I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 472 My happiness, how dare you define it so casually?

Zhu Tao brought over a bottle of mineral water, opened it, and handed it to Liao Haomiao:

"Sit up and drink, don't choke."

"Ah."

Liao Haomiao sat up, took a sip of water, and felt much more awake and his vision clear as the cold water entered his throat.

He put the water aside, then picked up a cigarette from the table, and tentatively glanced at Zhu Tao.

Zhu Tao nodded in agreement, and Liao Haomiao then took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a puff...

"Honey, do you ever think I'm pretty useless...?"

Liao Haomiao suddenly spoke, asking in a low voice,

Zhu Tao paused for a moment before letting out a soft laugh, patting him on the shoulder, and saying:

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you're useless, then am I a cripple? In my eyes, you're the best, so don't be anxious! Listen to me."

"Aren't you envious of Yin Mengran? She's so happy now, not having to endure any hardship... It's all because... Zhou Heng is amazing... And me..."

Liao Haomiao wanted to say that he had no real abilities, that this was all he would ever be, and that he would definitely never be as good as Zhou Heng.

If Zhu Tao hadn't chosen him, would she have had a better option? Would someone far more outstanding than him have appeared in Zhu Tao's life, allowing her to live a good life?

Instead of worrying about daily necessities, arguing about rent and utilities, or even losing sleep over work...

Liao Haomiao felt he was utterly incompetent and had no ability to solve problems...

He kept saying he wouldn't leave Zhu Tao, but at the same time he couldn't give Zhu Tao a good life. Wasn't he just torturing Zhu Tao?

Just as Liao Haomiao was lost in thought, a hand suddenly slapped him across the face.

The touch was just right, not too light, not too heavy, to snap him out of his reverie. He looked up, staring blankly at Zhu Tao before him.

Zhu Tao's expression was serious, her eyes fixed on Liao Haomiao. After a while, she slowly spoke, saying:

"I told you not to think so much, why don't you listen!"

"But..."

"How can you define my happiness so casually? My happiness is not about having endless money or a life without worries, but about having you by my side all the time. So don't compare yourself to others; it's completely meaningless."

"..."

Liao Haomiao swallowed back all the words he wanted to say, unable to utter a single sentence; only Zhu Tao's words echoed in his mind...

“Zhou Heng is your friend. He didn’t forget you even after he succeeded. He still wants to help you and will come to pick you up tomorrow morning. You should be happy. Why are you anxious? If you ask me, you’re overthinking it.”

Liao Haomiao lowered his head, looking at the long trail of cigarette ash, and said:

"I'm just afraid that you... will feel unhappy being with me, and will regret being with me, so I want to become better, more outstanding..."

"Then you're overthinking it. You don't need to worry about this issue at all. After all these years, don't you know me well enough?"

Zhu Tao moved closer to Liao Haomiao, reached out, gently pinched his cheek, and smiled slightly.

Liao Haomiao paused for a few seconds, then laughed, and as he smiled, ash fell from his cigarette...

"Ah! Hoo hoo!"

Liao Haomiao quickly blew the cigarette ash off the bed and patted it a couple of times.

"Look at you, I told you not to smoke in bed. Okay, put it out now."

"Ah."

Liao Haomiao extinguished his cigarette, looked at Zhu Tao, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Um... is there anything you want...?"

"Want it? What do you mean?"

"I need to...have a goal...for what I want in the future..."

For so long, Liao Haomiao had no idea what Zhu Tao wanted—a car, a house, designer bags, cosmetics, etc.—she had never mentioned it or asked for it.

Liao Haomiao always had to put a lot of thought into buying gifts for Zhu Tao because he had no idea what she wanted.

"What do you want..."

Zhu Tao began to think about it seriously; she really hadn't considered this question before.

She uses only high-quality, cost-effective products and never pursues luxury goods or uses anything particularly expensive.

Now that Liao Haomiao had asked her that, she was genuinely a little confused...

"Eh!"

Suddenly, Zhu Tao's eyes lit up. She moved closer to Liao Haomiao, grabbed his hands, and looked at him expectantly...

"W-what's wrong...what do you want?"

Zhu Tao nodded and said loudly:

"I want a baby!"

"hold head high?!"

Upon hearing this, Liao Haomiao froze, his eyes widening in shock...

He originally thought Zhu Tao would ask for some gifts or something, but... she wants a child?!

Didn't they decide before that they wouldn't have children?

Why the sudden change of heart?

"Kids are so much fun! You have no idea how adorable Ranran's baby is! So well-behaved and so adorable! I want one too!"

"this..."

Liao Haomiao smiled awkwardly. So, it was seeing Yin Mengran's child that gave him those thoughts...

He saw the baby at the dinner table today, and he was indeed quite amusing and adorable. When hungry, the baby quietly held the bottle and drank milk without making a fuss throughout the meal.

"Are you really sure... or is this just a whim?"

"Yes! Really!"

"Well... okay, shouldn't we tell our parents? I told my mom I didn't want children, and she tried to persuade me for over a month. Now that I've suddenly changed my mind, we should tell her."

"Okay!"

Liao Haomiao glanced at the time; it was still early, and his mother should still be awake. So he took out his phone, intending to make a call and chat for a while, and also to mention this matter.

After the call connected, Liao Haomiao heard his mother's voice on the other end:

"[Hello? Son, what's up? Why are you calling so late? Are you out of money again?]"

"Hey, Mom, what are you doing?"

"[Playing on your phone in bed. Your dad just got home. Is something wrong?]"

"Oh, no, Mom... I just wanted to tell you that I... quit my old job and came to Huzhou with Zhu Tao. Zhu Tao has already found a job at Tianheng. I'm going to look for a job tomorrow too. I... a good friend of mine will help me..."

After Liao Haomiao finished speaking, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone before someone finally spoke:

"【Okay, I understand. You're all grown up now and have your own ideas. Just be careful. Do you still need to rent a place? Do you have any money left?"

"Um... there's something else, Mom. There's something else I wanted to tell you... I said before that I didn't want children... well... I'm having second thoughts now. I think having children is a good thing... What do you think?"

"【Really?! Good, good, good! You've finally come to your senses! Oh my! This is wonderful news! Old Liao! Come here quickly! Guess what our son said!】"

The sudden amplification of Liao Haomiao's mother's voice on the other end of the phone made him instinctively hold the phone away from his ears, afraid of the loud noise...

After a while, Liao Haomiao's father came over, took the phone, and said:

"[Son! You should have a child, don't feel burdened! It's okay! We can afford to raise it! Your dad has saved up so much money over the years for you to get married and raise your children, it can finally be put to good use!]"