Chapter 366 - Xia Yixuan, Alive (2/2)

”You wouldn't be able to marry Brother Lui if I weren't dead. Wasn't it better this way? It's such a pity you didn't cherish the opportunity.” Xia Yixuan still didn't feel like she was to be faulted for anything. ”Anyway, I just felt like I didn't love Brother Lui that much anymore so I gave him to you. I thought you would be happy. You love him so much, after all.”

Xia Yixuan looked at her sideways as she fiddled with her fingers. There was slight jealousy in her eyes. Even though she knew she didn't quite love Chu Lui anymore, she was still rather unwilling to be her sister's substitute.

”You're probably still in the dark.” She raised her hand to her neck where a white necklace was hanging instead of the amulet. The empty feeling around her neck made her uncomfortable.

”The amulet that I snatched from you when I was young actually belonged to Brother Lui, and you were the person he was actually looking for.” Xia Yixuan pouted. ”I'm still peeved about the fact that I was your substitute for so many years, so what are you angry with me for? We provided you meals for so many years and not even a shred of gratitude from you. What an ingrate.”

”Enough!” Xia Ruoxin interrupted her abruptly.

”Xia Yixuan, how could you be so selfish? What gives you the right to start playing games when you don't think you love him anymore? Is Chu Lui just an object to you? One that you can just give to others whenever you feel like it? What did you take your father as? Did you think that he wouldn't be sad?

”What did you take me as? Your scapegoat?

”Do you know what I've been through, what I've suffered from, in these four years? I shouldered the blame for your death for four years, for more than 1500 days and nights. You've provided me with meals, but haven't I repaid that? Since when did I owe you? Since when did I owe the Xia family? I've already given you everything that should have belonged to me—my mother, my amulet, everything. What more do you want?

”You say you're my substitute, but what have you, the substitute, received compared to what have I received? You received his love, but all I got was his hatred. The more he loved you, the more he hated me.”

Xia Yixuan's words forced Xia Yixuan to take a step back.

She couldn't say a word and was slightly afraid of the Xia Ruoxin who now retaliated and fought back, unlike in the past. Now, she wouldn't just take it all in quietly.

”You ate our food and stayed at our place. We were the ones who raised you.” Xia Yixuan tilted her chin up, not to be outdone by her, but she herself knew how her confidence was wavering. Everything Xia Ruoxin said was right. She was selfish. She had been like this since young. She only cared for herself and did not think about others.

She didn't think about her father or Chu Lui—and definitely not Xia Ruoxin. She was enjoying her life freely for four years, but she was unaware of the huge trouble and conflicts she had caused. Even the relationship between the two families had changed drastically.

She had even utterly destroyed the most-innocent Xia Ruoxin's life.

Yet, Xia Ruoxin felt like she didn't want to be angry anymore. She smiled, very sarcastically. ”You're as selfish as always. I was raised by the Xia family, but haven't I paid a high price for that? Doesn't my mother love you? Because of you, she even abandoned her own daughter.”