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Chapter 563 - 568: Want to See My Elegance on the Sea That Day?
By the time we drove to the seaside, the sky had darkened.
The sea was shrouded in darkness, nothing was visible except for the gusts of sea breeze.
And the continuous crashing of the waves.
Shao Mangliang arrived soon after, carrying alcohol with him.
He handed a whole bottle directly to Xing Chen, glanced at the sea, recalled the news he had seen in the morning, and then looked at Xing Chen and began to speak cautiously.
"If you want to see it, why not take a boat out to sea? I heard they’ve been conducting search and rescue operations there day and night."
Xing Chen didn’t answer immediately. He took a sip of the alcohol, feeling the burning sensation slide down his throat, before saying, "What, do you still want to see my charm on the sea that day?"
Shao Mangliang was also at the wedding, he had witnessed everything firsthand.
Naturally, he understood that Xing Chen’s words now were self-deprecating.
"Wasn’t it charming? You’ve been the front-page headline for five consecutive days. The people of A City talk about you, the infatuated president, during their leisure time." Shao Mangliang sipped his drink, gradually opening up the conversation.
When Xing Chen called him saying he wanted to go out for a drink, he was a bit surprised since he knew Xing Chen had been in the hospital.
"Five days..." Xing Chen lowered his eyes, not wanting Shao Mangliang to see the glimmer in them.
Indeed, five days had passed in the blink of an eye.
In a daze, just like that, five days had passed.
Five days, and they couldn’t find Xiangsi.
The possibility of her being alive was close to zero.
These numbers constantly reminded Xing Chen that his dream had shattered, and it was time to wake up.
Xiangsi had left him completely.
No matter how he fussed or how many people he sent to search, they couldn’t return to the past.
Shao Mangliang didn’t notice Xing Chen’s sorrow and choking up; he continued talking to himself, "Speaking of which, when we went to the riverbank back then, I already felt something was off between you two. You only mentioned you were married but didn’t tell me that your spouse was her! I even asked Qingqing to accompany you then, what a grave mistake..."
After every few sentences, Shao Mangliang took another sip of alcohol, "And later you announced your marriage with Lou Xinyu, I thought... oh well, it’s all in the past now. I can only blame my poor judgment!"
"Oh... That explains it! No wonder you were so angry when I said something about her! So it was..."
When the truth was laid bare, many past doubts began to unravel slowly.
Shao Mangliang always thought he was smart, but now it seemed he had been played around by the two all this time!
Xing Chen rarely spoke, simply drinking alone.
In the darkness, he hardly needed to conceal his emotions, and Shao Mangliang wouldn’t see them either.
Soon enough, the bottle was empty. Xing Chen didn’t linger further and prepared to leave.
"Mingliang, my brother will be here soon, tell him I went home." With those words, Xing Chen drove off dashingly once again.
Shao Mangliang was left bewildered on the spot, "What do you mean? Your brother?"
However, Xing Chen didn’t respond. Shortly after his car left, Xiahou Chunyi’s car arrived.
Getting out hurriedly, Xiahou Chunyi saw Shao Mangliang and quickly asked, "Ah Chen?"
"He said he went home?" Shao Mangliang was also startled to see Xiahou Chunyi. How did Xing Chen seem to know everything?
His words were unbelievably spot on.
"Home?" Without further ado, Xiahou Chunyi swiftly got back in his car and headed toward Xing Chen’s villa.