Chapter 80 - Barged In (1/2)
Zhiyuan's gaze darkened. ”Quite bold of you to ask that after what just happened today.”
She smiled. ”I am the only source through whom you can know everything because Caihong and the others won't tell you anything no matter how much you try. You will be only wasting your time. This is beneficial for both of us.”
He stared at her hard with an unreadable gaze.
”Alright. I will arrange for your release after you tell me everything.”
She rejoiced inwardly and sneered.
Great. I got my free ticket.
”Now start talking.”
An Meiying said, ”Well the morning after the graduation party, Caihong returned to An residence in a messed up state and she said…”
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Back at the hospital, Xinyi was in utter shock to hear what Caihong just said.
”Who told you that?”
Caihong said, ”Nobody told me. Aunt Guang sent me a recording of you and Xiaosi talking when he came to meet you,” she clenched her fist, ”that conversation between you two made me think that...you two colluded with each other to drive me and Zhiyuan away.”
Xinyi looked at her stupefied.
”That is crazy!”
She quickly lowered her voice as Siying was sleeping.
Caihong hesitatingly asked, ”What do you deny? That you loved Zhiyuan? Or did you join hands with Xiaosi?”
Xinyi stiffened.
Could she say that Caihong was right about her feelings for Zhiyuan?
She lowered her voice further not to disturb Siying.
Caihong slowly said, ”On the cruise...I kind of realized that you like Zhiyuan.”
She said nothing.
”At that time, I didn't think much of it. You have been married to him for so long. I didn't find it surprising if you started having feelings along the way. But it mattered to me a lot, knowing that you might have liked Zhiyuan from the beginning. Suddenly, your marriage to Zhiyuan and my marriage to Xiaosi didn't seem like a coincidence to me.”
Xinyi wondered.
Is this another one of Xiaosi's plans to cause trouble?
She wasn't so sure. Perhaps he already knew that Han Guang was recording so he purposely said all those things.
But that didn't sit well with her.
Xinyi said, ”I would never think of doing anything against you and Zhiyuan. I don't know if you will believe me or not, and I can't prove it to you. The circumstances in which I married Zhiyuan were just as...unfavorable to me.”
Even now she recalled that time as clear as a day when she visited Han Huizhong.
Caihong was taken aback.
Unfavorable?
”Even though you loved him?”
”Even I though I loved him,” she faintly smiled.
At first, she was a little hesitant to admit the truth. But now, she felt a strange sense of relief in her heart. She had been bottling it for too long. Caihong came here to know her answer. Xinyi didn't find any point in hiding it from her now.
Caihong was slightly shaken up by her sudden admittance.
”When Xiaosi said it that way, even I thought of it as strange. But I can only say that I know nothing about it.”
Xinyi silently stared at Caihong. ”Only you know the answers to what really happened. But you are not willing to share it with anyone.”
Caihong stiffened.
She looked at her closely and admitted that it didn't seem like Xinyi knew anything about that night.
Her heart was filled with guilt.
What was I thinking…? Did I really think that Xinyi would stoop so low?
Xinyi said, ”I don't blame you for misunderstanding me. I know how it must have been hard for you to leave Zhiyuan and now my confession left you with doubts and suspicion. It's fine. I don't mind. But you shouldn't have compromised Siying's safety because of that.”
Caihong jolted.
”If you had problems with me, you should have talked to me at the time when I dropped Siying. We could have prevented all this from happening.”
Xinyi shuddered to even think about the worst-case scenario. Had they been a little late in admitting Siying in the hospital, things could have gotten way more serious.
Siying was just three after all. His body and immunity weren't that strong enough to take on a serious attack.
”I…”
Her shoulders were trembling and tears rolled down her cheeks.
”I am really sorry…”
She lowered her head and quietly sobbed. She didn't know what else to say. There was no excuse for her irresponsibility.