CHAPTER 235: CHAPTER 222 GOODBYE AGAIN 2

"Li Chengze has liked He Nuoxin for a long time." Li Yanan wasn’t surprised at all about what happened.

"Really? Li Chengze has liked He Nuoxin for a long time, but... everyone in J City knows that in a few days, it is the day this man is marrying Tu Haohao! He is marrying Tu Haohao, not He Nuoxin!" Lin Zhenxin had to admit, this matter reminded her of Tu Wanzi and her father’s affair.

Do they truly have no sense of dignity or shame? Is it really that...

The pleasure of the body far surpasses the adherence to moral standards?

If she had never known Tu Haohao, she could have coldly observed as an outsider and cheered for retribution.

It was Tu Wanzi’s mistake being repaid through her daughter Tu Haohao, but now...

Tu Haohao was no longer just a set of printed words in a magazine or a few photographs; she was a living person appearing in her life!

How could Lin Zhenxin possibly be so cold-hearted to applaud?

"I want to call her." Lin Zhenxin reached for her phone, but before she could dial the number, her hand was pressed down by Li Yanan.

"Zhenxin, how do you know that Tu Haohao is unaware of these things?"

Li Yanan could see that Lin Zhenxin was emotionally agitated, but he remained calm to the point of being frightening.

"If she knew, how could she still get married?" Lin Zhenxin couldn’t help but raise her voice.

But when facing Li Yanan, looking into his eyes, a feeling of sadness spread within her heart.

Because she knew the answer to Li Yanan’s question...

"Think about it—after all these things, if Tu Haohao still chooses to go through with the wedding, do you think... even if you tell her what happened tonight, will it change anything?" Li Yanan said as he took the tightly gripped phone from her hand.

His expression was very indifferent.

"If Tu Haohao had wanted to cancel the wedding from the beginning, she had countless opportunities to change it all!"

Lin Zhenxin silently watched Li Yanan, knowing that he was stating the truth.

Indeed, if Tu Haohao wanted to cancel the wedding, she had countless opportunities, but she didn’t.

"Why..." Lin Zhenxin’s expression was somewhat listless, and from the car window, her facial expression was clearly visible.

"Perhaps she is waiting for an opportunity."

Li Yanan reached out and gently stroked Lin Zhenxin’s cheek.

Due to anger, her clean little face was flushed, and at this moment, there was still a hint of confusion in her eyes.

"What... opportunity?" Lin Zhenxin slowly turned her head to look at his face.

"An opportunity to truly give up!"

Inside the Tu Family’s villa, Tu Haohao stood quietly outside the floor-to-ceiling window, her gaze resting on the distance.

The wedding day was getting closer, and the little life inside her had already been with her for two months.

She hid it well; no one in the family noticed anything unusual about her.

In a short time, Tu Haohao lost nearly ten pounds, and even her originally slightly plump cheeks had sunken in.

There was no trace of wedding joy, instead, it seemed like a countdown to something awaited.

On the windowsill, there was a small hourglass slowly sliding down.

The hourglass wasn’t big; it was custom-made two months ago and the sand inside it was set to run out at the end of the wedding day.

"Baby, guess... who will he choose?"

Tu Haohao spoke softly, as if asking the child in her belly, or perhaps talking to herself.

Her fingers gently caressed her smooth belly; two months was not enough to show.

Other than Lin Zhenxin, no one else knew about this child.

"After all, it’s just me from beginning to end... so even if they abandon me... so what?"

After saying this, Tu Haohao sat down against the bay window.

—Did you really think I treated you as a friend? Have you ever thought about how you were back then; what was ever worth my remembering?

—Do you know how relieved I was when you left without a word the next day?

It felt like her heart had been gouged open with a knife, with cold wind blowing through...

Because of Li Chengze, Lin Zhenxin was downcast for two or three days.

With the wedding imminently approaching, she was hesitant to confront Tu Haohao, but unexpectedly, on the day before the wedding, it was Tu Haohao who came looking for her first.

Tu Haohao snuck out to find Lin Zhenxin while trying on her wedding dress.

It had been two months since their last meeting.

Lin Zhenxin was surprised to see that Tu Haohao was even thinner than before, showing no joy at being a bride.

"How did you get so skinny?" Lin Zhenxin could hardly believe her eyes.

Tu Haohao smiled without saying anything.

A good marriage can nourish a woman, as could be seen in both of them.

Like a stark contrast, both in pregnancy, Lin Zhenxin’s face was glowing with health, while Tu Haohao seemed like a dried spring, lifeless.

"Sister Zhenxin, will you come to the wedding?" Tu Haohao’s eyes looked longing.

Back then, her mother and grandfather strongly opposed inviting Lin Zhenxin and Li Yanan, being harsh and emotional.

But even so, Tu Haohao still withstood tremendous pressure and delivered the invitation to the couple’s hands.

Lin Zhenxin didn’t speak for a long time, and finally nodded after an unknown while.

Tu Haohao smiled and then took out a prepared item from her bag and pushed it in front of Lin Zhenxin.

"What’s this?" Lin Zhenxin looked up at her.

"Please, Sister Zhenxin, after the wedding, help me give this to Li Chengze."

Help give it to Li Chengze? What does that mean?

Lin Zhenxin placed a hand on the box, noticing it was a pale white with an engraved pattern, matching the invitation in color.

The box was small, too small to contain anything substantial.

"I know you must have a lot of doubts in your heart, like why wait until after the wedding? Why... won’t I give it to him myself."

Tu Haohao took a sip of water and suddenly smiled, a faint smile.

"By then... you will naturally know." She said.

Lin Zhenxin looked at Tu Haohao sitting across from her, not knowing why a sense of sadness began to spread around them.

"Haohao, about Li Chengze and He Nuoxin, this wedding still has time to fix!"

"I know."

All of Lin Zhenxin’s words got stuck in her throat following Haohao’s three-word response.

"What you want to say, I already know." Tu Haohao met Lin Zhenxin’s eyes.

Lin Zhenxin didn’t even need to speak; she already understood that what Haohao meant by knowing was the same thing she wanted to say.

"Sister Zhenxin..."

Tu Haohao stood up; even in a small down jacket, it seemed loose on her.

"See you at the wedding."

After Tu Haohao left, Lin Zhenxin sat there for a long time.

Not knowing how much time passed, someone heavily sat down across from her, and when Lin Zhenxin looked up, it was Tu Wanzi!

"Lin Zhenxin, what is your purpose for befriending Haohao?"

Tu Wanzi had followed Tu Haohao, seeing her come to meet Lin Zhenxin, her anger surged.

"What did she give you? Did you threaten her?"

Seeing the pink box, Tu Wanzi reached out to grab it, but Lin Zhenxin was quicker, sweeping it into her bag.

"Are you afraid? Are you afraid your daughter will find out about the dirty things you did?"

Lin Zhenxin looked at the distorted face of Tu Wanzi; it was obvious she was about to lose her temper, and her words...

seemed to add fuel to the fire.

"Shut up!" Tu Wanzi suddenly raised her voice, startling other people in the shop.

But the smile on Lin Zhenxin’s face was extremely calm.

"I really feel sorry for Tu Haohao; she’s such a clean person, yet she has a mother like you! If she knew about what you did back then, do you think... she could calmly face you?" Perhaps, Lin Zhenxin truly had thought about telling Tu Haohao about the past.

But after going through so much, kindness finally defeated malice.

Lin Zhenxin didn’t want to let her hatred turn her into someone as disgusting as them.

This was her bottom line.

"Rest assured, no matter what past we have, whatever grievances, I won’t tell Haohao about those things."

Lin Zhenxin didn’t want to waste words with Tu Wanzi, so she grabbed her bag and turned to leave.

"She killed him!" Suddenly, Tu Wanzi spoke fiercely from behind.

Lin Zhenxin stopped and slowly turned to look at Tu Wanzi.

"It was Tu Xinya who killed Jusheng!" Her eyes welled with tears, her words sharp!

"You’re talking nonsense." She had personally experienced that fire, she was a witness.

It was Lin Jusheng who started the fire, wanting to destroy everything, no one else could be blamed!

"Before Jusheng died, he met with Tu Xinya; I saw it with my own eyes! After returning, Jusheng’s emotions collapsed, which led to that fire!"

Tu Wanzi sneered coldly, as if releasing the emotions suppressed within her!

"Don’t you want to know why Jusheng tortured you?"

Tu Wanzi squinted slightly, her gaze sending chills down Lin Zhenxin’s spine.

"Because by chance, he discovered you weren’t his biological daughter at all!"

Lin Zhenxin tightly pursed her lips; her hand, resting on the table, clenched into a fist, tight enough that her knuckles turned white.

"I don’t believe it! I don’t believe a word you’re saying!" She declared.

"Your whole life, from childhood, you believed it was your father who cheated, but did you ever think that the one who never placed their heart in this family... was actually Tu Xinya! Jusheng was innocent!" Tu Wanzi was teary-eyed, her voice was suffocating, breaking through her heart.

"If what you’re saying is true, if Tu Haohao and I don’t share the same father, on what basis... did you have me do the matching back then?"

"Because I had no other option! I wanted her to live!"

Tu Wanzi abruptly raised her voice!

"Do you think by saying this, I’ll believe that you weren’t the one to seduce my father back then, causing you to have Haohao?"

Lin Zhenxin couldn’t stop laughing coldly, perhaps a bit agitated, her chest felt tight.

"Excuse me, what were you two just talking about?" Just when the tension between them was about to snap, a gentle voice sounded from the corner.