The voices in the ward suddenly stopped. There came the sound of someone throwing off the quilt, and then the ward door was pushed open abruptly. Chi Xu looked down in surprise at Jiang Yuan, who was squatting at the door, trembling constantly.
Come to think of it, Jiang Yuan must have heard all the conversation between him and Lin Suye just now. She now knew about the plan of seducing him and then mercilessly abandoning him.
From the very beginning, he had known all about it, and so had Lin Suye.
Song Xiangyi noticed that Jiang Yuan was in a bad mood. She bent down and gently patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder, saying softly, "Jiang Yuan, why don't you go in?"
"Don't touch me!"
Jiang Yuan shouted these three words hoarsely. She hugged her head and squatted on the ground. Tears welled up in her eyes but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She felt as if she had been thrown into the icy sea. Her blood seemed to freeze, and she shivered with cold.
Song Xiangyi was startled and took a few steps back. She pointed at Jiang Yuan and mouthed silently, "What's wrong with her?"
Chi Xu ignored her current confusion. He squatted down carefully and silently looked at Jiang Yuan.
He opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but found that his throat seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't utter a single word.
After a long while, he said, "I'm sorry, Yuanyuan."
"Yuanyuan, I'm sorry." The phone call hadn't been hung up yet. Lin Suye followed Chi Xu's words to apologize, "Actually, I don't understand why you two clearly like each other but still hurt each other. It's all my stupid idea..."
The emotions in Jiang Yuan's eyes trembled violently. She forced a sad smile and hoarsely questioned.
"So this is the reason why you joined hands with Chi Xu to deceive me? Lin Suye, you were the first friend I made when I entered university."
The tears that had been welling up in her eyes finally slipped down and dropped onto the cold ground.
Jiang Yuan slowly stood up. Her steps were a bit staggering, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.
"Tell me. What else have you been hiding from me? Is there anything more excessive than this?"
Her hands dropped powerlessly. Tears slipped uncontrollably, hitting the ground one after another. Her chest felt as if a huge rock was pressing on it, so heavy that she could hardly breathe.
All the beautiful scenes since the beginning of school flashed through her mind like a movie, but they were also like sharp blades, stabbing her body bloodily.
Her eyes were full of sadness and despair.
"No more, Yuanyuan. I definitely have nothing else to hide from you." Lin Suye quickly showed her attitude. Since she wasn't on the scene, she didn't know how Jiang Yuan was doing at the moment. She carefully chose her words, "Yuanyuan, can we... still be friends?"
Lin Suye was afraid that because of this incident, the friendship between her and Jiang Yuan would come to an end.
"Chi Xu, is there anything else you've deceived me about or hidden from me?" Jiang Yuan avoided answering and looked up, staring intently at Chi Xu.
The rolling tears blurred her vision and also the future. She didn't know what to do.
Chi Xu's eyes dodged for a moment, and Jiang Yuan quickly caught it. She tried hard to contain her intense emotions, gritted her teeth, and squeezed out each word.
"Tell me."
What else could be more excessive than this?
Chi Xu didn't want to talk about it now. Jiang Yuan was in an excited state at the moment. He was worried that if he told her about the memo, she might not be able to bear it.
Yes, he should have told her from the beginning. Otherwise, things wouldn't have developed into such an embarrassing situation.
"Yuanyuan, calm down first. Let's talk about it after you calm down, okay?" Chi Xu gritted his teeth and almost pleaded.
Jiang Yuan's eyes were blood - red. Her hands were clenched into fists out of anger. She roared hoarsely, "Calm down? How can you expect me to calm down? Do you still have something more excessive that you haven't told me?"
Chi Xu sighed helplessly. He reached out his hand to grab Jiang Yuan's arm, but she shook him off. His hand froze in mid - air. He stared at it silently for a while and then slowly withdrew it.
Jiang Yuan sneered, took a few steps back, and kept a distance from Chi Xu, clearly showing that she didn't want any contact with him.
"Tell me or not. If you don't, I'll find out by myself."
"Actually..." Chi Xu tilted his head, frowned tightly, and his expression changed several times. His whole face showed a look of embarrassment. Gradually, as if he had broken through the shackles in his heart, he spit out each word.
"I can see the memos you wrote on your phone on my old phone."
Song Xiangyi, who was at a loss beside them, suddenly widened her eyes and stared directly at Chi Xu.
Lin Suye, who heard this sentence through the phone line, was dumbfounded. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
It was indeed more excessive than this.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuan was very calm. She casually wiped the tears on her cheeks.
Seeing this, Song Xiangyi quickly handed her a tissue.
Jiang Yuan glanced at her expressionlessly, took it, and wiped the tear stains on her cheeks.
"Yuanyuan, actually I didn't know at first. Later, I realized that the words that suddenly appeared in the memo on my old phone were written by you."
"Do you still remember when you borrowed my phone to play when you were a kid? You logged in to the ID on the phone, and then your mother found out. You returned it to me in a hurry. I... I didn't check at that time and didn't know about the ID login..."
Worried that Jiang Yuan's calm face concealed emotions on the verge of collapse, Chi Xu felt his heart tighten and quickly explained.
"So what?" Jiang Yuan tilted her head slightly. After the great emotional ups and downs, she was surprisingly calm. Her indifferent expression was as if she was listening to something that had nothing to do with her.
Chi Xu took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and continued, "I know it was my fault that I didn't log out of your ID, but..."
Threads of bitterness spread on the tip of his tongue. No matter how he explained, it was ultimately his mistake.
He admitted it.
"I was afraid, afraid that you would really ignore me and leave me."
Years of affection was like a jar of carefully brewed old wine, quietly fermenting in the depths of time. The mellow and intoxicating aroma had already penetrated every inch of his body.
He couldn't bear to part with it, nor could he.
Chi Xu couldn't even imagine that in the days to come, there would be no Jiang Yuan. It would be like being a walking corpse, meaningless.
"But it's all your selfish desire."
Jiang Yuan said softly. Her voice was also very gentle, but this soft voice was like a sharp knife, stabbing directly into Chi Xu's heart.
Chi Xu's eyes were red - rimmed. His hands unconsciously tightened, and his knuckles turned white. He opened his mouth but didn't know how to refute. All the eloquent words he usually had disappeared without a trace.
"Chi Xu, I admit that it was wrong of me to try to seduce you and then abandon you, but this was also a plan you and Lin Suye came up with."
"You should reflect on where you've thrown my whole - hearted affection."
The thin winter sunlight shone through the window on the corridor, stinging people's eyes.