Chapter 565: Unwilling
Zhong Mengxuan's gaze flickered between Zhong Nianyao and Li Yiqiu, the cold hatred in her eyes particularly evident. "Neither of you are good people. You came here today just to laugh at me! Seeing me in such a miserable state, you must be laughing in your hearts right now, aren't you?"
"You think too highly of yourself." Zhong Nianyao spread her hands and said nonchalantly, "Who do you think you are? What ability do you have that would make me waste my time coming here to laugh at you?"
"As for the choice, that was made by your mother, so don't blame me!"
Li Yiqiu's body suddenly stiffened, and then he looked up and saw Zhong Mengxuan's hateful eyes, "Mengxuan, it's not like that, I didn't, it's just... just..."
"It's just that in your heart, sons are always more important than daughters, right?" Zhong Mengxuan's cold voice rang out, "So you chose to sacrifice me, leaving me to stay in this hellhole for who knows how long, right?"
Li Yiqiu didn't know how to answer the repeated questions. She could only cover her mouth and cry non-stop.
Seeing Li Yiqiu's tears, Zhong Mengxuan's emotions remained unchanged. Instead, she said indifferently, "I'm not dead yet! There's no need for you to shed these crocodile tears. Do you think anyone here will feel sad because of your tears?"
These words made Li Yiqiu feel like she didn't know whether to cry or not. She could only cover her face and quickly ran out of the reception room.
She didn't know what she was thinking at the moment, but she couldn't face Zhong Mengxuan at all, so she could only run away.
Watching Li Yiqiu leave, Zhong Mengxuan did not try to keep her, and there was a cold light flashing in her eyes.
Soon, her eyes fell on Zhong Nianyao again, "The good show is over, don't you plan to leave? Or do you want to continue to laugh at me here?"
"I have no interest in your jokes." Zhong Nianyao smiled and shook her head. "I've said it from the beginning. I'm just here to make sure some people fulfill their promises."
"Zhong Nianyao, you did this on purpose, didn't you?" Zhong Mengxuan looked at Zhong Nianyao, resentment and anger coexisting in her eyes. "From the very beginning, you had no intention of letting me go. Giving them a choice was just forcing them to give up. You want to stab me in the heart again, right?"
"Then you've wronged me." Zhong Nianyao felt that she was still somewhat innocent. "Indeed, from the very beginning, I had no intention of letting you go. After all, no one can be so magnanimous as to let go of someone who wants to kill them. However, giving them a choice has nothing to do with you. It's just because Li Yiqiu touched my bottom line, so I want to watch her make a choice."
"However, if this can stab another knife in your heart, it would be a pleasant surprise for me!"
Listening to Zhong Nianyao's matter-of-fact words, Zhong Mengxuan was so angry that she gnashed her teeth, "Zhong Nianyao, you are really despicable. I wonder if Mr. Lu would still like you if he knew your true face!"
"Haha, don't bother with that." Zhong Nianyao shook her head and said, "I'm different from you. I will never hide my true self just to please a man. If he really loves me, then he must love the real me. Otherwise, no matter how outstanding a man is, I won't want him."
"Impossible," Zhong Mengxuan couldn't help but take two steps back. "If Mr. Lu knew you were such a vicious woman, how could he still like you?"
"Why not?" Zhong Nianyao shrugged and said with a smile, "He's not a pushover to begin with! Besides, I never thought I was cruel. Everything I'm doing now is just a counterattack. Didn't you guys want to deal with me from the beginning?"
"Just because I wasn't killed by you doesn't mean I'm cruel!"
"You--" Zhong Mengxuan bit her lip, her eyes full of unwillingness.
She never thought that she was any worse than Zhong Nianyao. In fact, she felt that she was many times better than Zhong Nianyao.
From childhood to adulthood, she has always been the child of other people's families. She is excellent in both character and academic performance, and has outstanding talents and looks. She is the dream lover of countless people.
On the other hand, Zhong Nianyao, whose parents died when she was young, has beautiful face but is a fool with an empty head. If she didn't have the Zhong family as a backer, her life would have been miserable.
Later, she even chased after Li Jingming without any reserve, and became a laughing stock to many people.
However, now Zhong Nianyao and Mr. Lu Sanye have held an engagement party that has shocked the entire imperial capital, and she is about to marry into the Lu family, the capital's foremost family. However, she has always been only worthy of being Lu Chenran's lover, and now she has become a prisoner.
God is so unfair. Why does he treat her like this?
"Are you unwilling to accept this?" Zhong Nianyao directly exposed Zhong Mengxuan's little thoughts. "You think that you should be high and mighty, and I am only fit to crawl at your feet, right?"
"It's a pity that all this is just your perception. Zhong Mengxuan, you should have had a very good life, smooth and bright. But now, you have ruined this whole life."
"You've ruined my life." Zhong Mengxuan stared at Zhong Nianyao closely and said with gritted teeth, "If it weren't for you, I would still be living a comfortable life with fine clothes and delicious food."
"If you weren't so stingy and didn't let me attend the engagement party, none of this would have happened. Zhong Nianyao, you ruined me, and I will never forgive you."
"Zhong Mengxuan, don't think too highly of yourself." Zhong Nianyao just found it funny. "Do you think I need something like this? Even now, you still think so. It seems that your imprisonment is not unjust!"
"Hmph, Zhong Nianyao, if I'm not doing well, then neither should you." Zhong Mengxuan sneered, "I'm indeed trapped here. But outside, there are many people who want to kill you. Even if I don't take action, there will be people who will deal with you. I want to see how tough your life is and how long you can hold on."
"Oh, are you talking about the person who instigated you?" Zhong Nianyao blinked and said with a smile, "If you are counting on her to get rid of me and help you get revenge, then I advise you not to have such unrealistic thoughts. You are in such a state now, do you think I will let the person behind this go?"
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