After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 48

Chapter 48: One Message After Another Was Sent, but There Was No Reply.

The downpour, along with the darkness, swallowed Jingcheng. There were hardly any pedestrians on the road. The windshield wipers of every moving vehicle were swiping frantically, playing the symphony of a rainy night together.

The rain beat against the glass, making a dense “pitter-patter” sound, like countless eager hands knocking on the windowpane.

But no matter how noisy it was, Chu Wantang couldn’t hear it.

She was in the darkness, sitting on the sofa and tightly clutching the bank card in her hand. When the thunder rolled across the sky again, the darkness in the room was briefly torn open by a silver edge, illuminating her stunned expression.

Her mind switched between blankness and chaos.

One moment, she couldn’t think of anything. The next, she was recalling fragments of her time with Huai Xing.

They had been in contact just before she took off to return to Jingcheng. Why was she the only one left in this house now?

Where was Huai Xing? Where could Huai Xing have gone? Where could Huai Xing go after leaving her?

The phone screen on the coffee table lit up. She came back to her senses, picked it up, and unlocked it.

It wasn’t a message from Huai Xing, but from Su Cheng and Wan Yi, asking if she had landed in Jingcheng. The rain outside was heavy, and many flights were delayed.

She looked at the questions calmly, her fingertips lifting with no strength, and replied: [I’ve arrived.]

Su Cheng: [Alright, then Yiyi and I won’t disturb you two little lovebirds.]

Wan Yi: [Where is my enthusiastic, abs-having, and beautiful future girlfriend-sister? Chu Wantang is officially in a relationship. If you don’t come soon, I really can’t hold on anymore.]

Su Cheng: [@First, my name is not ‘hey,’ let’s have dinner together tomorrow when the rain stops? While Yiyi is still not abroad, you can bring your little girlfriend.]

Little lovebirds… little girlfriend…

Chu Wantang stared at the words with a blank expression, her pupils gradually dilating and then focusing.

She didn’t reply immediately. She suddenly remembered that on the day she had sent Huai Xing off from Nancheng, at the airport, Huai Xing had said that if she misunderstood her, she would ignore her.

Had she done something to make Huai Xing misunderstand, but she hadn’t noticed, so Huai Xing was unilaterally starting a cold war with her?

Her consciousness slowly returned. Chu Wantang lowered her eyes, switched to the pinned chat, and sent a message to Huai Xing, confirming: [Did I do something to make you unhappy, Xingxing? You can tell me.]

[Where are you?]

[It’s raining heavily outside, and it’s still thundering. Are you scared?] As she sent this, she was unconsciously trembling.

[Is it because of the cold war I had with you before, and you still haven’t forgiven me? That’s right. You never said you forgave me. But even if it’s a cold war, we should be under the same roof.]

[You’re not following the rules, Huai Xing.]

One message after another was sent, but there was no reply.

The screen was full of her green bubbles. Chu Wantang’s eyes were sore from looking at them.

Because she remembered that Huai Xing’s favorite color was green.

She had once asked Huai Xing why she liked green so much. At that time, the 20-year-old Huai Xing had answered, “Because green is the heart of spring. Shi Tiesheng said, ‘The whole spring, until summer, is a season where life force enjoys its own elegance.’ Lin Qingxuan also said, ‘Never lose the mood to sprout…'”

“So I really like green, and I also really like spring,” Huai Xing said, laughing. “Can you like spring with me, Jiejie?”

Chu Wantang looked at the brightly smiling girl and agreed on the surface, “I can.”

In fact, she knew best that her feelings for the four seasons in this world were all the same. She neither liked nor disliked them.

Of course, it wasn’t just the four seasons. Her view of everything in this world was the same. Basically, nothing could arouse her emotions.

It wasn’t until Huai Xing came to her side that her emotions began to fluctuate.

When she saw Huai Xing happy because a stray cat at school had been adopted, she would be puzzled. When she saw Huai Xing sad because a friend’s relative she had never met had passed away, she would be surprised. When she saw Huai Xing crying and laughing because of the news online, she couldn’t understand it even more.

It was precisely these moments that made up the nearly five years they had been together.

But at this moment, the Huai Xing on the other end did not reply. Everything existed in her mind. Only then did she notice that she remembered everything about Huai Xing very clearly.

From Huai Xing’s expressions to Huai Xing’s actions.

She remembered that Huai Xing’s almond eyes were very bright when she was happy, filled with a smile. She remembered that when Huai Xing was sad, the area around her eyes would be red, and her eyes were like obsidian on a rainy day.

No…

No matter what the reason for the cold war was, she would not let Huai Xing continue.

At this moment, she thought of Wen Shiwei.

She came back to her senses and quickly sent a message to Wen Shiwei, asking as calmly as possible: [Is she with you, Miss Wen?]

Wen Shiwei replied instantly: [What if she is? What if she isn’t?]

Chu Wantang: [I’m coming to pick her up.]

Wen Shiwei: [You’ll be coming for nothing.]

Chu Wantang snorted coldly. She didn’t care about that. She stood up with the bank card. She had to ask Huai Xing what she meant by putting the card here. Did she not need the money now that she had a job?

No matter what the answer was, she would punish Huai Xing.

Just as she was about to reach the door, she noticed that she hadn’t changed out of her loungewear. She went back to her room and changed into a more intellectual-looking outfit.

Before long, she took her car keys and went to the underground parking lot.

On a rainy day, the bean-sized raindrops smashed into fireworks on the ground. Everyone’s car speed was not fast, and the numerous car lights reflected thousands of twisted ribbons of light.

The space was enclosed, and the rain hitting the roof and windows of the car gradually fermented into an unsettling white noise.

Chu Wantang held the steering wheel, her face covered in frost. Messages from Su Cheng and Wan Yi appeared on her phone again, asking her to decide whether to have dinner tomorrow. Especially Wan Yi, who said that she, a big model, was very busy, and many people had asked her out tomorrow.

Decide? She hadn’t even seen Huai Xing. How could she decide?

Just as that thought arose, an electric scooter that was running a red light suddenly appeared in front of her. She quickly stepped on the brakes, and the tires drew a translucent arc in the accumulated water, just barely stopping the car accident.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, and the sound of her heartbeat in her chest almost broke through her eardrums.

The electric scooter rider waved to her apologetically. The curse on the tip of her tongue was swallowed back.

But her face was like a gray and dusty piece of paper.

She drove all the way to the complex where Wen Shiwei lived. Wen Shiwei had told the security guard in advance to let the car into the underground parking lot.

In the time it took for the elevator to go up, she no longer had the patience to think about how many seconds it would take. Before long, she was standing in front of Wen Shiwei’s door for the second time.

The first time was in early March. It had been three months since then, spanning the entire spring.

Wen Shiwei leaned against the door. Seeing her, she crossed her arms, her posture lazy.

She said unceremoniously, “I told you, you came for nothing. She won’t go with you, and you can’t take her away.”

“If I came for nothing, why would you let the security guard let my car into the garage?” Chu Wantang asked back calmly.

Wen Shiwei chuckled. “Because I thought it would be nice to make you run a trip for nothing.” She said, making a “please” gesture. “Alright, you can come in and look for her. See if she’s inside.”

Chu Wantang would not be coy with her. She came in, changed her shoes, and looked for her.

They had looked at this apartment together, so she was familiar with the layout. The result came quickly.

Her brows were faintly pressed down, but her tone was as calm as she could make it as she asked, “Where did you hide her?”

“Sister Wantang, Xingxing is almost twenty-two. She’s an adult. Where can I hide her? Besides, I told you, you came for nothing.”

“Where is she?”

“I don’t know,” Wen Shiwei said. She was actually a little surprised that Chu Wantang had come so quickly. She sat down on the sofa leisurely, her gaze fixed on Chu Wantang. “Logically, in the past few years, her relationship with you has been much closer than with me. Why are you coming to me to look for her now, Sister Wantang? But now that you’ve searched the room, there’s no one here. Be careful on your way back.”

Chu Wantang had no more patience. “Wen Shiwei.”

“What can I do for you?”

“I’m her older sister. I have an obligation to know where she’s gone. Even if she’s already an adult, it doesn’t stop me from worrying about her personal safety.”

“Older sister?”

Wen Shiwei repeated the word. She met Chu Wantang’s angry gaze and couldn’t help but ask back, “Don’t you feel guilty when you say this word, Chu Wantang? You let her come to my party with hickeys, deliberately let me see the ambiguous photos you took, and the obvious distance she kept from me… did you think you were her older sister then?”

Chu Wantang gripped the bank card tightly. She stood up straight and avoided the question. “She’s not here. Then where is she?”

Wen Shiwei’s brows furrowed. “You have no right to ask me. When she was eight, she was chasing after me. We’ve known each other for seventeen years, Chu Wantang. On what grounds do you think that you, who have only known her for six or seven years, have the right to be so bossy in front of me?”

The rain outside showed no sign of stopping, and the atmosphere in the room became more and more tense.

“Have you seen her when she was one? I have,” Chu Wantang said, gesturing to the height of her leg. “She was still stumbling, and her teeth hadn’t even grown in.”

“Have you seen her when she was two? I have. She was chasing a puppy on the side of the road and almost fell.”

“Have you seen her when she was three? I have. She was holding a flower from an auntie at the law firm and wouldn’t let go, and she even said she wanted to put it in her hair.”

“Have you seen her when she was four? I have. She…”

Recalling these things, Chu Wantang twitched her lips mockingly. “From the time I was seven, I would fly to Yuncheng every year. I’ve watched her grow up until now. Wen Shiwei, do you think I have the right?”

Hearing her say this, Wen Shiwei was stunned on the spot. Then she stood up and walked over, grabbing her by the collar.

The distance suddenly shortened, but Chu Wantang’s expression did not change.

Her shirt collar was wrinkled. Wen Shiwei’s brows were furrowed, and she asked with great difficulty, “You watched her grow up with your own eyes, and you still have the heart to hurt her?”

“Chu Wantang, are you even human?”

“I didn’t hurt her,” Chu Wantang said, her gaze averting for a moment before meeting hers again. She raised her hand and unhurriedly pressed down on Wen Shiwei’s wrist, her words like winter snow. “The misunderstanding between us should be resolved by us, not with you in the middle.”

Wen Shiwei took the opportunity to grab her wrist, looked at the bank card in her hand, and laughed, asking, “Do you know what this bank card means?”

Without waiting for an answer, Wen Shiwei continued, “She has settled all your past years clearly. There’s a total of eight hundred thousand in this card.” She looked at Chu Wantang’s increasingly grim face. “Every gift you gave her, every transfer you made to her, even the nearly five years she lived with you, she has added it in as rent. Chu Wantang, I don’t believe you don’t know what she means by returning the bank card to you. If you’re still playing dumb, then I don’t mind explaining it to you again. It means that you can forget about ever seeing her again.”

The living room lights were bright, illuminating Chu Wantang’s increasingly ugly expression.

The force of her grip on the bank card became much heavier under Wen Shiwei’s words. The sharp edges were like ice-cold blades, first piercing the fragile skin, and then deeply embedding themselves in the folds.

Blood seeped out along the lines, staining the golden pattern on the card with a dark red mark.

One drop after another, it splashed on the ground.

But Chu Wantang could not feel the fine stinging pain in her palm. She stared at Wen Shiwei. A few seconds later, she spoke in a cold voice, still the same question. “Where is she?”

“You don’t deserve to know.”

At this point, Wen Shiwei revealed a brilliant smile again. She leaned closer, raised an eyebrow, and asked deliberately, “But, am I enough to make you have such an emotion now, Sister Wantang?”

…

On the way back, Chu Wantang’s right hand had been simply bandaged.

The blood-stained bank card was casually tossed to the side. She stepped on the gas, her face covered in frost.

So what if they wouldn’t see each other again? It was exactly what she wanted.

If it weren’t for her soft-heartedness, she would have also abandoned Huai Xing on the 17th of next month. Now, it was just that everything was happening in advance.

Although she was filled with uncontrollable anger now.

On what grounds? On what grounds could this little pet leave her without permission? On what grounds could Huai Xing fool her into a daze?

When did it start? Many images flashed through her mind.

On the night of Zhuo Xin’s birthday, was Huai Xing at home when she said those words?

The real timeline should be that after the party, Huai Xing had first returned home, and after hearing her words, she had gone out to the hospital to see Zhuo Xin, making Zhuo Xin a natural witness…

Huai Xing had hidden all her lies in the truth, and had even specially pulled up her taxi records so that she would not notice.

…But was she really unaware?

When Huai Xing was crying so sadly, when Huai Xing was so clingy to her, when Huai Xing said “I’m leaving,” when Huai Xing deliberately misinterpreted her “I like you,” when Huai Xing cried while kissing at sunrise.

In the past month, on many, many occasions, had she, who had always been so sharp, really not suspected anything at all?

No, she had suspected.

She just wasn’t willing to believe that Huai Xing would really leave her. Huai Xing’s life was full of her spies. In Huai Xing’s world, she was the most important. No one could compare. She thought that everything about Huai Xing could not escape her grasp.

…So what?

Apart from the accident of Huai Xing knowing the truth first and leaving, didn’t everything else go according to her original plan?

Huai Xing had struggled, suffered, and been tormented for this, even more than the torture she had suffered before.

Her goal had been achieved. She should be opening champagne to celebrate.

Chu Wantang straightened her thoughts and returned home. This time, she turned on the lights, and what met her eyes was an empty space.

She adjusted her breathing and went into the bathroom with her pajamas.

But when she was brushing her teeth, she looked at the toothpaste foam around her lips in the mirror and was a little dazed.

Suddenly, the mirror became a screen, playing the scene of her and Huai Xing kissing and exchanging the minty taste in front of the mirror.

“Jiejie…” Huai Xing’s soft call sounded by her ear at this moment.

Her long lashes trembled, and she looked around.

She hadn’t even had time to wash off the toothpaste foam, and she said with difficulty, trying to be calm, “Huai Xing, if you come back now, I can forgive you.”

The only response she got was the quiet, long night.