to let go.
The words spoken, the promises made, must be kept.
Du Ruoxin’s bright, lively eyes looked directly at Cristiano, full of expectation for his blessing.
Cristiano felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He couldn't say it!
He couldn't utter a single word!
Tilting his head back, he downed the wine in one gulp. The bitterness of the red wine couldn't mask the piercing pain in his heart.
But it could hide his emotions.
When he opened his eyes again, Cristiano seemed nonchalant, asking faintly, "He, has he fallen in love with you?"
Du Ruoxin nodded earnestly, "Yes, he said he gave me his heart."
Although he hadn't given it yet, she considered that heart hers.
Du Ruoxin reached out and touched her flat stomach, her face beaming with happiness and a longing for a beautiful future. "He and I are trying for our second baby."
"You get to be an uncle again."
Cristiano: "!!!!!!"
Uncle, for crying out loud!
He didn't want to be an uncle!
He only wanted—
Unable to conceal the turmoil and impulse in his heart, Cristiano suddenly stood up. "Is that so?"
Du Ruoxin knew her elder brother would find it difficult to accept immediately, so she didn't force him to offer his blessings right away.
It would just have to be a gradual process.
She believed that the happier she was, the weaker her elder brother's thoughts would become.
It had to be this way!
"Yes," Du Ruoxin stood up as well. "Whether the second child is a boy or a girl, could big brother name them?"
No!
Cristiano's mouth twitched.
Just then, Rong Jingyang, in his wheelchair, approached. He raised his glass to Cristiano, "Brother-in-law, happy cooperation?"
Get lost, you damn brother-in-law!
Cristiano desperately wanted to grab the wine bottle and smash it onto Rong Jingyang's face, to show him his arrogance! His flaunting!
But he held back.
The plan was about to be implemented, and the one who would ultimately win Xin'er's heart was him, and only him.
Therefore, he couldn't let all his efforts go to waste.
Seeing her husband actively engaging her elder brother in conversation, Du Ruoxin immediately poured him more wine.
Cristiano's cold, sharp lips curved into an arc. "You've surprised me quite a bit."
Aren't you afraid I'll cheat you?
Aren't you afraid I'll make you lose everything?
After all, Cristiano had never hidden his desire for Rong Jingyang's death.
"Oh?" Rong Jingyang's tone rose. He didn't say much, nor did he meet Cristiano's gaze directly. He simply reached out to Du Ruoxin.
Du Ruoxin immediately scurried to her husband's side like a dutiful wife, her eyes overflowing with undisguised affection.
Their fingers intertwined.
Rong Jingyang then added, "Ruoxin told me that the Rothschild family was kind to her."
"A wife's debt is the husband's to repay."
"Can all past grievances be considered settled?"
Cristiano's eye twitched—You wish! You snatch away the girl I protected and raised just like that?
When it came to robbers, he always dealt with them with thunderous methods, giving them no chance, eliminating them all at once.
"Yes, big brother, let's finish this glass of wine and get to know each other as a family again, okay?" Du Ruoxin also chimed in from the side.
With their words, it felt as if not drinking would make him a great sinner.
Cristiano raised his glass and gave a slight nod.
Then, he tilted his head back and drank it all.
However, his drinking this wine did not mean he had given up his pursuit of Du Ruoxin.
"When are you returning to E City?" Cristiano asked.
Du Ruoxin was overjoyed. Seeing that her elder brother had drunk the wine, she thought he had let go of his feelings for her. She smiled, her eyes sparkling, "We'll return as soon as this is over. What about you? Want to come with us?"
Cristiano shook his head. "I'll be later."
He didn't want to... sit on the same plane as Rong Jingyang. He was afraid he might lose his temper.
And ruin the plan.
At a celebratory banquet, Du Ruoxin believed the two men had "made up," unaware that the true storm, the one that would break her heart, was closely following.