Han Muzi was startled for a while. “What do you mean?”
As she thought about it, she roughly understood Ye Moxuan’s intention, then she smiled. “It’s normal for her to blame me. After all, I blame myself too.”
Ye Moxuan’s eyes squinted after listening to her. “You blame yourself?”
Han Muzi lowered her eyes. Yes. I have always blamed myself. I’m responsible for Ye Moxuan getting hurt. If it weren’t for me, he wouldn’t have gotten himself this badly injured. I blame myself for meeting up with Lin Qingqing at first. Even if we made an appointment, why did I try to find her when she wasn’t free? If I had never gone to that restaurant at that time, would I have run into Ye Moxuan?
Thinking about it, Han Muzi chuckled bitterly. “If I had never gone to that restaurant, none of this would have happened. And maybe by now, you and Miss Lin would have been…” Together.
“There is no ‘if’!” Ye Moxuan coldly cut off her words as he also pursed his lips. “Don’t you understand by now?”
“What?”
“Five years. The reason I didn’t divorce you for the past five years.”
Han Muzi stayed speechless. At this moment, Ye Moxuan’s eyes were deep, but also as bright as the million stars in the sky. Meanwhile, his words hit hard on her heart. But… it was clear five years ago that he…
After giving it a thought, Han Muzi took a few steps back and said stubbornly, “It’s better not to talk about this now. Let’s solve the current problem first.”
She’s running away again… Ye Moxuan’s eyes darkened as he let out a chuckle. “Fine. If you don’t want to mention the past, then don’t. However, you will need to face it eventually.” That was how this matter came to an end.
As soon as Song An went back, she called Xiao Su on the phone to ask about the situation, and after finding out more about it, she was sure that Lin Qingqing was the one harming others first. Immediately, she became furious and called Mrs. Lin straight away.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Lin didn’t expect her to call back this soon. As she wiped her tears out of distress for her daughter, she joyfully asked, “An, is the situation any better? What did Moxuan say? Can my baby girl be released now?”
Mrs. Lin felt something was wrong as Song An didn’t answer her, so she called out again, “An?”
A while later, Song An’s indifferent voice came through the phone. “We have known each other for a long time, right?”
Mrs. Lin staggered and nodded. “Y-Yes.”
“Then you should know that I hate the kind of people who twist the truth.”
The ruthlessness in Song An’s voice caused Mrs. Lin to startle. She assumed that Song An already knew everything, so she quickly explained, “It’s not what you think it is. How could I not know your personality after knowing you for so long? I wouldn’t dare to twist the truth in front of you. It’s just that this situation is a bit complicated, and I wasn’t present at the scene, so I got all my information through what others told me. If I said something incorrectly, then someone must have gotten it wrong, and I’ll apologize to you for that. But Qingqing is innocent; she didn’t mean to hurt Moxuan. So I think—”
“So you think she should push away all of the responsibility?”
“I…”
“Maybe I have been too kind over the past two years, so you think I’m easy to fool. Am I right? At first, I saw that Qingqing had a good personality, so I thought, why don’t we try to be a family? But it seems like I was wrong. Not only is Lin Qingqing a bad person, she is an evil one too.”
“A-An, how could you say that? Qingqing is a good kid. She’s always had an excellent character and skills. And you…”
“You dare to call a girl who splashed acid on other people’s faces a good kid? You’re right. She didn’t mean to hurt Moxuan, but her intentions were to hurt others. She wanted to hurt another girl like her, and she even wanted to ruin her face.”
Mrs. Lin was left speechless.
“Do you still want to defend her now?”
Mrs. Lin explained, “An, she is my daughter after all. Even if… she’s done unspeakable things, I’m still her mother! I just… I can’t stand aside and watch. Qingqing never suffered any pain when she grew up under my care, and she’s always been loved by everyone. I believe that she would do such an irrational thing like this because the other girl crossed a line or said something offensive. Furthermore, this is between them young people to settle themselves, so why do you need to get involved?”
“Fine,” Song An sneered. “Then I won’t get involved, and let them young people settle it themselves. It doesn’t matter to me whether she is sent to prison or not.”
“An, don’t do that. I came looking for you because I want you to take care of the situation.”
“Heh, I can see you don’t want me to handle this, but to save your daughter, right? How could you forget that Moxuan is my nephew too? You’re Qingqing’s mother, so it is understandable for you to protect her. But shouldn’t I protect my own nephew too?” Her words were sharp, and it stunned Mrs. Lin.
A while later, Mrs. Lin came around and sobbed pitifully. “Song An! This wasn’t what you said on the phone before. Even though my daughter has done unspeakable things, she is still forgivable. Your Moxuan already has a girlfriend himself, and you still introduced my daughter to him. If you had figured it out earlier, none of this would have happened. Qingqing is just a girl, so it’s normal for her to be mad about this! Young people usually do irrational things when they are mad, but do you really need to push her to the edge?”
Song An remained speechless. All of a sudden, she felt that Ye Moxuan was really giving her a headache.
This never would have happened if he had rejected Lin Qingqing, but… this was a complicated situation. Maybe Lin Qingqing misunderstood? Or maybe Ye Moxuan didn’t state his stand to her clearly? She felt a real headache thinking about it.
“An, I don’t blame you. But I raised Qingqing for so many years; I don’t want to see her life ruined like that. If she really goes to prison, what will become of her in the future? She will be devastated… Please help me. After all of this is settled, I will bring Qingqing along to thank you at your door and apologize. Is that alright?”
After Mrs. Lin softened her tone, Song An’s heart couldn’t help but soften too. Even though splashing acid at someone was a terrible act, and she would be charged with intentional assault according to the law, but… she did introduce Lin Qingqing to Ye Moxuan after all. Therefore, she should also be held accountable for what had happened.
“I understand. I will discuss it with Moxuan as soon as possible.”
“An, I’m begging you right now. If you can help Qingqing, I will definitely keep to my promise.”
Song An ended the call with mixed feelings as she quietly held her phone on one hand. I don’t need to find Moxuan. If I want to get Lin Qingqing released, I… just need to find that lady.
