Chapter 421: Chapter 420: I Hope She is Unhappy (8)
"Ziyang, what if I’m no longer... the pure, unblemished Xinxin in your heart?"
Even though Dong Xin Yan’s voice was low and trembling, her words still clearly reached Cheng Ziyang’s ears, word by word.
Cheng Ziyang was stunned for a moment, then his dark pupils suddenly constricted, and he stood there in a daze, as if a bomb had been thrown into his mind and exploded with a loud bang.
He wasn’t a fool; he understood the hidden meaning in Dong Xin Yan’s words. Unconsciously, images of the ambiguous marks he saw on her neck that day surfaced in his mind.
He knew that Gu Ningyi must have bullied Xinxin, but he never expected that he would actually do something so beastly.
"Was it that day...?"
Cheng Ziyang’s face was overcast, livid, the veins on his forehead bulging. His voice when he spoke was so fierce and yet... so fragile.
Even though Dong Xin Yan couldn’t see Cheng Ziyang’s expression at that moment, just hearing his voice made her heart feel as if it was being mercilessly twisted, aching to the point of suffocation.
All along, she had desperately tried to keep that secret, that transaction, because once Cheng Ziyang knew, he would break down, he would definitely break down.
So she dared not say it, could not say it.
She would rather have him believe she was not pure than tell him that she willingly made a deal with Gu Ningyi to save him.
Dong Xin Yan’s lips trembled violently. She tried hard to speak, to finish what she needed to say, but after several attempts, she still couldn’t make a sound. In the end, she practically dug her nails into her arm, using the pain to force herself to clear her mind.
She took a deep breath, slowly turned around in Cheng Ziyang’s arms, and then lifted her hand to gently push him away.
Her strength was so gentle, almost as if without force, yet Cheng Ziyang stumbled backward, his steps unsteady, falling straight back until he hit the edge of the dining table, where he finally stopped.
Dong Xin Yan bit down hard on her lip, almost drawing blood. She raised her eyes to look at Cheng Ziyang and said, word by word, "Not that day, but with Gu Ningyi, we..."
"Don’t say it..."
"We slept together."
Dong Xin Yan closed her eyes, finally speaking, her voice so light, yet the words so heavy.
Cheng Ziyang stood there, frozen, as overwhelming sorrow crashed over him like a tide, engulfing him in an instant.
His sadness, his pain, it wasn’t for himself but for Xinxin. Even though he didn’t know the reason behind her sleeping with Gu Ningyi, he knew it couldn’t possibly be what Xinxin wanted. Behind his back, she had sacrificed so much for him, yet he saw nothing, knew nothing.
Tears fell in torrents as he covered his face, crying out in pain like a child.
"Xinxin, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry..."
At the moment Cheng Ziyang spoke, Dong Xin Yan couldn’t help but cover her mouth, her eyes filling with tears.
She knew it; the man she deeply loved wouldn’t despise her. She hadn’t chosen the wrong person, and she hadn’t loved the wrong person.
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The day after Cheng Ziyang left, Dong Xin Yan received a call from Mrs. Cheng, asking to meet her at ten in the morning.
As if the dust had settled, what was meant to come would inevitably come!
Dong Xin Yan got up early, carefully performed an emergency skincare routine, and then applied makeup to cover her pale, haggard face before going out to the appointment.