Chapter 351 - She was a Substitute (2/2)

”Give… what?” Xia Yixuan recoiled from Chu Lui's outstretched hand like a bird frightened by a bow. A simple action from him was enough to make her blood drain from her face. After all, she felt guilty, extremely guilty.

”My amulet.” Chu Lui's hand was still outstretched. If not for their childhood past and if not for the fact that he had waited for her for so long and loved her for so long, he would have yanked the amulet from her neck if she did not give it to him soon.

He would make all those who deceived him die a tragic end, no matter who. He wouldn't even leave their corpses.

”This… amulet?” Xia Yixuan placed a hand on her neck. Was he talking about that? How could the amulet she had worn for over twenty years be his? Wasn't it…?

”Give it back!” Chu Lui clenched his fists, not willing to say any more to her. All he wanted now was his amulet. His mother had personally gotten it for him, and he loved it very much so he wanted to take it back now, along with all the love and memories he had with her. Including the memory of the day he had personally put the amulet around her neck.

From now on, Xia Yixuan would not exist in Chu Lui's life.

Xia Yixuan pulled the amulet off her neck frantically and placed it in his palm, and yet when she placed the amulet down, she felt a kind of reluctance. After all, she had it for over twenty years and had never once taken it off.

Her neck felt empty, and for some reason, her heart felt empty as well—such that she wanted to cry.

Chu Lui retracted his hand, clutched the amulet tightly, and then walked outside with huge strides. If he had not come here, he would have never imagined that there would be a day he—Chu Lui—would fall for someone's trick.

Manipulation was his forte. He manipulated everyone, but he never thought there would come a day when others could manipulate him.

”Brother… Brother Lui…” Xia Yixuan suddenly asked, her hand around her suddenly bare neck.

”What else do you want?” Chu Lui stopped in his tracks, his fingers still tight around the amulet. The corners of the amulet dug into his palm with raw pain and anger.

”Brother Lui, is that amulet really yours?” Xia Yixuan asked tentatively, feeling something was strange.

”Why, have you forgotten?” Chu Lui smiled coldly at her. ”This…” He opened his fist and held the amulet up its string. The small amulet dangled from his finger and swayed like a pocket watch used in hypnotism, eerily cold.

He continued to speak with the amulet in his hand swinging from side to side, his every word piercing and chilling.

”I put it around your neck when you were young, and I said that I'd be back to find you. I kept my promise, but you didn't.”

As his words fell to her ears, Xia Yixuan's face changed suddenly; and so did Shen Yijun's. She looked at her hands suddenly and started to sob.

Chu Lui was not too concerned about Shen Yijun who was acting peculiarly. His vision was fixed on Xia Yixuan's face.

She suddenly felt ridiculous.

She asked, slightly baffled, ”You mean… what you were looking for was the amulet the whole time, not Xia Yixuan, is that right?” She slumped onto the sofa weakly, feeling overwhelmed. She did not love Chu Lui anymore, but she hadn't wanted to be a substitute.