At half past five in the afternoon, Tang Xiaowan was out of school.
Not even a minute after she left the teaching building, someone threw an envelope at her.
"Hey, classmate, you dropped something!"
Tang Xiaowan wanted to chase him, but he saw the word Tang Xiaowan written on the envelope.
So, I opened it with a confused look.
Her face gradually turned pale, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and finally she covered her mouth with her hands.
Immediately, Tang Xiaowan ran towards the off-road vehicle like crazy, even dropping the textbook in her hand. Tears burst into her eyes, she was so scared.
"Miss, what happened?"
"Go to Liyuan, right away."
At the same time, Cheng Shi also saw the khaki envelope in Tang Xiaowan's hand.
"Miss, is someone threatening you?"
"Lin Ping is dead, she is dead!"
"She deserves it. Miss, there is no need to feel sorry for her. She has harmed you so many times. It is not a pity to die. She deserves it!"
"You already knew this?"
Cheng Shi didn't answer any more, quickly started the car and drove straight to Liyuan.
…
Twenty minutes later, Li Yuan's study.
Tang Xiaowan was still the same as before, still barging in without knocking.
As soon as she entered, she threw the photo in the envelope onto Li Zishen's desk, and then took three steps back, as if avoiding the plague.
"Say, why?"
Li Zi frowned deeply and glanced at the photos. They were all of Lin Ping's appearance after entering the hospital. They were shocking.
It is indeed more than enough to scare a 20-year-old girl.
Damn it, you actually dare to secretly take photos!
Better not let me find out who it is!
"Her death was an accident, caused by an overdose of sleeping pills."
"Accident, how is it possible? You must have heard the conversation between me and Zihan, the day we went to Bieyuan for dinner last Saturday, right?"
"Yes, I heard you, but it wasn't me."
"It's not you? Is there someone else? I just said it was an accident. Did you lie so much that you even forgot your lines?
"Xiaowan, I have never lied to you."
"Really? This bracelet was not given by you at all. It has my initials on it. It also said that he proposed to me and I agreed. It was a lie. In fact, this set of jewelry..."
Li Zishen: "?"
At this moment, Tang Xiaowan was angry and accidentally revealed the secret of the bracelet.
Halfway through your words, stop quickly.
She couldn't let Li Zishen know that she was conducting a secret investigation, otherwise she would have to intervene again, and perhaps point the finger at Leng Lingxiao, leading to more chaos.
However, it was too late. Li Zishen took a few steps and quickly came to Tang Xiaowan's side.
"I didn't send it to you, how could it be possible?"
He grabbed Tang Xiaowan's hand and wanted to see what the so-called initials were about.
"Don't touch me, for the last time!"
Tang Xiaowan struggled to shake it off and looked at the photo: "No matter what, drowning is always real. Lin Ping is really dead, right?"
"Who gave you the photo?"
When Li Zishen said these words, his eyes were dark and murderous.
Tang Xiaowan shook her head and backed away again.
"What do you want to do, silence me?"
"That's not what I meant, Xiaowan. I'm just... worried about your safety. Maybe this is a prank someone made to scare you. Tell me, who gave it to you?"
Li Zishen's eyes suddenly became doting, and even his voice became much gentler.
This change frightened Tang Xiaowan even more.
"Safe? Do you know? In fact, I hate Lin Ping. The day you rescued me, she asked Fang Yun to cut open my skirt and expose it like that. I was so ashamed at the time that I wanted to die, but later I thought, maybe It was to check the wound until she...added something to the medicine, hurting me again and again, but I didn't really want her to die, at most I just wanted her to suffer a little bit."
Tang Xiaowan's idea was very simple, such as treating others in their own way, letting Lin Ping try the medicine that she had added something to, or maybe making her lose her job.
That's all!
Tang Xiaowan felt that these punishments were enough for a person who considered himself noble.
Facts have proved that Lin Ping has indeed restrained himself.
Ever since she lost Li Zishen's trust and went to work as a temporary worker in a pharmaceutical factory, she has not done any bad things. She just hopes that one day she can return to Liyuan, even if she becomes a family doctor.
"Xiaowan, it's not me, really."
Li Zishen tentatively approached again, walking slowly and speaking softly.
But Tang Xiaowan still retreated and avoided.
She couldn't believe Li Zishen, just like Li Zihan had doubted her brother last night.
"I suddenly feel that you are so scary. Lin Ping has been with you for so long. I heard others say that the reason why she studied medicine was to please your mother, because she likes you, and you... have always thought highly of her, but you... Such a cruel hand."
Li Zishen's lips curled up slightly: "Are you pitying her, or are you...jealous?"
The man is being sentimental again!
"No, I didn't. I just feel that she did so many...bad things just to marry you, but you are so cold."
"I'm cold, do you really think so?"
"Yes, not only cold, but also terrifying."
Tang Xiaowan's unsatisfactory evaluation was as sharp as a knife, deeply piercing the man's heart and his innate arrogance.
In fact, in Li Zishen's eyes, Lin Ping's death was not considered a cruel act at all.
He had seen people more cruel than this, but he didn't expect that he would have such a bad image in Tang Xiaowan's heart.
Scary, cold?
Li Zishen has always firmly believed that he will be gentle, considerate, elegant and modest.
"Xiao Wan, do you think I'm not treating you well? I consider everything for you, and love is inherently selfish. I only have you in my heart and cannot tolerate others. I may be a little cold and ruthless towards Lin Ping, but Absolutely not for you, I love you so much, can’t you feel it?”
Another tentative approach, Tang Xiaowan still retreated and avoided.
The distance between them was once again widened.
"But I don't love you, and I never will."
"No, Xiaowan, you just forgot it temporarily, but it doesn't matter, I can chase you again, just like you said the same thing when I first met you, and..."
Before Li Zishen finished speaking, Tang Xiaowan ran away like a frightened child.
As soon as I walked out, my face was full of tears.
She didn't even know why she was sad and why she didn't want to hear Li Zishen's confession.
"Xiaowan, wait for me!"
Li Zishen chased after him and reached out to pull him, but was thrown away.
"Cheng Shi, let's go."
Seeing Tang Xiaowan's demeanor after coming out, Cheng Shi thought he had been wronged in some way and looked at Li Zishen fiercely.
"Yes, miss."
Following the response, Cheng Shiren stood behind Tang Xiaowan and directly blocked Li Zishen.
His fists were clenched and his eyes were cold.
"Xiaowan, you must believe me."
Tang Xiaowan turned her back and did not turn around: "Don't follow me anymore, otherwise we will break up our relationship. I will keep my word. If Mr. Li doesn't believe me, you can give it a try."
Having said this, Li Zishen could only watch helplessly until they left Li Garden.
(End of chapter)
