Chapter 3447 On the Day I Accomplished
"Whether she needs me or not is her business and mine. It's not anyone else's business, including yours."
“…”
"I've said it before, everything between you and me—from the moment you lied to me in the beginning—was fake, including our marriage. I saved your life and kept you here just to give her peace of mind. If one day she can't feel at ease anymore, there's no need for you to exist anymore."
Although I have heard this sentence before, I know in my heart that my existence has only this meaning.
However, when Xie Jiaojiao heard such cruel words from Li Bushang again, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
Tears couldn't stop flowing out.
She said painfully: "You——"
"You don't have to act like that."
There was no emotion in Li Bushang's eyes, not even a trace of warmth. Even though Xie Jiaojiao had tamed so many wild wolves in the wilderness, she had never faced such a cold look.
He said: "It will be good for both you and me to recognize this reality sooner rather than later."
“…”
Every word he said, even every character, was like an extremely heavy hammer, hitting Xie Jiaojiao's thin body again and again. She almost fell down, but her two slender arms were always on the bed, supporting herself.
Tears kept dripping down the back of my hand.
This is the saddest situation a woman can be in.
She had nothing, she had lost everything, and the only thing that kept her connected to the world was this man, her husband, who married her and kept her for another woman.
Is there anything in this world more sad and ridiculous than this?
“Haha, hahahahaha…”
Xie Jiaojiao shook her head and laughed.
Li Bushang stood in the darkness, and when he heard her laughter, he couldn't help but frown: "What are you laughing at?"
Xie Jiaojiao laughed so hard that she could hardly breathe, but even with such laughter, her tears did not stop. When she heard Li Bushang's question, she raised her head with tears in her eyes, but the person opposite her could only hear her laughter but could not see her tears.
She said, "I laugh, at myself and at you."
Li Bushang asked, "What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at me?"
Xie Jiaojiao said: "Laughing at me is ridiculous, and laughing at you is pitiful."
"You are ridiculous and I am pitiful?"
When Li Bushang heard this, he sneered: "Don't you think you are even more pitiful?"
Xie Jiaojiao said, "You're right. It's because I lied to you from the beginning that you no longer trust me. You treated me like this, and I deserve this fate now. So, I'm not pitiful, I'm just ridiculous—ridiculous because even though I've lied to you about so many things, my feelings have never been false to you, but you just don't believe in my feelings."
Li Bushang stood there coldly, indifferent.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at the pair of calm eyes in the darkness and couldn't help but smile and shook her head, tears falling.
She took a deep breath before continuing, "But you, compared to me, you are more pitiful."
“…”
"You've spent so many years trying so hard, even for her. But, has she ever had eyes for you?"
It was not until this time that she saw Li Bushang's eyes flicker.
It felt like being stabbed in the heart.
Xie Jiaojiao's smile became even more miserable. In front of Li Bushang, no matter what she did, it was not worth him being moved in the slightest. And the imperial concubine - even just mentioning her name would make Li Bushang distracted.
In comparison, my own disheveled appearance was really ridiculous.
At this time, Li Bushang said coldly, "You don't have to say these useless things. Whether she has me in her eyes is her business. Whether I care or not is my business. It has nothing to do with you. If I cared, I wouldn't have lived like this all these years. I just want her to be safe and sound. Before I—, she can't have any accidents."
"Accident?"
These two words made Xie Jiaojiao's eyes instantly turn cold.
She slowly stood up, staring into the cold, insensitive wolf eyes in the darkness, and said, "Do you really think I want to harm her? Or do you think that this imperial concubine is still a fragile, innocent little girl?"
Li Bushang just looked at her coldly without saying anything.
Xie Jiaojiao walked towards him step by step and said, "I tell you, she is not."
“…”
"Our Imperial Concubine knows how to protect herself and how to live a better life."
“…”
"If not, why is it that, with so many concubines in the palace, she's the only one who remains in the emperor's favor? Although she's not the empress, even the empress of the past couldn't match her honor. She's clearly enjoying wealth and glory by the emperor's side, yet you're still completely devoted to her. Do you think this is something a weak, innocent person could do?"
“…”
"Don't be naive!"
After saying this, she walked in front of Li Bushang. In the dim light, her cold wolf eyes even flashed a frightening green light, which was frightening. Xie Jiaojiao stared at his eyes without blinking, and even grabbed his collar with one hand, gritting her teeth and saying, "She has never been what you think!"
Li Bushang also looked at her coldly, without any emotion.
“If not, that would be great.”
“…”
"If she really isn't, then maybe she'll be more relaxed when I succeed."
“…”
"She and I can also go more smoothly."
Xie Jiaojiao felt a sudden pain in her heart.
But at this moment, Li Bushang raised one hand and slowly stroked the hand that was holding his clothes. Xie Jiaojiao trembled suddenly and even forgot to retract her hand. She only felt his big hand was rough but cold. It seemed that the cold relationship between the two of them was even more apparent.
Her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
Li Bushang almost never touches her.
Although he did not abandon her, and even maintained her dignity as Mrs. Li in the mansion, he had never touched her in all these years of marriage.
They haven't even done something as simple as holding hands.
Tonight, he——
Just when Xie Jiaojiao was at a loss, Li Bushang suddenly grabbed her wrist and said in a deep voice, "But you'd better behave yourself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp pain came from his wrist.
Before Xie Jiaojiao could react, Li Bushang suddenly twisted the hand that was holding her wrist, and there was a clicking sound.
Xie Jiaojiao's wrist was twisted off by him!
"ah--!"
Xie Jiaojiao was caught off guard and let out a shrill cry. She collapsed, almost fainting from the pain. Li Bushang stood in front of her, looking coldly at her pale face, which was sweating profusely from the pain, and said, "You should stay at home and recuperate for the next two days."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out without looking back.
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