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“Here it comes, here it comes, the big reveal scene is coming! Tina never knew Noah’s true identity before. She was like a little sun, giving the second male lead quite a bit of warmth. She might not be less important than the villainess in his heart.”
“Are you referring to when Tina mistook Noah for a poor person and bought him a cup of hot milk, only to spill it all over him? Well, I guess that was pretty warm, in a physical sense.”
“Sometimes the female lead really seems quite green tea-ish. With all those luxury brands Noah wears, how could he look like he can’t afford food? Yet somehow all the men in this book fall for her
act. Sigh.”
Ethan looked confused: “Tina, you know Noah Song?”
Tina nodded, looking increasingly pitiful:
“I never imagined such a good person as Big Brother Song would be with…”
“With someone like me, right?” I coldly finished Tina’s sentence.
Tina was still in shock, her expression somewhat dazed:
“Big Brother Song, so you’ve known all along that the person bullying me that I confided in you about was Lily Chen.”
Noah: “I knew.”
Tina looked even more confused: “Then do you think what she did was right?”
“It wasn’t right.”
A barely perceptible smile tugged at Tina’s lips, a flash of smugness in her eyes that disappeared in
an instant.
But I caught it.
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Ethan, who had been humiliated by me before, now also had a bit of a vengeful tone:
“Lily, how about it? Now that everyone’s here, it’s not too late to apologize.”
I firmly enunciated each word:
“I’m a pretty straightforward person. If I’ve done something bad, I’ll admit it. Tina, you can hate me, mess with me, get revenge on me. But I absolutely won’t apologize.”
Pop-up comments:
“Is the female lead’s halo really that powerful?! Parents, childhood sweetheart, friends… Now even the second male lead is going to turn against her? Is our Lily really going to end up all alone?”
“The villainous couple tried so hard, are they still destined for a hateful ending? Supplements! I admit I was exaggerating earlier when I said I liked the captivity play. As a shipper, I still hope they can have a good ending. Especially the villainess, I’ve really become a fan of hers.”
I thought I had grown strong and calm enough after experiencing so much.
But I still couldn’t control my thundering heartbeat.
Noah gently wrapped an arm around my waist, patting it softly:
“Lily has indeed done some wrong things. She’s not a morally perfect person. She can be a bit of a princess, proud and willful, doing as she pleases!”
“But so what? I love her.”
“And what you just said is the Lily Chen in your eyes. In my eyes, she’s the best person in the world. I’m the one who married above my station.”
This was the first time I had ever heard Noah say “I love you”.
After he finished speaking, there was an uproar among those present.
Tina’s face looked very unpleasant. “Big Brother Song, how… how can you not distinguish right from
wrong…”
“Since you want to be so clear-cut about it. Why don’t you answer the questions Lily asked you earlier? Why did you get involved when Ethan was still engaged? Why did you deliberately try to ruin
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Lily’s relationships with her parents and friends so you could take her place?”
“Don’t
you know these things are wrong? But you still did them. If Lily was truly vicious, she would have spread all of this around, instead of just bickering with you over trivial matters.”
“Tina, before you judge others, why don’t you look at whether you yourself are truly a pure, unblemished piece of paper? Before demanding apologies from others, see if your own conscience is
clear”
Tina was left speechless, taking a while before she timidly replied:
“The one who isn’t loved is the third wheel. Lily only lost her engagement and inheritance rights to
the Chen family fortune, but I almost lost my love!”
The pop-up comments and onlookers couldn’t hold back their laughter.
