Chapter 1237 - The Ugly and Terrifying Truth (2/2)

Hence, she ignored Xia Ruya’s “emotional” cry.

Xia Ruya burst into tears agitatedly and refused to let go of Lin Yingxin’s hand. “Senior Lin, I didn’t poison anyone. Why do you have to accuse me in front of everyone else? Just how did I offend you?”

Xia Ruya looked extremely worked up and her pale face had also turned red, making her emotions seem obvious.

However, Lin Yingxin simply stared at her blankly with a straight face and her eyes gla.s.sed over. She was also chuckling coldly with sarcasm.

Her laughter felt sinister and hair-raising. It even sent a cold chill down Xia Ruya’s spine. However, she was bent on proving her innocence and hence, tightened her grip on Lin Yingxin’s hand. “Senior Lin, say something. Why do you have to harm me? Why…”

Xia Ruya seemed to have also lost control fo her emotions. She began to grab Lin Yingxin’s shoulders and shook her violently while yelling, “Say something! Tell everyone that you were just spouting nonsense just now and that what you said wasn’t true! Say something…”

Despite being rocked back and forth violently by Xia Ruya, Lin Yingxin did not move at all. It was as if she had lost her soul.

“Miss Xia, please don’t behave this way!” exclaimed one of the waitresses, who pushed Xia Ruya away in a bid to stop her from shaking Lin Yingxin.

Xia Ruya staggered backward and thumped herself onto the ground, appearing menacing and pathetic. Her hair and clothes were all messy and unkempt, worlds apart from her elegant and n.o.ble appearance when she was brewing floral tea.

The fire within Xia Ruya’s heart began to diminish gradually. She bawled and screeched. “Lin Yingxin, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning and receiving your retribution for harming me like this?”

Xia Ruya sprawled herself across the ground and began weeping uncontrollably in despair. “I didn’t poison anyone. I didn’t. I have been maligned. It wasn’t me… please believe me…”

Wen Xinya sneered and thought to herself, Xia Ruya still hasn’t given up even when things have already come to this. It’s such a pity that no one is giving her sympathy for behaving vulnerably and showing her feelings of grief and agony.

Well, because it’s too late now.

It’s already too late for her to confront Lin Yingxin now because she’s already known to all as the culprit of the poisoning. Whatever she does now is useless. It’ll only let everyone see clearly what she’s like and what her true colors are.

Xia Ruya’s actions had proved to everyone that she did not deserve sympathy because she was detestable too.

If Xia Ruya didn’t try to harm others, she might have been able to salvage her reputation using her skills in brewing floral tea and the compliments of the owner of Boya Pavilion.

Yet, she still tried to harm me.

Actually, Xia Ruya’s plan wouldn’t have worked out even if I really got poisoned by the jimsonweed. Xia Ruya has belittled me. I was a drug addict in my previous lifetime. Of course I can take the effects.

I would at most perform poorly during the talent showdown and lose to Lin Yingxin. It’d be impossible for me to lose control of my emotions and behave manically like Lin Yingxin just because of the jimsonweed.