After hanging up the phone, Tang Yu turned around, stared at Du Hui, and snorted: "Are you free now? When did you become so interested in my private affairs?"
Du Hui laughed dryly, "This is out of concern for Second Master. However, it looks like Miss Li will be sad again tonight. Second Master, you are so heartless."
ruthless
really.
He had never been sentimental towards women. Probably, in this life, all his love was given to that little woman. He had no time to care whether other women were sad or not.
…
When Tang Yu entered the villa, Sister Li and the housekeeper were both surprised, "Second Master, aren't you on a business trip?"
"Just got back." Tang Yu replied calmly, took off his tie and handed it to Sister Li. He looked up at the room upstairs, "She's already upstairs?"
"Yeah. As soon as the young lady came back, she went upstairs with her head down and didn't say a word." The housekeeper replied.
Sister Li continued, "That's strange. She said she was going to watch the fireworks with Miss Li tonight, and she was quite happy."
Tang Yu didn't say anything, and walked upstairs. When he passed her room, he paused, put his hand on the door handle, and finally, after a moment's hesitation, he didn't push the door open.
He didn't want to push her too hard.
—
Song Zhixing is taking a shower in the bathroom.
She stood in front of the mirror, staring at her naked body in a daze. On her neck and under her collarbone, there were a series of marks left by men, which were extremely ambiguous.
Her fingers gently brushed over those marks - even though so much time had passed, she still clearly remembered the warmth of his lips, teeth and tongue. Everything seemed to be pulling her down, into a bottomless abyss...
Song Zhixing bit her lip, and a bitter pain filled her nose.
In the middle of the night, she was lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, when her cell phone rang.
In such a quiet night, the ringtone was sharp. She was not sleepy to begin with, and when she heard the ringtone, she woke up immediately. She reached under her pillow to touch her phone, and the name on the screen made her heart tighten, and a strong sense of guilt rushed over her.
She was frozen for a long moment before finally answering the phone.
"… "
"… "
They were silent. Song Zhixing didn't dare to speak, but she could clearly hear Duan Li Hanyan's slightly heavy breathing. That sound was like a sharp claw tearing at her heart.
Does my aunt actually know everything
If she knew everything, and she repented now and promised to stay away from her second uncle in the future, would it still be too late
"Xingxing." Li Hanyan spoke first, her voice so weak and hoarse. It was obvious that she had cried.
"Aunt..." Song Zhixing felt a pain in her heart, and tears almost seeped out of her eyes. She held the phone tightly and sat up, "I'm sorry, Aunt, I didn't mean it..."
Li Hanyan seemed to have not expected that she would suddenly apologize to her. She was stunned for a moment, and then she seemed to react. "Silly boy, I don't blame you for leaving early tonight. If there is an apology, it should be me. I heard from your second uncle that you had an asthma attack again. I took you there, but I didn't notice so much. It's my fault."
No!
What she wants to apologize for is not such a small matter at all!
Song Zhixing screamed in his heart.
Li Hanyan's every word was full of sincerity and self-blame. Song Zhixing felt even more shameless when she heard it. If she really continued to develop a relationship with her second uncle, it would not only be unethical, but also steal her aunt's happiness.
Thinking of this, her tears soaked the pillow. She bit the corner of the quilt hard to stop herself from crying out loud.
"Why aren't you talking?" Li Hanyan asked softly when she didn't hear Song Zhixing's voice. The next moment, she smiled bitterly, "You must be sleepy. It's really late. You still have classes tomorrow, so go to bed early."
"Auntie." Song Zhixing said. She tried hard to make her voice sound normal. "You called me so late, do you have something to ask me?"
Li Hanyan's breathing trembled slightly, and the next moment, the tone of her voice changed slightly, "It's just... I feel a little sad, and I want to talk to someone."
"You are the only one in Jude City who can talk to me, so..." She smiled bitterly, as if mocking herself, "But, as a child, you can't understand our adult matters."
"Auntie..." Song Zhixing wanted to apologize, wanted to say 'I'm sorry', but too many words were stuck in his throat, and he didn't dare to say it.
Afraid that she would be disappointed in herself.
I was afraid that she would hate me.
"Xingxing, come and accompany your aunt tomorrow." Li Hanyan took a deep breath, making her voice sound higher and less sad. "Your second uncle won't be home tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay." Song Zhixing had no reason to refuse.
Li Hanyan was afraid of disturbing her sleep, so she didn't talk to her any more and hung up the phone.
But…
Song Zhixing couldn't fall asleep for a long time. When he fell asleep, he began to have recurring nightmares.
In the dream, her aunt cried and asked her again and again, "Xingxing, why did you betray me? He is your future uncle-in-law! Why did you seduce him?"
No! She didn't! She didn't seduce!
Grandpa was furious: "Do you still have any sense of shame? How can you get involved with your future uncle-in-law at such a young age?"
The Tang family's great grandfather was also very disappointed. "Xingxing, the Tang family has raised you for so many years. How could you do such a ridiculous thing that brings shame to the Tang family! It's so disappointing."
"It turns out that some people who have no one to teach them are shameless."
"You are so young, and you have done such a shameless thing. What will happen to you when you grow up?"
They were unfamiliar voices, like those of passers-by, or like those of her teachers or classmates.
Accusing, questioning, serious, and contemptuous faces swirled before her. She stood helplessly in the darkness, enduring it all. At that moment, she was abandoned by everyone, thrown into a dark world, and became an orphan again.
"No... don't abandon me... please... don't leave me..."
She knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy. They were her only relatives, and if even they didn't want her, then she would really have nothing...
She doesn't want to become an orphan who is unwanted by anyone...
"Xingxing!" Tang Yu heard the crying and pushed the door open. He turned on the bedside lamp and saw the little girl curled up on the bed. She was clearly in a dream, but she was crying so hard that her body was twitching.
Those cries for mercy almost tore his heart apart.
He walked over quickly, opened the quilt, picked her up from under the quilt, and held her against his chest.
"Be good, don't cry." Tang Yu caressed her tearful face lovingly, "Wake up, Xingxing! Wake up!"
There is one more chapter left today, I will update it later~~~