Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 346: Sorry, I Had No Choice

"Miss Ren, I’m not that naive. You come to my house, point a gun at me, and you’re not here to kill me - you really came to have dessert with me?"

As Lin Zhiyi spoke, she opened the window next to the cabinet.

Ren Xiya vigilantly asked, "What are you doing?"

"There’s a smell of blood, I don’t really want to smell it," Lin Zhiyi said with a bitter tone.

As for the reason, Ren Xiya, as someone informed about that night, would definitely know.

Ren Xiya pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Lin Zhiyi, carrying a medicine box, walked over to Ren Xiya, slowly squatted down, and unwrapped the bandage from her knee.

Looking at the deep and severe wounds on her fair skin, one couldn’t tell what kind of wounds they were at a glance.

Lin Zhiyi didn’t ask further, because she knew Ren Xiya wouldn’t tell.

Originally thinking it would be just a matter of stopping the bleeding, applying some medication, and wrapping it up, Lin Zhiyi unexpectedly wiped out some very fine debris with a cotton swab while applying the medicine.

Ren Xiya was in so much pain that her legs shook, but her face still remained resolute and endured.

Lin Zhiyi somewhat couldn’t understand Ren Xiya, but she was very clear that these injuries on her were definitely not self-inflicted.

Seeing the fine hairs on Ren Xiya’s leg stand up, Lin Zhiyi simply knelt halfway on the ground, blowing on her wound.

"Bear with it a little, it’ll be over soon."

"..."

Suddenly, Ren Xiya stopped shaking and just fixated her gaze on her.

After wrapping the bandage, Lin Zhiyi suddenly stood up, felt dizzy, and blacked out, almost fainting.

Ren Xiya helped her to sit on the sofa.

Suddenly, the two who were previously confronting each other ended up sitting side by side on the sofa.

Ren Xiya opened the dessert on the table and handed a portion to Lin Zhiyi.

"Low blood sugar? Have some."

"Mm."

Lin Zhiyi, not being pretentious, took the dessert and ate a big mouthful.

Ren Xiya placed the gun on the armrest of the sofa, picked up the dessert, and started eating as well.

She was eating the dessert Lin Zhiyi had previously ordered for her; it had rich strawberry jam on top and a soft, fluffy cake base beneath, sweetened just right.

She licked the strawberry jam from her lips, and said expressionlessly, "Last time was my first time eating this kind of cake."

Feeling a bit better, Lin Zhiyi looked at Ren Xiya with confusion.

This wasn’t a very expensive dessert; almost every dessert shop has similar strawberry cakes.

She heard from Sang Li that Ren Xiya is the product manager of the Gong Group’s overseas company; what couldn’t she eat if she wanted?

Perhaps because Lin Zhiyi’s gaze was too curious, Ren Xiya turned her head and stared at her.

"Don’t you want to ask anything?"

"Who exactly are you?" Lin Zhiyi still asked.

Ren Xiya was initially taken aback, then seemed to remember something.

"He really knows you inside out."

"If you don’t want to say it, nevermind." Lin Zhiyi avoided her response.

Ren Xiya, holding a small spoon, propped her chin and said, "Are you really that afraid to mention him? Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

Lin Zhiyi did not understand the meaning behind her words.

Ren Xiya took another mouthful of the dessert, savored it for a few seconds, then slowly spoke: "The lie is, I have nothing to do with Mr. Sang, and I was sent by the Gong Family to drive a wedge between the two of you. Third Young Master is aware of this but intentionally let me mess things up."

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyi clenched her dessert spoon tightly, internally struggling.

Ren Xiya continued, "The truth is, the above was what he asked me to tell you. Mr. Sang, Third Young Master, and I do have a deal."

"Why?" Lin Zhiyi looked at Ren Xiya in disbelief.

"Probably hoping that you and Mr. Sang could continue on well, he took on the rest of the responsibilities for us," Ren Xiya said lightly, her tone filled with derision.

"Us?"

Lin Zhiyi turned to stare at Ren Xiya, knowing that Ren Xiya’s background couldn’t be simple.

Ren Xiya raised an eyebrow: "As long as I obey the old man, marry well, he is willing to publicly accept me as his goddaughter, let me change my surname to Gong, and then have me marry off in a grand ceremony, doesn’t that sound wonderful? Hahaha..."

Laughing, her expression suddenly turned cold.

"But I am his biological daughter."

"No matter how hard I try, neither my mother nor he can see it, and in the end my value was merely to marry someone."

Lin Zhiyi was stunned in place, looking up to meet a pair of sorrowful eyes.

She had once seen such a look in Gong Chen’s eyes.

As if in a trance, Lin Zhiyi’s chin was suddenly lifted by Ren Xiya.

"The old man secretly brought my mother back, it was him who found me to discuss cooperation, he helped me rescue my mother, and I collaborated with Mr. Sang to deceive everyone."

"I really admire him for actually willing to cooperate with me, until I saw you."

Lin Zhiyi felt a hint of pain in her jaw, and when she tried to struggle, she saw Ren Xiya picking up the gun again.

In an instant, she dared not move anymore.

She knew how painful death was, so she didn’t want to die, she could only try to stall for time as much as possible.

Looking up cautiously, she asked, "Why?"

Ren Xiya scoffed coldly: "Because Second Young Master and others saw the woman who was messing around with the old man in the office was my mother."

"He was actually willing to negotiate terms for you and me? And willing to give a large sum of money to my mother and me to continue living abroad afterwards."

"He even let me come help you and Mr. Sang clear up the misunderstanding, you really are his weak spot, anyone willing to seize you, he’s undoubtedly dead. No wonder the old man refuses to let you go."

"No!" Lin Zhiyi shouted, "You’re making things up! Are you sent by him? I won’t believe a word you say! I’m telling you, I’ve already cut all ties with the Gong Family!"

Ren Xiya released Lin Zhiyi, mocking her naivety.

"You really think that just by saying it’s over, the Gong Family would let you go?"

"If it was that easy to break away, my mom and I wouldn’t have been controlled by the old man for so many years."

Every time she mentioned her mother, Ren Xiya’s face showed a complex emotion, making the scars on her face seem eerie.

She toyed with the gun in her hand: "Do you think my mom was born a mistress? She came from a knowledgeable family, once the talented belle of Z University, young, beautiful, and intelligent, and was employed by Gong Group for a high salary."

"Just because she caught the eye of a man old enough to be her father, she was like a fish stuck in a small pond, unable to escape, only to be caught by a man’s hook and bait, willingly breaking off from her family to become a mistress."

"During the first few years when she was sent abroad, the man ignored us, and my mom also sobered up, she settled maintenance for me with the man and planned to study and work again."

"But the man was very arrogant and selfish, he feared my mom getting out of his control and staining his reputation with my illegitimacy, so in a time when my mom was mentally unstable, he tricked her into drug addiction."

"Over the years, she grew more and more dependent on the man, she says it’s love, but it’s just an excuse for her own fall."

Ren Xiya pointed to the dessert on the table, and bitter-sweetly said, "The night I nearly succeeded in helping her quit drugs for the sixth time, she said she would buy a cake to celebrate my birthday, then she turned around and secretly met the man."

"Do you think I’m foolish, but do you know the helplessness of being found by that man wherever you flee, then watching your own mother being controlled and repeatedly begging you for help as she kneels?"

"It’s like there’s an invisible iron chain around your neck, in the eyes of those high above, everything about you is transparent."

"Third Young Master was right, my mom and I don’t even count as sacrifices for the Gong Family, we are just objects in that man’s hands."

After listening, Lin Zhiyi’s breath caught, her body stiff as she stared at Ren Xiya: "Why are you telling me all this?"

Ren Xiya lowered her gaze and chuckled, her fingertip caressing the gun.

"There’s an old saying, if you’re going to die, you might as well die knowing the reasons. Before my mom boarded the plane, she betrayed me, the old man gave me a box with a gun and a photo of you crossed out."

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"Lin Zhiyi, I’m sorry, I had no choice."