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This time, Xiang Wan was completely speechless.
He could guess everything right?
His insight into otherās thoughts was indeed superb.
She didnāt want to hide this so she nodded her head affirmatively. āSo will you tell me why?ā
Maybe her tone was too peaceful, for Ye Lun gave a smile and took several gasps before he continued. āā¦ your dadā¦ he was inā¦ that coachā¦ 19 years agoā¦ā
Xiang Wan felt her blood turned cold at that moment.
Ye Lun added, āHe wasā¦ the bus driverā¦ā
Xiang Wanās spine had a chilly feeling as she stared at Ye Lun with disbelief. She couldnāt believe what he had told her. āHowās that possible?ā She showed a disdainful smile. āIāve asked my mom before and she said noā¦ Ye Lun, just stop trying to confuse meā¦ā
āHurhurhurā¦ā laughed Ye Lun. āYour momā¦ why would sheā¦ tell youā¦ that your dadā¦ committed adulteryā¦ and thatā¦ he even lost his life because of itā¦ā
Xiang Wanās expression became cold and was in thought.
All these years, Xiang Wanās mom hardly mentioned her dad.
If Xiang Wan did not raise the topic, her mom would never talk about her dad.
And every time when she asked her, the answer she gave to Xiang Wan was never explicit enough.
When she was a child, her mom was always angry. Life was tough as she singlehandedly brought her up. She was so overwhelmed by the pressure of life that she couldnāt behave like a loving mother to Xiang Wan. Sometimes Xiang Wan would ask for her dad but her mom would fly into a rage and hurl verbal abuse hystericallyā¦ Therefore, from that time onwards, she was not very close to her mom. Xiang Wan had wanted to be close to her but she never dared to be too close and disallowed herself from making mistakes recklessly.
Hence, she would hardly bring up her dad.
When she got older, she didnāt ask for her dad anymore.
Nonetheless, at that time, she had thought that her mom was too distraught and upset because of her dadās passing.
After all, any ordinary widow wouldnāt like others to keep talking about her husbandās death.
When Xiang Wan got confirmation of her dadās infidelity, it was because of her youngest uncle-in-law, Xing Yuanhang, who kept a mistress outside and her youngest aunt unknowingly revealed this factā¦
Xiang Wan tried hard to recall those days when her dad was still alive but to no avail. āI remember that my mom told me that dad passed away because of a car accident.ā She shook her head.ā She told me that the responsibility lies with the vehicle owner so we got a sum of compensation money. She took the money and bought a small house in Jin City. After that, in order to send me to university, she sold the houseā¦
āMy mom never mentioned that dadā¦ had another woman outside. She never mentioned that he and Bai Muchuanās mom had any relationship. If there really is somethingā¦ why didnāt she tell me now that both Bai Muchuan and myself are in a relationship?ā
She even told Ye Lun what she shouldnāt have said.
Ye Lun could see that she was flustered.
It was a kind of confused emotion that came from deep within her.
Ye Lun looked on quietly. āā¦Cui Ming,ā he continued, āthe first one he killedā¦ was your dadā¦ he was the first targetā¦ā
Xiang Wan was confounded. She didnāt know if she should believe him.
If what Ye Lun said was the truth, that would mean that her dad and Bai Muchuanās mom knew each other since 19 years ago. One was the bus driver and the other was the tour guide. They mustāve spent a lot of time togetherā¦
Xiang Wan suddenly recalled something and she felt frustrated.
She had thought of what Bai Lu had told her, as well as what Cheng Xin had told Xie Wanwan. The content of what they said was actually similarā¦
Xiang Wanās face suddenly turned pale.
So all those āliesā that she heard from them, were actually true after all?
Ye Lun was smiling, although his face was even paler than Xiang Wan.
He knew what Xiang Wan was thinking about and his expression seemed a little proud. āā¦ Youāre thinking about itā¦ yesā¦ youāre rightā¦ Bai Muchuanās momā¦ and your dadā¦ā
Xiang Wan raised her volume and stared at him coldly. āYe Lun, I donāt believe you. Stop talking nonsense!ā
Ye Lunās eyes were almost closed. He was very weak. āā¦ Thereās moreā¦ cruel thingsā¦ā
Xiang Wan didnāt want to hear anymore.
But she was unable to stop Ye Lun from talking.
āYour dadā¦ caused his momās deathā¦ your dad did thatā¦ the money that your mom usedā¦ to buy the houseā¦ was actuallyā¦ the money he gotā¦ from his momās deathā¦ā
Xiang Wan was stumped by the news.
Her blood was cold and her heart felt chilly.
She took quite a while to recover from her chaotic feelings. When she saw Ye Lunās face, she suddenly realized something.
There wasnāt much time leftā¦
She still had things that she wanted to ask. She knew she had to ask about the case. The rest of the things could wait.
āSince my dad was in the flash flood and landslide 19 years ago. Why did you stop Cui Ming from trying to kill me?ā
There were some sounds coming from his throat and he panted for a while. āI donātā¦ knowā¦ I donāt knowā¦ eitherā¦ā
Xiang Wan furrowed her eyebrows. She knew that he had difficulty talking. After a while when she didnāt hear any response, she continued to ask another question. āThe first time we met was at the āPalaceā right?ā
Ye Lun paused for a moment.
He tried to nod his head, blinking to express that she was right.
āSince weāre strangers,ā said Xiang Wan, āwhy did you help me?ā
āThat timeā¦ā said Ye Lun with difficulty, āCui Mingā¦ didnāt want to kill you yetā¦ He wanted toā¦ make use of your bookā¦ to killā¦ I didnāt wantā¦ to help youā¦ eitherā¦ Consequentlyā¦ā
āIn the beginning, you didnāt want to help me,ā reiterated Xiang Wan, āthen why? What is it that made you change?ā
Ye Lun: āā¦ IDā¦ that IDā¦ you asked meā¦ if those whose souls were taintedā¦ deserved death, why am Iā¦ not the first one?ā
Hmmā¦ this sounds familiar?
Xiang Wan had studied the mysterious ID before and knew each and every comment that he had left in her book reviews and comments page. There was once that ID made this comment: āThose whose souls have been tainted deserve death and no sympathy. Only by washing away these filth, the order in the society will become clean.ā
That day, Xiang Wan was very angry.
That was the first time that she retorted a readerās comment.
āIf those whose souls are tainted deserve death, why arenāt you the first to die?ā
She remembered that she had asked that back.
Unfortunately, he didnāt respond to herā¦
Xiang Wan had never thought that her remark would affect Ye Lun in any way.
āSo, are you saying that you snapped out of those thoughts? But itās impossible?ā
āNoā¦ I want youā¦ to be the last one to dieā¦ you need to see me achieve successā¦ then you dieā¦ when you completeā¦ your novelā¦ youāll dieā¦ā
If he really let her survive just for the reasons that he stated, didnāt it feel like it was ridiculous?
āI guess I really need to thank this novel of mineā¦ā
āHurhurā¦ hurhurā¦ā
But his laughter sounded jarring to the ear.
It felt like a joke, the same as the reasons he gave her.
Xiang Wan couldnāt laugh at all so she looked at him, slightly annoyed.
āYouāre lying to me, right?ā
Ye Lun had a puzzled expression on his face.
He didnāt say anything and there wasnāt any other expression on his face.
Xiang Wan voiced her doubts. āI donāt believe your reasons at allā¦ā
How could anyone spare an authorās life just so the author could continue writing the novel because the story had not ended?
Well, even if Ye Lunās reasons were valid, shouldnāt he be letting her write her novel instead of kidnapping her? That sure didnāt sound like he wanted to read her final chapter of the novel at all.
Xiang Wan refused to believe that.
Ye Lunās hand quivered and he was so tired that he couldnāt open his eyes.
āā¦ Yeah,ā he sighed weakly. āThereās something elseā¦ā
Xiang Wan felt her chest tighten. āWhat is it?ā
āIā¦ Xiang Wanā¦ do you stillā¦ remember whyā¦ you dropped outā¦ from college?ā
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