Chapter 513: Chapter 513

He Jinxia consoled her, "Yes, yes, yes, you have no relation with her. Keep your voice down, just in case someone overhears and catches up, that wouldn’t be good."

Xia Jiahui quickly shut her mouth and looked around, letting out a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no one nearby.

After thinking it over, she felt somewhat guilty; it was supposed to be a simple meal, but she had messed it up and sighed deeply, hanging her head, lost in her thoughts.

He Jinxia watched her calmly, patiently waiting.

Before too long, Xie Jiahui’s melancholic voice began to speak, "Bai Jiajia and I used to be very close friends, so close that we’d wear the same clothes and sleep in the same bed."

He Jinxia couldn’t help but choke.

This sounded a bit misleading~~~

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Xie Jiahui finished reminiscing and began discussing the incident where their conflict erupted, which was precisely what He Jinxia wanted to find out.

Ever since she heard the name "Bai Bing," she had been curious about the whole story.

Xie Jiahui knew that He Jinxia had some connection with Sheng Yan; the two were acquainted.

There was something she didn’t want to admit but had to acknowledge: Sheng Yan seemed to have a good relationship with He Jinxia, certainly better than with her, so she didn’t hide anything from her.

"Sheng Yan and Bai Bing have known each other since childhood. They grew up together in the same complex. Bai Bing has always been beautiful and charismatic, and she was known as the ’goddess’ of the complex, adored by many boys."

"But Bai Bing, despite appearing gentle, was actually the most domineering. She treated everyone the same, except she was extremely coquettish towards Sheng Yan. Now that I think about it, Bai Bing was really manipulative even from a young age."

"In the complex, she was the first to call him ’Brother Sheng’, the first to play house and claim she wanted to be his bride, the first to learn to make gifts for him, and the first to knit a scarf for him..."

The more Xie Jiahui spoke, the more indignant she grew, complaining, "I’m telling you, all the girls in the complex learned their tricks from Bai Bing; she was practically a textbook example!"

"While she was chasing Sheng Yan, she didn’t forget to flirt with other boys on the side. For a period, the boys in the complex were at odds with Sheng Yan, all thanks to Bai Bing."

He Jinxia quietly asked, "How old was she at the time?"

Xie Jiahui replied, "I don’t know; I’ve forgotten many things about the past. But it’s certain that she had those scheming tactics from a very young age."

Suddenly remembering something, Xie Jiahui scoffed, "But what a pity, the mistress was willing, but the gentleman was not. After all her schemes over the years, it was all in vain; Sheng Yan never had eyes for her, and they were never together!"

"It just irritates me—she’s clearly never been with Sheng Yan, but she always ventures out using the Sheng Family’s name; the Bai Family really has no shame.

Three years ago, when I returned from abroad after further studies and my confidence had greatly increased, I publicly exposed Bai Bing’s conspiracy, embarrassing her and the entire Bai Family.

Only then did the Sheng Family realize that the Bai Family had been using their name to do many things in secret, so they cut off all ties with the Bai Family."

"At the time, Bai Bing probably couldn’t face Sheng Yan, so she ran off abroad. As for my relationship with Bai Jiajia, I never intended to target her, but she was brainwashed by her sister.

Everybody knew her sister and Sheng Yan were never together, but she still insisted on romanticizing some melodramatic love/hate relationship, believing that I had ruined their affair, so she fell out with me."

Xie Jiahui didn’t go on with the story, but He Jinxia had pretty much understood; she had already revealed many things when she had previously scolded Bai Jiajia.

He Jinxia was silent, not expecting that Bai Bing could be involved in so many issues.

She couldn’t help but ask, "Did Bai Bing really have no relationship with Sheng Yan?"

Xie Jiahui was absolutely certain as she said, "There’s absolutely no connection, I personally asked Sheng Yan myself. You know Sheng Yan, so you should understand his character. If it’s yes, it’s yes; if it’s no, it’s no; he would never lie just to save a girl’s face."

"It’s also because I asked him that I made up my mind to expose the despicable faces of the Bai Family!"

He Jinxia suddenly became curious about Bai Bing and asked, "Is Bai Bing beautiful?"

Xie Jiahui rolled her eyes at her, "Obviously, if she weren’t beautiful, would so many boys in the compound like her?"

He Jinxia, "Since she is beautiful and grew up with him from a young age, it wouldn’t be too much to say they are childhood sweethearts, right? Then why doesn’t Sheng Yan like her?"

Xie Jiahui was momentarily speechless, her face slightly ugly. Could she admit that this question had been on her mind as well?

In the past few years, she had pondered over this, finally giving herself a somewhat unsatisfactory answer, "Feelings can’t necessarily be nurtured by just staying by someone’s side all the time. It works for some people and not for others. Sheng Yan can’t be swayed in that way. If he doesn’t fall for someone at first sight, he probably never will, right?"

He Jinxia neither agreed nor disagreed.

She thought back to when she used to weigh 200 pounds, their first meeting—Sheng Yan was dazzling, the center of everyone’s attention, while she was completely disheveled, both her reputation and her body in their worst states.

If what Xie Jiahui said was true, then wouldn’t it mean that Sheng Yan had taken a liking to her the first time he saw her?

Thinking of her figure back then, He Jinxia couldn’t help but cough lightly—impossible!

But deep in her mind, a thought suddenly popped up: What a weird taste!

An hour later, they met up with Cheng Xiaohua at another location in the marketplace.

Cheng Xiaohua was still perplexed, and on seeing their cautious demeanor, she couldn’t help but ask, "What’s with you guys, did you encounter thieves or something?" ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel{f}ire.net

He Jinxia and Xie Jiahui looked at her in disbelief and said in unison, "You really don’t know anything?"

Cheng Xiaohua shook her head in confusion, "When you guys left, I was still eating. It felt rather noisy around me; I thought they were playing some explosive music. It wasn’t until I finished eating and looked up that both of you had vanished."

Xie Jiahui asked, "Didn’t those people trouble you?"

Cheng Xiaohua, "What people? There was no one around when I looked up."

He Jinxia let out a long sigh, solemnly patted Cheng Xiaohua on the shoulder, and said, "I’m starting to believe it now, Sister Xiao Hua, were you really not a lucky fish in your past life?"

Cheng Xiaohua was even more baffled, "Lucky fish sounds great, I’d love to be a lucky fish. Wait, what does this have to do with lucky fish?"

Xie Jiahui couldn’t help but stifle the words, "You’re really lucky."

He Jinxia strongly agreed.