Chapter 567 She's Not Worthy

Xia Wanwan was in great inner turmoil.

Thinking about everything Xia Luoluo had done, she was very angry and wanted to punish Xia Luoluo, but as the older sister who had loved Xia Luoluo for more than ten or twenty years, she couldn't bear to watch her own sister die. She couldn't bring herself to do it.

So when Huo Nanxiao pressed her for answers, she remained silent for a long, long time.

"Xia Wanwan, tell the truth."

Huo Nanxiao was clearly angry, calling her by her full name for the first time.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Xia Wanwan's pale face. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she swallowed the words back and lowered her head to answer softly, "Nothing happened yesterday. I was probably just feeling unwell, which is why I got sick."

"You're still going to protect her?" Huo Nanxiao said angrily.

Xia Wanwan raised her head, her eyes reddening: "Nan Xiao, what I said is true, let's not talk about this anymore."

"Xia Ningxi has been wronged because of you, and her reputation has been damaged due to suspicion from her colleagues at the hospital. This matter must be addressed. You can't just say you won't mention it." Huo Nanxiao's attitude was very cold, clearly indicating that he did not want to let it go so easily.

Xia Wanwan said, "I will apologize to Xia Ningxi in person."

Her attitude was clear: she didn't want to talk about what happened yesterday.

If it were anything else, and Xia Wanwan wanted to keep it a secret, Huo Nanxiao would have no objection.

But this time it's different.

The news of Xia Wanwan's poisoning has spread throughout the hospital. Even if Huo Nanxiao wanted to suppress the news, he couldn't stop the gossip from spreading. Once it leaked out and reached the ears of some media outlets or Xia Ningxi's colleagues, Xia Ningxi would inevitably be unfairly labeled.

Her relationship with Xia Wanwan was so delicate, and Xia Wanwan was recuperating under Xia Ningxi's care. If something happened, outsiders would only think that Xia Ningxi was jealous of Xia Wanwan. Otherwise, how could their entire medical team not be able to cure Xia Wanwan and let her be poisoned right under their noses?

At that point, no one will care who poisoned her; they'll just think it's all Xia Ningxi's fault.

Huo Nanxiao did not agree to Xia Wanwan's request: "This time is different, I will not agree."

"Luo Luo is my own sister." Xia Wanwan looked up at him, her eyes red. "Nan Xiao, I'm really fine. Aren't I all better now?"

Huo Nanxiao said, "You're better now, but have you thought about Xia Ningxi? She and Tang En are both your doctors. If something happens to you right under their noses, it will affect all of them. Who will dare to seek medical treatment from them in the future?"

“But if Luo Luo takes the blame for this, the entire Xia family’s reputation will be damaged. Nan Xiao, do you really want the Xia family and me to be talked about behind our backs? Do you think they care about Luo Luo? Now, I am your fiancée. The only outsiders will care about me. In the end, I will be the one to take the blame for Luo Luo’s mistakes.”

Xia Wanwan had experienced this kind of thing many times, and she knew all too well how important the family's reputation was.

The idea that "one prospers, all prosper; one suffers, all suffer" is too devastating for someone like her who was born into a disadvantaged family.

Xia Wanwan finally woke up, and she finally has everything she has today. If this kind of thing is spread again, how will she live in the future?

She grasped Huo Nanxiao with trembling hands, her eyes slightly red. "Nanxiao, Luo Luo may have made mistakes, but she is my sister. I did this not for her sake, but for my own reputation."

"Are you just going to indulge her like this?" Huo Nanxiao was very angry.

Xia Wanwan denied it: "Of course not. I will tell my parents about this, and they will deal with Luo Luo privately. They will definitely teach her a lesson."

"Your parents probably won't listen to you."

Huo Nanxiao did not believe that the couple could make any fair decision.

Perhaps they simply won't believe what Xia Wanwan said and will shift all the blame onto Xia Ningxi.

This wasn't the first time they'd done something like this, and Huo Nanxiao already had his answer in mind, so he didn't want to argue with Xia Wanwan about it at all.

His attitude was very firm: "Since you don't want to do it yourself, I will deal with Xia Luoluo for you."

Xia Wanwan grabbed his sleeve, trembling, "Could you spare her life for my sake?"

"No." Huo Nanxiao was very angry.

Xia Wanwan said, "But she didn't offend you."

Huo Nanxiao looked at her dangerously: "Xia Wanwan, have you forgotten that she wanted to kill you? If you don't deal with her this time, what about next time? What's the use of keeping someone like that around?"

"Luo Luo is only resentful because she has taken care of me all these years but has not received any gratitude. She is just a little selfish and wants more. If I hadn't fallen into a coma and hadn't wasted several years of her youth taking care of me, perhaps she wouldn't be like this today," Xia Wanwan explained loudly.

Huo Nanxiao looked at her face, his aura growing colder and colder; "Are you blaming me for not giving the Xia family enough? Or are you blaming me for saving you back then and leaving you in a coma for so many years?"

"That's not what I meant." Xia Wanwan realized she had misspoke and quickly explained, "Nan Xiao, I know very well that you have given the Xia family a lot over the years. I don't want anything in return. I just don't want this matter to escalate, at least not to the public. As long as outsiders don't know about this, the Xia family won't feel too ashamed in public."

She pitifully grabbed Huo Nanxiao's hand, her eyes brimming with tears: "Please, I'm begging you. Just pretend nothing happened, let me go, and let Luo Luo go too."

“If I listen to you, what about Xia Ningxi? She will inevitably be suspected by outsiders. How will she face herself in the future?” Huo Nanxiao retorted.

Xia Wanwan said, "It's fine as long as she denies it to the death."

Huo Nanxiao said with a serious expression, "Even if she doesn't admit it, she will still be criticized by outsiders. Wanwan, this is not fair to her."

"Is that fair to me? I just don't want outsiders to laugh at the Xia family, to laugh at me. Even now that I'm engaged to you, outsiders still look down on me. Nan Xiao, do you know how I've been these past few days? I've never been treated with so much contempt, yet in these past few months I've endured all the insults and ridicule of the past twenty years. Is it wrong for me to want the Xia family to have a better life?"

Xia Wanwan questioned him in a hoarse voice.

Her tears flowed like a burst dam: "Nan Xiao, promise me, okay? Don't let anyone know that Luo Luo did this, okay?"

"She doesn't deserve it." Huo Nanxiao was very angry.

Xia Wanwan bit her lip and said, word by word, "I know, but for the sake of the Xia family, I have no choice but to do this."

Huo Nanxiao was furious, but he also knew that Xia Wanwan was afraid that if this matter got out, it would affect her.

Perhaps it was because people outside had different opinions about Xia Wanwan these days, and many people bullied her, that she became so timid and sensitive. Even though she was the one who was wronged, she didn't dare to let Xia Luoluo be punished.

This Xia Wanwan is very unfamiliar.

She was so unfamiliar that Huo Nanxiao began to doubt whether she was the girl he had known before.

He truly couldn't empathize with Xia Wanwan. Without leaving a single word, he ruthlessly shook off her hand that was holding his, turned around and left, leaving behind only a solitary and aloof figure.