Chapter 871 - Who Is At Fault? (2/2)
Zhao Huan's heart hurt hearing all of that as she said, ”I never said anything to them. Even if I blamed you at the time, trust me, I never said a word to mom and dad. I tried to make them understand repeatedly but they...” She broke down halfway through her sentence as her tears rolled down.
”You know, I always thought that my daughter doesn't listen to me it's a kind of punishment for hurting my own mom. No matter how hard I tried, my daughter kept walking away from me again and again. Maybe it was to remind me that once upon a time, I also walked away from my mother.”
Zhao Huan held her hand and shook her hand, ”It's nothing like that. Listen to me, mom and dad really didn't hate you. They could never do that. Maybe mom said some hurtful things to you but she didn't mean any of it. Between the two of us, she had always loved you more. How could she bear to hurt you? In fact, her anger was only momentary. They both had planned to go and see you but life didn't give them enough time. Their accident took their lives before they could reach you.”
Zhao Huan took a pause as she looked into her sister's dull eyes and went down on her knees startling Zhao Wei, ”If there is anyone who is at fault, that's still me. I should have never doubted you. You're my only sister, and even when I had all those doubts, I had never been able to hate you. I always asked about you whenever I met Xiao Zi. I just could never face you because I could neither hate you nor could I forget what happened back then. You can punish me however you want. I'm willing to take all of your curses. Because I deserve it.” She sobbed as she continued, ”In fact, Wen Ai used to say I'm naive. I always thought she was just being rude like she was. But she was right. I had always been too naive and that's why people always took advantage of me. Whatever happened to me was my own fault. It was my own naive self that destroyed me. I should have never pointed my finger at you. So, please forgive me! I'm begging you please forgive me.”
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”How is Xiao Zi doing?” asked Qiu Jiayi as he took a sip of the tea.
Xin Zemin also drank the tea without hesitation and said, ”He is like his usual self.” He frowned a little and added, ”Actually, no. He had been a lot restless, vulnerable, sometimes anxious, sometimes cheery. It's hard to tell what kind of mood he is in. It's rare for me to even see that many expressions on his face that had always been like a calm stream of water.”
Qiu Jiayi smiled at that, ”And I believe that's all because of your daughter.”
Xin Zemin looked at Qiu Jiayi and nodded his head, ”It is indeed because of her.” He took a pause and went on, ”You haven't been contacting him lately? Not planning on doing so?”
Qiu Jiayi narrowed his eyes at Xin Zemin, ”He is more of a brother to me than he had ever been to you.” Xin Zemin felt like Qiu Jiayi just attacked him but he couldn't even bring himself to retort. ”There is nothing that can come between me and Zimen. We are just giving each other time to solve the matters at hand. Currently, my hands are full because of my wife's health and Zimen is busy with his own stuff. There is no need for me to go and disturb him at this time.”
Xin Zemin sighed out, ”Right. I almost forgot just what kind of relationship you both have.”
Qiu Jiayi smiled at him, ”Our friendship had already gone through all kinds of tests over the years. This small matter between our kids won't be enough to destroy what we have.”
”Your daughter is in jail,” reminded Xin Zemin. ”Is that really a small matter?”
Qiu Jiayi had just opened his mouth to reply when Xin Zemin's phone rang and he decided to not say anything at all. But just as Xin Zemin attended the call, his expressions changed.
”How is she now?” asked Xin Zemin in an anxious tone and after hearing the reply from the other side, he went on, ”We are coming back.”
”Is everything okay?” asked Qiu Jiayi when he looked at Xin Zemin's anxious look.
”It's my daughter,” replied Xin Zemin vaguely. ”Can you call my wife? We'll have to leave now.”