Chapter 31: Mistakes All Men Make

When Tang Yuelin said that the gambling agreement could be cancelled, Su Hexi's defense line was broken, and a sense of relief and compromise arose in his heart.

She didn't want to continue, she was really tired.

Tang Yuelin took her to see a quiet and elegant detached house. When he opened the drawer, he saw neatly stacked banknotes inside.

He pointed out the window at a brand new car. "Just give me the nod, and these will be yours. You can leave that shabby tailor shop and stop worrying about anyone's opinion. You can focus on your designs and be my model. I will lift you to heights no one can reach."

The huge temptation and heavy pressure intertwined together and violently impacted Su Hexi's defense line.

She looked at the villa, the money in the drawer, the car... These were the things that were within her reach in her previous life but were out of her reach in this life.

She longed for success, to stand higher, and to escape her current predicament. And Zhou Lin... apart from the marriage certificate and the inexplicable responsibility, what else was there between her and him?

She wavered. If the destination of success was the same for everyone, then why did she have to work so hard to prove herself? She could easily achieve the result, with someone willing to support her with everything.

A dangerous idea began to grow: Perhaps, Tang Yuelin is really the fastest springboard for her to realize her ambitions. Beautiful women must learn to use their beauty to achieve their goals and get everything they want.

As for Zhou Lin... she began to calmly and even cruelly calculate how to make him let go and be willing to divorce her.

A plan formed in her mind.

Since Cai Jinglin is Zhou Lin's first love, she will bring them together.

As long as Zhou Lin made "a mistake that all men would make", she could stand on the moral high ground, divorce him smoothly, and make Zhou Lin feel guilty.

She found Cai Jinglin.

Cai Jinglin was very wary and repulsive to her sudden visit.

Su Hexi, however, put on a tired yet sincere look, her tone deliberately expressing helplessness and kindness: "Sister Jinglin, I came here... to say sorry. I took your place by force."

Cai Jinglin sneered: "What do you want to say?"

Su Hexi looked at her with earnest eyes, "Zhou Lin...he has always had you in his heart. He often calls out your name in his sleep after falling asleep at night. He is not happy with me."

Cai Jinglin's eyes flickered, and there was a hint of uncontrollable excitement in her suspicion.

Su Hexi struck while the iron was hot and threw out the bait: "I've already talked to him and we've decided to divorce. Tonight... He said he wants to see you and tell you something in person. Go find him in his dormitory. You know the address."

Cai Jinglin was skeptical, but her desire overwhelmed everything.

After dealing with Cai Jinglin, Su Hexi returned to the tailor shop.

The landlord's ultimatum was right in front of them, and the shop was a mess.

Zhou Lin looked at her pale and tired face, his eyes full of heartache and self-blame: "Xiaoxi, I'm sorry, I'm useless..."

Su Hexi felt a flicker of pain in her heart, but it was immediately suppressed by a stronger resolve. She deliberately said in a dejected tone, "There's no point in guarding this empty shop anymore. Tonight... I'll stay in your dorm. I'll be living there from now on anyway."

She needed this excuse to enter Zhou Lin's dormitory, and also needed to put Zhou Lin in an environment where he could easily relax his vigilance.

Zhou Lin felt even more guilty when he heard this. He felt that it was his own incompetence that made her unable to even find a safe place to live. How could he have any doubts? He nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll go clean it up!"

On the way to the dormitory, Su Hexi bought a bottle of white wine at a roadside shop.

Arriving at Zhou Lin's simple single dormitory, Su Hexi looked around the small but tidy space, and a strange bitterness rose in her heart. She shook off her emotions, took out the bottle of wine, and said to Zhou Lin, "I'm feeling upset, come have a drink with me."

Zhou Lin frowned worriedly: "Xiaoxi, drinking is harmful to your health, you..."

"Just one!" Su Hexi interrupted him, her tone slightly tense as she poured two glasses of wine. With her back to Zhou Lin, she quickly shook the prepared powder into one of the glasses, her fingers trembling slightly.

She handed the drugged cup to Zhou Lin and picked up the other cup herself: "Drink it."

Zhou Lin looked at the "sadness" and "determination" in her eyes, and his heart felt like it was being pulled. He thought she was sad about the separation of the tailor shop and her future. He couldn't bear to refuse, so he took the wine glass and drank it all.

The spicy wine burned his throat and blurred his vigilance.

The drug took effect quickly. Zhou Lin began to feel hot, dizzy, and his vision blurred.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Su Hexi immediately stood up and opened the door. Standing outside was Cai Jinglin, who had been carefully dressed up.

Zhou Lin was stunned when he saw Cai Jinglin, and his brows subconsciously frowned: "Jinglin? Why are you here?"

His voice was already a little hoarse and uncomfortable.

Cai Jinglin saw Zhou Lin's flushed cheeks and unusual eyes, and then saw Su Hexi in the house, and was a little at a loss for a moment.

Su Hexi went over to greet her warmly, took Cai Jinglin's hand, and led her into the house, saying something insincerely: "Sister Jinglin is here, come in and sit down! Zhou Lin was just talking about you!"

Just as Cai Jinglin was half-pushing and half-reluctantly entering the room, Zhou Lin struggled to stand up. It was inappropriate for him to be in the room while the two women were talking.

Just as he stood up, Su Hexi, like a nimble cat, suddenly retreated to the door, slammed the door shut with lightning speed, and locked it from the outside with a "click" using the lock that had been prepared long ago!

"Su Hexi! What are you doing! Open the door!" Zhou Lin's shocked, anxious, and even stern roar of banging on the door could be heard from inside the house! The effects of the drug and anger distorted his voice. "Open the door! I'm already married to you, how dare you let me stay in the same room with an unmarried woman! Open the door!"

Su Hexi leaned against the cold door, listening to Zhou Lin's anxious roar from inside. Her heart was pounding, and her palms were covered in cold sweat. She bit her lip tightly and left resolutely.

Wasn't Zhou Lin very powerful when he forced her? Now let him taste her despair at that time! Besides, the person living in the same room with him is his beloved first love, he should be extremely happy!

Inside the house, Zhou Lin's roar turned into intermittent, suppressed gasps of extreme pain: "Go away... Cai Jinglin, go away... I don't need... Su Hexi! You... bastard!"

He suddenly pushed Cai Jinglin away, and in Cai Jinglin's astonished eyes, he punched the cold wall hard, and his knuckles were instantly bloody!

The intense pain sobered him up temporarily. He slid down to sit on the ground against the wall, breathing heavily, and defended his bottom line by self-harm.

Cai Jinglin was both embarrassed and annoyed. Seeing Zhou Lin, who had hurt herself to maintain his loyalty to Su Hexi, jealousy and anger made her shout without thinking, "Zhou Lin! Wake up! Why do you think Su Hexi wants to lock us up together? She's already found someone else! Tang Yuelin from Red Star Factory has taken a fancy to her! She's just waiting for you to get a divorce so she can fly up to a new tree and become a phoenix! She doesn't want you at all!"

These words, like a poisoned dagger, accurately pierced Zhou Lin's last defense.

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of bloodshot, shock, pain, disbelief... in the end, all turned into a dead silence.

Yes... Tang Yuelin... A man like that, powerful and influential, could offer her a bright future, could carry her towards the distant place she longed for. And what else could he offer her besides brute force and a sincere heart? He couldn't even give her a stable tailor shop.

He stood up shakily, and desperately pushed the door open. Like a walking corpse without a soul, he plunged into the icy pond at the entrance of the village on a cold night in early winter!

The biting cold enveloped him, but it was not even one ten-thousandth as painful as the pain in his heart. He just sat there motionless in the cold water, as if only this could numb his torn heart.