After the Fake Young Lady Stole Everything from Me, I Became the World's Sweetheart Chapter 196 - One-Hundred and Ninety-Six: History

Chapter 196: Chapter One-Hundred and Ninety-Six: History

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“Why would you think that?” Fang Xi asked, puzzled.

Xiang Yang smiled bitterly and didn’t speak. Fang Xi smiled and said, “Shi Ke only has you in his mind and heart. Why would you still have such thoughts? What’s this talk about ‘deserving or ‘not deserving? Is there a standard for love? You guys are already married, okay? Your in-laws and sisters-in-law all love you, so why are you thinking like that, you lucky woman?!”

“But the better they treat , the more I feel I don’t deserve him,” Xiang Yang said softly. Fang Xi was stunned. She suddenly realized that Xiang Yang was serious and wasn’t just being humble.

Xiang Yang stated, “Fang Xi, do you know? A person can’t do anything wrong in their life because what they’ve done would leave traces impossible to forget or erase. A stain is a stain! There’s no way to undo or remove it!”

She choked and sobbingly continued, “If one day you et soone you truly love, then that stain will be magnified infinitely—so big that it makes you afraid. Because you fear that the person you love will find out this stain; you fear that he won’t love you anymore when he finds out.”

Fang Xi didn’t know what had happened to Xiang Yang and didn’t know how to comfort her. Perhaps Xiang Yang had been burdened by the secret for too long, but under the influence of alcohol, she had the urge to get it off her chest.

“My mother passed away when I was very young,” Xiang Yang began. “My tutor beca my stepmother. At that ti, I was in my rebellious period, and—additionally—my maternal grandmother and her family kept badmouthing my stepmother before , so I was very resistant to my father marrying my stepmother. After they got married, I started to go against them.”

“I had a boyfriend in middle school, and my grades dropped. Since my grades were too low to get into a good high school, my father sent abroad to study. At the ti, I thought he was disappointed in and used the opportunity to abandon .”

“So when I was overseas, I beca even more unruly. I maintained amorous relationships with nurous boys. I didn’t reject the boys, but I never officially confird any of them as my boyfriend. I felt a sense of satisfaction when I saw them fighting over . It was as if, in doing this, I could prove to my father that I was loved and worthy of love. Many n would love even if he didn’t. ”

Xiang Yang stopped, raised her head, and covered her face with her hands. After a while, she uttered, “I thought I was quite happy, surrounded by sweet words and flowers every day. I was a girl squandering my youth and beauty in my best years. But I didn’t know there was a price behind these beautiful things.”

“Due to my dalliances, I had a bad reputation among the international students. The girls avoided like I was the plague. I was a rotten person in their eyes, and they had to prevent their boyfriends from falling in love with . However, the more the girls isolated , the more I wanted their worries to co true.”

“A sultry look, a charming smile, and a few oblique words was all it took to attract those n. They gathered around and ignored their girlfriends. As a result, my reputation for promiscuity spread. So of the girls even slandered and said I took drugs. There were all kinds of rumors about , and I gained a reputation as a vile person.

Fang Xi recalled the ti she’d overheard a few won discussing Xiang Yang behind her back at the exhibition and couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.

“Unfortunately, sothing happened before my dad found out,” Xiang Yang told her bitterly.

“What happened?” Fang Xi asked, slightly nervous.

“Two n got into a fight because of . One of the boys accidentally went overboard and seriously injured the other boy. He died from his injuries, and the boy who injured him was sentenced to 20 years in prison.”

“There was also a boy who had always liked and thought he was my real boyfriend. He didn’t expect that nurous boys had also thought they were my boyfriends. He couldn’t accept it when he found out and slit his wrist. Although he didn’t die, he suffered a huge blow to his ntality.”

Fang Xi was shocked. She hadn’t expected things to develop into such a tragic situation. “But… this isn’t your fault. You didn’t instigate them, ” Fang Xi said hesitantly.

Xiang Yang gave her a dismal smile and remarked, “You’re on my side because you’re my friend, so naturally, you’ll think this way. However, the family mbers of those involved wouldn’t share such views, nor would those boys’ admirers. They all hated to the core and would love nothing more than to skin alive and feast on my entrails.”

“Fang Xi, I can understand where they are coming from. I was still very young when my mother passed away, but I understand the pain of losing a loved one. I didn’t do anything to those boys, but everything happened because of . I can’t absolve myself of the bla..”