CHAPTER 602: CHAPTER 195: UNVEILING THE TRUTH BEHIND THE RESCUE

Song Residence courtyard.

Ye Qichi tightly gripped Xie Ruotong’s hand.

She was afraid that Xie Ruotong would truly act recklessly.

When pushed to the extreme, people can disregard their own lives and death.

And she truly felt that it wasn’t worth it for Xie Ruotong to perish alongside these people here.

"Princess Chen, let go of me," said Xie Ruotong, her voice very soft.

But her tone was very firm.

Ye Qichi felt a constriction in her chest.

At that moment, she obviously tightened her grip on Xie Ruotong’s hand even more.

To Xie Ruotong.

Even if it meant death.

Was she determined to seek revenge first?!

She truly felt it was unjustified for Xie Ruotong.

But she respected Xie Ruotong’s choice.

If this was truly what Xie Ruotong wanted, if Xie Ruotong really had no desire to live in this world, then forcing her would only add to her suffering.

Sometimes.

Living is not necessarily more bearable than dying.

Xie Ruotong must have been hurt deeply.

Ye Qichi slowly let go of Xie Ruotong’s hand.

Xie Ruotong was very grateful.

Ye Qichi was truly different from anyone else she knew or imagined.

She was upright, kind, and wise, yet she didn’t allow her compassion to overflow; she only did what she thought was right, leaving the choice to others, never using justice or morality to constrain anyone; she respected everyone.

Such a person,

really deserved anyone’s respect, and deserved her willingness to go through fire and water for her.

Xie Ruotong’s eyes flickered as she looked towards Song Yanqing.

Looking at that divorce paper.

Song Yanqing also looked at Xie Ruotong.

He could clearly see the changes in her emotions.

He could also feel the hatred in the depths of her eyes.

Extreme hatred towards him.

But things had come to this point.

They were even now.

Initially,

he had Mu Dong stab her with a sword.

Now,

he had repaid it.

He no longer owed Xie Ruotong anything.

Therefore,

Song Yanqing’s gaze was calm.

Without a hint of guilt.

Without a hint of remorse.

The subtle emotions between the two were all observed by Xie Ruilin.

But what she was anxious about now was not the possibility of Xie Ruotong and Song Yanqing developing feelings; she was more eager for Xie Ruotong to refuse the divorce.

Didn’t Xie Ruotong like Song Yanqing very much?!

Besides, in Daxuan Kingdom, a woman who is either divorced or granted a divorce, would have no future.

Now her grandmother was also dead.

It could be said that once Xie Ruotong accepted the divorce paper, her life would be ruined.

An average woman.

Would not be able to accept it.

Xie Ruotong probably couldn’t accept it either.

As long as Xie Ruotong didn’t accept it, as long as she could stay in the Song Residence, Xie Ruilin could find a way to kill her...

She even felt now.

That Song Yanqing granting Xie Ruotong a divorce was actually protecting her.

Protecting her from being harmed in the Song Family.

No.

It had to be her own illusion.

Song Yanqing simply didn’t like Xie Ruotong and was just looking for any opportunity to divorce her.

The conflict in Xie Ruilin’s heart.

Made her face contort ominously.

"Song Yanqing," Xie Ruotong spoke.

Her voice was low, hoarse, calm.

There was a sudden sharp pain in Song Yanqing’s chest.

It was as if he heard the despair beneath the cold tone of Xie Ruotong’s voice.

Complete despair towards him.

"Do you know what the biggest regret of my life is?" Xie Ruotong said.

With a murmuring tone.

Expressionless.

She appeared to show nothing unusual.

If it were not for Ye Qichi being so close to Xie Ruotong, close enough to feel that the inner strength within her whole body was continuously gathering in the palm of her hand,

she would have thought that Xie Ruotong had already come to terms with it.

"It’s not marrying you," said Xie Ruotong indifferently.

Song Yanqing felt an inexplicable sense of suppression and discomfort in his chest.

"It’s... that once, I kindly saved your life," Xie Ruotong looked at Song Yanqing.

Her greatest regret was nothing more than this.

If she had watched indifferently as Song Yanqing drowned in the pond of their house back then,

she wouldn’t have experienced all this.

Her grandmother wouldn’t have died.

The words of Xie Ruotong,

made Song Yanqing frown.

What saving him?!

When had Xie Ruotong ever saved him?

"I really shouldn’t have believed your nonsense," Xie Ruotong continued in a cold manner.

Her face was altered to the point where her original features couldn’t be seen.

Yet inexplicably, it still sent shivers down one’s spine.

"Saving life must be followed by dedication of oneself... Marrying you as a wife, and never taking a concubine..." Xie Ruotong said indifferently,

as if she were discussing trivial words.

But only heaven knows,

how much these words had affected her.

How many ripples they had caused in her heart at the time.

Now, as she voiced them out,

she was letting go.