CHAPTER 220: CHAPTER 219: LET’S MAKE A BET

She wanted to shout, but she couldn’t muster any strength in her body.

In the end, she finally fainted! She had no recollection of what happened after she lost consciousness!

Ye Anxin opened her eyes wide, looking around at everything, but all she saw was darkness, unable to see anything clearly.

Even though it was pitch black, she could clearly feel a faint breathing sound nearby.

It was the sound of someone’s breathing... she was sure!

"Who? Who is it?" Ye Anxin licked her dry lips, realizing how hoarse her voice was only after she spoke.

Immediately, a sinister and frenzied voice echoed in her ear, "Ye Anxin, you’re finally awake! I thought you weren’t planning to wake up!"

Just one sentence, and Ye Anxin recognized the voice’s owner, gasping in shock, "Xie Yunlu, is it you?"

In the darkness, the voice quickly replied, "Of course it’s me! If not me, who else would you think it is?"

Ye Anxin forced herself to calm down, puzzled, "How are you here? Weren’t you locked up in a cell by Uncle? Weren’t you in Jin City?"

The answer was silence. Just as Ye Anxin was about to continue asking, she suddenly felt her chin being controlled by a pair of cold hands and forcibly lifted. Then, a strong smell of medicine assaulted her nose.

Before Ye Anxin could respond, Xie Yunlu’s sinister voice echoed in her ear, "Ye Anxin, I heard you’re pregnant?"

"How do you know?" Ye Anxin was secretly shocked! She remembered that no one except a few close people knew she was pregnant, not even her parents! How did Xie Yunlu find out?

Could it be that someone very close to her betrayed her? Otherwise, how could Xie Yunlu, who was locked in a cell, have escaped!

Could it be that today, everything was a conspiracy, planned by someone?

Who? Who really wants to harm her?

Xie Yunlu didn’t answer her question, squeezing her chin even tighter, gritting her teeth, "Why, why? Why can you be pregnant, while my child is gone! Why? Why is the heavens so unfair! Now I have nothing! The child is gone, the Xie Family is gone, and Rufeng has broken all ties with me! I have nothing now! I’ll never have my own child in this life! And it’s all because of you! If it weren’t for you, I, Xie Yunlu, wouldn’t have fallen to such a state as today!" The more she spoke, the more agitated Xie Yunlu became, squeezing Ye Anxin’s chin harder, almost as if to crush her chin bone.

Ye Anxin endured the pain coming from her chin and said righteously, "Xie Yunlu, the reason you’ve ended up like this isn’t because of me, but because of yourself! All along, you were the one who considered me an enemy; I never competed with you for anything! All along, you were the one who wouldn’t let things go! You said Mu Rufeng called out my name in his dreams, that’s not my fault, you should blame yourself! It’s you who couldn’t manage your man, you couldn’t make him wholeheartedly yours! The Xie Family went bankrupt, you had a miscarriage, Mu Rufeng severed ties with you, all because of you! If you hadn’t hurt me, none of this would have happened! In the end, it’s all self-inflicted! For a long time, instead of examining your own willingness and faults, you pushed all the blame on me, it’s utterly ridiculous! With that attitude, you’ll never recognize your own mistakes and will continue making mistakes all over again!"

Although she was always soft in temperament, letting things slide, and didn’t like to fuss over anything, she also recognized right from wrong. The reason she didn’t fuss was because she was magnanimous, not holding grudges! But that didn’t mean it was her fault!

"You...!" Choked by Ye Anxin’s words and at a loss for words for a long time, Xie Yunlu, in her anger, directly slapped her hard across the face with the hand that was holding her chin.

This slap was full of strength, making Ye Anxin’s face burn with pain, her ears buzzing.

"Ye Anxin, I’m telling you, if I can’t have something, neither can you! Even if I die, I’ll take you and Mu Beiting down with me!" With that, Xie Yunlu burst into a maddening laugh.

Ye Anxin was startled and hurriedly asked, "What are you trying to do?"

Xie Yunlu raised an eyebrow, sneering, "What? You’re finally scared? I thought Ye Anxin didn’t care about anything? Turns out you do care about people!"

Ye Anxin grew anxious and quickly warned, "What exactly do you want to do? Come at me if you have any grievances, don’t harm Uncle!"

"Heh...!" Xie Yunlu coldly chuckled a few times, grasped Ye Anxin’s chin again, leaned in close, and said slowly, "Ye Anxin, do you want to know how I escaped? Tell me, without anyone’s help, how could I have escaped from prison so easily?"

Ye Anxin’s heart sank suddenly, "You... what do you mean by that?"

Xie Yunlu didn’t answer, continuing, "Tell me, if Mu Beiting really wanted to lock me up, could I escape?"

Ye Anxin retorted, "Are you trying to tell me that your escape was Uncle’s doing?"

Xie Yunlu sneered, "Mu Beiting is incredibly powerful, do you think I could escape without his consent? And even know you’re in Jiangcheng! I even know your whereabouts so clearly!"

Hearing this, Ye Anxin scoffed disdainfully, "Are you trying to sow discord between Uncle and me? I won’t fall for it!"

Xie Yunlu laughed and said, "Ye Anxin, how about we make a bet?"

Ye Anxin instinctively asked, "Bet on what?"

"Let’s bet on whether Mu Beiting truly likes you, or has other motives!"

Ye Anxin refused without a second thought, "No bet! Whether Uncle likes me has nothing to do with you!"

To Ye Anxin’s response, Xie Yunlu was clearly a bit surprised, "Don’t you want to know if Mu Beiting was the one who let me out?"

"I don’t want to know, I trust Uncle!" Ye Anxin’s attitude was firm, full of confidence.

She knew Xie Yunlu was deliberately trying to sow discord with Uncle, and if she believed it, she’d be falling right into Xie Yunlu’s plot!

She wouldn’t let a few deceitful words make her doubt Uncle’s feelings for her.

Unfortunately, what she got in return was a burst of Xie Yunlu’s maniacal laughter, "Heh... heh...!"

Ye Anxin was disturbed by the laughter, impatiently asking, "What are you laughing at?"

Xie Yunlu laughed as she answered, "I’m laughing at how stupid you are! You’re the dumbest woman I’ve ever seen! You’ve been used by the man beside you for so long without knowing, still foolishly thinking you’re living happily! Ye Anxin, I’m telling you, one day you’ll realize that in Mu Beiting’s heart, you mean nothing! The woman he truly loves is someone else, and you’re just someone he’s been using all along!"

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