If We Cannot Grow Old Together

Proofread by Zhou Zhijie

When Xia Wanyan gets to know that Li Qiaosheng has already known the mistakes she made from her father, she suddenly feels that the sky is collapsing.

“Wanyan, don’t worry. Qiaosheng trusts you so much. You can explain it to him. Do you know how to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial? In short, as long as he is willing to marry you, it will be fine. As for taking Zhang Lan’s life, you may shirk the responsibility and shift the blame onto me and say that you don’t know anything about it.” Xia Zhiguo really pampers his daughter.

Because he is a carrier of HIV, he dare not try having children, that’s why he married a woman who cannot give birth.

However, once he got drunken in a social activity and had sex with a hostess. Unexpectedly the hostess got pregnant and gave birth to a pair of twin babies! After he learned about this, he took one of the babies to the hospital for examination.

He found that the baby carried no sign of infection so he brought her back and let his wife raise her like their own child. That baby is just Xia Wanyan.

Until now, Xia Wanyan still doesn’t know that her biological mother is the kind of person whom she spurns most.

Xia Wanyan follows his father’s advice and clears her thoughts. Not until she has the words ready does she have the courage to come to Li Qiaosheng’s office.

Li is busy with the work at hand. When he hears the knock on the door, he subconsciously thinks it is his assistant. Without raising his head he says, “Come in”.

“Brother Qiaosheng, it’s me.” There comes a timid voice.

Hearing this, Li Qiaosheng put down the documents and looks at her with a poker face. “Oh? What’s up?”

Hearing Li Qiaosheng’s cold voice, Xia Wanyan wrinkles her face, purses her lips and tears drip down immediately. “Brother Qiaosheng, are you angry with me? I just got to know that my dad has made trouble for Sister Lan… Can you listen to my explanation? What Lan said might not be thoroughly true, right?”

“Okay, I can give you this opportunity to explain.” Says the man generously. Striking a pose of listening, he overlaps his long legs and idly looks at the little woman who is excellent at crying and acting.

Xia Wanyan feels hopeful again so she tries harder to show her grievance. “Brother Qiaosheng, Lan must have told you that I framed Youyou deliberately, right? But how could she use the word ‘frame’?! I.. I just couldn’t stand that she had you to her own and showed it off to me. Brother Qiaosheng, obviously, you liked me, but you married her! You don’t know how complacent she was behind you! Sometimes I was so angry that I make some troubles for her. I …”

“My time is limited, you’d better pick something important to say.” The man looks a little impatient.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Xia Wanyan bites at her lower lip and decides to lay her cards because Li Qiaosheng’s meaning is already very obvious, “Well, Lan must have said that I deliberately pushed Auntie Bai downstairs, right? But it was not the case. Because I had something on my mind then and didn’t notice that Auntie was walking in front of me. I bumped into her and she fell downstairs! Later, I was afraid that you would blame me and thought I did it deliberately, so I hid myself… And it was Youyou who killed Auntie Bai, because when I entered the room, I just saw them scrambling for a pair of scissors. When Youyou saw me, she was afraid and she quickly let go of the scissors while Auntie Bai was still snatching at them. She fell forward, which caused the scissors in her hands poke into her chest!”

“Finished?”

“Brother Qiaosheng, you…” She couldn’t tell his emotion from his words now, so she couldn’t help but ask.

But Li Qiaosheng just replies succinctly, “Well, I know. You can go back and I won’t blame you.”