Ever since the last incident, Li Jiaran rarely pestered Wen Hangxing as desperately as before. Without her painstakingly arranged encounter, she and Wen Hangxing would never have met. So when she saw Wen Hangxing walking towards her, she was filled with disbelief and joy, and naturally ignored Tang Xiaoyun's unnatural expression beside her.
Li Jiaran happily ran towards Wen Hangxing, completely ignoring Yan Junqi beside him, "Brother Wen, why are you here?"
Wen Hangxing looked down at her with an expression full of impatience, his tone calm but somewhat eerie, "I came here specifically to see you."
Li Jiaran met his eyes with surprise, and was frightened by his expression at the moment. Even if she was slow to react, she realized that Wen Hangxing's visit to her today was not a good thing. She took a few steps back and said timidly, "What's wrong, Brother Wen?"
"Didn't I tell you not to touch the people around me, especially her. It's okay that you used those little tricks to drive away those who wanted to get close to me, but... how dare you touch her? Huh?" Wei Yang's tone was a little creepy.
Li Jiaran had never seen Wen Hangxing like this before. She thought it was too scary. Wen Hangxing at this time was nothing like the cold but gentle brother Hangxing in her impression. She stared at Wen Hangxing as if she met him for the first time.
"I...I didn't do anything? Brother Wen, what are you talking about?" The trembling voice revealed the speaker's restlessness.
"Stop quibbling. You know what you did. You wouldn't be so stupid as to instigate those people and think we can't find out, right?" Yan Junqi hated people who were still struggling when they were about to die. Not only did they fail to see the situation clearly, but they also wasted their time.
"If you don't know, go ask your followers what they did, or open the forum yourself and take a look." Wen Hangxing said to her, but his eyes inadvertently glanced at the person who had been standing aside and had not said a word from beginning to end.
Meeting Wen Hangxing's gaze, Tang Xiaoyun's heart tightened, but she immediately comforted herself, "It's okay. I did this very secretly and it won't be discovered. Anyway, Li Jiaran made them unhappy last time, and I just pushed them a little."
As the two of them walked onto the street, Yan Junqi said, "Why do I feel like Li Jiaran's expression just now wasn't fake?"
"It's definitely not her."
"Hmm? So you just..."
"It's just killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. Let the mastermind suffer a little first, and then deal with him all at once."
"You mean the girl standing behind Li Jiaran?" Yan Junqi suddenly realized, "You are so cruel. This person not only offended us, but also the Li family. I like your ruthlessness."
After they left, Li Jiaran logged into his forum account. The more he looked at it, the uglier his expression became. He then realized how big a mess he had made. His face turned pale as paper in an instant, and he could hardly stand.
Tang Xiaoyun quickly supported the person and asked with concern, "Are you okay, Xiaoran?"
Li Jiaran snuggled up to her, his nails digging into Tang Xiaoyun's flesh through her clothes, but Tang Xiaoyun seemed not to feel the pain. She still looked at her with a concerned smile, seeming very worried.
After a while, a hoarse voice sounded with certainty: "It was you who did it."
Tang Xiaoyun's expression remained unchanged, and she said innocently, "What are you talking about, Xiaoran? I didn't do anything."
Li Jiaran stared at her intently. "Besides me, you're the only one who knows my account password. You were the one who posted those messages, right? And you were the one who asked them to follow suit, right?"
Li Jiaran looked crazy. He stretched out his hand and slapped Tang Xiaoyun in the face. The slap landed hard on her face. Her fair face turned red instantly.
Tang Xiaoyun turned her head carelessly, then suddenly burst into laughter, tears slowly sliding down the corners of her eyes. Looking at Li Jiaran's vicious expression across from her, she said in a relaxed and casual tone, "Hey, you're not that stupid after all."
She caught Li Jiaran's slap with one hand and swung it back with a slight force. With a cold sneer, "How long do you think you can keep jumping around? Do you still think you're the high and mighty eldest daughter of the Li family? If you've offended the Wen family, the Li family will soon be destroyed, right?" Tang Xiaoyun said, as if she had thought of that scene, revealing a cold and mocking smile.
"Why? Why do you do this? Tell me!" Li Jiaran shouted fiercely with her hair down, covering her face.
"Why?" Tang Xiaoyun's smile faded, her delicate face filled with hatred. "For so many years, you've treated me like a dog. You forced me to give up every exam because you were afraid I'd surpass you in grades and embarrass you. Just because you wanted to have a midnight snack, I had to wake you up in the middle of the night and be forced to cook for you. Just because you wanted to do something, I had to do it!"
Tang Xiaoyun trembled all over, venting all the anger, grievance, and unwillingness that had been suppressed for years. "Why?! Am I not a human being? If I do something wrong, you lose your temper. Do you know how I get scolded when I go out? Do you know how many slaps I get on the back?"
Li Jiaran, with tears in her eyes, shook her head and said, "I didn't mean to do this to you."
Tang Xiaoyun hated this look of hers the most. Every time Li Jiaran showed this look, Mrs. Li would always compromise with her. Why could she always easily get things that she could never reach?
"Oh, you wouldn't, but do you know? Every time you do something wrong, a bunch of people come to blame me. First my mother, then the housekeeper. Madam Li can't bear to punish you, so she takes all your faults out on me. Do you know what the basement looks like? I know. It's pitch black, not a single ray of light can get through. There are rustling sounds every night, and in the corners, those dark places are full of the corpses of rats and cockroaches. Why should I have to curl up in a place like that?"
Watching Li Jiaran retching uncontrollably, Tang Xiaoyun shed tears as she spoke. "But," she continued with a smile, "everything will be over, and I...will be free too."
She looked at Li Jiaran huddled in the corner in fear and smiled silently. Is it finally your turn?
The summer sun was so dazzling. Tang Xiaoyun stretched out her hand and watched the light spots moving on it. It was like a dream. She felt the warmth after a long time, as if a person living in darkness finally came into contact with the sun. However, she didn't know whether this warmth would be fleeting.
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