If We Cannot Grow Old Together

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The wedding night is supposed to be really attractive and intoxicating.

But Xia Wanyan has never expected to see this scene after taking a bath and coming out from the bathroom that the man is still sitting fully-dressed at the head of the bed, staring expressionlessly at the door that she has just come out of. It seems that he wants to challenge and condemn her.

“Brother Qiaosheng, what’s the matter with you? Are… are you still mad at me for the suicide of Youyou’s mom? In fact, I just told her about Youyou killing Auntie. She committed suicide just to pay for her daughter’s sin.” Xia Wanyan mistakenly thinks that the man is still concerned about what happened in the restroom in the daytime today, so she carefully continues to defend herself, “I didn’t expect that Youyou would want to kill me with a knife. She shifts all the responsibilities to me. I’m really falsely wronged!”

“Take off your bathrobe.” Unexpectedly, the man suddenly pops out such a totally irrelevant sentence.

Instead of the flame of love, Xia Wanyan just notices the coldness in Li Qiaosheng’s eyes, which makes her rather upset. But she can do nothing but do as he orders.

Li Qiaosheng sets his sight on her waist which is perfect with fluent waist line and snow-white skin. With a cold smile in the corner of his mouth, he says, “Wanyan, haven’t you received the bone marrow transplant? How perfect your recovery is! There is not even a scar left!”

“This…” Xia Wanyan’s smiling face turns into bloodless paleness!

Oh, damn, she has forgotten to fake a scar at the place where she is supposed to receive the operation. She has thought that he wouldn’t notice it with her clothes on. But now they’re married, how could she continue to deceive him?

“Brother Qiaosheng, allow me to explain, please. I didn’t mean to deceive you. I didn’t really. It’s all my attending doctor’s fault. He made a wrong diagnosis and didn’t find out that I had no anemia until Youyou’s death. So he kept me ignorant of it by deception. Only when I was in the operation room did I get to know about the truth. He asked me not to reveal it, otherwise he’ll be fired by the hospital. I can’t bear to destroy him, so…” Xia Wanyan kneels down at the man’s feet in fear hurriedly, hoping to get his forgiveness by lowering her profile.

If Li Qiaosheng hadn’t known the truth, he might have believed that it was all the doctor’s fault. Anyway, Xia Wanyan is always extremely kind-hearted in his mind.

“You feel merciful for a stranger, then what about my donated bone marrow? You just threw it away mercilessly? You feel merciful? Then why didn’t you feel merciful while drawing blood from your best friend every week? Your mercy is only prepared for strangers, not for your family and friends, huh?!”

Hearing the man’s merciless sarcasm, Xia Wanyan knows that she was wrong in the beginning. After pondering for a while, she has no choice but to admit her fault with her head lowered.

“I’m really sorry, Brother Qiaosheng. I have realized my fault. Really. I had intended to tell you, but I was so busy preparing for the wedding that I forgot about it. You can punish me in any way you want. Just don’t leave me, please!”

“Xia Wanyan, I’m asking you how many other things you are still hiding from me, huh?” The man holds her chin between his fingers and forces her to look at him directly in the eyes.

Xia Wanyan feels guilty and dares not look into his bottomless eyes. She just answers awkwardly, “Nothing, nothing more. Really.”

“Alright, since you don’t want to tell voluntarily yourself, I’ll question you then.”

Li Qiaosheng loosens his grip and she drops to the floor. Though feeling cold, she dare not reach for her clothes. Just like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, Xia Wanyan trembles, while waiting for the man’s final trial which is like coming out from the hell…