She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 566: Chapter 588: Using Oneself as a Bargaining Chip

“Where was I being stupid?” Under those circumstances, if she wanted to avoid An’an getting married, this was the only way. At least she had won herself a year’s time. “I believe I can repay the money I owe, and that’s enough.”

“Who gave you such confidence? An’an is important, but aren’t you important too? It’s good to want to help others, but you can’t use yourself as a bargaining chip.” Xu Qigang spoke sternly, “Under no circumstances should you ever use yourself as a bargaining chip.” If she was willing to gamble with herself over five thousand yuan now, in the future she might do even more to scare him out of his wits.

He had to start changing her way of thinking immediately; this girl was utterly lawless.

“You’re saying I used myself as a bargaining chip?” Sheng Ning pointed at herself, “You actually accused me of using myself as a bargaining chip?”

“No! You definitely did use yourself as a bargaining chip.” Knowing she was angry and feeling upset yet unyielding, Xu Qigang insisted, “There’s no shame in seeking help when facing problems; you shouldn’t have to shoulder everything alone.”

Sheng Ning staggered, “If I don’t bear it myself, what else can I do?” With everyone turning their backs on her and being schemed against by her best friend, what else could she do if not shoulder it herself?

“You have me!”

“No… I don’t have you, I don’t have you.” Sheng Ning repeated these words, turned around, and quickly ran back home.

Xu Qigang stood still, watching her figure disappear, a helpless expression crossing his face. He had come to apologize, but he hadn’t expected things to get worse the more he talked. All he felt was concern for her, worried that she didn’t value herself, so how had it ended up like this?

Sheng Ning arrived home and sprawled on her bed, silent for a long time.

“Sis, are you okay?” Sheng An was incredibly anxious as he observed her like this, “Did your husband bully you?”

“No!” Sheng Ning muffled her voice into the blanket as she answered.

“I don’t believe it; he definitely must have bullied you.” It looked like she’d been in an argument and ended up crying because she didn’t win. “If he dares to bully you, I’ll go tell Dad to call off the wedding.”

“Don’t!” Sheng Ning grabbed Sheng An’s wrist with one hand, her eyes red as she looked at him, “Don’t blame him; he was actually trying to help me!” It was she who didn’t trust others.

“But I see that you’re not happy at all. If you don’t like him, just kick him to the curb and find someone new.” Sheng An deeply regretted his own betrayal. If only he had known, he wouldn’t have sided with Little Yama.

He hadn’t expected to make his sister cry.

“Don’t be ridiculous; I want to marry him.” She had set her mind on Xu Qigang for life—apart from him, she would marry no one else.

Sheng An gave her an incredibly strange look upon hearing this. He even reached out to touch her forehead and muttered to himself, “Weird, you don’t have a fever? Why does it seem like there’s something wrong with your brain?” She had been driven to tears yet still thought about marrying Little Yama—was this some kind of self-torture?

That evening, Xu Qigang didn’t return home but went straight to the county town instead. Li Bin stood at the entrance to the yard, smiling as he watched Xu Qigang come in.

“I knew you would come; I just didn’t expect it to take so long.” Ever since Li Bin knew Xu Qigang was returning, he had been waiting for him! Usually, if Xu Qigang came home on leave, he’d visit him as his second stop after being home, but this time he had been back for several days and had yet to appear.

“Living Yama, our Li Bin has been waiting by the door every day, hoping you would come!” Mrs. Li greeted him with a smile.

Xu Qigang nodded discreetly, “I’m sorry, I was delayed by some matters.”