Chapter 516 - 516 The Past Marriage

516 The Past Marriage

The man couldn’t win against Qiao An and glared at Xing Chen angrily. “Xing Chen, you’re ungrateful. Do you know that Xiaoya slit her wrist and committed suicide because of you?”

Xing Chen’s expression changed instantly. “What did you say?”

The man said angrily, “It’s not like you don’t know how much Xiaoya loves you. You’ll only force her to death if you’re with Qiao An.”

Xing Chen was already running down the mountain in a panic.

Qiao An stared after him sadly. This guy always threw her out of the window for Xing Xiaoya.

She glared at the man angrily and said, “Do you like Xing Xiaoya?”

The man’s ears turned red. “Yes, I like her. She’s the most beautiful girl here. But she loves Xing Chen wholeheartedly. You don’t know how envious the boys here are of Xing Chen.”

Qiao An pursed her lips and sat leisurely on the chair beside her. She said faintly, “In your eyes, Xing Xiaoya is the best. So if she likes Xing Chen, Xing Chen has to marry her? But have you thought about what Xing Chen is?”

The man was stunned. He couldn’t understand her.

Qiao An said, “Xing Chen does not belong to this mountain. Therefore, the people here and the mountains here can’t keep him. If you like Xing Xiaoya, you shouldn’t entrust her happiness to Xing Chen. You might as well entrust it to yourself.”

The man said angrily, “Xing Chen has to stay here.”

Qiao An said, “What right do you have to decide Xing Chen’s life for him?”

The man was silent.

Qiao An continued, “You know that Xing Chen is Father Xing’s adopted son?”

The man said, “Yes, Father Xing saved Xing Chen and raised him. Father Xing has always treated Xing Chen as his son-in-law.”

Qiao An said, “Do you know what a life-saving grace is? A true life-saving grace shouldn’t be asked for in return. But Father Xing saved Xing Chen for his own selfishness. He tied Xing Chen to his daughter so he could take care of her for the rest of her life. That’s not saving him, but—kidnapping him?”

The man was exasperated. “You’re talking nonsense. If it weren’t for Father Xing, Xing Chen would have died long ago.”

Qiao An stood up abruptly and said angrily, “If Father Xing hadn’t kept him in this godforsaken backwater, Xing Chen’s family would have found him long ago. He would have lived the life he really yearned for.”

The man looked at Qiao An suspiciously. He had a feeling there was something more to Qiao An’s words.

However, after Qiao An accused Father Xing indignantly for a while, she felt that it was a waste of effort to fall out with a dead person.

She said impatiently to the man, “To tell you the truth, Xing Chen won’t stay here. So, if you really like Xing Xiaoya, take the initiative to take care of her.”

The man looked depressed. “She doesn’t like me being close to her.”

“Then tell her what I said. Xing Chen only has four years in the Xing family. Xing Chen has already paid his dues. She has to let go and let Xing Chen so he can uncover the meaning of the first half of his life.”

The man looked at Qiao An in confusion. “Who the hell are you?”

Qiao An looked down the mountain and saw the tiny figure of XIng Chen running across the field. Qiao An was slightly disappointed. “It doesn’t matter who I am. What matters is that Xing Xiaoya has to know who Xing Chen is.”

With that, Qiao An picked up the hat beside her and started down the mountain.

Along the way, the man found something to talk about and probed Qiao An. “Do you really love Xing Chen? Or are you bored staying here and just want to fall in love with Xing Chen? After the activity here ends, you’ll abandon Xing Chen?”

Qiao An was helpless. Why did she give the illusion that she would abandon him? Qiao An told her firmly, “You’re wrong. I love him and want to spend the rest of my life with him.”

“How can a rich young lady from a big city like you like a poor boy like Xing Chen?”

“He’s not poor.” Qiao An smiled.

He was a CEO worth hundreds of billions, but they actually misconstrued him as a poor pauper.

“If you marry him, you have to learn to do farm work. Women in the mountains have to do farm work. Can you get used to it?”

“If I marry him, he and I will have two paths to take. Either I stay here and accompany him in his country life, or he will accompany me into the city and from then on, we will gain fame and fortune from the rise and fall of the business world. He can choose.”

“I don’t believe you can give up the prosperity of a big city. You’re lying.”

Qiao An said, “Believe it or not.”

They chatted along the way and finally returned to Xing Chen’s house.

Xing Xiaoya lay on the bed with a shallow wound on her wrist. She cried her heart out.

“Brother Xing Chen, if you don’t want me, I’ll die for you to see.”

Xing Chen applied the powder to her and said tiredly, “Xiaoya, Qiao An and I are really in love. Qiao An is a good girl too. Try to accept her as your sister-in-law. You’ll like her.”

Xing Xiaoya went crazy. “I don’t like her. You’re the one who’s blinded by love. Can’t you tell? A rich girl like Qiao An can’t live with you sincerely at all.”

Qiao An stood in the courtyard and her face darkened when she heard Xing Xiaoya’s words.

She pushed open Xing Xiaoya’s door angrily. Against the light, her long hair was disheveled. She stood at the door and vowed, “Xing Xiaoya, stop sowing discord between me and Xing Chen. Tell me, what do you want me to do to make you believe that I really love your brother?”

Xing Xiaoya was furious when she saw Qiao An. “Your mouth is like honey. No wonder you deceived Xing Chen. Qiao An, I won’t believe you no matter what you do. Unless… unless you’re clean when you sleep with Xingchen.”

Qiao An was instantly dumbfounded.

Her gaze inadvertently caught the Xing Chen and she saw the probing look in his eyes. At that moment, her heart turned cold.

“I was married.” She looked into Xing Chen’s eyes.

Her intuition told her that Xing Chen cared about this. His probing pierced her because when she married Huo Xiaoran, she was no longer clean.

The man who liked Xing Xiaoya followed her into the house and sneered, “Xing Chen, do you like such promiscuous women?”

Xing Chen scolded the man, “Shut up.”

Qiao An was silent for a long time, then said to Xing Chen, “There are two sections of my marriage history. I think you have a right to know my past.”

Her marriage with Li Zecheng was a pain she never wanted to mention.

But in the face of Xing Chen’s confusion, she knew she couldn’t hide it from him.

She walked out with a dejected expression.

At this moment, she heard Xing Xiaoya’s vicious voice behind her. “Brother Xing Chen, you heard it. She’s been tainted by so many men. She’s not worthy of you at all? You have mysophobia.”

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