After the Fake Heiress Died, She Was Filled with Regret - Chapter 131.1

Chapter 131.1: (End of the Main Story)

The highway was completely blocked. Police and ambulances quickly arrived. Based on surveillance footage and descriptions from eyewitnesses, they swiftly identified the at-fault vehicle. The front of the black sedan was completely wrecked. After rescuing Lin Yu from the car, he was immediately rushed to the hospital by ambulance.

“Drunk driving on the highway, he really didn’t care about his life, and he knocked another car into the sea.”

“That’s terrible!”

“Can they find the people?”

“Hard to say… even if they are found, they probably won’t be alive.”

When Ming Jing and Qian Yu arrived at the scene, the police had already cordoned off the area. As the two approached, they overheard the hushed conversations around them and exchanged glances.

Qian Yu tried to keep from thinking the worst, but tears were already welling up in her eyes. Ming Jing was also a bit lost at the moment. She pulled Qian Yu close and comforted her: “Don’t panic, everything will be fine. Let’s find Tang Yin first!”

“Right, find Tang Yin!” Qian Yu looked around frantically, finally spotting a thin figure standing beside the police tape.

“Tang Yin!”

Qian Yu and Ming Jing rushed over and called out to her, but Tang Yin didn’t react at all.

She stood still like a stone statue, her gaze fixed on the sea. Her lips were completely devoid of color, and her cheeks were pale.

“Tang Yin, Shinan, she…” Qian Yu asked, her voice trembling.

Hearing Xia Shinan’s name, Tang Yin finally snapped back to attention. She blinked, looked back at Qian Yu, and swallowed. Her voice was hoarse and weak.

“She… she’s still in the sea.”

Qian Yu covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face as she shook her head.

“It’s going to be okay! Xia Shinan is a blessed person. Heaven has always protected her. Everything will be fine!” Ming Jing insisted, though her own face was very pale.

Tang Yin’s gaze returned to the sea. The calm ocean was like a sleeping beast that had swallowed her lover and given no sign since.

She had never hated the sea so much, and she had never… pleaded with the sea so desperately, begging it to return her lover. She would do anything, just give Xia Shinan back.

After receiving Tao Yi’s call, Tang Yin immediately had people track Xia Tong’s driving direction. While locating the car and calling the police, she drove there herself.

But no matter how fast she went, she was still much slower than Xia Tong.

She received a call from Zou Yue, saying Xia Tong’s people had gone to SN to negotiate, claiming they would release Xia Shinan if she signed the contract.

“Agree to it first, let her hand over the person…” Tang Yin said without hesitation. At the same time, she got onto the highway, driving toward the location provided by the tracker.

Later… the highway started to jam with traffic. News alerts and videos from passersby kept popping up on her phone, saying a serious car accident had occurred a few kilometers ahead.

Car accident…

Tang Yin’s eyes reddened at the sight of those two words. She finally lost her composure. At the same time, her heart felt a sharp, twisting pain, as if countless needles were piercing her, making it impossible to breathe.

“It’s all my fault.”

Tang Yin looked at the sea, murmuring, “It’s all my fault.”

If she hadn’t driven Xia Tong to the brink, if she hadn’t allowed Xia Shinan to stay in Haicheng for a few extra days, if she hadn’t gone to get the ring today and instead picked up Xia Shinan herself…

Too many “what ifs” wove into a dense net in her heart, filled with her regret. Tears flowed incessantly, like a broken string of pearls. Finally, she trembled, curled up, and repeated, “It’s all my fault.”

“Tang Yin, pull yourself together!” Ming Jing watched Tang Yin, who looked like a walking corpse. The last time she had seen her this way was five years ago, when everyone thought Xia Shinan had died.

Even then, no matter how much pain Tang Yin was in, she pulled through, driven by the desire to get revenge on the villains!

But now… they had finally reunited and even gotten married, only for this to happen. Ming Jing couldn’t imagine how Tang Yin would cope.

“We found someone!”

“We found her!”

“Quick, quick, quick! Bring the stretcher!”

Voices from the rescue team sounded in the distance. Tang Yin heard them and immediately stood up and ran toward them. Her legs gave out, causing her to fall to the ground, but she scrambled back up, completely ignoring her appearance, and continued to run to look.

“No unauthorized personnel, please step back and do not interfere with the rescue!”

“I am her wife!” Tang Yin cried out, tears streaming down her face. “Please… let me see her!”

“Shinan… Xia Shinan.”

Xia Shinan heard someone calling her from afar. She turned to see a very familiar woman’s figure beckoning to her.

Xia Shinan walked over and realized the woman looked exactly like her, only her face was pale and she appeared incredibly frail.

“Who are you?”

“I am you. I am the weakest self inside you.”

Weak? Xia Shinan was stunned. She never thought she was weak; she always believed she was strong.

The woman seemed to hear her thoughts.

“Strength is just self-deception. Actually, we are both very tired. This world is so terrible, or perhaps just too exhausting. Let’s leave together…”

Leave? Go where? Just as Xia Shinan thought this, she heard the sound of the ocean.

“Let’s go into the sea. Once we’re there, we can forget all our troubles and never be sad again.”

Listening to her words, many images flashed through Xia Shinan’s mind, such as the various unpleasant moments in the Xia family… the loneliness while studying in Singapore… the times she was bullied after becoming an artist.

Yes, this world is truly terrible, and she is so, so tired. Xia Shinan’s face showed sorrow. She watched the woman who looked exactly like her reach out a hand. She slowly raised her own hand, wanting to grasp hers and walk toward the deep sea in the distance.

But at that moment, another voice reached her ears…

“Wife, can you please wake up?”

“Shinan, we need to go home.”

Home… Wife… That’s right! She had Tang Yin!

Xia Shinan took a step back, shaking her head at the woman.

Her time in the Xia family wasn’t pleasant, but she had Qian Yu, a good friend! She was lonely in Singapore, but she also met Mu Ziyu, that lovely junior. Even though she encountered many unhappy things after returning home… she reunited with Tang Yin.

“No! I have Tang Yin! She is my wife, and she is waiting for me to come home!” Xia Shinan stated firmly, looking at the tearful face before her. “I won’t go with you. I believe the future will get better and better!”

The next moment, the crying face turned into a mirror that suddenly shattered. The space around her began to collapse. At the same time, the soft calling in her ear continued.

Xia Shinan slowly opened her eyes, looking at Tang Yin’s extremely fatigued yet utterly overjoyed face. She still seemed a bit confused about where she was, but she instinctively called out to the other person, “Tang Tang.”

Hearing those two words, Tang Yin finally burst into tears. “Wife.”

Xia Shinan woke up, her consciousness and memories slowly returning. Hearing Tang Yin’s story, she realized she had been unconscious for two days. Tang Yin also told her the subsequent events.

Lin Yu was rescued in time and survived, but he was completely paralyzed and had become a disabled person. If he was lucky, he would be paralyzed in bed for the rest of his life. If he was unlucky, he might die any day now.

Mrs. Lin cried and insisted on taking her son home, but the police investigation followed swiftly. All the dirty deeds the Lin family had done behind the scenes were exposed. They would face a lot of legal trouble next.

“What about Xia Tong? Is she okay?” Xia Shinan finally asked.

Tang Yin shook her head.

“She was trapped in the car. By the time the rescue team found her, she had passed away.”

Xia Shinan gripped the blanket, remaining silent for a long time.

She still remembered Xia Tong’s final gaze at her, stripped of all sharpness and cruelty, just like the gentle and peaceful aunt from her childhood.

A tear traced her cheek. Xia Shinan sighed softly. “When I looked back, I think I saw her smile at me. I miss her, the aunt who always loved me when I was little.”

Tang Yin gently stroked her hair, offering silent comfort. After a long while, she slowly said, “It’s all over now.”

Xia Shinan looked up at Tang Yin’s exhausted face. “You haven’t rested well these past few days.”

Tang Yin managed a faint smile. “As long as you are okay, I’ll sleep well every day from now on.”

Xia Shinan gently pulled Tang Yin’s hand, hooking their pinkies together. “I promise you, these things won’t happen again.”

Tang Yin looked at their pinkies tightly intertwined. Her eyes suddenly felt warm, and she choked out, “I should be the one promising you that these things won’t happen again.”

“Shinan, please trust me one more time. We will be happy together. Don’t leave me.”

In the two days Xia Shinan was unconscious, Tang Yin had countless times condemned and questioned herself: What exactly can I bring Xia Shinan? Happiness or disaster?

It seemed that as long as she was around, bad things always happened near Xia Shinan. She even wondered if it would have been better for Xia Shinan if she hadn’t insisted on getting back together.

But… she still couldn’t bear to leave Xia Shinan. So now, she sincerely pleaded with Xia Shinan to give her another chance.

“Silly.” Xia Shinan let out a light laugh, holding her hand tightly. “We are the closest and most loving people to each other. Neither of us can leave!”

“Okay.” Tang Yin nodded vigorously, tears uncontrollably dropping onto the back of Xia Shinan’s hand. She didn’t feel embarrassed, and then hugged Xia Shinan tightly.

“I’ve noticed you’re crying more and more,” Xia Shinan teased with a smile. “Crying Tang, or ‘Tang Crybaby,’ short for sweet dumpling.”

“You can call me anything,” Tang Yin hugged Xia Shinan tightly. “Whatever you call me, I love to hear it.”

Due to the major accident, some netizens quickly uploaded related videos. Coupled with Xia Shinan being a recently popular artist, many recognized her, so it was known on the same day that Xia Shinan was one of the two people in the car that plunged into the sea.

The next day, the police announced the general situation of the accident.

“The perpetrator Lin Yu drove drunk onto the highway, causing another vehicle to plunge into the sea. One person, Ms. Xia (female, 25), was rescued in time and is out of critical danger. The other person, Ms. Xia (female, 52), drowned. The case is currently under further investigation.”

Shiheng also promptly posted on Weibo, thanking everyone for their concern. Xia Shinan was out of critical danger, and the focus would now be on recuperation.

Netizens’ interest in this incident was unusually high, causing Weibo to briefly crash.

“It’s great that Sister is okay! I couldn’t sleep all night after hearing the news yesterday. I’m finally relieved, sob sob sob!”

“You never know which comes first, tomorrow or an accident!”

“I hope Shiheng gives the fans an explanation. I heard Xia Shinan was on her way home after work when the accident happened.”

Besides fans who were consistently concerned about Xia Shinan, ordinary people also followed the cause of the car accident. Soon, some netizens caught the key points.

“Wait, why does the other victim also share the surname Xia? And she’s 52. Could she be Xia Shinan’s elder? And that Lin Yu, I heard he has quite a background, the grandson of the Lin family in Jingcheng…”

“I’m invested! Coupled with the previous revelations about Xia Shinan’s background, could this be a wealthy family murder plot? Oh my god… are they playing this big?!”

“Not necessarily, maybe it’s just a coincidence? Didn’t they say the driver who caused the accident was drunk?”

“Who knows? It involves a wealthy family and an artist. Maybe there are some grudges and love-hate relationships involved…”

But everything was just speculation by netizens, with no concrete statement. Until someone uploaded the rescue video from that day, where one woman caught everyone’s attention.

“Who is that person? She kept waiting on the side, and as soon as Xia Shinan was rescued, she rushed over immediately!”

“Their relationship must be special, maybe a friend or family member?”

“No! Turn up the volume and listen carefully! What did she say?!”

Soon, netizens identified the woman in the video.

Tang Yin—CEO of SN.

At the same time, the audio from the video was processed and analyzed. The sound was clear enough to hear Tang Yin say: “I am her wife…”

“Wife?! Xia Shinan is married?? And to CEO Tang of SN!”

“Don’t get your hopes up! It was dark in the video. Maybe they misheard? How could CEO Tang of SN be with an obscure artist?”

“But it’s not impossible! Isn’t “Seven Days” an SN film production?”

“Oh my god…”

“The gossip is too big to handle.”

“Me too! I’m afraid I’ll say the wrong thing and get a lawyer’s letter…”

Xia Shinan had been recuperating, but even without going online, she roughly knew that there must be a lot of discussion. But she still hadn’t expected that someone had filmed Tang Yin and dragged her into the public eye.

However, seeing the helpless, weary-looking Tang Yin in the video still made her heart melt into a mess.

“Don’t look at it. Leave it to me to handle.” Tang Yin walked into the lounge, carrying a nutritional meal, and glanced at the tablet before speaking.

Xia Shinan looked up and smiled at her. “I seem to have caused you trouble.”

“What do you mean ’caused trouble’? It’s no trouble at all.” Tang Yin set the abundant meal down and helped Xia Shinan off the bed to eat. “You are never trouble to me. Taking care of your health is what matters most.”

Xia Shinan nodded, but she was still a little preoccupied while eating.

“Tang Yin, five years ago when you thought something happened to me, you must have been even more afraid than waiting for the rescue that day, right?” Xia Shinan suddenly asked.

Tang Yin paused, then smiled and shook her head. “I don’t remember.”

She wasn’t lying. During that time, she was in a daze. What she did or said was unclear in her mind. Thinking back now was like watching a blurry old movie.

Xia Shinan held Tang Yin’s hand. “I think you must have been very sad then.”

“It doesn’t matter anymore,” Tang Yin held her hand tightly. “What matters is now, and that we will be together forever.”

Support