Yan Xia stared at Jiang Yue for a while. Finally, she took a deep breath, stepped forward, and picked up the sensor gun. Jiang Yue chose the battle mode to compete on who could kill more game characters, especially to see who would take down the final big boss.
Jiang Yue aimed the gun at the figures on the display screen and fired shot after shot. Her movements were clean and decisive. In less than a minute, she was far ahead of Yan Xia.
Yan Xia held the sensor gun absent - mindedly. "Jiang Yue, if you really know something, I think you'd be happy to tell me. You're well - aware of the grudge between my father and my third brother. This is the perfect opportunity for us to break up."
She was anxious and restless, feeling that she couldn't wait for even a single moment.
Jiang Yue remained silent until the end of the game. Without any suspense, she won, scoring more than thirty points higher than Yan Xia. Then she contemptuously threw away the sensor gun and turned back to Yan Xia with a sneer.
"You don't fight for what you should, but you insist on competing with me for what you shouldn't. Cheng Yan Xia, I've told you before, haven't I? You're just a pawn he uses to fulfill his own ambitions. Don't be so self - indulgent."
Jiang Yue stood upright and stepped closer to her. Her gaze was as straight as an arrow.
"Even if he did use me to deal with Fang Jiangyi, it was my own choice. I believe his feelings for me are real." Yan Xia took a deep breath. "I'm not here to ask you to confirm our feelings. You just need to tell me what you know."
Perhaps completely irritated by her overbearing attitude, Jiang Yue suddenly let out a cold laugh, turned around, and slapped Yan Xia. She glared at her, losing the calmness she had just shown.
"If I don't slap you, you really think you've turned into a phoenix from a sparrow, don't you? Who do you think you are to talk to me in such a haughty way? Do you believe that even if I make you disappear without a trace, Qian Zhou won't do anything to me?"
Furious, she growled, wishing to vent all the pent - up anger of these days on her.
Yan Xia turned her head back and grinned. "Tell me the truth."
Their argument in this place inevitably attracted the attention of many people. Jiang Yue suddenly reached out and grabbed the scarf around Yan Xia's neck, dragging her towards the bathroom.
A group of bodyguards who followed Jiang Yue to protect her safety trailed behind. They quickly drove out all the people in the bathroom. There were continuous protests and screams. Then the whole bathroom was completely emptied, leaving only the two of them.
Jiang Yue dragged Yan Xia in front of the mirror on the sink, and Yan Xia didn't resist from beginning to end.
The light was bright, making Yan Xia's face look a bit pale.
It was also clearer to see the difference in their temperaments. One was pure and reserved, while the other was assertive and domineering.
Jiang Yue was like a vigorously blooming rose, full of vitality.
And Yan Xia was like a flower that had withered when the west wind blew.
Wen Liang, who had been following Yan Xia, realized that something was wrong. He wanted to go in and check the situation, but was blocked by Jiang Yue's bodyguards and couldn't get close at all.
Inside, Jiang Yue looked at Yan Xia with disgust, then turned on the tap to wash her hands, as if just touching Yan Xia made her feel sick.
"I heard you already know what kind of person your father is."
Yan Xia's eyebrows twitched. "Since you've already investigated, why bother asking me? I just want to know the truth. Stop beating around the bush and teasing me."
Seeing her getting anxious, Jiang Yue's smile became even more delighted, like a blooming flower.
"To Qian Zhou, you're just a pawn who came to him voluntarily. Since Fang Jiangyi started lurking in the Cheng family, he's been eyeing you all. He was just waiting for Fang Jiangyi to make a move, and that would be the best time for him to win you over. Do you really think he cares about the little assets in Fang Jiangyi's hands? You know nothing. You've just been being self - righteous."
She suddenly turned around and pinned Yan Xia against the wall with one hand, suppressing her with a strong sense of oppression.
"Why didn't he let me get involved in these things? Because it's too dangerous. He won't let the people he really cares about get involved in such a crisis. I just need to do things for him in the background, in the safest haven where he can be at ease. If he really loved you, he wouldn't let you suffer the pain of separation and turn you into someone else."
Yan Xia's face turned paler and paler. She didn't know what to say.
But she still instinctively retorted, "You're lying to me. He loves me. Our feelings didn't come from love at first sight but from day - to - day interactions. That's why he wants me to be Cheng Yan Xia again. He loves me as a person, never for anything else."
Even if there were some grudges between her father and him, he had been trying to mediate. His restlessness these days was because he was hesitating for her sake.
There was too much information for her to accept at once, so she deceived herself and made up more lies.
"He kept you just to give your Cheng family a more fatal revenge! He never loved you. Don't you think it's ridiculous to interpret a man's primitive desire for a woman as love? You've been played with both physically and emotionally, and you still seem to enjoy it. I think you're really sick! You, your father, and your short - lived sister, your good days are almost over."
There was intense jealousy in her eyes. This jealousy almost drove her crazy.
"Cheng Yan Xia, do you really know him? How much do you know about him after being with him for so long? Do you have any leverage over him? He has pinned all the blame on you, Fang Jiangyi and others. Although he is clearly a part of this game, he stays out of it like an outsider and never leaves any evidence in anyone's hands. During the years when his bipolar disorder was the most serious, when he hurt himself and resisted everyone, it was me who was always with him. It was me who accompanied him through the most difficult days. Only I deserve him. Who do you think you are!"
As she said this, she suddenly lost control and grabbed Yan Xia's hair, pulling it hard. Yan Xia's face turned deathly pale from the pain.
She didn't dare to make a sound. Biting her thin lips because of Jiang Yue's words and actions, she drew blood.
Yan Xia gasped heavily. "Actually, you don't know anything either, do you? You just want to say these things to make me leave him voluntarily."
"I know much more than you do." Jiang Yue grabbed Yan Xia and forced her face to stop not far from the mirror. The bright light was blinding. Yan Xia saw herself with red - rimmed eyes in the mirror.
"Look at your plastic face. Can you bring him any benefits now? What can you do for him? What makes you worthy of his love?" Jiang Yue suddenly leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear, "Your father almost ruined his whole life, making him live a life worse than death. He's hated and suffered for most of his life. How can you think he'll fall in love with the daughter of his enemy?"