Chapter 21 I Don't Accept Your Apology
Of course Lu Xiao knew what he was talking about, he just didn't like what Su Tang always said.
As for their husband-wife relationship, she just regarded him as a temporary partner to live with.
As long as the marriage lasts, he must fulfill his duties as a husband.
When you no longer need him, we'll go our separate ways.
Lu Xiao hated this feeling, but he couldn't tell where the hate came from.
He just doesn't like it.
"The pot is boiling."
Su Tang was stunned for a moment, then turned and ran after saying this.
Watching her flee in panic, Lu Xiao put on a smile.
It was always Su Tang who teased him, so he had no right to tease Su Tang.
Today we managed to get back a game.
During dinner in the evening, Su Tang was unusually silent. It was all Lu Xiao's fault. He showed his loyalty for no apparent reason.
It made her feel uncomfortable when interacting with him now.
Lu Xiao was calm and not affected at all. Instead, he ate two bowls of noodles with the chili sauce made by Su Tang.
Before going to bed, Su Tang didn't read the book as usual and just went to sleep.
She would be so embarrassed to face Lu Xiao with the lights on.
Damn it! The image she had worked so hard to build was destroyed by just one sentence.
Lu Xiao looked at Su Tang who had her back to him, and his smile became even more pronounced.
He thought Su Tang was so powerful, but it turned out to be just a paper tiger.
The next day, when Lu Xiao got up, Su Tang was still sleeping.
She sleeps very well and is very well behaved. She never kicks off the quilt at night.
The sunlight outside the window was blocked by the curtains, leaving only a few scattered rays of light shining on her face.
Lu Xiao could even see the fluff on Su Tang's face covered by the light.
His long and straight eyelashes trembled, and he quickly looked away, put on his clothes, and left as if escaping.
Su Tang stretched and slowly opened his eyes.
It’s so strange. Why did I feel like someone was staring at me just now?
She turned her head to look at the place beside her, but Lu Xiao was no longer there.
The quilt was folded into a tofu block, and there was not even a crease where he had slept on it.
Self-disciplined, too self-disciplined.
Su Tang sat up, put on his clothes and went out to wash up, planning to go to the hospital to ask later.
When she left yesterday, the dean told her to go again today if she had time.
Either you will be interviewed again or you will be notified of the results directly.
Anyway, no matter what, she had to make this trip.
But before she could go to the hospital, trouble came to her.
Hu Lili walked into the yard with a haggard look on her face. Before Su Tang could say anything, she knelt down.
Su Tang was so scared that he felt like he had seen a ghost.
"What are you doing?"
"Su Tang, I'm sorry. I've deeply reflected on my actions and I apologize to you for what I did."
When Hu Lili knelt, people from all directions who wanted to watch the fun came over.
Su Tang glanced at the onlookers and went up to pull Hu Lili up.
"I don't accept your apology, and I don't need your apology."
The feud between two people has already been formed, and it is impossible to ease it with an apology.
Su Tang had no intention of becoming friends with Hu Lili.
"Su Tang, you still have resentment towards me, right?"
"I really know I was wrong."
Having said that, Hu Lili gritted her teeth and was about to kneel down again.
Su Tang pulled her and refused to let her kneel.
If you keep kneeling down, your reputation will be ruined tomorrow.
She had put in so much effort to make everyone have a good impression of her, and she couldn't let it be ruined.
"Hu Lili, what are you doing? Do you want to bring bad reputation to Su Tang?"
"Zhang Cui, why are you so protective of Su Tang? Hu Lili has apologized to her, but she still refuses to accept it. Is she going to die?"
Zhang Cui rushed over in a hurry and saw this scene. She went over to help Su Tang pull Hu Lili.
Unexpectedly, others heard Zhang Cui's words and also spoke up for Hu Lili.
Hu Lili was held up by Zhang Cui and Su Tang by her arms, and she failed to kneel down for the second time.
Her body was stiff, her face was even paler, tears were falling like beads from a broken string, and her voice was filled with sobs, making it even more miserable.
"Su Tang, please... I... I'll have nowhere to go if I leave the family compound! I'll lose my job and my reputation will be ruined. Please be magnanimous and give me a way out..."
Her deliberately amplified pleading voice was clearly heard by every onlooker.
The buzz in the crowd grew louder.
It is human nature to sympathize with the weak, especially Hu Lili's desperate posture, which successfully incited the emotions of some people.
"Alas, it's also pitiful..."
"Yes, Su Tang, she's already like this, so let's be merciful."
"If a girl is really kicked out, what should she do?"
"That's right, burning things is wrong. I've paid compensation and admitted my mistake. What else do you want?"
"After all, she's a young lady from Shanghai, so she's really hard-hearted..."
These comments were like tiny needles, piercing Su Tang.
She frowned, not in hesitation but in annoyance.
Hu Lili accurately grasped her weakness and used public opinion to ruin her reputation.
The image that Su Tang had worked so hard to maintain was about to be torn apart by Hu Lili using her identity as a weak person.
Zhang Cui was so angry that her face turned red, and she yelled at those who joined in the argument.
"What do you know? It's easy to talk without feeling any pain! She's pitiful? Why didn't she feel sorry for Su Tang when she was burning her medicinal herbs? Those herbs were so precious! They almost caused Su Tang to get into big trouble!"
"Now I'm pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy, and you guys are buying it?"
"If she truly repents, couldn't she just apologize privately? Why did she have to block the door and kneel in front of so many people? What's her intention?"
Zhang Cui's words were so powerful that they silenced some of the discussions, but also aroused dissatisfaction among others.
"Zhang Cui, what you said is true. Hu Lili is already like this..."
"That's right, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Should we just kill them all?"
The situation was deadlocked for a while. The mother-in-law said she was right, and the husband said he was right. Su Tang did not argue, and the two groups were arguing fiercely.
The corners of Hu Lili's mouth, buried in her arms, curled up slightly, almost imperceptibly.
This is exactly the effect she wanted. As long as the public pressure was great enough, Su Tang would have to grit his teeth and forgive her and let her stay for the sake of his face.
Su Tang took a deep breath and let go of Hu Lili's arm.
Her voice was not loud, but it penetrated the noise with extraordinary clarity.
"Hu Lili, listen carefully."
Everyone fell silent, their eyes focused on Su Tang.
She stood straight, her eyes clear, without anger or grievance.
There was only a kind of all-knowing calmness, even with a hint of imperceptible pity.
"I don't accept your apology, not because I'm hard-hearted, but because I can see that you're not truly remorseful."
"You're kneeling here, crying so sadly, not because you think you're wrong, but because you're afraid of being kicked out of the family compound, afraid of losing this relatively safe place."
Su Tang's words were like a precise scalpel, dissecting Hu Lili's true intentions behind her elaborate performance.
"And I don't accept your apology. It's my freedom. No one can morally blackmail me."
"As Lu Xiao said, if the fire had started in the house that day, you would have burned more than just the medicinal herbs."
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