"But then I saw you looking silly and clueless, just like I used to be. My heart softened. I didn't want to ruin your relationship anymore. I just wanted Yan Bai to be happy and joyful, nothing more."
I know what the consequences of doing this will be: Yang Liling will send me back to Y country again, force me to marry someone, and I'll spend my days being abused at home. But I don't want to hurt Yan Bai anymore. I love him, I've always loved him. For him, I'd be willing to be beaten to death.
"Sister Xintong..." Shen Ye felt as if his throat was being squeezed by an invisible hand, and he couldn't utter a word.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her. Shen Ye thought it was the man who had beaten Li Xintong returning, but when she turned around, she saw Yan Bai.
Shen Ye was extremely shocked, never expecting Yan Bai to appear here.
Shen Ye called his name, but he ignored her and walked past her with his reddened eyes fixed on Li Xintong. Only then did Shen Ye notice that he was holding a phone.
Could it be...
Shen Ye picked up his phone. The screen showed that he had been on the phone with Yan Bai for 13 minutes and 58 seconds. He checked the call log and found that the emergency call had been made 15 minutes earlier. This meant that Li Xintong had dialed Yan Bai's number as soon as she took the phone.
Shen Ye's intuition told him that Li Xintong did it on purpose. If it was an accidental call, how could it have ended up dialing Yan Bai's number?
Shen Ye looked up at Yan Bai, who had come in his pajamas and slippers, presumably having overheard their conversation and rushed over.
He helped Li Xintong up, his voice trembling with suppressed sobs: "Was everything you just said true?"
At this moment, Li Xintong suddenly panicked and was no longer the same as before. She pushed Yan Bai away and ran upstairs, but Yan Bai pulled her back, saying, "Answer me."
Li Xintong avoided eye contact and struggled to say, "I didn't say anything. Go back, take Yan Yi back with you. I don't want to see you."
Yan Bai grabbed her arm: "I heard everything just now. So the reason you left me back then wasn't because you didn't love me, or because you wanted to study abroad, but because you were forced by my mother. Why did you hide it from me back then? Otherwise, I could have rebelled with you."
Li Xintong began to sob loudly: "I don't want to cause you and your parents to be at odds because of me. Because I come from the countryside, I don't think I'm good enough for you."
Moved and filled with guilt, he held her tightly in his arms.
...
Seeing this, Shen Ye knew that the situation was no longer suitable for him to stay, so he silently closed the door and left.
The two houses were not far apart, and Shen Ye walked quickly, so he arrived home in no time.
I opened the door, quickly went back to my room, found a change of clothes, and turned on the shower to start taking a shower.
Shen Ye tried hard not to think about Yan Bai and Li Xintong, and not to think about what their final fate would be.
Even in the dead of night, he did not cry; his grief was so profound that he had no tears left.
After taking a shower, I changed my clothes, went downstairs, and drove to the supermarket to buy food for lunch.
He was distracted the whole way, ran red lights several times, and even almost crashed into other cars, which earned him a scolding from the drivers.
When I finally got to the supermarket, I didn't even realize what I was picking up. I just grabbed whatever was at hand, and by the time I realized it, my shopping cart was already full of things I didn't need.
Shen Ye shook his head, sighed softly, and silently put the things back in their place.
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