Chapter 132 Are you really going to go this far?

These past few days, Xiang Jingheng has truly experienced what it means to be completely exhausted.

After staying up for several nights in a row, his already weak body suffered food poisoning after drinking the soup that Mrs. Xiang had sent him, and he was sent to the hospital.

When Xiang Jingheng opened his eyes and smelled the familiar disinfectant scent of the hospital again, he was completely speechless.

"You're awake?"

Suddenly hearing a voice beside his ear, Xiang Jingheng felt a chill run down his spine, as if a venomous snake had licked his ear. He turned his head sharply and met Gan Xiaoxing's eyes.

He narrowed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating.

Why was he lying in the same hospital room as Gan Xiaoxing?

Gan Xiaoxing's injuries hadn't healed yet, and her face was still being repaired. It was clear that she had been carefully dressed up, and her hair had been styled into curly curls.

When Gan Xiaoxing was a child, she had curly hair and was considered the most fashionable child in school. Xiang Jingheng always liked to pat her head.

Gan Xiaoxing shuffled towards Jing Heng, step by step, and sidled up to his bed.

Xiang Jingheng subconsciously took a step back, and Gan Xiaoxing directly lifted the quilt, got into his bed, and stretched out her arms to hug him.

"Jingheng, you know how much I miss you."

As soon as she came closer, Xiang Jingheng smelled her fragrance, which was a bit strange, and he subconsciously frowned.

Just as he was about to push her away, his neck became wet, and Gan Xiaoxing burst into tears.

Large tears fell in a string.

She was truly wronged.

"They hit me, I fought back desperately, they beat me to death... It hurts so much, it really hurts. If it weren't for the fact that I can't bear to part with you, I would have preferred to die..."

Xiang Jingheng let her hug him without moving, but his face remained expressionless.

"Isn't this your own fault?" he asked indifferently.

Gan Xiaoxing's sobs subsided slightly, but she quickly started choking back tears again. "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, but Jingheng, believe me, I just wanted to teach Yu Yan and Mei Nan a lesson, I really didn't mean to kill them, I'm not that heartless. As for Xiao Chu, even less so! I didn't let those bandits touch Xiao Chu, I just told them to lure Xiao Chu over there, it was their own doing..."

She explained for a long time, but Xiang Jingheng refused to believe a single word.

"Save those words for the police station."

Gan Xiaoxing was stunned. She looked up at Xiang Jingheng with teary eyes and asked, "What did you say?"

Xiang Jingheng pulled her arm off him and tried to get out of bed, but he was still dizzy and had no strength at all.

He sat on the edge of the bed for a while to calm down, while Gan Xiaoxing wiped away her tears and said, "Do you despise me? Do you think I'm dirty? But they really didn't touch me inside. After all, I'm the daughter of the Gan family. They wouldn't dare. I only suffered some superficial injuries. I've also had my face examined by a plastic surgeon. It can be repaired... Jingheng, I can still recover to my former self."

"Your body, your face, have nothing to do with me."

Xiang Jingheng said indifferently, "Gan Xiaoxing, I said before that I would break off our friendship, and I wasn't joking. This is the last time I'll help you. I'm only doing this because of Uncle Gan. If he hadn't been so angry with you that he almost had a heart attack, I wouldn't have gone easy on him. You're almost thirty years old now, not a thirteen-year-old anymore. You should be more sensible."

Gan Xiaoxing was hurt by his tone, "We grew up together, we've known each other for over twenty years, are you really willing to cut ties with me?"

"No relationship lasts forever."

Xiang Jingheng looked at her, his eyes filled with unspeakable weariness. "Yu Yan and I lived together for three years, had physical intimacy, and had a child together, but we still separated just like that?"

Strangely, when he said he wanted to break off relations with Gan Xiaoxing, Xiang Jingheng remained calm and unmoved.

When Xiang Jingheng talked about parting ways with Yu Yan, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

These are his most genuine feelings; they can't be faked.

Gan Xiaoxing does indeed understand Xiang Jingheng.

She could precisely discern the difference in his tone when he mentioned herself and Yu Yan.

The coldness when mentioning her contrasts sharply with the deep resentment when talking about Yu Yan.

Everywhere there is regret, there is resentment.

Gan Xiaoxing clenched her fists tightly, her teeth aching from the effort.

She overestimated her relationship with Xiang Jingheng over the past twenty years, and also overestimated her importance in his heart. She thought that Xiang Jingheng divorced Yu Yan because of her, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Perhaps, he never wanted to leave.

"You still want to get back together with Yu Yan, don't you?"

Gan Xiaoxing raised her bloodshot eyes. "But you know she's already found someone else. And that's no ordinary man, it's the third master of the Shao family. He could easily cause you trouble with just a flick of his little finger. So many women, from the capital to the upper state, want to marry Shao Muyan, yet he's still single and childless. If he wanted to be with Yu Yan, do you think Yu Yan would choose you over him?"

What does it mean to strike a snake at its vital point?

Gan Xiaoxing's words hit Xiang Jingheng's weak spot perfectly.

Men all have pride and fear being compared, but he was also perfectly aware that if he and Shao Muyan were placed on the same scale, whether in terms of family background, social status, or personal achievements, he was no match for Shao Muyan...

Moreover, he has a criminal record with Yu Yan.

He used to be able to manipulate Yu Yan by taking advantage of Xiang Chu, but now, Yu Yan not only doesn't want him, she doesn't even want the child anymore.

The drowning incident made Yu Yan completely lose faith in the father and son.

At first, Xiang Jingheng hated Gan Xiaoxing, feeling that she was the one who caused all of this.

But upon further reflection, the incident itself didn't constitute such a serious consequence; what was truly excessive was his attitude and behavior.

If only time could be turned back, he wouldn't have done such a foolish thing...

Even if Yu Yan and I don't have a future, you and I can never go back to the way things were.

Xiang Jingheng coldly looked at Gan Xiaoxing, the instigator, and said, "Those bandits will be caught sooner or later. When they are caught, the truth will come out. You should think about yourself."

Gan Xiaoxing knelt on the bed and raised her icy eyes.

"Xiang Jingheng, are you really going to go this far?"

Xiang Jingheng: "You forced me to do this."

He got up to leave, but Gan Xiaoxing wouldn't let him. She locked him up from behind, pinned him down on the bed, and kissed him on the lips without saying a word.

"sweet--"

Xiang Jingheng was furious and tried to push Gan Xiaoxing away, but something was fed into his mouth and slid down his throat without warning.

As he swallowed, his heart skipped a beat, and he clutched his throat but couldn't spit it out.

What did you give me to eat?

Gan Xiaoxing lay on top of him, grabbed his chin, her eyes filled with hostility and greed, "Xiang Jingheng, I told you, you and I are bound together for life, don't even think about getting rid of me."