Chapter 539: So Close, Yet So Far
Jiao Wan’er was both furious and anxious. “What exactly are you trying to do?”
“Let you be a bride once more,” Xia Qingqing replied with a somewhat eerie smile.
Looking at her own attire, Jiao Wan’er quickly realized what Xia Qingqing was planning. She couldn’t help but curse, “You and that person are really the same! D!sgusting, shameless, desp!cable!”
Xia Qingqing sighed. “Wan’er, it doesn’t matter how much you curse me. I admit I wronged you first, but Brother Song did nothing to offend you. You’re trying to destroy his ambition, and I can’t just let you act recklessly.”
“Who says he didn’t offend me? He… he…” The events of that night were too hum!liating for Jiao Wan’er to even mention. She wanted to bear it silently without others knowing. But after stammering for a while, she couldn’t articulate anything substantial.
Xia Qingqing, having tied Jiao Wan’er up and brought her here, felt a heavy burden. She didn’t notice Wan’er’s abnormal reaction and continued, “You’re planning to use what happened between me and him to threaten him. I admit my guilt, and I can’t k!ll you either, so this is the only solution I came up with. Once you become like me, you’ll have no standing to speak out.”
“Who wants to be like you!” Jiao Wan’er felt guilty. ‘If only you knew… I’ve been no different from you for a long time now…’
Jiao Wan’er understood Xia Qingqing’s intention: if she too had an affa!r with Song Qingshu, she wouldn’t dare to speak out. After all, doing so would ruin her own reputation as well.
“Let me go. I promise I won’t say anything,” Jiao Wan’er sighed in resignation. She didn’t want to face that man again.