午夜的女人

Jing Muchen put down his wine glass and looked at Xia Jinzhi with narrowed eyes.

Jing Muchen had been busy with meetings and socializing in Shanghai for the past few days. He had bumped into Wu Wanqian at the cocktail party last night. He thought it was an accidental encounter, but he did not expect to receive a call from him this afternoon, asking him to stay in Shanghai for another night. He said that he had something important to discuss.

Wu Wanqian’s words were sincere, and Jing Muchen could not reject him again and again. After all, he was still an elder and had always been open-minded. Although it could be said that the Jing family and the Wu family no longer had any marriage relationship, it was not good to go too far on the surface.

Xia Jinzhi took out a pink envelope from her bag. Her lips trembled slightly as she said,” I found this a few days ago when I was packing up at home. If it wasn’t for the fact that I had to help Wanqian find a book that he had lost for a long time, I wouldn’t have found Xiwen’s university textbook in the study room. It was in that textbook that I found this letter.”

Jing Muchen remained calm as he watched her eyes redden. His hands trembled as he handed the envelope to her.

He only glanced at the envelope from the corner of his eye, but did not take it.

Wu Wanqian sighed faintly and patted Xia Jinzhi’s shoulder.

Xia Jinzhi waited for a long time. When she saw that Jing Muchen did not respond, her face was filled with anger.” Aren’t you going to take a look?”” Jing Muchen smiled and asked,” Why should I?”

“You!” Xia Jinzhi was so angry that she stood up again. She pointed at Jing Muchen and said,” Fine, since you’re not going, I’ll tell you myself! My daughter, Xi Wen, didn’t love Li Muchen back then. She loved you, Jing Muchen! However, your Reeves family allowed your brother to marry her. Who knows what kind of life she will be living after marriage! I was wondering why I always felt that she wasn’t happy every time I went to D City. Even when she was pregnant, she didn’t have the joy of being a mother that I expected. At that time, I thought that she was worried and anxious because she was young. Maybe she was suffering from the so-called maternal depression. I never thought that it was because she married someone she didn’t love!

Therefore, she was not happy in this marriage! She’s not happy either!”

“It’s no wonder that when she passed away due to a difficult labor, your family would use Yanyan as an excuse to comfort me. Do you all feel guilty and want to make up for it with the child? On the surface, it sounded so nice, but in reality, it was to reduce the condemnation of his conscience! Also, did you already know about this? Yes, it’s impossible for you not to know that you were studying in the same university as Xi Wen. In her love letter, she clearly asked you why you didn’t respond to her confession. In other words, she had confessed to you in the past, and you did know her feelings, but you never replied!

Since you don’t like her, then tell her. Why didn’t you tell her? Why did you lie to her? She thought that she was marrying you, so she happily agreed to the marriage. However, your Reeves family took advantage of her love and replaced the groom! My poor daughter, in the end..Wuwuwu…”

The more Xia Jinzhi spoke, the sadder she became. She thought of her daughter who had died early. She had loved Jing Muchen from the beginning to the end, but she had been tricked into marrying Li Muchen. Now, Jing Muchen was living happily with his wife and child, while she was living alone in heaven…Xia Jinzhi’s eyes were misty, and large drops of tears flowed down her face. Soon, her entire face was covered in tears, and she seemed to have aged ten years in an instant..