"What did you say?" Wang Jiaxing looked at Tian Lingling, his eyes full of surprise.
The bleeding from her head wound was stopped last night with wood ash, but the wound on her face became even more swollen overnight, making her face look like she had been stung by wasps.
Tian Lingling cried, "Cousin, I don't want to marry that drunkard. He's demanding a hundred yuan in compensation from me, but I don't have any. Can you lend me some? For the sake of our years of friendship..."
"What kind of relationship do we have?" Wang Jiaxing clenched his fists, an uncontrollable rage surging within him. "Is it the relationship of you betraying me and making me a laughingstock? Or the relationship of you causing me to lose my job and suffer in the countryside? Or the relationship of you viciously harming my partner?"
“I…” Tian Lingling staggered back a step.
Wang Jiaxing stepped forward, his eyes blazing with fury. "I'll let it go since so many years have passed and I don't intend to hold it against you anymore. But I will never forgive you for hurting Xinrui!"
"I did all this for you, cousin!" Tian Lingling tried to explain. "I care about you so much, I don't want to lose you!"
Wang Jiaxing laughed angrily, "Do you think I'm a fool? Do you think I don't know why you've come back to me? You're a used woman who's been played with and then discarded, you've lost your innocence, your reputation is ruined, and you're getting old. You can't find a good family to marry into anymore, so you want to take advantage of me."
"No..." Tian Lingling was filled with shame and indignation after her thoughts were exposed. She retreated while shaking her head, trying to cover up her ugly face.
"Do you really think I'm that stupid, that I don't know what you're up to? I'm not saying anything to save face for both of us, but you're not repentant and are only getting worse. Look at what you've done!"
"You are selfish, narrow-minded, and vicious. For your shameful and filthy thoughts, you are willing to ruin Xinrui's life. People like you deserve whatever fate awaits you!"
"I won't help you. Whether you go to jail or marry that man, it's the retribution you deserve!"
After Wang Jiaxing finished speaking, he turned and left.
Tian Lingling was also furious. "I am selfish, narrow-minded, and vicious. Do you think that woman surnamed Huang is a good person? She's the one who drugged me and ruined me to this point. She's a vicious woman too!"
"So what? Didn't you try to harm her first? She's just retaliating in the same way you harmed her. What did she do wrong?"
Wang Jiaxing turned around, his eyes chillingly cold. "You don't know, do you? Actually, I was right there when she did all this."
Tian Lingling was stunned, as if struck by lightning, and asked incredulously, "What did you say?"
“I agreed to her retaliating,” Wang Jiaxing said with a sneer.
Tian Lingling rushed forward like a madwoman, but Wang Jiaxing stepped back in disgust, not letting her touch him, because he thought she was dirty.
"You're my cousin, we're blood relatives, how could you be so cruel to me?" Tian Lingling asked angrily.
"I regret it."
A glimmer of light appeared in Tian Lingling's eyes.
"I regret not being ruthless sooner."
Tian Lingling's eyes widened.
"All the suffering and pain I've endured over the years is thanks to you. I should repay you for it all, bit by bit, so that you'll understand sooner rather than later that I, Wang Jiaxing, am not a coward who will be bullied by anyone!"
"Everything you've done today is your own fault. You have no one else to blame. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. Whether you live or die is none of my business!"
He stopped arguing with her and strode away.
Tian Lingling felt all her strength drain away and collapsed to the ground.
Despair, helplessness, and confusion all surged into my heart.
Her cousin has abandoned her; what should she do?
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