Chapter 38: 038. Whoever takes it seriously first loses

She lowered her eyes sadly, the coldness that had kept him away faded from her face, replaced by a touch of melancholy and sorrow. With a soft sigh, she spoke.

"Lu Moqing, please let go. It was my mistake before, and from this moment on, let's pretend we never knew each other, okay?"

Her pleading eyes looked at Lu Moqing, but they were even more hurtful than her previous sharpness, more accurately and brutally stabbing into his heart like a knife.

She... she was begging him to let go!

This realization brought back the familiar yet incomprehensible pain in Lu Moqing's heart, like a flood. It hurt so much he didn't dare move, afraid his heart would ache even more.

Pretend they never knew each other?

He couldn't deceive himself like that. Even with hatred, it was easier than letting her go.