Shen Yingying’s words today were like a needle piercing the most sensitive layer of paper in her heart, laying the truth bare before her.
She couldn’t accept it. The last shred of reason kept her from losing her mind on the spot. She stared at Shen Yingying, gritting her back teeth so hard it hurt, desperately suppressing the urge to lay everything out.
“Yingying… we’re best friends. How could I possibly be interested in your man? I know I’m not as pretty as you, but saying such hurtful things—what do you take me for…”
Wu Xiaoxia didn’t want to confront her, but Shen Yingying had no interest in playing along any longer.
She curled her lips slightly, leaned down, and whispered into Wu Xiaoxia’s ear, “Stealing your friend’s husband? Of course, I take you for an animal. Stop pretending, Wu Xiaoxia. I’ve seen through you for a long time.”
Only then did Wu Xiaoxia realize that Shen Yingying had been toying with her from the start, making a fool out of her.
Wu Xiaoxia was so angry her adrenaline surged. She could no longer keep up the act and howled as she lunged to grab Shen Yingying.
“Shen Yingying, you bitch!”
Shen Yingying had learned basic grappling techniques with her sister before. While she couldn’t handle someone like Xie Fangzhu with his overwhelming height and strength, it was more than enough for a petite, untrained girl like Wu Xiaoxia.
In an instant, Wu Xiaoxia’s wrists ached, and her hands were locked behind her back.
Standing behind Wu Xiaoxia, Shen Yingying held her firmly in place, unable to move. She rested her chin on Wu Xiaoxia’s shoulder and giggled sweetly, “Oh dear, I was just joking earlier. I didn’t expect it to bring out your true feelings. Xiaoxia, you really hurt me!”
They were pressed close together, and from a distance, it looked like two close friends sharing a secret.
Wu Xiaoxia’s face flushed crimson, her bloodshot eyes bulging as if about to pop out. “Shen Yingying, stop pretending! You disgust me!”
Her face was filled with hatred, wishing she could tear Shen Yingying behind her to pieces. But Shen Yingying had her wrists locked tight, leaving her unable to struggle.
Her teeth were nearly ground to dust. Unable to use her hands, she could only use her mouth, cursing bitterly, “Shen Yingying, you slut! What are you so proud of?! Buying a job?! Who would believe your lies? I’ll tell Brother Xie everything about you. I’ll tell him that man is your lover, that you’ve snuck into the woods together, that you’ve slept together! Shen Yingying, you’re nothing but a fickle, seductive fox! You don’t deserve Brother Xie! You’re finished!”
As if hearing something amusing, Shen Yingying sneered, “So what if I don’t deserve him? Your precious Brother Xie still lets me twist him around my finger, doesn’t he?”
Her tone was unbearably arrogant. Wu Xiaoxia felt like she had punched cotton, so furious she could vomit blood. But Shen Yingying didn’t give her a chance to catch her breath, instead delivering a fatal blow:
“Oh, I forgot to tell you. Today, I slept with your precious Brother Xie.”
These words struck Wu Xiaoxia like a bolt from the blue, leaving her scorched inside and out.
Seeing Wu Xiaoxia’s face instantly pale, Shen Yingying’s mood improved greatly, and she couldn’t help but laugh. “Go ahead and tell your Brother Xie if you want. Let’s see whether my pillow talk is more powerful or your sincere warnings are.”
Wu Xiaoxia’s ears were ringing, and she could no longer hear Shen Yingying’s words.Shen Yingying had always regarded her as her closest sister, sharing even the most intimate matters with her, and the fact that she had never slept with Xie Fangzhu was no exception.
This was also one of the reasons Wu Xiaoxia had always been confident about Xie Fangzhu, because her mother had once told her:
Apart from children, the most important thing that sustains a couple’s bond is sleeping together.
If a man can resist touching his wife, it means he no longer loves her, and the family they built will eventually fall apart.
Since Xie Fangzhu had never touched Shen Yingying, it meant he simply didn’t like her, and he and Shen Yingying would inevitably separate sooner or later.
But today…
This was truly a devastating blow to Wu Xiaoxia.
Instantly, she became like a defeated rooster, losing even the strength to struggle. Her heart ached as if it were about to split open, but even so, she stubbornly retorted:
“What’s so great about sleeping together once? Do you think Brother Xie is the shallow, lustful type? Do you think this will…”
“Sorry to disappoint,” Shen Yingying sneered, cutting her off. “But he really is.”
Wu Xiaoxia refused to believe it. “Impossible!”
Seeing her like this, Shen Yingying felt immensely pleased and said leisurely, “I already told you he doesn’t look at you because he simply doesn’t fancy you. That doesn’t mean he’s some saint. You haven’t seen how he acts around me… tsk, tsk, tsk…”
Those three meaningful “tsks” couldn’t help but stir the imagination.
Wu Xiaoxia’s face turned purple with rage. She struggled violently and screamed, “Shen Yingying, I’ll fight you to the death!”
As soon as the words left her mouth, a sharp pain shot through Wu Xiaoxia’s waist. It turned out Shen Yingying had freed a hand to pinch her waist, using considerable force, making tears well up in her eyes.
Just as Wu Xiaoxia was about to seize this opportunity to break free, Shen Yingying locked her hands tightly again, rendering her completely immobile. At the same time, a voice filled with mocking laughter rang out: “If you’re so tough, come at me then. Let’s see who outplays whom.”
Wu Xiaoxia was nearly driven mad, thrashing around like a lunatic. “Shen Yingying, you’re inhuman! You’re shameless!”
Hearing the word “shameless,” Shen Yingying recalled that Xie Fangzhu had also said the same to her.
Back then, she had to pretend to be weak in front of Xie Fangzhu, but now, in front of Wu Xiaoxia, what was the need for pretense?
She nodded seriously, admitting with full agreement: “Ah, I am quite shameless, but compared to you, I’m still a bit lacking.”
Wu Xiaoxia was so furious she felt smoke coming out of her seven orifices, but at this moment, her tongue seemed tied, unable to come up with a retort. In the end, she could only curse angrily: “I’ll f*ck your mother!”
This didn’t faze Shen Yingying in the slightest. She glanced behind her and said nonchalantly, “If you really have that thing, go ahead. I’ll even watch to see how you do it.”
After a pause, she added, “Oh dear, your Brother Xie is back, Xiaoxia. Are you going to keep pretending? Or are you going to do my mother in front of your Brother Xie?”
Wu Xiaoxia was startled and struggled to look back. Sure enough, a tall figure pushing a bicycle appeared on the hillside.
Instantly, her furious aura deflated. She absolutely could not show a ferocious side in front of Brother Xie—that would be falling right into Shen Yingying’s trap.She needed to put on the appearance of being bullied by Shen Yingying, so that Brother Xie would feel pity and affection for her. Only then would Brother Xie patiently listen to her, and no longer be deceived by Shen Yingying!
Thinking this, she quickly adjusted her state, lowering her shoulders and gazing pitifully at the person walking over. She refused to believe that the clever Brother Xie couldn’t tell right from wrong.
Seeing her like this, Shen Yingying understood that Wu Xiaoxia wouldn’t lose control again for a while, so she relaxed and let go of the hand she had been holding tightly.
Then she turned around and happily ran down the hillside, calling out in a delicate voice:
“Xie Fangzhu, you’re back—”
Wu Xiaoxia, who was putting on a show: “???”
She turned around in shock, only to see Shen Yingying, who had just been firmly restraining her wrist, now running happily toward Xie Fangzhu, who was pushing his bicycle, like a little deer.
She had never seen Shen Yingying like this before. Didn’t Shen Yingying hate Xie Fangzhu to death? Why would she act this way toward him?
Shen Yingying today was too strange!
Immediately, a sense of crisis surged from all directions. Fearing that Shen Yingying might pull off another astonishing feat, she didn’t hesitate and quickly chased after her.