Chapter 23 - Too Cruel

Chapter 23: Too Cruel

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

The fork fell on the table. Xu Xiyan felt sick, as if there was a gun pressing into her.

The first thing Huo Yunshen had asked her when she woke up was whether she remembered who he was. She had been puzzled by the question, but now she knew what was up.

Shit, I’m done! It’s true what they say, you reap what you sow!

“You finally remember?” Huo Yunshen narrowed his eyes, his handsome face smiling lightly. Oh, how wonderful it was to be remembered.

“500 yuan was a lot. In romance novels, the woman usually pays the man 100 yuan, so I’m already more than generous. Besides, why should I cheat you? You are a man, and I am a woman. I’ve never complained, and besides, I gave my first time to you. Dude, you’re the one who got lucky, okay?”

Xu Xiyan was eager to get rid of the suspicion of her being a cheater. If he really wanted to get serious about it, asking her to compensate him for his loss, what could she do?

Had she been reading too many romance novels?

Huo Yunshen saw her panicking and decided to tease her.

“Is that so?” he asked. “Why do I have the feeling that I’ve been swindled? You must have known my identity beforehand and deliberately set up a scandal between us so you could take advantage of my status!”

It was because of her that he was now doomed to live with his current condition.

So... if she really thought about it, then it really was all because of her.

After a few seconds of silence, Huo Yunshen looked sad and said, “when you left....do you know how much grief the car accident brought me, for that entire year?”

“...” Xu Xiyan couldn’t think of anything to say.

Huo Yunshen remembered how five years ago, he had been a proud, confident, strong and domineering man. Now his pride and confidence had been rolled flat, turned to dust by this confinement to a wheelchair.

In such times of darkness, feelings of self-loathing were inevitable.

That car accident had destroyed Huo Yunshen’s sense of pride.

Xu Xiyan had heard Fang Xiaocheng say that after he was severely paralyzed, he could no longer do “it,” which meant he could not have children.

For a man who was in his prime, it was as good as a death sentence.

It was just too cruel.

Xu Xiyan could not bear to think about it. What if she had been the one in the car accident? Would she want to commit suicide?

Endnotes:

Nani means “what” in Japanese