Winnie didn’t directly go upstairs, but sat on the chair in the pavilion and looked up at her home.
It’s late at night. The people in the community had already been asleep. Winnie was the only one in the
pavilion, which looked desolate.
Brian stood not far away, and his eyes never left. He couldn’t guess what Winnie was thinking. He just
looked at her sadly and lonely sitting there, being worried.
He shouldn’t be angry with her; he shouldn’t hurt her with those hurtful words. She was right that he
vented his resentment against her father on her. She shouldn’t bear this.
At this time, Brian saw the person he didn’t want to see.
Winnie’s mood had always been bad. She just wanted to adjust her mood downstairs by herself. But
just after sitting down for a while, Leo suddenly appeared in front of her, which made her very
surprised.
“What are you doing here?”
Winnie asked in surprise.
“You didn’t tell me when you move here but asked me what I am doing here?”
Although Leo’s words were accusing, the tone was very mild.
Leo stepped to Winnie’s side, sat down and continued to speak.
“I haven’t seen you for several days. I went to knock on the door to find out that you have moved away.
I called you and you turned off your cell phone. I called Daenerys to find out you’ve moved here.”
“You were not at home. After a few words with Vanessa, I came out. I was afraid it will affect her study.
Then I wait for you here until now.”
Every sound of Leo’s words was warm and soft, trying not to let Winnie feel the burden.
When he knew that Winnie had moved, his heart was cold. Even if she could not accept his love, they
could at least get along as friends. How could she move without informing her friend?
Winnie raised the corner of her mouth and spoke faintly.
“It was not that I didn’t want to tell you. I’m just afraid that you will find house for me if I told you. I
indeed wanted to find a time to call you. But I’d been so busy these days that I forgot about it. I am
sorry to worry you.”
She never thought that someone would miss her and wait so long to see her. Winnie’s heart was warm.
“You are right. I will help you to find a house. But I should help you. Friends should help each other.”
Leo said very frankly. It was really like what Winnie had said that he would find a place better than his
own house for Winnie to live. Unfortunately, Winnie didn’t give him the chance.
“Winwin, I just went up to have a look. Is it too small? Do you need to move out?”
Leo asked tentatively.
“See, I knew you’d say that.”
“It’s small indeed, but it’s very comfortable. Vanessa is going to take an exam. We’ll buy a new house
after she finishes the exam. Just make do with it for a while. Anyway, thank you for your kindness.”
Again Winnie refused for the same reason.
“It’s OK to buy a house. If you don’t have enough money, I’ll give it to you. But you don’t have to bear
the burden. You can give it back to me when you make money.”
Leo was afraid that Winnie would have a burden, so he said so. He wanted to help Winnie as much as
possible, but he was afraid that she would refuse because of the burden.
‘Well…… If only that the words had been said five years ago!’
Winnie couldn’t help sighing, but forgot that this topic was very embarrassing to both.
“Oh, I don’t have other intention. Don’t overthink about it.”
Winnie realized that she had said something wrong and added.
“Don’t worry. I have money. If I don’t have enough money, I’ll definitely tell you.”
Winnie intentionally said in a relaxed way. Even if she had no money, she would not borrow money
from anyone. She had owed affections or money to others for many years. She was tired physically
and mentally and didn’t want to owe anyone anymore.
“Winwin, you must have been so tough these years.”
Leo didn’t get rid of his guilt because of Winnie’s correction. There was no way to recover what
happened at that time. He might have to spend his whole life in remorse.
“Huh? Yes, but it’s good that I had made it through.”
Winnie said, but the pain she suffered could not be described in words.
“It’s my fault. If I could calm down and think about it, if I didn’t believe Penny, you wouldn’t suffer so
much.”
Leo once again sincerely apologized and his heart was in confession. Every time he thought of his
mistakes, his heart would be pulled up and he wanted to beat himself with regret.
His carelessness made him lose the woman he loved most in his life.
“It’s all over. I don’t blame anyone. It’s not our fault. It’s fate. I may have done too many immoral things
in my last life. I have to suffer in this life to pay back.”
“Leo, I had long not blamed you, so don’t blame yourself any more. Let it be since it’s over. You can’t
suppress yourself all the time because of it.”
Winnie regretted that her intentional words made Leo apologize again.
“Winwin, ask me to help you no matter what happens in the future. I will feel less guilty if I help you
more. Just take it for my good, OK?”
Leo could only use this method to help Winnie now; otherwise he would have no chance at all.
In the past five years, Winnie had become much stronger. Now she was not used to relying on anyone.
“Well, when I need help, I will ask you first. I’ll stay here. There must be a lot of things to need your
help. Don’t think I’ll be troublesome at that time.”
Winnie could only say so in order to comfort Leo.
Winnie even didn’t know if she needed help later, but she knew that she would not trouble anyone only
when she had to do so.
After chatting for a while, Leo insisted on sending Winnie upstairs, and then he came down.
Only when he came to his car, he found that Brian was standing there with a dark face.
“Mr. Bennet?”
Leo felt surprised.
“I heard what you said to Winwin just now. I want to hear about it.”
Brian went straight to the point, with his voice cool and domineering.
At this moment, he only wanted to hear Leo tell the truth a few years ago, because Leo’s words had the
deepest influence on him.
Leo was stunned for a moment, and then he calmed down. Since Brian had heard it, he must have
heard some about it. It was meaningless for hide it.
“Get in the car, Mr. Bennet. Let’s chat on the car.”
With that, Leo opened the car to get in, and Brian sat in the copilot’s seat.
“Five years ago, I had a relationship with Winwin as lovers, but one day she suddenly returned to the
country, and I didn’t get in touch with her for that time, so I went to find Penny Burns……”
With these words, Leo’s memory went back to five years ago.
“Leo, don’t look for her. She will surely call you in two days.”
Penny looked embarrassed.
“What do you mean? She went back to the country suddenly, and of course I must find her.”
Leo felt extremely anxious.
“I don’t know if I should tell you. In fact…… in fact……”
“What is it in fact? Hurry to tell.”
“In fact, she left on purpose and tried to cheat your money. In a few days, she will definitely call you and
say something happened to her family and she needs a large sum of money.”
“Leo, in fact, Winwin has been using this trick to cheat your money. She only associates with you
because she takes a fancy to your money.”
Penny’ words still clearly reverberated in Leo’s ear so far.
“Mr. Bennet, you can’t understand how I felt when I heard these words. I was ignorant and unable to
think at all. I didn’t believe that Winwin was the kind of person Penny said. But Penny was a friend of
Winwin.”
I doubted her and waited Winwin to call me. However, two days later I received Winwin’s call. What she
said was exactly the same as Penny said.”
“I broke down at that time and got angry without even thinking about it. I felt cheated, and my self-
esteem had been hurt as never before. So I did something I’ve regretted all my life.”
Leo was annoyed, sighed and continued.
“I was very angry. At that time Penny confessed to me. In order to make Winwin regret and hurt her, I
got together with Penny.”
“But I have never forgotten Winwin. The more I could not forget her, the more I hated her. Once I was
with Penny after drinking, I called Winwin again, but she said that she had found a man with more
money than me, and wished me……”
Leo continued to say, but Brian had noticed the sentence “with more money than me”.
Brian suddenly thought of the surrogate girl who also said this sentence. When they first had sex, the
girl got a phone call.
At that time, he vaguely heard that the man on the phone was very angry and said something very bad.
The surrogate girl wanted to explain but was rejected by the man.
Later, he heard a woman’s voice on the phone. Then, the surrogate girl said, “I have found a man. You
can’t afford the money he gave me. It’s over between us. I hope you won’t get cheated.”
These seemed to be completely consistent with Leo’s description. Was Winnie really that surrogate
woman?
Brian was shocked. More and more evidence showed that Winnie was exactly the woman. What
should he do?
Brian forced himself to calm down, and then he interrupted Leo’s words.
“Winnie is not a cheater, Penny is.”
“Yes. Winwin is not a cheater. Her parents did die at that time. I fell into the trap made by Penny.”
Leo regretted, but he knew it was too late.
“Do you know what kind of man she had found at that time?”
“I don’t know. When I called her again, she turned the phone off. We’ve never been in touched again.”
After that call, Leo still didn’t know anything about Winnie and he only learnt her news from Daenerys.
If things could be known earlier, maybe the result would be different.
Brian was silent. If it was not wrong, Winnie’s mobile phone was broken by her and she hadn’t
contacted the outside world for several days.
“Mr. Bennet, if you are interested in Winwin, you should treat her well. She is not a cheater. On the
contrary, she is kinder than anyone else. Her life is full of ups and downs. Don’t let her suffer. If you
don’t love her, just give her back to me. I have confidence to make her happy.”
Leo said very seriously. He was not provoking Brian. He was fighting for his own opportunity, wanting to
use the rest of his life to make up for his mistakes.
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