The exquisite chandelier hangs from the ceiling as usual, but now its light seems to be weaker than before.
Lei Ming stood beside the sofa with an impatient look on his face, while Ye Chengxuan sat on the sofa and stared at the person opposite. Although he was not as impatient as Lei Ming, it could be seen that he was not as calm as usual.
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Xia Haitong, on the other hand, was sitting next to the sofa lazily. There was neither impatience nor sadness on his face, but a kind of indifference.
"Pittosporum..."
Ye Chengxuan's call broke the silence in the hall. Xia Haitong looked at him but did not respond.
At this moment, Ye Chengxuan suddenly became speechless. He obviously had a lot of things to say, but they were all stuck in his throat and he couldn't say a word.
Lei Ming looked at Ye Chengxuan, then at Xia Haitong, the impatience in his eyes became even more intense, and he suddenly said: "When did you two become so boring? How come you are still playing deep now!"
I don't know whether it was because Lei Ming's words were funny or because he looked like him, but Xia Haitong burst out laughing. Lei Ming and Ye Chengxuan looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.
"Don't worry, although he doesn't love me, he loves Miss Gu very much." She paused and said slowly, "Aren't some couples now also without feelings? I think I'm luckier than those wives. At least I can
I am sure that Ye Chengzhi will be very good to me, and I think I will probably live a happy life."
"Probably..." Ye Chengxuan moved forward slightly, "Haitong, actually you don't need to do this at all, you don't owe me anything at all!"
"Ye Chengxuan, don't call me Haitong again, I'm not used to it." She paused, "If I don't do this, are you really sure that Xueying won't be hurt? You know, the Ye Chengzhi now is not the same as before.
Ye Chengzhi is gone."
Ye Chengxuan remained silent, and Lei Ming's face also darkened. Xia Haitong turned away and said slowly: "Also, if you owe something, you owe it. It doesn't mean you say you don't have it, or you don't have it. And I'm not doing this just for the sake of it."
To pay off the debt, I don’t want a good girl like Xueying to get hurt.”
What she said was right. Now Ye Chengzhi has lost his ordinary rationality. He will really do anything to get her. Only her sacrifice can ensure that Ye Xueying is safe and sound. There is no other choice.
In fact, they all understand the truth, but they don't know how to accept this fact.
Especially him.
When Ye Chengzhi stated his request, he felt at a loss and didn't know how to make any decision.
Ye Xueying, this sister is his only relative now, and she is also the person he has always tried every means to protect. He can sacrifice everything for her.
Xia Haitong, this was the only woman in his life who made him passionate, and the woman he tried his best to compensate for. He would sacrifice his life for her.
Once, he thought he could control everything, and he thought everything was within his control. However, she overturned his wishful thinking time and time again, frustrated his expectations time and time again, and made him regret it time and time again.
Out of reach.
He remembered that they met on that snowy night.
He remembered that in the countless days and nights that followed, he often pestered her just to make her his pawn.
He still remembered that her stubbornness that night aroused his possessive desire, and her rawness and fragrance made him immediately desire to occupy her body.
He thought, if he had lost a little bit of rationality at that time, if he had left his mark on her, would everything have been different?
If there really are what-ifs in the world, then if he had carried out their bet to the end, would the outcome have been different?
The scene of the two getting along quickly passed through his mind, and all her joys, sorrows, and joys appeared in front of his eyes. Once he was sad and happy for her fear, but once he was also heartbroken by her tears.
He also remembers the way the two looked at each other at the dance, and he still remembers her asking him if he was that person, and he remembers her applying medicine to him and saying to him, "I want to help you."
There were so many opportunities for him to almost touch her heart, but she was forced to close the door again and again because of him. It was he who made her sad again and again, and knocked her into the eighteenth century again and again.
A layer of hell.
If he had known this, he would not have tortured her like this in the first place. He should not have placed her next to Ye Chengzhi when he got the position of president. Then she would not have been hurt by him. He should have kept her, he should have put her
Tell her how you feel.
Or maybe he shouldn't have handed her over to Ye Chengzhi from the beginning.
If time could go back, Ye Chengxuan hoped to go back to the time when they met, when she was still a little girl running in the snow, untortured by reality, and still a flower in a greenhouse.
He would rather never meet her, rather never have her, than hurt her.
But there is no if in the world, let alone turning back time. Some things just happened, and they cannot be changed no matter what.
"Xiaoxuan, do you really plan to send her out like this? Also, don't tell me that you have to fulfill those perverted demands made by Ye Chengzhi."
Lei Ming's words interrupted his thoughts. Ye Chengxuan leaned back and said, "I don't know."
Lei Ming looked at Ye Chengxuan. He could see that he had no fighting spirit now and was nothing like the Ye Chengxuan he knew before.
Lei Ming's eyes were anxious and he shouted to Ye Chengxuan: "The Xiaoxuan I know is not like this. He is a person who can find hope in desperate situations. No matter what difficulties he encountered in the past, he will definitely be able to solve them one by one.
Just like Xue Qing and Xia Haitong, you were able to find them even though they were so hard to find. Now, aren't you just encountering a slightly bigger difficulty? Why are you so frightened?"
"That's different!" Ye Chengxuan said sternly, "I was able to find them because I knew Li Siqin and had the advantage of time, but what about now? No matter the time, place or people, I have lost them. What's left?
What can I do in these ten hours!"
Lei Ming punched the coffee table and yelled at him: "You can do a lot of things in more than ten hours! Doesn't it take a few hours to find them! As long as you are willing to think about it, with your intelligence I will not
I believe you can’t think of a way!!”
"Xiao Ming, I am a human, not a god!" Ye Chengxuan waved his palm, "The biggest mistake I made this time was that I ignored Xueying's factor. She told me when I went out this morning
I should be alert if I’m going to Paris!”
He thought, in fact, this was not his worst mistake. His worst mistake was that he should not have told her everything Wang Defang had done until now. He should not have had too many worries and hesitations!
Xia Haitong looked at him and suddenly said: "Don't blame yourself. Ye Chengzhi has always cherished Xueying and been filial to Wang Defang. Who would have thought that he would suddenly change so much?"
Lei Ming looked at Xia Haitong and asked, "Looking at your attitude, are you planning not to resist?"
Xia Haitong sighed softly and said: "Lei Ming, you have to take good care of Xiaoqian, she is a good girl. Also, don't tell her about this yet, just say that I went to live abroad.
You can find a suitable time to tell her."
Lei Ming looked at the two of them unwillingly with his mouth wide open. He picked up a vase and threw it on the ground: "I think you are all crazy!"
The crisp crackling sound echoed in the large living room, the sound of pattering rain gradually became louder, and the air pressure in the air became lower and lower.
The three of them were silent, and apart from the sound of the rain, the only sounds left were their breathing and the ticking of the clock.
After a while, Lei Ming couldn't stand the atmosphere and suddenly said: "I'm going out to get some air!"
With a heavy "bang" sound, only the shadows of two people were left in the living room.
They sat opposite each other, each other's eyes reflected each other's figure, but they remained silent.
It's not that they have nothing to say to each other, it's just that they don't know where to start.
They were silent like this until a bolt of lightning suddenly pierced the sky!
Xia Haitong was stunned at first and then quickly closed her eyes and covered her ears because she knew what was going to happen next.
But even though she had her ears closed, the roaring thunder still reached her ears, entered her mind, and lingered in her heart.
The charred figure of her brother was frozen in front of her eyes. Her body curled up into a ball, and her hands and feet suddenly became cold.
However, at this moment, a touch of warmth enveloped her whole body, and a familiar smell lingered under her nose.
The cologne, which has just the right amount of lightness, is mixed with a faint smell of tobacco, which is his unique smell.
All this reminded her of that thunderstorm night, the faint smell of earth, the figure who risked his life to find her, and her misunderstanding of her.
For a moment, her armed heart became somewhat empty, but the words she spoke were...
"Let me go, I don't need your mercy."
Xia Haitong spoke very calmly, at least on the surface, she seemed very calm.
"I won't let go, Hai..." Ye Chengxuan pondered for a moment, then changed his words, "Your body is very cold, at least I won't let you go until your body warms up."
"This is my own business. I said there is no need...ah——!"
The sudden thunder made Xia Haitong's body tremble slightly. Ye Chengxuan's heart tightened and he held her whole body in his arms.
"Let me go, let me go -! Brother... no, don't -!"
She struggled in her arms, but the frozen scene was gnawing at her brain like a million bugs. She covered her painful head and forgot to resist for a moment.
"Haitong, calm down!"
Ye Chengxuan didn't care about her dislike and just called her "Haitong". He held the beauty in his arms tightly and said to her: "Haitong, I'm here. Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid."
His voice was very soft, as gentle as the spring breeze blowing on her face. Somewhere in her heart seemed to be touched by this softness, and she was slowly shaken.
However, her heart was already frozen, how could it suddenly melt because of this little tenderness?
Xia Haitong clenched her fists to force herself to wake up. She opened her eyes, looked up at Ye Chengxuan, and said word by word: "Let go of me!"
There was a look of disgust on her face, and she spoke decisively without any hesitation.
Ye Chengxuan looked at her, and the little hope in his heart was completely shattered. It turned out that what he thought was just what he thought.
He should let go of her, or say that he is not qualified to touch her again.
But he didn't know why, but he couldn't control his hands from leaving her body, and even used more and more force to wrap her in his arms.