Chapter 157: Though the Words Were Rough, the Logic Wasn’t Bad

Xu Qingzhou stood there stunned for a moment, at a loss for what to do.

She stared at the two bank cards in her hand.

If that was the case, did she still want to get back together with her?

Wasn’t this woman a bit too cunning?

Back then, she had been fooled by that innocent, harmless face of hers.

That was why she had dated her, always feeling guilty for deceiving her.

She had carried that guilt in her heart, only to realize after all this time that she was the one who had been deceived?

Well, it couldn’t exactly be called deception.

At that time, they had both gotten what they wanted from each other.

Pulling teeth and getting implants had been quite expensive back then.

It wasn’t covered by insurance, so to save nearly twenty thousand yuan…

She hadn’t really lost anything.

Except for her precious first time.

Her first time dating a girl, and Xie An had felt pretty good.

But she had felt bad about deceiving her all the time, so after getting what she wanted…

She had broken up with her directly and said goodbye.

Sins of youth, now to be repaid with her body.

“Xu Qingzhou, I will take responsibility for what happened last night, just like ten years ago. Actually, I had planned to stabilize our relationship a bit more before confessing everything to you, but I didn’t expect you to leave me. Over these ten years, I’ve quietly done so much for you.”

“Really, Xu Qingzhou, I did think that if you still didn’t like me this time, I might just give up. I do like you, but I have my pride too. I want some response from you, even a little bit. I just hope there’s a place for me in your heart, no matter how small.”

As Xie An spoke, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

How did one express love through actions?

Perhaps it was by hoping the other person lived better and better in the days to come.

In that regard, Xie An thought she had done well.

After Xu Qingzhou broke up with her…

She still lived a life of desperately earning money every day to pay off debts.

She wasn’t doing well at all; even the role offers she got were just minor parts with a few lines.

Right after the breakup, she had wanted to find her and give her a good scolding.

But seeing how hard her life was, she couldn’t bear to.

She had found a friend, spent some money to invest in a major LP’s novel.

Before it was made into an audio drama, she had her friend review it.

It was bound to be a hit.

The first person she thought of was Xu Qingzhou; she hoped Xu Qingzhou would do well.

She had her friend reach out to contact her.

A few months later, the audio drama exploded in popularity.

Xu Qingzhou’s name became known in the voice acting circle as well.

Gradually, she went from an unknown nobody to the independent voice directing powerhouse she was now. Xie An had watched every step.

When she went abroad for university, afraid she might be bullied, Xie An had asked friends to look after her.

Late at night, she would scroll through her forums.

Her Weibo and Moments.

Watching every word, frame by frame.

Later, when she saw her dating a boyfriend, the way she smiled was so piercing.

She looked truly happy.

That day, she announced it on Moments.

Xie An didn’t know how she mustered the courage to finish reading that post.

Even the comments from industry friends blessing her.

She had opened her phone’s comment section too, thinking she was magnanimous.

That she had let go.

But even those simple two words, she could never bring herself to post.

When she looked up again, her vision was already blurred by tears.

She just hadn’t gone mad in front of everyone.

In truth, she had gone mad long ago.

“Don’t cry… Wait, no… Sorry… I might be a bit thick-headed… My bad.”

Xu Qingzhou saw her crying and quickly pulled out a few tissues to hand over.

Don’t ask why she didn’t wipe the tears herself—her waist wasn’t up to it right now.

She suddenly remembered.

Before, she had overheard two voice acting friends talking.

They had said someone was secretly helping her.

Otherwise, such a great lead role in a major LP audio drama wouldn’t have gone to her.

They even joked if she was being kept by someone?

Back then, she hadn’t cared what others said; maybe someone had spotted her talent.

She rose to fame quickly.

She paid off her bank loan in one go.

And had some money left over.

The forums were full of all sorts of rumors.

Even now, some still said she must have been kept back then.

Since she chose to make money online, she had to accept trash talk from some rotten people.

Worst case, she just wouldn’t look.

As long as she didn’t look, it was fine.

Being carefree and thick-skinned wasn’t bad.

She had suspected it was Xie An helping her, but then again, after dumping her…

If Xie An didn’t hate her, that would be lucky enough—why would she help?

But now, thinking about it, it really seemed like it was Xie An.

Xie An gently wiped her tears with the tissue. If even this couldn’t win her over…

Then she really didn’t know what it would take to keep Xiao Zhou by her side.

“So… you don’t hate me for dumping you out of nowhere?”

“At first I did, but then since I had deceived you too, I turned the tables. I hoped that even if you left me, you’d still live well. Later, I refreshed your Moments again, and there was a photo of you going to a bar to drink. You said you’d broken up with that guy.”

“And that day, you seemed to have been hit by a car too—there was a photo of your left forearm in a cast from the fracture, posted with some bitter humor. I thought, I need to get back together with you. I want you to live healthily, with me. I didn’t want to see you spiraling again, so I started planning all this.”

“Of course, you ending up at that private dental clinic that day was pure coincidence.”

Xu Qingzhou listened in a fog.

But she caught a key piece of info.

“Moments? Didn’t I block you? And when did you hack into my Moments?”

“A side account. You added my side account.”

After adding the side account, she had gone silent, lurking in the shadows, quietly observing.

She liked every single one of her Moments posts.

Promos for new dramas, collaborations with others’ voice acting.

Even every New Year’s Weibo posts with cherished “hubby” voices—Xie An treasured them all.

Xie An laid everything bare.

Now, standing before her, Xu Qingzhou had no secrets left from her.

Whether to continue being together was up to Xu Qingzhou’s choice.

“A side account?”

Xu Qingzhou had originally planned to brush it off.

How could reconciliation be that easy?

But if she had to return the money… she was a little reluctant. It was all her little savings. Maybe give her a chance? Get back together. After all, she’d planned so much, right?

“Well… getting back together so quickly feels a bit embarrassing… No flowers, no ring, just a body covered in mud and exhaustion…”

Though the words were rough, the logic wasn’t bad, right?