Almost at the same time as hearing these words, the smile on Su Fanxing's lips disappeared instantly.
She didn't look back, but just raised her eyes and looked at the mirror on the sink in front of her.
The slightly stained mirror reflected her bloodless face. Her usually lively peach blossom eyes were now as dull as stagnant water in a cold pond, without a trace of life.
In the mirror, the face of the man standing behind her was slightly blurred by the water stains.
But she still recognized it at a glance.
How could she not recognize him? He was the boy who had appeared in her dreams day and night and amazed her throughout her youth. How could she not recognize him?
"Fanxing, have you been doing well these years?"
"......" Su Fanxing shook the water off her hands, as if she couldn't hear anything, and took out a piece of tissue paper from the side.
After carefully drying her fingers one by one, she slowly turned around.
When he raised his eyes, there was another kind of coldness in them.
"Does it have anything to do with you? Xu Jinyan, when did you become so hypocritical and disgusting?"
It turns out that when you peel off the filter of time, that bright and handsome young man is just like this.
Mercenary, cunning, and hypocritical.
Nothing can be equated with the Xu Jinyan of five years ago.
Su Fanxing suddenly felt very grateful to Su Huaiquan, thanking him for bringing Xu Jinyan to her and telling her that what she had been trapped in and unable to extricate herself from was just her own fantasy.
"I...this is not the place to talk. Let's go somewhere else."
Compared to her calmness and indifference, Xu Jinyan seemed a little embarrassed.
The eyes that always had a faint smile in my memory now revealed sadness and melancholy. The whole face was so thin that there was no trace of youth at all, and the once iconic dimples were gone.
Obviously, he is only twenty-six years old.
Su Fanxing felt a sudden pain in her chest, as if she was hit by something.
It hit the scar very gently, but very precisely. It made her feel sore, astringent, swollen, and painful, almost suffocating her.
Maybe, what happened back then... had nothing to do with him, so it was really too inexplicable for him to vent his anger on others.
Thinking of this, Su Fanxing finally sighed quietly.
Xu Jinyan felt her relaxation and didn't hesitate. While Su Fanxing was feeling uneasy, he stepped forward, grabbed her slender wrist, and took her to a small guest room next to the bathroom.
When Su Fanxing was pressed against the door, she saw his face up close and suddenly realized that he was really standing in front of her.
The living Xu Jinyan spanned five full years and her entire youth.
"I'm sorry, back then... I was wrong to abandon you." This belated apology was stuck in his throat for so long, so long that he almost forgot that Su Fanxing no longer needed him.
The two looked at each other, and memories of the past flooded into their minds.
Her beauty, her sweetness, were driving him crazy.
Xu Jinyan's gloomy eyes suddenly focused, and he gently covered her lower body, wanting to place a kiss on her moist lips.
But unexpectedly, it was in vain.
Su Fanxing turned her face to the side, letting Xu Jinyan hug her, but her voice was frighteningly calm: "Xu Jinyan, did Su Huaiquan ask you to do this?"
A hint of surprise flashed across Xu Jinyan's eyes, but he still buried his head in her shoulder and did not answer.
"Five years ago, you stabbed a knife into my heart, and I've managed to survive until today. Now you're back, do you want to kill me completely?"
"I didn't...How could you think that of me?!"
Xu Jinyan looked up in a panic and ran straight into Su Fanxing's sharp eyes.
That was her worst and truest side that she had never shown to him before. She was like a little hedgehog that would get angry at the slightest touch and could easily prick people with holes.
Su Fanxing's lips curled coldly: "So what are you doing now? Like Su Huaiquan, like back then, are you going to put me in the spotlight and become a laughing stock?"
She is so smart, smart enough to see through everything.
Xu Jinyan clenched his fingertips into fists and forced himself to look her in the eye.
Five years is too long, long enough to turn a person into a complete stranger, and to turn lovers into enemies.
"Zhou Moshi is not a good person. I'm in the capital and I know him better than you..." He hated his hypocrisy, but he had to try to give in in front of his beloved woman.
Unfortunately, what he got was Su Fanxing's even more intensified resistance.
Without hesitation, she reached out and slapped Xu Jinyan in the face when he uttered the words "Zhou Moshi".
The loud slapping sounded particularly abrupt in the empty room.
Time froze for three seconds.
Xu Jinyan suddenly smiled, but his smile was no longer as sunny and frivolous as before, and was only filled with the pity of being a loser.
"You love him? Right?"
"Xu Jinyan!" Su Fanxing's fingertips pinched the hem of her skirt, almost digging into her flesh. Her low, warning voice couldn't mask her hysteria. "This slap in the face is what Su Fanxing wanted to give you five years ago."
"Now I no longer care about your betrayal and contempt."
She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she actually saw a bit of...grievance in Xu Jinyan’s bloodshot eyes.
Is he still feeling wronged?
"I remember every word you said to me when you left. Do you want me to recall it for you?"
"Su Fanxing, let's not meet again."
"I won't set foot in Hong Kong City again. You, take care of yourself!"
Su Fanxing looked into his eyes and saw the pain in his eyes because of her words. She felt inexplicably happy in her heart.
She was clearly smiling, but her expression was uglier than crying: "Why, my brother, my former love, never gave me a chance to explain, but now he wants to dictate my life one by one, huh?"
"You feel wronged, what do you think of me?!"
Xu Jinyan frowned in pain and closed his eyes.
As if trying to hide the traces of the struggle in his heart, he still insisted on speaking. "Zhou Moshi will die in Hong Kong City. I won't let you stay by his side and take that risk."
Su Fanxing quickly grasped the key point of his words: "What do you mean?"
Her brows furrowed, and her mind recalled what Wen Yi said to Zhou Mo in the study that day.
However, Zhou Moshi admitted it to her personally, so everything would be fine.
She had to believe him.
Xu Jinyan still looked at her as if he was looking at some precious treasure, his eyes full of sadness.
Just then, Su Fanxing's cell phone rang.
She knew without thinking that it must be the person who called because she hadn't been checking her phone and hadn't replied to Zhou Moshi's message.
She was about to reach into her bag to take out her cell phone, but she felt her body was empty.
Xu Jinyan held her waist and led her straight into the room. Her ears were filled with his gentle yet cruel apology: "Fanxing... I'm sorry."
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