After Giving Up, My Rich Ex-Husband Begged Me to Return CHAPTER 71
Chapter 71 It’s Not Entirely Your Fault, I’m Sorry Too
In a relationship, the one who is insecure and lacks confidence will be humble.
The Jiang Su of the past was also like this in front of Huo Qingyan.
When helpless, he could only humbly beg the other party to show him some pity.
Later, even self-esteem and self could be discarded.
Step by step, he let himself sink into the mire.
To climb out of the mire, Jiang Su paid a heavy price.
He also thought that the moment he decided to divorce Huo Qingyan, he had already become as hard as a rock.
But looking at Huo Qingyan humbling himself before him, he still felt reluctant.
Reluctant to watch Huo Qingyan walk the path he had walked.
Huo Qingyan shouldn’t be like this.
Huo Qingyan was a business prodigy whom everyone would praise, the person in charge of the Huo family whom countless young masters from prominent families couldn’t compare to.
Nothing was worth making such a Huo Qingyan put down his self-esteem and pride.
No one should try to win the other person’s pity and love by sacrificing their self-esteem and pride in a relationship.
Perhaps Huo Qingyan had already anticipated Jiang Su’s answer.
His expression seemed even calmer than before: “I was never a qualified partner, and now I’m probably not a qualified ex-husband either.”
His low voice in the night wind was inexplicably gentle.
His tone sounded both resigned and reckless.
Jiang Su was momentarily speechless.
“Jiang Su.” Huo Qingyan called his name again solemnly.
Jiang Su looked up and met Huo Qingyan’s dark eyes directly.
This was the first time Jiang Su had accurately and clearly discerned Huo Qingyan’s emotions from his deep eyes.
It was apology.
“I’m sorry for these years.” Huo Qingyan’s voice was soft, yet weighty.
At that moment, it was as if the world fell silent; only these words echoed in Jiang Su’s ears.
Jiang Su suddenly realized that he still needed Huo Qingyan’s apology.
To be precise, not an apology, but an explanation.
Not a belated regret, nor belated care.
But to put a decent period to the ten-year bond between them.
What Huo Qingyan said was:
—I’m sorry for these years.
It didn’t refer to a specific event.
It didn’t refer to a specific day or moment.
It was an apology for the ten years he had wasted, an apology for the ten years he had let Jiang Su down.
Jiang Su understood that this time, Huo Qingyan had truly understood.
As long as Huo Qingyan truly understood, then his ten years wouldn’t be a one-man show.
Jiang Su took a deep breath and said softly, “It’s not entirely your fault, I’m sorry too.”
The Jiang family always had a good family atmosphere, and their way of expressing love was through giving.
Therefore, when he was with Huo Qingyan, he always habitually gave, indulging Huo Qingyan endlessly.
They had reached this point today, not only because of Huo Qingyan’s disregard for him, but also because of his permissiveness towards Huo Qingyan.
He valued Huo Qingyan too much, while Huo Qingyan valued him too little.
Their positions had always been unequal.
Huo Qingyan shook his head: “No, Jiang Su…”
Jiang Su interrupted him: “Everything that needs to be said has been said, goodbye, Mr. Huo.”
Because of Huo Qingyan, many changes had occurred in his life.
There were also times when he hated Huo Qingyan, resented Huo Qingyan.
However, he should be responsible for his own life; the choices were his, the path he walked was his own, he couldn’t blame others.
Jiang Su was about to leave, his gaze inadvertently glanced over Huo Qingyan’s shoulder, and he saw Zhou Fu staring at them with bright eyes.
Zhou Fu had actually been there for a while.
When he drove over, he saw Jiang Su and Huo Qingyan talking from afar, so he quietly parked his car on the side of the road without disturbing them.
But he was still curious and pricked up his ears to listen to their conversation.
But the two of them were whispering, their voices very low, and he only vaguely heard the words “sorry.”
Now he was caught by Jiang Su.
Zhou Fu felt that he was at a loss; after sighing, he showed a professional false smile: “Mr. Jiang, Mr. Huo.”
Jiang Su nodded to him and left.
Zhou Fu walked to Huo Qingyan: “Mr. Huo, what did you two talk about just now?”
He was too curious.
Mr. Jiang and Mr. Huo both seemed calm.
Could it be that they reconciled?
Considering that Miss Jiang personally crashed her car into Mr. Huo today, even if they reconciled, things wouldn’t be easy for Mr. Huo, right?
“Let’s go.” Huo Qingyan just glanced at Zhou Fu and walked towards Zhou Fu’s car.
Anyway, Mr. Huo usually didn’t interact much with people at the company. Not answering Zhou Fu’s question was normal.
After both of them got into the car, Zhou Fu drove while asking Huo Qingyan: “Mr. Huo, I’ll contact the company tomorrow and have your car repaired.”
Zhou Fu was referring to the limited-edition Maybach that Jiang Ying had crashed.
After two seconds, Huo Qingyan said: “Don’t repair it.”
Zhou Fu was shocked: “Don’t repair it??”
Then, he persuaded Huo Qingyan: “Mr. Huo, isn’t this a little… what? It can still be driven after repair.”
Huo Qingyan looked tired, leaning against the seat back, looking out the window without speaking.
“Besides…” Zhou Fu glanced at him, carefully saying: “That car was chosen by Mr. Jiang for you.”
Huo Qingyan turned his head.
He seemed to have forgotten.
Zhou Fu reminded him: “When you first returned to China, Mr. Jiang brought a car magazine to find you, saying that car was very nice and suitable for you, and then you ordered one.”
Based on Zhou Fu’s understanding of Huo Qingyan over the years, if it weren’t for Jiang Su’s comment back then, Huo Qingyan wouldn’t have chosen such a high-profile car.
Hearing Zhou Fu mention it, Huo Qingyan remembered.
After a while, Zhou Fu heard Huo Qingyan seem to chuckle: “You remember it clearer than I do.”
There was a hint of self-deprecation in his laughter.
Zhou Fu was unaccustomed to this Huo Qingyan.
He wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere.
But after thinking carefully, he found that he remembered many things about Jiang Su and Huo Qingyan better than Huo Qingyan did.
