Chapter 68

with a detached and mocking smile as calm as still water. "Wang Qian, do you even have the nerve to say that to me? Three years. Three whole years. Do you have any shred of self-awareness about how I've gotten through this time? In the three years we've been together, I've acted like your groveling servant and debased myself at every turn! You said your phone was private and strictly off-limits, and I accepted that and endured it! You said going out for drinks and meals with male friends was part of your social life and couldn't be helped, and I accepted and endured that too!" "You cared only about appearances and luxury brands, draining every last drop of my meager salary, and I never uttered a single word of complaint. On the contrary, whenever I hesitated, you threatened to break up with me, and I just kept enduring! For these past three years, I worked like an ox and a horse, taking all your abuse and insults without a murmur, walking on eggshells just to wait on you like some spoiled princess. But what did it get me? You just pushed your luck further and further! I swallowed my pride over and over again, even throwing away my basic dignity as a man!"