Chapter 179 You are not me, and I am not you
Qiao Xing was also thinking about how to talk to Qin Ce and persuade him to be less impulsive and rigid in his words and actions.
She noticed that this man always spoke to everyone in a commanding or arrogant tone, directly and bluntly, without a smile or any tact, just like a domineering CEO in a TV drama.
That's too easy for something to go wrong.
Qiao Xing paused for a moment, just about to speak, when Qin Ce suddenly braked, stopping the road right in the middle.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Xing asked, then looked up and saw a crowd gathered in the square ahead, all looking up at the sky.
Qiao Xing also looked up at the sky and saw a figure standing on the top floor. Although she couldn't see the face, she could see that the person was wearing a white wedding dress.
Recalling what had just happened at the hotel, she naturally guessed that the person up there might be Lily.
Is that Lily?
"I don't know." After saying that, Qin Ce drove the car into the square and parked it at random.
Qiao Xing quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car, running towards the crowd. She craned her neck to look up at the rooftop, and judging from the figure, it really did look like Lily.
She quickly took out her phone and called Wang Ye.
After the call connected, she asked anxiously, "Cousin, where are you now?"
"I just left the hotel, what's wrong?"
He Fen kept talking to him about divorce because he and Lili had just gotten their marriage certificate a few days ago and were now legally married. He Fen kept urging him to get a divorce.
Moreover, He Fen asked Fang Sheng for 1.5 million yuan. Since the matter was considered resolved, Fang Sheng immediately went back on his word and only intended to give 1 million yuan. The two argued for a long time before finally agreeing on 1.5 million yuan.
With the 1.5 million yuan, He Fen planned to find Wang Ye a new wife.
Wang Ye was being pestered by her relentlessly, and Qiao Xing's phone call was a lifesaver for him.
"Something's happened! Lily is upstairs in the World Trade Center, she's going to jump!"
"What?!" Wang Ye was also shocked. He had been so distracted that he hadn't even noticed when Lily had left.
"Oh dear, hurry up! If you're too late, she'll really jump!"
Wang Ye quickly said, "Cousin, please keep her calm for me, I'll be right there!"
Wang Ye hung up the phone and was about to leave when He Fen grabbed him, asking, "Where are you going?"
Wang Ye was extremely annoyed and looked anxious. "Mom, Lily is going to jump off the building. I have to go!"
He Fen was stunned for a moment, but quickly calmed down. "If she wants to jump, let her jump. No one forced her to jump. It would be better if she died, so she wouldn't pester you for a divorce later."
Wang Ye was stunned by his own mother's words. He opened his mouth, somewhat incredulous, "Mom, how could you say such a thing?"
He Fen naturally realized this as well, but now she only felt disgust for Lily, not any sympathy. She pouted and said, "I'm just telling the truth."
"Oh, you..." Wang Ye didn't want to argue with her right now, so he shook off He Fen's hand and ran away. Just then, a taxi passed by on the side of the road, so he hailed it and got in.
He Fen was jumping up and down anxiously behind him, "That brat! He's always getting himself into trouble!"
Qiao Xing looked left and right, found the mall entrance and ran straight in. Qin Ce watched her back and sighed helplessly.
Qiao Xing took the elevator to the last floor, climbed two flights of stairs to the rooftop, and saw Lily there.
Besides Lily, mall staff were also trying to persuade her.
But Lily remained unmoved; she had already sold one of her legs, and Qiao Xing anxiously shouted her name.
"Lily!"
Lily paused, then turned to look at Qiao Xing.
Qiao Xing was flushed and panting heavily from running so fast, her eyes filled with deep worry.
"Calm down, don't do anything stupid." Qiao Xing tried to get closer to her.
Lily simply looked at her indifferently, her eyes filled with despair, a stark contrast to how Qiao Xing had first met her.
This is also different from the heartbroken look she had when Wang Ye exposed her identity last time.
At this moment, she exuded a deathly aura, a sense of defeat and despair from having completely lost hope in herself.
"Don't come any closer," Lily suddenly said.
Qiao Xing wanted to rush over, but he could only stop and stare at her intently.
“Lily, your cousin is on his way. He cares about you a lot, so don’t do anything rash! It’s not a big deal. In time, everyone will forget what happened today, and you and your cousin can still live a normal life.”
Lily suddenly laughed, and along with the laughter came tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Qiao Xing, you don't understand, you will never understand. You are not me, and I am not you."
Qiao Xing opened his mouth, looking at Lily's desperate eyes, but what flashed through his mind was the image of her smiling face when they first met, and the scene of her helping him get the money back from his aunt.
Even though Lily was wearing a mask at that time, she was confident, proud, and living the life she aspired to be.
But now, all Qiao Xing sees is that she doesn't want to live anymore, she really doesn't want to live anymore.
Lily said, "I've been afraid of being looked down upon, ridiculed, and scorned since I was a child, so I tried my best to pretend to be someone I'm not."
“I also want to be like everyone else, to integrate into this world, and to be accepted by the people around me. I am very successful and I am very satisfied with the image I have created.”
"Qin Ce is right. I lost myself, but I have never regretted it. This is the path I chose."
"So Qiao Xing... can you understand that kind of despair, that kind of despair when your beliefs collapse and your world crumbles?"
Qiao Xing couldn't answer. She couldn't truly understand the pain Lily was going through; she hadn't experienced it herself.
"Can you understand the despair of having your deepest fears and most shameful secrets exposed to the public?"
"It's like having a dream; when you wake up, everything is gone..."
“Lily… don’t think like that. You are yourself, and you will never be the person others see you as. Why should you care about what others think? If others hate you or talk about you, it doesn’t matter to you at all. You won’t lose anything, and you won’t gain anything.”
"You should live for yourself. Why risk your life for someone else's words? It's not worth it..."
Lily stared at her intently, remaining silent.
Qiao Xing continued to try to persuade him: "Your cousin likes you so much, can't you think about him? If you don't live for yourself, can you live for him?"
Lily shook her head. "No, I'm selfish. I don't live for anyone. And... you're wrong. I'm not going to die because of what others say. I'm going to pay the price for my own choices."
"I don't want to live like that. It's even more tiring than wearing a mask. I've really had enough of this awful world..."
At this moment, Hu Jun suddenly appeared out of nowhere and came to Qiao Xing's side, panting.
He looked at Lily above him and said irritably, "Lily, if you're not going to jump, then hurry up and come down. Weren't you quite good at swindling money before? What are you doing now? Can't you even handle this little bit of grievance?"
"Show me the shamelessness you have when you're out there swindling money, and we'll still be doing just fine!"
Qiao Xing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked at Hu Jun.
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