After the Fake Heiress Died, She Was Filled with Regret - Chapter 59

Chapter 59: Xia Shinan Wants to Be The Freest One…

Xia Shinan’s words were like a sharp knife, brutally carving out the hidden shame and regret in Tang Yin’s heart once again. She never dared to forget what she had said and done to Xia Shinan.

But hearing it from Xia Shinan’s mouth now made her feel utterly bruised and battered.

“None of those things I said back then were sincere!” Tang Yin thought back to five years ago and hated her own foolishness. She spoke with difficulty: “Shinan, I like you. I truly, truly like you.”

“I was stupid! I couldn’t see through others, and I couldn’t see through my own feelings. Shinan, I was wrong. Hit me, scold me, but please don’t ignore me…” Tang Yin whispered, her voice filled with endless guilt and regret.

These past few years, she would often return to that time five years ago in her dreams, reliving how she had hurt Xia Shinan over and over.

“How could that be? The most foolish person back then was only me. CEO Tang, once bitten, twice shy. I’m not that easy to fool anymore.” Xia Shinan smiled at her. “I won’t believe a single word you say now.”

Tang Yin opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a word. Xia Shinan didn’t trust her anymore.

She tightly clutched Xia Shinan’s wrist, afraid that if she let go, she would truly lose her.

Xia Shinan suppressed her emotions, forcing herself to remain calm.

“CEO Tang, we had a clean break back then. Why are you harassing me like this now?”

“A clean break?” Tang Yin slowly repeated those four words, an agonizing pain spreading throughout her body.

She would rather be entangled with Xia Shinan until death than have a clean break.

“Shinan!” Qian Yu’s voice came from behind. She had been looking for them and quickly came over when she heard some commotion nearby.

Qian Yu walked up to Xia Shinan and realized something was wrong with the two of them.

“Tang Yin, Ming Jing is looking for you. Go find her first!”

Seeing that Tang Yin was still unwilling to leave, she quickly persuaded: “You’re hurting Shinan!”

Tang Yin immediately let go when she heard that, her tone anxious and flustered: “I didn’t mean to, Shinan…”

Xia Shinan bit her lip, preventing her bottled-up emotions from spilling out, and quickly pulled Qian Yu away.

Tang Yin watched Xia Shinan’s retreating figure, her heart feeling hollowed out, like a dry shell. Even though a warm breeze was blowing, her heart felt utterly cold.

Ming Jing also arrived. After a look from Qian Yu, she stayed with Tang Yin.

“Shinan drank too much. Little Yu Mao is taking her back first.”

“Mhm…” Tang Yin remained standing in the same posture, her eyes dull and lifeless. She thought of Xia Shinan’s expression when she left and the words she spoke, choking up: “Ming Jing, Shinan won’t forgive me. It’s all my fault.”

Ming Jing sighed: “I’m not going to lecture you, but it’s been five years. Some things need to be let go.”

“I can’t let go! She finally came back… How can I let go!” Tang Yin tightly squeezed her palms. It felt as if the warmth of touching Xia Shinan’s hand was still lingering, and she had to hold onto it.

“Even if you can’t let go, you can’t rush it… Aren’t you afraid that if you push too hard, she’ll go abroad again and never come back!”

Ming Jing’s words struck Tang Yin heavily. Seeing that she was listening, Ming Jing continued: “Tang Yin, five years ago, Shinan was trapped by the Xia family and had no freedom. Are you going to be the one to trap her now?”

Tang Yin’s body shook, and she seemed to understand. Of course not.

Xia Shinan needed to be the freest person.

Qian Yu accompanied Xia Shinan home, bought her hangover medicine, and heated some milk, then brought it to Xia Shinan.

“Here, you’ll feel better after drinking this.”

Xia Shinan had caught some cold wind on the balcony, but drinking the hot milk made her feel much more comfortable. She took it with a grateful expression: “Thank you, Little Yu Mao. I didn’t expect you to be so good at taking care of people now.”

Qian Yu sighed: “Ah, my mom used to say I was a pampered young lady, and I didn’t believe it. But looking at myself now, I have indeed grown a lot. After all these years…”

As she spoke, she remembered Tang Yin’s despondent look and couldn’t help but continue: “Shinan, Tang Yin has been waiting for you to come back for these five years. We all thought you were dead back then, but only she refused to believe it. She stayed at the airport for several days. When she heard the Xia family was holding a funeral for you, she rushed over to make a scene… I don’t know what they said, but she was completely devastated afterward, like she had lost her soul.”

“But now, she’s the famous CEO Tang of SN, shining brightly,” Xia Shinan said softly, lowering her eyes. “Little Yu Mao, time heals everything. Isn’t she doing well too?”

Qian Yu was stunned. Knowing Xia Shinan didn’t want to hear about Tang Yin anymore, she decided not to mention her again. “Alright, I won’t speak up for her anymore. I’m staying at your place tonight. Shall we just chat?”

Xia Shinan smiled and nodded: “Mhm.”

Without delay, Qian Yu messaged Ming Jing that she wouldn’t be back tonight, ordered a lot of late-night snacks, put on the variety show they used to love, reminiscing about the past, and talking about their blank five years apart.

“I never expected you to end up with Senior Sister Ming, but seeing how happy you were when you got married, I’m genuinely happy for you.”

Qian Yu tilted her head: “If I went back in time, I wouldn’t believe I would actually marry Ming Jing either. But… she really is great. I like her very much.”

When they first started dating, Ming Jing was busy with work, running between A City and Hecheng. Qian Yu couldn’t handle the long distance and called her to break up.

Ming Jing didn’t say anything, bought a ticket back to A City for the next day, but was disappointed when she arrived. Because Qian Yu regretted breaking up the next day and flew to Hecheng early in the morning.

Despite the misunderstanding, their relationship only grew stronger.

“Later, I decided to move to Hecheng to be with her. Then I found that, she and Tang Yin…” Qian Yu recalled things and slipped up, quickly correcting herself, “She is really busy, leaving early and coming back late every day. She even has to work on proposals and discuss business when she returns, sometimes not getting any sleep for a day or two.”

“You just said I’m good at taking care of people, but I had no choice. Her job requires her to drink and socialize, so I had to learn to take care of her. I couldn’t just leave her be, could I?”

Xia Shinan listened quietly, but the image that popped into her mind was surprisingly Tang Yin.

She could hear from Little Yu Mao that Tang Yin and Ming Jing’s entrepreneurship was very difficult. Ming Jing needed to socialize, and Tang Yin must have been doing the same.

Tang Yin seemed even more hardworking, practically living at the company. She heard that there was a small bed in the innermost part of her office for her to sleep on.

Then, during those social events, Tang Yin must have also drunk a lot. Was someone taking care of her?

She really wanted to ask Qian Yu, Did you also prepare hangover medicine for Tang Yin by the way? But as soon as the thought occurred, Xia Shinan forced herself to stop.

With Tang Yin’s current status, she could naturally have many people taking care of her if she just asked.

Feeling a little forlorn, Qian Yu asked Xia Shinan, “What about you? How was your life in Singapore? Why did you suddenly go to Singapore?”

Xia Shinan smiled faintly. “My aunt told me to go.”

She briefly talked about the hasty decision she made at the time, then quickly shifted to her five years of studying abroad. She talked about some interesting people and events, which made Qian Yu laugh heartily.

As Qian Yu listened, she suddenly cried out of heartache.

“You’re still the same, only sharing the good news. Was your whole five years happy? I don’t believe it.”

Xia Shinan found tissues to wipe her tears. “Of course, there were bad things too, but looking back now… they don’t matter anymore.”

Qian Yu looked at her. “Shinan, so those bad things from five years ago, you don’t want to think about them anymore because they’re not important?”

Xia Shinan lowered her eyes and fell silent.

It wasn’t that they weren’t important. On the contrary, they were too heavy, and she couldn’t open those memories again and hurt herself another time.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked. Shall we talk about something else?” Qian Yu was careful. “Did you see my wedding ceremony when you went to Hecheng last time?”

Xia Shinan smiled and shook her head. “No, the flight was delayed, and I missed it. I regret it.”

“It’s okay. I filmed it. I can share it with you properly later.”

The long-time friends talked until dawn that night. Qian Yu yawned and finally fell asleep. Xia Shinan looked at the pale sky, lost in thought.

“I truly, truly like you.” That’s what Tang Yin said, holding her hand.

She pressed her chest, feeling the sudden pang of pain, and took a deep breath.

What a pity. Tang Yin five years ago never said she liked her.

What was the point of saying it now?

The two of them slept until the evening.

Xia Shinan decided to treat Qian Yu and Ming Jing to dinner, but her phone buzzed with a message from Mu Ziyu.

“Little Yu Mao, can we bring one more person to dinner?”

Qian Yu was still half-asleep. “Huh? Who?”

“A junior from school. She’s traveling alone in Yuncheng recently and complained to me that she has no one to eat with.”

“Sure, let’s all eat together!”

“Mhm, I’ll send her the address.”

The group arrived at the reserved restaurant. After introducing themselves, Mu Ziyu immediately gave Xia Shinan a big hug.

“Sister, I missed you so much in the two days I haven’t seen you.”

“Your ex-sister-in-law… ex-lover… didn’t do anything to you, did she?”

“If she shows up again, I’ll protect you and teach her a lesson!”

Qian Yu and Ming Jing were startled. They looked at each other and then asked: “Ex-sister-in-law means…”

Mu Ziyu recalled: “Just a tall woman in a suit. Very fierce, not easy to mess with.”

Ming Jing couldn’t hold it in and spat out the tea she had just drunk.

Qian Yu smiled, handed her a tissue, and then smiled at Mu Ziyu: “Tang Yin would be furious if she heard you say that about her.”

Mu Ziyu exclaimed, “Is she coming too?”

Xia Shinan’s heart tightened, but then she heard Ming Jing say, “No, she went back to Hecheng today.”

Went back to Hecheng?

Xia Shinan was slightly surprised and couldn’t help but wonder if it was because of last night.

“Why did she go back?”

“She had some company matters to deal with, so she went back first. She told me to stay and have fun with you.”

“Oh… Tell Tang Yin this isn’t a honeymoon, though! Our honeymoon hasn’t even started yet!”

Listening to the conversation between the two, Xia Shinan felt a little distracted.

“Sister, what do you want to eat?”

Xia Shinan looked up blankly, then said: “Anything is fine. Order whatever you want.”

That was as good as saying nothing. Mu Ziyu consulted with the other two about the menu again.

Her phone suddenly vibrated. Xia Shinan looked down. It was a friend request.

The profile picture was a full moon shining in the dark night. The name was simply T.

Her intuition told Xia Shinan that this must be Tang Yin.

She hesitated whether to accept it, but two more messages came through with the verification.

I’m back in Hecheng. I’m sorry about last night.

Liking you is serious.

I like you, both then and now.

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