After a long while, Ji Zhuo suddenly stood up and strode towards the door.
With a loud bang, the sound of the door being flung open echoed inside the room, and then Ji Zhuo walked straight out.
Lin Xihe seemed frozen in place, her head bowed low, not daring to lift it.
Not to mention that Ji Zhuo already wields great power and controls the life and death of many people, even the most ordinary person would find it difficult to accept such a thing.
As Ji Zhuo's figure gradually disappeared from the room, large tears rolled down Lin Xihe's cheeks.
She had imagined this scenario countless times: once Ji Zhuo knew the truth, he would probably leave so resolutely and never come back.
However, the fading footsteps suddenly stopped, and then turned back.
Ji Zhuo's eyes were bloodshot, like a furious beast, as he strode back to Lin Xihe's side.
He bent down, gripping her shoulders tightly with both hands like iron clamps, his voice filled with barely suppressed anger and grief: "He forced you, didn't he?"
Ji Zhuo stared intently at Lin Xihe, his gaze seemingly intent on devouring her entirely.
Lin Xihe did not look up, but instead lowered her head even further and gently shook her head.
Enraged, Ji Zhuo reached out and grabbed Lin Xihe's chin, forcing her to look up. He roared, "Speak! Lin Xihe! He forced you, didn't he?"
Lin Xihe was forced to meet his gaze, slowly wiping away the tears streaming down her face, her voice trembling yet incredibly clear: "No, it was my choice."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Zhuo suddenly tightened his grip on Lin Xihe's face. Lin Xihe felt a piercing pain, but she gritted her teeth and remained motionless, without trying to dodge.
"Why?" Ji Zhuo's voice was tinged with despair.
"Why!" he roared again, as if he had gone mad.
Lin Xihe was overwhelmed with guilt and physical pain, and tears kept flowing. However, when faced with Ji Zhuo's questioning, she was completely at a loss and did not know how to answer.
Seeing Lin Xihe remain silent, Ji Zhuo closed his eyes in sorrow, and when he opened them again, his eyes were filled with endless hatred.
"I will kill him."
He spoke slowly and deliberately, his tone resolute.
After saying that, he turned around abruptly and strode away.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xihe's heart tightened, knowing that Ji Zhuo, in his current state of fury, was very likely to actually storm into the Gu family.
She immediately rushed forward and reached out to grab Ji Zhuo.
But Ji Zhuo's strength was immense; how could she possibly contend with it?
Left with no other choice, she could only do her best to rush to the door before Ji Zhuo could, slamming it shut with a bang, and then use her body to block it, preventing Ji Zhuo from leaving.
"It's my fault, it's my problem," Lin Xihe explained urgently, her voice trembling with tears.
"You're wrong, Lin Xihe, you're terribly wrong!" Ji Zhuo roared uncontrollably. "You never keep your word. You had an affair with that doctor before, and now, after only two months away, you're already with someone else..."
"I was so stupid, so stupid to believe your promises! I deserve to be played like this by you!"
Ji Zhuo was heartbroken, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from his broken heart.
"I'm sorry, I know it's my fault, but can you please not go to him?" Lin Xihe held Ji Zhuo tightly, pleading, "I don't know why things happened that night, but I've already made it clear to him that I will never see him again."
She held onto Ji Zhuo tightly, determined not to let him leave in such an impulsive state.
Upon hearing these words, Ji Zhuo felt a surge of rage that nearly consumed him. For a moment, he even considered strangling the woman in front of him.
Is this the woman he has been thinking about day and night, longing for day and night?
"Heh, now that you've broken up with him, do you think I'd still want you?" Ji Zhuo's laughter was full of self-mockery and sorrow.
"Lin Xihe, am I, Ji Zhuo, so despicable that I would fall for a fickle and promiscuous woman?"
"Do you think I, Ji Zhuo, deserve this? Just because I haven't been by your side for a while, my woman can't wait to go out and cheat on you?"
"Get out of here!" Ji Zhuo roared angrily.
Lin Xihe listened to Ji Zhuo's extremely hurtful words but did not refute them at all.
Because she knew that what Ji Zhuo said was also the truth.
However, she couldn't actually listen to Ji Zhuo and move aside.
The breakup was an outcome she had long anticipated, but if Ji Zhuo and Gu Qinghuai really fought, she couldn't bear the consequences, no matter who was hurt or even lost their life.
"You can't leave. If you insist on going to him, then just kill me. It really has nothing to do with him. I don't understand what was wrong with me that day," Lin Xihe pleaded, tears streaming down her face.
"Ha, you've fallen in love with him so quickly? You'd even be willing to die for him?" Ji Zhuo's tone was full of sarcasm and heartache.
“No, Ah Zhuo…” Lin Xihe called out subconsciously, trying to explain.
"Don't call me A-Zhuo! You don't deserve it!" Ji Zhuo interrupted her angrily, pulled Lin Xihe aside, and reached out to open the door.
Seeing that things were not going well, Lin Xihe hurriedly hugged Ji Zhuo tightly from behind, and said in a tearful voice, "Don't go yet, let me finish what I have to say before you go."
"Let go!" Ji Zhuo shouted.
Lin Xihe hugged him even tighter, pleading, "That night was truly an accident. I have no idea why that happened. But I never intended to betray you. I don't want to lie to you. Please, just pretend you've never met me, okay? Please don't act impulsively because of this, okay?"
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