Chapter 269 - 264: Appeasing Xu He
Fang Xiu’s face was flushed with embarrassment from Fang Pingying’s accusations, and she was at a loss for words. Finally, stammering, she said, "Now, I... I’m not with Liu Junting anymore, am I? I’m willing to follow Zhiming and live an honest life."
After a pause, she didn’t forget to find an excuse for her wrongdoing, "Besides, if it weren’t for Zhiming’s affair with that woman, I wouldn’t have been so angry to end up with another man."
"Fang Xiu, admitting your wrongdoing is what you should do, don’t make excuses," Fang Pingying saw that even at this point she still wouldn’t admit she had a problem, and shook her head disappointedly.
"Indeed, Zhiming was wrong before, and at that time I advised you to divorce. You didn’t want to divorce, which means you still wanted to live with Zhiming. If you want a good life with him, why get involved with another man?"
"I..." Under Fang Pingying’s relentless questioning, Fang Xiu also began to crumble, collapsing onto a chair, she pounded her chest with her fists, overwhelmed with regret, "I was really delusional at the time, truly believing Liu Junting was a good man, thinking he was better than Zhiming, and that life would be better with him rather than with Zhiming. I didn’t expect he was with me only to scam me out of my money."
Watching Fang Xiu pounding herself, Fang Pingying didn’t interfere, letting her vent.
There’s always a price to pay for one’s mistakes.
When Fang Xiu’s emotional outburst almost subsided, Fang Pingying finally spoke, persuading her, "If you ask my opinion, I still think you should come clean to Zhiming."
Fang Pingying analyzed for her, "Think about it, now that Xu He knows about this, she might tell her family at any time, and you will still be exposed. Besides, you don’t know when she might spill it, and you have to live in constant fear every day. Don’t you find such a life worse than death?"
The thought of admitting her wrongdoing to Zhiming was something Fang Xiu couldn’t bring herself to do. She thought for a while and then seemed to come up with an idea, grabbing Fang Pingying’s hand, she said with a hopeful look, "Big sister, what if I beg Xu He not to disclose this, could that work?"
Fang Pingying shook her head, "Xu He is not a good person, even if she promises you, she may not be trustworthy."
But Fang Xiu saw it very simply, "Speaking of which, I have no feud with her, she seems fine normally, and this matter doesn’t concern her. Even if she does tell, what good does it do for her?"
