Chapter 608: 543 Song Jing pulled her to the edge of the cliff, but the person who pushed her down was you.
Zhongli Wuzhi looked at her, calling out several times in a row. When Song Lili, full of disdain, faced him, she discovered his eyes were red... as if he were about to cry.
"What, what’s wrong with you?"
Song Lili found Zhongli Wuzhi’s appearance very strange and looked at him with suspicion.
"Lili..."
"..."
"Xiaoer... Xiaoer tells you everything!"
Song Lili’s brows furrowed tightly. Hearing Zhongli Wuzhi bring up Lu Xiaoer again, her whole person became guarded. "What are you trying to do now?"
"Just now, I heard people say that Xiaoer and Song Jing—"
"Stop."
Song Lili didn’t let Zhongli Wuzhi finish his words, her expression turning distant and cold,
"Zhongli Wuzhi, it was you who said you didn’t want Xiaoer mentioned in your presence again. Coincidentally, Xiaoer also doesn’t want you appearing in her life anymore, so asking further is pointless."
Having said that, Song Lili turned to leave.
Zhongli grabbed hold of her, "Song Lili!"
"..."
"I just want to know the truth!"
Song Lili turned to face him, her heart always harbored anger towards Zhongli Wuzhi.
Angry that he could have trusted Xiaoer more, could have offered her more understanding, could have protected her, yet he did the opposite.
Especially now seeing Zhongli Wuzhi, the image that came to her mind was of Lu Xiaoer sitting on the bed, cheeks hollow, eyes deeply sunken, her pale and weak complexion, yet still forcing a smile.
Seeing Zhongli Wuzhi reminded her of that night at the hot spring hotel, how he insisted on marrying Princess Chinian without care for anything else.
Every word he spoke exemplified this man’s heartlessness and foolishness.
The truth...?
Song Lili exhaled sharply through her nose, scoffing coldly,
"The truth is just as you saw that night. You can give up on Lu Xiaoer because in your heart, she’s nothing but a promiscuous woman without limits."
She purposefully blocked him.
Nearly two weeks had passed since the incident, and only now he thought to inquire.
Wen Nian stood to the side. His brow twitched, knowing little about that night.
He only knew that in the hotel room, Song Jing attempted to rape Lu Xiaoer, and although he knew Lu Xiaoer had arranged to meet Zhongli Wuzhi, he assumed Zhongli Wuzhi hadn’t gone.
When Lawyer Fu explained the situation to him, he didn’t mention Zhongli Wuzhi.
Song Lili had visited Lu Xiaoer, almost every day the week before.
She knew the details but kept them a secret from him due to his relation to Zhongli Wuzhi.
Xiaoer asked her not to mention Zhongli Wuzhi again, and she really hadn’t since.
Wen Nian thought that it was normal for Lu Xiaoer to have such a reaction to such a shock.
"Xiao Li..."
Wen Nian reached out to touch her shoulder, rubbing it to calm her down.
"Wen Nian, Zhongli Wuzhi is quite capable on his own, remember? He married the princess of M country on a whim, without needing any help from us."
"..."
"If he wants to know the truth about what happened, let him investigate it himself. Why ask me!"
Song Lili said coldly.
Zhongli Wuzhi’s chest tightened, and after a long pause, he spoke,
"Then... you’ve already heard Xiaoer’s side of the story, now, are you willing to hear mine?"
Song Lili looked at him,
"Do I need to? Zhongli Wuzhi, you have no idea what you’ve done!"
"I know!"
"Fine then, tell me. I’d like to see what kind of excuses you can come up with to cover up your scumminess!"
Zhongli Wuzhi’s chest felt blocked.
He looked at Song Lili...
Thinking that she and Lu Xiaoer were indeed best friends.
Both so fiery in temperament, their words aggressively piercing.
"That afternoon, Xiaoer asked me to go to the hospital and gave me a room card. She asked me to meet her at Kasi Hotel at eight o’clock that night. She said... she would give me what I wanted the most."
"..."
"What I wanted most was her, I never hid that fact. She gave me a room card, what else could I think of?"
Zhongli Wuzhi clenched his fist,
"I thought Xiaoer taking the initiative to meet me was her conceding, I knew she was proud, so her giving me an out was already generous. Therefore, I meticulously prepared, hoping to use the opportunity to propose to her."
Song Lili narrowed her eyes, "You’re talking nonsense!"
"I’m not! I bought a large bouquet of roses, ninety-nine of them! I had the proposal ring ready! But when I arrived at the hotel and entered the room, what I saw was her rolling in the sheets with another man!"
"So?"
Song Lili sneered with a light laugh, her eyes filled with mockery as she looked at Zhongli Wuzhi.
"That man wasn’t just anyone, it was Song Jing who had always been chasing her, the same Song Jing she always defended!"
"I’m asking you, so?"
Zhongli swallowed,
"So... I naturally assumed she was getting revenge on me, retaliating for having hurt Song Jing before, trying to make me give up on her in such a way."
"I think I need to have a serious talk with your father, with your IQ, how can you take over the Zhongli Consortium!"
Song Lili raised her head, looking at him with a slight contempt.
"I..."
"I was already driven mad by the scene I witnessed. Xiaoer was in the bed, almost completely undressed, and beneath her... beneath her..." Zhongli closed his eyes, unable to utter the words, "In any case, that kind of scene would make anyone believe she was in the throes of passion."
"..."
Song Lili watched Zhongli Wuzhi’s expression grow colder and colder.
"Moreover!"
Zhongli Wuzhi furrowed his brows as he looked at Song Lili,
"If things weren’t as I thought, how did Song Jing know to meet Xiaoer at the Kasi Hotel? And how did she know which room?"
"If it wasn’t Xiaoer who opened the door, how could Song Jing have gotten in?" Zhongli Wuzhi’s questions were indeed suspicious points.
"You find it very strange, right?" Song Lili asked him.
"Of course! Given the situation at the time, how could you expect me to think clearly! Before that, Xiaoer and I had been cold to each other for a long time, even broken up."
"..."
"I thought that night, I would have the joy of regaining what I had lost, but to my dismay, it turned out to be a cold downpour. My heart chilled to its core." Every word from Zhongli Wuzhi came from deep within his heart.
If it hadn’t been for the shocking rumors he’d heard from those two women, perhaps Zhongli Wuzhi would never have spoken about his thoughts and feelings from that night.
His heart was filled with the humiliation of being cuckolded.
At this moment, Zhongli Wuzhi, with reddened eyes, had a glistening tear in his narrow eyes.
This was his reasoning, the journey of his heart.
But now, Zhongli Wuzhi already had his answer, he didn’t need to ask her anything.
"For as long as you have known Xiaoer, you should ask yourself what kind of person the Xiaoer you like is." Song Lili looked straight at him,
"When you saw her in the throes of passion with another man, all you had was anger, scorn, and disappointment in Xiaoer. You only think about the disgrace you suffered but not for a moment did you consider..."
Song Lili’s voice grew hoarse, her throat painfully blocked as if by something,
"Consider that when you felt humiliated, she was on the edge of a precipice, so desperate, panicked, and fearful she could only tremble."
With tears brimming in her eyes, Song Lili spoke word by word,
"She said, at that moment you were her only hope; she almost felt she was done for, thankfully you arrived, but she never imagined you weren’t there to save her."
"She said, Song Jing was the one who dragged her to the edge, and you, you were the one who pushed her over. She’s already broken to pieces, hurting... terrified."
Song Lili wiped away the tears that fell, her heart genuinely aching for Xiaoer.
That day she went to visit the Lu Family, she saw her laugh and cry while she spoke of her heartaches.
Song Lili just sat there, her heart already breaking.
The person there was no longer a whole Xiaoer, but a shattered Xiaoer picking up the pieces of her soul.
"So... at that time, it was Song Jing who was... who was... violating her..."
After hearing what the two women had said, Zhongli Wuzhi already had an answer in his heart, but after Song Lili finished speaking, his heart truly felt torn apart.
The pain.
Such a tall and handsome man, in that instant, looked like the life was drained out of him, standing there, his frame unconsciously swaying.
"But she didn’t show it, she looked like, she looked..."
"She was drugged by Song Jing."
Zhongli Wuzhi’s head felt like it had exploded with a buzzing sound.
"What kind of reaction did you expect from her?"
Song Lili looked quietly at the stunned Zhongli Wuzhi, who found himself at a loss for words, then she smiled slightly,
"But you did do one good thing. If you hadn’t kicked Song Jing before leaving, Xiaoer might have fallen into an abyss by now."
"..."
Zhongli Wuzhi’s heart suddenly constricted, a terrifying chill running down his spine.
At the time, he actually thought that kicking Song Jing was a way to get back at Xiaoer and Song Jing.
He really hadn’t considered, not even for a moment, that Xiaoer... Xiaoer was the victim.
Now, looking back on that night, the words he spoke to Xiaoer filled him with a desire that they could be the sharpest knives, slashing her body until it was a bloody, unrecognizable mess, to satisfy his anger.
Unaware... that at that time Xiaoer herself was already covered in wounds, mired in fear...
"Now you should know what you have done to Xiaoer, right?"
"..."
"Anyone has the right to question her, to doubt her, anyone but you."
"I’m going to find her."
After saying this, Zhongli Wuzhi started to leave, but Song Lili grabbed him forcefully, "Enough!"
"..."
"What would you do if you went? Apologize? Kneel? Or continue to explain to her, continue to look for excuses to absolve yourself of your mistakes?"
"...I’m wrong, Lili, I’m wrong... I want to see her...!"
"But she doesn’t want to see you!"
"..."
"Xiaoer said that from beginning to end, there is no right or wrong in this matter, and she doesn’t want to pursue who was right or wrong. She just wants to live her life, to continue being a Lu Xiaoer who is upfront and does as she pleases."