“You didn’t do anything wrong. The problem is your relationship with the Jin family.”
On the other end of the phone, Chu Wuyang's voice was calm.
But the moment her words fell,
Jing Min felt as if he had been slapped hard across the face.
My cheeks felt cold, but my heart was burning.
He remained silent for a few seconds, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.
It felt like swallowing a sharp blade.
How could someone as intelligent as him not guess that it was Mr. Jin who was stirring things up behind the scenes?
"You told me before to focus on becoming strong, and that once I've settled things with the Jin family, the three of us will be together forever..."
His voice was hoarse, his tone almost gentle, yet every word struck a chord deep within.
"You're lying to me?"
Those words made Chu Wuyang subconsciously touch her lower abdomen.
But there was nothing there anymore.
The child that originally belonged to them had long been easily taken away by Old Master Jin.
She always thought that once Jin Xian was out of danger, she could sit down with Jing Min and have a proper talk.
With the two of them working together, no one could sow discord or interfere.
Grandpa Jin's health clearly won't hold up for much longer, but she thought she could hold on until the very end.
But she was wrong.
Mr. Jin's calculations were thorough and without omission.
The disappearance of her child was the last straw that broke her back.
"I didn't lie to you..."
Her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible even to herself.
"But the troubles caused by Old Master Jin have made me suffer terribly. From Jin Xian, to the Chu family, and then to..."
She paused for a moment.
"Jingmin, I just don't want anyone else to get hurt."
Jing Min on the other end felt as if he had been given ice water; he couldn't catch his breath and his chest ached.
He tried to swallow.
So you're willing to abandon me?
Chu Wuyang did not hesitate.
"yes."
Just one word, yet it's like a razor blade.
The receiver pierced his heart directly, and blood gushed out.
His knuckles were white as he gripped the phone, and raindrops slid down his forehead, dripping down along with some indescribable liquid.
He suddenly laughed, a laugh that concealed absurdity, pain, and resentment.
"Can't you wait a bit?"
His voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of pleading.
"Soon, in less than six months... no, at most four months, I will definitely be able to completely turn the Jin family around. I will dismantle the entire Jin family from within..."
He spoke urgently, as if afraid she would hang up again, afraid that if she took another step back, they would be separated forever.
"Yangyang, believe me, I have received definite news... Grandpa has cancer and won't live more than two years."
"He's already struggling, and soon the Jin family will be in chaos."
"He simply can't bother us anymore..."
No.
Chu Wuyang interrupted him, her tone calm yet resolute.
"I can't wait."
"Jingmin, don't you understand?"
"It is precisely because he is about to die that he is so reckless and willing to go all out."
"If he really drags someone down with him, if he uses extreme measures to implicate another innocent person..."
Her voice grew softer, yet also heavier.
"If Jin Xian, who barely survived, were to die because of this... do you want me to hate you forever?"
"Never to see each other again, in life or in death!"
Those few words, like thunderclaps, exploded in Jing Min's eardrums, making him tremble all over.
He finally couldn't hold back anymore; his throat was dry, and his voice broke apart inch by inch.
"This... how is this any different from you pushing me back to the Jin family and never seeing me again?"
"Of course there are differences."
Chu Wuyang did not hesitate at all.
“Even if you return to the Jin family and become the head of the family, you can still come back to me.”
"We can be open and honest with each other, and we can start over."
"But what if someone gets hurt, or even pays the ultimate price..."
Her voice faltered slightly, as if she could already foresee that hellish ending.
"Between us, all that's left is hatred... that's when we'll truly never see each other again."
At this moment, Jingmin truly couldn't understand.
He asked, as if to himself,
Am I... really that unimportant to you?
"If I go back to the Jin family, with nothing... have you ever thought about how I would survive in that kind of den of tigers and wolves?"
How can I get into that position without being torn apart?
Ultimately, it's because you don't care about me at all.
His voice began to tremble.
"Am I really that unimportant to you? You want to abandon me and get rid of me at the slightest trouble..."
This time, Chu Wuyang offered no further explanation.
She desperately wanted to deny it, to tell him that it wasn't true, that she was in pain too, that she was going crazy from the strain.
But in the end, only one sentence came out.
"Think whatever you want."
The moment she finished speaking,
A deep male voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone, carrying a hint of laziness and casualness.
But it felt like a knife scraping against bone.
"Yangyang, the water temperature is just right, do you want me to help you..."
Just a few words are enough to ignite all emotions.
Jing Min suddenly raised his head, soaked to the bone, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the tall hotel building.
It's as if it's trying to penetrate the thick curtain of rain and reinforced concrete.
Stare straight into the depths of a room.
"Boom—!"
A bolt of silver lightning struck down from the sky.
The reflection made his face look ferocious like a ghost, and his eyes were filled with terrifying anger.
In that instant, he was like a puppet whose soul had been drained.
It's like a dam about to collapse.
He suddenly jerked his head back and let out a roar that was almost like that of a wild beast.
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