Ou Lianlian lowered her head, a sly smile playing on her lips as she concealed the triumph in her eyes.
Xia Chuyi, do you really think a sparrow can become a phoenix just by perching on a branch?
After sitting for a while, Ou Lianlian finally took her leave.
As she was leaving, Su Suli said to her, "Come over more often in the future, don’t be like before, not visiting us at all."
"Since Shiqian has returned to the Capital City, he will definitely visit home in a couple of days; maybe you’ll bump into each other by chance."
That statement couldn’t be a more obvious hint.
"Mhm, I got it," Ou Lianlian said, pretending to be obedient.
At that moment, Xia Chuyi was oblivious to the fact that someone was once again taking an interest in her Uncle Liberation Army.
The car first dropped them off at Kyoto University.
Upon reaching the school.
"Cough cough, well, I just remembered I have something really important to do, Chuyi, I’ll take my leave first!" As soon as they got out of the car, classmate Jiang Shuqin very sensibly announced.
"Oh right, if you come back late, we’ll leave the door unlocked for you!" Finally, Jiang Shuqin quickly threw this remark over her shoulder, then dashed away.
"Let’s go, let’s head inside," Huo Shiqian remained quite calm.
The two slowly walked inside.
"Brother Shi Qian, do you really not plan to go home?" Xia Chuyi suddenly asked out of curiosity.
"Not for now," Huo Shiqian replied calmly.
Xia Chuyi didn’t press him for a reason but instead asked, "If you aren’t going home, where are you staying?"
He surely couldn’t stay in a hotel, could he?
Huo Shiqian patted her head and said, "Don’t worry, I have a place to stay."
"Oh, Brother Shi Qian, do you remember the question I asked you before?" Xia Chuyi said.
"If at the very beginning when we met, I misunderstood that you drugged me, and I misunderstood that you raped me, and then reported you to the military, what would you have done? Would you have hated me?"
Huo Shiqian shook his head at the girl’s persistence.
"I wouldn’t," he answered directly without hesitation.
Xia Chuyi was shocked and asked, "Why?"
Why was he so certain in his response?
Huo Shiqian said calmly, "The truth about what happened initially could easily be determined with a little investigation."
"Once I knew the truth, I could never blame the other victim—that’s you."
Xia Chuyi’s eyes flickered.
So, did Huo Shiqian actually know the truth very early on in their past life? And there wasn’t the misunderstanding that she thought there was?
After thinking for a moment, she curiously asked, "Then, in that situation, what would you have chosen to do?"
"I wouldn’t make a choice," Huo Shiqian couldn’t hold back any longer and gently tapped her head, saying, "In that situation, it was you who had to make the choice."
"Huh?" Xia Chuyi was confused.
Huo Shiqian shook his head.
He really didn’t understand why she was so eager to know the answer to the question.
Seeing her so insistent, he seriously explained, "In that situation, even though both of us were victims, as a girl, you’d naturally be more hurt."
"If you insisted on believing I was guilty, I guess, it’s highly likely that I would have accepted the blame."
On hearing this, Xia Chuyi was shocked!
That was right, in her former life, Huo Shiqian had indeed accepted the guilt!
"Then, what if because of this, you were demoted to another unit? What if it affected your career?" Xia Chuyi hurriedly asked, "Would you hate me then?"
Huo Shiqian looked at her calmly and said, "No."
"Huh?" Uncle Liberation Army’s certainty baffled Xia Chuyi.
All she heard was Huo Shiqian saying, "This incident was a conspiracy from the start, we were both victims."
"The truth could easily be restored."
"If I accepted the blame, it would only be because of your attitude."