Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Heaven and Earth Collapse
"You wouldn't play me..." Ji Hanxi scoffed, his tone thick with sarcasm. "Even if you didn't conspire with the boss initially, what about the aftermath? You guessed the truth, but you played along, aiding and abetting the evil. How much more noble are you than the boss? What right do you have to speak so confidently here? You've been acting so good all winter break, haven't you? You must be feeling pretty smug, right? I targeted you at work earlier, so you're using this method to retaliate and humiliate me. I'm guessing your only regret is that I discovered it earlier, so you didn't expose and humiliate me in front of everyone. You must be feeling quite unhappy, right?"
"I haven't thought about this, and I would never do this. I only have one goal: to prevent you from adding him on WeChat."
"Why?" She was almost laughing at his words. "Who are you to me? What does my business have to do with you? What right do you have to tell me who I add on WeChat?"
"Of course I'm not qualified, but I'm the type of person who fights and grabs anything I see."
"You...you you..." She wondered if she had heard it wrong. How could she hear such ridiculous words from him?
Vivienne stood up and walked towards her. He was very tall, and wearing high heels made him look even more oppressive. Ji Hanxi subconsciously wanted to take a few steps back.
But in this situation, she is the one who is right and he is the one who made the mistake. She should not back down, she should face him with dignity.
So she raised her chin slightly and looked straight ahead as arrogantly as possible.
"When I realized you added the wrong person on WeChat, I didn't even think of warning you. I just thought it was a godsend..." His cold, beautiful face showed no regret at all, filled only with ambition and determination. "Even if I had the chance to do it all over again, I still wouldn't let you add him on WeChat. No, I'd be even more decisive. I wouldn't even give you the chance to meet someone like that!"
Ji Hanxi stared at him blankly, feeling somewhat breathless. She simply thought he was crazy, a lunatic! What was he trying to do by doing this? What did he mean by that? In her chaotic thoughts, she seemed to grasp a clue, and suddenly, she realized something unbelievable...
He took another step forward, the rich fragrance of his body approaching. "Have you ever considered that your prejudice against my appearance leads to prejudice against all my actions? You've never looked me in the eye, and all you've seen of me is a distortion of my prejudice. In your eyes, everything I do is hurting you, and you never acknowledge my kindness to you. During winter vacation, other than pretending to be someone else, all my other actions were truly my own. After discarding the identity of 'Vivienne', I am my truest and most essential self. Only when I am free of the identity of 'Vivienne' can you talk to me without prejudice, only then are you willing to understand my true character, and only then will you not misunderstand my kindness and dedication to you. Of course, I know I'm wrong, I'm despicable, I'm shameless, and when it comes to those I like, I'll do anything to get them, I'll scheme and scheme, and I'll do anything to get them... But I also want you to see the real me."
She was stunned by his words. It was like a bolt from the blue! What was Vivienne talking about? Vivienne was saying she liked her? Oh my God! How could this be possible?! This was ridiculous! This was like a joke! How could he possibly like her? How could he like her?!
In an instant, she felt as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was splitting apart. Her hands and feet were stiff and numb as if they had been struck by lightning. She didn't know how to move and could only stand there motionless.
When the fragrance of Vivienne's body was as rampant as a poisonous snake and wanted to surround her, she finally regained her thoughts, closed her eyes to calm herself down, and then slowly opened them.
"What did you say? You like me?"
"right."
"You like me? Hahahahaha..." She laughed as if she heard the funniest joke in the world, "So what if you like me? But I don't like you!"
When he said this in a sharp tone, Vivienne's haggard face turned even paler. He actually knew about this matter, but knowing it was one thing, and hearing it spoken by her was another.
"I already hate you! Lying to me only makes me hate you more! What qualifies you for me to like you?"
"...Since he never told me about the WeChat addition, am I also a victim?"
This startled her, but she quickly reacted. "If you hadn't guessed it from the beginning, then you'd indeed be considered a victim, but I don't believe you didn't. Let me think about when you guessed it. Maybe you guessed it from the very beginning? After all, you saw me bump into the mixed-race handsome guy that day and how I fell in love with him at first sight. The WeChat application appeared that night, so you should have realized something was wrong by then, right? You didn't really think I was trying to add you, did you?"
"Why can't I feel this way?" He asked softly, puzzled. "Why not want to add me? Why? What if?"
"What if? No what if? Why do you think I want to add you? Why do you think I want to get to know the real you? Why? Because of your androgynous appearance? Or your arrogant and vicious personality? You dress up and walk around the office every day in high heels, twisting your waist. How could a normal woman like me really be attracted to that? Are you crazy?"
He had always been proud and narcissistic about his appearance; it was his weapon, his armor. But for the first time, this armor felt so vulnerable, shattered to shreds before her. His eyelashes drooped as he stared at the ground, his lips trembling slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
"From what you said, it seems you didn't guess from the beginning that I added the wrong WeChat user. So let me ask you, when did you guess that?"
"No need to guess. You described the characteristics so clearly that day that you didn't even leave me the right to deceive myself..."
Ji Hanxi was stunned when he heard this. Thinking back carefully, he remembered what happened that night when he complained about the person he hated. "You couldn't have known about it that day. None of your behavior suggested that you knew about it that day. At most, you knew who I really wanted to add that day. You must have noticed something was wrong before."
"I noticed something was wrong very early on, yes..." He seemed to be smiling, but it was a strange smile.
As perceptive as he was, he'd sensed something was amiss the moment the WeChat request appeared. But no one had ever explicitly told him it wasn't him she was adding, was it? So why couldn't he just assume it was him? Why? Why couldn't he just assume it was him? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why wasn't she adding him?
Seeing him like this, Ji Hanxi couldn't help but frown, "Okay, even if you only realized it at that time. Then since you knew I added the wrong person, why didn't you tell me the truth, but chose to continue hiding it?"
"Telling you the truth, should I ask you to delete me and add that man instead? You're giving away something you couldn't get yourself? Do you think I'd be so generous?"
She looked at his unrepentant face, her anger growing even stronger. This was what she hated most. Not only did he fail to recognize his mistake, he saw this as his opportunity, clinging to it tightly, refusing to let go. He hadn't colluded with the boss to deceive her, but his subsequent actions of plundering and deceiving the world were also extremely despicable.
"I have to say, you disguised yourself really well during the winter vacation. I thought you were someone else the whole time. Have you ever thought about it? If you pretended to be someone else and fell in love with me online, who would I fall in love with? Was it you? No, not you, because every time I chatted with you, the masculine face and strong muscles of the mixed-race handsome guy appeared in my mind. Including when I was flirting with you..."
She deliberately leaned close to him and whispered the last sentence.
As expected, Vivienne's face lost its color and her long eyelashes trembled like a butterfly's wings.
"You took so much trouble, stripping off like a male entertainer to please me, but all I could think about was that handsome mixed-race guy. Let me tell you, every time you seduced me, I would have a wet dream. In the dream, it was that handsome mixed-race guy. He embraced me with his strong body, supported me with his big muscles, and entangled with me, rolled with me, and did everything you always wanted to do but didn't dare to do! You thought that by pretending to be someone else, I could see the real you. How ridiculous! I don't like the real you! You don't have strong muscles, you don't have a masculine face, you are just a dead, androgynous shemale who has been painted with makeup!"
Vivienne's body swayed, as fragile as an ice crystal. He had always been aloof and at ease, but this was the first time he felt so lost and hurt, at a loss...
In the past, when Ji Hanxi scolded him, he would remain silent like an adult seeing a naughty child, but this time, these words were like broken glass piercing his heart, piercing his bones and causing him excruciating pain.
His handsome face was appropriately made up, but it couldn't hide the redness at the corners of his eyes, like a wet crabapple.
Emotionally, he was a very peculiar person; he could easily express anger, but was seldom shown pain or sadness.
But this time, the red tint at the corners of his eyes proved that he wasn't completely unmoved. He had those emotions, too. He was only flesh and blood, and even if his face remained expressionless, his heart was still suffering.
"And the time we had a video call..."
"Okay, stop talking." He seemed to anticipate an unbearable conversation to follow, and his face became even paler and weaker.
"Why not? Not only do I have to tell you, I have to lay it out and break it down, slowly revealing the details. This is the consequence of taking someone else's identity. On the day the video started... when the snow-white skin appeared in the screen, I didn't think of you at all. I was thinking how easy it is to whiten Western skin, how easy it is to whiten the skin of mixed-race people. Just from that small piece of skin, I had already completely sketched out his sturdy image in my mind. Do you think I would let my imagination run wild because of you? Oh, I did let my imagination run wild, but the person I imagined was him. Who would think of you? Who would like you? Don't dream! You are frivolous, lowly, and wanton! I wouldn't even look at you! You want to find happiness through fighting, robbing, stealing, and cheating? Impossible! You won't get it! In this life! The next life! The next life! I will never like you! This is retribution for lying to me! You deserve it! You deserve to die!"
Vivienne gasped for air, her slender hands clutching her collar, as if her heart couldn't bear the pain. He truly regretted it now. He regretted using the wrong method, regretting not using more radical, more explicit means. He shouldn't have used someone else's identity, giving her the opportunity to imagine someone else around him. He was truly jealous and resentful of the person she had imagined!
It was clearly him who was chatting with her, clearly they were sharing their feelings, yet she never thought of him. She had originally thought this opportunity was a gift from heaven, but now she realized that gift concealed infinite disasters. She should never have used this method, letting herself become someone else's substitute in vain...
Ji Hanxi spoke out all the words in one breath to vent his anger.
She wanted to turn his deception of her into a sharp knife that would pierce his heart! It would pierce his skin and flesh! It would bleed! It would pierce his heart! Every time he thought of this deception, he would be stressed and his heart would palpitate...
He was even more secretive than her and dared not mention it. He had to endure as much pain as this matter brought her!
After she finished speaking, she felt all her courage and strength disappear. She turned around and wanted to escape from the room.
But before she could take a few steps, she felt someone grab her wrist. The other person pulled hard, and she stumbled a few steps and almost fell into his arms.
But she steadied herself in time to avoid this situation, and turned around to look at him.
Her red eyes startled him and he loosened his hand involuntarily.
"Don't touch me!" She brushed his hand away forcefully. "You can't change anything. I will never like you!"
Hearing this, he suddenly laughed, "Yeah, you won't like me, you will never like me... Now I only regret that I left too much room for maneuver. I should have been more extreme, so that you would always hate me and never forget me."
Ji Hanxi was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to scold him but couldn't think of any harsher words. He just thought he was a lunatic! A lunatic with abnormal brain circuits!
She ran out of the room, as if there was some virus here that would infect her if she got even a little closer. She ran far away, to an empty corner, and squatted against the wall, trying to calm her chaotic mood.
She was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, the most incomprehensible and unacceptable being that Vivienne liked her. How could Vivienne like her? How could Vivienne like her? It was as bizarre and fantastical as an Arabian Nights fairy tale, and no one who heard it would believe it.
But just now, she heard him say with her own ears that he liked her. It was terrible! It was really terrible! Was this a new scam? How was he trying to trick her again? Or did he really like her?
Could it be that he really likes her?
Her mind was in a mess now, and she didn't know how to sort out all the thoughts. She suppressed her nausea and recalled every moment she spent with Vivienne. She looked at him without any prejudice, and then she was horrified to find... he seemed to really like her?
I originally thought the boss was making this up, "He cares about you," but now I see it's not true. Everything is clearly there. How could this happen? How could this be possible? It's unbelievable...
"Hanxi, why are you here?"
A familiar voice sounded above his head. Ji Hanxi looked up and saw Wen Yaxin.
"What happened? Your eyes are red, did you cry? Oh, did you have a conflict with the boss and Vivienne? When I came to deliver something just now, I heard an argument inside, so I didn't dare stay at the door for long."
"Sister Yaxin, do you know about this?" Ji Hanxi showed her the record of the boss pushing "crush".
"What's the matter? What does this mean? I pushed someone to you, and then what?" Wen Yaxin asked a little confusedly, looking at the record.
Seeing her like this, Ji Hanxi knew that the boss probably didn't dare to tell her about this, so he said: "I won't tell you the details, go ask the boss and see how he explains it."
"Why are you being so secretive? Is it something serious?"
"It's very serious for me..." She lowered her head and searched her phone again. She found someone and pushed it to Wen Yaxin, "Sister Yaxin, I found the WeChat of the senior you talked to me about last time."
"Ah... I really wanted to add him, but it's been so long, I don't know if he still remembers me."
During the winter vacation, when Ji Hanxi was interacting with the people in the team, he communicated the most with Wen Yaxin. After a few interactions, they became quite familiar with each other.
What made their relationship go further was that they found out that they were in the same high school, so they couldn't help but talk about some of their past high school memories.
Wen Yaxin recounted how she was trapped in an alley by a yellow-haired man in high school. A boy rescued her, and in the chaos of the situation, she only managed to find his dropped student ID card and didn't even have time to thank him properly. It was only a fleeting glimpse of that boy, but it left a lasting impression. Throughout high school, he was like a moonlight to her. However, she has now moved on and fully invested in a new relationship.
When Ji Hanxi heard her mention the boy's characteristics and then heard the boy's name, he felt that it sounded familiar, as if he was the son of a distant relative.
Wen Yaxin no longer had a secret crush on that boy. She still wanted to find him, simply to say thank you, say goodbye to her past, and return her student ID. But she felt that so much time had passed, so she let it slip. But today, Ji Hanxi suddenly sent her the boy's WeChat.
"Anyway, I've already given it to you. It's up to you whether you want to add it or not. I have something to talk to the boss about, so I'll be leaving first."
After saying goodbye to Sister Yaxin, Ji Hanxi went to the boss's office.
The boss saw her, a look of worry on his face, and handed her the signed agreement. "Are you sure you want to do this? There's no better place in the industry than our company."
"If I don't terminate the contract, will I continue to help you make money?" She reached out, took the agreement, and smiled only after confirming that the signature and official seal were in compliance.
As if she suddenly remembered something, she showed the page on her phone to her boss, "I just recommended someone to Sister Yaxin. That person seems to be her high school sweetheart..."
"You!" The boss took a breath when he saw the content above.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I was just joking. I'm just curious about how things will develop next. Boss, you should understand, right?"
If the words were exactly the same, she would return them exactly as they were. There was no true empathy in the world unless he was in the same situation as her.
Seeing her boss's face change color, she finally felt relieved. She said, "Don't worry, I won't be like you and push a fake WeChat account to others. The one I push is the real one, the real Bai Yueguang of Sister Yaxin."
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