Chapter 840 Wen Qingyi Learns the Truth
"From now on, we're going our separate ways, and neither of us will hold the other back."
After leaving those words, Xu Chen pushed her back and left the Gong family villa without looking back.
Wen Qingyi stumbled as he pushed her, falling straight onto the high-end wool carpet, tears streaming down her face.
Little did they know, everything that happened between them was seen clearly by Gong Lian, who was standing at the door of the study on the second floor.
"A woman who is too greedy will eventually be disliked by others."
A familiar voice rang in Wen Qingyi's ears. She looked up and saw Gong Lian's handsome face: "You... how come you're here?"
Shouldn't he be working in his study?
"Hmph, you seem to have forgotten, this is my home, of course I'll be here." Gong Lian snorted coldly, showing no sympathy for her whatsoever: "Xu Chen just came to find you, wasn't he here to explain things to you?"
Wen Qingyi raised her hand to wipe away the still-dry tear stains on her face, and stood up while holding onto the table: "Since you saw it all, why didn't you stand up for me? You are my fiancé, you should stand on my side and speak up for me, shouldn't you?"
Why do the men around her either leave her or criticize her?
What did she do wrong?
Why was she treated this way?
"Wen Qingyi, I'm not your fiancé. Don't forget we haven't gotten back together yet!" Gong Lian coldly reminded her, "If you feel wronged, you can quit your job or go back to Xu Chen's side! I won't stop you!"
"Since you've chosen to stay, then you should focus on your work and stop thinking about all that nonsense. Do you really think I don't know about your agreement with Xu Chen?"
He had been watching her secretly contacting Xu Chen all along, but having already taught her a lesson last time, he was too lazy to teach her a lesson again.
But that doesn't mean he approves of her behavior.
Upon hearing this, Wen Qingyi's expression suddenly changed: "You...you heard everything just now?"
She believed that no one else knew about the agreement between her and Xu Chen.
Unexpectedly, Gong Lian found out so quickly.
"You two were arguing so loudly, it was impossible for me upstairs not to hear." Gong Lian had only come out to check what was going on downstairs, but who knew he would witness such a drama: "Isn't your argument with Xu Chen about him having to give you up for the sake of his family?"
“The Xu family gave birth to him and raised him. Everything he has to this day comes from his family. What gives you the right to ask him to give up everything for you? What can you offer him?”
Wen Qingyi was speechless for a moment after hearing what he said, but the look in her eyes clearly showed that she was not convinced.
After what seemed like an eternity, she finally found her voice: "Even so, that's no excuse for him breaking his promise! He only said he had his reasons, but don't I have mine too? Now even you're taking his side? What's there to sympathize with him for?"
A man who breaks his promise is the most shameless.
If you can't keep your promise, don't make it. First, you made a promise to her, and then you came to her complaining about how difficult things were for you...
What's this?
"Do you know that Xu Chen has racked up a mountain of debt because of you?" Gong Lian looked down at her with a half-smile and said, "He already had some unpleasantness with the Lu family because of you, and now that the Lu family has found out about his debt, they want to kick him out of the house!"
"If it weren't for his father, Xu Yi, pulling him out of the way, do you think his fate would have been any better than yours, given the Lu family's influence?"
As a result, Xu Chen came here to explain things to Wen Qingyi, and even after he had already said everything clearly, she still couldn't understand.
No wonder Xu Chen was heartbroken.
Wen Qingyi's upper eyelashes still held glistening tears, as if she hadn't quite recovered from the shock: "You're saying Xu Chen is drowning in debt because of me? How could that be? Isn't he always been very wealthy? He's the Second Young Master Xu! Uncle Xu Yi's only son! If he wants money, would Uncle Xu refuse him?"
Even though Xu Yi had kicked Xu Chen out of the house before, she always believed that it was just something he said in anger and shouldn't be taken seriously!
But Ah Lian said that Xu Chen had accumulated a huge debt because of her...
What's going on?
How come she didn't know anything about it?
“You’re oversimplifying the lives of the wealthy.” Gong Lian shook his head, somewhat disappointed in her. “Xu Chen is indeed the second young master of the Xu family, but that title vanished the moment Xu Yi kicked him out of the house! After he married into the Lu family, his finances depended entirely on his fiancée, Lu Nanchu.”
"He didn't have much money to begin with, and then, in order to fulfill his promise to you, he even prepared to sell their wedding house in New York! When Lu Nanchu found out, she cut off all his sources of funding, and he had no choice but to borrow money from his cousin Bo Jinyan. He borrowed five million, but it is said that when he returned it, both families helped him repay fifty million US dollars."
The more Gong Lian spoke, the paler Wen Qingyi's face became: "Fifty million US dollars? How could it be so much? A full ten times!"
Isn't Xu Chen Ayan's cousin?
They're cousins! Didn't Brother Ayan lend him a hand?
Why would someone kick someone when they're down?
"Wasn't it all for your sake that he lent it?" Gong Lian casually reminded him, "The amount he lent is exactly the amount I paid back to Lu Nanchu a while ago, have you forgotten?"
Upon learning the truth, Wen Qingyi staggered and fell to the ground again, muttering to herself, "How could this be? Brother Ayan wouldn't do this to me, he wouldn't..."
Could it be that Brother Ayan was so determined to target her that he was even willing to harm his own cousin?
Does he hate her that much?
Sensing Bo Jinyan's determination for revenge, Wen Qingyi felt a surge of fear. Her brother, Ayan, hated her so much; what if she really fell into his hands...?
She suddenly didn't dare to think any further.
"Why wouldn't he do that to you? His real purpose in doing this was to deal with you, wasn't it?" Gong Lian stared at her coldly, one hand in his pocket, casually handsome: "Look at you, you've harmed me enough, and now you've harmed Xu Chen too."
He wanted her to blame herself.
He wanted her to experience the feeling of being overwhelmed by regret!
Thinking of Bo Jinyan's determination towards her, Wen Qingyi quickly crawled to his feet, grabbed the cuff of his trousers, and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Ah Lian, I know I was wrong. I'll never run away again. Please don't give me to Bo Jinyan. I'm scared..."
She was genuinely scared.
She had always thought that even if Bo Jinyan didn't like her, he still had some feelings for her. She had done so many things to Sang Ruo, and Bo Jinyan knew about them but never did anything because Xu Chen was protecting her!
But now that Xu Chen has already turned against her, and she hasn't returned to Gong Lian's side yet, do you think Bo Jinyan will let her go?
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