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Chapter 186 - 186 187 Adding Troubles (2)_1
Chapter 186 - 186 187 Adding Troubles (2)_1
?Chapter 186: Chapter 187: Adding Troubles (2)_1 Chapter 186: Chapter 187: Adding Troubles (2)_1 Liang Chen stared at Cong Rong for a long while, lifted his hand, picked up a glass of strong liquor from the table, downed it in one gulp, then stared at the cigarette in his hand for a while. Finally, he began slowly, “Cong Rong, do you know what that Shen Liangnian did to Jing Haohao? Are you really defending him here?”
Cong Rong furrowed his brows, dismissively asked, “What could Shen Liangnian do to her? I think Shen Liangnian really likes her.”
Liang Chen lifted his hand emotionlessly, pressing the cigarette into the ashtray. After twisting it around for quite a while, he raised his head, looking at Cong Rong, “Cong Rong, have you met Qiao Wennuan? Did Shen Liangnian really introduce you to Qiao Wennuan?”
“It wasn’t exactly a meet up, I just happened to bump into Qiao Wennuan when I was drinking with Liangnian.” After Cong Rong finished explaining, he asked skeptically, “What does this have to do with Liangnian betraying Jing Haohao?”
Liang Chen didn’t answer Cong Rong’s question. He merely smirked, boredly twisting the cigarette butt in the ashtray for a while before raising his head, abruptly saying, “Cong Rong, I forced her.”
Cong Rong was stunned for a moment.
Liang Chen continued, “Cong Rong, I forced her to stay by my side.”
Cong Rong, who was in the middle of drinking water, choked upon hearing this.
He bent over, coughing heavily. After quite a while, he looked up at Liang Chen, stunned, finally stuttering, “You forced her? So she doesn’t want to be with you? You insisted on her staying by your side?”
Liang Chen nodded without hesitation.
Cong Rong became silent, feeling overwhelmed by the day’s revelations.
However, not even five minutes had passed when Liang Chen dropped another bomb, “I admit, my actions were inappropriate. But in that situation, if I didn’t do what I did, she would have married Shen Liangnian. You have no idea, Shen Liangnian, he…”
Liang Chen chuckled ironically before continuing, “He was fooling around with Qiao Wennuan, behind Jing Haohao’s back, for two years!”
Cong Rong’s expression flickered through several changes before finally settling on a stiffness.
“You and Shen Liangnian were college classmates. You know that when his company started, it was all Jing Haohao’s money.” Liang Chen was silent for a moment before continuing, “I looked into Jing Haohao’s past. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old little girl, working as an extra, kneeling all night in the cold winter just for a mere few hundred yuan.”
Cong Rong pulled his lips apart but was unable to speak. The alcohol he had just consumed began to turn his stomach.
He took out a cigarette, passed it to Liang Chen, and put one in his own mouth.
The two men did not engage in any conversation following this, each smoking his own cigarette.
After a long while, Cong Rong broke the silence, “Ah Chen, I really didn’t know about these things, and Liangnian never mentioned them to me.”
Cong Rong paused, taking a deep draw of his cigarette before speaking with a hint of regret, “Truthfully, I know that in this world, many men always want what they can’t have. And, I admit, it is men’s nature, quite despicable. Old ginger is hated, while fresh ginger is all the rage. But I always thought that Shen Liangnian and Jing Haohao have been through hardships together, these things would never happen to Shen Liangnian… I really never expected Liangnian would do such a thing…”