Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 461 - 342: Was It Accidental or Intentional?

Chapter 461: Chapter 342: Was It Accidental or Intentional?

As Xiao Meng said so, Bai Sidong decided not to be overly effusive. They sat in the visitation room, separated by a sheet of glass, and Mrs. Huang was brought out from the room inside...

Upon seeing Xiao Meng and Yin Shixiu, Mrs. Huang unconsciously bit her pale lips.

Just as Xiao Meng had mentioned to her uncle, even when facing Mrs. Huang, she felt devoid of emotions...

Even she herself thought she was being too calm.

Mrs. Huang sat down, facing Su Xiaomeng, a sheet of glass separating them, with small holes in the glass for sound transmission.

"Fourth Young Madam, Fourth Young Master..."

Yin Shixiu stood by Xiao Meng’s side, his gaze upon Mrs. Huang, as calm as ever.

Mrs. Huang looked at Yin Shixiu, then at Su Xiaomeng...

Maybe the atmosphere was too awkward, Mrs. Huang stuttered as she tried to speak, breaking the chilling silence that made her back shiver,

"I still remember... the way you looked when you first entered the Yin Family, Young Madam... haha, you were just a high school student back then..."

"In private, us gossipy servants would chat together, saying how fascinating Fourth Young Madam was..."

"I really remember... that time, Young Madam felt ill at ease meeting elders, meeting strangers, trying not to appear too timid, yet unconsciously pressing herself back towards Fourth Young Master..."

"Haha, Mrs. Huang truly liked you... You treated us well, often learning to cook and arrange flowers with us..."

"Speaking of Young Madam, no servant in the house would say a bad thing."

"Thinking about how Young Madam was, compared to the Young Madam sitting in front of me now, with a determined gaze and serene expression, it reminded me somewhat of Fourth Young Master..."

Su Xiaomeng silently observed the woman in front of her, dressed in prison clothes, her wrinkled old hands shackled...

A kindly-looking face, yet after some days since last seen, she seemed to have aged a decade.

The last time she saw her, she was delivering herbal medicine to the front door, invited to come in due to the heat, but she declined, needing to hurry to deliver medicine to Young Madam Sun...

That day’s scene remained vividly in her memory.

Mrs. Huang had never imagined how one’s silence could drive a person to such painful depths.

Her trembling lips finally failed to form words, her head dropped, tears began to fall...

Her hands clutched tight, at that moment, the one ill at ease was this middle-aged woman in her forties.

Su Xiaomeng’s gaze settled upon her hands, unmoving, finally speaking,

"I want to know, did you accidentally harm me and my child, or did you intend to harm us..."

The interlocked anxious hands nearly stiffened simultaneously.

Su Xiaomeng blinked, then lifted her gaze to meet the middle-aged woman’s eyes,

"I came this time simply to learn this. Say it, and I will believe."

"..."

Tears slid down her deeply furrowed face, dripping onto the cold iron shackles.

"Didn’t the police tell you..."

She quivered as she asked.

Su Xiaomeng’s gaze was cold,

"I want you to say it."

"..."

"Was it accidental, or inevitable? Was it unintended, or deliberate?"

"I didn’t mean it... Young Madam, I truly didn’t mean it. You’re so good, why would I have any reason to hurt you? Sob..."

"..."

Seeing Mrs. Huang in such pain, Su Xiaomeng closed her eyes briefly, finally exhaling.

"At least..."

She murmured softly.

Mrs. Huang’s sobbing suddenly halted, looking at Su Xiaomeng in surprise.

Beside her, Yin Shixiu heard Xiao Meng’s two words, and couldn’t help but turn his head.

What does it mean... At least?

Su Xiaomeng tugged at the corner of her lips, her icy eyes shimmering now with watery light...

"I truly feared Mrs. Huang would intentionally harm me and my child... If so, I would feel the world is truly terrifying..."

Tears fell.

This was a twenty-two-year-old girl, facing the world, her innermost fear exposed. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"At least..."

Su Xiaomeng said it again, then rose, not wishing to ask or say more.

Let the lost misfortune and grief end here.

"Xiao Meng!"

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Huang suddenly called her.

Su Xiaomeng, with her back to her, "Is there anything else?"

"Do you believe me?"

"I believe you were momentarily confused, I trust you harbor no malice towards me or my lost child... Believing in you... is already very painful."

"..."

"Mrs. Huang, after sentencing, if it’s deemed heavy, please bear it well. Even sitting the sentence through to the end, it’s what you deserve."

Having finished speaking, Xiao Meng left the room.

Mrs. Huang now found her vision blurry, and Su Xiaomeng’s departing figure pierced her heart like a sharp blade.