0020 17 (Part 2)
Song Ning stood disheveled at the bathroom door, trying to coax, deceive, scold, and make a scene, but no matter what she said or did, the only response from inside the bathroom was the sound of cold running water.
Later, the sound of water stopped, and she thought Shen Yuxiu would come out, but he didn't.
Song Ning got stubborn and told him that if he didn't come out, she would just stay with him.
When dawn broke, Shen Yuxiu opened the bathroom door.
The bathroom window was wide open, and a damp, cold breeze blew out through the open doors and windows. There were still wet stains on the bathtub and the floor.
He was half-soaked, his whole being cold and austere, like a snow orchid picked from the summit of a snow-capped mountain and ravaged, broken, weary, and decaying...
He gave Song Ning a coat to wear, and his fair skin appeared sickly pale, which frightened Song Ning so much that she dared not do anything rash.
Afterwards, he called Shen Xiaoyue and asked Shen Xiaoyue to come and pick her up in person, and confiscated the key he had given her.
Actually, it wouldn't matter whether he had the key or not if he wanted to go find him again, but Song Ning didn't go.
Not long after, Shen Yuxiu contracted pneumonia and was admitted to the intensive care unit.
Song Ning was like a child who had done something wrong but didn't dare to admit it. She didn't even have the courage to see him and instead took her anger out on others.
She found Jiang Xisheng, who had gone out drinking with Shen Yuxiu that night, and asked him what had happened that night, but Jiang Xisheng refused to say.
She had no choice but to ask Shen Jiayi for help.
After much searching, she finally found the woman who had drugged Shen Yuxiu.
That woman was one of the many friends Jiang Xisheng planned to introduce to Shen Yuxiu. She was known for her willful and capricious behavior, as she came from a powerful and influential family.
Song Ning contacted her several times, but the woman seemed to have received the message and refused to come out, so she had no choice but to wait for her at Jiang Xisheng's bar.
In that short period of two weeks, she did all sorts of shameful things: she went crazy in bars, sang off-key love songs, and played the drums like she was at a funeral...
Just when she thought she would never see him again, the woman appeared with her friend. They joked about the drugging incident, mocking Shen Yuxiu for being only good-looking and impotent, even suggesting he might be the one who got penetrated...
They insulted him relentlessly, smeared him, and ruined his reputation, ignoring Jiang Xisheng's warnings to her...
Song Ning listened to everything in silence, then walked to the woman's booth, smashed a wine bottle on the table in the chaotic lighting, and cut her mouth.
Inside the bar, the smell of alcohol and blood filled the air. The cries and screams of women drowned out the DJ music. Suddenly, the music stopped and the lights came on.
Song Ning pressed the woman down onto the sofa. Bright red blood dripped from the woman's lips onto her snow-white breasts. She held a sharp shard in her hand, blood gushing out in a stream, indistinguishable as to whether it was hers or the woman's.
The crowd scattered and fled in chaos, and the security guards were blocked outside and unable to get in.
Song Ning's hands trembled, whether from anger or excitement, as she pressed the shard against the woman's slender neck.
The shards pierced the woman's skin, drawing blood. The woman begged for mercy in fear, but Song Ning still made a small cut on her neck.
If Shen Jiayi hadn't stopped her, Song Ning might have sunk even deeper.
Shen Jiayi knocked the broken glass from her hand and gave her an over-the-shoulder throw that would keep her in bed for the next few days.
Song Ning lay on the ground, crying and laughing at the same time, feeling the bloodthirsty factors in her body gradually revive. Fragmented memories in her mind gradually surfaced, and the nightmare that had troubled her for a long time invaded her mind again. She was just a little bit away from understanding everything.
Later, one day when Song Ning was lying in bed, Jiang Xisheng came to see her.
"Do you know why I've never liked you?" Jiang Xisheng stood by her bed, looking down at her with disdain.
Song Ning didn't care at all why Jiang Xisheng didn't like her, but he said it was because of Shen Yuxiu, so she patiently listened to what he had to say.
"Because you are tormenting Shen Yuxiu: with his promises, his care, and his guilt towards you."
He received his admission notice to Changqing University at the age of 14. You know better than anyone why he had to take the college entrance examination at the age of 16 before going to university.
Since you've taken the initiative to persuade him to go to university, you should let go completely.
But you don't.
After he goes to college, he not only has to keep in touch with you on the phone every night, but also give up all his social life to go back to see you every weekend.
Do you want me to calculate it for you?
If we exclude holidays and weekends and assume 250 days a year, and at least 2 hours a day, then the total time you talked to him during your three years of college should be 1500 hours.
If we assume 50 weekends a year, he must have bought at least 300 plane and train tickets from Beijing to southern Jiangsu over three years.
At the time, everyone thought he had a girlfriend from his hometown, but later they found out he was a siscon.
But why do you think he would go to such lengths for you? Was it really because you're his sister? Or do you think he loves you? How old were you back then? Do you think that's possible?
Later, he went abroad, and I thought he could finally get rid of you, but you had completely tamed him, and he couldn't get rid of you.
He'll always try his best to bring you anything fun, interesting, or delicious, and he's always posting on social media, but those posts are only visible to you.
Back then, when you were abroad, he knew every time you caused trouble, so he studied hard, hoping to graduate as soon as possible and go back home, but you always insisted on coming to find him.
He originally planned to come back the year he graduated, but after you left, he changed his mind and stayed in the United States.
He just got back, and you've caused him this huge mess again. Do you even know who that woman is? Her father is the military governor. Do you realize how many favors he and Shen Xiaoyue will have to do to clean up this mess?
"You cause trouble the moment you don't get his attention, but have you ever considered what Shen Yuxiu wants? Yes, you got what you wanted, but what about him? Does he deserve to atone for your sins for the rest of his life?"
Song Ning didn't understand what atonement meant, and Jiang Xisheng refused to say, only mockingly saying, "Since you're so capable, then go and investigate yourself."
No matter how many people she contacted or how much money she spent, the matter seemed to have been deliberately erased, leaving her with no clue whatsoever.
After Song Ning got out of bed, Shen Xiaoyue sent her back to Nansu. Shen Yuxiu did not come to see her, and she left Yanjing without resistance.
After that, she never caused any trouble, and Shen Yuxiu never returned to Nansu. Even when the two of them contacted each other, it was always through Shen Xiaoyue or Su Qingru. They never contacted each other alone again.
They were like strangers who were already acquaintances; they spoke less, but a greater barrier grew between them.
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The overall tone is dark and edgy. All background information and departments mentioned in the text are fictional; please do not apply them to reality.
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