He Ming stood blankly outside the villa, the streetlight casting a long shadow on him. A cold wind rustled through the treetops, and he stood there in the wind, clad only in a thin suit.
Zhuang Li held up a telescope and peeked from behind the curtains, muttering, "Why hasn't he gotten into the car yet? Doesn't he know it's cold?"
7480 said sympathetically, "His heart is colder than his body."
The more Zhuang Li looked, the more upset he became. He simply threw away the telescope and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Half an hour later, when he walked to the window wearing a bathrobe, He Ming was still standing under the street light, still looking up in the same posture as before, like a sculpture.
Zhuang Li's brows knitted tighter and tighter, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This guy is really good, he's trying to use torture on me."
7480 immediately retorted, "A spirit wouldn't play a trick on someone. He's genuinely suffering. He's not like you, full of ulterior motives."
Zhuang Li chuckled and said, "You seem to know him quite well."
7480 bravely muttered, "Master, you better quit while you're ahead. It's two or three degrees below zero outside. It would be bad if someone got frozen to death."
Zhuang Li opened the window a crack, feeling the cold wind outside, and his expression immediately became tense. He was about to go downstairs when he saw He Ming move.
He strode to his car, opened the door, took out a notebook and a pen, used the roof of the car as a desk, and began to write.
"What do you think he is doing?" Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows.
"He's probably writing a self-criticism," 7480 guessed.
"Then wait until he finishes writing his self-criticism before calling him in. It's good that he knows he's wrong." Zhuang Li finally found a way out for himself.
At the same time, Shao Hui was hiding in the bedroom, calling Xiao Yiheng over and over again, but the other end never answered and no one knew what he was doing.
Anxiously waiting, Shao Hui spotted He Ming standing outside, enduring the cold wind, and her gaze froze. How similar was this scene to her fantasy of love? He Ming's tall, straight silhouette perfectly matched her vision of her future partner.
She had also dreamed of such a scene. There was someone who was willing to stand by her in the cold nights, to protect her from the wind and rain, to give her everything, and even if he did something wrong, he would be forgiven unconditionally.
She had fallen in love with He Ming a long time ago. Who wouldn't love such a good man?
While she was in a daze, the phone was connected. Xiao Yiheng called out in a hoarse voice, "Huihui."
Shao Hui immediately came back to her senses and asked, "You lost all the company's money in stock trading, didn't you?"
Xiao Yiheng was stunned. He didn't expect Shao Hui to be so well-informed.
After just this moment of silence, Shao Hui understood that what Zhuang Li said was indeed right.
"How much did you lose? Have you lost all the money I lent you? Say something." Shao Hui's voice became sharp.
Xiao Yiheng was silent for a long time before he whispered, "Huihui, I'm sorry, please lend me another 50 million. With this money, I will definitely be able to revive the company."
Shao Hui immediately retorted: "You've emptied my account. How can I lend you 50 million? Besides, how are you going to revive the company? Selling junk? If I had known you were so useless, I wouldn't have given you a penny! Trash, idiot, you've killed me!"
Xiao Yiheng was also aroused with anger, and growled: "Shao Hui, don't forget, it was you who asked me to propose to Zhuang Li, and it was you who instigated me to abandon him at the wedding. Wasn't it you who asked me to persuade him to drop out of school?
"You caused Zhuang Li to lose his studies, his lover, and his future, yet you're still studying peacefully in school. You made money secretly, but you didn't even want to pay for your mother's medical expenses. If Zhuang Li knew about this, what would he do to you? I still have the chat history between you and me, and I can send it to him now."
Xiao Yiheng took a deep breath and threatened, "Shao Hui, your beauty salon and fruit garden have been mortgaged to the bank for a loan. If you don't pay back the money, all your assets will be confiscated by the bank. If you don't want to be retaliated by Zhuang Li and don't want to be left with nothing, you must come up with money to help me through this difficult time. We are grasshoppers tied to the same rope. If I'm finished, you will be finished too!"
After a short pause, Xiao Yiheng said ruthlessly, "If I die, I'll drag you down with me!"
Shao Hui sat paralyzed on the bed, unable to believe that she would one day hear such heartless words from Xiao Yiheng. She had always believed that this man loved her, would obey her every word without complaint, but at the critical moment, he revealed such a hideous face.
What right did he have to call Zhuang Li a demon in human form? He himself was even more vicious and despicable!
"Have you ever loved me?" Shao Hui murmured.
She now really wants to know whether the man who became her obsession in her previous life has ever loved her at all in this life.
"Love? What nonsense are you talking about? I'm gay, I was born to love only men." Xiao Yiheng smiled sarcastically.
But in the blink of an eye, his voice choked up again. "Speaking of love, I've only loved Zhuang Li in my life. But who told me I was poor? I want to start a business. I've lost so much money, and only you can help me pay it back. If I don't stay with you, what can I do? 800,000 yuan is an astronomical figure for me, who hasn't even graduated from college yet."
Shao Hui's heart was frozen at this moment.
The last bit of fantasy she had left was shattered. It turned out that the love she had been chasing was never love, and the success she thought she had was never success. Everything was due to cold exploitation!
Shao Hui, whose self-esteem was severely shattered, felt as if her body was also shattered to the ground.
"How could you do this to me! I've given so much for you." She muttered in a daze.
"Why can't I do this to you? You brought it upon yourself, I didn't force you. I was originally in a good relationship with Zhuang Li, but you deliberately seduced me, paid off my debts, and helped me start a company. You are a despicable person, and now you blame me. Shao Hui, what makes you so confident? Just based on the things you instigated me to do, I will never fall in love with you in my life. You are so vicious, every time I go to bed with you, I feel sick and want to vomit."
Xiao Yiheng freely vented all the resentment he had accumulated over the years, and finally threatened again: "If you don't want to be retaliated by Zhuang Li, help me raise 50 million right now! Do you understand? You have to pay back the debts owed by the company, otherwise all the assets you have acquired without telling your family over the years will be confiscated by the bank, including those luxury cars, mansions, and stores you bought outside without Zhuang Li and your mother's knowledge. This is not a joke!"
Xiao Yiheng decisively hung up the phone. He knew how materialistic Shao Hui was. Losing all her belongings would be like losing her life.
Shao Hui slid down the edge of the bed and sat on the ground. Her fingertips were shaking so violently that she couldn't even hold the phone.
She couldn't understand why she had fallen to this point. With the adventure of rebirth, the memories of a prophet, and the miraculous effects of the spiritual spring, she should have everything she wanted! How could she be worse off than in her previous life?
The moment the phone slipped from her palm, Shao Hui also collapsed.
The pain of falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley and being shattered into pieces made her twitch.
In a trance, she suddenly remembered that she had lent Jin Erxian 30 million. If she could get the money back, her current predicament would be greatly alleviated.
So she quickly picked up her phone and called Jin Erxian, but the tone on the other end was always busy.
After calling more than ten times, Shao Hui gradually realized that the other party might have blocked her.
But why? They had clearly grown up together, childhood sweethearts, their relationship had been so sweet. There had been no arguments, no conflicts, so how could they just be blocked?
Shao Hui's heart began to tighten as she realized that the 30 million yuan loan might be the reason why she was blocked. Jin Erxian was not going to admit it. When money and Shao Hui were placed on the same scale, he chose money.
This realization was like a spear, piercing Shao Hui's already broken heart.
She curled up on the floor in agony, her nails scratching the shag carpet. If she hadn't been concerned about Zhuang Li in the next room, she would have screamed in agony.
She could no longer keep Jin Erxian as her friend, but she had to get the money back. Shao Hui stumbled to her feet and ran downstairs to borrow her mother's phone.
Shao Yan was sitting in the living room watching TV, but her face was absent-minded. The curtains were open, and she kept glancing out, worried that He Ming would get frostbite standing in the cold wind.
It was such a cold day, but the child was only wearing a thin suit. He really cared more about style than warmth.
Seeing that forty or fifty minutes had passed and He Ming still hadn't left, Shao Yan picked up a blanket and prepared to give it to him.
Shao Hui, who ran down from upstairs, called her: "Mom, lend me your cell phone!" Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red, and she looked like she had been wronged.
Shao Yan immediately forgot about He Ming and asked worriedly, "Did you cry just now?"
Shao Yan was worried about her daughter graduating from college soon, and she was worried about her emotional problems. For a girl, this is the most terrible thing.
"No, give me your phone quickly." Shao Hui stretched out her arm to grab the phone.
The more anxious she acted, the more worried Shao Yan became. Hiding her phone behind her back, she pressed him repeatedly, "Tell me first why you're crying. Are you heartbroken? Or is someone bullying you at school?"
"No, no, I'm fine. Just give me your phone." Shao Hui was so upset that she couldn't express it in words.
The price of starting a business without telling her family was that when she encountered difficulties, she could not tell her family about all the pain in her heart. She had to bear all the problems alone.
Just at this moment, He Ming came slowly from the roadside with a notebook in his hand. He knocked on the door first, and when no one responded, he walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked inside.
Shao Yan immediately pushed her daughter away and ran to open the door for He Ming.
Shao Hui quickly smoothed the messy hair around her cheeks and bit her pale lips, hoping that the blush evoked by the teeth marks would make her face look better. Finding that she was still in her messy pajamas, she quickly picked up the thin blanket her mother had draped over the back of the sofa and wrapped it around her.
In front of He Ming, she acted like a child, afraid that she would become ugly and afraid of leaving a bad impression on the other party.
"Mom, where is Xiaoli?" He Ming walked in and asked.
The first time she heard her son-in-law call her "Mom," Shao Yan said, "..."
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