Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride's Gambit

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Don’t You Hate Me Anymore?

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Chapter 217 -217: Don’t You Hate Me Anymore?

Ye Chuyi looked at him, then lowered her head, “I’m here to apologize to you and your family, I’m sorry.”

Du Xiaoguang crossed his arms over his chest and said sarcastically, “How rare, you actually came to apologize to us? Has the sun risen from the west? Tell me, what is it that you want my help with this time? Do you need another letter of forgiveness?”

“No, not anymore.”

Ye Chuyi’s voice was very low, “I’ve learned that Shi Youjin was the murderer who killed your father.”

“Really? You no longer think he is innocent and has been wronged?”

“He’s not innocent; he killed another person the day before yesterday, and this person was also killed because of extortion.”

“What?! He killed another?”

Du Xiaoguang couldn’t help but exclaim, and then looked at her annoyedly, “I said it was him who killed my dad, but you wouldn’t believe it and were hell-bent on getting him out of jail. Now, look what’s happened, you’ve released a demon.”

Ye Chuyi’s face turned pale, “I’m truly sorry.”

“I always believed he was a good person. When I was little, he always stopped my mom from hitting me. When my mom punished me by not letting me eat and forced me to wash everyone’s clothes, it was he who would secretly slip me an egg so that I wouldn’t starve, he would secretly help me wash the clothes, he would give me pocket money, and he would buy me candy.”

“I really thought he was the best person in the world; I never thought he could be a murderer… I’m sorry…”

Her tears fell unconsciously, and no one could understand the agony and pain she felt inside.

The image of the good father she held in her heart had completely collapsed since yesterday, but she had no one to confide in, nor dared to tell anyone that her father had killed another person.

The only person she could tell was Du Xiaoguang.

“Hey, don’t cry, this…”

This was the first time Du Xiaoguang saw her cry. Every time she visited their house before, he would scold her harshly, even hit her with a broom and told her to get lost.

But no matter how he had scolded her before, she remained calm and composed, neither talking back nor shedding tears.

He didn’t expect that knowing Shi Youjin was truly a murderer would make her fall apart.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped forward, gently patting her shoulder, “Alright, you didn’t kill anyone, why apologize? It’s normal for you to think your dad is a good person. I can understand you because, after all, I think my dad was a good person too. But if he really was a good person, he wouldn’t have gotten involved in blackmail and extortion, nor would he have lost his life over it.”

Ye Chuyi couldn’t control her tears, sobbing uncontrollably, “It’s all my fault, if it wasn’t for me insisting on your writing the letter of forgiveness to get him released early, the second victim wouldn’t have died.”

“I don’t think it’s your fault; the second victim was also extorting, which shows that he wasn’t a good person either. There’s no loss in him being killed, so you shouldn’t feel guilty.”

Ye Chuyi looked up at him, staring blankly.

This was the first time Du Xiaoguang had spoken to her so gently, even comforting her, contrasting greatly with his previously harsh attitude.

“Do you no longer hate me?”

Du Xiaoguang looked at her tear-streaked, pitiful face and sighed, “I didn’t really hate you, I hated Shi Youjin. I might have hated you as a child, but that went away as I grew up.”

“The killer was him, not you. When he killed, how old were you? Seven? Eight? You were so small, what did you know? What’s the use of hating you?”

“But you always refused to admit that your dad killed my dad, and kept wanting a letter of forgiveness, of course I’d take my anger out on you. Now you’ve admitted it, and you’ve apologized, it would be too much for me to scold you still.”

Ye Chuyi didn’t know what to say for a moment. She had known Du Xiaoguang for so many years but had never realized that deep down he was such a gentle and tenderhearted person.

She took a business card out of her bag and handed it to Du Xiaoguang, “I work at Dome Hospital, I’m a doctor. You can come to me if you need anything, of course, I don’t hope you’ll need to, it would be best if you never had to.”