Counting the days, Xiang Nanzhi has passed the first three months of instability.
But Shen Shixun didn't touch her until the very last moment. He said in a hoarse voice, "Xiang Nan knows you have someone in your heart."
She had no strength left in her body, "I..."
"I can't touch you because you have someone else in your heart."
He didn't know before; it was an accident, but it certainly wouldn't have been possible when he was sober.
"You're just acting on a whim now, but when you look back on it someday, you'll feel disgusted."
She might find him disgusting, but people's thoughts are always changing.
He was afraid that one day when she saw the child, she would think of him and her impulsiveness tonight, and would project her disgust for him onto the child.
The man got up and went outside. Xiang Nanzhi, clutching her blanket, got out of bed. "Shen Shixun..."
She wanted to call out to him, but didn't know what to say.
It's true that she's liked Song Ze for many years, and it's also true that she's cursed him many times for ruining her life.
When she was angry, she would belittle him, saying he was worse than a sewer rat, and in front of him, she would say that Song Ze was so charming, handsome, and capable.
These are all the words she said.
She once said that being forced by him was the humiliation of her life, and if she gave birth to the child, she would just stuff it into the trash can and throw it away without even glancing at it.
The next morning, Xiang Nanzhi felt very uncomfortable thinking about their frank conversation the night before and the things she had said to Shen Shixun.
The man acted as if nothing had happened and made her breakfast.
"Eat up, and after we finish, we'll go get a key made together. I'm in a rush to get to work."
Xiang Nanzhi took the pancake he made and took a bite. It was thin and crispy, with several layers inside. "Shen Shixun, you don't need to work so hard. If it's for the child, you don't need to do it at all. The child isn't just yours, it's mine too."
Hearing her say this, the man was clearly taken aback. Xiang Nanzhi cleared her throat and said, "I'm only in my early twenties. After suddenly experiencing what happened that night, I felt very resistant and scared. Later, I got pregnant... It was all very sudden for me."
"I know."
"That's why I said some unpleasant things to you, but those were just said in anger, so don't take them seriously."
Even if the child is born, it will still be her child. She won't do anything to the child, and she doesn't need him to work so hard.
"Um."
She didn't know if he had listened to her. Last night, he had seen her completely naked, and she felt that she was attracting his attention too much, as if she was deliberately trying to remind him of her nakedness.
After finishing his meal, Xiang Nanzhi quickly slipped away without going with him to get a key made.
Even after I got home, the scene from last night kept replaying in my mind.
When Xiang Zhengyi learned that she had spent the night at Shen Shixun's place again, he didn't say much. After Xiang Jingyi finished speaking, he and Xiang Ciyuan left their father's study together.
Xiang Jing felt uneasy thinking about his sister living in a place like that, and when he met Su Lan, Su Lan also noticed that something was wrong.
"Jing Yi".
"Um?"
Is something on your mind?
The man shook his head and remained silent.
Su Lan and he were college classmates and announced their relationship after graduation. Although they had agreed to focus on their careers and not get married for the time being, Su Lan understood Xiang Jingyi well.
She took a sip of her drink and asked, "Is it about Zhizhi again?"
Xiang Jingyi glanced at her, and Su Lan smiled and said, "I guessed right."
Work-related matters are not a concern for him; he only worries about work-related things and doesn't bring his emotions to places where he meets her.
The only person who could cause him such distress is his own sister.
"Zhizhi is still young, and there are many things I can't ignore."
"She's still young, but she's married now. It doesn't seem appropriate for you to be so concerned about her all the time. When we get married and have our own families, will you still act like this..."
"Is that not allowed?"
Xiang Jingyi's question left Su Lan completely bewildered.
"Jingyi, there should be a sense of boundaries between people."
“Su Lan, no matter what happens to me in the future, Zhizhi will always be my sister. This happened to her right after she graduated. She doesn’t understand anything.”
As Xiang Jingyi left, Su Lan watched his retreating figure, stood up wanting to call out to him, but held back and didn't say it.
The Xiang family is like that; no matter when, if anyone mentions Xiang Nanzhi and touches their sore spot, they will turn on them in a heartbeat.
This is the family tradition that Xiang Zhengyi instilled in his two sons at home: they must treat their younger sister well and put her first, since the Xiang family only has one daughter.
So when Xiang Nanzhi got sick, the whole family had to stay with him. When Xiang Nanzhi was unhappy, the whole family was unhappy.
Su Lan is not a petty person. When she first started dating Xiang Jingyi, she also thought about treating Xiang Nanzhi like her own younger sister.
She firmly believed that she and Xiang Jingyi would have a future together.
But that year, on her twentieth birthday, because Xiang Nanzhi had some kind of conflict with her classmates at school, Xiang Jingyi left her alone at the intersection and let her get soaked in the rain.
After that, Su Lan gradually developed some different thoughts about Xiang Nanzhi.
A few days later, Song Ze unilaterally announced his breakup with Jiang Yao, making it a public spectacle.
Upon learning of this, Jiang Yao nearly fainted. She was sitting at home when this unexpected disaster struck. Her stepmother helped her sit down and laughed, "I told you not to have unrealistic dreams, but you just have to be ambitious."
There's a saying: "His ambitions are higher than the sky, but his fate is as thin as paper."
Jiang Yuxin sighed, "Sister, why do you think so much? When Xiang Nanzhi had her accident and Song Ze broke up with her, I guessed that this matter was not over. I guessed that he deliberately used you as a shield to deal with the Xiang family. Now that he can't see it, he has distanced himself from you."
Jiang Yao called Song Ze, "Song Ze, didn't we agree that it was just an act? Did you even consider me when you announced our breakup like this..."
"Jiang Yao, I know everything."
Song Ze's tone was cold, "So you really did sleep with Xiang Ciyuan."
No, that's not it.
These past events from adulthood were suppressed by the Xiang family long ago, so why would anyone bring them up again?
"Song Ze, let me explain. Can we meet? I was forced by him back then. It wasn't my choice. It was Xiang Ciyuan..."
"You've been lying to me all along. You said it was your first time with me, and I believed you. But you... Jiang Yao, you'd better watch yourself. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other."
“Song Ze…”
"I almost offended the Xiang family for a woman like you. You should be grateful that I went to such lengths for you."
Jiang Yao experienced the ruthlessness of a man turning on her for the second time with Song Ze.
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