The Substitute

Chapter 52

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It turns out that eavesdropping is not something that good kids do.

I had no intention of eavesdropping. Everyone knows that those who came today are important figures. If I were to overhear some secrets of wealthy families, I would not be able to pretend that I didn't know.

I was not interested at all, but Li Chen seemed very excited.

“Listen…” He put his ear to the door and lowered his voice to enthusiastically call me over, “Come on, come on… It’s Brother Zhuo… Yeah… and Hu Ling…”

I'm somewhat interested.

The main reason is that Li Chen’s expression is too vivid, his mouth is wide open, as if he has heard some huge secret.

God knows, I regretted it as soon as I got close to it.

What!

Two dogs quarreling.

But now I slowly find something is wrong. According to my thinking, Hu Ling is An Ran's substitute, Zhuo Yang should be very good to her. In fact, he seems to be very good to her. But sometimes I also feel that Zhuo Yang's attitude towards her and me is essentially the same.

What is going on between them

seem-

There is only one truth.

Hu Ling was sobbing. This woman was a hundred times smarter than me, especially in controlling men's hearts. Her ultimate skill was to be pitiful.

At this moment, I couldn't see what she looked like, but I was smart enough to guess it.

"Yang... Did I do something wrong... Did I do it wrong from the beginning to the end... That's why you treat me like this..."

Zhuo Yang didn't seem to move, and I couldn't help but move my ears closer.

That's impossible... Hu Ling was crying so loudly... Shouldn't Zhuo Yang caress the beauty's face and say "Baby, I love you"

I guess I'm overthinking it.

As if getting no response from Zhuo Yang, Hu Ling sobbed deeply twice.

"I know you never liked me entering this circle. At that time, my joining the TV station was already your limit... But... I just don't want to be so far away from you... I just want to stand on the same platform with you..."

After Hu Ling finished speaking quietly, her crying gradually became louder.

She seemed to say a few more words afterwards, but sorry, I didn't hear any of it.

Another fact gradually emerged in my mind.

Did Zhuo Yang already know her before she joined the TV station

They have been together for a long time? Even...

Earlier than I thought

"If time goes back... I would rather not be an artist... Am I really dirty now... I would do anything to become famous... I had a scandal with Song Yu... Yang... I'm sorry... That was not my intention..."

Hu Ling's voice was soft, with a hint of weakness and compromise. What a cunning woman. If I were a man, I would have been unable to restrain myself and would have wanted to hold her in my arms and love her wantonly.

I think…

Zhuo Yang should be unable to bear it any longer.

After all, in this age of tomboys everywhere, aren’t soft girls men’s favorites

But-

"Shut up! Don't say anymore!" Zhuo Yang interrupted Hu Ling, his voice was cold and he sounded a little unhappy.

"Everyone chooses the path they take...there is no room for regret."

It turned out that Zhuo Yang was also so cold to Hu Ling in private.

Not much better than me.

"Yang... are you still angry? I promise you... I will behave myself from now on... I can go back to being a host... I can even quit this circle... Yang... don't ignore me..."

Hu Ling’s acting is pretty good. At least I feel like I’m Zhuo Yang, so I should be soft-hearted.

A woman gave up her prosperous career for you. What a pure and great love.

But-

Zhuoyang’s thoughts are not something I can understand.

He interrupted her again coldly, "That's your business and has nothing to do with me."

oh-

I was standing outside the door, holding my heart, pretending to be in pain as if my heart was stabbed.

Li Chen was amused by me, and then quickly covered his mouth, signaling to me with his eyes that there was more to come.

Sure enough, after the beauty showed weakness again and again only to be met with the man's ruthlessness, Hu Ling also began to explode.

"No... Yang... You weren't like this before... Ever since... Ever since you divorced her... You became weird... Didn't you say... You would never accept what she did? Why... Why have you become so... So repetitive now... Even... Even..."

Hu Ling seemed a little hesitant, and Zhuo Yang seemed to sneer, "Do I need to explain to you what I do?"

Oh oh—

I held my heart in my hands and felt pain for Hu Ling.

Falling in love with Zhuo Yang, a moody, heartless and cold-blooded man, is the greatest sorrow for a woman in this world.

“No…” Hu Lingxu was so hurt that instead of crying, he let out a hissing laugh.

"No... No... You don't like An Yue, right... Yang... Tell me... You have always liked Sister An Ran, right? You don't like An Yue, right? Tell me! Tell me!"

What a bad topic.

If I could have remained a calm spectator and watched this rare good show with indifference before, now I feel a little depressed.

Hu Ling is bringing up something that is not relevant. It has been so long since the incident between me, Zhuo Yang, and An Ran happened. Why are you still bringing it up

I was a little impatient and was about to leave, but Li Chen grabbed my hand.

He leaned close to my ear and said slowly, "Are you scared?"

I laughed. What was I afraid of? Anyway, the answer was always the same... What was there for me to be afraid of

I re-taped the door.

At this time, the quarrel in the house had reached a climax.

"Please look at me... Yang... I don't care about being Sister An Ran's substitute... Because we all love you the same way... Please... don't abandon us... Please... don't forget that An Yue didn't save us... It was she who didn't save Sister An Ran... It was she who killed Sister An Ran..."

I-

I think I just can't listen to it anymore.

I don’t want to know how Zhuo Yang reacted.

I just don't want to mention that matter again, or be reminded of Hu Ling, the woman who has always been outside our lives.

I-

I couldn't stand it and ran away like a coward.

Li Chen hesitated for only half a second and then caught up.

Tonight is probably a good day to get drunk alone.

I held the wine glass in my hand, leaned against the railing, looked at the moon and sighed.

"How long are you going to follow me?" Ever since he eavesdropped on me, Li Chen has been following me closely.

I never knew a man could be so annoying as him. He can't be kicked away or chased away.

"What do you want?"

When Li Chen saw me pour another glass of wine, he curled the corners of his mouth, looked at me with his deep eyes, and said something slowly.

"I thought you wanted an audience."

audience

I have to say that Li Chen, this shameless stone man, understands me very well at this moment.

I don't know how much I drank, but unlike every time before, the more I drank, the more sober I became.

But I just want to use the alcohol to say what I want to say.

everything.

"I used to be not afraid of water. Even... before that incident... I was the captain of the school's swimming team..."

I love water, love its soft touch, love the feeling of freedom.

I used to think I could be a professional swimmer.

But... just when I thought I could realize my dream, something happened to Enron.

Hugging my shoulders, I felt a little cold.

Some things in front of me gradually became blurred.

"When I was young, I did a lot of bad things. I didn't like An Ran. I always thought she was arrogant. We both had the same father, but she seemed to be in heaven while I was always in the mud... I didn't like her... I even bullied her with evil intentions..."

Recalling the struggle between An Ran and I at that time, it was more like my own willfulness than a struggle between two women.

From beginning to end, An Ran just looked at me coldly, as if I were a clown.

I am unwilling and angry.

But there is no way, I have to admit it.

I lost completely.

"I am a bad woman... I have wondered if my life would be better without An Ran."

Zhuoyang will love me, and everyone's attention will shift from the school beauty Anran to me, the Cinderella sister.

But, I am a coward.

"If I say that I didn't do it on purpose, and that I was just scared, so I didn't save An Ran, would you believe me?"

I know what Zhuoyang thinks of me.

Even though we had some minor quarrels and misdeeds when we were young, he still treated me with courtesy. Probably because I was Anran's sister.

But... after An Ran died that time and I survived, he never smiled at me again.

I once explained...

I didn't mean it.

I'm just scared.

I didn't intentionally not save An Ran.

But-

In response to my numerous explanations, Zhuo Yang simply asked back a question.

"An Ran said you were a natural swimmer, but you didn't save her."

He insisted that it was my fault. If it wasn't me, An Ran wouldn't have come to the river to confront me. If it wasn't me, An Ran wouldn't have fallen into the river and couldn't get up.

everything-

It's all my fault.

I don’t know Li Chen’s answer.

I just felt a warmth on my forehead, and Li Chen's hand touched it.

"What a fool you are."

He smiled, and then gently stroked my forehead with his palm, "You... Brother Zhuo is right... You really don't have a high IQ..."

I almost cried, and finally my eyes felt sore and I really shed tears.

The hot tears sank into Li Chen's palm. I felt his palm shrink and I thought he would retreat, but what I didn't expect was that he leaned towards me again and moved my head to his hot chest.

"Seeing that you are in a bad mood today... I am reluctantly accepting your chest to lean on..."

This bastard! He is still so venomous at this time...

But-

Even so, my hands still held tightly onto the corner of his clothes.

It’s okay, I’ll just lean on it for a while, it’ll be fine for a while.

But-

This warm occasion did not last long, and someone soon interrupted us.

"What are you doing!?"