Vows in Vain, Ten Years, One Betrayal - Chapter 16
“So, you heard we had a falling out and couldn’t wait to swoop in and steal her away?”
“It’s a pity, Chen Jingyao-five years ago Lin Bihan chose me over you, and five years later, nothing’s changed!”
Chen Jingyao slowly clenched his blood-dripping hand.
The wound on the back of his hand split open even deeper, looking truly ghastly.
But he seemed to feel no pain at all.
It was as if a thorn was lodged deep in his heart, burrowing further and further in.
It pierced his flesh, leaving him restless day and night.
“As a brother, let me give you a word of advice-stop coveting someone else’s wife.”
Zhou Xuyan’s smile was vicious to the extreme. “We’ve been married for three years now-slept together who knows how many times.”
He deliberately fixed his gaze on Chen Jingyao’s face.
Savoring every inch of pain that twisted across his features, feeding off the thrill of it.
All his reason had vanished without a trace.
He only wanted Chen Jingyao to suffer, to break down.
“Her first love, first kiss, first night-all belonged to me. What do you have to compete with, Chen Jingyao?”
“Everyone knows how much Lin Bihan loves me.”
“It’s exactly because she loves me that she can’t tolerate the slightest imperfection in me.”
“The more she fights with me, the more it proves she cares.”
“So what’s the point of you coming all this way?”
“Do you really think you can take advantage of the situation and win the beauty’s heart?”
“Stop dreaming, Chen Jingyao. Lin Bihan has never had eyes for you, nor will she ever love you.”
Zhou Xuyan braced himself against the sofa and struggled to his feet.
As disheveled as he was, at this moment, standing before Chen Jingyao-the loser of the past-
He still had to look down on him from above.
“I will never divorce my wife.”
“Give up. In this lifetime, you’ll never have a chance.”
“Zhou Xuyan.”
Chen Jingyao stared at him, a layer of frost and snow seeming to settle deep in his eyes.
Utterly cold, yet utterly resolute.
“If I’d seen what kind of scum you were five years ago-”
“Even if it meant she hated me, resented me, I would have taken her away.”
“What right do you have to fight with me?”
“Or is it that you’re just filthy, and you prefer other people’s leftovers?”
Chen Jingyao suddenly raised his hand, the bloodied fist slamming hard into Zhou Xuyan’s jaw.
He looked at Zhou Xuyan, his eyes bloodshot.
“I’ll be waiting to see your retribution.”
