Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 386: Turns Out He’s Changed

Chapter 386: Chapter 386: Turns Out He’s Changed

Who turned He Xing into this? Who made He Xing’s usually straight back bend?

She knew she was one of the culprits, but she didn’t feel she was the one with the greatest guilt, yet no matter how you put it, she wasn’t innocent, right?

Xiaohan lowered her head to look at He Xing, and almost blurted out, "Okay!"

But what could she say besides "okay"? While she was thinking, her phone rang. She had never hated the new message notification feature as much as she did at this moment.

She had intended to ignore the message, but as her gaze swept over, she saw a change in He Xing’s expression. It was his most commonly shown look, indifferent, as if he did not belong to this world— that kind of detachment.

"You should check your message first," his voice was also indifferent, like a cold wind scraping across the surface of a frozen lake, bringing an unmistakable chill.

Suddenly, Xiaohan felt like she was being overly sensitive. She took out her phone and saw another message from Xia Ning; only this time it wasn’t a video. It was a photo of her with He Xing, faces pressed close together, still from today’s shoot.

A surge of anger rose from her heart. If it weren’t for her upbringing that didn’t allow it, she really wanted to call Xia Ning and scold her harshly, asking her what she was really up to, doing things like this over and over— who was she trying to disgust?

Out of the corner of her eye, Xiaohan vaguely saw a flicker of worry in He Xing’s eyes. A thought struck her, and from a position of authority, she looked down at He Xing: "Did you hold Xia Ning today?"

"Yes..." He Xing paused, then hurriedly began to explain: "But it’s because Xia..."

"I don’t care why." Xiaohan’s anger erupted like a volcanic eruption. The humiliation from the video she saw in the afternoon and the rage from the current photo intertwined, and she felt she had to vent somewhere, otherwise she would really go insane.

She glared at He Xing fiercely: "Are you trying to tell me that Xia Guoxiong is sick, Xia Ning is sad, so you held her to comfort her, right?"

"Right, I just comforted her a bit. I didn’t expect anyone to catch it on camera." He Xing hurried to explain, his handsome face showing an undeniable anxiety.

"Hmph..." Xiaohan snorted disdainfully: "So if I hadn’t seen this video, you wouldn’t have told me about it, right?"

"I..." He Xing’s tongue suddenly tied itself in knots: "Xiaohan, I thought it wasn’t necessary to tell you, as it would make you angry."

"Not necessary?" Xiaohan laughed out of sheer rage. She nodded her head, "He Xing, you really do care for me. Knowing that I would be unhappy knowing these things, you considerately chose not to tell me. Did you ever think that if you didn’t go around holding other women, I might be a little happier?"

"Holding other women?" He Xing frowned, and pushed himself off the ground to stand up, suppressing his anger as he said, "Xiaohan, stop being unreasonable. I didn’t hold another woman; I was just comforting Xia Ning."

"Who is being unreasonable?" Xiaohan was incensed as well. They stood face to face, with her forehead only reaching up to his nose, a significant height difference that didn’t quite embolden her but instead intensified her anger: "According to your logic, you’re right to comfort Xia Ning by holding her, and the mistake is mine for knowing about it?"

"I didn’t say that." He Xing’s first impulse was to contradict her. But what to say next, he suddenly didn’t know. From Xiaohan’s perspective, it seemed she wasn’t wrong.

Stepping backward, Xiaohan said disappointingly to He Xing; "He Xing, every time I argue with you about Xia Ning, it always seems to end up looking like I’m being irrational. But if one day I’m found holding a male friend for comfort, I hope you can remain as calm as now and say it’s alright for me to hold someone else, as long as you don’t know about it."

"How could Xia Ning and your male friends be the same?" He Xing’s face flushed red, as he hastily explained: "I feel responsible for Du Wanting Auntie’s death, I should fulfill her duties, take care of the Xia Family, take care of the people of the Xia Family."

Seeing that He Xing still had more to say, Xiaohan’s last bit of patience vanished. With a pale face and disappointment, she said, "He Xing, I don’t want to discuss anything related to Xia Ning with you anymore. After all, I’m leaving tomorrow. Then it will truly be ’out of sight, out of mind’, no need to suffer like this."

"Xiaohan, don’t..."

He Xing stepped forward, raising his arms wanting to embrace Xiaohan but just at this moment, Bai Wei’s crisp voice called out: "Xiaohan, the dessert is ready, your parents are asking for you."

"Okay, I’ll be right there." Xiaohan skirted around He Xing and without looking back, walked towards Bai Wei.

He Xing watched Xiaohan’s retreating figure, his face alternating between white and red, eventually becoming paler than paper. His eyes, like cold stars, grew firmer. He quickened his pace toward Xiaohan, resolved that even if it meant speaking in front of the elders, he had to clear up the misunderstanding.

He had just stepped into the private room, his gaze finally meeting Xiaohan’s, but just at that moment, a cell phone rang. It was his.

He Xing took out his phone, intending to hang up, but when he saw the call was from Xia Cheng, he answered: "What’s up... Okay... I’ll be there right away."

After hanging up, he looked at Xiaohan, who was resting her cheeks in her hands, staring at him with contempt in her eyes.

He Xing blushed and said in the direction of Xiaohan: "It was Xia Cheng on the phone. His father’s heart suddenly stopped, and he’s been taken back to the Emergency Room."

"Then you should hurry over and see," said Xiaohan, clearly surprised. According to Elder He, the surgery had ended at five in the afternoon, and now, before eight, it was happening again. It seemed the situation was more serious than she had imagined.

She had no good feelings, even an aversion, toward Xia Ning and the whole Xia Family. But even if she truly despised them, she couldn’t just stand by and watch others in trouble.

He Xing left with a "Take care of yourself, I’ll call you if anything happens," without looking back.

The private room fell quiet for a moment; no one had expected things to take such a turn, and they all felt sympathy for Xiaohan yet didn’t know what to say.

Eventually, dinner ended hastily, and Elder He, before leaving, stuffed a bank card into Xiaohan’s hand, saying it was an unlimited card, usable worldwide.

Xiaohan initially refused, but Elder He was too insistent, and she couldn’t bring herself to reject it verbally, ultimately accepting the card. She knew it was Elder He’s way of showing his affection for her.