“Qi, do you have to be so cruel to me? I know I have done a lot of wrong things, and that’s why I had to call you to beg for your forgiveness. But what about you? Why won’t you even give me a single chance? Won’t you meet me just once, on account of the love we used to have for each other? Is that okay?”
Han Muzi did not want to meet up with her. Based on all the horrible things that Meng Xueyou had done in the past, and with the stalking incident weighing in as well, she did not know what else Meng Xueyou would do to her. Moreover, the timing of the phone call from Meng Xueyou was just far too convenient to be coincidental.
Meng Xueyou had called her as soon as the poster came out on the scrolling billboard, indicating that the former had probably seen the poster and was probably harboring evil intentions toward her. It was possible that if she met with Meng Xueyou alone, she would be met with an accident.
It was very saddening to think that they, who were once the best of friends, were now so wary of each other. However, she had no regrets about rejecting Meng Xueyou.
“No, I’m hanging up. Don’t you ever call me or message me again. If you harass me again, I really won’t hold back anymore.” She dismissed Meng Xueyou’s invitation with a cold voice; she did not want to have anything to do with Meng Xueyou anymore.
“Han Muzi!” As soon as Meng Xueyou heard that she was going to hang up, Meng Xueyou became agitated and screeched out her name. Inadvertently frowning at the sharp screeching voice, Han Muzi’s beautiful eyes darkened slightly. Had Meng Xueyou finally lost her cool?
Sure enough, in the next second, she heard Meng Xueyou yelling at her, “Han Muzi, who do you think you are? Do you think you’re some hotshot now just because you became the Young Lady of the Han Family? Oh, that’s not right either. You’re about to become the Young Lady of the Ye Family! How amazing you must be! So much so that you’ve forgotten about all the help I gave you! You should know in your heart just how much I comforted you when you were facing all sorts of grievances after you married into the Ye Family! Now all I’m asking for is to meet with you again, yet you refused me!”
Han Muzi said nothing. She reached up to massage her temples. It felt like her head hurt even more after her sleep was disturbed. She brooded quietly, then she spoke up in reply. “You’re right. I did suffer a lot when I first married into the Ye Family. Speaking of which, I have to thank you for all the care you’ve shown me. You took the initiative to investigate the truth on that rainy night, gave me false results, and led me to create false impressions of that night. I’ve also recalled that you were still trying to match me with Ye Linhan at the time, weren’t you?” Having said that, Han Muzi couldn’t help but laugh softly, but her soft laughter was full of mockery and bitterness.
“At the time, you told me that it was for my own good, saying that you were worried that I wouldn’t be happy if I were together with Ye Linhan… Do you know, Xueyou, just how much I blindly and unconditionally trusted you back then? I believed every single thing as long as you were the one that said it. But, in the end… the investigation results were fake, that stuff about it being all for my own good was a lie, and you even stole my identity! Now, let me guess… not only were you not grateful toward me when I first helped you out, you even went so far as to steal my identity! Meng Xueyou, is the grass always greener on the other side? Be it identity or men, you want to snatch it all.”
There was no response. When she finished speaking, Han Muzi heard heavy breathing sounds coming from the other end of the phone. It sounded like Meng Xueyou had trouble breathing.
“I guess you know everything now,” Meng Xueyou spat bitterly.
Several moments passed, then she heard Meng Xueyou sobbing’s voice cry out harshly, “Did you think I wanted to do that? Han Muzi, did you think I wanted to snatch everything from you? My mother abandoned me when I was little, and my father was a gambler who drank every time he lost and beat me up when he came home. The people in school looked down on me and treated me like trash! I needed power! Wealth is the only thing that changes everything! Do you know? Ever since I became the Young Lady of the Han Family, all those people who treated me badly had to bow their heads at me! They had to suck up to me! That’s the reality of the world! If it wasn’t for all these things, I couldn’t care less about snatching away your identity! You don’t understand anything! You don’t know how much pain I had to go through!”
“Until now, do you still not understand?” Han Muzi said.
“What do I need to understand?”
“You felt that the world was unfair toward you, so you snatched it all from someone else and took it all for yourself! Have you ever thought about how I felt? Forget it; even after things have come to this point, you still haven’t changed your tune. It seems like you will never change. Anyway, let me give you some advice. You’re on your own now.” Han Muzi planned to end the call after she had finished speaking.
However, Meng Xueyou started screeching on the other end of the phone. “Han Muzi! I shouldn’t be on my own now! You’re the root of all my suffering! What right do you have to live freely and happily? Let me tell you; do you think Ye Moxuan wants to marry you? No! He does not! He just feels that he owes you for what happened five years ago and wants to make it up to you! If he loved you, you wouldn’t have separated five years ago! Even if you married him and became his wife, you’ll never be happy! I curse you! I curse you so that you will never be together! Even if you’re together, you will never be happy!”
Toot-toot-toot… Meng Xueyou was still cursing hysterically when the dial tone indicating the call was cut off sounded through the phone. She froze for a moment then frantically tried to call again but found that she had been blocked.
Han Muzi had planned to end the call peacefully, but when she heard Meng Xueyou’s hysterical cursing, she flew into a rage and her face was flushed. She nimbly ended the call and added the number to the Blocked List.
Even after doing that, the words Meng Xueyou said while cursing her continued to echo in her head. Her voice and words were so shrill and resentful that it had deeply disturbed her.
Han Muzi faintly noticed that her fingers were trembling. She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths to calm herself down. When she opened her eyes again, she put away her phone and lay back down. It was beyond her expectations that even best friends could turn against each other to such a degree. The last time she saw Meng Xueyou in the restaurant, she had felt sad and torn over it. In the end, she felt relief.
Some people were probably destined to only have a small fated meeting between them throughout their entire lives. Once that fate had been exhausted, it seemed like it was impossible for both their lives to intertwine again. However, she didn’t expect Meng Xueyou’s jealousy to be so strong that she would call her at this point. Her eyelids weighed down heavily as she pondered; no matter what she did, she could not calm down. Despite how sleepy she was, she could not fall asleep.
Giving up, Han Muzi sat up and took out her phone to watch some variety shows. After watching a couple, she gradually forgot what Meng Xueyou had said to her and her mind slowly went back to a calm state. She put down her phone and went back to sleep.
