anyone that much in his life; he truly didn’t know what it felt like to love someone to the point of not being able to live without them.
Huo Rui patted his head, “How old are you to be talking so pessimistically?”
Then he turned to the passenger seat and said to Luo Ning, “Miss Luo, I’m really sorry, I didn’t expect to encounter something like this.”
Luo Ning shook her head, “It’s okay, I can tell you didn’t know.”
Although Huo Rui’s ex-girlfriend had questionable morals, it was clear that he was still a man of principle.
If he had given in to that woman’s pleading and helped her, Luo Ning would not have planned on associating with someone like that in the future.
Huo Rui said, “Consider this a favor I owe you, just let me know if you need anything in the future.”
No matter what, he did feel genuinely sorry for today’s events.
Luo Ning smiled, “There’s no need to be so formal.”
Huo Ye suddenly asked, “Luo Ning, do you think that woman could be my brother’s ill-fated love interest?”
Luo Ning was speechless… Just how deep was Huo Ye’s psychological shadow regarding ill-fated relationships?
“There’s no marital affinity between them; handling it properly doesn’t equate to a bad romance.”
That woman might indeed have had a gentle and virtuous side, but she was too easily influenced by others and lacked conviction.
Of course, having questionable morals was the biggest issue.
She truthfully said, “She places a lot of importance and care on her natal family, so even if they didn’t break up now, Mr. Huo and she likely wouldn’t last long.”
Huo Rui was cunning and not the type to be lenient and soft-hearted.
Even without today’s events, his ex-girlfriend’s continuous demands for her own family would eventually cross the line of what Huo Rui could tolerate, and breaking up would have been inevitable.
After all, despite the Huo Family being a top-tier wealthy clan, such families can easily fall prey to manipulation, and an underachieving wife’s family could become a target for enemies.
Yu Fei forced himself on a girl, causing the death of an innocent and unrelated young woman, yet he felt no remorse and returned to his frivolous pleasures without any burden—a scum of scum.
She hadn’t mentioned it earlier, but for the Poisonous Insect Poison to take effect, there was a condition: Yu Fei had to continue engaging with women.
Once he did, it would activate the Poisonous Insect Poison within him.
The more often it happened, the more it would nourish the Gu Worm, and then, as the curse stated, his skin would slowly rot, his belly burst open, and he would die.
He was utterly despicable, and even if he truly regretted his actions, he wouldn’t deserve forgiveness.
Moreover, she genuinely couldn’t see any heartfelt remorse in him.
The Yu Family was the same; they never considered the life of the deceased girl important at all—a family with entirely warped values.
They were not suitable to become in-laws with the Huo Family; otherwise, they would surely become sworn enemies in the future.