Chapter 183 This is your reward

At this point, Gao Xian Yue calmed down and tidied her hair, which had been ruffled by the wind.

Where did you find that airport video?

Meng Jiuyi looked at her calmly.

"you guess?"

It's so cold today, especially on the mountain where there's no shade. No matter how bright the sun is, it can't stop the cold wind from cutting your face. It seems like the snow from New Year's Eve is going to continue into this year.

Gao Xian Yue said, "You should have told me earlier that I was coming here. I should at least have brought a bouquet of flowers to such a solemn place."

"It's alright. Letting Sui Sui see the consequences of your many evil deeds in this place is more important than any flowers."

Meng Jiuyi took a few steps closer to her and asked, "I asked you that question before, and you still haven't answered me directly. Was it you who sent Zhu Lijian to kidnap me back then?"

Gao Xian Yue remained silent.

Meng Jiuyi took out a silver crescent-shaped necklace from her coat pocket and dangled it gently in the air.

"How about we make a deal? I'll tell you what else Yan Chen left behind besides that video and this necklace. You tell me the truth about what happened back then."

The back of the pendant is faintly engraved with letters, which are the initials of Gao Xian Yue's name.

Her eyes reddened, and she immediately tried to snatch it.

Meng Jiuyi quickly withdrew her gaze, her eyes cold, while Jiang Zhou, just a few steps away, kept a close eye on the area.

Gao Xian Yue suddenly found it ridiculous, "I didn't expect you to still be so fixated on this issue after all this time. Whether I tell you or not doesn't really matter."

"Yes, it was me. Zhu Lijian was authorized by me back then. Are you satisfied now?"

As she finished speaking, a cold wind blew against Meng Jiuyi's face. Even though she already knew the answer, she still felt as if she was being choked and couldn't breathe.

"Why?"

"There are too many reasons. You should know about the butterfly effect. People are always filthy inside, and their desires crawl like maggots. As long as you use them to your advantage, they will be willing to do anything for you like dogs."

Gao Xian Yue laughed, "I just helped Julie build a beautiful dream, a dream that his powerful father was looking for him, so that all his fantasies could come true. This fool then came to him on his own. He should still be fantasizing that his father can save him from prison until he dies."

Meng Jiuyi looked at her coldly.

Gao Xianyue said, "Speaking of reasons, there must be one of them. Meng Jiuyi, you really disgust me to the core."

She usually greets people with a smile, and even if someone annoys her, the curve of her lips won't change in the slightest. Now, she's too lazy to even pretend, and her smile is as cold as ice.

Human nature is inherently evil. Gao Xianyue played this game for several years during high school and was very successful at it.

She successfully used a few tricks to make these people scheme and betray each other, but Meng Jiuyi's arrival broke her rules.

Gao Xian Yue showed her the wickedness of human nature, intending for her to fight like dogs, not to give her the leisure to help others.

"Are you the only kind and virtuous person in the world? Everyone else is utterly wicked. Every time I see your face and your smile, I feel your hypocrisy! You use some grand theories to save the world and yourself, but let me tell you, the reality is that you can't save anyone at all."

"Who is the hypocrite here? You bully the weak and wield your sword to kill those weaker than you. You occupy such good resources but don't seek out those who truly owe you anything. Instead, you think the whole world owes you something and take the innocent as your victims."

Meng Jiuyi asked, "What do I owe you? What does Zhang Sui owe you? And what does Li Zhen owe you? Who among all the people you've gone to so much trouble to harm actually owes you anything?"

The questions came crashing down like a tidal wave.

"You look down on feelings and sincerity. You'll stop at nothing to destroy what others have. You always act like you're so clear-headed that you see through everyone, but then you start shedding crocodile tears after you've lost them forever. You're not good until you've completely rotted away. Gao Xian Yue, are you the hypocrite or am I?"

Meng Jiuyi's eyes were as cold as moonlight, seeing right through her.

Gao Xian Yue's face was as white as paper, and she let out a bitter laugh.

"You must have had a happy childhood, I used to believe that too."

Gao Xianyue said that her good friend should have been adopted into the Gao family, but the other party said that she didn't like it and wanted to switch with her, so Gao Xianyue readily agreed.

Even though the family that was going to adopt her was slightly better off than the Gao family.

She took the blame for the other person's suffering and torment, and watched as her best friend was pampered by her parents and brother and arranged to get married ahead of time. She then broke off all contact with her, saying that she did not want to think about the past in the orphanage anymore.

"Then what about all that I suffered? What about the life I ruined for friendship?"

Gao Xian Yue's lips trembled slightly. "You'll never understand what it feels like to be incontinent. When others come of age, they receive flowers and blessings, but I have to undergo subcutaneous implant surgery in the hospital. People who are fifty or sixty years older than you, whom you find disgusting even to look at, are forced to watch you being toyed with..."

Meng Jiuyi lowered her eyes. Even though she hated her, the thought of her experience, which was similar to Zhou Ting's, still made her heart tremble.

"Until I met a man over forty years old who was completely different from the others. He had an aura that made everyone feel ashamed of themselves."

Gao Xian Yue's eyes were slightly dazed. "He was refined and composed, and very gentle with me. He never let me experience the feeling of being tormented. He taught me knowledge that I didn't understand, even the content of middle school textbooks, without getting tired of it. He also allowed me to sit next to him when he was working, and even if I sat on his lap, he would only gently scold me a few words."

In the years I knew him, that beast never made me entertain anyone else. I knew it must have been him who asked. Do you know that feeling when everyone else is subservient to you, but he's the only one who's gentle with you?

"It's like he used up all the good luck I've ever had in my life, showering me with kindness, but I only found out later that all those gifts had a price tag attached to them."

After saying that, she gave Meng Jiuyi a deep look.

Meng Jiuyi subconsciously thought of Xu Yanzhi from her description.

"That man is Xu Yungan?"

She could never understand why Xu Yungan was willing to protect her.

Gao Xian Yue smiled slightly, neither admitting nor denying.

There was no more time to ask her; the sound of sirens grew louder as the police sped along the winding mountain road to the cemetery.

The necklace and letter that Yan Chen gave Meng Jiuyi were returned to their rightful owners. Gao Xianyue kept them close to her heart in her chest pocket.

When he was around, Gao Xianyue never lingered on him for even a moment. After he left, every time she thought of him, her heart ached. Just as Meng Jiuyi said, she never understood love.

Therefore, we can only be trapped in a cycle of constant loss.

Now she can't run anymore.

The mountain was quiet, and the wind was blowing. The two were no longer friends, and there was nothing more to say to each other.

Gao Xian Yue sat on the stone steps and asked softly, "What's a prison like? You can't even turn off the lights at night, right?"

"have no idea."

"After thinking it over, I realized that you are the person I'm closest to when I die. I'll leave my affairs to you after I'm gone. Just find a place to bury me; no one will come to see me anyway."

Meng Jiuyi's eyes suddenly reddened, and she questioned him.

Do you think I'll care about you?

Gao Xian Yue didn't care whether she agreed or not, and continued to speak to herself, "The bottle should be made of white porcelain. I happen to have one in my room. If you don't want to pay, you can use it. I don't want too many fancy designs. If I can't be clean when I'm alive, at least I should be able to die as I wish."

Meng Jiuyi let out a cold laugh.

The last line reads, "High crescent moon looks up at the sky."

"Meng Jiuyi, I owe you so much in this life, so what's one more apology?"

Meng Jiuyi was slightly taken aback.

"Tell me, if I had been able to let go of all my grudges back then and truly be your friend, wouldn't the outcome be completely different now?"

There are no "ifs".

Gao Xian Yue was the first person to accept her at the new school. The two were once the closest of friends, but in the end, they became enemies who wished they could kill each other.

The most inflicted wound on Meng Jiuyi was inflicted by her.

Her fingers trembled slightly, and she didn't answer a single word, turning her head to look down the mountain.

Aside from a few police cars parked at the foot of the cemetery, there was also a Maybach with its front end dented.

Meng Jiuyi couldn't think of anyone else who could drive such a conspicuous disabled vehicle around town like him.

The moment she looked up, her gaze met his. The man locked his eyes on her almost instantly, like a wolf, while simultaneously being wary of Gao Xian Yue beside her.

Their eyes met, and the blinding sunlight burned Meng Jiuyi's eyes, making them sting more than ever before.

Jiang Zhou was waiting a few steps behind, and he stepped aside to make way for Tan Yuchen.

Taking advantage of this moment, Gao Xianyue suddenly pulled out a knife from her bag and stabbed Meng Jiuyi.

Tan Yuchen kicked a pebble, knocking the knife out of her hand, and at the same time, a gunshot rang out.

The police officer next to her shot her directly in the neck.

Meng Jiuyi watched as she fell in front of him, a smile playing on her lips—she had clearly seen that Gao Xianyue had the back of the knife facing her.

As she fell to the ground and lunged at him, Meng Jiuyi was suddenly pulled away by a force. Her face was buried in the man's chest. Tan Yuchen held her tightly, his jaw tightened, and his lips touched her forehead.

He heard Captain Zhou's reprimanding voice, asking him why he shot himself in the head, as there were still many suspicious aspects to the case.

The colleague listened attentively to the reprimand.

Gradually, the sounds around her diminished, as if someone was carrying Gao Xianyue away on a stretcher.

Only the powerful heartbeat of a man, mixed with the sound of the wind, resonated in Meng Jiuyi's ears.

She didn't look up, but Tan Yuchen felt a dampness on his chest. He frowned slightly and cupped her face in his hands.

Meng Jiuyi's face was already wet with sweat.

Is it over?

Tan Yuchen hummed in agreement and gently wiped away the tears on her face.

"But why can't I feel happy at all? Shouldn't revenge be a happy thing?"

A sudden pang of heartache gripped Tan Yuchen's heart.

The pear blossoms on the mountaintop were in bloom, falling like snowflakes in the wind, brushing against the man's sleeve, and onto her hair. One of them brushed past Tan Yuchen's face and landed perfectly on Meng Jiuyi's shoulder.

Tan Yuchen took a flower petal and gently tucked it behind her head.

"President Meng acted very bravely today, and they felt that. This is a reward for you."

Meng Jiuyi tilted her head back, and pear blossoms brushed against her cheeks, as if Zhang Sui were kissing her.

She burst into tears instantly.

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