Chapter 1645 - 1643: Past and Present Lives 81
Chapter 1645: Chapter 1643: Past and Present Lives 81
Xia Ruqing couldn’t sleep the whole night.
Her heart was like a bottle of mixed emotions, a myriad of thoughts, impossible to cut through or untangle.
She read each word in the news over and over, from top to bottom.
Eventually, she was even more confused.
If she really was the one who went missing!
But why did grandma tell her that her parents didn’t want her?
When she was a child, she had a serious illness.
At that time, grandma did have a few days of bad temper, looking very angry.
But when she turned to face her, grandma was back to her smiling self again.
Back then, she was simple-minded and didn’t question much.
Now she’s just piecing it together.
Was grandma calling someone? Who didn’t want to come see her?
Recalling the experiences of her life front and back, Xia Ruqing fell into deep confusion.
"Who is lying here?"
Based on her initial judgment and... her impression of grandma.
She preliminarily concluded that the newspaper must be lying.
Grandma has been strong all her life, never admitting defeat easily, yet loves her immensely.
She is kind-hearted and soft, every time she sees stray cats and dogs in the village, she’ll stop to feed them, even though her own life is tough.
She’s decisive, reliable, and perseverant in her actions.
She’s upright and open-minded, every time there are disputes or arguments among the neighbors, everyone likes to ask her to judge and uphold justice.
It is also because of this that, even as a widow for many years, grandma still gains everyone’s respect in the village.
So...
Grandma shouldn’t be lying, so the ones lying are the people in the news.
If that so-called Madam of Xu Corporation really is her long-lost mother.
Then... what should she do?
Should she reunite?
Grandma has been furious all her life, angry all her life.
She probably doesn’t wish for her to reunite, right?
But if not, then?
From a young age, she has always been mocked as the child without a mother, a resentment she has bottled inside.
Thinking about these unclear thoughts, Xia Ruqing finally muddled through to sleep.
When she woke up again, daylight was already bright.
Monday, with the alarm ringing on time, Xia Ruqing got up for work.
After alighting from the bus, she walked to the office building and saw Wanxin coming from inside the distance.
Xia Ruqing wanted to avoid her, but didn’t expect Wanxin to head straight towards her.
She turned to walk in another direction.
The other party immediately changed direction too.
Seeing it’s unavoidable, Xia Ruqing gritted her teeth, lifted her head, straightened her chest and walked forward boldly.
She didn’t commit any wrongdoings, no need to feel guilty.
After a few steps forward, she indeed heard Wanxin call her.
"Assistant Xia!"
Xia Ruqing stopped there expressionlessly.
"It’s you?"
Wanxin hurriedly came forward with a smile.
"I need to talk to you, does Assistant Xia have some time?"
Xia Ruqing remained expressionless.
"No time! I’m about to start work, I have tasks to attend to!"
Wanxin gritted her teeth, endured the pain in her ankle, and smiled sincerely.
"Alright then!"
"I won’t bother Assistant Xia, however, I really have something I need to say to you!"
"How about after you finish work?!"
Xia Ruqing hesitated a bit.
"What’s up? Don’t you have my contact information?"
"Couldn’t you reach me through messages or emails?"
She didn’t trust the person in front to have good intentions, nor did she want to have much entanglement.
But seeing the other’s eyes still seemed sincere, Xia Ruqing felt a bit unsettled.
Is she being a bit petty? At least she needs to pretend!
Interestingly, Wanxin didn’t get angry, rather she subtly said.
"I know I did many wrong things before, your impression of me is quite poor!"
"But now... there’s no competitive relationship between us, I already have someone I like!"
"So I was thinking..."
Wanxin paused for a moment, chuckling softly.
"If you could forgive me, let’s meet tonight at the Strawberry Music Restaurant, I want to apologize to you in person!"
"To personally apologize for all my past mistakes to you!"
She spoke sincerely, her eyes gleaming with tears.
Xia Ruqing was momentarily speechless.
Before she managed to reply, Wanxin hobbled away.
Watching her back.
She suddenly felt: actually, this person is quite pitiful too.
...
After work in the evening.
Xia Ruqing hesitated a few times but still headed towards the place she mentioned.
She couldn’t quite explain why, as if driven by unseen forces.
The Strawberry Restaurant was not far from the Zhao Group Building.
When Xia Ruqing arrived, Wanxin was already there.
It was very quiet here, with good privacy, a fitting place for a meeting and conversation.
Entering the door, she immediately saw Wanxin waiting in the hall.
Seeing her arrival, Wanxin waved with bright eyes.
"Over here!"
"Xia Ruqing, I’m here!"
Xia Ruqing awkwardly walked towards her.
The two sat down in the curtain-draped private room already booked.
Beverages and snacks were served, they exchanged a bit and tasted the drinks.
Wanxin was the first to speak.
"Xia Ruqing, I know you hate me a lot right now!"
"I invited you here this time mainly to apologize to you!"
"As fellow girls, I’ve done too many hurtful things to you!"
"Every one of them makes my conscience restless!"
"Now I realize I was entirely wrong!"
Admitting major mistakes right off the bat, Xia Ruqing was somewhat surprised.
"Don’t say that!"
"I’m not as fragile as you imagine, nor have you hurt me too much!"
With tears in her eyes, Wanxin feigned squeezing out a few drops.
"Haven’t I hurt you enough already!"
"Do you know? I’ve done so many wrong things, you know, surely you know it all!"
"I cursed you a bitch, secretly ran to your house to block you, I even installed surveillance in your neighborhood to monitor you!"
"I even secretly filmed your room!"
"Tell me, how ridiculous I am!"
Xia Ruqing was slightly surprised, but thought about it, she still said in a laid-back manner.
"Those are all things of the past!"
"I don’t dwell on it, and you shouldn’t stay brooding over it!"
Wanxin poured herself a large glass of alcohol, gulped it down, then gave a self-deprecating smile.
"You don’t know, do you? Actually, every time I hurt you, I felt uneasy inside!"
"It wasn’t pleasant!"
"Doing wrong, it’s not as delightful as imagined. Now that I think about it, I’m a real joke!"
"Actually, he stopped loving me a long time ago, right?"
Xia Ruqing felt more awkward.
She didn’t know what to say.
The ex-girlfriend of her boyfriend complaining to her about him not loving her, wow???
Wanxin drank several large glasses of alcohol, becoming a bit intoxicated, she sighed.
"But fortunately, it’s all over now!"
"Today, here, to Xia Ruqing, I sincerely apologize!"
"I’m sorry!"
"About those past incidents, I hope you’re magnanimous and don’t hold them against me, in the future... I also won’t target you anymore!"
"Additionally, I genuinely wish you and Ah Yao well!"
Xia Ruqing: "..."
Awkward, still not knowing what to say, there seemed something off.
After a long silence, she advised.
"Don’t drink anymore! I won’t hold it against you!"