“I’m not going.” Sun Jiamu refused.
“If you won’t go, I’ll go.” Wu Jiatong ran out of the dormitory calling after Fang Manxue to apologise to her.
Fang Xinxin’s gaze shifted onto Sun Jiamu’s apprehensive expression. She asked her in a careful tone. “Aren’t you afraid that Bai Qinghao will target your family over the earlier matter?”
“Of course I am.” Sun Jiamu appeared slightly helpless. “Bai Qinghao’s power and influence is stronger than anyone else’s. Who doesn’t respect and fear him? There is no way of escaping the consequences of offending him.”
“Do you regret helping me?”
“No.” Sun Jiamu shook her head. “Fang Manxue was clearly in the wrong here. I believe that Bai Qinghao is not an unreasonable person.”
“But I heard that Bai Qinghao dotes on his fiancée dearly. If he decides to be unreasonable…”
Sun Jiamu patted her on the shoulder and comforted her. “Fang Xinxin, I didn’t do anything wrong. If the Sun family really collapses because of this, I can only blame myself for not being strong enough. I won’t blame you, nor will I regret helping you.”
Upon hearing this, Fang Xinxin was deeply moved.
She rarely visited school. Although Bai Qinghao had prepared this dorm room for her, it was only so that she would be able to rest comfortably in the afternoon.
She had rarely interacted with her roommate, Sun Jiamu, before.
From what she recalled, Sun Jiamu would soon meet a man named Feng Dongkai.
He had pursued her fervently and she agreed to be his girlfriend during her previous lifetime.
However, in the midst of her schooling, she became pregnant and for the sake of continuing her studies, she had decided to abort the child.
After graduation, she married into the Feng family. Feng Dongkai was physically abusive and beat her up daily. He had even caused her to suffer three miscarriages, and eventually, she was no longer able to conceive.
Sun Jiamu had wanted a divorce. However, the Feng family’s elder was a powerful man in politics. He forcefully suppressed the matter and Sun Jiamu lost her mind due to Feng Dongkai’s torture. Post that, she was locked up in a mental hospital while Feng Dongkai played around with women everyday. He even found a mistress and had a child with her.
Afterwards, Sun Jiamu murdered Feng Dongkai and dismembered his body. She also wrote a letter, detailing her sufferings over the years. In that, she had mentioned that the Feng family was fearful that she would expose the matter of Feng Dongkai’s mistress and illegitimate child, and had intentionally faked her mental illness to lock her up.
After uploading her letter onto Weibo, Sun Jiamu had gone ahead and taken her own life.
Fang Xinxin recalled that at the time, though she was already blind and could not read Sun Jiamu’s post, the media placed a lot of attention on the matter and that’s how she came to know of it.
She had wanted to read her final words. After all, they had once been roommates.
Thus, she had requested for someone to read it out loud to her.
“Fang Xinxin, what are you thinking about?” Sun Jiamu waved her hand in front of her eyes.
Fang Xinxin returned to the present. She felt sympathy swell up for Sun Jiamu but did not display it on her face. “I recalled some things of the past.”
“Look at your expression. They must be unhappy memories.” Sun Jiamu did not know her thoughts, but still showed kindness towards her. “How about this? You can confide your unhappy thoughts to me. As long as I’m able, I will definitely help you.”
She smiled. “Thank you.”
Sun Jiamu watched her and abruptly suggested to her. “It seems like you don’t have many friends. I’m also quite lonely. How about we become friends?”
“En.” Fang Xinxin nodded and agreed readily.
“That’s great!” Sun Jiamu gave her a warm hug. “You’re my only friend now!”
Fang Xinxin was not used to being embraced by others. Although her body stiffened, she did not push her away. “Your only friend?”
“That’s right. I used to have another friend, but… we’ve broken off our relationship.”
