“Lin Cong’s Fiancée, Xu Qing, tested whether he was a gigolo by transferring the money for his sister’s treatment without permission. This led to a series of heartbreaks and betrayals, and their relationship completely fell apart.”
My fiancée, who is the president of a company, transferred the money in my card for my sister’s treatment without my permission just to test whether I was a gigolo.
I begged her to return the money, but all I got was her saying, “Lin Cong, you really disappoint me. You even cursed your own sister with cancer just for money?”
In order to raise money, I put aside my dignity and worked like a dog for the rich second generation.
However, I happened to see my fiancée holding a grand graduation party for her “male best friend” whom she had just known for a short time.
She gave him a luxury car worth millions as a gift and paid for everything at the party.
After that, her male best friend even posted a set of seemingly intimate photos out of position on Moments: “The price of a gift often represents your position in her heart~”
Thinking that my fiancée had never given me any gifts and was always afraid that I was with her for money, my heart completely cooled down.
I gently liked that post on Moments.
I gently liked that post on Moments.
As soon as I liked it, my fiancée Xu Qing called me right away.
She was extremely emotional and scolded me angrily, “Can you stop doing those disgusting little tricks behind my back? It’s an important day for A Xing’s graduation. What’s wrong with giving him a gift? Don’t tell me you’re even jealous of this?”
Xu Qing said that I was too petty and had ruined their good mood.
“He’s right beside me. Apologize to him and let’s just forget about this,” she said.
I felt like laughing. Why should I apologize to him? Just because I liked a post and it hurt his fragile heart?
I said coldly, “Transfer the money in my card back to me today, or I’ll call the police!”
Probably not expecting me to say that, Xu Qing got anxious immediately. I had always been the one flattering and pleasing her before.
Every time we quarreled because of Lu Xing in the past, I was always the one who gave in.
But I didn’t want to spoil her anymore.
“Is it just because of that 200,000 yuan? A Xing was right. You’re with me just for money…” Xu Qing started to cry. I was so annoyed by her noise that I hung up the phone directly. My sister’s condition was worsening, and that 200,000 yuan was far from enough. So I put aside my dignity to earn money.
I went to work for the rich second generation like a dog. They would give me 100,000 yuan each time, and there would be bonuses if I did well.
I crouched on the ground, and someone led a Tibetan mastiff over, “Master Bai, can your dog be fiercer than mine?”
They asked me to compete with the Tibetan mastiff for a bone. If I won, they would give me an extra 200,000 yuan. I summoned up all my strength and blocked out all the ridicule around me. I was willing to risk everything for my sister’s life.
Just as the bone was thrown over, there was a scream outside the door.
“Lin Cong?” Xu Qing suddenly walked up to me and slapped me, “For money, you’re actually doing such a thing?”
Xu Qing thought that I had really embarrassed her. Lu Xing behind her covered his mouth in disgust and started to add fuel to the fire.
“Brother Cong, no matter what, Qingqing is a respected boss. Even if you don’t care about your own face, you should at least consider hers, right?”
I replied coldly, “Return the 200,000 yuan in my card. That’s the money for my sister’s life-saving treatment.”
“I really didn’t expect you to be such a person. You abandoned your dignity and worked like a dog for money, and you even cursed your own sister? You’re really hopeless.”
“Let’s go. Aren’t you ashamed enough? Don’t think I don’t know. A Xing saw you test-driving luxury cars in the car store.”
“Isn’t it just that you want to buy a nice car? I’ll give you the money.”
I had never gone to test-drive any luxury cars. I just wanted to earn more money. My sister’s illness was costing a lot of money.
Dignity was nothing compared to my only relative.
But Xu Qing gave Master Bai some face and said that I was a habitual liar and that I shouldn’t be believed.
The money that was almost in my hands disappeared just like that, and I was almost furious. Xu Qing took out a card and threw it in my face.
“Your 200,000 yuan is here. And another 1 million yuan will be the breakup fee. I really misjudged you, Lin Cong. I never thought that you were just after my money!”
Xu Qing said that we should break up.
“Okay,” I said.
Hearing my agreement, Xu Qing was stunned for a moment. Probably, she didn’t expect me to say that.
If it were in the past, I would definitely go to coax her, but not this time.
After I left, Xu Qing made a bet with Lu Xing, “Don’t worry. He can’t live without me. I bet that he’ll come back to beg me to make up within three minutes.”
But countless three minutes passed, and Xu Qing didn’t wait for me. Her face was extremely ugly, and she stubbornly ordered ten male models.
I took the money and went to the hospital. During that time, Xu Qing called several times. My sister looked at me with a smile.
“Did you quarrel with sister-in-law again? It’s rare that sister-in-law is willing to lower her head to coax you this time.”
“It’s not sister-in-law anymore,” I said.
My sister grabbed my hand and said that it seemed that we had a fierce quarrel this time and she hoped that we could be okay.
“Sister-in-law is just a bit headstrong. Actually, she’s a nice person. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have given her both your love and career.”
My heart tightened again. When we started our business, I helped Xu Qing with the operation. She originally wanted to be an online celebrity, but her traffic was never good.
It was I who helped her gain a lot of fans time and time again. We established an online celebrity incubation agency. Xu Qing said that she wanted to experience the pleasure of being a president.
I gave her everything in the company. I proposed to her. If it weren’t for my sister’s sudden deterioration of the illness, we would have already been married.
Xu Qing and I had walked from school uniforms to wedding dresses, but she had completely changed.
When we first got together, she was gentle, considerate, and bright like a little sun. She also cared about my sister a lot. But now…
“Shall I go and talk to sister-in-law?”
My sister’s eyes were red. She said that she knew her own illness best and that she didn’t have much time left. She wanted to have another meal cooked by sister-in-law.
I felt so choked up in my heart, but I didn’t dare to tell my sister what Xu Qing had done before.
The next day, Xu Qing showed up at home early in the morning. She was wearing an apron, “Should your anger be gone by now? Why are you so petty?”
She ran over and wanted to hug me, but I dodged her. I saw some hickeys on her collarbone that were ambiguous.
All of them were imply that she had a wild time last night.
“I’ve already forgiven you. I’m giving you a chance to step down. I’m even cooking for you in person,” Xu Qing said.
She asked me not to be angry anymore and that she had already come to coax me in person, “What else do you want? Think more about me when you do things in the future, and don’t bother A Xing anymore.”
I ignored her and went upstairs to take a shower and change clothes. Xu Qing chased after me, “I’ve bought a lot of vegetables. Let’s call sister to come and eat together.”
“…”
When I came downstairs after taking a shower, I smelled something burnt and then found that Xu Qing had already left. The fire was still on, and the pot was burned black.
I was so angry that I took out my phone. Just then, I received several photos from Xu Qing, and she quickly withdrew them.
“Sorry, Brother Cong. I sent them to the wrong person. Sister Qing’s cooking skills are really good. When I had a stomachache, she came to cook for me right away~”
I silently deleted and blocked all of Xu Qing’s contact information. We had already broken up, and I didn’t want to have any more connections with her.
The hospital called and said that my sister’s condition had worsened and asked me to go there quickly.
When I rushed to the hospital, my sister was in a very bad state. She murmured “sister-in-law” and said that she couldn’t go to the appointment and wanted to say sorry to sister-in-law.
My heart was sour and aching. I shook my head while crying.
“I want to see sister-in-law again…”
My sister used to be introverted and autistic. She was bullied at school but didn’t dare to tell me. It was Xu Qing who found out and taught those people a lesson for her.
Xu Qing was always like that. She said that she would protect my sister for a lifetime.
She was so nice to us in the past and we loved each other deeply, but I don’t know since when she had become so strange.
“Okay, I’ll call her,” I said.
My sister closed her eyes wearily. I dialed Xu Qing’s number, and the voice on the other end was lazy, “Cook for her next time. It’s just a meal. A Xing has a bad stomach and he has no relatives here. I have to take care of him.”
“There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I’ll cook several more meals for my sister as an apology,” came Lu Xing’s voice from the other side.
“Sister Qing, you’d better go to Brother Cong’s place. I can take care of myself,” he said.
I watched my sister’s eyes slowly close, and the electrocardiogram turned into a straight line. I replied, “No need.”
After hanging up the phone, I didn’t cry. I held my sister’s hand. Although I had known that this illness was incurable for a long time, it still hurt so much when she really left.
In the following days, I calmly handled my sister’s funeral affairs. I took my sister’s urn and went back home.
There was still half of the paper-cut window flower on the table. My sister said that she wanted to decorate our wedding room by herself, but the illness came on so suddenly that she couldn’t hold on.
When I put down the urn, I heard a burst of giggles upstairs.
I rushed upstairs and saw Xu Qing and Lu Xing rolling on our wedding bed.
“Try how this bed feels. Lin Cong specially customized it for me,” Xu Qing said.
She accidentally rolled into Lu Xing’s arms with a roll, and the man took the opportunity to press her under him. Their posture was extremely ambiguous.
His hand landed on Xu Qing’s waist. Lu Xing’s cheeks blushed with shyness, and he said, “I didn’t mean it, Sister Qing, but it’s really so comfortable~”
His words were suggestive. He reached out and pinched Xu Qing’s waist, saying that the feel was so good.
Xu Qing glared at Lu Xing angrily, “You’re so naughty.”
I was so furious when I saw this outside the door. I pushed the door open and said, “You two get out of here. Don’t dirty my room!”
“Lin Cong, you’re back,” Xu Qing quickly got up and tidied her messy clothes. She said that she brought Lu Xing to visit the decoration of our wedding room.
She wanted to ask for his opinions. I laughed, “We’ve already broken up. This is my home. Get out of here quickly.”
“You’re angry again. Why are you being so jealous for no reason!” Xu Qing’s face changed, “Lu Xing and I are good friends. We haven’t done anything to betray you. Why are you so fierce?”
“Yes, Brother Cong. We really didn’t do anything. You’re a man. Be more magnanimous,” Lu Xing said.
Seeing that my face didn’t look good, Xu Qing gave Lu Xing a look, and they immediately went downstairs.
When Xu Qing walked to the table, she picked up my sister’s urn and was still muttering something.
“When did your taste become so bad? Why did you bring this kind of jar home?”
“Don’t touch it!”
“It’s so ugly. With such an aesthetic, no wonder it’s so tacky. And you still cut paper-cut window flowers by yourself? What era is this?” Lu Xing was extremely disdainful. He pinched his nose and reached out to grab the urn.
I got anxious and rushed downstairs from the second floor, but then I heard a crash. The jar was broken, and the ashes were all over the floor. I quickly scooped them up and put them away.
“I told you to get out!” I roared with red eyes.
Xu Qing didn’t take it seriously. She leaned there, “How much is it? Just name a price. I’ll pay for it.”
“Can you afford it?” I sneered, “This is my sister’s urn. What can you use to pay for it?”
My words made them all quiet. I originally wanted to part on good terms, but Xu Qing wouldn’t let me live in peace. Since that’s the case, I won’t let them have an easy time either.
Xu Qing got panicked and came to help me pick up the ashes.
“Don’t touch it,” I said angrily, “Don’t use your dirty hands.”
“Nuannuan is also my sister. I really didn’t know that she… had an accident,” Xu Qing cried and begged me, “Why didn’t you tell me? Let me send Nuannuan off for the last time too.”
How could I not have told her? When my sister begged me, I had called her so many times.
But where was she?
Xu Qing wasn’t like this in the past. She would accompany my sister to go shopping, travel, take her to climb snow-capped mountains and broaden her horizons. They were like real sisters.
Later, gradually, Xu Qing thought that my sister was too conservative and was afraid that my sister would stop her from going to bars with Lu Xing.
So Xu Qing seldom took her out to play. Sometimes, even if they had an appointment, she would stand my sister up because of Lu Xing.
Disappointment after disappointment.
“I called you. At that time, you were taking care of Lu Xing,” I said.
“When my sister was dying, she was still thinking about you. She wanted to see you for the last time,” I said.
Xu Qing’s body froze and became tense. She said to me, “I’m sorry, Lin Cong. I really didn’t know. Nuannuan was in good health before.”
She said that she thought I was lying to her and that I was doing anything for money and wanted to get that 200,000 yuan back, so she thought that way.
“I misunderstood you. I apologize to you,” she said.
“No need,” I smiled, “I don’t need the remaining 1 million yuan in this card either. You can take it.”
I’m not a noble person. Without money for treatment, there would be no dignity. I accepted the card that Xu Qing threw in my face that day because I wanted to save my sister.
But since the money wasn’t used, it was useless to me.
“This was originally for you, Lin Cong. You can take it. Hold a nice funeral for your sister,” Xu Qing said.
She reached out to grab me but grabbed nothing.
I said coldly, “No need. We’re not related. There’s really no such necessity.”
“I’m your fiancée,” Xu Qing rummaged in her bag for a long time and finally found the ring.
Since when did she hide the engagement ring and stop updating our daily life on Moments? In the past, she especially liked to share our daily life and show off the gifts I gave her. Later, she started to update her beautiful photos, and most of the photos of her travels were with Lu Xing.
“It’s not the case anymore. You can keep the ring or throw it away. It’s up to you,” I said.
“…”
“You’re going too far,” Lu Xing, who hadn’t spoken all this time, walked over, “Sister Qing is a girl. She’s already begged you so humbly. How can you be so difficult?”
Lu Xing said that no matter what, I was a man and how could I let the woman I loved suffer like this.
I glanced at him, “That’s why I asked you two to get out. If you don’t leave, I’ll call the security.”
Xu Qing’s expression was very strange. In the end, it was Lu Xing who forcibly dragged her away.
“Sister Qing, there are so many men in the world. There’s no need to be so humble. You’re really too lovesick,” Lu Xing said anxiously.
Xu Qing said that she and I had been together for many years and we knew each other well, just like family.
“Since we’re family, how could he not understand you at all?” Lu Xing said that he felt so sorry for her when he saw this, “Don’t you remember? He was with you just for money.”
Xu Qing stood there and said, “I did take the money for Nuannuan’s life-saving treatment. I’m really damned.”
She started to cry. Lu Xing frowned, “Didn’t you say it was cancer? It’s an incurable disease. How could it be your fault? Even if you returned that 200,000 yuan to him, it wouldn’t have helped.”
Xu Qing was extremely conflicted in her heart. She was so sad and said that she had a good relationship with Nuannuan.
“I regarded Nuannuan as my own sister. Whether I would be with Lin Cong or not, I always treated her as my sister. But now…”
Lu Xing reached out and hugged Xu Qing. His voice was terrifyingly gentle.
“Be good, Sister Qing. Don’t think too much. It’s cancer. It’s fate,” he said.
I stood upstairs and watched them hugging each other, looking so affectionate. Under the street lamp, their figures intertwined.
Not only did I break up with Xu Qing, but I also resigned from the company and stopped being in charge of their operations.
I wouldn’t help Xu Qing deal with the company’s affairs anymore.
At first, she was like a headless fly, often calling me to ask me how to handle things.
I ignored her. Later, after I blocked all her contact information, she asked the people in the company to contact me.
But I still had no obligation to help them.
After several rounds, Xu Qing’s company was almost paralyzed. Lu Xing said that I was deliberately retaliating against them. He whispered in Xu Qing’s ear and asked her to hire a more professional team online to manage the company.
“I don’t believe that only he can do these things. Isn’t he just using the company’s secrets to threaten you?” Lu Xing said.
He thought that I was deliberately making things difficult for Xu Qing just to make her lower her head and beg me.
He really thought too much and was too good at imagining things.
Xu Qing was persuaded by him and hired an entire team to take over the company, spending a large amount of money on operations.
“Sister Qing, you’re the president, the backbone of this company. You’re a strong woman. You can definitely do it,” Lu Xing comforted her.
On the day of my sister’s funeral, Xu Qing came.
She was dressed in black and came in with a black umbrella. The security guard stopped her outside.
I didn’t want to see her. She begged bitterly and also brought many of my sister’s old things and photos.
“Nuannuan must hope to see me again. Just for Nuannuan’s wish, please don’t drive me away, okay?” Xu Qing came up to me, speaking in a very low voice. I turned around and ignored her, walking to my sister’s portrait.
She was smiling so brightly in the portrait.
“The red bean paste buns that Nuannuan loved to eat. I made them overnight. You can’t buy them on the market,” Xu Qing said.
“And this, the bracelet that she had always wanted before,” she added.
Xu Qing was really good at self-moving. When my sister was alive, she didn’t care about her anymore, but now she still wanted to put on a show.
My friends sighed and said that this sister-in-law was really considerate and thought more carefully than we rough guys.
“Brother Cong, when we were at school, we were always wondering how a wooden nerd like you who only knew how to write programs could win over our sister-in-law,” one of my friends said.
“Don’t joke around. Congcong is in a bad mood,” another friend said.
“She’s not my sister-in-law anymore. We broke up,” I told my friends. I hadn’t told them before.
I was busy with my sister’s affairs and raising money. Now I had to make it clear that it was all over between us.
“How could this happen?” My friends smiled awkwardly, “Was there some misunderstanding? Between you and sister-in-law…”
“There’s no misunderstanding,” I said.
“Lin Cong, I really know I’m wrong. Give me one more chance,” Xu Qing put aside her pride and said “I’m sorry” to me here.
I didn’t want to waste time entangle with her. I walked to the back, and she followed me.
“There’s really nothing between Lu Xing and me. You always think that I cheated or changed my heart, but it’s really not the case. I regard him as a friend. He just graduated and is much younger than me. There’s a generation gap between us,” Xu Qing said.
“…”
I really didn’t want to hear these words, and I didn’t want to hear the name “Lu Xing” either.
Whether she cheated or not, whether she was unfaithful to me or not didn’t matter. From the moment the balance in Xu Qing’s heart was lost, we were already over.
Xu Qing had no sense of boundaries. When she was with Lu Xing, even if they hadn’t gone to bed together, she enjoyed the ambiguity between them.
She favored Lu Xing. It wasn’t just hidden in her heart, but also shown in her habits and body movements. When she heard that Lu Xing had a stomachache, she abandoned my sister and me. There were so many things like this.
I found a new job in a company run by Liu Lu, who was also my senior at school and a big shot in the industry.
She was very excited, “Oh, how could Brother Cong be willing to leave his fiancée and join our company?”
Back then, she tried to poach me with a lot of money. After learning that I had given everything in the company to Xu Qing, she even laughed at me for being too lovesick.
At that time, she told me that the online celebrity agency was the most profitable industry in the future.
“Do you know how much money you gave to Xu Qing? You’re too generous,” she said.
“We were going to get married soon. What’s mine was hers,” I said.
I gave everything without reservation. Liu Lu smiled and said at that time, “There’s still pure love in this world.”
But now her words were gradually proved right. The company developed rapidly, and Xu Qing’s net worth soared. Our family, which was originally an ordinary one, could afford sports cars and villas.
Our life was getting better and better, but Xu Qing became suspicious. She listened to Lu Xing’s instigation and wanted to test whether I was a gigolo.
She was afraid that I was with her just for money.
“Were you kicked out?” Liu Lu asked me, “Do you regret giving away the company that you founded with your own hands?”
“I don’t regret it,” I said calmly.
When I loved Xu Qing, I gave my whole heart. I was looking forward to having a future with her.
When we were together, it was also good. Liu Lu sneered and said that I was just being stubborn.
“Welcome to join us,” she said.
“Don’t I need an interview?” I was puzzled. Liu Lu said that she didn’t want to lose a capable assistant and she thought that she would never have the chance to cooperate with me in her life.
Unexpectedly, there was another chance.
…
When Xu Qing learned that I joined Liu Lu’s company, she stopped me on my way that day, looking angry, “I know you’re deliberately trying to annoy me. But there’s no need to go to her company, right?”
“You know that she had a crush on you before, Congcong,” Xu Qing’s eyes were red, with tears in her eyes, “I don’t want us to become enemies like this. Do we really have to be like this?”
“It’s my freedom to choose where to work. I didn’t sell myself to you,” I reminded her.
She said that the company was expanding now and asked me to be the vice president of the company.
“I can give you money. I can give you whatever you want,” she said.
I almost wanted to laugh. Up to now, Xu Qing still didn’t know where she was wrong?
Did she really have no idea why we broke up?
If I was really a money-grubber, I wouldn’t have given the company to her and worked behind the scenes back then.
“You don’t even need to work and can just get the salary. I’ve already given in this much, Lin Cong. What else do you want?” Xu Qing said.
I turned around to leave. Xu Qing shouted behind me, “I’ve given you the chance. Don’t you care about my feelings at all? Do you have to be with Liu Lu?”
Xu Qing said that if I regretted it later, there would be no chance.
Recently, she had been pestering me, changing many numbers to try to add me, and also writing a lot of long messages to me.
I used to be easily affected by these things, but now I don’t even want to look at them. She was always good at distorting the facts. In the past, as long as she wrote something emotional, even if it was her fault, I would always feel that I didn’t do well enough.
But not anymore.
After that day, Xu Qing didn’t come to look for me again.
I saw the news that she and Lu Xing made an official announcement on the platform. They opened an account and were going to be emotional bloggers.
Lu Xing was handsome, energetic, and young. Xu Qing packaged him as a rich second generation. She was also beautiful. Their script started from an online game and was about online love.
At first, it attracted a lot of attention. Coupled with their huge investment in promotion, the effect was remarkable.
Many people online shipped them as a couple. But then, someone dug up the past between Xu Qing and me, and suddenly, there was a big uproar online.
The news that Xu Qing cheated was on the hot search all of a sudden, and I was also dug out along with it.
Later, someone exposed that Lu Xing had worked as a male escort when he was in college and was not a rich second generation at all.
All of a sudden, the topic became extremely hot.
As soon as I arrived at the company, Xu Qing and Lu Xing stopped me.
“Didn’t we say we would part on good terms? Are you playing dirty tricks behind our backs?” Lu Xing was extremely angry and was about to hit me.
I grabbed his wrist and smiled, “Do you have evidence? I didn’t say a word online.”
I wasn’t interested in their affairs. Besides, our company also had emotional bloggers for promotion recently.
And the effect was especially good. We used real couples.
Xu Qing gritted her teeth angrily, “I know we’re competitors, and I know that the online celebrities in your company have outshone us. But Lin Cong, your methods are too despicable.”
Without any investigation, Xu Qing started to wrong me. I looked at her coldly.
“Show me the evidence, or I’ll really sue you,” I said.
“If I really wanted to ruin you two, I have plenty of ways,” I added.
Lu Xing said, “See? He admitted it.”
I found it really hard to communicate with them. It was like talking to a brick wall. No matter what I said, they would just put the blame on me. Then I might as well call the police.
Just then, Liu Lu walked out of the company. Her expression was cold, “I’ve already called the police. Making a scene in front of my company, Xu Qing, do you really think I’m easy to bully?”
“Is it you who instigated Lin Cong behind the scenes? He wouldn’t do this to me. You’re such a bad woman,” Xu Qing was already crazy. She glared at Liu Lu and raised her hand to hit her.
I quickly protected Liu Lu behind me, “Calm down. We didn’t do those things. Besides, how could we know about Lu Xing’s past?”
“…”
Xu Qing was stunned by my roar. This was the first time in my life that I treated her like this.
In the past, I always coaxed and pampered her, and would never let her be wronged.
Xu Qing burst into tears immediately and asked me, “Lin Cong, why did we come to this?”
“Think about it carefully. Those intimate photos, did I know Lu Xing before? Where did I get the photos of him receiving clients?” I said.
My words seemed to wake her up. Xu Qing’s expression was very strange, and she looked at Lu Xing.
The man quickly explained, “Stop slandering me. I worked as that in college to make money. Unlike some people, who are completely dependent on women.”
Lu Xing ridiculed me that I had always relied on women, on Xu Qing before and now on Liu Lu.
Liu Lu suddenly laughed when she heard this.
“I really wish he would rely on me. Do you think it’s possible?” she said.
“?”
I was shocked.
Later, we all went to the police station. The whole story was sorted out clearly. The account that exposed the news had nothing to do with me. The police investigated quickly.
Finally, the news came out that one of Lu Xing’s former rich clients still couldn’t forget him and didn’t want him to be intimate with other women.
“What else is there to say?” I looked at them. At this moment, Xu Qing was even more furious.
She cried and looked at Lu Xing, “You’re still in contact with that woman?”
“Let me explain,” Lu Xing said.
“She’s old enough to be your mother,” Xu Qing was shaking all over, “How could you bear it? You’re really shameless.”
“…”
Lu Xing said that he had no choice. He was a poor child from the mountains. He was so poor that he was looked down upon when he was at school.
“You don’t understand how that feels. What’s wrong with me making some money? Do you think I’m dirty?” he said.
“I knew you also looked down on me,” he said, shifting the blame, claiming that Xu Qing had always looked down on him and that their relationship was too ambiguous.
After coming out of the police station, Liu Lu’s car was parked there, “Shall I give you a ride?”
“No, thanks. I’ll call a taxi. It’s not on the way,” I said.
“Don’t be so fussy. Are you afraid that I’ll eat you up?” Liu Lu smiled and said that there was no need to waste money. I couldn’t refuse, so I got in the car.
The car kept moving forward. I saw Xu Qing squatting on the roadside crying. At first, Lu Xing was still coaxing her, but soon he shook off her hand.
“You’re not young anymore. Stop acting like a little girl,” he said.
“Can you stop crying? Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”
Xu Qing looked aggrieved and pouted, “Are you scolding me?”
“I’m not. I just think it’s not decent to be like this on the roadside,” LuXing said.
“Then carry me on your back,” Xu Qing started to act coquettishly, but the man ignored her. After a few words, Lu Xing left her alone and walked away.
Xu Qing was so angry that her face turned green. Their couple image completely collapsed, and that account became useless.
Actually, if it could have been done well, the traffic of this account would have been very high.
What a pity.
“It seems that Xu Qing was really coaxed well by that young man,” Liu Lu joked. She wondered why Xu Qing didn’t drive Lu Xing away and even got him a high position in the company. She asked me if I didn’t plan to do anything about it.
“The team he hired for Xu Qing was useless. They burned so much money in just one month, and that was all the hard-earned money you had before,” Liu Lu said.
“…”
I had nothing to do with Xu Qing anymore. I could only blame myself for being so stupid before and doing those things. But now, I couldn’t be bothered to argue with Lu Xing.
“Are you really that heartless?” Liu Lu asked.
“Can we not mention her?” I didn’t want to dwell on these things anymore. We had broken up, and Xu Qing’s company wouldn’t end well.
That was enough. She and Lu Xing wouldn’t go far together either.
…
After that day, Xu Qing’s company encountered a huge crisis. A capital chain was broken, and coupled with too many negative news.
Then, the company’s finances were in a huge mess. In just half a year, there were also big problems with taxes.
It was all fine before.
I saw Xu Qing again at a class reunion a year later. Her company was on the verge of collapse. She came with Lu Xing, driving the luxury car that she had given to Lu Xing before.
“Long time no see. We’re getting married soon,” Xu Qing took out a wedding invitation from her bag tremblingly, “Lin Cong, if I say I’ll give you a chance, will you…”
“No. Wish you a happy marriage and may you have no descendants,” I said.
Xu Qing said that she really knew she was wrong and that if I wanted to stop the wedding, she would definitely go with me.
Why had Xu Qing become so naive?
Liu Lu said that it was because I had spoiled her before. She said it was the funniest joke she had heard recently.
I didn’t take the invitation. I completely ignored them all during that meal.
When we were leaving, Lu Xing left early, leaving Xu Qing alone on the roadside. I don’t know what they had quarreled about before. It seemed that Lu Xing was in a hurry to pick up another woman.
Seeing us coming over, Xu Qing quickly took a taxi and left. She seemed to be very afraid of us seeing her in such an embarrassing situation.
…
Liu Lu accidentally fell and was hospitalized. I went to deliver some documents to her and bought her favorite wontons by the way.
Coincidentally, I ran into Xu Qing. Her face was very pale and she didn’t look well.
Xu Qing came for a prenatal check-up, but her condition wasn’t good. She called Lu Xing several times, but the man hung up on her.
Xu Qing hadn’t walked a few steps before she fainted on the ground with a thud.
I carried her to the emergency room. After a while, Xu Qing’s baby couldn’t be saved. She cried bitterly and told me her troubles.
“Lu Xing is really not a human being. After my company went bankrupt, there was still some money and a house at home. He tricked me into transferring the house to him.”
Almost all of her assets and money were cheated away by Lu Xing. Xu Qing had nothing left in her hands. She also found out that Lu Xing was keeping many women outside.
She was pregnant, but her situation wasn’t good. She kept crying as she talked.
“He even beat me when he was drunk,” she said.
“Lin Cong… What should I do?” Xu Qing kept crying.
I stood not far away and didn’t say much, “I’ve paid the medical bill for you. I’m leaving now.”
“Lin Cong!” Xu Qing cried and called me, asking if I could stay with her.
“No. Don’t contact me again. This was just an accident,” I said.
I didn’t feel any turmoil in my heart when I heard Xu Qing crying. We had ended a long time ago.
But Lu Xing came. He had drunk a lot and looked very fierce.
“You’re so reluctant to part with him. Why don’t you go to him? Why are you still following me?”
“Do you really think I like you? I was just playing with you,” Lu Xing laughed, “Don’t you see how old you are? Don’t feel wronged either. You enjoyed my young body, so you have to pay some price, right?”
“Crying all the time. You always cry whenever something happens. Do you really think you’re a princess?”
With a slap.
Lu Xing slapped her, “He paid the bill for you? What, are you back together again?”
“No, Lu Xing, you’re really not a human being,” Xu Qing said.
She said that before, he was really good at providing emotional comfort and coaxing people.
Lu Xing laughed, “With money, I can provide emotional comfort. Now that you don’t have money anymore and you’re not the president anymore. I haven’t abandoned you yet. I’ve already been kind enough.”
Xu Qing was shocked. She probably didn’t expect that Lu Xing thought like this in his heart.
Thinking about the days when she was with me before, she had nothing to worry about. I was taking care of the company, and she only needed to do some superficial work.
She went shopping and traveling with Lu Xing, and those days were so carefree.
But now?
“If you can take out tens of millions now, I can continue to play with you. Otherwise, don’t say such nonsense,” Lu Xing said.
“The place you live in and the car you drive are all mine,” Xu Qing looked at him, “Aren’t you really afraid of getting retribution? My originally happy life was all ruined by you.”
Lu Xing looked at Xu Qing with disdain after hearing this.
“Was it me who ruined it? How did I persuade you before? I persuaded you to marry Lin Cong, but what about you?”
“If it weren’t for you betting with me and always saying that Lin Cong was with you for money, it was you who caused this,” Xu Qing cried despairingly, saying that her originally happy life was gone.
As she talked, her emotions gradually got out of control. At that moment, Xu Qing suddenly took out a pair of scissors and rushed towards Lu Xing.
Lu Xing, who was drunk, was slow in his movements and didn’t dodge in time.
Xu Qing stabbed him several times as if to vent her anger. Anyone who saw this scene would be scared silly.
Xu Qing roared, “You bastard, go to hell! Go to hell!”
She seemed to have gone completely crazy. Lu Xing’s eyes were wide open, but he didn’t have time to say a word.
…
Lu Xing couldn’t be saved. He was stabbed many times. Probably, he didn’t expect that Xu Qing would become so crazy.
Even I didn’t expect that. Xu Qing had always been delicate before and didn’t seem like someone who would do such a thing.
I went to visit Xu Qing in prison. She cried and told me, “I’m sorry, Lin Cong. On the road of life, I took a wrong turn. This is the punishment for my disloyalty.”
“I’m sorry. I was too headstrong before and I’m sorry to you and Nuannuan,” she said.
I didn’t say anything. It was Xu Qing’s mother who asked me to come and see her.
Her mother didn’t have the courage to face her daughter like this. She felt that she was too strange.
“Just because of a momentary thought, I was greedy for Lu Xing’s sweet words, greedy for the excitement and novelty of having an affair. This is the punishment I deserve,” Xu Qing said.
After listening to what Xu Qing said, I turned around and left.
The sun outside was especially bright, but there was no more sunshine in Xu Qing’s life.
I had very complicated emotions in my heart. After all, she was the woman I had deeply loved before. During that time, I really loved her with all my heart.
I had offered my heart to her. The Xu Qing in the past was also very nice.
But she had already died in the memories of the past.
I think I can finally let go and move forward to face my own life.
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On the day Xu Qing was executed, I went to the cemetery to visit my sister. I brought my sister’s favorite baby’s breath and placed it in front of her tomb.
My sister had advised me many times before, saying that sister-in-law had a big temper, was a bit spoiled, and it would be okay if I just let it go.
She asked me to be more patient, but she still underestimated the temptations outside.
Xu Qing and I were just not meant to be together.
I stroked my sister’s tombstone, feeling a bit sad in my eyes. In this world, for the rest of my life, I’m the only one left. There’s still a long way to go.
Not far away, Liu Lu came over with an umbrella. There was a bit of complaint in her words.
“It’s raining. Don’t you have an umbrella?” she said.
She hurried over, put down all the things she had prepared in advance, and said softly, “Nuannuan, long time no see. Sister is here to see you.”
It was sunny just now, but the rain came so quickly.
Liu Lu and I shared an umbrella and walked into the rain.
