"I’ve never really believed that Tang Yuchen is truly dead. I suspect he has people in the police force and that his death was just an act, so I decided to use Mo Hua’s identity to investigate. Besides, I needed a really good identity to get things done, and being a cop is undoubtedly the best choice."
An Ruo asked puzzled, "I heard from Tang Yuchen that the person you were after was Lan Keren. Why did you start targeting him back then? Weren’t you helping him deal with Tang Yuchen after you collaborated with Tang Yushen?"
Xingtian didn’t hide from her and said, "My collaboration with Tang Yushen started a long time ago, otherwise, how would he have suddenly been released from prison?"
"It was you who helped him get out of prison." An Ruo didn’t use a questioning tone, and Xingtian slightly nodded.
Suddenly, she loathed him so much.
If it weren’t for him helping Tang Yushen get out of prison, so many things wouldn’t have happened afterward.
"Now that he’s been put back in prison, will you help him get out again?" she asked him.
Xingtian saw through her thoughts and smiled, "Rest assured, this time I won’t help him anymore. Moreover, he no longer holds any value for me."
There was a trace of confusion in An Ruo’s eyes. He continued, "My purpose was to use his power and identity to help me get things done. Now that the Tang Family has fallen and the funds are in my hands, he is already a worthless person."
"Did you deliberately embezzle the Tang Family’s internal funds?" An Ruo asked in surprise.
She had heard Tang Yuchen say that the reason for the Tang Family’s collapse was because Tang Yushen had given all the money to Xingtian, who took it for new trades, but didn’t expect Xingtian to die, leaving the whereabouts of the funds unknown.
They were all played by Xingtian.
Who would have thought that all of this was his scheme? And his purpose was to fake his death while rolling away with the Tang Family’s substantial funds.
An Ruo really wanted to call him despicable, but saying it would be useless. Everything he did was probably despicable and insidious.
Was this person really the ’Mo Hua’ she used to know?
In fact, she had a fondness for the former ’Mo Hua,’ but unfortunately, it was Xingtian in disguise, and yet she was still unwilling to believe everything in the past was him acting.
Even if it was acting, he wouldn’t play a character entirely not himself, right?
"Xingtian, tell me, when you were pretending to be Mo Hua, was everything you did fake?"
She didn’t expect her to ask this, Xingtian froze for a moment, then held her shoulder seriously and said, "Not everything was fake. My feelings for you were real. At the beginning, I approached you to get information about Tang Yuchen, but later I genuinely fell for you. An Ruo, my plan was perfect and went smoothly, only you were an accident."
An Ruo’s eyes flickered slightly. She wanted to ask if his feelings for her were genuine, why did he forcibly trap her here against her will?
But she held back the words, knowing it would be pointless to ask. She just had too idealistic and beautiful an interpretation of love, thinking it meant you’re happy if I’m happy.
In his eyes, love was selfishly wanting himself to be happy, wasn’t it?
Tang Yuchen used to have the same mindset, and it wasn’t until now that he learned to let go appropriately and respect her thoughts.
Thinking of Tang Yuchen, An Ruo dimmed her eyes and said softly, "When will you let Mo Hua go? Where do you plan to send him?"
"I can let him go soon, but as for where, I won’t tell you for now. Don’t worry; I won’t go back on my promise to you."