half thorns, half joy

When Tang Xuan woke up, she was already lying on the bed. The room was pitch black, and the moonlight shone in through the window, giving off a cool feeling.

When Tang Xuan moved, an unbearable pain came from somewhere in her body.She regained consciousness little by little, and began to recall what happened in this room a few hours ago.

Such an angry Xiao Zihan treated him so cruelly.

Tears flowed down Tang Xuan's eyes and fell into the pillow.She had known for a long time that Xiao Zihan would definitely hate her and despise her once the matter was revealed.

But what she didn't expect was that Xiao Zihan would treat her like this.

That kind of mercilessness, that kind of venting.

All the good times of the past disappeared under such treatment, and Xiao Zihan, who had always held her in the palm of his hand, also trampled her under his feet.

However, Tang Xuan couldn't hate Xiao Zihan, and couldn't even bear to blame him.

She is sad that her love story finally ended in such a sad way.it's all over.

Tang Xuan lay quietly in the dark for a long time. She thought of when she first came to this city to study. At that time, she didn't understand anything. All she wanted was how to survive and how to find out the truth about her cousin's death.

Five years have passed in a blink of an eye, and she is no longer the ignorant woman she was back then. She found her cousin's grave, she met Xiao Zihan, and she sent the enemy's family to prison with her own hands.She got her wish.

what's next?

She didn't have a home in the first place, and now she doesn't even have a sustenance.In the days to come, how would she live alone?

Unprecedented emptiness and despair enveloped Tang Xuan. For a moment, Tang Xuan felt that she no longer needed to live in this world. This world didn't need her, no one needed her, and she had no one she could need.

Tears could no longer flow from her eyes, her throat was dry and smoky, and she was extremely thirsty, but Tang Xuan didn't want to move at all, she lay quietly like an old man who was dying.

The cell phone rang suddenly in the living room, breaking the dead silence in the room.

Tang Xuan originally planned to ignore it, but the ringing was really stubborn, it kept ringing over and over again.

Tang Xuan was so noisy that she had no choice but to get out of bed and turn on the light. She staggered to the living room and found the phone that kept ringing.

The call was from Huang Tingting. Tang Xuan hesitated for a while staring at Huang Tingting's name, then the ringing stopped again.

Tang Xuan looked at the caller ID. There were more than a dozen missed calls and dozens of text messages.They are from Huang Tingting and Zheng Yifan respectively, and the contents of the text messages are all about the wedding and the Xiao family.

Tang Xuan couldn't wait to read, so she clicked delete.

Just after deleting, Huang Tingting's call came in again. Tang Xuan didn't plan to answer it, but slipped her hand and accidentally connected the call.

Huang Tingting's bluffing voice immediately rang out in the living room.

"Xuanxuan, I saw the news that Xiao Zihan's father was arrested at your wedding, what's going on, it's real or not."

The phone was connected, and Tang Xuan couldn't hang up anymore, so she could only nestle in the sofa with the phone, and hummed softly, "It's true."

"Really?" Huang Tingting couldn't believe it. "How could it be true? Isn't Xiao Zihan's family a serious business? And you, why did you suddenly get married? I didn't even know you and Xiao Zihan were getting married ?”

Obviously, Huang Tingting didn't know about Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan's marriage.In fact, Tang Xuan didn't send out any of the invitations prepared by Xiao Zihan, and those who were related to Tang Xuan. Not only that, but she didn't notify her.

She had anticipated that something would happen, so she didn't intend to invite anyone over.

Tang Xuan sighed and didn't know where to start, so she could only reply calmly, "It's a long story, Tingting, I don't know how to tell you."

Although Huang Tingting was worried about Tang Xuan not asking her to marry her, Xiao Mingyuan's imprisonment now was much more serious than not inviting her, so she couldn't care less about her petty emotions.

"Xuanxuan, what are you going to do now, will Xiao Zihan's father be okay, is Xiao Zihan okay, are you okay?"

Tang Xuan dug her nails into her flesh, bit her lip, and told the truth that she had not told Huang Tingting. "Tingting, I told you before that my cousin died unexpectedly, do you remember?"

"Remember, you told me that you applied for our university to come to her city." Huang Tingting sighed, "How can I not remember something so important to you?"

Tang Xuan was a little moved. She took a deep breath and continued hoarsely, "My cousin was killed by Xiao Mingyuan."

Huang Tingting suddenly lost her voice, and after nearly 2 minutes, Huang Tingting asked why tremblingly.

"At that time, the Xiao family was on the rise. In order to win over the dignitaries, Xiao Mingyuan's subordinates deceived many young girls who had just entered the city to work. They were played by those people and threatened not to run away. My cousin jumped off the building because she couldn't bear it. Suicide." Tang Xuan's tone was very calm, as if she was telling someone else's story.

But in fact, every time she thinks of this matter, and thinks of Xiao Mingyuan conniving at his subordinates to force his cousin to death with those dirty methods, she can't wait to slash Xiao Mingyuan with a knife, so that Xiao Mingyuan can also taste the pain.

Huang Tingting didn't expect it to be like this. After a while, she asked Tang Xuan, "You...couldn't be because of this that you are with Xiao Zihan."

Tang Xuan didn't say a word, she acquiesced.

Huang Tingting asked again: "Then Xiao Mingyuan was arrested this time, so it must have something to do with you, right?"

Tang Xuan remained silent.

Huang Tingting hung up the phone. Tang Xuan closed her eyes when she heard the busy beeping on the phone.Tang Xuan had already thought of Huang Tingting's reaction. No matter who she was, she would be afraid if she knew that a friend she had known for several years was someone who used all her brains to calculate and take advantage of others.

Tang Xuan sighed heavily, pressed the power off button on the side of the phone, and turned off the phone.

Xiao Mingyuan was a bad person, and she wasn't that good. No matter what the reason was, she also used Xiao Zihan to deceive everyone who cared about her.

Tang Xuan sat blankly on the sofa, looking at the room where she and Xiao Zihan lived together for half a year. Just the day before yesterday, she was still wearing Xiao Zihan's shirt, making breakfast for Xiao Zihan in the kitchen.Today, there are only shards of glass left.

Tang Xuan knew that her relationship with Xiao Zihan was like the broken water glass and could never go back.

She sent Xiao Mingyuan to prison with her own hands, and used Xiao Zihan's body as a bedroom. Xiao Zihan should only have hatred for her.

Whenever Tang Xuan thought of the way Xiao Zihan looked at her and his attitude towards her, her limbs would turn cold and she would feel extremely uncomfortable.She couldn't bear Xiao Zihan treating her like that, it was worse than letting her die like Xiao Zihan did to her.

Maybe it's time for her to leave here.

Tang Xuan sat on the sofa until early in the morning, the sun replaced the moonlight and shone into the room, covering the room with a golden layer.Tang Xuan got up, walked barefoot to every corner of the room step by step, touched every piece of furniture, as if wanting to engrave all this in her mind, and looked at it greedily.

In the end, she returned to the bedroom, dug out the suitcase from the cabinet, packed some clothes she bought in college, some odds and ends, and her laptop.

Most of the things in this house were bought by Xiao Zihan. Tang Xuan didn't bring any of these things with her. The only thing she brought with her was a necklace that Xiao Zihan gave her.

The necklace was not very special, it was bought by Tang Xuan when Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan were visiting the night market. It was shaped like a star accompanied by the moon, symbolizing love.

The necklace was cheap, not comparable to any other items that Xiao Zihan gave Tang Xuan, the price was so cheap that Xiao Zihan was very reluctant to buy it.

But Tang Xuan treasured this necklace very much, because she saw that the few couples in front of her bought all of them, and the way those couples were talking and laughing as they cuddled together was the state of love she wanted too.

That was when she felt that she and Xiao Zihan were closest to ordinary couples.

Tang Xuan put the necklace on her neck, forced her lips together, and smiled in the mirror.Then, she pulled the suitcase and left the apartment.

Taking the elevator downstairs, she knocked on the landlord's aunt's door. Tang Xuan told the landlord that she could no longer live there, and that she couldn't move her things out immediately due to special reasons. She told the landlord that if Xiao Zihan came over, she would let Xiao Zihan take those things away take away.If you don't come, let Xiao Zihan know.

Auntie was originally reluctant, but when she heard Tang Xuan not asking for a refund of the rent for the remaining months, she readily agreed, and even asked Tang Xuan if she wanted to send Xiao Zihan a message.

Tang Xuan froze for a moment, then shook her head and said no.

She really had nothing to say to Xiao Zihan.

Tang Xuan bid farewell to her aunt, and after going out, she took a taxi and headed to the nearest train station. Her mind was in a daze, and she didn't know where she should go or where she could go.

Since you don't know where you're going, just go wherever you go.

Tang Xuan took a taxi to the train station and bought a ticket for the nearest city. The journey took five hours.

At this season, at this time, not many people take the train.

The carriage was empty, only a few people sitting quietly, the sound of the rails colliding with each other was unusually clear.

Tang Xuan leaned on the back of the chair, looking at the constantly receding scenery outside the car window, tears welled up in her eyes again.

……

City A.

Xiao Mingyuan and Xiao Yu were both arrested, and the Xiao Group building also had many office staff stationed in the public security department, and a thorough investigation began.

Xiao Zihan, as Xiao Mingyuan's son and the heir of the Xiao Group, took over the Xiao Group and cooperated with the investigation and the police's interrogation.

Even the police were surprised by Xiao Zihan's ignorance. At first they suspected that Xiao Zihan's ignorance was completely pretended. Yu same.

But the fact is that Xiao Zihan really doesn't know.

He didn't know and didn't participate, so even if Xiao Mingyuan committed a heinous crime, Xiao Zihan was innocent.

Xiao Zihan's high degree of cooperation also won him a lot of respect.But only this is far from enough.

Overnight, the stocks of the Xiao Group fell to the limit, and the major customers who had originally dealt with the Xiao Group also withdrew their orders one after another, for fear of getting into trouble.Those friends of Xiao Mingyuan didn't even show their faces, they could hide as far as they could.

Xiao Zihan can understand that his company caused such a big mess, and others avoided suspicion or even made trouble. He didn't pursue it, and he didn't criticize it harshly. He fired a group of employees who didn't want to stay anymore, and cut several major projects drastically.

The Xiao family was in crisis.