Chapter 95 She Heard It All
Xia Yulin frowned: "She is my daughter, how can it have nothing to do with me?"
She took two steps forward and demanded, "You did this on purpose, didn't you? You're taking revenge on me by bullying her!"
He Yanting's eyes turned slightly cold.
He looked at her with a half-smile: "Ms. Xia, it turns out you still remember what you did. I advise you to be more polite. The reason you can stand here safely is entirely because of Jiang Xu. Otherwise, I would have..."
"What have you been doing?"
Xia Yulin raised her chin high. "If you want revenge, come to me. Don't bully Ruanruan. You bully her by taking advantage of her love for you. What kind of man are you!"
"I bullied her? Then look at what you did!"
He Yanting threw the porcelain cup on the table.
"Back then, we were together fine, and you came out to threaten me. Do you still remember?"
Xia Yulin pursed her lips and did not answer.
He Yanting sneered: "Forgot? I can remind you that you came here without a trace to warn me, saying that Jiang Xu liked me because I was the heir of the He family, otherwise I would be nothing."
"You told me to be careful. If you want to, my position as heir will be unstable."
He curled his lips, his face icy, "Whether directly or indirectly, you killed my mother. How can you be so qualified to threaten me?"
Xia Yulin said with a stern face: "Everything I did was for my daughter. He Yanting, don't talk like you're innocent. Have you forgotten what you said?"
He Yanting's expression changed slightly, and his eyes narrowed dangerously.
Xia Yulin sneered: "If you dare not admit it, then I will remind you that you said you were in love with Ruanruan, not because you liked her, but to get revenge on me."
He Yanting's face was very cold.
He turned around, looked out the French window, and said coldly, "Do you have any evidence to prove what I said?"
"It seems you really don't dare to admit it."
Xia Yulin opened her phone, fumbled around for a while, and pressed the play button.
Two seconds later, a conversation between two people appeared on the phone:
Xia Yulin: "He Yanting, I just want to ask you one thing, are you approaching Ruanruan because you like her, or is it to get revenge on me?"
After a few seconds of silence, He Yanting sneered.
"What do you think? Ms. Xia, do you think a person would give up on avenging his mother?"
"From the very beginning, I approached her just to get revenge on you. I knew she was your sweetheart. From the first day I was with her, I was thinking about how to torture you by torturing her."
As the recording played, He Yanting's face gradually turned pale in the reflection of the floor-to-ceiling window.
A hint of pride appeared on Xia Yulin's face.
"You didn't expect that, didn't you? In order to prevent you from denying it, I have already made preparations."
He Yanting turned around abruptly, veins on his forehead throbbing wildly.
His aura was frighteningly cold.
He approached Xia Yulin step by step, his tone cold: "Hand over the recording."
Xia Yulin snorted coldly, "This is just a backup. It's useless even if you take it away. You dare not admit what you said. Are you afraid that Ruanruan will know what kind of person you are?"
He Yanting's pupils trembled, and his whole face became a little distorted because of anger.
"Xia Yulin, if even a single word of this recording gets leaked, I swear I will destroy the Xia family and make them have no place in Beijing forever."
He spoke each word with great emphasis, each word filled with terrifying murderous intent.
Xia Yulin's expression turned ugly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You dare!"
He Yanting's eyes were red, and he spoke through gritted teeth: "You can try to see if I dare. I only regret now that I didn't destroy you and the Xia family sooner."
As soon as the words fell.
After a moment of silence, the office door slowly opened.
A slightly thin figure stood at the door.
Jiang Xu was still wearing her home clothes.
A white cotton dress with delicate lace and small floral patterns at the neckline, and smooth long hair scattered behind the head.
She was thinner than before, and her already beautiful features became even more delicate.
But at this moment, that delicate and beautiful face was as pale as a piece of white paper.
He Yanting and Xia Yulin heard the voice and looked at her at the same time.
Then--
The expressions of both of them changed drastically at the same time.
Behind Jiang Xu, Gao Cheng's face also looked very ugly. His eyes sometimes fell on Jiang Xu, and sometimes looked at He Yanting helplessly.
But in He Yanting's eyes, there was only Jiang Xu.
How long had she stood there, and how much had she heard?
No, she couldn't know anything.
He Yanting wanted to walk over, touch her face, and ask her how long she had been there.
But he couldn't. His feet seemed to be rooted to the ground and he couldn't lift them up. His whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
On the contrary, Jiang Xu was unusually calm.
She looked at them for a moment, then walked in.
Every step was so light, as if it would fly away in the next second.
"mom."
She looked at Xia Yulin first.
Xia Yulin bit her lip and held Jiang Xu's hand: "Ruanruan, did you hear everything?"
"Um."
Jiang Xu nodded slightly.
Xia Yulin's eyes turned red as she held her daughter's hand tightly. "I'm so sorry for hiding so many things from you, but I really can't bring myself to say it."
"It's okay, Mom."
Jiang Xu held his mother's hand in return, with a very faint smile on his lips.
Then she turned and looked at He Yanting.
He Yanting's breathing stagnated, and he clenched his hands at his sides.
"He Yanting, I just heard you say that your mother's death is related to my mother, right?"
She asked calmly.
He Yanting frowned.
This felt wrong, she was too calm.
She shouldn't be so calm.
Even if I cry and scream, it's better than this.
He shook his head and spoke with a hoarse voice: "Ruanruan, just now..."
Jiang Xu interrupted him and said with a smile: "You know, I am the only daughter of my mother. She has taken good care of me since I was a child. As a daughter, I cannot bear to see her being retaliated against, but——"
She lowered her eyes, looking at some uncertain place, with a confused look on her face.
"Your mother's death couldn't be in vain. Someone has to be held responsible. Look...can I be punished in my mother's place?"
As she said this, she looked up at He Yanting again.
He Yanting only felt that there was a large piece of emptiness in his chest, as if a serrated knife was cutting inside. The pain was so severe that he couldn't breathe and felt that life was worse than death.
"No, I don't need that."
He walked forward and wanted to hug her, but Jiang Xu quickly stepped back and dodged.
"I'll give you some time to think it over. You can do anything, even let me die."
Jiang Xu's expression was serious. "But please let my mother go, let the Xia family go, okay? Please."
He Yanting opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.
His mind went blank, as if he had lost the ability to organize language.
"Mom, let's go. I want to go home."
Jiang Xu took her mother's hand and walked out.
She walked very slowly, her movements inexplicably sluggish. After taking a few steps, she stopped and looked back at He Yanting.
"So you were with me in the first place to get revenge on my mom, right?"
He Yanting moved his lips, but still couldn't speak.
Without getting an answer, Jiang Xu seemed to have understood.
She lowered her eyes and smiled, muttering to herself, "It turns out that even that year was fake."
After saying that, she turned around and continued walking.
Each step was slow, and then she walked slower and slower. When she was about to reach the door, her body swayed.
Then he collapsed limply.
"Soft!"
Xia Yulin tried to help her in panic, but failed.
He Yanting rushed forward and held her in his arms.
“It hurts, it hurts…”
Jiang Xu closed his eyes, his delicate brows were tightly furrowed, and he held his stomach and muttered to himself.
He Yanting asked, "Where does it hurt? Ruanruan, where does it hurt?"
Jiang Xu just leaned on his chest and repeated softly: "It hurts, it hurts..."
He Yanting suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down and saw a stream of glaring blood flowing out from between her legs, like a strange blood-red vine, spreading rapidly and uncontrollably.
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