You Claimed You Didn’t Love Me, So Why Cry Now That I’m Engaged? Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Will Brother Forgive Him?

Gu Huaiye had been incredibly cruel when he left.

He had cleared out everything he owned, leaving not a single memento for Xie Miaohan.

Gu Huaiye’s phone number was the only thing Xie Miaohan possessed that was related to him.

But now, even that link was completely severed.

Xie Miaohan gripped the phone tightly and sank to his knees, his strength draining away. He curled up on the floor in a posture that screamed of insecurity.

Clutching the fabric over his chest, a broken whimper escaped his throat.

He had no right to like Gu Huaiye at all.

Ideally, he could have noticed the details, but he had been so wrapped up in his own emotions that he never noticed anything wrong with Gu Huaiye.

He always complained about Gu Huaiye’s cruelty, but hadn’t he broken Gu Huaiye’s heart just the same?

How desperate must Gu Huaiye have felt while suffering the torture of heart disease?

Yet, for those four years, out of spite, he hadn’t returned a single text message.

Even during that last phone call, just to take revenge for Gu Huaiye’s departure, he had actually said those words to break Gu Huaiye’s heart.

Perhaps it was those very words that killed Gu Huaiye. He knew clearly now that Gu Huaiye hadn’t broken his promise; his heart condition had simply made it impossible for him to keep the appointment.

What kind of love was this?

He didn’t deserve to love Gu Huaiye.

What right did he have to blame Gu Huaiye for treating him as a substitute?

If Gu Huaiye hadn’t appeared, he would have starved to death in District H long ago.

Xie Miaohan pressed the photo of Gu Huaiye and that man against his chest, choking out, “Brother, I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…”

He hoped his brother could get what he wanted—that after going to the underworld, he could be happily together with that man.

If there was a next life.

Please, let him never meet an ungrateful wretch like Xie Miaohan again.

Let him fend for himself, rotting forever in a foul-smelling gutter.

Having lost his spiritual pillar, Xie Miaohan began to live in a daze again.

He no longer smiled, and a terrifying gloom always hung between his brows.

In less than a week, he became the “lunatic” in everyone’s mouth again, and those around him avoided him like the plague.

A few months later, at the invitation of the Royal Family, Xie Miaohan attended a victory banquet.

The knife scars on his face hadn’t been treated professionally. They had developed hyperplasia, looking like several twisted worms, destroying the aesthetic of his once-beautiful features.

Before coming to the banquet, a comrade who was also invited suggested he wear makeup to cover it up.

Xie Miaohan didn’t take the advice. He didn’t even prepare a suit; he just went as he was.

Halfway through, he went to the restroom and heard people talking about him.

“What’s with that guy? His face is full of scars; it’s terrifying. How could the Royal Family invite him? It’s bad luck.”

“He’s a dog that knows how to fight, after all. They have to let him attend the victory banquet. Otherwise, how can they make him willing to risk his life on the battlefield?”

“Hahaha, true.”

“But I heard he used to be quite beautiful. He had so many suitors in school; both Alphas and Omegas liked his type. Sigh, what a pity such a face got ruined by a knife.”

“If you feel so sorry for him, go hit on him then.”

“I don’t have tastes that heavy. I couldn’t bring myself to kiss him, okay?”

“Hahaha, true… that face is too disgusting…”

“……”

Xie Miaohan opened the stall door and walked out expressionlessly, bending down to wash his hands at the sink.

The two Alphas who had been gossiping looked panicked, never expecting the subject of their mockery to be right inside.

They gave awkward smiles and quickly scurried away.

Xie Miaohan shook the water off his hands and looked up at himself in the mirror.

It was a good thing his brother couldn’t see his face anymore.

Otherwise, he would surely be both angry and disgusted.

Xie Miaohan curled the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile uglier than crying.

“You are truly disgusting.”

Before returning to the army, Xie Miaohan made a special trip to District A.

He sold the house Gu Huaiye had given him. He tallied up his remaining savings and donated it all to a heart disease relief foundation.

When he came out of the law firm, Xie Miaohan went to a shopping mall to grab a bite to eat. Before he could enter, he saw that boy again.

It was pouring rain outside. The boy was trapped at the mall entrance, looking up at the gloomy sky with a frantic expression.

“Why is it always raining?” the boy muttered. “Chen Zirui, you better have brought an umbrella for me.”

Xie Miaohan couldn’t help but stop, standing beside the boy.

He observed the boy’s profile from the corner of his eye, imagining what Gu Huaiye looked like when he was young.

He must have been better looking than this person.

The boy sensed Xie Miaohan’s presence. Seeing the scars, he swallowed nervously and quietly moved a bit further away.

Xie Miaohan stood there for a moment, then handed his umbrella to the boy.

The boy was stunned, pointing at himself.

“You’re giving it to me?”

Xie Miaohan nodded, thinking to himself, how can someone have a voice so similar, too?

But ever since he learned this boy had a face almost identical to Gu Huaiye’s lover, he felt he could accept any strangeness.

“What about you?”

“My home is just nearby,” Xie Miaohan lied.

The boy hesitated, took the umbrella, and smiled. “Thank you.”

Xie Miaohan panicked at the sight of that smile, the corners of his eyes turning red.

The boy opened the umbrella and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something. He turned back and walked up to Xie Miaohan.

He took a piece of candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Xie Miaohan’s hand.

After the boy left, Xie Miaohan stared at the candy in his hand. After a long while, he chose to throw it into the trash can.

How could he do something so sordid?

To use someone else’s face and voice to miss Gu Huaiye.

Xie Miaohan slapped himself hard across the face, his voice broken. “Brother, I’m sorry.”

Xie Miaohan returned to the army.

On the battlefield, Xie Miaohan was covered in blood. Seeing the enemy closing in with superior firepower, he obeyed the commander’s order and prepared to retreat.

Suddenly, he saw the enemy throw a grenade at his comrade.

Xie Miaohan rushed forward, blocking the grenade with his body.

In that instant.

Xie Miaohan thought of many things.

He shouldn’t do this. He had to listen to his brother, protect himself on the battlefield, and live well.

But he was really too tired.

He couldn’t hold on anymore.

Will Brother forgive him?

Probably not.

In his dying moments, there was one thing Xie Miaohan desperately wanted to know.

Did Gu Huaiye truly just treat him as a substitute?

They had been together for so many years; had he never loved him, not even for a moment?

And that name, “Miaomiao,” always spoken so gently—was it really said to him?

Or was it that person’s name?

It was a pity that he would never get the answers to these questions.

The grenade exploded. Xie Miaohan, carrying his regrets, eyes wide open, stopped breathing.

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