“I’ll tell you the truth right now! That night you drank wine which I
spiked. You were so lustful and unsatisfied that I found two good men for you.
Who knew that you wouldn’t appreciate my kindness? You even barged into
stranger’s room and took advantage of that man…” Ning Xueluo said disgustedly.
“Bro Yan is far too gentle and kind for his own good because when you woke up,
he was afraid you wouldn’t be able to accept the truth, so he told you that it
was him that night!”
“You…” Ning Xi had started trembling as she heard this. She finally
couldn’t hold it in any longer and grabbed Ning Xueluo by her arms. “Why do you
treat me this way? Why?! Haven’t you screwed me over enough?”
Ning Xueluo furrowed her brow, and just as she was about to push Ning Xi
away, she noticed Su Yan approaching them from behind Ning Xi. Her voice
immediately softened and her expression turned pitiful, “Older Sister, I know
I’m wrong. If you want to hit or yell, do it to me, please don’t blame Brother
Yan…”
Ning Xi paused, and in the next second, Ning Xueluo fell to the ground
as if Ning Xi had pushed her.
“Ning Xi! What are –“ Someone said accusingly behind her.
Ning Xi turned around and saw an unfriendly-looking Su Yan.
Su Yan brushed past her and helped Ning Xueluo up. “Xueluo, are you
alright?”
Ning Xueluo pressed nearly her entire body against Su Yan. “Brother Yan,
I didn’t mean it, I really know I’m wrong… this only happened because I wronged
Older Sister…”
“That’s enough! Don’t blame yourself. No matter what happens, you have
me!” Su Yan patted her shoulder and helped her into the car. “I’ll explain
everything to Ning Xi.”
Ning Xi’s mind was blank as she watches Su Yan stride towards her and
open his mouth.
He spoke for a long time.
He spoke of the past and their happy childhood. He spoke the struggle he
went through when he fell in love with Ning Xueluo. He spoke of his fury and
anger when he found out Ning Xueluo had schemed against Ning Xi. He spoke of the
fright and regret and felt when he found out about Ning Xi’s pregnancy. He
spoke about how he accepted Ning Xueluo’s apology…
In the end, he said, “Ning Xi, I’m sorry. I can’t marry you – not
because of that night nor because of the child that I don’t want – but because
I cannot wrong Xueluo and because I can’t lie to myself about my feelings.”
He and Ning Xueluo had been travelling outside the country in the past
few months, and having been with her morning and night, it was harder to
separate from her now more than ever. Although he had initially wanted to ease
Ning Xi’s pain by pretending that he did indeed have intercourse with her, in
his heart, he had already chosen Ning Xueluo.
That was why after finding out that Ning Xi was pregnant, he couldn’t stop
himself from immediately going to the Ning family and explaining everything to
the Second Master. Despite this, he had not told the truth to Ning Xi herself.
“You mean… Su Yan… from the start, you knew that it was Ning Xueluo who
drugged me and ruined my innocence? Just because you wanted to protect her you
told me the person that night, was you?” Ni Xi finally found her voice, but
could only look numbly at Su Yan.
“Ning Xi, Xueluo didn’t mean it. She’s still young so she might be
impulsive…”
“Then what about me?” Ning Xi looked up at Su Yan hopelessly. “Did you
never once consider what it would be like for me?”
Su Yan did not speak, and there was a long moment of silence before he
reached out for Ning Xi’s hand. “The sun is too hot, let’s return home…”
“Don’t touch me!” Ning Xi
immediately slapped his hand away and laughed aloud.
Ning Xi felt that her whole life until now had been a joke.
For Su Yan, she worked hard to get into B University to come to the city
where he lived.
For Su Yan, she had abandoned her dream to become an actress.
So that their family statues would match, she had pushed aside her
adoptive parent in order to return to the Ning family, and she had stupidly
tried to please those so-called upper-class families.
And as a result of all her efforts, she only received: “I cannot wrong
Xueluo.”
Ning Xueluo had not only stolen her identity and her birth parents, but
today… she had even stolen the person she loved most. Ning Xueluo was young…
but even so, how could she be forgiven? If she really did forgive her, then who
could she blame for her life’s misfortune? She didn’t even know who the man
from that night was!
Ning Xi covered her face, her body quivering, for she had reached the
limit of her despair.
Su Yan watched as Ning Xi mindlessly started to cross the road, and was
about to chase after her when from behind, Ning Xueluo tugged on his sleeve.
“Brother Yan, where are you going?”
In Su Yan’s moment of hesitation, there was a loud band; Ning Xi was
thrown back on the road and she hit the ground hard.
“Help! Help! A pregnant lady has been hit!”
In the piercing light, Ning Xi could make out two silhouettes and faces
which made her went to throw up. She felt her stomach cramp, and she slowly
started to lose consciousness from the intense pain. She blinked, and the blood
trickling down her forehead flowed into her eyes… she entered a world of
darkness.
