Chapter 1264: Hurting the Enemy by a Thousand While Losing Twelve Hundred

In the apartment building.

Xia Lin lay on the bed, Lu Tao pressing down on her, kissing her neck. Lu Tao's gradually heavy breathing amplified in Xia Lin's ears.

In the past, Xia Lin would also quickly enter the state. Although Lu Tao's performance was often mediocre, not as passionate as when they were first in love, she believed their love was still there.

However, today, lying on the bed, allowing Lu Tao to flirt, her heart was calm as still water.

Finally, as Lu Tao reached into her clothes, wanting to go further, she pushed him away.

"Lu Tao, I think we should talk."

"It's the same if we talk in a bit." Lu Tao still didn't want to stop.

But Xia Lin pushed him away again, got out of bed, straightened her clothes, and sat on the sofa hugging her knees.

Lu Tao looked at the cold-faced Xia Lin in confusion, then helplessly lay back on the bed, let out a long breath, adjusted himself, and then got up to sit opposite Xia Lin.

"Why? Xia Lin, you've never been a killjoy. Aren't we doing great? What is there to talk about?"

Xia Lin shook her head: "I think there's a problem between us. It's your problem."

"What problem do I have?"

"Don't you know?"

"Should I know?"

"Lu Tao, playing dumb is meaningless."

"I'm really not playing dumb." Lu Tao was still quibbling.

"Fine, then let me ask you: ever since we went to Wang Yan and Yang Xiaoyun's wedding, you've been like a different person, absent-minded, drunk several times, and often coming home in the middle of the night."

"Didn't I say? I'm working, I'm socializing. Xia Lin, you know these things are unavoidable. You weren't like this before, Xia Lin. Are you trying to talk about Mi Lai? But you saw Mi Lai's attitude—she only feels disgust for you and me. I already said it last time; since she returned to the country, we've only seen each other twice."

Xia Lin looked at Lu Tao, who was blaming her in return, and felt some disgust. If she didn't know the facts, she might have believed him, and might have even suspected it was her own problem...

"Do I have to spell it out?" She shook her head, looking disappointed, "After the wedding, less than half a month later, one night you were drunk, the owner called me, and I brought you back. You were talking in your sleep, don't you know? You were talking about Mi Lai this and that."

"The next morning I asked you, and you said you were drinking with colleagues. Do you take me for a fool? Wouldn't I ask the owner? That afternoon, you were at... the entrance of the complex, blocking Mi Lai's car, insisting on talking to her. Mi Lai almost hit you with her car, and you stood there for half a day. If I didn't see wrong, you even shed tears?"

"After that, you went to Mi Lai's family company entrance every day, and also waited foolishly at the entrance of that complex for Mi Lai. What do you want to do? Huh? Do you still have me in your eyes? Lu Tao, you liar, there isn't a single word of truth in your mouth! And you have the nerve to say I've changed? How dare you?"

"You followed me?" Lu Tao didn't admit his mistake, but raised his voice, asking back with quite a bit of anger.

"My boyfriend was drunk, muttering another woman's name in bed, and I couldn't get the truth out of him. Tell me, what was I supposed to do?"

Xia Lin was also angry, but she didn't scream; she kept her voice at a normal volume, but her gaze toward Lu Tao was cold.

So Lu Tao sobered up.

He explained: "There's a reason for this, Xia Lin."

"Then tell me the reason, let me hear it."

Lu Tao went through a brief ideological struggle before saying it.

"Shortly after Wang Yan and Yang Xiaoyun got married, I encountered Mi Lai and Wang Yan together, and they were being intimate..."

After recounting the event and connecting some of his actions, Lu Tao continued, "Xia Lin, no matter what, I had a past with Mi Lai, and she's also your good friend. You tell me, how could I bear to watch her be a mistress for Wang Yan? I definitely had to help her and let her escape from this fire pit."

Xia Lin was stunned; she couldn't have imagined it was so explosive.

She frowned: "Did you tell Yang Xiaoyun about this when you went to find her that day?"

"Right. Since Mi Lai was obsessed, I could only find Yang Xiaoyun, the legitimate wife. I just didn't expect Yang Xiaoyun wouldn't make a scene. She's just doing it for money; she doesn't dare to make a scene, and even if she did, she wouldn't dare to leave. I asked Huazi a few days ago, and he said he had just eaten with Wang Yan, Yang Xiaoyun, and Mi Lai, and they were the same as before. You tell me, how did Mi Lai become like this? So shameless?"

Lu Tao looked heartbroken.

But he didn't see that Xia Lin's gaze was even colder.

Mi Lai didn't know shame? Then how was she, Xia Lin, different from Mi Lai?

She asked: "Then tell me, how did you run into Wang Yan and Mi Lai together?"

Lu Tao paused, looking up at Xia Lin: "Just driving on the main road and saw them shopping. No, Xia Lin, is it necessary to be like this?"

"It is necessary! Very necessary!"

Xia Lin had already started crying, "Lu Tao, you're not a good liar; this excuse is too poorly fabricated. I think you must have specifically gone to find Mi Lai, and then you saw this, am I right? Then please tell me, what was your purpose in specifically finding Mi Lai?"

"I just saw she was too cold, and wanted to explain to her so we could continue to be friends."

"I don't understand the necessity of doing that. When Mi Lai returned to the country, she said, if you two hypocritically said sorry and I hypocritically said it's okay, would you two feel comfortable? You can't bully people like that. We were the ones who let her down in the first place; she doesn't want to forgive, and you insist on her forgiving. You can't demand someone you killed to say it's okay. This is the most basic logic. Lu Tao, do you want to continue being friends with Mi Lai, or do you want Mi Lai to return to how she was before—single-mindedly focused on you, spending money on you, listening to your whims, so you'd be happy?"

"How can you say that? Am I that kind of person in your eyes?" Lu Tao was still quibbling.

"Then what do you mean? Is it meaningful to say these things now?"

Xia Lin waved her hand, "Are you leaving, or am I?"

"Xia Lin! I..."

"Are you leaving, or am I?"

"I'll leave, okay? Xia Lin, you're not calm right now; let's talk tomorrow."

Lu Tao frowned, looking like he was dying, let out a helpless breath, got up, took his cigarettes and lighter, and slammed the door as he went out. He had a temper too.

Xia Lin looked coldly at the tightly closed door...

After a long silence, she wiped her tears hatefully and got up to pack her things. Before long, she had packed a large suitcase and slapped the apartment key onto the table.

She opened the door, dragged the suitcase to the entrance, and looked back, surveying the small apartment. Memories flooded back—countless sweet moments with Lu Tao. Especially their beginning, the tense and exciting secret affair, all started here.

They started here, and they ended here.

Xia Lin finally dragged the suitcase out, took the elevator downstairs, left the apartment, and never looked back...

The next day, Lu Tao returned to find it empty. He called Xia Lin, but it was busy. He tried another number, but she wouldn't answer.

He went to Xia Lin's home again. But this time, unlike their previous arguments, Xia Lin didn't show up; Xia Lin's mother said she had gone out early in the morning.

He went to Xia Lin's company, only to find out Xia Lin had resigned as soon as she arrived in the morning.

He couldn't find Xia Lin anymore...

He called Yang Xiaoyun. Although Yang Xiaoyun answered his call this time, she didn't know where Xia Lin was. At the same time, Yang Xiaoyun also said Wang Yan was very angry and told him to keep it a secret and not spread the matter about Mi Lai anymore, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

Facing his inquiry, she didn't say another word and hung up directly.

Lu Tao felt some regret. He hadn't been able to establish contact with Mi Lai, hadn't been able to save Mi Lai from the fire pit, hadn't been able to make Yang Xiaoyun make a scene, hadn't been able to affect Wang Yan, but he had broken up with Xia Lin.

Yes, broken up.

Although he kept trying to contact Xia Lin, he clearly felt that this time Xia Lin was unprecedentedly serious, and he felt they were really done for.

But he was still trying his best to fight for it...

In a coffee shop, Yang Xiaoyun sat by the window. She hung up the phone and said: "Lu Tao's call, looking for you."

Xia Lin rested her chin on one hand, stirring the coffee with a spoon: "This time I'm really sure. Only today did I see him clearly—he's just a rotten person."

"He really has sinister intentions; he's not a good person." Yang Xiaoyun said with annoyance.

"Alright, let's not talk about him." Xia Lin waved her hand, "But you, it's really not easy for you."

Yang Xiaoyun sighed: "I have no choice, I can only play the fool."

"Then what exactly did you say? Lu Tao said he even asked Huazi. Huazi said he had just eaten with you guys a few days ago, and said you were very harmonious, just like before?"

"That's just him saying whatever he wants, and me doing whatever I want."

Of course, Yang Xiaoyun couldn't say she was sharing a husband with Mi Lai, so she could only push Wang Yan out without any psychological burden—it was all Wang Yan's fault, Wang Yan was a monster.

"I didn't think about having much money before, just living a plain and simple life was fine. Now that I've found such a capable man, what's the use? I'm still the one suffering grievances."

"Then why don't you divorce him?"

"If you were me, would you have the guts to bring up divorce?" Yang Xiaoyun rolled her eyes at Xia Lin. She really wanted to curse Xia Lin to death; the culprit was this bitch...

"That's true, it's hard for you." Xia Lin nodded, sighed, and changed the subject, "Then what did Mi Lai say?"

"Shameless, what else could she say?"

"I just don't understand. You say Mi Lai is beautiful, her family has money, and she's even richer than Wang Yan. Why is she so willing to be like this? Do you know?"

Of course Yang Xiaoyun knew. She was silent for a moment, shook her head helplessly: "It's just that Wang Yan is too good at deceiving people, and he's too charming. I didn't believe it before either, but the more I interact with Wang Yan, the longer the time, the more I feel he's different. Being with him is especially comfortable. Even if we don't say a word, as long as he's by my side, I don't feel bored, and I feel very safe, like I'm not afraid of anything."

"And he's especially good, especially gentle. Many times, you don't even need to say much, and he knows what you want and what you want to do. He's always very thoughtful. He's also especially generous. When we were first together, he didn't have as much money as he does now, maybe just over a hundred thousand. Back then, he spent several tens of thousands to buy me things, and also bought things for my family. Look at this necklace I'm wearing now; he bought it for me back then."

"Even now, he's nothing but good to me. He always takes me back to eat with his family once a week, and every time he goes, he brings a bunch of things. Recently, he gave me another sum of money to buy a house for my family. You know I'm not a person who loves money, but he's so generous that I'm dizzy too."

"He also knows a lot. Whatever you say, he knows. Talking to him is especially interesting and especially humorous. You know this too, haven't we eaten together several times? Anyway, Wang Yan, I feel like he's quite toxic; the more you interact, the more you can't leave him."

Xia Lin was stunned. Of course, she also felt Wang Yan's goodness, and she also knew that compared to Wang Yan, Lu Tao was as immature as a child.

But she hadn't expected that even after being hurt by Wang Yan, there wasn't a single bad word in Yang Xiaoyun's mouth—it was all Wang Yan's goodness.

She nodded speechlessly: "I can tell, you're indeed quite poisoned."

"To tell you the truth, I'm afraid to leave him on one hand, but if you really let me leave, I'd be very reluctant."

Yang Xiaoyun really thought so. She had actually considered these problems before; otherwise, why would she, who had been pampered since childhood, be willing to suffer this kind of grievance?

"I feel like you're beyond saving." Xia Lin shook her head repeatedly.

"If you don't believe me, call him yourself, ask him out for a private chat, and chat for a few days, then you'll know."

"Aren't you afraid I'll..."

"What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, there's already a Mi Lai, one more of you doesn't make a difference." Yang Xiaoyun's mischievous side came out, and she leaned forward slightly, "Let me tell you secretly, he's especially powerful in that regard. He's the only man I've had, but I've heard people say..."

After marriage, Yang Xiaoyun was indeed more uninhibited. Of course, this was also related to Wang Yan lowering her bottom line; it was still Wang Yan's fault more...

Xia Lin was a bit suspicious, but didn't question it. Mainly, Yang Xiaoyun's uninhibitedness made her feel a bit embarrassed instead.

"You're awesome." She gave a thumbs up.

Yang Xiaoyun curled her lips: "It's not that I'm awesome, it's that I have no choice. You say it's reached this point, what else can I do? One more of you really doesn't make a difference."

"Shut up, I don't have that idea."

"Does our Brother Yan lack anything? Money if he wants money, status if he wants status, culture if he wants culture, career if he wants a career."

"He has a family too." Xia Lin said with annoyance.

"Forget it. Xia Lin, you've changed." Yang Xiaoyun looked at her, "You didn't forget Guan Peng in just two years, did you? And what Mi Lai told me, you had so many boyfriends? Did you forget all of them?"

Xia Lin waved her hands repeatedly: "Get out, get out, that's all in the past, why bring that up? I was young back then."

"As if you're very old now."

"If I really go seduce your Brother Yan, would you be happy? Hey, wait..." Xia Lin reacted, saying, "You aren't trying to make me go compete with Mi Lai, are you? This is hurting the enemy by a thousand while losing twelve hundred, Xiaoyun, you're really ruthless."

"Women, you have to be a bit ruthless to yourself." Yang Xiaoyun gave Xia Lin a flirtatious look, then checked the time, stood up, took her designer bag, flicked her hair, "Alright, you can be sad by yourself, I'm going to look at houses."

Xia Lin watched Yang Xiaoyun walk out of the coffee shop with a smile, waving at her through the window, and getting into a car waiting by the roadside to leave.

In an instant, the fake smile disappeared from Xia Lin's face.

What Yang Xiaoyun said wasn't pleasant—asking her to seduce Wang Yan, bringing up Guan Peng, mentioning her previous boyfriends—what did it mean? Wasn't it just calling her a bitch...

But she was just feeling stifled; after all, she was the one who did those things. She could understand the relationship; Yang Xiaoyun had grievances against her and was just mocking her a bit, not cursing her to her face.

She didn't have much heart for that now; Lu Tao had indeed made her very sad, and she really needed to take a good break.

But Yang Xiaoyun said Wang Yan was very strong?

Is he really that strong...

Indeed very strong!

It was another successful journey of subduing the demon. After cleaning up the battlefield, the three of them chatted about daily life. As long as the three of them were together, it was always like this; they always had to finish the main business before chatting about other things.

Yang Xiaoyun drank the fruit tea Wang Yan made with satisfaction: "Latest news, Lu Tao and Xia Lin have broken up."

"Really?" Mi Lai asked in surprise, then affirmed it herself, "Serves them right! Hurry up and tell me, what happened?"

"Last night... Xia Lin called me this morning..."

Yang Xiaoyun laughed, "Are you happy now?"

Mi Lai nodded repeatedly: "I'm so happy."

Glancing at Wang Yan, who was looking at the computer, Yang Xiaoyun said: "There's even happier news, do you want to hear it?"

"Tell me."

"Xia Lin doesn't know about our affair. She thinks Brother Yan is dominant, I don't dare to make a scene, and Lu Tao thinks so too. However, Xia Lin asked me what's so good about Brother Yan... I told her, Brother Yan is especially strong, especially good, and told her to call Brother Yan and have a chat when she's free..."

The next instant, a pillow flew onto Yang Xiaoyun's face.

Then she heard Mi Lai say angrily: "Yang Xiaoyun, are you a bitch?"

"I am a bitch, but can I be as bitchy as you?"

"You did it on purpose."

"Right, I did it on purpose. Pfft~"

"Oh~ Brother Yan, look at her~" Mi Lai angrily crawled onto Wang Yan.

Wang Yan patted Mi Lai's head to comfort her, looking speechlessly at Yang Xiaoyun: "You don't take me for a human either."

Yang Xiaoyun shrugged: "I'm finding you someone, isn't that good? Let me ask you, if Xia Lin throws herself at you, will you sleep with her?"

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, hugging Mi Lai to comfort her: "I'll sleep with her secretly. Don't worry, Mi Lai, I definitely won't get emotionally involved. No one is as important to me as the two of you..."

"Go to hell..."

Mi Lai started making a scene, wanting to fight Wang Yan to the death.

Yang Xiaoyun added fuel to the fire from the side, constantly fanning the flames, so the battle that had just been cleaned up broke out again. Mi Lai said she wanted to suck Wang Yan dry so he wouldn't be able to touch other demons... ===== CHAPTER 1265 =====

Yang Xiaoyun shrugged: "I'm finding someone for you, isn't that good? I'll just ask you, if Xia Lin throws herself at you, will you sleep with her?"

Wang Yan raised an eyebrow, hugging Mi Lai to comfort her: "I'll sleep with her in secret. Don't worry, Mi Lai, I will absolutely not develop feelings; no one is as important to me as the two of you..."

"Go to hell, you..."

Mi Lai began to make a scene, baring her fangs and brandishing her claws, wanting to fight Wang Yan to the death.

Yang Xiaoyun fanned the flames from the side, constantly stirring up trouble, and so the war that had just been cleaned up erupted into battle once again. Mi Lai said she wanted to suck the life out of Wang Yan so that he wouldn't be able to touch any other vixens...