Ximen Longting leaned down, his body was hunched, his head rested between her legs, and he pressed his head against the clothes rack in her hand, "You think it's not cruel enough? There are other things in the bathroom. I'll get them."

"

"That's enough! Ximen Longting, don't move!" Jing Jiaren clutched the clothes rack and couldn't hold back her tears. "Listen, I'm going to punish you now. You are not allowed to speak or move."

Ximen Longting said nothing, like a child who had done something wrong, waiting to be punished.

Tears flashed in Jing Jiaren's eyes: "I'm going to teach you a lesson now. You have to listen to every word I say. I'll ask you questions later."

"..."

"If you don't answer correctly, I'm leaving. You hear me?"

Ximen Longting's bowed back was silent, looking very tired.

Jing Jiaren saw him calm down and put her fingers into his hair to comb it...

Whenever he gets nervous, his hair will sweat.

"You didn't come back that night. I had a bad premonition and thought that Wang Yingying must have taken you away. After I went to Wang Yingying's villa to make a big fuss and was taken away by the security guards, I went with the driver to find you..."

Ximen Longting moved his shoulders and wanted to say something.

Jing Jiaren said softly: "Listen to me."

She calmly and slowly described how she got to the hotel, how she found his room, how she entered, and what she saw.

Ximen Longting raised his head suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot, and he instantly became haggard.

Jing Jiaren stared at him with slightly raised lips, smiled and said, "Yes, actually I knew that that night..."

"You know?" he asked with a thick voice and his brows were tightly knitted.

Jing Jiaren held his tied hands and put the back of his hands against her cheek.

"I wasn't sure at the time whether you were actually with Wang Yingying... and I wasn't in the mood to verify it... But you took so many drugs and you were in that situation... I guess you two are probably related..."

Ximen Longting stared at her lips, as if every word she said was a life-saving straw, his eyes were extremely dark.

"Did you forget that I cried so hard the next day? You asked me...why? I said I had a nightmare..."

"..."

"It's not a nightmare. I just couldn't control myself at the time. I was so sad."

"Have you known this for a long time?" Ximen Longting's eyes were full of shock and he asked uncertainly.

Jing Jiaren nodded vigorously, but her red eyes stopped crying: "Yes, I have always known it, even before you."

"You know..." he asked harshly, "why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I'm afraid you'll be sad! After all, everyone will have a grudge in their hearts when something like that happens! Just like you didn't tell me when you found out about it, didn't you? I want to forget about it and treat it as if it doesn't exist. Ximen Longting...

I don’t want you to be unhappy!”

Everyone wants to minimize the damage.

Ximen Longting stared at her, his eye circles turning red.

It's as if the color in the eyes is infecting the outside world, making them redder and weirder...

Jing Jiaren reached out to cover his eyes: "Don't look at me like that... I'm sorry. I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I wish I had told you earlier. I'm sorry Ximen Longting."

Ximen Longting's jaw tensed, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he asked in a gravelly voice: "Why do you apologize to me?"
Chapter completed!