“Bullshit!” Lily buries her head in her arms and keeps shaking her head. Big tears stream down her face
onto the ground, and soon dry up and vanish.
“You are clear whether I was talking bullshits. You can’t even bear such words. How will you face the
reality when your case comes to trial?
The man's voice is like a magic spell, the more she doesn’t want to hear it, the more they get into her
ears.
Every word is like a dagger stuck in her chest, stinging her heart. How dare she believe it, how dare
she face it? She never thought of this result. This is too cruel; this is really cruel.
Obviously, she doesn’t believe it, but in her mind she couldn't help but recall Rex’s ambiguous, evasive
answers when she asked him several times about the progress of the case. He never told her the
details of the case, and she just believed in him so stupidly.
Lily cries and laughs; she is on the verge of losing control. She gives all her trust and her courage to
gamble to Rex, but it ends like this.
She doesn’t blame him for being cruel. She is so stupid to put her neck into the noose, so stupid that
she sits in this room, imagining that he would take her home as he said.
"He promised me..." Lily resists the crying and asks with a low sob.
Only the cold interrogation room is responding to her. This is really ironic!
How can one be hypocritical to this point? He promised her to claim her innocence before, but then
made the decision she wants the least.
Seeing her crying loudly with tears falling down her face, Ryan feels an inexplicable agitation in his
heart.
How much does she love Rex to be like this in pain?
He has never been in love, nor does he want to have it. But seeing Lily crying for Rex, he feels jealous.
He did these in return for her life-saving grace, but at this time he finds that he has some other feelings
for the woman in front of him. Her tears would make him feel distressed. After knowing that her case
was not going well, he was a little happy while worried. He was happy that he is given another reason
to take her away.
"Leave him, if it's so painful, it's better to give up." Ryan says.
Lily slowly closes her eyes, regardless of the tears in her eyes, "Leave him? If Mr. Ryan really wants to
help me, please print out this electronic file and give me a copy."
Ryan knows clearly why Lily wanted a copy. He nods and replies, “Okay.”
“Why do you want to take me away Mr. Ryan? Because I once saved your life? Or because you enjoy
forcing people?” Her voice is heavily nasal. Even her words are rude, Ryan is not annoyed.
Ryan takes out the handkerchief from the pocket and hands it to her, not caring about whether she will
use it or not, “You don’t believe me?”
“What can I believe in you?”
Her question chokes Ryan, making him speechless for a while. When he shifts his gaze to her pale
face, he pauses for two seconds and then replies, “I just don’t want to see you in such pain.”
Hearing this, Lily opens her eyes. The lights from the incandescent above shine into her eyes, making
her dizzy and blurred. She smiles bleakly, “Then I should appreciate your kindness.”
The glimmer of hope in Ryan’s eyes finally vanishes. She doesn’t believe him, exactly, she never
believes him.
This makes him uncomfortable. If this is not Lily, but others, he would have left and will never help her.
But he just can’t stand by and watch Lily suffering.
Lily’s mood fluctuates greatly. Originally, Ryan prepares to leave after she calm down herself. But his
presence has worsened her mood. Finally, he has no choice but to ask the police officer to take good
care of Lily and then leaves.
The lights in Lily’s room are lit the whole night, during which Lily studies the printed document over and
over again.
Only by confirming every word on it again and again can she believe that what Ryan said before is true
– Rex had made the choice of letting her plead guilty without informing her.
Staring at the bold scrawls of the signature in the end of the document, Lily ponders what expressions
were on his face when he signed his name. Was it guilty, sadness, or helplessness, or just calmness?
But these have nothing to do with her now. She is the one who is abandoned. You don’t have to explain
to the abandoned one.
…
Rex receives a phone call from the police station at 8 o’clock the next morning. He went to bed at 3
a.m. last night and was extremely exhausted. But as soon as he receives the phone call, he wakes up.
“Mr. Rex, Miss Lily wants to take with you. If you have time, please come to our police station.”
Hearing this, Rex frowns. Lily calls him directly in usual times, and has never asked others to passage
on the message. She is a bit unusual today.
His heart misses one beat when thinking about this, “Where is Lily?”
“Oh, don’t worry Mr. Rex. Miss Lily is good.”
Rex is not consoled by this answer; instead, he vaguely has a bad premonition. He knows Lily well and
there is a tacit understanding between them two. There must be a reason behind Lily’s unusual
behavior.
What causes her unwilling to dial him by herself?
Rex drives to the police station, feeling anxious all the way. He hurriedly walks into the police as soon
as he stops the car in the courtyard and stalls the engine, and then walks directly to the interrogation
room where Lily is in.
As soon as he opens the door, he sees the lifeless woman with a bloodless face.
Rex has never seen this look from Lily. Even when she was arrested by the police, she didn’t have
such an expression. He can only find out one sentence to describe her current expression – “all hopes
are dashed to pieces”.
Rex frowns, thinking that Lily is ill, so he walks over nervously and asks, “What’s wrong? Are you
uncomfortable?”
As he is speaking, he raises his hand, intending to touch her forehead so as to her body temperature.
However, before he can touch her forehead, the little woman sitting on the chair shrinks back and
evades his touch.
Rex is stunned and his hand freezes in the air, not knowing whether to continue his action or to put it
down.
With hollow eyes, Lily walks towards the drawer and takes out two printed papers and then puts them
on the desk without even looking at Rex, “Sit down. I have something to talk to you.”
Seeing her terrible look, Rex, of course, has no time to think about others, and immediately asks with
concern, “You first tell me what’s wrong with you. We can talk about others later.”
Inhaling the faint smell of Rex, there is finally a trace of volatility on Lily’s face. This is the smell that she
liked so much in the past and this is her beloved man that she thought she could rely on, but now she
only feels coldness and ruthlessness from him.
She slightly raises her head and knocks into her eyes. Rex doesn’t know what she’s thinking.
Just as he is about to ask her, Lily suddenly stretches out her hand and pulls him over, and then kisses
him with her face up.
She closes her eyes and a warm tear falls down. She presses her cold lips on his and kisses him
clumsily.
Realizing the awkwardness of her posture, Rex leans forward in cooperation and reaches out a hand to
raise her chin, intending to deepen the kiss. But at this moment…
Lily grits her teeth and pushes him away, and then stares at him with mockery in her big, watery eyes,
“Rex, sometimes I am curious about what you are thinking when you are kissing
me.”
Rex is stunned and his hand freezes in the air, not Knowing whether to continue his action or to put it
down.
With hollow eyes, Lily walks towards the drawer and takes out two printed papers and then puts them
on the desk without even looking at Rex, “Sit down. | have something to talk to you.”
Seeing her terrible look, Rex, of course, has no time to think about others, and immediately asks with
concern, “You first tell me what's wrong with you. We can talk about others later.”
Inhaling the faint smell of Rex, there is finally a trace of volatility on Lily's face. This is the smell that she
liked so much in the past and this is her beloved man that she thought she could rely on, but now she
only feels coldness and ruthlessness from him.
She slightly raises her head and knocks into her eyes. Rex doesn’t know what she’s thinking.
Just as he is about to ask her, Lily suddenly stretches out her hand and pulls him over, and then kisses
him with her face up.
She closes her eyes and a warm tear falls down. She presses her cold lips on his and kisses him
clumsily.
Realizing the awkwardness of her posture, Rex leans forward in cooperation and reaches out a hand to
raise her chin, intending to deepen the kiss. But at this moment...
Lily grits her teeth and pushes him away, and then stares at him with mockery in her big, watery eyes,
“Rex, sometimes | am curious about what you are thinking when you are kissing
me.
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