The day before the wedding, Shen Qianxue received a call from Xia Ziming.
"Qianxue, can we meet? I have a lot to say to you." Xia Ziming's voice on the phone was low, as if he had a lot of things on his mind.
Shen Qianxue, who was answering the phone, stood in front of the window, looking at the orange . A dark blue car was parked in front of a lawn. On the lawn was an old children's slide. Several little kids were crawling on the slide. Their parents were watching them with smiles on their faces. Xia Ziming, who was standing next to the car, was quietly watching the children, but he didn't know that he was also being watched by others.
Shen Qianxue asked indifferently: "Do we have anything else to say? Everyone is going to have a wedding tomorrow. Isn't it inappropriate for you to look for me at this time?"
The children downstairs were running and shouting. Xia Ziming, who was out of tune with the joyful scene, kept frowning, with a heavy heart: "Although I don't know why we have become like this, this is not my intention. Qianxue, you will become someone else's bride tomorrow. Don't I even have the right to see you again?"
Once upon a time, she also secretly wondered whether she and Xia Ziming were a good match, whether they could walk down the red carpet together one day... Shen Qianxue restrained her expression and lowered her eyes. Unfortunately, Shen Qianxue, who had that thought, was once in agony.
A breeze blew through Xia Ziming's hair, and his soft hair fluttered in the wind, setting off his strong outline, with an indescribable sense of melancholy. If he wasn't in a suit, Shen Qianxue would have thought he was still the boy in her memory, the handsome boy with a blooming smile that she first knew.
"Then wait for me at the gate of my community." Shen Qianxue hung up the phone after saying that. Before Xia Ziming looked towards the window, she had already walked away from the window.
When Shen Qianxue walked down, Xia Ziming showed a long-lost smile on his face.
"What do you want to tell me?" Shen Qianxue had a blank expression on her face, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy, angry, sad, or joyful.
"I want to take you somewhere." Xia Ziming opened the car door and hurriedly explained, "I won't be disrespectful to you like I did last time. Please believe me."
"Then remember this, this is my last sign of trust in you." Shen Qianxue sneered and got into his car.
The car left the main road of the city and drove onto the highway. The scenery along the way kept receding, changing in Shen Qianxue's eyes. The sunset in the distance gradually dissipated, dragging the last ray of light into the horizon. Before night fell, the moon showed its face first.
The wind was whistling outside the window, and the car stereo was playing lyrical music. Shen Qianxue leaned against the car window, staring at the moonlight. When she came to her senses, the car had already stopped by the river.
This is her hometown.
This river was the one where she saved Xia Ziming. They caught fish and shrimp here and counted the stars on the tall branches. That was their common memory. Those days were simple, beautiful, and clear like the gurgling water.
Shen Qianxue walked out of the car, looking at the dark moonlight and the starry sky, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart.
"The sky is blue and waiting for the rain, and I am waiting for you. The smoke from cooking rises up, thousands of miles away across the river. I write the elegant Han Li style at the bottom of the bottle, just as I foreshadow my meeting with you..."
Jay Chou's song "Blue and White Porcelain" sounded, and Shen Qianxue answered the phone with a gentle and low voice: "Hello, Yi Ming."
"Qianxue, I miss you. How about we go for a walk on the beach tonight?" Song Yiming's voice came from the phone. He hadn't seen Shen Qianxue for several days.
"It's unlucky to meet each other the day before your wedding, so just make love with your left hand!" Shen Qianxue said jokingly, not avoiding Xia Ziming being next to her.
"For you, I have broken up with my left hand." Song Yiming's indecent laughter came from the phone, and Shen Qianxue couldn't help laughing.
"Qianxue, what are you doing now?" Song Yiming asked.
"Me? I'm helping my mom, and she's still talking to me about tomorrow's wedding." Shen Qianxue lied calmly, with a smile on her face.
Song Yiming on the other end of the phone paused for a few seconds, and said with some disappointment: "Is that so? Say hello to mom for me, and I won't disturb you two. By the way, don't go to bed too late tonight, or you won't be pretty tomorrow. Come on, give me a kiss before I hang up."
Shen Qianxue made a few crisp kissing sounds into the phone. Song Yiming smiled and asked Shen Qianxue to hang up first.
After Shen Qianxue hung up the phone, she took a deep breath and turned to face Xia Ziming.
"You lied." Xia Ziming walked to Shen Qianxue, held her arm, and stared at her. "You are holding a wedding with me because you still have me in your heart, right? You want to walk down the red carpet with me!"
"Do you have me in your heart?"
Xia Ziming nodded immediately.
"What a pity." Shen Qianxue sneered and pushed Xia Ziming's hand away with disdain. "Besides me, you also have Lin Miao, Che Xiaoman, and those beautiful girls in your heart."
Xia Ziming walked up to Shen Qianxue unyieldingly, with a pleading expression on his face: "Qianxue, I know I made mistakes before, but that was all because I didn't want to lose you."
Shen Qianxue didn't intend to listen to the explanation and turned to look away.
Seeing her turn her back, Xia Ziming hurriedly walked up to her and said, "You never listened to my explanation about Lin Miao's matter. In fact, there was really nothing between us. It was just people outside who spread rumors. But those things happened later, and I was also scared. I was really scared at that time and didn't know how to deal with it."
Shen Qianxue sneered and listened to Xia Ziming's explanation.
"Qianxue, I was really drunk that day. I really didn't know Che Xiaoman would take me to the hotel. I really didn't know what happened afterwards. Now that I think about it, I must have been crazy at that time. Why didn't I explain it to you properly, Qianxue, can you give me another chance..."
"Is Lin Miao's problem Lin Miao's fault?"
Xia Ziming nodded immediately.
Shen Qianxue shook her head and sighed: "What happened between you and Lin Miao was Lin Miao's fault; it was Che Xiaoman's fault that you were with her. According to what you said, it was also my fault for breaking up with you!"
Xia Ziming panicked and suddenly forgot what he had thought of earlier.
"Xia Ziming, I remember you said before that you wanted to live according to your own ideas and wishes, and didn't want to be a puppet of your parents." Shen Qianxue looked at Xia Ziming's dim eyes, "But in the end? You still can't go against your parents' wishes. Maybe you wanted to get together with Che Xiaoman to piss me off at first. And now? Are you really willing to get engaged and married to Che Xiaoman?"
Before Xia Ziming could answer, Shen Qianxue came to the conclusion for him: "I'm afraid not? Your parents asked you to do this, and you couldn't resist, just like a coward."
"Xia Ziming, you are just a coward who can't even choose your own lifestyle." Shen Qianxue emphasized her tone, her eyes full of contempt.
Xia Ziming's eyes dimmed, and his hand slid weakly from Shen Qianxue's arm.
"You keep saying that you like me and love me, but what have you done for me? You obeyed your parents' wishes and got engaged to Xiaoman, which is your way of liking me? You said you love me, but have you ever been brave for me?" Shen Qianxue approached Xia Ziming step by step, and then suddenly lost her momentum, "Oh, I forgot, you were brave, and the way you were brave was to ignore my wishes and force me in your office!"
"No, Qianxue, I..."
"Of course not. You have been brave before." Shen Qianxue smiled and spread her hands, "For example, right now, on the eve of your wedding, you bravely came to find your ex-girlfriend who is also getting married tomorrow."
"I used to think you were proud, but later I found out that you are just a sick cat who only knows how to bully the weak and fear the strong." After saying that, Shen Qianxue turned around and walked to the car, looking like she was about to leave.
Xia Ziming suddenly stopped her and asked, "What if I am willing to be brave for you once? Is it possible to start all over again?"
"What do you want to do?" Shen Qianxue asked him with raised eyebrows.
"I'll prove to you that I'm not a coward. I'm not a puppet who lives according to my parents' wishes. Even Che Xiaoman..." Xia Ziming's breathing became rapid. "She is not the one I love. I will not spend my life with her..."
Shen Qianxue sneered and ignored it.
But Xia Ziming's voice made her look up: "If, if at tomorrow's wedding, I announced my breakup with Che Xiaoman, would you..."
Shen Qianxue was completely satisfied this time, and said with a smile: "I won't answer you, I can only say that everything is possible."
Shen Qianxue's smile was unclear, and she said nothing more. She turned back to the car and said, "It's late, please take me home. I have a wedding tomorrow."
The next evening, the church bells rang.
The wedding was held in a well-decorated cathedral at 8:30 p.m. Most of the people who attended did not know why such a time was chosen for the wedding, but the wedding scene was so beautiful that people had no time to think about the time.
The long carpet stretched from the flower vine door in the distance to the church door. The Romanesque church looked mysterious and solemn, with the big round clock on the top shining brightly, and colorful lights radiating from the church spire to the surroundings, forming a colorful light net, covering the rows of pure white dining tables and chairs in front of the church.
There was a tall champagne tower on the long table, and some children in formal dresses stood on tiptoe and leaned on the table to watch the waiter pour the wine. Some adults were eating desserts, some were chatting, and some were walking on the lawn with red wine in their hands.
Floodlights are neatly distributed around the lawn and church, interweaving with the colorful lights in the sky to illuminate the entire night.
Dozens of wedding cars decorated with flowers and ribbons drove along the winding path, which was lit up with golden light, like a wriggling dragon. The guests on the lawn walked towards the flower vine gate and gathered on both sides of the carpet, waiting for the newlyweds to get out of the car.
The two cars in the front slowly stopped, and two grooms in formal attire came out first. One of them was in a white suit, and the other in a black suit. After they stepped out of the cars, they smiled politely at the guests.
The people gathered on both sides of the carpet tilted their heads and looked around. The groom in a white suit was tall and straight, with strong and handsome facial lines, and a pair of sinister eyes that could not hide his dominance. The groom in a black suit smiled like bright stars, like peach blossoms blooming in the spring breeze, with tenderness rippling in his clear eyes and sweetness in his raised lips.
The light fell on them, gilding them with a divine glow and making them the focus of attention.
After them, the two brides who walked out of the car with red lace umbrellas were even more beautiful. Che Xiaoman was petite and delicate, while Shen Qianxue was tall, thin and pretty. They each had their own characteristics.
Song Yiming walked to Shen Qianxue's side. Shen Qianxue smiled, put her arm around his, and they walked side by side onto the pink carpet.
Xia Ziming's eyes were fixed on Shen Qianxue, and for a moment he even forgot to reach out for his bride. Che Xiaoman stood by the car waiting for the groom, and the smile on her face gradually turned awkward.
"Look, why doesn't the groom go and hold his bride?"
"Why are both grooms looking at the same bride? Did they tie the wrong bride?"
"Shouldn't it be?"
There was a buzz among the guests.
Che Xiaoman forced a smile, walked to Xia Ziming in her high heels, and took his hand: "Ziming, let's go."
If Che Xiaoman hadn't called Xia Ziming back to his senses, Xia Ziming would have stood there staring at the figure that was walking away. Xia Ziming lowered his eyes to look at Che Xiaoman, put away the smile on his face, and let Che Xiaoman hold his arm and walk towards the church.
Behind them, the sound of wedding cannons , and tiny ribbons and colorful paper pieces flew all over the sky, landing on the bride and groom.
Wedding songs lingered in people's ears, applause and congratulations echoed throughout the wedding scene. People followed the bride and groom into the church, looking for seats to sit down, waiting for the pastor to read the vows.
The priest in priest's robes walked onto the church platform holding a cross and a Bible. The light from outside the church shone through the window behind him, and the Virgin Mary on the glass window was illuminated by the light, appearing sacred and inviolable.
The priest coughed, cleared his throat, glanced at the guests and the newlyweds in front of him, and a smile appeared in his eyes as blue as the sky.
The priest opened the Bible and spoke with a strong foreign accent: "Mr. Song Yiming, whether in poverty, illness, hardship, pain, or wealth, health, happiness, or well-being, are you willing to stay with Miss Shen Qianxue and love her for the rest of your life?"
Song Yiming glanced at Shen Qianxue and nodded: "I do."
"Ms. Shen Qianxue, regardless of poverty, illness, pain, wealth, health, happiness, or well-being, are you willing to stay with Mr. Song Yiming and love him forever?"
"I object!" Xia Ziming answered the priest faster than Shen Qianxue.
The originally quiet church suddenly became noisy, and the parents of the four people stood up from their chairs in the front row of the auditorium because of Xia Ziming's words.
"What's going on?" Che Xiaoman's parents stood up, looking very dissatisfied.
"Ziming, what are you doing?" Father Xia shouted angrily.
Xia Ziming shook off Che Xiaoman's hand in front of everyone, and swore in front of everyone: "The person I love from beginning to end is Shen Qianxue. I will not marry Che Xiaoman. I don't love her at all!"
Che Xiaoman looked at Xia Ziming in disbelief, not believing that Xia Ziming would treat her like this at the wedding: "Ziming, what nonsense are you talking about? Today is our wedding day. If there is anything, let's talk about it when we get home, okay?" Che Xiaoman tentatively took Xia Ziming's hand. Under the strange gazes of everyone, she looked panicked and helpless.
"Dad, Mom, I have always done everything according to your wishes since I was a child, but marriage is the most important event in my life, and I don't want to be controlled by you." Xia Ziming shook off Che Xiaoman's hand again. He looked at his parents with a resolute gaze and a firm tone, "Che Xiaoman is the one you want to marry, not me. The person I want to marry has always been Shen Qianxue!"
"Rebellious son!" Father Xia was so angry that he was gasping for breath, while Mother Xia was trying to comfort him.
Xia Ziming walked around to Song Yiming and pulled Shen Qianxue over: "Qianxue, I have proved to everyone that I love you, will you marry me?"
"Xia Ziming!" Song Yiming was furious. He stepped forward and punched Xia Ziming, then pulled Shen Qianxue back into his arms. "You are wishful thinking!"
At this time, with a creak, the church door was pushed open. The wind outside the door whistled in, sweeping up the scattered rose petals on the ground and making them fly all over the sky. Slow-paced applause came from outside the church door, and the people in the church looked towards the door.
The woman outside the door walked towards the newlyweds against the light, clapping her hands.
"Oh my god, what happened to her face?"
"That's terrible, who is she?"
The guests were shocked.
The light fell on the woman. She was wearing a black windbreaker, short hair and long boots. She was slim and looked like a fashionable beauty, but her face was very scary. It was a face full of scars. Just one glance made people feel horrified.
"Lin...Lin Miao?" The first person to call out this name was Che Xiaoman. She stepped back uncontrollably, pointing at Lin Miao with a trembling hand, "Why did you come? Who asked you to come? Who?"
"My ex-boyfriend is getting married, and I am here to send my blessings. Isn't that right?" Lin Miao looked at the big screen in the church with a strange smile on his face.
This was the first time Xia Ziming saw Lin Miao after she was disfigured. Her appearance had changed, but the look in her eyes hadn't.
"Ziming, long time no see." Lin Miao met Xia Ziming's gaze, then shifted his gaze to Che Xiaoman.
Che Xiaoman looked at Lin Miao's face and trembled all over.
The wedding video on the big screen suddenly disappeared, and in less than a few seconds, a new video played.
The video was shot in various bars, with Xia Ziming as the protagonist. Xia Ziming was surrounded by various scantily clad women in the bar. They drank, flirted, and did shameful things in public. Everyone who came to the wedding couldn't help but sigh.
After the video ended, the screen suddenly went black and switched back to recording playback.
"Xiao Man, would you mind if we have dinner together tonight? I know a really fun place."
“How much fun is that?”
“It’s fun.”
"John, Xia Ziming is not at home tonight. I'm so bored. Are you free to accompany me?"
"Who? Dick? No way, how can I be familiar with him or you?"
The recording of Che Xiaoman and the strange man was played. There was not only one man in the recording, and all the conversations were flirting.
Everyone's attention shifted to Che Xiaoman. No one would have thought that the daughter of a large group would be such a dissolute woman.
"Che Xiaoman, I didn't expect you to be such a person!" Xia Ziming slapped Che Xiaoman in anger. As a man, he couldn't tolerate Che Xiaoman's debauchery.
"False accusation, this is a false accusation! Lin Miao, why did you frame me!" Che Xiaoman glared at Lin Miao, wishing she could pounce on her and tear her to pieces.
Lin Miao smiled slightly and replied: "Don't you dare to admit what you did? And the matter of deliberately getting Xia Ziming drunk, do you think you did it perfectly?"
"You! You're talking nonsense!" Che Xiaoman looked at Xia Ziming in panic and shook her head to explain, "Ziming, don't listen to her nonsense."
Xia Ziming's eyes became somewhat sinister, and he looked at Che Xiaoman coldly.
"Ziming, I love you. Don't listen to Lin Miao's nonsense. I love you, I love you." Che Xiaoman became incoherent and kept making excuses.
"Yes, Ziming, she loves you very much. For you, she can do whatever it takes to remove all obstacles around you." Lin Miao smiled, and at this time a clip of hospital surveillance appeared on the big screen.
A petite girl walked into the hospital nursing room with a bottle of powdered medicine, and when she came out she was holding another bottle of medicine. The nurse who was changing the dressing took the powdered medicine to give to the patient in the ward, and soon the nurse ran out in panic.
Then several medical staff rushed into the ward and pushed Lin Miao on the bed to the operating room. The petite girl saw the group of people leave and showed a smug smile on her face.
"Che Xiaoman, you are willing to use so many means to get Xia Ziming. I really admire you." When Lin Miao took another step forward, everyone exclaimed because she slapped Che Xiaoman in the face, scratching her with her long nails mercilessly.
The video on the big screen switched again, attracting everyone's attention again.
It was a gymnasium in a school. Two girls were arguing at the corner of the stairs in the upper left corner of the camera. The girl on the edge of the stairs almost fell down, and the girl who was arguing with her reached out to pull her. But at this moment, the girl who had been standing behind them pushed her, and then one of the girls fell down the stairs.
The girl who pushed someone in the video was Che Xiaoman.
"It took me a long time to find this video. If it weren't for this video, I don't think I would know who the real murderer is." Lin Miao approached Che Xiaoman step by step, his eyes full of hatred, "Che Xiaoman, you ruined my life, do you know that?"
Lin Miao ripped Che Xiaoman's wedding dress like crazy, she pulled her hair, and pulled off the diamond crown and veil. The hair mixed with hairspray and glitter suddenly spread out, like fallen catkins, scattered on Che Xiaoman's head.
Che Xiaoman held on to her wedding dress tightly to protect her last bit of dignity. She also waved her hands wildly to resist, but she was not as strong as Lin Miao and was always at a disadvantage.
"Lin Miao, be careful!" Another male voice sounded. Shen Qianxue's pupils narrowed and she hurriedly stepped forward to pull Lin Miao back.
However, it was too late. Lin Miao's sleeve had been torn, and a bloodstain of not too deep or too shallow appeared like a blooming flower.
In panic, Che Xiaoman picked up the knife next to the newlywed cake and waved it around.
"Lin Miao, are you okay?" Zheng Sheng protected Lin Miao, who was out of control, but Zheng Sheng's appearance completely angered Che Xiaoman.
"You, are you in the same group?" Che Xiaoman had a complicated expression, and it was hard to tell whether she was laughing or crying. She held a knife in her hand and pointed it at them, "Ziming, are you still dreaming of getting back together with Shen Qianxue? Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? They are taking revenge on you and using you!"
Xia Ziming frowned slightly, glanced at Shen Qianxue, and fell silent.
"Ziming, we are the same people, we are a couple. They all can't stand us doing well, they are the ones who deserve to die. Ziming, you have been deceived by Qianxue, you have been deceived, hahaha..." Che Xiaoman laughed jokingly, and the light in her eyes gradually became sharper.
"Qianxue, be careful!" The silent Xia Ziming suddenly exclaimed.
Song Yiming was startled, and hurriedly hugged Shen Qianxue and dodged to the side. Che Xiaoman's knife slashed Song Yiming's arm, and the smell of blood spread in the air.
"Shen Qianxue, I never thought that you would have such a vicious mind. Since you don't let me live easily, I won't let you laugh!" Che Xiaoman slashed at Shen Qianxue with a knife like a madman.
The priest was so frightened by the chaotic scene that he hid behind the statue of Jesus.
"Song Yiming, take Shen Qianxue away first." Xia Ziming grabbed Che Xiaoman's hand, and the two of them fought for the knife.
Even at this time, Xia Ziming still chose to protect Shen Qianxue, which Che Xiaoman could not tolerate.
"Xia Ziming, you actually helped her! You deserve to die!" Che Xiaoman cast a hateful look at Xia Ziming, and her strength became unexpectedly great.
"Xia Ziming, you bastard!" Che Xiaoman glared at Xia Ziming and kicked him in the vitals in front of everyone.
Xia Ziming uttered a short groan, covering his wound with a painful expression. However, due to the imbalance of the opposing forces, the knife in Che Xiaoman's hand was thrown back.
After a dull sound, there were exclamations from the crowd.
Zhang Meiwen staggered back a few steps, and she mechanically lowered her head to look at the deep red patch on her abdomen.
The knife pierced her abdomen deeply. When the blood spread from the wound, she gradually felt the pain.
Her hands trembled as she touched the blood on her abdomen little by little. Then her body went limp and she fell to the ground amid everyone's screams.
"Mom!" Shen Qianxue's sharp cry echoed in the church. She and Song Yiming hurried forward and hurriedly pressed down Zhang Meiwen's bleeding wound.
"I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it, you forced me to do it, it was you, it was all you..." Che Xiaoman looked dazed. She shook her head and walked towards Zhang Meiwen. After hearing someone shouting that they wanted to call the police, she suddenly looked up, lifted her skirt and ran out of the church.
"Call an ambulance quickly!" Song Yiming's parents hurriedly shouted for someone to call an ambulance, and the people who came to the church to attend the wedding were trembling with fear.
"Am I going to die?" Zhang Meiwen's vision began to blur. She anxiously raised her hand and stroked Shen Qianxue's cheek.
"Mom, don't talk nonsense. I'm still waiting for you to take care of my children." The fear at this moment was indescribable. Shen Qianxue tightly held Zhang Meiwen's gradually cold hand, tears streaming down her face.
"Don't be afraid, we are all here and won't let anything happen to you. Don't talk anymore, everything will be fine once the ambulance comes." Song Yiming didn't dare to pull out the knife from Zhang Meiwen's abdomen rashly, so he could only find a piece of cloth and try to press the bleeding hole. He tried to keep himself calm and said something to comfort Zhang Meiwen.
"The ambulance is here!" shouted the people standing outside the church door looking out.
After a while, the ambulance stopped at the door of the church.
Medical staff carrying a stretcher trotted over, and several medical staff carefully transferred Zhang Meiwen to the stretcher.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Several medical staff hurriedly lifted the stretcher and sent Zhang Meiwen to the ambulance.
Song Yiming and Shen Qianxue followed closely behind and got on the ambulance. Song's father and mother also hurriedly drove their car behind the ambulance, following closely all the way.
"Mom, mom, don't fall asleep, mom, talk to me, talk to me." Shen Qianxue held Zhang Meiwen's hand tightly.
"The patient has lost too much blood and has fallen into a coma. Driver, drive faster!" The nurse in the ambulance hurriedly stood up and urged the driver.
The driver also became nervous and stepped on the accelerator immediately. The ambulance braked suddenly and stopped at the entrance of the hospital. The nurse in the passenger seat hurriedly got out of the car and opened the back door.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, everyone!" The nurse who pushed Zhang Meiwen out hurriedly dispersed the people blocking the way.
After several nurses transferred Zhang Meiwen to the bed, they hurriedly pushed her to the emergency room.
The doctor walked out of the office at a quick pace, wearing a mask as he quickly followed the bed. Song Yiming and Shen Qianxue quickly followed the bed, and other patients and nurses in the hospital stepped aside to make way for the aisle.
The door of the emergency room was pushed open, and Shen Qianxue and Song Yiming were stopped outside by the nurse.
"Family members of the patient, please stop." After stopping them, the nurse turned and went into the emergency room to help.
When the red light at the door of the emergency room came on, Shen Qianxue felt her heart sink into the abyss. Her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
"Qianxue." Song Yiming hurriedly helped her up and helped her sit on a chair in the corridor. He held her hand tightly, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay, nothing will happen, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here, I'm with you."
"It's all my fault. I harmed my mother. If I hadn't agreed to Lin Miao's revenge, my mother wouldn't have gotten into trouble. I'm the one who deserves to die, it's me..." Shen Qianxue covered her face and burst into tears.
Song Yiming held her tightly in his arms to prevent her from feeling scared.
The sound of hurried footsteps rang out in the hospital corridor. When Shen Qianxue raised her head, the camera flash blinded her.
A group of reporters hurried over carrying cameras. Their subjects were Xia Ziming's family who had come to the hospital.
"I heard that your fiancée killed someone. Is it true?"
"May I ask how you plan to deal with this matter?"
"I heard that your fiancée used illegal means..."
Reporters from different newspapers vied to pass the microphone to Xia Ziming.
"This is a hospital, please go out." The nurse came to drive them away, but the reporters pretended not to hear and continued to ask questions that were difficult to answer.
"Let's go out and talk." Xia Ziming didn't lose his temper with the reporters. His arrogance and the reputation of the Xia Group did not allow him to show his temper in front of the reporters. He glanced at Shen Qianxue and led the reporters out of the hospital. Xia's father and mother followed behind him, with equally deep expressions on their faces.
After they left the hospital, the corridor outside the emergency room suddenly became deserted.
Shen Qianxue was like a criminal awaiting trial. She listened to the sound of time passing by and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
At this time, Lin Miao, accompanied by Zheng Sheng, walked up to Shen Qianxue and Song Yiming.
Shen Qianxue looked up at Lin Miao and recalled several scenes since she met Lin Miao again——
"It's no use calling the police now." The woman was wearing sunglasses and a white mask, and dressed a bit like Song Yiming.
"Who are you?"
"You don't need to care who I am, but you know very well that you can't sue Xia Ziming at all." The woman grabbed her hand, with a cold look in her dark eyes, "Xia Ziming's lawyer should have contacted you, right?"
Shen Qianxue asked hastily: "How do you know?"
"He will definitely tell you that there are only two of you involved. As long as Xia Ziming insists that you did it voluntarily, the matter will be difficult to resolve. Besides, Xia Ziming is the only child of the Xia family. For the sake of the Xia family's reputation, the Xia family will destroy evidence and bribe witnesses at all costs. Even if you report the case, it may not be filed." The woman analyzed in an orderly manner. Her voice was low and it was impossible to tell who she was.
"How do you know this?" Shen Qianxue was puzzled, not knowing the purpose of this woman's visit. "Are you sent by the Xia family? What do you want to do?"
The woman suddenly smiled: "Me? I'm here to help you." After that, the woman took off her sunglasses and mask.
That terrifying face was imprinted in Shen Qianxue's astonished eyes. She kept backing away, and when she had nowhere to retreat, she turned around and ran away.
"Shen Qianxue, don't you want to know why I was disfigured? Don't you want to know who spread the rumors back then? Do you want to be bullied and deceived forever?"
Lin Miao's words echoed like a nightmare in countless nights, and Shen Qianxue stopped after hearing what she said.
"What do you want to say?" Shen Qianxue heard her own cold voice.
Lin Miao stood behind her and said loudly: "The person who pushed me down the stairs two years ago was not you."
"Of course it wasn't me!" Shen Qianxue suddenly looked back, "I said it wasn't me at the beginning, it was you who kept pestering me and even asked your family to come to my house and smash things, causing my mother to be injured!"
Lin Miao said sadly: "I'm sorry about what happened back then. I was also misled."
"What's the meaning?"
Lin Miao raised his head, hatred flashing in his eyes: "Didn't you ever doubt it? Why did she bring you to find me? Why, even though you were released by the police station, there were rumors all over the school that you pushed me down the stairs..."
Shen Qianxue was stunned. A truth that she dared not touch was placed in front of her: "You mean..."
"Yes, it was her." Lin Miao insisted, "She was the one who gave your home address to my brother."
Would Che Xiaoman do such a thing? After all, they are friends for many years!
Shen Qianxue hesitated at this moment: "Words are not enough, why should I believe you?"
Lin Miao smiled and said, "I'll make you believe it."
After that, Lin Miao left. Later, Lin Miao sent Shen Qianxue a recording of Che Xiaoman and the Xia family's lawyer.
Shen Qianxue suddenly realized that there are no coincidences in this world, and everything is inevitable, just like Che Xiaoman deliberately planned to harm her.
Later, Lin Miao asked her to meet him. After much deliberation, Shen Qianxue finally went to the place agreed by Lin Miao.
"Qianxue, here!" After Shen Qianxue arrived at the agreed location, the first person she saw was Zheng Sheng.
Zheng Sheng looked different from before. He was wearing a clean white shirt and a pair of black-framed glasses, and looked like an intellectual.
Sitting next to Zheng Sheng was Lin Miao, who was typing furiously on her laptop, and no one knew what she was doing.
"Why are you together?" Shen Qianxue walked over and sat opposite them, not knowing why they were together.
"I studied abroad to become a psychologist, and I met Lin Miao during a psychotherapy session. We are dating now," Zheng Sheng said casually.
"Watch a video first." Lin Miao, who was wearing leather pants and leather jacket, moved the laptop in front of Shen Qianxue and pressed the play button.
The woman in the video had replaced Lin Miao's medicine powder, and Shen Qianxue recognized that woman as Che Xiaoman at a glance.
Another video is even more shocking. The scene in the video shows them arguing in the stadium that day. The three girls were standing very close to each other, and one of them took advantage of the other two's panic and pushed them down the stairs.
"After watching the video, you should know who disfigured me and who put the blame on you, right?" Lin Miao sorted out the past events and told Shen Qianxue what was hidden behind everything.
Lin Miao was pushed down by Che Xiaoman, but it was Shen Qianxue who suffered.
She was ostracized by the school, tortured by the police, and her house was smashed by Lin Miao's family... Those days were so dark that it seemed like the end of the world for Shen Qianxue.
What about Che Xiaoman? She used Lin Miao's incident to ruin the relationship between Xia Ziming and Shen Qianxue, succeeded in getting promoted, and cut off Shen Qianxue's rights protection path two years later, causing Shen Qianxue to be humiliated but helpless. In the final analysis, all the tragedies that happened to Shen Qianxue and Lin Miao were planned by Che Xiaoman.
"Since you have the video and evidence, why don't you sue her?" Shen Qianxue's eyes were burning with anger as she questioned Lin Miao.
"It's fake." Lin Miao sighed.
"What's the meaning?"
Lin Miao took back the laptop and looked directly at Shen Qianxue: "I didn't have time to check at the time. After I was transferred to another hospital and cured, I still felt something was wrong. I went back to the first hospital to investigate and found the video of her changing the dressing."
Zheng Sheng suddenly spoke up: "But there is no way to prove that the person in the video is Che Xiaoman. The pixels are too low, and the front of the video is not captured. People who know her can easily recognize her, but others can't recognize her at all."
"So I can't do anything to her." Lin Miao said frankly.
"Isn't there also the part about the gymnasium..."
While Shen Qianxue was stunned, Lin Miao told the truth: "It's fake. I asked someone to reshoot the scene in the gymnasium."
"I have no way to sue them, and I have no way to protect myself through the law. It's just like when Xia Ziming violated your rights. There is no way to defend your rights."
Shen Qianxue was reminded of her memories by her words: "So you want to..."
Lin Miao looked at her steadily and answered: "Use my own way to ruin her reputation."
Shen Qianxue was silent for a moment, then replied to Lin Miao: "What do you want me to do?"
Recalling this, there was noise outside the emergency room again.
The noise directly interrupted Shen Qianxue's memories.
Shen Qianxue raised her hand and suddenly slapped herself.
"Qianxue, I'm sorry, I never thought things would turn out like this." Lin Miao looked at the red light in the emergency room, his eyes full of guilt.
"It has nothing to do with you. It's my own choice and my own mistake. Your arm is still bleeding." Shen Qianxue looked at the wound on Lin Miao's arm, and then said to Zheng Sheng, "Zheng Sheng, take Lin Miao to stop the bleeding and bandage it first."
Zheng Sheng knew that Shen Qianxue might not want to talk to them, so he nodded and took Lin Miao to another clinic.
"Everything is my fault. I hurt my mother. I am so sorry to her..." After Lin Miao left, Shen Qianxue lowered her head and talked to herself.
Her shoulders trembled, and she couldn't even control her fear at the moment. Shen Qianxue was afraid that Zhang Meiwen would leave, and she regretted it: "What am I doing? Why would I do such a thing out of hatred?"
Shen Qianxue was still muttering to herself. From her words criticizing him, Song Yiming gradually learned about the grudges between Shen Qianxue, Xia Ziming, and Che Xiaoman.
Hearing that Shen Qianxue wanted to use this method to seek justice for herself because she knew the law could not help her, Song Yiming frowned and felt distressed.
He hugged her gently and comforted her tenderly: "I should be the one to say sorry. If I had known your past earlier and protected you earlier, you wouldn't have taken such an extreme path."
Song Yiming paused for a few seconds and then continued, "In fact, we had many opportunities to get to know each other, but I didn't cherish them. If I hadn't been sick and had always been by your side, perhaps this wouldn't have happened."
"Yi Ming, I'm sorry. In order to take revenge on those who hurt me, I even deceived you and used you. I'm sorry, I also used you as a bargaining chip for revenge. I'm sorry..." Shen Qianxue burst into tears.
"Qianxue, it's my fault." Song Yiming stroked Shen Qianxue's shoulder and said self-reproachfully, "Qianxue, from now on, I will never let anyone hurt you again. No matter what happens, I will be by your side. I don't blame you. No matter what you do, I won't blame you. But next time, you can't tell me nothing."
Unhurried footsteps came from outside the corridor, and several men in police uniforms stopped in front of Shen Qianxue.
"Excuse me, are you Shen Qianxue?" The man in police uniform lowered his head and asked Shen Qianxue.
Shen Qianxue raised her head in surprise and looked at the policemen.
"I am." Shen Qianxue nodded.
"We are police officers from the Cuiwei Branch, and we would like to talk to you about Che Xiaoman's assault case."
Song Yiming stood up and wanted to go with Shen Qianxue, but Shen Qianxue insisted that he stay to look after Zhang Meiwen.
Song Yiming said with some concern: "I'll go with you."
"You stay here. If Mom wakes up, she will need care. I won't be gone for long. I will be back soon." Shen Qianxue shook her head and let Song Yiming stay in the hospital.
"Has Lin Miao been found?" the policeman asked another policeman, and the other policeman brought Lin Miao and Zheng Sheng over.
After the police took the three of them away, Song Yiming sat down again and stared at the red light in the emergency room, feeling very worried.
After recording the confession, the female police officer analyzed it for Shen Qianxue from a legal perspective: "You and Lin Miao's behavior is an invasion of personal privacy. Che Xiaoman can sue you for invasion of privacy."
"Have you found Che Xiaoman? She hurt my mom, and she's still in the emergency room!"
When the female police officer mentioned the name Che Xiaoman, Shen Qianxue suddenly remembered her and wondered whether she had been arrested by the police or was still on the run.
"Che Xiaoman committed intentional injury. Regardless of whether she caused the death of a natural person, she must bear criminal responsibility." The female police officer told the truth and pointed out Che Xiaoman's crime. "The police are still searching for her, but they haven't found her yet."
"Haven't you found it yet?" Shen Qianxue lowered her eyes, having a bad feeling in her heart.