bookrandom Chapter 130 Emotional Storm
Chapter 130 Emotional Storm
Gao Xingchen almost ran all the way to Nanli's residence. He pushed open the door and saw Nanli sitting by the window, holding a book in her hands, with a calm and peaceful expression, as if all this storm had nothing to do with her.
"Nanli!" Gao Xingchen suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to make his tone sound calmer.
Nan Li raised her head and saw the letter and portrait in Gao Xingchen's hand. Her eyes changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.
"You know it all?"
"Why didn't you tell me?!" Gao Xingchen could no longer control his emotions. He slammed the letter and the portrait on the table. "Is this what you call honesty? Is this what you call trust?"
Nan Li slowly stood up, walked to the table, picked up the letter and portrait, glanced at the contents, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Do you believe what's written here?"
"Isn't it?" Gao Xingchen pointed at the figures of Nan Li and Fairy Zhou in the portrait, "Do you have anything else to explain?"
"Gao Xingchen, you and I have known each other for so long. Don't you know what kind of person I am?" Nan Li's voice was still calm, but there was a hint of sadness in her tone that was difficult to conceal. "I admit that I did hide some things from you, but everything I did was for your own good."
"For my own good?" Gao Xingchen sneered, "Is that how you want to do this for my own good? Collude with my competitors and work together to frame me?"
"I have never thought of harming you, and I have never colluded with anyone." Nan Li's voice finally fluctuated. She raised her head and looked directly into Gao Xingchen's eyes. "I did have another purpose for approaching you, but that purpose was definitely not to hurt you."
"Then tell me, what is your purpose?" Gao Xingchen pressed on.
Nan Li was silent for a moment, as if she was making a difficult decision. Finally, she took a deep breath and spoke slowly:
"My true identity..."
Before she finished her words, there was a sudden knock on the door. Then, Elder Jin's voice rang out:
"Gao Xingchen, are you in there? Something big has happened!"
Elder Jin's anxious voice was like a thunderclap, exploding in Gao Xingchen's ears, and temporarily interrupting the secret that Nan Li was about to tell. Gao Xingchen's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and a bad premonition came to his mind. He looked back at Nan Li, only to see that she was pale and her eyes were full of complicated emotions.
"I'll be back soon." Gao Xingchen finally chose to deal with the matter outside the door first. He patted Nan Li's shoulder gently, with a hint of apology and comfort in his tone.
However, just as he turned to walk towards the door, Nan Li suddenly grabbed his hand. Her hand was cold, as if it had lost all its warmth. "Don't go..." Her voice was very soft, but it carried a hint of pleading that was difficult to conceal.
Gao Xingchen's heart trembled suddenly. He turned around and looked into Nan Li's eyes. Those eyes that were once full of tenderness and trust were now full of sadness and despair. He wanted to say something, to comfort her and tell her that he was not going anywhere, but he found that he could not say anything.
"Gao Xingchen, don't you really understand my heart?" Nan Li couldn't hold back her tears and slid down. "Everything I did was for you!"
Gao Xingchen's heart felt as if it was pierced by a needle. He wanted to reach out and wipe Nan Li's tears, but she pushed him away.
"Go ahead and take care of your business." Nan Li's voice was cold, as if she had become a different person. "My business has nothing to do with you."
Gao Xingchen was stunned, looking at Nan Li's resolute back, his heart filled with pain and self-blame. He realized how much harm his impulsiveness and distrust had caused to Nan Li.
"Nanli, I'm sorry..." Gao Xingchen's voice was full of guilt, but he knew that a mere apology could not make up for the harm he had caused to Nanli.
Nan Li didn't look back, nor did she speak. She just stood quietly by the window, letting her tears flow freely.
Gao Xingchen finally turned around and left. He didn't know what was waiting for him outside the door, but he knew that he had to resolve the crisis at hand first before he would be qualified to win back Nan Li's heart.
Shortly after Gao Xingchen left, a figure appeared silently in Nanli's room.
"What? Are you still sad about that man?" Fairy Zhou looked at Nan Li's lonely back, with a mocking smile on her lips, "I told you a long time ago that men are unreliable. Only power is eternal."
Nan Li slowly turned around and looked at Fairy Zhou with cold eyes, "What are you doing here?"
"Of course I'm here to help you." Fairy Zhou walked up to Nan Li and said in a low voice, "I've already found out for you. Elder Jin is looking for Gao Xingchen this time because..."
"It's to make you leave him." Fairy Zhou had a malicious smile on her lips. She leaned close to Nan Li's ear and said word by word, "Elder Jin found out that you have fallen in love with Gao Xingchen. He is worried that you will affect his 'big plan', so he plans to..."
"That's enough!" Nan Li turned around abruptly and interrupted Fairy Zhou's words, his eyes as sharp as a knife, "Don't try to sow discord!"
"I'm trying to sow discord?" Fairy Zhou covered her mouth in surprise, then laughed contemptuously, "Nanli, look at how you look now, like an enraged female beast. Where is your former calmness and wisdom? Do you dare to say that you don't have a single doubt in your heart? Does Gao Xingchen really care about you? If he really cares about you, why didn't he explain it to you clearly? Why did he abandon you to deal with those so-called 'big things'?"
Fairy Zhou's words were like the tongue of a poisonous snake, licking Nan Li's heart word by word, tearing bloody wounds in her already broken heart.
"He...he just has more important things to do..." Nan Li's voice trembled a little, and her eyes began to flicker. Obviously, Fairy Zhou's words had already caused a storm in her heart.
"More important things?" Fairy Zhou pressed on, her tone full of sarcasm, "What else is more important than you? Nanli, you gave up everything for him, even going so far as to make the entire family your enemy! Why would Gao Xingchen let you do this for him?"
"I..." Nan Li opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything. Yes, why did Gao Xingchen do that?
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Elder Jin rushed in with an anxious look on his face. Seeing the two people at loggerheads, he froze in place.
"You...what are you doing?" Elder Jin's tone was full of disbelief. He never thought that Nan Li, who was always calm and composed, would be provoked out of control by just a few words from Fairy Zhou.
"Elder Jin, you've come just in time!" When Fairy Zhou saw Elder Jin, a smug look flashed in her eyes. She pointed at Nan Li and said, "Ask her why she betrayed Gao Xingchen and why she joined forces with me to deal with him?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Nan Li was furious. He suddenly pulled out the dagger from his waist and pointed it at Fairy Zhou. "It was you who was trying to sow discord and destroy the relationship between Xingchen and me!"
“Stop!” Elder Jin saw this and quickly stepped forward, blocking the two men, and shouted, “Stop it! Have you forgotten who our enemy is now?”
Elder Jin's words were like a wake-up call, calming both Nanli and Fairy Zhou down.
"This is all Fairy Zhou's conspiracy!" Elder Jin looked at Nan Li and said in a deep voice, "She deliberately provoked the relationship between you and Gao Xingchen, trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife!"
Nan Li was shocked when she heard this and froze in her tracks. Could it be... could it be that all this was true? Could it be that she was really being used by Fairy Zhou?
"Elder Jin, you..." Fairy Zhou's face suddenly became extremely ugly. She never expected that Elder Jin would expose her conspiracy in person.
"Fairy Zhou, do you have anything else to say?" Elder Jin stared at Fairy Zhou coldly, his eyes filled with disappointment and anger. "Why did you do this?"
Fairy Zhou took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She knew that now was not the time to break up with Elder Jin.
"Elder Jin, you misunderstood me. I just..."
"That's enough!" Elder Jin waved his hand impatiently, interrupting Fairy Zhou. "It's useless for you to say anything now. I will tell Gao Xingchen about this matter and let him judge!"
After saying that, Elder Jin stopped paying attention to Fairy Zhou, turned around and walked to Nanli, and said in a gentle tone: "Nanli, calm down first. I will investigate this matter and give you an explanation."
Nan Li stared at Elder Jin blankly, feeling mixed emotions. She didn't know who to trust, nor did she know what to do.
At this time, Gao Xingchen was anxiously waiting for news from Elder Jin. He didn't know that a bigger storm was waiting for him...
After Elder Jin left, Gao Xingchen and Nan Li were the only ones left in the room. The air was filled with awkwardness and silence, like an invisible rope that bound the two tightly together, yet made it impossible for them to breathe.
Gao Xingchen looked at Nan Li with his eyes full of guilt and heartache. He knew that Nan Li had endured too much pressure and grievances for him during this period of time, but he ignored her feelings because of the "big thing" and even quarreled with her.
"Nanli, I..." Gao Xingchen wanted to explain and apologize, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to say them.
Nan Li lowered her head, didn't say anything, just bit her lips tightly, trying not to let her tears fall. She was not a girl who cried easily, but this time, she really felt wronged and sad.
"Nanli, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I shouldn't have lost my temper with you." Gao Xingchen walked up to Nanli and gently embraced her. "I just... I'm just worried about you. I don't want you to be involved in this dispute."
"Then why didn't you tell me the truth? Why did you keep me in the dark?" Nan Li's voice was a little choked, "Do you know how afraid I am of losing you?"
"I know, I know..." Gao Xingchen hugged Nan Li tightly, feeling her body trembling, his heart filled with self-blame and guilt, "I promise you, I will never do this again, I will tell you everything and never hide anything from you again."
"Really?" Nan Li raised her head and looked at Gao Xingchen with tears in her eyes.
"Really, I swear." Gao Xingchen said solemnly.
The two looked at each other, their eyes full of love and trust. They both knew that although Zhou Xianzi's instigation caused misunderstandings between them, it also made them cherish their feelings for each other even more.
"What should we do now?" Nan Li asked.
"Since Fairy Zhou wants to play, then we will play with her to the end!" A cold light flashed in Gao Xingchen's eyes, "Let's go find Elder Jin now and expose Fairy Zhou's true face!"
"Okay!" Nanli nodded, and his eyes became firm.
The two held hands and walked out of the room, heading towards Elder Jin's residence. They didn't know what kind of challenges and tests were waiting for them, but they believed that as long as they loved and trusted each other, they would be able to overcome all difficulties.
However, when they arrived at Elder Jin's residence, they found that Elder Jin had already left, leaving only a letter saying that he had found out the truth and that Fairy Zhou was the real mastermind, and he had gone to confront Fairy Zhou.
Gao Xingchen and Nan Li immediately felt that something was wrong. They were worried about Elder Jin's safety, and were also worried that Fairy Zhou would become desperate and do something crazy.
The two did not dare to delay and immediately set off for Fairy Zhou's residence. However, when they arrived, they found that Fairy Zhou's room was empty, leaving only the mess on the floor and a pungent smell of blood.
Gao Xingchen and Nan Li's hearts sank to the bottom. They knew that Fairy Zhou must have escaped and most likely killed Elder Jin.
"Fairy Zhou, you can't escape!" Gao Xingchen clenched his fists, his eyes filled with anger and murderous intent, "I will definitely find you and avenge Elder Jin!"
Nan Li stood beside Gao Xingchen, holding his hand tightly, her eyes full of worry and determination. She knew that a bigger storm was coming, but she would not back down, because she wanted to face all challenges and dangers with Gao Xingchen!
However, Gao Xingchen and Nan Li returned to their own rooms after the quarrel, and neither of them took the initiative to contact the other. The whole atmosphere seemed to be frozen, waiting for the next outbreak...