But...
She never expected Qing Muye to admit it himself!
It turned out that last time Lin Meng's son was injured and hospitalized, when she contacted Tang Si to arrange for Lin Meng's child to be admitted, she accidentally saw Yun Shasha hugging Qing Muye's neck in a video on Tang Si's phone. He didn't refuse, not because the two of them were childhood sweethearts.
It was because...
Because Qing Muye had loved Yun Shasha deeply all along!
Just as Qing Muye said, his intention to marry her was only to provoke Yun Shasha and get revenge!
"Mumu, don't you still know why I left you back then?"
Yun Shasha's voice was choked with sobs, and she continued, "Because... because you and I are both men, and such conventional views would not be recognized by the outside world. Because you are the outstanding heir of the Qing family, and I didn't want you to be criticized, so I left Lancheng, went abroad for sex reassignment surgery, became a woman, and changed my name and surname, all for the sake of being with you."
"But you... but you ended up with this woman. You... *sob sob*... *sob sob*... Did you consider my feelings? Mumu, you... you're too self-centered... *sob sob*..."
"Do you know how painful my surgery was? Many nights, I couldn't accept myself, but the only thing that supported me to continue was you... I endured the skin-deep pain, but you were making love with this woman."
"You... you once said you didn't like women, why... why have you betrayed now, why... *sob sob*..." Yun Shasha burst into tears.
The sudden news, heard by Meng Jingwei without any warning, caused her body to stiffen. Besides heartache, she was more shocked.
So...
Yun Shasha was actually a transgender person?!
She had doubted the authenticity of this matter, but as Yun Shasha poured out her past hardships and pains, Qing Muye's hand on her shoulder tightened slightly, making Meng Jingwei truly feel the realistic reaction of that pain.
Qing Muye fell silent.
The living room also fell into silence.
Besides Yun Shasha's crying, there was the sound of pouring wine.
Meng Jingwei slowly opened her eyes, straightened up, and tilted her head to look at Qing Muye. She saw a hint of panic flash across Qing Muye's handsome face, and the wine in his hand suddenly slipped from his fingers.
The full glass of red wine spilled onto his legs, and the glass fell to the ground, shattering with a bang.
"Awei you..."
"Is everything you said true?"
Qing Muye had just started to say something when Meng Jingwei directly interrupted him, her small face darkened as she questioned him.
The man's ink-dark eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and he did not answer Meng Jingwei's question.
But silence... was an implicit admission.
Meng Jingwei tilted her head and glanced at Tang Si. Tang Si immediately averted his gaze to the side, raised his hand to cover his face, too guilty to meet Meng Jingwei's eyes.
Yun Shasha, with tears on her face and red-rimmed eyes, said to Meng Jingwei, "He never loved you. You should... step aside automatically."
"Heh."
Meng Jingwei felt a suffocating pain in her chest, as if being cut by a knife.
Turning around, her eyes filled with complex emotions looked at Qing Muye, and she got up to leave.
Qing Muye grabbed Meng Jingwei's hand, "I'm sorry."
A single "I'm sorry" was too cheap.
Meng Jingwei fiercely shook off his hand and slapped Qing Muye hard across the face, "Qing, Mu, Ye, you really disgust me!"
Yes, disgusting.
After harshly dropping the sentence, she strode out of the living room, slammed the door shut, got into the elevator, and pressed the button for the first floor.
Ding—
The moment the elevator doors closed, her tears suddenly streamed down. Her body went weak, and she leaned against the elevator wall, sliding down and squatting on the ground.
How could this happen?
Heh, truly... fate plays tricks on people.
She thought Qing Muye really liked her, but in the end, it was just a joke.
But if Qing Muye was just trying to deceive her back then, why would he have saved her several times?
Meng Jingwei adjusted her emotions. After the elevator reached the first floor, she took out her phone and contacted a private investigator, paying a high price for him to retrieve the information within an hour.
However, the private investigator was fast.
Within half an hour of her walking the streets, she received a call, "Miss Meng, we have investigated. Yun Shasha was indeed a man at first, originally named Yun Qiouze. He had a very good relationship with Qing Muye at school. I have already sent the relevant photos to your email."
After hanging up, Meng Jingwei opened her mobile mailbox and flipped through a message.
It was Yun Qiouze's, that is, Yun Shasha's resume.
Scrolling down, there were pictures of Yun Qiouze, when he was still a boy, arm in arm with Qing Muye at school; further down were photos of Yun Shasha undergoing sex reassignment surgery.
If before this, Meng Jingwei was still doubting the authenticity of Qing Muye's conversation with Yun Shasha, then now with irrefutable evidence, she had nothing left to disbelieve.
She shuffled in her slippers, and as she walked, she felt too weak to move.
Dragging her tired body, she walked to a bench ahead and sat down. Looking at the scenery by the roadside, she tilted her head back and laughed, "Hahahaha... Hahahaha..."
From a soft chuckle at the beginning to tilting her head back and laughing unrestrainedly.
She sat on the bench, leaned back, laughing heartily and crying at the same time.
Tears welled up in her eyes, flowing down her temples and disappearing into her hair.
Although it was late at night, in the bustling capital, there were still a few scattered people. Seeing her laughing hysterically, they cast strange glances at her, as if looking at a lunatic.
Little did they know that behind the laughter lay tears filled with bitterness.
A joke.
All a joke!
A lie.
All lies!
...
At the same time, at the Ye Se Apartment.
After Meng Jingwei left, Qing Muye drank glass after glass of red wine.
Tang Si, sitting opposite him, was puzzled, "Why did you arrange for me and Shasha to act like this? If you want to break up with her, at least give a reasonable explanation. Besides, even if you don't want to give a reasonable explanation for breaking up, you shouldn't use such ruthless means."
Yun Shasha agreed with Tang Si's thoughts, "Yes, Xiao Si is right. What you did is too hurtful."
The reason they called a few people over today was that Lu Yanming and Han Yu had very poor alcohol tolerance and couldn't drink much.
Tang Si and Yun Shasha had excellent alcohol tolerance. Their coming for hot pot was actually a meticulously planned breakup arrangement.
Qing Muye originally wanted to find another woman to act with, but he was afraid Meng Jingwei wouldn't believe it, so he could only find Yun Shasha to act with him.
Because she was transgender, no one would make fun of her. Moreover, his affairs would be easily investigated and proven.
Meng Jingwei had no choice but to believe.
"You two must keep this absolutely secret, including Old Han and A'ming," Qing Muye said, picking up a full glass of red wine, raising it, and drinking it in one gulp.
Bang!
He placed the wine glass heavily on the table and dropped a sentence, "If this matter is exposed, don't blame me for not being friends anymore!"