"What happened to Qinghuai?" Lin Xihe's heart jumped again, and she felt a vague sense of unease.
"That time you and Gu Qinghuai..."
Ji Zhuo took a deep breath, as if using all his strength, before continuing with difficulty: "That day, on your way to the Gu residence, someone pretended to fall, and you escorted her home. Her daughter gave you a sachet, and the aphrodisiac in it, along with Gu Qinghuai's medicine... had an aphrodisiac effect, which is why..."
Her voice trembled, barely able to form a sentence: "How could... how could this be..."
Lin Xihe's mind went blank for a moment, and her eyes were filled with disbelief and shock.
She always believed that it was the original owner's love for Gu Qinghuai that made her lose her mind and take the initiative to give herself to Gu Qinghuai.
At this moment, all the past pain, the guilt towards Ji Zhuo, and the harm done to him later surged into her heart like a tide.
Lin Xihe's voice trembled, barely able to form a sentence: "How could... how could this be..."
“Xi’er, if I had made proper arrangements for you when I left, you wouldn’t have fallen into her trap. The reason she framed you like this is simply because I unintentionally helped her when I was young, and she… actually wanted to use that to drive a wedge between us.” Ji Zhuo’s voice was low and hoarse, filled with deep self-blame and regret.
Even when the person who confessed mentioned his childhood memories with Sun Ningxiang, he still had no recollection of that period; to Ji Zhuo, it was just an insignificant past.
However, it was this past event, which he had long forgotten, that became the source of Sun Ningxiang's obsession.
Ji Zhuo was filled with remorse. If it weren't for his negligence, if he hadn't failed to notice Sun Ningxiang's intentions, Lin Xihe wouldn't have suffered all the pain that followed.
Those pains should not have been borne by her.
He gripped Lin Xihe's hand tightly, his eyes filled with pain and guilt: "It's my fault... I'm the one who dragged you into this. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had to go through all this..."
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